Vintage Farfisa Soundmaker Analog Synthesizer

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Published on Mar 1, 2015 Joseph McGinty

"A demonstration of the Farfisa Soundmaker synthesizer, currently for sale."

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"Basically it's a combination string synth, poly synth and mono synth. When you blend all three it sounds pretty huge!

Mono presets include: Tube, Trombone, Trumpet, Sax, Clarinet, Oboe, Flute, Piccolo, Violin, Accordion, El. Bass, El. Guitar and "Free". The filter can be controlled by the LFO and/or the ADSR. There's portamento control for the mono sounds. The LFO can also control pitch or the VCA for tremelo effects.

Poly presets: Piano, Harpsichord, Honkye Tonk, Brass. There's a filter for the poly section that controls brightness.

Strings: 8' and 4', with Brilliance, Sustain and Attack controls.

Cosmetically there are a few gashes where the music stand used to go (see pictures)."

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32 Hundres Volts - A homage to the Korg PS-3200

Published on Mar 1, 2015 DJjondent

"We love our Korgs, esp the PS series ones."

RaBe's Modular Kitchen

Published on Mar 1, 2015

"Live - No DAW No Post-Productive Mastering - HARDWARE ONLY!!!"

E-MU EIII KYBD Sampler/Synthesizer/Seq! w/New CF Upgrade and FDD

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"Firstly, Yes! It Works! The E-MU EMULATOR EIII is an amazingly powerful piece of vintage gear and recording history. So much so, it cost nearly $20,000 for this full blown model! A masterpiece for E-MU, this full featured Sampler, Synth and Sequencer has high end fat Curtis Analog Filters and Sony top Converters, that make these hard to find units, one of the best sounding machines ever made! Manufactured in extremely limited quantities, the E-MU EIII is a true vintage beast to own!

This vintage power station has been upgraded/enhanced.
Full blown 8MB Model. Latest OS 2.42. Firmware v1.00
Boots (FDD), Samples, Synthesis, Sequences, Saves and Sample MIDI Dumps, SMTPE. etc.
HDD replaced and upgraded with a NEW AztecMonster CF Converter w/ 128MB CF (Compact Flash) Card (See Pics) CF Removable not Hot Swappable. Power down to swap. Read and Write only. (up to 1GB Cards can be used)
Sony/Emu FDD installed with w/2 extra 2.42 OS Disk for booting.
Mod Wheels professionally remounted and working
Backlight, like most vintage gear with the foil LED's, dim but completely visible (See pics and *Software Remote w/LED Display!)
No "Dead" channels but 3+4 have been menu disabled with low level Dist on them.
Int. SCSI fasten reenforced
Fully functioning Keys, Buttons, Faders and Sliders
Overall unit is in very good physical and functional condition!
*Including link for Free EIII Remote Editor! An incredible new (2014-15 released) utility for EIII Mac users that remotely controls your EIII hardware from you computer! *credits to creator
Remote Editor's GUI has all functions and menus like an EIII Rack. (See Pic)
Can use Mac keyboard and number keypad for short cuts and menus, send midi to remote unit from any other midi out device in your setup to audition the remote controlled unit!
Remote Interface includes fully synchronized and functioning LED Display! (See Pic) Software practically eliminates all need to touch or "view" the remote EIII unit after boot.
*Including link for Free EMXP. A Windows software utility for reading, writing, copying and converting disks and files for Emu Emulator III's and other samplers.
EMXP can put sound banks from EMU libraries onto the CF Card directly. Requires CF Card removal from EIII and put into a USB CF Card Reader to load up banks. (Windows PC or Parallels etc. for Mac)..."

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Alesis A6 Andromeda SN (21)A60500409

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Korg Electribe 2 @ Gothic Tribe

Published on Mar 1, 2015 rhampton1914

"Songs was composed on the Electribe 2 Only.. Dark Ambient Gothic feel"

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Arp Odyssey 2800 White Face restoration for Parker and raw sound sample

Published on Mar 1, 2015 Chris Montanaro

"Restoration of an Arp 2800 white face picture along with an audio track of final testing. Nothing but the amazing raw sounds of the Arp Odyssey 2800."

KORG EX-800 (1985) + HAWK-800 Upgrade Kit (2014) P

Published on Mar 1, 2015 Ignacio Marty

Theremin player on the street in Bucharest

Published on Dec 24, 2014 MOARRR

"This was one of my most trippy and most heart warming experience in 2014. I saw a miracle in the Old Town of Bucharest.

I was wandering around alone in the Old Town, a kind of chill walk instead of a disco nap before my gig. I've heard a strange and really unique sound from somewhere, and I got really excited. Is it a theremin? How? Why? On the street? In winter?

So many questions popped up in few moments, and I was tracking down the sourse of the sound like crazy.

In a minute or so I've found an old gentleman, he was playing a theremin indeed, and he had his own lights, speakers and technology with him.

His name is Benedict Popescu, and he built the theremin himself. I was lucky enough to have a small talk with him, and here are the things I've found out.

This is the third theremin he made, and according to him the street conditions are not making any issues for the instrument, even it was really cold. He is a professional musican, he did several albums with theremins,and he likes to play on the streets because of the inspiration and the experience.

His English was not the best and I didn't want to force a video interview, but he allowed me to record a song.

People been passing by, it was really cold and dark, but it was probably the best time of my 2014.

We are considering ourselves as producers, musicians, DJs, the heroes of today. But we are so spoiled with technology, managements, agencies, labels and so on. The joy of playing music gets lost so easily and so often. And on the other hand, me the star blogger and star DJ turned back into a little kid in no time, just because of this old man and his wicked machine. We don't need all those fancy stuff to play music and we don't need all those hype to give joy to the audience. Benedict Popescu is the living proof, and I feel really lucky that my guardian angel guided me to see him.

If you see a street musician do not judge, but listen. Amazing talents can be found in any random city.

Merry Xmas and happy 'n wicked 2015 folks!

luv

Simon Iddol
DJ, producer, the founder of MOARRR

LINKS
http://www.benedict-popescu.ro
http://simoniddol.com"

Yamaha DX-7 FM Synthesizer w/ Supermax Upgrade & Backlit LCD

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"For sale is a Yamaha DX-7 (mk1) with the Supermax upgrade installed. The display has been upgraded to a bright green backlit display. I've also fully cleaned the keys - all of the keys work evenly, and transmit velocity and aftertouch. The DX has been well tested - everything is 100% functional on this synthesizer.

Cosmetically, there are some scratches and scuffs on it, but it's still overall very clean. The volume slider is free of static and scratchiness, and the buttons all work evenly. You'll notice in the photo there's some wear on the membrane overlay. There aren't any holes (it might look that way in the photo - trust me, there aren't any), but around the #1 button, it's raised up a bit.

Now, the Supermax upgrade.

I've owned and serviced a number of these, including one with a grey matter board. I've never seen the Supermax until now, and it's stunning. You get:

- 12 banks of patch memory (256 patches total)
- 32 programmable arpeggiators
- Stack voices - this sacrifices some polyphony, but within a single patch, you can tune up to 3 additional voices +/- two octaves (coarse and fine tuning). This, is a lot of fun.
- A mono delay processor. Delay goes up to 9,930ms, with level, feedback, and pitch mod control. Unfortunately due to processor limitations, you can change the delay in real-time.

There are some other features, but these are the core of it. It also comes with the original voice chips, the old LCD, a padded case, and a manual (though, I'll have to PDF you the Supermax manual)."

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