MATRIXSYNTH

Theremin: An In-Depth Session with a Moog Melodia

YouTube via dnteuxurois | September 21, 2010

"Frank O'Brien and Kip Rosser discuss and demo the Moog Melodia built by Frank's dad in the early 1960's."

Update via Gordon Charlton in the comments: "You can find build instructions and schematics for the melodia here - http://is.gd/fvgVL - the article is 49 years old so you'll need to find modern equivalents for components. If you do build one please please please document your work and share it - I would *love* to have a melodia but my electronic skills are almost zero."

My (kind of) duophonic Moog FreqBox (Plogue Bidule + 2 Moog FreqBox)

YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan | September 26, 2010

"Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie. The music has been made in one take with Plogue Bidule and two Moog FreqBox. Enjoy !"

Cyndustries Milton Sequencer

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Also see the seller's other items for more.

"The Milton Sequencer is the coolest analog sequencer ever made! It's heart is 4 rows of 16 steps (cv values) that can be driven by a clock in the standard fashion, but one of the things that really makes this a standout sequencer is it's ability to be driven by any control voltage signal...plug an oscillator or envelope into the CV IN and watch the sequencer scan across the values! Drive it with audio rate signals and use it as a 64 stage tunable waveform generator!

It's got gate outputs at each step, and x/y trigger bus, remote enable mode (think arpeggiator), outputs for each row and more! After purchasing this new from Cyndustries, I sent it back to them to get the trigger bus upgrade so it now consistently outputs triggers.

Easily compatible with Modcan, Serge, Buchla, Bugbrand, etc."

Chase vintage synth Catalog

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"Chase was a vintage shop operating in the UK. These are flyers from their catalogues, complete and very rare!"

If anyone knows where to find decent scans of these let me know. Interesting bit of synth history.

Vintage Roland Rhythm 77 Rare Analog Drum Machine

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Some of the description appears to be from the dubsounds.com sample pack page. "The Rhythm-77 (TR-77) was the product that launched the Roland Corp. in 1972 and was the flagship of the Rhythm trio, which included the R-33 and R-55. Its place in history is secured as the first Roland drum machine ever made. It was Ikutaro Kakehashi's baby which he used to introduce the world to ROLAND after he sold off Ace Tone and moved on to bigger things. The Rhythm-77 (TR-77) came in two versions, the more common organ style wooden case with built in music stand and a black tolex "roadie protected" (TR-77V). Incidentally, if you don't already know TR stood for Transistor Rhythm. It had separate faders for the Kick, Snare, Guiro and Hi-Hat/Cymbal/Maracas, making it a very flexible machine in the studio. As with many early drum machines you could get more out of them by selecting multiple rhythms and layering them over each other.

Sonically, the 77 is probably the warmest sounding of all Roland's analogue beat boxes (before or since). The kick does lack punch but more than made up for that in bass content and the percussion sounds are very nice indeed. The standout sound has to be the guiro pattern which you can fade in over the top of the Cha-Cha and Mambo rhythms. Unashamedly "lounge" and instantly recognizable.

You can spot the TR-77 on quite a few tracks from the late '70s. It was quite popular for a few years until the CompuRhythm range took over. Gary Numan used it briefly on the "Replicas" album before moving on to the CR-78. Ultravox (with John Foxx) also used a 77 first before Foxx immortalized the CR-78 on his seminal "Metamatic" album. The 77 is also heard quite prominently in the intro to Squeeze's "Take Me I'm Yours" and "Girls On Film" by Duran Duran.

Rhythms:
Latin: Rhumba, Beguine, Cha-Cha, Mambo, Samba 1&2, Bossa Nova, Baion, Bolero, Tango
Rock: Rock'n'Roll 1&2, Slow Rock, Ballad, Western, March, Jazz Waltz, Waltz, Cancel (quiet)
2beat & 4beat: Bass Drum, Snare, Fox Trot, Swing, Parade, Shuffle

Drum Sounds:
Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Low Conga, Low Bongo, High Bongo, Rim Shot, Maracas, High Hat, Cymbal, Tambourine, Guiro, Cowbell."

Sound Source Unlimited Korg M1 M1R Synthesizer Collection ROM Card

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"vintage Korg M1/M1R "Synthesizer Collection" sound ROM card from 1992. "Synthesizer Collection" is a complete set of early classic synths (Chroma, Oberheim, Roland Juno, Korg Poly 800, etc.) and new modern synth emulations (Roland D50, Fairlight, Kawai K4, etc.). Basses, Pads, Solo instruments, splits, multi-layers and sound effects are also included in this collection. There are 100 Single Patches and 100 Combinations including 'D50 Ocean', 'Jupiter 8', '2Juno 60's', 'The Abyss', 'Silver Moon', 'Mentor', 'UFO 1' and many more."