DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Nothing"

YouTube via DX5.

"Depeche Mode 'Nothing'. Just sequenced and recorded in half an afternoon. Made to be sung over it, so think in the letter while listening.

Mid: Roland D10 sounding itself and triggering a choir sample.
Below: E-Mu Emax with library and self made samples.

Backtrack running on Pro Tools & Reason 3.0"

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KORG MS20

Circuit-bent Roland TR-707

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"Modified Roland TR-707 by Diabolical Devices. Roland TR-707 with added pitch controls for the first 8 drum sounds/groups (bass drum through Hi-Hats..not cymbals) Each pitch control has a bypass switch and a bi-color (red/blue) LED to indicate pitch status. There is also a 12 point circuit-bending patch bay and 4 hard-wired switches, when these are activated you can generate a variety of ring-mod, distorted and bit reduced, and delayed effects. Please check out the audio samples on our web site. I will post a video in this listing when I can. This machine also has Blue LED color change. Audio Samples are at: www.circuit-bent.com."

Korg Microkorg w/ blue LEDs

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"Korg Microkorg Synthesizer/Vocoder professionally modified by Diabolical Devices aka Class A Electronics,llc. It is in great condition except for a scratch on the front plate (see pics). We have installed blue LEDs under the buttons and for non vocoder functions (which are green)."

See the sellers other modded items up for auction here.

Oberheim Matrix-6R

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SAKATA SHOKAI, LTD JAPAN

Anyone know what those little jumper looking things on the bottom shot are?

Update: a couple of people have written in to call out it's a small gridded vent. That's just some solder points on the PCB.

250e fun

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(link fixed)

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modular synthesizer cabinet no.1

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From left to right:
CGS Utility LFO
Klee Sequencer
Thomas Henry XR-VCO
Thomas Henry VCO-1
YuSynth Minimoog VCF Clone
Fonitronik KORG PS-3100 Resonators
YuSynth S&H & Noise
Thomas Henry VCA-1


"Finally finished, missing double envelope generator module. PCB in arrival."
Almost looks like an ARP 2500 plus Buchla 250e Arbitrary Function Generator.

KORG PS-3200 Polyphonic Modular Synth-1977

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"KORG PS-3200 Programmable Polyphonic Synthesizer from Musik Studio! This is a sound monster, perhaps one of the last amazing analogue synths from the 70ties!

Hans Zimmer used it as well as Keith Emerson in Nassau or J.M.Jarre in Paris. So,its working and in good condition,got it from Germanys greatest dance performer til nowadays. But there are some faults,one key of the keyboard ,the G3 is dead completely(think only the key is damaged and gets no contact) and there are two voices from the 48 damaged, the D and E, but its polyphonically so its damaged in all octaves.But the sound from signal Generator 2 fills that out,so you can play it but on the missing keys the sound gets thinner and in the higher ranges there s a high frequent sound on the missing keys. There was a upgrade kit for the voices from Touched by Sound in Nürnberg,about 180 Euros i think,but don t know if that is still available! Anyway ,its a great machine,we only used it the last years as sample source for our EMU E IV s. And there s a great experimental field using the temperamental adjust knobs to play with different scales ,not mentioning the sound,its absolutely amazing. And the amplitude modulation even creates sounds like human voice etc Of course the PS-3010 polyphonic Keyboard is included with joystick and patchcords for modulating the filters etc and theres a second 60 pin connector included to sync to your second PS-3200 or 3100. That keyboard weights about 10 kg ,the PS 35 kg,so i have to send in two packages,so hava look for shipping costs,Germany about 35-40 all together,Europe about 65-70 with Iloxx. Think a copied manual must sleep in the dephth of my studio rooms but without guarantee!

SPECS: 48 Voices
Oscilators(here called signal generator) 2VCO per voice
Misc. 7 band EQ
Filter 24 db lowpass filter with resonance
VCA ADSR Envelope
Keyboard 48 keys
Memory 16 Patches,battery puffered
Control CV/ GATE
DATE 1977
Value 300 made worldwide,about 3-4000 pounds

So, at the end the memory has 16 sounds but really weird,i think it s the battery which is low, i never used the memory because i like to experiment and thats the sense of such machine. And i forgot, for editing you have to pull the knobs of that section for example the filter knob, etc etc, the machine is in good condition only the wooden sides would need some polishing."

Korg PE-1000 Polyphonic Ensemble keyboard 1976

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"Rare and precious example of one of the first truly polyphonic synthesizers in the world."

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Update via Milo Johnson in the comments: "That's odd. Both of mine have wood fascias on the body of the synth, and I have never seen one that was all-black like this."

Update via Frank: "both my PE-1000s “had/have” (meaning: sold the first, missed it, bought the second) black Tolex all around with no wood showing. My second one must be quite late, as it also has the all-plastic MS-20 style knobs rather than the older style with the aluminum skirts. "

KORG SE-500 analog tape echo + synth cv

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"KORG SE-500. Designed like the Korg MS-20, it is the most powerful tape echo ever made, with external cv controls...amazing! It is very good for guitarrists or synth & DUB master maniacs. Five playback heads give a variety of effects from simulated reverb to a 1.5 second maximum long delay. With the SOS (sound on sound) feature, you can even double up on yourself and play on top of a whole passage. Controls including effect switches and tape speed are voltage controlled to allow remote control via outboard units or synthesizer." Note: Be sure to read all auction details if you are considering this one. Same goes for all auction posts.