Crumar DS2

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When digital was in...

"The DS-2 is basically a monosynthesizer with an added 44-voice polyphonic strings section. The DS-2 was one of the first synthesizers to use DCOs (digitally controlled osc.) making it stable in tune. Especially if you use the polyphonic string. This is a very big and good looking synth with a lot of knobs for instant hands-on control. And you don't need a hardcase, it's built into one.

SPECIFICATIONS:
Polyphony - Monophonic synthesizer section; 44 voice polyphonic string section
Oscillators - 2 DCOs
LFO - 2 LFOs; LFO 2 has Sample&hold and Staircase waveforms
Filter - 1 4-pole LPF with Cutoff, Resonance, ADSR and ENV-amount
VCA - ADSR
Keyboard - 44 keys
Memory - None
Control - Gate
Date Produced - 1978"

ARP Brochures

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ARP Pro Soloist
ARP Odyssey
ARP 2600
ARP 2500

via Bill

Oberheim OB-Xa

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Roland SH-1

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Halloween knobs.

MOOG Demo Record

Update: see this post for the audio.
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"Ultra-rare private pressing, the first promotional recording produced by Moog, given out to prospective customers to demonstrate the capabilities of their amazing products. Both sides are identical and contain a wonderful montage of Moog-sourced sound effects and short original compositions created especially for this record by Wendy Carlos, ranging widely from experimental to classical to pop to ambient soundscapes and a real treat for collectors of her work. It is narrated by Ed Stokes who explains the different types of waves and filters available, the basics of sound synthesis, and Moog innovations like voltage control. This extremely hard to find record is an awesome artifact of early electronic music history and a gem for Moog
and Wendy Carlos fans.

Wendy Carlos studied under Vladimir Ussachevsky and Otto Luening at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, worked with Robert Moog to develop and popularize the synthesizer and pioneer its performance techniques, and scored films for Stanley Kubrick and Disney. Some additional points of reference for this synth demo record: Jean-Michel Jarre, Paul Beaver, Bernie Krause, Stereolab, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Mu-Ziq, Matmos, Dick Hyman, Raymond Scott, Bruce Haack, Pierre Henry, Tomita, Vangelis, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Gershon Kingsley, Tom Dissevelt, Ondioline, Theremin, Clara Rockmore, Arp, Donald Buchla, Chappell Recorded Music Library, De Wolfe, Montparnasse 2000, Patchwork, Piero Umiliani, Roger Roger, Cecil Leuter, DJ Premier, DJ Shadow, Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Oskar Sala, trautonium, Morton Subotnick, John Eaton, Donald Erb, Bernard Parmegiani, Mort Garson..."

Oberheim Matrix-6

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Oberheim OB-X Voice Expansion Board

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"This is the board needed to expand an OB-X with four voice capability to eight voices.No voice cards are included, this is just the board to house four extra voice cards. Included is the metal tray which it sits on, all the relevant cables/plugs, and the hinges for lifting the board up for servicing the lower voice cards."

LINN 9000

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"The Linn 9000 has
-Built-in 32-track MIDI sequencer with sampling capability
-18 sounds with velocity sensitive drum pads
-Programmable hi-hat decay, panning, and a nice big LCD screen.
-Floppy disk drive.

ONLY 1,100 EVER MADE

This specific LINN has the most up to date software upgrades done by
BRUCE FORAT. ALSO comes with extremely hard to find MANUAL which I bought from Bruce about a month ago. (www.forat.com)"

Project 9090

Remember the 9090 posted earlier? It's actually a DIY drum machine. You can find more info, including samples and instructions, on the official 9090 site.

via amos_joseph in the comments of the previous post.

Flame Midi Talking Synth Demo

Previous post updated with the demo via JSRocket. Don't miss this, pretty amazing demo. I'm curious if the Yamaha FS1R could do the same with it's formant synthesis. Comments disabled here to keep them all in the previous post.