Saturday, February 12, 2011
Serge - Sixth Patch (with the Triple Waveshaper)
YouTube via MechaSeb76 | February 12, 2011 |
"Serge - Sixth patch"
Speek n Tweek 'White Label' Edition
via this auction"Rare mint condition custom Speek n Tweek 'White Label' Edition with Blue upper body switches. Designed and Constructed by Kerry Staite aka K-Tronik
Features:
Double/Stacked Rotary Knobs Speaker Volume & Pitch Pot Controls
3 Way Pitch Switch engages the Pitch Knob setting:
Momentarily engagement of the Pitch Knob Setting ( Down )
Natural Pitch sans Pitch Knob Setting ( Center = Off )
Hold engagement of the Pitch Knob Setting ( Up )
Pitch Knob can be set while the Pitch Switch is engage or not engaged
IE: While in Momentary or Hold Settings the Pitch can be Adjusted for Swoops across the entirety of the frequency range
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Vintage KORG DDD-1 Drum Machine via this auction.
"Comes with 2 ROM cards, lots of literature, and a heavy duty carrying case. Great vintage sounds and tons of options, velocity sensitive pads, plus MIDI so you don't have to be stuck in a 1985 time machine if you don't want to be."
Studio Electronics SE-1 Synth
via this auction"The SE-1 has three oscillators to create big, rich and creamy sounds. It excels at bass and cutting leads and is based on the mini moog and oberheim filters. The envelopes are great too allowing very fast attack and decay times for that massive punchy sound or slower release times for that bowel-shattering sub-sonic ooze!"
Yamaha TQ-5 TQ5 FM Synth Module
via this auction
"For those who don't know anything about this- basically the 80's in an affordable box- plug this into a Midi Controller and Viola! For those who may be looking for a DX-100, DX-21, DX-11, FB-01, or TX81Z-- this has the same 4 Operator FM Synth Architecture. Essentially a TX81Z with a sequencer and effects- this is an affordable source of real FM sounds. Great at producing the booming low ends, thrashing percussive sounds, and the tweaked-out bizarre noises FM is known for. There is even a "Quick Edit" button that essentially tweaks the FM Operators in real-time in somewhat random/awesome/unpredictable ways- great for producing sonic mayhem. This box can do a lot, and with an editor like SoundDiver or Yseditor for Atari, this thing becomes EXTREMELY powerful." A bit Mad Max looking.
Classic 1973 version 1 ARP String Ensemble (Eminent Solina)
via this auction
"If you are reading this, then you know what it means to have a real ARP/Eminent Solina in your setup instead of settling for "Solina" samples or "String Ensemble" patches on your other synths... The organic, lush, animated washes of sound that come from a genuine Solina are like no other instrument before or after, and quite simply defy sampling because of the "living" quality achieved by its raw oscillator tones passing through the wonderful triple-stage analog chorus with vintage 1970s TCA350 BBD chips. In fact, how many clones of the Solina chorus have we seen over the years attesting to the desirable sound of this effect?
But did you know that there were 3 versions of this famous instrument?The original 1973 model (this one for sale) is the closest electronically and sonically to the fabled Eminent 310 Unique organ made famous by Jean Michel Jarre's Equinox and Oxygene albums. Very few of these original (ver.1) Solinas were made compared to the later versions, and it is widely accepted that with each revision the build quality and sound suffered due to cost-cutting and inferior circuit redesigns. You can identify an original 1973 model because it does not give the player the option of turning the chorus effect off. Later units have an extra red button either to the right side of the keyboard (ver.2) or on the front panel (ver.3) labeled "modulation" which toggles the chorus on/off. Frankly, the chorus is such an integral part of the Solina sound, I don't know why you'd ever bother turning it off. So don't be mistaken thinking that the original ver.1 Solina doesn't have that signature chorus just because the red button isn't there...it most certainly does, and sounds perhaps even better than late models because of those original warm TCA350 chips.
In the 1970s the Eminent Solina was imported by ARP for the US market and stickers for "String Ensemble SE-IV" were simply stuck over the original logos on the instruments. So if you are on the hunt for one or the other, it's the exact same instrument....in real life you can even see the original "Solina" logo raising slightly through the thin "SE-IV" sticker on the instrument.So enough history...let's talk about this specific unit for sale:
This ver.1 Solina is in truly outstanding shape inside and out. Electronically is it 100% with the exception that the lowest G# key is not triggering. I've opened it up, and I can see that there is a tiny bit of corrosion on one of the circuit traces associated with that specific key, and I believe that flowing a little solder across that trace (or adding a centimeter's worth of jumper wire) will solve that issue..."
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