(Fairlight) Enter data to Page R with QWRTY keybard

YouTube via btpro
"Another Fairlight demonstration.
Page R is Real Time Sequencer.
In this tutorial, I enter playing data from QWRTY keyboard (not musical keyboard).

Moving cursor = arrow key
Enter / Delete notes = Set, Delete key
Fill command (hihat part) = F key"

circuit bent coleco talking teacher

YouTube via stylinghead. This is only the second coleco post that's gone up.

Jen P-700 Pedal Bass

via this auction

Details from the auction:
"Jen P-700 Pedal Bass stand alone bass pedals. Please follow this link to find more photos

Essentially they are a simple analogue synthesier producing powerful, analogue bass. You can select 8 foot and 16 foot tones independently with foot switches. This means you can use them on their own or together. You can also select sustain and control the decay time. This sustain feature is great for guitarists or live keyboard playing. You can also adjust the bass tone, volume and tuning.

I understand they are very rare and highly sought after. Looking at the web, it looks like one sold for $345. However, I have put a low reserve and I hope they go to a good home.

I found this website with pictures of this product

The bass pedals are quite heavy so collection prefered."

Waldorf Pulse Rackmount Analog Synthesizer

via this auction

Note this is a three OSC analog mono synth with modulation matrix, not a virtual analog. Click the iamge to read the mod sources and destinations.

HITACHI HMO-5 compact electronic organ

via this auction

Not a synth, but unique and very cool looking, and it's from Hitachi! Click the label below for more from them.

Auctions details:
"HITACHI HMO-5 is extremely rare compact electronic piano/organ
manufactured by HITACHI in 1970's Japan

HITACHI HMO-5 was also sold as EMIX PIACERA EV-06

i'ts very hard to find even in Japan nowadays
difinitely mini-organ and synth collectors gem!

cool futuristic design in silver and black plastic body with full sized 32keys
small and light weight
3 sounds(organ, piano, mandolin),metronome(cute sound),vibrate,volume,on/off
'70s warm analog sounds
it has line out,mic in
good for live performance(small and light weight and looks cool!)
works with 8 size D batteries"

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SUIKO-ST50 Japanese Exotic KOTO Synth

via this auction.

Click on the image for a larger shot. Be sure to see the SUIKO label below for other models. The seller also has some others up for auction.

auction details:
"SUIKO-ST50 is extremely rare and most strange japanese electronic musical instruments
it was originally made for japanese traditinal music circa. 1990.
SUIKO-ST50 was a expensive and most full functional product of SUIKO series

SUIKO-ST50 was very expensive and made very limited quantities those days
originaly made for the very small circle of the people who seriously studying japanese traditional music
and never sold at ordinary musical instruments market
so i'ts very hard to find even in Japan nowadays...
this is your first and last chance to get this vintage bizarre gem!

it has 2 rows of button keyboard
this keyboard specially designed for playing glissando easily like koto(japanese harp)
front row of the keyboard is japanese scale,so just playing randomly you can easily get exotic japanese melody!
it has internal stereo speakers and stereo output jack,phone jack,pedal jack,AC jack

there are various switchs for special japanese tuning, sustain,octave shift,vibrate,bend,mono/poly switch etc
trill switch easily simulates unique trill playing on Koto(japanese harp) two bend lever are available,pitch and sound level
most strange function is auto chord button(left below 4 button)
hold one keyboard and touch this button it automaticaly generates special exotic japanese style chord
it's not same as western theory but it from various japanese moods of poetic minds,really exotic!
and it also has auto play/rec function,you can record and play your performance
and play another instruments over your recording sound

many sounds are selectable,mainly japanese traditional instruments like shyakuhachi(japanese bamboo flute),koto(japanese harp) to oboe,strings,chorus etc..
in drums mode it become exotic rhythm section full of japanese traditional drums and percussion
so you can play all these percussion by tapping keyboard

sounds are very realistic,warm and strange!,unique original japanese sounds
even chorus or strings sound has dark vintage sound color like mellotron

I recommends SUIKO-ST50 for the artist who tired of western electronic instruments and seeking for fresh and bizzare sounds
and also recommends those who seriously studying japanese traditional music

Item is MINT condition and fully working.
comes with japanese manual(copy),and simple english guidance(each switch name &function etc) by myself
using 6 batteries or DC9V adaptor(not included)"

KORG MS-2000R

via this auction

Multivox Firstman SQ-01 Mini Music Lab SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

Some interesting shots of the unit showing it's perspective size. Note the warped surface, the jacks on the curved front of the unit. The bottom two knob shots remind of a mix between the KORG ER-1, MOOG The Source and an orange on black ARPs. Also note Multivox made them and it's not just Firstman, but Firstman International. I sometimes forget this.

Details from the auction:

"MULTIVOX SQ-01 Mini Music Lab analog synthesizer circa 1981. It works on 8AA batteries and sounds great.

Here's info from the manual
"The MULTIVOX SQ-01 Mini Music Lab SEQUENCE SYNTHESIZER is a monophonic multi-sound producing source (a synthesizer) and a digital recording device ( a computer memory storage sequencer) in one compact control box. The SQ-01 Mini Music Lab is to music what the calculator is to math. A.C. or 12 Volt D.C. power and memory storage backup help make the SQ-01 mini Music Lab a complete self contained unit, allowing the composer/performer to create sounds and compositions anywhere and record them for immediate musical background to compose and playback compositions flawlessly."

"The SQ-01 Mini Music Lab allows standard musical notation to be transferred to simple graphic notation that instructs the programmer/performer to enter a pitch and the length of time that pitch will be held. The music is recorded and stored into any one or all of sixteen possible channels for a possible 1024 note capacity. The seven octave range oscillator, pulse and sawtooth waveform generator, 24 dB low pass filter and envelope controls interact for the infinite sound creation we have come to expect from the finest and most sophisticated synthesizers. Optional BS-01 Bass Pedal controllers provide a unique automatic controllable bass pedal synthesizer that can transpose complete bass patterns of your creation."

'The SQ-01 Mini Music Lab can be interfaced and synchronized with other labs and synthesizers for full Mini Lab ensembles and infinite creative potential.'"

BEHRINGER's China Factory

YouTube via BEHRINGERCC.
"A video describing BEHRINGER's China factory."
Also see the Electro Harmonix factory tour.

Why I post what I post...

You never know what people will find useful or interesting. You may not be interested in the Philips PCM 100, but this person was.

"I recently found one of those philips pcm 100 composers but couldn't find a manual anywhere untill I crossed your blog via google. I was suprised to find out the foreign language is dutch, and since I'm from the Netherlands I speak and read it pretty well. So I wanted to thank you for posting it and letting you know what the actual language of the manual was. Not so suprisingly maybe since Philips is a dutch company.

Keep up the good work and thanks again!"

I love emails like this. It's also an interesting note about the manual. :)