MATRIXSYNTH

ARP Odyssey Lumina by CMS

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"This auction is for a super-rare, one of a kind, ARP Odyssey Lumina by CMS. This Odyssey is from the personal collection of Phil Cirocco at CMS. It is the one and only prototype for an upcoming illuminated slider retrofit kit for the ARP Odyssey and Avatar. Due to an ongoing relocation here at CMS, this mod is not available at this time and won't be available until the end of 08. This unit has been restored to brand new condition by CMS and features all new, color coded, illuminated sliders.

This is the one and only chance to get your hands on a drastically superior version of a classic synthesizer. The illumination of the sliders is remarkable, but that is not the focus of this modification. The replacement sliders are of a much better quality than the originals and feature a teflon bushing for much better action and tactile feel. The precision of these sliders makes tuning the VCOs much easier and the VCOs actually stay in tune! The modulation attenuators have a much better range. The filter FC and resonance sliders are never scratchy and have a wonderful feel when you want to "play" them.

In my opinion, the big thing wrong with the ARP Odyssey, from the very beginning, was the sliders. They were garbage from day one. Sorry Alan. Changing the sliders to high quality teflon units makes a giant difference in the operation of an ARP Odyssey. Custom light sliders.

More info here" via Josh of bigcitymusic.com

painted es-1

flickr by Satoshi Aizawa

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White KORG ES-1

Grey Faced Oberheim OB-1

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Anyone know more about this one?

Update via Chuck in the comments: the image is via this auction. Someone on AH called out that it is a later OB-1A model which makes sense as Oberheim went with the gray on the OB-X and first OB-SX which both followed the OB-1.

EDP GNAT

YouTube via emssynthi100
"my gnat talking.soon clips to follow with wasp and spider sequencer."

moog modular + drum controller

YouTube via polyvoks
"moog modular playing a simple sequence + moog drum controller"

Sequential Circuits Split-Eight

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"The Split-Eight has a gritty and raw sound with a lot of character that suits many styles of music. Bass sounds are tremendous. Has Poly Modulation just like the Prophet 5 giving it some unique and unusual tonal variations. The filters are warm with some beautiful high-frequency spectral movement when resonnance pushed to the edge.
• Eight Analog Oscillators - Saw, Tri, Pulse
• Pitch, Pulse Width, and Poly Modulation

• Eight 24db Curtis Low Pass Filters with Resonnance
• ADSR Filter Envelope
• DADSR Amplifier Envelope
• LFO with Square, Triangle Waveforms
• Wicked Fat Unison Mode
• Built-in Analog Stereo Chorus
• Five Octave Keyboard (not velocity sensitive)
• Split/Doubled Keyboard Voice Assignment
• Program Linking
• Separate A/B/Mix Audio Outputs
• Built-in Grounded Power AC Power Cable
• Newly Replaced Storage Backup Battery"

The Multi-Trak, Six-Trak, MAX, and Split-Eight as share the same synth engine.

Studio Electronics Code 8

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Note the binary background.

"Studio Electronics Code 8 OD. It's the ultimate true analog synthesizer, like having eight discrete monophonic synths from the 70's/80's era (you know, the sound EVERYONE looks for?) built into a rack unit. With all that sound, the instrument is amazingly flexible, and those 8 huge voices can be stacked, merged, split up, or run multi-timbrally, any way you want. Built in Moog and Oberheim-style analog filters (you can choose between them for EACh VOICE!)... really nice design with easy to use front panel. Studio Electronics took their worshipped Omega 8 synth, and put a bunch of extras into it. The new "OD" models give you classic analog amp overdrive for each voice. The analog experts at Studio Electronics took their classic Omega Engine and couple of fresh ideas to come out with the NEW C O D E Synthesizer. Two new great features on the CODE Synth are the sinewave generators and the new filter control section. New Sinewave Generator features. Each voice now has a sinewave on oscillator 1 expanding the sound possibilities of the synth. One of the key new features on the C O D E is the Filter Control section, which allows you to sweep through all the filter types in real time with complete MIDI control. The switches in the Filter Control section give momentary control of assignable parameters. The Filter Control Section · Sweep through all the filter types in real time. · Increase or decrease the filter frequency. · Increase the envelope amount. · Increase the resonance amount. · Filter ENV Delay. · Invert the filter envelope. · "CUT" Filter Decay. · Works on the CODE synth engine or external input. The 8 voice version is configured as a 8 input or quad filterbank.  Bank 3 "The Riot" bank included (a $139 value!) Bank 4 All New "Cadix" bank included (a $189 value!)"