MATRIXSYNTH

Fairlight Series III MFX Hard Disk Recording System

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"Fairlight Series III MFX 3 Hard Disk recording system. Its a 24 channel analog and digital, 16 bit system.
Though it was built in the early 90s (approx 1992) its quality, reliability and famous ease of editing means these units are still in use in major studios all over the world. This is an extremely rare system.. and cost around $80,000 new. It was recently decomissioned from a high end film/tv post production facility here in Melbourne.

This one is MFX 3, operating system 12.3.27.
OS 12 was the last revision that was CMI capable, meaning that with the correct cards you can turn this into a CMI machine. Many of the CMI system cards are already present, but the channel, CMI I/O, and WRAM cards are not. The console/keyboard can switch between MFX and CMI mode when the correct software and hardware is installed, as shown in the photos. I had plans to do this, but don't have the time or know how to track down the relevant cards/software and set up the system. For a person with relevant Fairlight experience this could make a seriously powerful CMI machine, or companion/expansion to a Series III CMI.

Included is:
Series III Card Cage
MFX I/O Unit
MFX Console/Keyboard
External SCSI Hard Drive
2x digital Tape Storage Devices
All interconnecting cables.

Installed cards are:
6 x ESPDCC Rev 1.5 (for a total of 24 digital and analog I/O)
ESP96K
ESPSYN Rev 2.10
Q133 Rev 9.2
Q209 Rev 8.1
Q356 Rev 2A
ESPCG3 Colour Graphics.
Q007 REv 1A.1
CMI41 Rev 2.4
CMI28 Rev 5.1
ESPTS1 Rev 3.2T

Please see this page for reference"

Yamaha DX1

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50" x 26" x 9", 115 lbs
"So, what's actually in a DX 1?

It's a 32 voice FM synth based on the DX 7 voice structure. It adds the ability to have split and dual modes (two 16 voices synths). Physically, the DX 1 has a great feeling wooden keyboard with velocity, after touch and individual key after touch (a rarity for any synth). It also has the standard pitch bend and modulation wheels, plenty of connections in the back for pedals and footswitches, MIDI In/Out/Thru, and both 1/4" and balanced XLR outputs. On the front under the wheels are connections for headphones and a breath controller input. There are also two cartridge slots for additional sounds/storage.

I believe Yamaha spent extra time and money on the output stage of this synth. It sounds much better than any DX-7 or DX-7 II. Hook up the XLRs to your mixing board and stand back. There's a certain 'bigness' that comes through and you can hear it even if couldn't see the synth playing it. Having the weighted keys and responsiveness of velocity and individual after touch means that you'll get lost playing this thing. It takes you to another world and time just stands still.

Oh yeah, there's also the little matter of ALL THE DISPLAY INFORMATION! Forget trying to build a ship in a bottle. The front panel of the DX 1 makes it a joy to actually program and edit FM patches. All the algorithms are displayed and the selected one is displayed in the LED boxes next to the chart. The feedback operator, algorithm number, detune, and frequency are also displayed. The envelope rates and levels have their own display section, as well as information about the output level and other generally useful data.

There's also lots of dedicated buttons and a handy chart for accessing various functions in the menus. All in all, this synth is an absolute breeze to use and to get around."

ROLAND BASS GUITAR SYNTHESIZER GR-33B

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MFX24 24 BIT F/X circuit bent effects

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You might remember the MFX24 from this video. Currently there only appears to be one for sale, but here's a link to the seller's listings in case more get added over time.

"The MFX-24 is a compact portable effects processor that has been designed with the circuit bending and electronica culture in mind, with a retro design, straight forward interface design and small form factor makes it the perfect companion for your gigs.

Don't be fooled by it size! It has a full blown 24 bits processing engine with 15 amazing presets like reverb, delay, chorus, flanger, phaser,tremolo, Pitch shifter...it also acts like a synthesizer with a sine wave generator that can create an extremely low powerful bass and also a random lfo generator!

3 independent controllers for real time manipulation, control 3 different aspects of the selected preset for unique sounding effects in real time!

BIGHEAD_ELECTRONICS is proud to bring you this homebrew product, designed and built in my home garage(Steve Jobs style!!)"

Techno Klee

YouTube via synthdood
"EM Klee, SSM2040 filter, three XR2206 VCO's, TH VCA-1, BOSS DR-110, two MOTM EG's, Space Echo RE-201, Lexicon MPX-100 (reverb), Mackie 1604VLZ, Canon HV30."

Voltage Controlled 3-Pole State Variable Filter

"This is an interesting twist on the traditional 2-pole state variable filter, as used in many Oberheims and other analogue synths. Based on an Analog Devices SSM2164 quad VCA"

see neil's webbly world for more details including ordering info. Samples to come.

BEDRUM - DRUM MACHINE for the iPhone

"A classic Drum Machine
for iPhone & iPod Touch
Now available at iTunes App Store!

Features:
* Easy and quick to use interface
* Choose between 4 different drumsets
* 16 step programmable pattern sequenser

Developed by:
Magnus Larsson - interface
design & sound
Nick Rudolfsky - code"

BEDRUM
You can get BEDRUM here:

Some Music Using the Gakken SX-150

via John Levin
"I finally got it together to make a piece with the Gakken SX-150. My basic idea was to treat the Gakken the same way I treat my Arp Odyssey: run it through a Line 6 DL-4 in looper mode, with a long repeat time, to emulate tape delay with feedback. Much of the work I do with the Odyssey involves modulating consonant intervals in the filter with a combination of envelopes, sample and hold and the LFO."

You can find more info including another track featuring the ARP Odyssey on John's Things that go him in the night.

Moog CDX, White Elephant

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Googlish:
"Absolutely rare Moog synthesizer with built organ for sale. The cult instrument comes from the 70's and bears the name CDX or 'White Elephant'."

Additional translation via Florian who sent this in:
"Found in the rehearsal room. For sale is an absolutely rare Moog organ with builtin synthesizer. The instrument is from the seventies and is named Cdx or 'White Elephant'. Unfortunately I[*] did not find the stand for it. The organ works basically[**], but I could not test all functions, because I have not deep enough knowledge. May it is necessary to fix something. This thing is definitely an eye-catcher, because it looks that futuristic. The organ sounds like The Doors."