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Saturday, November 01, 2014

KORG MS50

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"In perfect working order, serviced by Lucid in mid-October 2014 ready for this auction, here is a sought-after MS-50. Cosmetically the back is a bit scuffed, and the top edge has various bits of paint missing - but the front panel, sockets and knobs are actually pretty good. UK voltage."

Realton Variophon Spot with Seven Cards

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"Variophons are simply the best wind synthesisers ever produced. This one is a reluctant sale, because although I have another one it is such a unique instrument I would be devastated if that one broke. There is simply nothing else I know of which can make a non-wind player able to play with expression, and, unlike with sampled or digital sounds, sound like a wind player too. The designers need more recognition for making a.) a great controller and b.) the most amazingly realistic impersonations of wind instruments you ever heard. This version was checked over by Lucid recently (May 2014), and is in excellent working order. It comes with seven cartridges - Panflute, Horn, Trombone, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Tuba. They are all wonderful. With the glissando control (left hand operated) and the attack, volume and timbre variations you get with breath, this really is astonishingly organic and musical. It comes with a useful info sheet from a previous owner. The wind controller looks like it was silver-painted at some stage, but otherwise the whole thing is in excellent cosmetic condition. It comes with a new unused mouthpiece. (You may need to put it in hot water first to make it easy to attach.) The one design fault is that it seems impossible to close the main unit case safely with the existing Euro plug on the mains lead, so for transit we will cut the lead ready for you to get your own UK or Euro plug fitted to it. Packing 5GBP."

KORG PS3300

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"A magical and very rare polysynth from the mid 70s, one of an incredibly small group of analogue poly modular synths (less than 50 were sold), the PS3300 groups 3 synth units, and includes full polyphony of 48 voices. This machine is in very good working order, having just had a full mechanical and electronical service for this auction, including replacing all the connectors and capacitors, etc. All knobs and stick are original and in working order. All the frequency dividers are original. One filter was replaced, by an original filter (korg 35 filter). The external box has also totally been restored and rendered to the original hue. One minus point is a large cigarette burn upon two keys (see picture). User manual found on Internet included."

Moog Memorymoog Plus (with MIDI)

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"This Memorymoog Plus is all working very well, I serviced all the switches, so they all work well. It tunes all 6 voices quickly everytime, and is in very good condition. It is an original Moog 'Plus', so the Memorymoog badge has 'plus' on it as well. It comes with a substantial flightcase (with wheels on one end) - though I didn't photograph this."

PPG System (PRKFD, WTB + Wave 2.3)

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"I am unfortunately forced to sell my crown jewel. My near mint PPG System from 1987. I am second owner and it shows. There is only minor tear and wear and the system is 100% working and I would judge the cosmetic condition to 98% or so. The PPG System consists of the PPG Waveterm B, the PPG PRK-FD and the fantastic PPG Wave 2.3 - all in near mint/mint condition. Comes in original boxes, with factory library on 30+ floppies, 2 VERY BIG original shipping labels stickers, the original PPG Demo Tape, all cables, and the original PPG stand. System has been serviced by the PPG Guru Stefan Hübner in Hamburg. Can potentially be shipped but will most definitely prefer a pick up. This System is NOT light and due to weight, age and working condition I will not recommend it to be shipped - but it is possible."

New England Digital Synclavier II

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"A newly restored and beautiful FM/Additive Synclavier II System. The complete System has been converted to 220V Power. The ORK Keyboard is as close to mint as they come and the rest of the system looks very very good. Only technical issue is with the Winchester Hard Drive that has stopped working. The Mac I had it hooked up with showed the Winchester but can't read/write from/to it. So you will need someone to restore/reformat the HDD. System can be booted - and used - with no problems at all as long as you boot from the Superfloppy Drive. Included in the sale are the following components: ORK Keyboard. 16 Voices Control Unit. M512K (External RAM). D16 Scientific Timer Module. 2 x M32K Cards. FPRM. FPSM. MFC1. D100A (Superfloppy Controller Card). D40 Serial Card with VERY rare Manual. D107 IMI Winchester Controller card (drive not included). All the cables you need to get it running. 5.25 inch Boot Floppies. 3.5 inch Floppy with application for Mac. And of course the Control Unit. System can be shipped but I will definitely recommend a pick up due to weight and size."

Emu Emulator II with Mac Performer with Sound Designer Software

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"Cult early sampler from EMU and still very sought after today due to it using analogue filters, this one has been updated to a EII+ also includes mac performer with sound designer software installed and CD drive, so you can edit your EII from the mac, there are some disks and cd’s with the original factory sounds on, most are still easy to find on the internet to down load onto CD, the early factory sounds are fantastic and even today stand up to modern sound design and are still highly usable in a variety of genres of music/film score or sample your own. Used by nearly everyone in the mid late 80’s as it was a cheaper alternative to the other pro samplers. Synclavier, fairlight PPG etc. Recently serviced by SRS with new backlight fitted and manuals for the EII and SD (you will need them). Good condition with only minor marks to the case, the logo on the back and around the volume knob, the top C key is slightly un level but works perfectly 7/10 For shipping please contact Vemia for details."

EMS Synthi E

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"A very rare and collectable educational model from the makers of the VCS3 and Synthi-AKS. According to Robin Wood there were only around 150 of these instruments made. At first glance it appears deceptively simple, but then you notice the Tim Orr designed-filter has low pass, band pass and high pass outputs, all available simultaneously. The Attack/Decay Trapezoid Generator also has three simultaneous outputs for different modes, and can be triggered from the keyboard, the LFO, an external source via the Envelope Shaper or even patched to recycle automatically. The single VCO too, has three outputs available plus a PWM input and the VCA can be varied continuously between amplitude and ring modulation, so there are a lot of patching possibilities. This particular one is not mint, but is at least 'Good' cosmetically. Please have a look at the photographs and see for yourself. There are some scuffing marks to the outer Spartanite case, but no cracks, chips or structural damage to the plastic. The catches and hinges show some signs of corrosion but are fully functional. The front panel of the Synthi shows some panel wear, for example where the black lines and lettering have been rubbed off in a few places, but the legend is still readable. The membrane keyboard has a split along part of the top edge and near the bottom left-hand corner but this doesn't affect its function. The previous owner left a set of old batteries in it and these leaked into the rear of the case (but not onto the circuit boards), so the battery cases have been replaced. I've shown a photo of the interior so you can see that the boards are clean and unaffected by this. The good news is that this instrument has been fully overhauled by Lucid in March 2014 and is in perfect operational condition. The membrane keyboard (which usually fails on these) has been repaired and is working as is the touch-slider above it. All slide pots have been opened and cleaned. The Synthi comes with an original set of EMS patch leads, plus an additional set of five stacking leads and a UK 240V to 18V DC power supply."

Macbeth Micromac-R (Eurorack)

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"Ken MacBeth modular madness distilled down to Eurorack style and size.... very nice. Near mint, two years old, one owner, and with the two-or-three page 'owner's manual' - you don't really need it as everything is pretty self-explanatory and sensibly named. Uses Doepfer-style ribbon cable. Packing 4GBP."

Touch Digital ImpOSCar2 controller

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"Extremely rare, and no longer available - if you ever dreamed of a hardware polyphonic OSCar this is probably the closest anyone in this world will ever get (of course you'll need the ImpOSCar 2 software running to use it). Beautifully made, single-owner, home studio housed, and always protected with a dust cover when not in use. It needs a 9V DC, not included. In definitely near-mint condition, and the build quality is stunning - check those knobs for a start!! http://www.gforcesoftware.com... and http://www.synthtopia.com... Packing 8GBP - with such build quality this is seriously heavy at nearly 15kg !"
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