LINNDRUM LM2 + KENTON MIDI DEMO

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"The legendary Linn Drum LM2 drum machine that took the 1980s by storm!

This Linn Drum has been fully restored + Kenton Midi kit installed! If you're in the market for a Linn Drum, please let us know- we have a great selection of vintage synthesizers, drum machines and vintage outboard gear FOR SALE! Please visit our website or Instagram page for more details

For the video, we used the Korg EMX1 sequencer via midi to trigger the sounds of the Linn Drum. We also have the Linn hooked up to a Lexicon 480L for a great sounding reverb.

A fully restored Linn Drum from our repair shop comes with the following necessary restorations:
-All sliders/pan pots disassembled, cleaned, re-greased and re installed
-Synthronics PSU upgrade installed (no more noisy transformer/old PSU design: 100V-240 V universal voltage)
-All lilac electrolytic capacitors changed out with new axial capacitors
-Firmware updated to latest version 3.2
-Kenton Midi kit installed for use with a modern set up
-All pushbutton switches opened up, contacts cleaned, and tested thoroughly for more reliability
-Factory Presets uploaded

If you have a vintage synthesizer, drum machine, outboard gear, or tape machine that needs repaired or restored, please reach out on our website: www.synthtailorelectronics.com"

Eventide Harmonizer H949 Demo with Roland JX3P + Fender Jaguar + Yamaha PM-1000

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"Here's a wonderful piece of outboard gear restored by our shop...the Eventide Harmonizer H-949 Pitch Shifter. This demo is for Vartan who just purchased this unit.

The gear used on this video was a Roland JX3P Synthesizer, 1984 Fender Jaguar, Yamaha PM-1000, recorded straight into a Focusrite Clarett+ 8 Pre.

Intro 00:00-00:25
JX3P Sequence I: 00:26-05:06
JX3P 2 DCO Sequence : 05:07-05:56
Fender Jaguar Pitch Shifting: 05:57-08:12
Fender Jaguar Pitch/Rainbow Delays: 08:13-09:14
Fender Jaguar II : 09:15-10:10
H949 HOLD Function: 10:11-11:49

History on the H-949:
The Eventide H949 Harmonizer was a pitch-shifting and harmonizing device released in 1979-1984 that was a significant step forward in the development of these technologies:
-De-glitched pitch shifting: The H949 was the first pitch-changing device to analyze audio in real-time and avoid audible glitches.
-MicroPitch: This feature used a proprietary modulation technique to precisely control small pitch shifts.
-Multiple harmonies: The H949 could create up to five simultaneous harmonies using multiple pitch-shifting algorithms.
-Digital display: The H949 had a digital display that made it easier to adjust parameters than its predecessor, the H910.
-Randomized delay: The H949 included a randomized delay feature.
-Reversed delays: The H949 included a reversed delay feature.
-Flanging: The H949 included a flange feature.
-Real-time tuning: The H949's features made real-time tuning possible, which was long before Autotune.
-Double-tracking emulation: The H949's features made double-tracking emulation possible.

This Eventide H-949 was overhauled/restored by our shop here in Columbus, Ohio. Please visit us on our website, if you have a broken Harmonizer, or vintage synthesizer, drum machine, tape machine or other vintage outboard gear.
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OCTAVE CAT SRM I DEMO FOR MATT

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"On Christmas Eve, a demo was released highlighting the wonderful, odd, and charismatic Vintage Synthesizer made by Octave Electronics, the CAT SRM (1978).

This crazy CAT SRM synthesizer packs quite a lot into it's package, and can be dialed up to make sweet, calm Cat sounds, or very weird Sci-Fi and Noise sounds.

This CAT SRM was just repaired and restored by our shop Synth Tailor Electronics, this video demo is for Matt from Sensorium Studios.

History on Octave Electronics (later Octave Plateau) CAT SRM:

In 1978 Octave upgraded the Cat to the "Series Revised Model "(aka SRM). This added several improvements, including an SSM2040 VCF, an LFO delay and a pedal input jack for offsetting the VCO1 frequency. The main improvement was the keyboard interface circuitry which included sample and hold circuits for both of the control voltages generated by the keyboard. On most duophonic synths of the era, there was only one sample and hold dedicated to the keyboard, so when playing duophonically, when the keys were released, the secondary control voltage would jump to the primary voltage, meaning that it was impossible to get duophonic notes in the envelope release phase. The Cat SRM would hold both control voltages, so a two-note chord would continue to sound as a chord through the release phase. This was an unusual feature for an analog duophonic keyboard and quite an improvement over competing designs.

If you have a vintage synthesizer, drum machine, piece of rare studio equipment, outboard gear or tape machine...please reach out via our website to send it in for repairs and restoration. Were based out of Columbus, Ohio and our website is: www.synthtailorelectronics.com"

OBERHEIM OB-Xa (x2 Collector vs Player Grade Demo)

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"Here's two very different looking Oberheim OBXA's that just had full restorations at Synth Tailor Electronics. One is in very minty "Collector's Grade" cosmetic condition, and the second one had a very poor life on the road. Surprisingly, the mint OBXa landed in the shop with a lot more problems than the player grade OBXa.

0:00 Intro
0:38 Collector Grade OB-Xa
20:10 Player Grade OB-Xa

Both units had major restorations to each including: Power Supply Rebuild, Voice Cards/Tray Restorations, Left Hand Controller Rebuild, Upper/Lower Motherboard rebuild, and a Full Calibration/tuning. We installed Bourns 25 turn high quality trimmers on the voice cards (x6 per voice card: PW, Initial Frequency, Volts Per Octave.) This is critical to install high quality trimmers in these to have stable tuning!

Surprisingly, me personally liked how the less desirable cosmetic unit sounded, compared to the nicer cosmetic unit. Both were early revision/ both different revision OBXa's, but both sound great. These truly are such an iconic 1980s Analog Synthesizer designed by the great Tom Oberheim.

If you have a broken Oberheim OBXa or any other vintage synthesizer, drum machine, outboard gear, or rare obscure gear that needs repaired/restored, please reach out on our website contact form or email."

FENDER CHROMA POLARIS - RESTORED BY SYNTH TAILOR ELECTRONICS

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"Fender Chroma Polaris six voice synthesizer restored and repaired by Synth Tailor Electronics in Columbus, Ohio. If you have a broken Chroma Polaris or any vintage synthesizer, drum machine, outboard gear, or rare obscure gear that needs repaired/restored, please reach out on our website contact form or email.

The Fender Chroma Polaris is an interesting synth, made by CBS Fender after they took over ARP instruments. It was marketed as a smaller hybrid version of the Rhodes Chroma, and featured more slide potentiometers with the same style membrane buttons as the Rhodes Chroma. The synth has a remarkably pleasant sound and features dual oscillators, dual envelope generators, a smooth analog filter, and generous modulation routings.

The membrane buttons are less than reliable, and along with its rather heavy weight, probably kept the Polaris from gaining wide spread popularity.

It features Curtis Electromusic Specialties chips (CEM3372, CEM3374) which is found on other vintage synthesizers from that era including: Akai AX80/VX600, Oberheim Xpander/Matrix 12, Sequential Prophet 600/Prophet T8, and Simmons Drums."

ELKA SYNTHEX - DEMO BY SYNTH TAILOR ELECTRONICS

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"Today I have a special vintage synthesizer that you don't see everyday...the mighty ELKA SYNTHEX! I get lost while playing this synth, instant lush/80's workhorse synthesizer with the best sounding chorus! I've got it hooked up with an AMS RMX16 Digital Reverb. This Elka Synthex demo video is for Matt Fiske from Sensorium Studios.

Repairs done:
-Replaced Noisy Fan with a modern Quiet Fan + It's own Meanwell SMPS to run the fan.
-Rebuilt the Power Supply, upgraded the regulators
-Installed the Tauntek Firmware Upgrade (check out www.tauntek.com for more details)
-Replaced all electrolytic capacitors on cards
-Full Calibration/Tuning
-Installed new Volume Pot, Mono/Stereo Switch

The Elka Synthex is a legendary polyphonic analog synthesizer produced by the Italian music instrument manufacturer Elka from 1981 to 1985. It's considered a classic synth and is highly sought-after by musicians and collectors today.

The Synthex was conceived and developed by independent Italian designer Mario Maggi. Maggi gained the financial backing of Elka, a company known for its organs, to produce the synthesizer. Elka manufactured the Synthex from 1981 to 1985, with a total of 1,850 units produced. The Synthex was known for its lush sound, 8-voice polyphony, and extensive modulation capabilities. It featured 30 knobs, 6 sliders, 80 switches, and a joystick for sound shaping. The Synthex gained popularity among musicians and was used in various genres, including synth-pop, new wave, and electronic music. It's associated with artists like Jean-Michel Jarre and Depeche Mode."

ROLAND TR-808 + TUBBUTEC UNIPULSE MIDI DEMO

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"Here's a lovely Roland TR-808 drum machine that needed some repairs, then Midi added. This video is for Jason Massie (who owns this TR-808)

Repairs done:
-Power Supply Rebuilt
-Cleaning of Battery Corrosion, repair of 12 traces (lot's of acid went through a few sections of the traces)
-Repair to the Bass Drum circuit (decay was ringing out infinitely, once pattern was stopped) Faulty film capacitor, transistor found on this circuit as well.
-Repair to the Cowbell circuit (ringing out a high pitch all the time-battery corrosion fault)
-Installation of ‪@tubbutec‬ Unipulse Midi kit, which has an awesome online program where you can configure lot's of different drum sound/midi settings.

The Roland TR808 is such a legendary drum machine, used by just about every Genre of music starting in the 1980's to even today. They have a distinct sound/character that cuts through the mix, most known for their 808 kick, cowbell, clap, snare, etc."

SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS PROPHET 600 GLIGLI DEMO

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"Here's a Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 that had lots of issues when it arrived at the shop! It was severely out of tune, had lots of battery corrosion/leakage on one part of the CPU board. Lots of love went into restoring the CPU board, Membrane/Front Panel pot boards (every slide switch was replaced due to corrosion.)

After a full restoration we installed the GLIGLI mod, and flashed/sent new GLIGLI presets to the Prophet 600. These synths easily get looked over, but they sound incredible.

This P600 was fitted with Techs Mechs Vintage Synth FATAR keybed and Prophet 5 style knob caps.
The P600 is hooked up to Death BY Audio's 'ROOMS' Reverb pedal straight into an interface!"

ROLAND SH 101 (SERIAL NO. 00002) DEMO

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"Here's a little demo on what I believe to be the second made Roland SH-101 Red monosynth. If you look at the serial number it is: #00002, which indicates to me that it's the 2nd synth in the production line.
Besides, the cool history from the owner, the SH-101 packs a lot in such a small package! It has a 3 Waveforms, PWM, LFO, Sequencer, Arpeggiator, and lots of CV input/output controls. It was made very popular in the 1990s for 'House Music'
This SH-101 needed the Power supply rebuilt, the sliders replaced, full calibration/tuning, power switch replacement and the keybed cleaned/rebuilt. Enjoy the video! Thanks for watching!"

SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS PRO ONE DEMO

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"Here's an excellent Sequential Circuits Pro One synth that packs a punch!
This Pro One has been fully restored and has the upgraded Fatar Keybed and Prophet 5 style knobs! Power Supply rebuilt, potentiometers re-greased and switches cleaned."

ROLAND JUPITER 6 DEMO

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"Here is a full demo on the Roland Jupiter 6 Polyphonic synthesizer. This unit belongs to Thane Evans, and it over-went a pretty major surgery to get it back to good health. History on the Jupiter 6:
Work done on this Jupiter 6:
-Main issues found were CPU locking up/causing intermittent failures when doing normal operations (moving sliders/random glitchy lights)
-Unit wouldn't accept the Cassette factory presets wav file upload, and would cause unit to crash/freeze.
-Battery Replacement + Socket
-Replaced Corrupt RAM chip (TC5517APL)
-Replaced heavily corroded/faulty Slide Potentiometers/Pots on both Panel boards. Unit feels great now and doesn't jump around the values causing lockups on the CPU.
-Replaced electrolytic capacitors that were out of spec/leaking on both voice boards. (x71 total throughout entire synth)
-Rebuilt Power Supply, hit cold solder joints on connectors and voltage regulators, through out entire synth
-Full Calibration to factory specs, tuning and D/A calibrations
-Upgraded Firmware to latest V6 firmware (previous firmware/eprom was V2)
-Burned 2732A Eprom and installed factory presets
-Hit cold/cracked solder joints throughout all connectors for better reliability in future
-Burned in unit for 48 hours, tested all functions-sounds great now!"

ROLAND JUPITER 8 (Restored by Synth Tailor Electronics)

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"The infamous, hype beast Roland Jupiter 8! When you think of the 1980s era, I guarantee that a Jupiter 8 was used in some of your favorite songs, soundtracks, and commercials throughout the world. It's A: a beautiful polyphonic synthesizer, and B: sounds incredible with just about every single patch/preset you play. This Jupiter 8 is a 14 Bit version (later revision, with way better tuning/autotune)

This Roland Jupiter 8 video is for owner Andrew (Dewey) Thomas and had the following restorations/upgrades performed:
-Power Supply Rebuilt
-Encore Midi kit installed (check out encore electronics for more details)
-UV Retrobright Treatment to keys, buttons, and knobs
-Keybed completely rebuilt, cleaned and re-greased +polished contacts/bus bars
-Restoration of all Voice cards, Mod Con boards, Interface, CPU and panel PCBs.
-Replaced broken Rotary Switches and installed new Potentiometers throughout front panel boards.
-All new sliders replaced with modern production alps sliders
-All failing electrolytic capacitors replaced with long life 105 degree capacitors
-Dent removal from front panel, and polishing/cleaning of front panel.
-Full Calibration and Tuning
-Portamento and LHC repaired (faulty resistors, transistors, and IC's)
-Repaired faulty Autotune circuit"

OBERHEIM FOUR VOICE FVS-1 (Restored by Synth Tailor Electronics)

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"Here's the Oberheim FVS Four Voice that just underwent a very lengthy overhaul and complete restoration. We ended up spending months on a very faulty programmer, but in the end it turned out excellent! Portamento modification was implemented, to have a way longer portamento rise time.

The Oberheim Four Voice was the first commercially available polyphonic synthesizer that came out in 1975. By utilizing multiple SEMs (Synthesizer Expander Modules) and a digital scanning keyboard, this instrument allowed the musician to play up to four keys at a time, where each key controlled a complete, true analog synthesizer. Each voice was completely independent and could be programmed to have the same setting or different settings, which allowed creation of massive, realistic orchestral sounds.

The assignment of key depressions to SEM voices was controlled by selecting different modes in the keyboard electronics section of the instrument. This allowed both polyphonic operation, as well as having all SEMs play together in unison. Another unique feature of the keyboard electronics was the ability to select true, polyphonic portamento. To enhance the musician's ability to change the overall sound of the instrument, the patented Polyphonic Synthesizer Programmer was also available. Additional features included the ability to control the output level and left-to-right panning of each SEM in order to create a powerful stereo sound field, and cassette interface for storing different settings."

OBERHEIM TWO VOICE (1975) + Roland RE-201 Space Echo

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"Oberheim Two Voice made by the wonderful Oberheim Electronics. To me, the Two Voice/SEM is the my favorite synthesizer (and also the FVS/EVS system!)

This TVS is owned by a cool client of mine Matt Fiske from Sensorium Studios. This TVS is a prime example, being a very minty condition/restored Two Voice. I originally restored this one a few years back, and here it is making the sinister filter sweeps/sounds. The onboard mini sequencer, is such an amazing concept and I’ve spent hours just making a sequence, then soloing on top with the second SEM."

Moog MG-1 (RadioShack Synthesizer) Restored by Synth Tailor Electronics

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Roland VP-330 MKI Vocoder Plus Doggy

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"This vintage synth was fully overhauled and serviced by my synth repair shop “Synth Tailor Electronics” here in the wonderful city of Columbus, Ohio.

Restoration/Overhaul details:

-All lilac/Matshusita electrolytic capacitors changed (over 100-these are known for leaking the electrolyte from the bottom side)

-Power Supply Rebuilt

-Entire synth disassembled and cleaned with ultrasonic cleaner. Keys polished and contacts cleaned.

-Corroded components/Op Amps replaced with NOS components

-Jacks+Switches+Sliders rebuilt and ran through ultrasonic cleaner.

-Full Calibration and Tuning

This synth has a few scratches and knicks, but not that bad. The worst is on the Left Hand controller section, something was dropped by the Pitch slider and has a small crack. It doesn’t affect the slider or functionality-it’s just a minor cosmetic blemish."

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ARP 2813 Odyssey MKII Duophonic Synthesizer SN 1261

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"Mint/Collectors grade ARP Odyssey II for sale! Cosmetics are really great, and hard to find an example like this that in Todays market. This unit was fully overhauled by my repair shop Synth Tailor Electronics LLC in Columbus, Ohio!
Work/Restorations performed:

-All New Bourns slide pots (with thick gold swage pins, unlike most other replacement sliders on the market)

-Rebuilt PSU

-All Tantalums Replaced with new

-Pratt Read Keybed rebuilt, new Bushings

-Full Calibration and Tuning

Video comes with my standard one year warranty (visit my website for more details)

Visit synthtailorelectronics.com for repairs and restorations on vintage synthesizers, drum machines, outboard gear, and tape machines!"

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Kawai SX-210 Analog 8 Voice Polysynth

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Fully overhauled by Synth Tailor Electronics

"Work done/service details:

-New production (SYN42) CPU Board installed (made by vintage standards In Japan)

-PSU Rebuilt, capacitors replaced with hi-reliability caps

-Replaced common failure components throughout for future reliability (electrolytic capacitors, CMOS, OP Amps)

-Full calibration to factory spec"

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Near Mint Roland Juno-106 Polyphonic Synthesizer SN 460742

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"I didn’t put Mint on the quality grade because the bottom wood chassis has a few small scratches (otherwise it would be a Museum grade condition)

This Juno 106 has been fully serviced and overhauled by my repair shop: Synth Tailor Electronics in Columbus, Ohio.

Fully overhauled and future proofed For future decades!
Service details:

-All new reproduction Voice Chips (x6)

-All New Slide Potentiometers and Dust Covers (x16)

-All New High Reliability Tactile Switches installed (x34)

-Power Supply rebuilt (New Electrolytic Capacitors)

-Keybed fully disassembled and Keys ran through Ultrasonic cleaner. Contacts cleaned"

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ELECTRONIC DREAM PLANT WASP DEMO

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"Electronic Dream Plant WASP synthesizer demo for Matt. This WASP was repaired and the ELBY MIDI kit was installed by Synth Tailor Electronics.

All sounds made by the WASP (excluding the percussion made by the Sequential Circuits DRUMTRAKS drum machine + Arturia Keystep Pro controlled sequences via MIDI)

The EDP WASP is a hybrid digital VCO and analogue VCF synthesizer designed by Chris Huggett. the Wasp was released in 1978. Such an interesting little synth, that has a very unique sound. The keybed is a touch sensitive two octave keyboard, that works by sensing skin capacitance, so playing with gloves on is out of the question. The midi kit is a must to install in these units to be able to use in a modern setup."