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Formanta Polivoks

YouTube via lesingemonotone
"Trying out a Formanta Polivoks that has been modified with external CV/gate. A x0xb0x is the sequencer used in the clip."

Me checking a Simmons sds 8 drum module

YouTube via DX5
"Just showing what can it do.
All the channels has the same VCO, so they are basically the same. In preset mode each channel have different settings for each drum sound. You can put it in manual mode, then you can edit all the parameters. It is what I did."

Me playing New Order "Blue Monday" (updated)

YouTube via DX5.

The Oberheim DX was the original drum machine used for the track.

"Extemporizing with "Blue Monday". Now I added a Simmons SDS 8 Drum module (Just two pads) for messing with as Peter Hook did live.

Equipment:
Roland JP8000
Emu Emax
Roland D10

Simmons SDS 8

Backtrack recorded with Pro Tools and Reason rewired."

VINTAGE MOOG SONIC 6 SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

"Moog Sonic 6 synthesizer in new old stock condition. This synthesizer was discovered in a 40+ year old music store. It was recently cleaned and calibrated by Keyboard Specialties of St. Petersburg, FL. This synthesizer works perfectly - all controls work exactly as they should and the key bed is even and smooth. It has no issues whatsoever."

Oberheim Matrix-6 with Custom Wood Sides

via this auction

ROLAND SH-1000

via this auction

"The Roland SH-1000 is historically important because it was the first synthesizer that Roland made (1973)"

Limex Sound Module Doppelpack 256MB

via this auction
"256MB Soundboard with the sounds of AM128 and TRADITION Exclusive200
including Styles capabilities!

For LIMEX Midi SYSTEM MPR3"Pro" and M Series it has 120 built in registers!
Which means simply PLUG and PLAY!!!

Solo Instrument capabilities:
Baritone: Sepp Mattlschweiger and Janez Per
Bassposaune: Sebastian Fuchsberger and Global Kryner
Rhythm Guitar: Renato Verlic and Gerhard Kometer
Clarinet: Vito Muzenic
Trumpet: Ivan Presern
Contra Bass: Tadej Mihelic
Tuba: John Sass
Accordion and Harmonica Selection: Hubert Klausner

Other Instruments: Hackbrett, Zither, Violin and Strings, Tenor Horn, Guitar, E-Bass, Contra Bass (Struck), Percussion and Drums, 25 Accordion and Harmonica Registers"

The Tubon

you might recognize the Tubmon from this post and this post.

These images are from Musikmuseet where you'll find more along with a PDF of the manual.

via Frederic in the comments of this post.

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Eowave Persephone analog ribbon synthesizer

via this auction
"eowave Persephone (suitcase version). This instrument cost $1699 and is no longer in production. Great unit - I used it on its own and as a controller for my modular synthesizer.

The Persephone is a fingerboard analogue synthesizer with CV and MIDI in and out. At the first sight, the Persephone reminds of the first electronic fingerboard instruments developed in the 1920s.

But beyond this vintage look, the Persephone allies sensors technology and digital controls to a pure analogue generation of sound. The Persephone musicality will be determined by the way it is played. The Persephone respects the traditional play of the first non-keyboard electronic instruments with the right hand controlling the pitch and the left hand controlling the velocity. The ribbon zone can allow all kinds of play. When scaled, the Persephone can be played like a regular keyboard. Though there are no fixed preset notes with the ribbon, keyboard players will easily find their way. Guitars and bass players will certainly play it like a chord instrument and get sounds that are closed to cello or violin, especially when using vibratos. Jazz players will enjoy slapping the Persephone’s ribbon to get wonderful sonorities. Movie music writers and fans of sci-fi effects will enjoy its bi-dimensional structure, which allows creating eerie sounds very easily. A new fingerboard synthesizer Just like any synthesizer, the Persephone offers a classical synthesis architecture with an oscillator section, a filter section, a modulation section and a LFO section. With its 100% analogue oscillator, the Persephone can generate notes with a range of 10 octaves. Its lower frequencies go from a deep and resonant cello tone to a nearly human voice. On the highest pitches, it can reach very high frequencies. The oscillator waveform can be set between triangle and sawtooth for a more or less brilliant sound. The filter is a 12dB low-pass filter. Its ribbon control surface is pressure and position sensitive. While it requires the most advanced sensor technology and allows all kind of glissando a Theremin or les Ondes Martenot would allow. A scaling potentiometer allows scaling the Persephone’s ribbon from 1, 2, 5 to 10 octaves. The expression key, controlled by an optic sensor, can transmit the slightest vibrations on the key with an accuracy the mechanical systems never had. All the controls are digital. The four play modes - A, B, C and D - offer different hierarchy of control between the pitch, the velocity, a filter modulation and a LFO. Connections are located on the rear side of the front panel and are protected from dust and other source of deterioration by the Persephone suitcase top when not used. The Persephone like a CV/MIDI controller The Persephone has a CV out and a MIDI in/out. With its CV out, it can control any other analogue synthesizers and modular systems. With its MIDI in/out, it can also be used as a MIDI controller, what turns it into a powerful new kind of instrument. Technical Specifications Suitcase version or desktop version available Scale : a scaling potentiometer allows to scale the Persephone’s ribbon from 1, 2, 5 to 10 octaves. Tune Finetune Brightness : two waveforms Wave : from sinus to triangle"

DSI Tetra Videos by Dave Smith

DSI Dave Smith Instruments Tetra Introduction

YouTube via DaveSmithInstruments
"http://www.davesmithinstruments.com/p...
Tetra is our next-generation analog poly synth. Tetra takes the award-winning sound and features of Mopho, multiplies them by four, and packs them in a box less than half an inch larger!

Tetra has multiple personalities. It is a four-voice, analog poly synth, a sort of mini Prophet. It's a four-part, multitimbral synth with separate outputs, essentially four Mophos in one very compact box. And its a voice expander for other Tetras or the Prophet 08."

Combos- DSI Dave Smith Instruments Tetra