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Nord Lead 2 Synth with RARE PCMCIA card

Frontline X2 Analogue Drum synth

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"Very rare Frontline X2 Drum Synth

These units are rare and make amazing dub sounds, none other than the legendary Jah Shaka used one of these for those dub siren sound effects.
As well as dub, the X2 can produce a wide range of other sounds, from really tight and snappy 808 snare sounds to 70's disco toms.

The X2 can be triggered by almost any audio input signal, from the buttons on the front, a snare running from your software sequencer, a piezo trigger or even a microphone!

There are two identical channels containing:
Manual trigger button
Sensitivity control
Oscillate decay1
Oscillator decay 2
Noise decay
Sweep
Pitch
Wave form shape
Click on/off control
Noise filter
Osc/noise balance
Master volume
Audio On Off
Pre-set or manual switch

So there is wide scope for sound design and control."

Analog Modular Synthesizer by Synthesizers.com

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"Cabinet
1) QCP22 Vinyl-covered 22 space cabinet.

Internal Power Components
1) QPS1 Power Supply
1) QDH20 DC Power Harness

Modules
1) Q150 Transistor Ladder Filter (just so awesome sounding!)
1) Q130 Clipper/Rectifier
1) Q104 MIDI Interface
1) Q105 Slew Limiter

3) Q106 Oscillator
1) Q107 State Variable Filter
2) Q108 Amplifier
2) Q109 Envelope Generator
1) Q110 Noise Source
1) Q112 4-Channel Mixer
1) Q124 Multiples
1) Q125 Signal Processor
1) Q137 Power Control/Interface"

Kawai K4R 16Bit Digital Synthesizer

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"FROM THE OWNER'S MANUAL

The K4 is a 61 key touch-sensitive synthesizer equipped with a DMS (Digital Multi Spectrum) tone generator capable of up to 16 notes of polyphony when set at two Sources per tone. The K4r is a 19 inch, 2U rack-mount module version.

256 high quality internal waveforms The K4/K4r has 96 CD (Digital Cyclic) waveforms composed of as many as 128 harmonics, and a total of 160 PCM waveforms, for a total of 256 waveforms. Because the K4/K4r's internal waveforms are reproduced using 16-bit quantization, noise and distortion are virtually inaudible.

DRUM Section
The K4/K4r has its own DRUM Section which can be controlled independently of SINGLE Patches or the eight Sections of a MULTI Patch. The 61 keys from C1-C6 on the keyboard may be assigned freely to produce these tones.

Internal EFFECT (K4) and mising capability (K4r)
The K4 has 16 types of internal effects, including Reverb, Delay and Overdrive, etc.. In MULTI PLAY, the depth of the effect may be set for each tone.

Realistic touch response
The K4/K4r has the feeling of an acousic piano keyboard, a feature which has made the Kawai K series so popular. In addition, Velocity, Aftertouch, Release Velocity and Keyboard Scaling features allow the expression of the most minute touch on the keyboard.

MULTI PLAY capability
Eight SINGLE tones may be reproduced by the DMS tone generator, freely combining the Layer, Velocity Switch and Split functions, enabling far more beautiful layered and split sounds than have ever been possible before.

Variable Multi-Timbral capability
In the MULTI PLAY mode, each tone may be set to a specific MIDI channel, allowing the K4/K4r to function as though it were eight MIDI tone generators (or nine with the DRUM Section). The Variable Multi-Timbral function also allows the voices of each Section to be played simultaneously.

INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT function (K4r only) The K4r is equipped not only with two stereo output jacks, but with six separate output jacks as well to allow the connection of external effects units to create high quality sound.

LINK
Eight patches from those in the unit may be selected and stored together. This function is used, for instance, when multiple tones are to be used in sequence. When arranged in the order in which they are to be called up, the operator may easily change tones from one to the next while playing.

MIDI
By connecting an external MIDI device to the MIDI jack, the K4/K4r may be used as a tone generator module with drums, or to control the external MIDI device.

Card
A card permits an increased number of tones to be placed in memory. One card can hold 64 SINGLE Patches, 64 MULTI Patches, the DRUM Section and EFFECT or OUTPUT Settings."

Casio CZ-101 Keytar with Custom Grip Ribbon Controller

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"Modified with a pitch ribbon mounted on a grip so you can use it "keytar style". Pitch ribbon mirrors pitch wheel. Please check this video I made with another CZ-101, it's basically the same:" At the auction and previously posted here.

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【DEMO】Waldorf micowaveXTk 30Voice

YouTube Uploaded by musictrackjp on Jul 26, 2009

"Please request any products you want http://musictrack.jp/request/ DEMO by Katsunori UJIIE

Sound Demo & microQKey Performance

musics
http://musictrack.jp/products/1000245/musics"

【DEMO:CC】ROLAND JP-8000

YouTube Uploaded by musictrackjp on Jan 4, 2010

"Please request any products you want http://musictrack.jp/request/ DEMO by Katsunori UJIIE

music
http://musictrack.jp/products/51/musics"

There's a Roland JP-8000 factory patches bank set for the Yamaha AN1X. They sound nearly identical.

Roland GAIA SH-01 Demos by musictrackjp

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Playlist:
【DEMO:CC】ROLAND GAIA SH-01 #1 What's GAIA?
【DEMO:CC】ROLAND GAIA SH-01 #2 TONE & 64 Preset sound
【DEMO:CC】 GAIA SH-01 #3 Basic Programming.
【DEMO:CC】 GAIA SH-01 #4 Advanced Programming.
【DEMO:CC】 GAIA SH-01 #5 Advanced Programming2
ROLAND GAIA #1 Programming Battle OPENING
ROLAND GAIA #2 Programming Battle Round1
ROLAND GAIA #3 Programming Battle Round2
ROLAND GAIA #4 Programming Battle Round3

A6 Creamier sound

A6 Creamier sound by CoolColJ
"I have found the Andromeda's oscillators have a tendency to lock to each other and phase cancel. A byproduct of the too accurate auto tuning perhaps, which tunes every octave on the board. So even when you detune then oscillators they still don't sound quite right.

Contrast that with old analog synths which usually have a single scaling trim pot for the whole keyboard range. And they are never tight because of that, the top and bottom of the keyboard is always out a bit, but they sound better for it.

Here is a way to get that creamier sound out of the A6 - knock the scaling out by modulating oscillator pitch with key number!
+0.02, with an offset of -0.01 does the trick

as heard here :)

Soundcloud's processing did some weird crap to the audio :/"

Update: an another tip via Steve on the A6 list:

"Another good, standard trick is to go to View Oscillator, select nzext, select red noise, and then set it to about .36 on LinFM, PWM or one of the other choices there. This uses slight randomization to modulate the oscillator and adds a little more "natural imperfection" into the sound. It'll warm up almost any patch, and gets rid of what my brain translates into, for some reason, the "straw"-like quality of the A6's sound (straw as in hay)."

Technics WSA1 Analog & Digital Out

Technics WSA1 Analog Out by CoolColJ
"Sound of Technics WSA1 using it's analog outs
Guitar driver through a random resonator, and a sawtooth through a cone resonator (trumpet etc)

Analog out, sounds a touch warmer, and has a bit more lower mid thickness. But not quite as precise, the stereo image not as rock solid."

Technics WSA1 Digital Out by CoolColJ
"Tags: Technics WSA1 Digital Out

Sound of Technics WSA1 using it's digital out

Guitar driver through a random resonator, and a sawtooth through a cone resonator (trumpet etc)

Digital sounds a little more precise, and less warm"