MATRIXSYNTH

ARP 2500

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"ARP 2500 “MODEL 2002” THIS IS THE MAIN CABINET. IT WAS SERVICED ABOUT A YEAR AGO BY JULIE YARBROUGH"

"Oscillators and Insects" on Tiny Showcase

Some more synth art via Gord. BTW, I added an art label for similar posts. I need to find the graffiti posts next, but if you catch any that should have this label as well as any other call it out in the comments or shoot me an email (bottom right of site).

"Gordon Wiebe
Sold out run of 100.
5.8" x 4.55" (plus border for framing)
$20.00

FATHER: Come here son and have a seat, I think you are old enough to hear this. Now, sometimes when a highly resonant daddy saw waves cutoff frequency is modulated by a sample and hold mommy circuit…
SON: beep beep bop bip boop beep bop boop."

Chris Reccardi

"Chris Reccardi is a 20 year veteran of TV and Film Animation and a burgeoning fine artist in the 'Pop Surrealism / Lowbrow' art movement"

And he draws synths. Click here for his website.

pictured:
"How about fiddling with these knobs for a change, Aldo Cosmo"
acrylics on wood / gessobord panel
24x@24"
$2400

and

"polyfonik"

acrylic on wood
gessobord panel
24x24"
#2500

via Gord

Telesisgear LCD Backlights

"We manufacture backlights for Emu, Korg, Roland, Kurzweil, Yamaha, and many other companies keyboards, sound modules, and other gear with backlit LCD displays. With a new backlight we can help get your gear back into fully functional condition.

There is an instructional CD that explains what to do once the display has been removed from the instrument. Add $2.00 for US orders and $3.00 for international orders.

You have the option of doing the work yourself or having Telesis do the work for you. Call us if you want us to do the work.

Small backlight panels are $28.00US and large backlight panels are $30.00US.

We also have new and reconditioned displays available for some Korg, Roland, Kurzweil and other manufacturers instruments."

click here for the website. You can find one currently up for auction for the Casio FZ1, FZ10m, VZ10m, and Hohner HS1, HS1m here.

Roland SR-JV80-05 World Expansion Board

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I thought this etching was pretty cool. I hadn't seen it before this. If anyone knows of a better shot let me know. I couldn't find one in the first 10 pages of Google image search, so here it is.

"The World Expansion Board includes 250 waveforms and 255 patches featuring ethnic instruments from Asia, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Africa and South America. Its loops sound totally authentic, as I'm sure many of them were recorded on location around the world. There are also some patches that mix and match world regions to create new textures. This board also utilizes the digital effects on the JV/XP/XV or whatever to augment the instruments and create completely invented textures. The pitch bend and mod wheel are set up on the single instrument patches to realistically emulate the physical properties and idiosyncrasies of the original emulated instrument. Here is a list of the waveforms and patches.

It is compatible with the JV80, JV90, JV1000; the XP30, XP50, XP60, XP80; the JV880, JV1010, JV1080, JV2080 and JD990; the XV88, XV3080, XV5080 and Fantom."

Update: a larger image via Tom. Click on image for the full size.

Creamware Minimax ASB

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For Minimax audio samples: link

Roland TB-303 Modded

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"modified with FiveG which adds CV/Gate/Slide/VCF/ACC inputs for full control (and more) over every aspect of the machine from a MIDI sequencer via any CV/GATE converter or analog sequencer. The filter input allows you to program the filter amount from a sequencer or CV source (pedal, etc.), which is not possible using the internal sequencer.

The TB-303 is THE sound of acid and techno house music! It's a monophonic analog bass synthesizer married to a pattern-based step sequencer released in 1982. It features a single analog oscillator with two waveforms (ramp or square) and has a simple but excellent VCF filter with resonance, cut-off, and envelope controls. There are also knobs to adjust tuning, envelope decay, tempo and accent amount.

How does it work? Well, it's not a performance synthesizer because you have to program a pattern of notes and timing info into it (sort of like a drum machine). Patterns can then be linked into songs. It was originally made to accompany a drum machine, the TR-606 specifically, and provide bass-line accompaniment to guitarists, keyboard players, etc. It was not a successful product in its time. As a result, creative DJs and aspiring electronic musicians found them for next to no money and began using them for techno and acid music. Usually a single pattern is continuously played while the performer tweaks the knobs creating an exciting and expressive musical event.

The TB-303 has become one of the most sought after vintage synths ever! It has helped develop and stylize many forms of electronic music including House, Acid, Trance and Ambient. If ever there was a need for a repetitive bassline/groove or an extremely resonant and bubbly sound, the 303 is KING. Truly a unique machine with a very identifiable sound! It has spun off several imitators as well: Novation BassStation, ReBirth, Doepfer MS-404, MAM MB-33, Syntecno TeeBee, and more (see Related & Alternative Gear sidebar).

Ironically, these days it's become trendy to dislike the 303 again, now because of over-use. But I don't and you shouldn't either because it is one-of-a-kind and it's just got that sound that everyone loves!
Getting creative with the 303 always leads to great sounds! Add a guitar distortion pedal for instant hard-core acid and techno. Use the CV and Gate outputs to control other old synthesizers and get that elastic 303 groove workin' your other synths (especially cool with a polyphonic synth).

There are some custom modifications for the TB-303 which are definitely worth mentioning here. Get all the acid you can squeeze out of your TB-303 with the modification, designed to enhance and extend the range of the 303's filters and sound."

Elektron SFX-6 Monomachine

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Specs:
6 track internal sequencer
6 track external MIDI sequencer
5x Monosynths
6x tape-style tempo-synced delays
18x tempo synced LFO’s
Full realtime control
Dual DSP system
Six audio outputs
Two audio inputs
Compact hi-quality design
Large back-lit LCD
Full MIDI implementation

Elektron SPS-1 Machinedrum

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Specs:
4x MD synths
32 step patterns
More than 40+ MD machines
16 track percussion sequencer
16 part track effect system
Stereo master effect system
16x LFO’s
Full realtime control
Dual DSP system
Six audio outputs
Two audio inputs
Compact hi-quality design