BUCHLA @ Moogfest 2019 - Explorations by Bill T Miller of Orgy Of Noise

Published on May 22, 2019 Bill T Miller

"- Marc Doty of Buchla USA at Moogfest 2019 was incredibly cool and let me plug in my digital recorder and Sheri shot a bit of iPhone video on last day of Moog Marketplace. Marc had the Buchla 200e all patched up so with a lot of heart and a bit of grey matter I explored Doty's presets and tweaked and prodded about with a naive quest seeking further dosed out trip into ORGY OF NOISE atonal abstract weirdo sonic realm.

- Touching the Buchla at Moogfest brought back memories of seeing and meeting Don Buchla & Nannick Buchla @ Wellesley College Boston back in 2014. - See photos: http://billtmiller.com/buchla

- Video shot by Sheri Hausey (on iPhone)
- Post editing by BTM & ZiggyCat
at Headroom Studios Boston

- Buchla USA - http://buchla.com
THANX MARC DOTY !!!!

- Bill T Miller
http://OrgyOfNoise.com

- THANX to ALL at Moogfest 2019 !
http://Moogfest.com

!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Seq 001 - Alesis ION Yamaha DX7 IIFD E!, sr-16,

Published on Jun 18, 2016 qui mo

Spotted this one on discchord and thought it was pretty nice.

"Synths used:
Yamaha DX7IIFD E! grey matter
Alesis Ion
Alesis SR-16 drum machine

iPad:
Audiobus
Audioshare
Mimix
Altispace
Master FX
AUFX:Push

Interfase:
Behringer uca-222

Macbook pro:
Reaper"

Grey Matter - Reaktor 6 - Experiment by Richard Devine

"GreyMatter - Big Kick Drum and created using the 'Machine Gun.ensemble' playing slow at 60 BPM, then layered with the 'Newscool.ens' for the clap in verb type sounds. Tiny snare and hi-hat made with the 'SineBeats2.ens'. The high spiral/phas'y noisy effects where all from two instances of the 'TG-8H' ensemble. The knocking wooden sounds in space are from Rick Scott's 'sampleThrasher_v1.ens'."

Yamaha Centennial DX7

via Vemia

"Fantastic condition, extraordinarily rare 76-note version of the best-sounding DX7 (the II FD), with gold-coloured buttons and fluorescent keys. One of a tiny limited edition (100 examples only worldwide??) produced to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Yamaha. Loads of extras, too. One owner, Ben van der Linden, who used this synth to back Audrey Hepburn at a charity Gala, and will give written provenance. Including:- Grey Matter Response E!-2 memory-expansion (256 Voices, 128 Performances), new back-up battery, flightcase, Yamaha music-stand, Yamaha FC sustain pedal, Yamaha Breath Controller BC2, Yamaha cartridge-adaptor ADP1, Yamaha RAM cartridge; Red Planet double-sided data cartridge, containing original Yamaha bank 2A and a special bank from Dave Bristow; Yamaha RAM4 cartridge; Symphony 128 RAM cartridge (4 x 32); floppies, including Demo E! ; all manuals; Book: “E! Update for the Yamaha DX7II” (Steve Preskitt); Opcode DX/TX Editor/Librarian v.4.02 and v.4.03. In the Netherlands, but collection and delivery in north-western Europe and most of the UK is possible by VEMIA at a reasonable rate."

Yamaha DX 7 with Grey Matter Response SN 116093

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Grey Matter E! Expansion for the Yamaha DX7II FD/D

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"This is what a virgin Uninstalled E! board for the Dx7IIFD looks like. Boxed, booked and stickered. No magic special components, just plain old 74HC/CMOS glue logic, EPROMs and some memory ICs. We could clone it if we wanted to, I guess, although, there are a lot of smart cookies out there who would be able to do the whole thing on one chip nowadays without too much drama. Original installation guide was on blue paper, but, I've made it a big more screen friendly black and white, 'cause I'm such a facist like that sometimes'."

Grey Matter E! board for Dx7IIFD

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"This is an as new, uninstalled E! board. These are one of the rarest synth related items out there. Most of them were installed back in the 80s and 90s into machines. They add functionality such as many more patches, octal mode, enhanced panning, sequencer, arpeggiator and more to a Dx7II/FD."

Yamaha DX5 1985 Stage Used by Oingo Boingo "Live at The Ritz"?

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video upload by sombody

Anyone spot the DX5 in the video above? I'm not seeing the telltale wood side panels unless the lighting is just off. That is a Yamaha on the stand to the right of the Sequential Circuits Prophet 2000. Amazing band live. I used to see them at Magic Mountain back in the day. Them and Sparks seemed to perform there multiple times every year.

"Lucky to have found this one after the first upload mysteriously disappeared. Contrary to popular belief, this show is from 1985 and not 1987. At the start of Weird Science, Danny says "here's a song we did for a movie this year". Weird Science was released in 1985. There is some evidence that other songs such as "Gratitude" were performed here but any video footage of it has been lost, so it isn't here.

Tracklist:
00:00 - Dead Man's Party
6:13 - Who Do You Want To Be
9:31 - Just Another Day
14:35 - Grey Matter
20:00 - Stay
23:26 - Weird Science
28:10 - Goodbye, Goodbye"

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"An amazing synth with a cool history! This DX5 was apart of Oingo Boingo's touring rig during the 'Dead Man's Party' era. As seen being played by Michael Bacich in various live performances most notably 'Live at the Ritz'. The gentleman I bought this from purchased it around 1989 from a used shop in L.A.. He played it for a couple of years, then threw it under his bed for about 20 years. I purchased it in 2016 and have lovingly cared for it since.
There are some various scratches and dings throughout the keyboard and a couple of dips in the wood, but overall is in great shape for the age and touring history. Road case is heavy and will cost a bit to ship.

Recent upgrades and maintenance work includes:

-Removing each key and soaking in soapy water
-Replaced upper and lower key felts
-Replaced all electrolytic capacitors in PSU
-Replaced 2 tantalum caps in CPU board
-Replaced CPU battery
-Realigned after touch sensor
-Adjusted after touch trim pots
-Installed new OS EPROM, removed/added jumpers for one IC operation (originally used 2 ICs)
-De-soldered both ribbon connectors from original display, and soldered to new OLED display
-Installed new display"

Red flight case with Oingo Boingo stencil below.

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Yamaha DX7 Digital FM Synthesizer with Grey Matter E! Mod

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"The 'E!' Mod for the DX7 adds increased patch memory and Midi implementation to your DX7."

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YAMAHA DX-7II with E! board (1987) *E-Motion* - 80s style uptempo synthesizer track

Published on Mar 7, 2020 RetroSound

'(c)2007-20 by RetroSound
supported by UVI: http://bit.ly/retrosound-uvi

all synthesizer sounds: YAMAHA DX-7 II FD FM synthesizer with Grey Matter E! expansion board
drums: Roland TR-808 (1981)
recording: multi-track played by hand

E! spec:
Octal Mode (8 different patches can be played in one Performance), voice stacking, random detune, patch mapping, velocity processing, micro-tuning, pattern sequencer, arpeggiator, 4 memory banks and a lot more.

RetroSound synthesizer demo videos since january 2007.
All is for free. If you like my work, so can you support me with a donation or a purchase of my music albums. Thank you!

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Yamaha DX-7 FM Synthesizer w/ Supermax Upgrade & Backlit LCD

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"For sale is a Yamaha DX-7 (mk1) with the Supermax upgrade installed. The display has been upgraded to a bright green backlit display. I've also fully cleaned the keys - all of the keys work evenly, and transmit velocity and aftertouch. The DX has been well tested - everything is 100% functional on this synthesizer.

Cosmetically, there are some scratches and scuffs on it, but it's still overall very clean. The volume slider is free of static and scratchiness, and the buttons all work evenly. You'll notice in the photo there's some wear on the membrane overlay. There aren't any holes (it might look that way in the photo - trust me, there aren't any), but around the #1 button, it's raised up a bit.

Now, the Supermax upgrade.

I've owned and serviced a number of these, including one with a grey matter board. I've never seen the Supermax until now, and it's stunning. You get:

- 12 banks of patch memory (256 patches total)
- 32 programmable arpeggiators
- Stack voices - this sacrifices some polyphony, but within a single patch, you can tune up to 3 additional voices +/- two octaves (coarse and fine tuning). This, is a lot of fun.
- A mono delay processor. Delay goes up to 9,930ms, with level, feedback, and pitch mod control. Unfortunately due to processor limitations, you can change the delay in real-time.

There are some other features, but these are the core of it. It also comes with the original voice chips, the old LCD, a padded case, and a manual (though, I'll have to PDF you the Supermax manual)."

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Yamaha DX7 IIFD with Grey Matter E! Expansion SN NN02777

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Yamaha DX7 IIFD with E!

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"The Mark II version is a major step up from the original DX7. The DX7IIFD models added bi-timbrality with keyboard split and layering capabilities. This allows two voices to be layered in dual mode, providing very rich combinations of sounds that would otherwise be impossible with the original DX7. Voices can also be split across the keyboard, for a two part multi-timbral performance capability.


Grey Matter E! Upgrade (a rare $399 expansion card)

What, you may ask, can $399 get you for your shiny black FM machine? Would you believe eight-voice polytimbral capability? Would you believe a four-layer performance mode? Would you believe one-key control of arpeggios, ostinato patterns, and multi-timbral chords? Would you believe a 16-track sequencer? \

Engine is E's 16-channel event processor and operating system, which controls all of the DX's MIDI and performance functions. Its capabilities include storage of 256 patches and 128 performances, 16-channel MIDI mapping, and two auto-accompaniment modes. To top it off, you can store any setup (auto-accompaniment, MIDI maps, sequences) as a Performance, so a single DX button can be programmed to load everything you need. It will even load a file on the DX7IIFID's disk automatically. The other main modules in E! are Octal and SE!quencer."

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Yamaha DX7 with Grey Matter E! Expansion

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YOMAMA

SN 34414

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YAMAHA DX7IIFD II MK2 Synthesizer FM Synth + Grey Matter E! Expansion

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Yamaha DX7 IID E! Grey Matter Part. 4

Published on Dec 27, 2017 DKS SYNTH LAB

All parts here.

Grey Matter E! expansion board (for the DX7 II D FD ETC)

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YAMAHA DX7 II FD with E! board FM Synthesizer (1987) RetroSound Soundscapes - Sound Demo

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YAMAHA DX7 II FD FM Synthesizer (1987) with Grey Matter E! expansion board

The DX7 II is one of my favorite synths for digital sound textures. In combination with warm Juno pads have you the perfect sound for 80s synth music.

RetroSound synthesizer demo videos since january 2007.
All is for free. If you like my work, so can you support me with a donation or a purchase of my music albums. Thank you!

Donations: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr..."

YAMAHA DX7 II FD w/ GREY MATTER E! Expansion & YAMAHA TX802 SN NPO1472

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Sycologic Patch Memory Expansion board for Yamaha DX7

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"Basically, it gives you 4 banks instead of 1, so that's 64 patches.

It was pulled from a working DX-7, which was about to have a Grey Matter E! board installed."