KORG Mono/Poly w/ MIDI in New Hardwood Case

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"If you want a professionally restored Mono/Poly, with extras like MIDI, extended functionality, and a custom hardwood case, I sincerely don’t think you will find a better deal than this.

Professionally serviced by Synth Tailor Electronics for the long haul: leaky caps replaced, oscillators tuned up, Tubbutec mod installed for expanded MIDI functionality, maple hardwood case, power supply rebuilt, rubber contacts for the keybed replaced. This is ready to last in your studio for years to come. I am happy to set up a video call if you would like to see the functionality of this synth."

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Eventide Harmonizer H949 Demo with Sequential Circuits drumtraks

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"Eventide H949 Harmonizer demo of functions/capabilites with a Sequential Circuits Drumtraks. Recorded straight into a UA Volt interface.

Restored at Synth Tailor Electronics. Visit our website for sales, repairs and sending in your vintage synthesizers, drum machines, outboard gear, vintage effects and tape machines to get restored.
www.synthtailorelectronics.com"

Mica Sonic Electronic Bongos + Korg Mini-Korg 700 Demo

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"Very rare set of (x2) Mica Sonic electronic drums (woodblock/conga/bongos) and Korg Mini-Korg 700.

Both units were restored by Cole from Synth Tailor Electronics. Outboard gear used:
-MXR Pitch Transposer
-MXR M-113 Digital Delay
-Roland SP404
-Death by Audio Rooms Reverb"

Oberheim OB-8 Demo (Restored by Synth Tailor Electronics)

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"Here is a demo of a recently future proofed/overhauled Oberheim OB-8. Lots of love went in to this restoration."

MXR Pitch Transposer M-129 + MXR Digital Delay M-113 + Roland TR808 Demo

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"Here's a demo of two units I restored at my shop Synth Tailor Electronics. MXR M-113 Digital Delay / MXR Pitch Transposer M-129 !

I'm playing a Din Sync TR808 through both units, to demo how the effects sound while running a drum machine through them!"

Roland Juno 60 + Sequential Circuits Drumtraks DEMO

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"Roland Juno 60 synthesizer restored by Synth Tailor Electronics in Columbus, Ohio.

Sequential Drumtraks drum machine is in the background, being used with an old Boss Digital Reverb/Delay pedal."

Sequential Circuits Pro One Synthesizer + Drumtraks DEMO for Trevor

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"Here's a Sequential Circuits Pro One that was overhauled and upgraded by Synth Tailor Electronics in Columbus, Ohio. Visit our website to get in touch for repairing your vintage synths, drum machines, tape machines, and outboard gear. We service vintage items made before 1991!

Restorations done:
-Installed Fatar TP/9S keybed from TechsMechs Vintage Synth (potentiometer Prophet 5 caps from TechsMechs as well)
-MTG Turbo CPU Midi Upgrade installed
-Potentiometers cleaned/ new pots installed
-Power Supply Rebuilt and Full Calibration/Tuning"

Moog Prodigy Synthesizer SN 5565

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"Unit has been serviced by Synth Tailor Electronics and comes with their standard one year warranty (see warranty details below)

Restorations performed:

-All Pots disassembled, cleaned and re-greased

-Power Supply Rebuilt (Capacitors, Diodes)

-Black Leg Op Amps replaced (common with this era)

-Keybed Disassembled, ran through ultrasonic cleaner and contacts cleaned.

-Cosmetically cleaned inside and out

-Full Calibration and Tuning"

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Korg DV-800 / UNIVOX Maxi-Korg SN 770761

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"This synth was completely restored by my shop Synth Tailor Electronics in Columbus, Ohio...

This Korg K3 sounds killer, and is such a lovely duo-phonic synthesizer, the filter is so unique!

Work/Restorations performed:

-All new African Hardwood Side Panels custom made

-All Lilac Matsushita electrolytic capacitors replaced with 105 degree hi-temp Nichicon/Panasonic capacitors.

-Power Supply rebuilt

-Keybed disassembled, cleaned, polished and contacts cleaned

-Full cosmetic cleaning, polishing, paint touched up on some of the slider caps/knobs.

-Full calibration and tuning. Both oscillators in perfect tune

This synth is in perfect functioning condition and buyer will be sent a full video of all functions of synth before shipping out. Professionally packed and insured."

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Oberheim OB-Xa 8-Voice Synthesizer w/ Encore MIDI

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"Here's a super clean 8 voice OB-Xa which was recently completely restored by the fantastic Synth Tailor Electronics in Ohio. This one has Encore MIDI and sounds amazing, as you would expect from an OB-Xa."

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Arturia Releases iSEM - Eight Voice System Polyphonic Oberheim SEM for iPad

iSEM Tutorial Published on Oct 9, 2013 Arturia Web·90 videos

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iTunes: Arturia iSEM

"iSEM is compatible with iPad 2 and later, iPad with Retina Display and iPad mini.

Apple’s Inter-App Audio connectivity (requires iOS7), AudioBus, Korg’s WIST and Apple’s CoreMIDI are all supported.

DESCRIPTION
iSEM is a recreation of the classic 1974 Oberheim SEM (Synthesizer Expander Module), one of the world's first self-contained synthesizer modules and the first to bear the "Oberheim Electronics" name.

The Oberheim SEM was made famous by artists and bands such as Lyle Mays, Jan Hammer, Joseph Zawinul, Supertramp, 808 State, Vince Clarke and Depeche Mode.

Based on the TAE® technology found in our Oberheim SEM V software, iSEM brings back the sound and special characteristics of this iconic synth in an sonically accurate and expanded touch-based emulation.

What you can do with the iSEM?

The iSEM is a powerful instrument capable of producing a wide range of warm analog sounds.

Reproducing the unique SEM architecture, with its oscillator sync, characteristic filter shape and specific envelope response, the iSEM is able to generate the fat basses that have made the Oberheim brand so popular. Thanks to its simple and clever PW and pitch modulations, it is also very easy to produce moving and lively leads.

Its remarkable 12 dB/oct multimode filter is a real blast from the past, becoming an awesome weapon in the context of current electronic music. This unique module can instantly tailor your sound to fat, crisp, or spectral textures with access to all the nuances in between…

iSEM comes with over 500 sounds that you can browse through and play. You can also easily create your own sounds with the easy to use interface.

Play iSEM's numerous sounds from the iPad keyboard or control iSEM from a MIDI keyboard or other app via CoreMIDI and integrate it into your studio or live performance.

If you are an owner of of the Arturia SEM V software on your Mac or PC, you can even import and export sounds between your laptop or desktop SEM V and iSEM.

FEATURES
All the original parameters of the Oberheim SEM: two oscillators, each offering sawtooth wave and variable-width pulse wave with PWM, sine wave LFO, 12dB/oct multi-mode Filter with low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and notch, two ADS envelope generators.

Added functionalities: New LFO, Noise, Sub oscillator, Arpeggiator, Portamento.
Polyphonic playability
8 Voice Programmer module allows each voice to have different settings
HOLD and CHORD modes.
Virtual Analog Chorus.
Virtual Analog Delay.
Full user MIDI mapping of panel controls.
Supports WIST sync to other iOS devices.
Supports AudioBus and Apple’s Inter-App Audio connectivity (requires iOS7).

The Oberheim™ name used here is a trademark of the Gibson Guitar Corp. The trademark is used by license to Arturia."

Synthrotek Space Drum Complete DS-8 Clone Analog Drum Synth

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"Originally designed by Coron in the 1980's for drummers and percussionists to add synth capabilities to their sets, our clone stays true to the DS-8 Drum Synce circuit with a few modifications that expand its capabilities. You don't need to be banging out beats to play around with this awesome synth!

Features:

Amazing analog signal generation! - Wobbly lows, screeching sirens, dive bombs, squeals, and everything in-between. On-board pannable white noise generator puts out snare and hi-hat hits!
Three different ways to play: use a piezo cell to trigger it like a real drum, send a Trigger/Gate pulse (~+5V) from a sequencer/simple timer circuit, or activate the DS-8 Clone with the on-board Manual Trigger momentary switch!
Multiple controls to tailor your sound! Sensitivity sets your input threshold to adjust how hard you need to hit or the minimum voltage level to trigger the circuit. The length of the trigger pulse can be varied from staccato to a lengthy drop-off with the Decay control. Sweep adjusts the variation of the output frequency. The analog LFO (low frequency oscillator) circuitry is controlled by the Mode and Rate. VCO (voltage controlled oscillator) sets a base level frequency to limit your frequency range. Dirty up your signal with the Pan control, which varies the amount of white noise you'll need for snare hits or deep tom rumble. Level controls the volume of the final VCA (voltage controlled amplifier) portion of your circuit.
All potentiometers used for customizing your sound can be mounted on-board to minimize time-consuming wiring.
Tone Control switch allows you to toggle between the two standard noise sources.
CV Input makes the DS-8 Clone even better! Plug in an external LFO generator or use a sequencer to make some hands-free music!
Powering your DS-8 Clone is no problem! Use a 9-15V 100mA+ CENTER NEGATIVE AC Adapter. The 9V battery also can act as a backup power supply that is only engaged when nothing is plugged into the DC Jack.
PLEASE NOTE: The use of any adapter other than a CENTER NEGATIVE adapter will destroy the circuit and void any warranty on this product.
PCB (printed circuit board) measures 6" x 2.0625" and is designed in-house by our very own electronics engineer!"

PAiA Programmable Drum Set

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"From the manual:

'"While most electronic rhythm units offer only a limited choice of pre-determined rhythm patterns, the PAIA Programmable Drum Set allows the user to tailor the pattern, time signature and drum sounds to each application. Among the unique features provided by the unit are touch sensitive electronic controls and the provision for an independently structured bridge rhythm."

From an interview with John Simonton (founder of PAIA)
"'That's been credited as the first programmable drum machine, and it may be. For about a year, it was dominant, because there weren't any other programmable drum sets."

Larry Fast (Synergy) wrote:

"1978 I built one of John's Programmable Drum machines from a PAiA kit. As far as I know, that was the first ever drum box that the user could program patterns into and store them in battery backed up RAM. I showed it to Peter Gabriel who loved the concept. Marvin Jones put together another one for Peter to keep. That became the basis for all of the electronic drums on PG#3 (Games Without Frontiers, Biko and many others). From that came the LinnDrum a few years later. Thanks John, for single-handedly changing how we make records."

My comments:

You can program drum patterns, and store them. This was a new beginning for electronic drums and sequencing.

I built this unit from a kit in 1980.

I have been an electronics hobbyist and musician for over 40 years. When I first saw this unit, I knew I had to have one. I saw it as an opportunity to learn about touch switches, drum patterns, analog sound sources (oscillators, white noise generators), and digital logic. I also imagined using the logic control circuit to trigger other analog sound sources. The term sequencing had yet to be used on drum machines because prior to this unit the previous electronic drum machines only played fixed patterns. I built some other sound sources, but never integrated them into this unit. I preferred the internal sounds. This drum synth has a unique sound."