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SEIKO DS-310 Digital Synthesizer

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Note the lack of jacks in the back and the ribbon connector. According to the auction it's an "add on to the 1980's Seiko Digital Sound System Keyboards." See this post for more details on that synth.

Update via Qwave in the comments: "Right, this is only an add-on for those Seiko Keyboards.

I used to have a Seiko DS202 with this DS310 additive synthesis add-on. You could store 4 sounds only. Each Sound consisting of three user programmable static 16 harmonic waves. The unit got 4 different envelopes to get the various possible crossfades of the spectrums over time and the over all volume envelope. Soundwise it was the pure man's ynclavier or PPG wave ;-)

Well not bad. But no detuning, just static one and a chorus from the DS202 keyboard. There was also a keyboard without the chorus. And the real time sequencer add on was named DS320. See a picture of mine (sorry, long gone) here. The most famous user were J.M. Jarre (see Rendez-Vous) and Robert Schroeder. He also did the demoing (by playing The Beatles "Eleanor Rigby") the year it was first shown in the Frankfurt Musik Messe."

The beamz Music Performance System

Get your laser harp action on. No MIDI - USB Only. Not sure if you can use/mod it to control external gear.

"The beamz system has a "W" shape, with six laser beams spanning the two sections; connect via USB to your PC or laptop, and hook up some speakers. The simple, intuitive computer interface makes it easy to choose any of 30 included songs in 19 musical genres for laying down a complementary rhythm track. The beamz library includes original works in jazz, bluegrass, classical, hip-hop, reggae, heavy metal and more.

Breaking the laser beams with your hands automatically generates pre-authored pulses, streams, riffs or loops of musical notes or sounds from an incredible variety of instruments from around the world — guitars, steel guitar, strings of all types, percussion, keyboards, winds.even cowbell. Sophisticated high-fidelity sounds seem to pour from your fingertips like magic!

# Extraordinary invention fuses the interaction of your hands with laser beams to create the sounds of hundreds of different instruments.
# Breaking the laser beams with your hands automatically generates pre-authored pulses, streams, riffs or loops of musical notes or sounds from a variety of instruments — all kinds of strings, keyboards, winds, percussion. Sophisticated high-fidelity sounds seem to pour off your fingertips like magic!
# Choose a complementary rhythm track from 30 original songs in 19 music genres, including jazz, bluegrass, classical, hip-hop, reggae, heavy metal and more.
# The beamz system has a "W" shape, with six laser beams spanning the two sections; connect via USB to your PC or laptop, then hook up some speakers and you're ready to perform great-sounding music.
# Includes software CDs and USB cable for connecting directly to USB port of your PC or laptop."

more info including pdf at The Sharper Image. Or you can build this. You can find all posts mentioning laser harp here (scroll when you get there).

Future Retro 777

Great green shot via sequencer.de where you will find more. BTW, it looks like sequencer.de is running another update on the site. I'm not putting everything up, so be sure to check out the latest here. If you have an RSS reader, now might be a good time to subscribe.

check out THE WALDORF Q+ versus ALESIS ANDROMEDA A6

Sequencer by Curetronic

click here for a link to a PDF on sequencer.de. You will also find more images of the Curetronic modular.

"1) Sequencer itself with 8 Knobs, Reset, ext. and int. Trigger, CV + Gate out (V/Oct, V-trig)
2) extra Module for Mutes and Gate “length”
3) another for LEDs
4) the pulse out module itself.. see pdf

this is a modular system that started as DIY kits first.."

JMJ 143

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Jean Michel Jarre
Royal Albert Hall

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MFOS Wierd Sound Generator WSG

YouTube via tylersplan
"note - pcb and schems came from music from outer space. TO ORDER A COMPLETE UNIT: http://cauchyriemannbuilds.blogspot.com/ TO ORDER A BOARD: http://www.musicfromouterspace.com"

Korg SQ-10 plays the Korg MS-20

YouTube via Newueel
"This is a Korg SQ-10 (analog sequencer) playing a 16-step sequence on a Korg MS-20. The first 8 steps (Channel A) only use VCO1. The other 8 (Channel B) only use VCO2. Channel C controls the HPF (per step). Also each 3rd and 11th step the some white noise is added via EG1 and VCA. The SQ-10 is synced with a Korg Triton (which is only used for a simple drum part) via a Doepfer MSY1. If you're interested in knob/patch settings, let me know (I took some pictures)."

Update you can find images of the patch via Newueel here.

Roland Jupiter-6

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Farfisa TS 600 Organ Synthesizer

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"FARFISA TS 600 electronic organ that has a double keyboard and built in speakers.This keyboard has an array of instruments that can be played on either keyboard by simply pressing a series of buttons.There is also a section for Rhythms,Auto accompaniment,sequencer,special features,manual programming etc.Each keyboard row can be tailored to suit the right sound you require and the bottom keyboard has the auto accompaniment section.

This is a good size and measures 42 inches wide x 18 inches deep x 7 inches high"

And a bottle of milk.

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