Inside an Oberheim OB-Mx

"This Oberheim OB-Mx rackmount analog synth was purchased new in 1995 and was played by Rick Wakeman on the YES album "Keys to Ascension" (I was a recording engineer on the project). It has three (3) voice expansion cards, and has been in a controlled storage environment since 1996. Front panel, knobs, LCD, output jacks, etc. are in excellent condition. The memory backup battery expired some time ago, and as a result, all internal presets are lost/scrambled. I do not have a users manual or any documentation. ROM version is 1.04."

Title link takes you to shots of the inside via this auction.

Roland System 100m

Title link takes you to more shots via this auction.

-112 2 VCO’S (SERIAL No. 102075)
-121 2 VCF’S (SERIAL No 941053)
-130 2 VCA’S (SERIAL No 790378)
-140 ENV AND LFO (SERIAL No 364316)
-150 LFO. (SERIAL No 102075)
-181 MODULAR KEYBOARD

AY-3-8910A Synth Sound Efx Chip

"This is a AY-3-8910A Synth Sound Efx Chip used in a LOT of old school coin-op video games. It is NOS (New-Old Stock), and comes with all documentation and Datasheets. It is a pretty wild chip - 3 oscillators, 1 noise generator, envelope controls, and 3 mixers, all under CPU control. (it is a register-based chip)."

via this auction and this auction.

PAiA 4700 Modular

via this auction

THIS SYSTEM INCLUDES:
2 piece folding Paia cabinet
4720 oscillator
4720 oscillator
4720 oscillator
4710 balanced modulator
4710 balanced modulator
4711 mixer 4/2
4730 vcf (multimode filter)
4730 vcf (multimode filter)
4740 envelope generator
4712 reverb
4750 control oscillator noise
envelope follower
8780 equally tempered d/a converter
8781 quash
4771 regulated power
4761 wing
4761 wing

Ensoniq Voice-80

via this auction.

Details:
"Rare ENSONIQ ESQ VOICE-80 Vol. 5 Cartridge. Plug this cartridge into an ENSONIQ ESQ-1 Synthesizer/ Workstation.

80 varied sounds in 8 banks. Pianos, basses, percussion, vox, layered, etc.

A1: DGPNO2, BRCSYN, DG-BR1, KEBASS, TWOBEL, PSYNTO, PLKVOX, SLOBEL, SQRSWP, BEN

A2: DGWHO?, SQREEJ, BRAUN, BASTE 2, HIPLSE, BRTSTR, MUSVOX, TUBES, STARK, METLSD

A3: CLAV 2, DRORG2, LOG S1, SEQ 3, CWBEL2, STRBEL, LOWAHH, STARS3, PLUCK, SPLSH1

A4: ALPHA1, SYNPNO, RESPRO, PAPRBS, TMBALE, JSTRING, SENTRY, DG, WIZZLE, CARDBD,

B1: PARIS1, FUNK, RLBRSS, P BASS, BARREL, GEGEE, SING, VOXBEL, AMBO, FALOUT

B2: HRPS14, HARMN, BLUE, METB52, PERCUS, HELIO2, FLUTE4, VOXHAL, PRMPNO, BNG 1

B3: GRIST2, BENDVX, MONOLG, FGRBAS, GISNR2, TODD’S, TRFLT1, QUEST, GEGEE2, SPLUCK

B4: DGLADY, TWEAK, MINIM3, PBASS2, GTDSNS, STRK 2, DIGBSN, RIPPLE, TOQ, PULSAR"

Custom White JX-3P

A couple of shots via Custom Synth UK. Note the usually external PG-200 control box is built in.

Update via custom synth in the comments:
"Hi this mod can also be supplied in a kit form if interested in doing the mods yourself , it also has the midi upgrade jeff : ) www.customsynth.co.uk
p.s. you can also have an output for the controller if you wish"

Roland SH-3

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Details:
"Roland infringed on Moog's filter design and was forced to cease production of this model very early resulting in very few being made. They then released the much more common SH 3 A with a different filter design.Consequently the SH 3 has become a very collectable and rare synth."

Via Johan

Vectrex Melody Master

Anyone remember the Vectrex pictured below? I wanted one of these bad as a kid but never could afford one. I never knew there was a light pen for it, let alone a music program. Title link takes you to more info on this program and the Vectrex in general. Check out the games section.

via André.

Polivoks Demo

Title link takes you to an MP3 of the Polivoks sent my way via Mr. Array.

"I noticed that some of the comments on the recent Polivoks post were asking for more sound examples. A few years back, I downloaded this Polivoks demo MP3 from the Moog Music forums. I forgot who made this, but I'm sure you'll enjoy it. It's quite catchy!"

Thanks Mr. Array! If anyone knows where this demo is from, feel free to comment.

Morton Subotnick's Until Spring Revisited

Part One


Part Two

YouTube via loopcycle. Sent my way via Peter Grenader.

Until Spring Revisited
San Francisco, CA
April 6th, 2007
Recombinant Media Labs
Performers: Morton Subotnick, Miguel Frasconi,