Thursday, November 22, 2007
Roland SH-1000
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"Roland SH-1000 Vintage Analog Synthesizer synth RARE
Up for Auction is a amazing Rare Roland SH-1000 Analog Synthesizer (1973). Retail price was 165,000 (yen)!!!
If you have been waiting for one of these gems, you have finally found it. Very clean and in seemingly great Aesthetic condition. Just looking at it, you can tell it has mad analog skills. There is a good chance that it had been modified by "Dayton" back in the day. (It has a Dayton Badge above the "SH-1000".) This might have very well been one of the fist tweeked synths out there.Quick Info: The Roland SH-1000, introduced in 1973, was the first compact synthesizer produced by Roland in Japan. It features colorful sliders and simple functions, yet it produced decent bass and lead sounds that many professional musicians sought after."
Formanta ROKTON UDS
images via this auction"One of the rarest and most unique instruments from Soviet Union, produced in Katchkanar factory (of Polivoks fame) - ANALOGUE DRUM SYNTH WITH BUILT-IN BEATBOX AND 7 TRIGGER INPUTS (FOR PADS OR OTHER TRIGGERING DEVICE). MADE IN 1986! ALL PARTS ARE ORIGINAL!
ROKTON UDS (OTHER NAME FORMANTA UDS) - RARE SOCIALIST VERSION OF ROLAND TR-909! IT SOUNDS BETTER THAN TR-909 AND THIS MACHINE IS ALSO MUCH MORE RARE. Seven editable generators: kickbass, three tomtoms, snare, hihat and cymbal. All inputs / outputs are 1/4" jack. Editable parameters: sensitivity to the triggering signal, tone, decay time, octave (range), balance, lowpass filter, accent and volume. Built-in beatbox with 16 patterns. The beatbox and the synthesizer are independent modules so they can work at the same time freely. And you can tweak the generators of the beatbox patterns. Full freedom. This is an armoured antitank piece of gear and the sounds it produces is very unique. I've heard many rhythmic tracks in about 15 years of hearing music... including detroit techno, chicago house, drum n bass.. etc.. and i didn't heard tracks in which a drum synth like this was used.It's fat, original freq response are very authentic and pleasing to an ear, including Bass drum, cymbal, hihats, etc. It sounds like a flawest drum synth i ever heard.Again, every piece of that hardware i used, sounded different, i think it's a common thing to soviet synths. So every piece of hardware has it's own face.You CAN tune it to sound like famous Roland drumboxes but you cannot tune a Roland drumbox to sound like this device. THE DRUM SYNTH WAS MANUFACTURED BY FORMANTA, A SOVIET MILLITARY RADIO PLANT AT KACHKANAR CITY, NEAR SVERDLOVSK CITY. The same one which manufactured now legendary POLIVOKS synth. It is built like a rock, pure military technology. The body is solid and the knobs feel nice. There is an original soviet factory structure - i.e. method of synthesis, knob resistors, parts, connections, voltage etc. It runs on 220V AC (US customers will need an adaptor). NO MIDI OR SYNC."
MP3, 256 KBPS, mono: low kick.mp3(108kb)
MP3, 128 KBPS, stereo: formanta_beatbox_factory_preset_rythms_in_sythesis_mode.zip (2,1 mb)
MP3, 192 KBPS, mono: formanta_beatbox_factory_presets_rythms_factory_sounds_settings.zip (1,92 mb)
FORMANTA TRIGGERED FROM INDIVIDUAL OUTPUTS OF EXTERNAL CV-GATE SEQUENCER. ALL SAMPLES IN MP3, 192 KBPS: formanta_and_external_cv-gate_sequencer.zip(6,9 mb)"
POKMOH
AXON AX100 MKII
via this auction"The improved and extra precise Guitar to MIDI controller: AXON AX 100 MKII
MIDI and guitar - two different worlds until now. With the AXON AX 100 MKII, the technical problems involved in connecting electric or acoustic guitars and basses to the MIDIfied studio world are finally a thing of the past.
The ultra-fast guitar-to-MIDI controller in a single-unit rack mount has an early-recognition system which evaluates the impulses from the strings as soon as they are picked and converts them into values for pitch, dynamics and length. A 32-bit RISC processor makes it possible, opening up a whole new world of music to the guitarist.
Never again will you have to change guitars to produce a different sound - just switch the MIDI channel. On the AXON AX100 MKII, you can either choose from over 500 internal sounds, 10 drum kits and an SFX kit or trigger external sound devices such as samplers and synthesizers. Then, depending on the sound generator you are using, a guitar can become a synthesizer, an electric piano or a saxophone. Everything is possible - even at the same time. With the 12 play area zones, the AXON AX 100 MKII even makes your guitar multitimbral - you can play different instruments by splitting the fretboard, strings or pick position!
Optional connecting pedals and buttons add effects and even more variety to your playing - as does the built-in arpeggiator. Listen for yourself: the AXON AX 100 MKII marks the beginning of a whole new era for guitarists and bassists.
* Extremely fast guitar-to-MIDI controller with impulse early-recognition system
* Compatible with electric and acoustic guitars and electric basses
* Automatic pick position recognition
* 12 play area zones
* 128 programmable presets
* 32-bit RISC processor
* Built-in tuner
* Arpeggiator
* Over 500 high-quality sounds (GM and XG-sound compatible)
* 10 drum kits and one SFX kit
Technical Data
* Guitar to MIDI converter
* Extremely fast tracking
* Pick position recognition
* Works with steel, nylon or bass strings
* 256 memory positions
* 128 programmable presets
* More than 500 high-quality sounds
* 10 drum kits and 1 SFX kit
* 12 play area zones (segments)
* Programmable foot switch connections (hold and preset)
* Arpeggiator with programmable rhythm sequences
* Built-in tuner
* 32-bit RISC processor
* Pickup systems for electric and acoustic guitar (6-string) and bass (4-string)"
Yamaha VL1-m
images via this auctionSome useful links from the auction:
Sound On Sound magazine's original 1994 review of the VL1 (the keyboard version)
Ken Barry's web page devoted to the VL1-m, including sounds generated by his Yamaha WX7
International Wind Synthesis Association
A couple of Harmony Central user reviews
Patchman Music patch samples for the VL1
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