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Madrona Labs Soundplane

http://www.madronalabs.com/

"A touch-sensitive surface for intimate control of electronic sound."

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Health Club 32-stEp Analog Sequencer

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"32-stEp Analog Sequencer
Control Your Analog Synths With Style...
16x2 and 32x1 Modes
Random Mode
Stop, Reset, Reverse and None at any Step
Count Up/Down Switch
Quantize to Half-Steps, Whole-Steps, or every Fourth Step
Pulse/Gate/Off Switch for each Step
3v/6v/12v CV Range Switch
32 Course Tune Knobs
32 Fine Tune Knobs
32 Step Length Knobs

Arcade Buttons for Step Back, Step Forward, Reset, and Run/Stop
Jacks for Clock In, Clock Out, Speed In, PW In, Transpose In, Stop/Run, External Start,
CV Out 1, CV Out 2, CV Out 3(Step Length), Gate Out 1, Gate Out 2
(Clock In Jack can be used with Roland TR-x0x trigger outs)
Step Length On/Off Switch
Hold Switches and Glide Knobs for CV1 Out and CV2 Out
Normal/Flip Out Switch to switch CV and Gate Outs (For Use in 16x2 Mode so you can flip between 2 sequences)
Metal Construction
Wood Sides
Blue LEDs

more info and photos:
http://www.healthclub-music.com/32step.htm"

Unique DBE/Crumar Bit 01 Rack Analog Synthesizer

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"The Unique DBE was an American released version of Crumar's revered Bit 01 rack. Everything is exactly the same. 6 voice polyphonic analog synthesizer, stereo outs. So warm and such crazy, crisp fast envelopes. It is way warmer and phatter, and easier to program then let's say a Matrix 6. Lots of MIDI treats can affect many parameters with velocity and aftertouch like LFO, Pulse wave modulations and of course envelopes. Anything you see on the little matrix that has an extra frame around it is velocity sensitive. S/N is 0017. There can't be more than a few hundred of these. Much more rare than the Bit 01. These were available like for a few months back in the 80s."

Korg M500 Micro-Preset

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"Features: 32-note monophonic preset synthesizer had 6 push-button presets ("voice", "synthe 1", "synthe 2", "brass", "string", and "wood" as in woodwind) and a five octave switch. If you pressed two buttons at the same time, those two presets would mix. There were controls for attack and "sustain" (decay/release), VCF, modulation depth, modulation speed, and portamento speed (as well as a lever to switch the portamento on or "momentary")"

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Creamware Minimax ASB

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"MINIMAX ASB
One may not consider a synthesizer with three Oscillators and noise, a mixer as well as a filter followed by amplifiers and two envelopes, as being spectacular in sound. But we are not just talking about any kind of synthesizer but about "the" synthesizer that started it all. MINIMAX ASB is a perfect emulation of one of the most popular synthesizers ever. Its ease of use and easy to learn sound technique made this instrument a role model for many other synthesizers. Its sound is famous. The oscillators and filters are extremely powerful and the envelopes extremely quick.
Many soft and hardware companies have tried to copy its features but have shattered by doing so. Its hardware duplicate had different built-in components taking away from its original sounding character. Most software programs emulated only parts of the hardware such as the filter. Significant elements like Oscillators and envelopes were for the most part forgotten. MINIMAX ASB is different from anything available before. MINIMAX ASB not only emulates parts of the instrument. We consider it as being "the" synthesizer. Today, where most hardware components are difficult to get and software reached the limits, MINIMAX ASB has managed to go beyond.

Within the MINIMAX, we have remodelled all significant sound elements after the original's circuitry. In addition, a steady cross-check with the Original was made and now offers even identical knob positions as within the original. No reproduction has yet been that precise. Measurements and adjustments were only a part of the work. Beforehand there was another problem to tackle. The original analog model produces frequencies which when copied or emulated would produce aliasing. Those who are familiar with aliasing know how awful it sounds. The MINIMAX ASB's sound generation is based on newly developed algorithms that are free of any aliasing. The MINIMAX ASB handles even the most complex Modulations, filter FM or Oscillator-Modulation. Moreover, the nice thing about this, the MINIMAX will always sound like the original. Thus MINIMAX ASB tops today's digital synthesis technique."