Two Roland SH-3's on the *bay

Update: Via this Sound and Sound article.

"Not everything was plain sailing, and it appears that Kakehashi infringed one of Bob Moog's filter patents when he designed the SH3. So a new version appeared in 1974. Externally, the SH3A was almost identical to the SH3, but it sported a new VCF and VCA, and it was this model that Vangelis and a handful of other famous keyboard players adopted in the mid-1970s."

Also, the SH3 was originally released ast the ACE Tone SH3, not the Roland SH3:

"Then there was Japan's first synthesizer, the SH1000 (see the box on the previous page) and its more powerful sibling, the SH3, which appeared as both the Roland SH3 and the Ace Tone SH3, and remains highly sought-after to this day."



Update: In via the comments. Thanks Shoontz!

"The Sh-3 is worth WAY, WAY more. Some have even gone for around $10,000.

The SH-3 was the original model, but it plagiarised Moog's 4-Pole filter design. After a lawsuit it's production was halted, so only a few were ever made, (some say around 100, others say less). It's supposed to sound much nicer than the 3A too. "

Link to auction. Title link takes you to Sonic State's page on the SH-3a. Two things stand out with the SH-3a. One, it was Roland's first programmable, non preset mono synth. It came out in 1974, the year after Roland's first synth, the SH-1000 (see this post for a Roland timeline). And two, it had a form of analog additive synthesis in which you used sliders to adjust stages of the different analog waveforms. Click through title link for more. Thanks goes to Ben Shannon Illustrator who sent this my way.

Two shots pulled form the auction.

Two Buchla Music Easels

Two beautiful Buchla Music Easels and a 208 Stored Programed Sound Source (half the synth of a Music Easel). Title link takes you to a larger shot.

New Depeche Mode Video - Precious (analog synth goodness)

Title link takes you there. Some light analog synth p*rn in the begining including what looks like a shelved rack of synths flying in and out as if on escalators mounted on the walls. Gotta get me one of those. : )

Video re-posted here.

blankstare.biz - circuit bending and more

Via GetLoFi. Title link takes you there.

Yamaha PSS-460. Yowsa!

Cwejman Synthra-M - Prototype Cwejman S1

Update from Robert Leiner in the comments section. Thanks Robert! : )

"Hi, nice to se my Synthra here!
This is what they say at the Cwejman page under Company info.
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The company

It all started with a SYNTHRA
The story begins in the 1970s when we developed our first analogue synth. It was made to order for a musician and given the name SYNTHRA. When digital synthesizers hit the market, we believed that the day of the analogue synthesizer was over. As a result, it was to be many years before we built another synthesizer. In the meanwhile, we devoted ourselves to developing industrial electronics.
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PS: http://www.leinermedia.com is about to change server and will be back soon!
All The Best -
Robert Leiner"

Found this shot in my synth p*rn stash. The Synthra-M from Cwejman Sound, makers of the highly praised Cwejman S1 and S2. I checked out the Cwejman site and didn't see any reference to the Synthra-M. I checked out the AH archives and found the following:

"Hello list members,

I have put up an image of the Cwejman Synthra-M that I recently bought.
The Synthra is the prototype to S-1 and have more or less the same futures.
One of the main differences is that on the Synthra the two filters are
switchable
betwen Low-Pass and Hi-Pass and on the S-1 the first is an Low-Pass and the
second is an Mulltimode filter, and of cource the Synthra dosen't have midi.

I have to say that both of them sounds realy good and have a good punch in
the
bottom end and snappy envelopes.

Check it out -

http://www.leinermedia.com/Studio/Cwejman.html

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Robert Leiner
LEINER media "

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The link in this thread above is dead. This is one of the many reasons why I save this shots. : ) Title link takes you to a bigger one of the above.

Yamaha AN1X - New Flickr Shot

Switched on Bach Rock - New Flickr Shot

See the Moog modular in the background? : )

Sequential Circuits ProFX Site

Update: check out the comments for some easter eggs. : )

Sent to me by rick, the creator of this in depth site on the SCI ProFX. The site includes photographs, marketing material, detailed information on all modules, the operations manual and a brochure. Simple and clean, excellent site design. Title link takes you there. Enjoy. Thanks rick!

Grey Arp 2600 Shots

Some nice ARP 2600 shots in via AH. This one was just put up on the *bay. Title link takes you to more shots saved for posterity. Enjoy. : )

Andromeda A6 Poster Art

Not sure where I got this from, but I like it. As you can guess I am a fan of the color green. : ) Title link takes you to a bigger shot. Note the limitted edition Andromeda with purple background instead of blue.