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Saturday, March 17, 2007

Anyware Modular

via sequencer.de

"A very rare (one of 2) Semtex S (on the left middle), 3 Anyware VCOs and Stereo Megapole Filter (also Anyware Instruments)"

Sequencer.de Synth Ts and Mugs



Title link takes you to more.

Juno 106 TV CM


YouTube via yaoyasan.

1977 Korg PS-3100 Analog Semi-Modular Synthesizer

Part 1


Part 2


YouTube via AutomaticGainsay.

The Pigsty


YouTube via Pighood.

HarriL - Warp (Live)


video upload by HarriL

Metasonix vs.

Metasonix TX-1 vs Boss Dr. Groove 202


Metasonix TX-1 vs Roland TR-505


Metasonix TX-1 vs Doepfer A-100 - Drone


Metasonix TX-1 vs Doepfer A-100 - Sequence


YouTubes via zioaxiom.

Oberheim XP-1

Two shots of the Oberheim Xpander via this auction. Aka the XP-1.

Polivoks

No title link, just the shot pulled via this auction.

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ARP 2600

No title link, just this shot pulled via this auction.

Some Details:
"This is an ARP 2600 model 2601 version 1 and a model 3620 duophonic keyboard. They are a matched set, were purchased together in 1976, and have matching serial numbers. The 2600 is serial number 2601 0413 and the 3620 keyboard is serial number 3620 0413.

This synthesizer has the ARP 4012 filter, what they call the 'Moog filter'.

This synthesizer has some very valuable modifications:

It has oscillator sync added on VCOs 1, 2, and 3.

It also has an extended envelope time on the ADSR and the AR envelopes. This is selectable to standard lengths or the extra long lengths enabled by this modification.

These modifications were done in approximately 1985. Someone added an extra jack to the main row of patch points. It is an original ARP 1/8" mini phone jack with ARP wires on it, but the wires don't go anywhere. It has no function, but I left it in place. Perhaps it was meant to be a mult of some other function, but I have no real way of knowing. The main modifications are very apparent when looking at the boards, but no other modifications are clearly visible. I am not an expert on 2600s, so it is possible that it has some modifications that I am unaware of, but I highly doubt it. I think it is otherwise completely stock.

I received a lot of questions about what op amps were used in the restoration, etc., so I should explain what the object of my restoration here was. My goal was to return this to exactly the condition it was in when it was being used professionally in the mid-80s. This means keeping all the original parts whenever possible, and replacing parts when it is required. It does not mean going in and removing a lot of op amps or other components that do not need replacement just for the sake of doing it or because some guy mentioned the virtues of doing so in a magazine article 15 years ago. The term "restoration", in its literal sense, is the "return of something to a former, original, normal, or unimpaired condition". "Modification" is another, completely unrelated word, not covered by the term "restoration". You can safely assume that, aside from the extra modes added to the VCOs and envelopes, that all the electronics are completely stock ARP electronics. A lot of capacitors were replaced, including entirely recapping the power supply. The future owner is welcome to do any modifications they like. Three weeks of restoring this machine back to the ARP 2600 it once was is quite enough work for me."
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