"This Series IIX system is in decent but not perfect condition. There are paint blemishes and scratches. The lightpen is a Fastpoint replacement, not Fairlight original. The alphanumeric keyboard is missing, I have been using my laptop with a serial cable but am working on a USB keyboard adapter. I start having parity errors when the room temperature is above 75 degrees. It has the MuStudio SD card interface. Photos coming, in the meantime check out the video. Sorry about sound quality, it's monitoring the headphone output, through an ampex speaker, through the cell phone mic... I'll try to do another demo using my UA apollo. Offers considered, I paid $8000 in non-running condition but I think that was a little high."
"Just recently picked up the Roland System 1M and a Dreadbox Erebus and wanted to see what it would be like, processing the SH2 Plug Out via the Filter of the Erebus."
"Ambient musician and composer Robert Rich joins Moog Music via Skype for the latest installment of the Category 5 interview series. Named after the cables used to enable modern digital communication, the CAT 5 series offers unique insight into the architects of todays creative landscape.
Regarded as a pioneer of the ambient style, Robert's output of surrealist soundscapes and experimental exhibitions spans over three decades. Listen as Robert Rich talks candidly about his earliest musical influences, modular synthesizers and learning polyrhythm from tree frogs.
"On April 22nd 2015 Matttech Modular put on a workshop at Madlab in Manchester, UK, featuring William Mathewson from WMDevices, where he kindly demonstrated his new range of modules. These were designed in collaboration with Steady State Fate's Andrew Morelli and we got to see the much-anticipated Monolith keyboard in all its glory. William also ran through some of WMDevices' classic designs - such as the Geiger Counter, Synchrodyne and PDO mk.2.
In part 4 William takes us through the ADSRVCA module and like the rest of the videos the rest of the system is in use throughout.
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"Powertran Transcendant 2000 - vintage 1980s Analogue Monophonic Synthesiser in excellent physical condition. This legendary synth dates to 1980s electronic music era, and was sold in kit form, which was produced in England and designed by Tim Orr... Much of the early English 1980s electronic music was created using Powertran synthesisers.
This synth is complete except for a missing power supply, but circuit diagrams for this are available on the Internet. Also the original assembly manual and circuit diagrams are included in this sale. The synth is untested."
"One from my archives, wow, 28 years ago! Time sure flies! :-("
What you are hearing:
"In order of appearance:
The dog/wolf howls is Roland MKS-50 preset B83 ‘Dog Bark’ I used some pitch bending on it
http://www.synthmania.com/Roland%20MKS-50/Audio/Factory%20examples/B83%20DogsBark.mp3
The ‘wind’ sound I’m pretty sure is Mini Moog Model D
The sort of gong/deep bell sound is a Roland S-10 sampler with a sample I made of part of an old coffee percolator.
The strings . . . the first strings to enter are one of the Roland MKS-50 presets but though out the piece I think there are also Roland S-10 sampler strings and possibly some from a Yamaha TX81z also?
The massive bass is Mini Moog Model D of course! ;-)
The soft bell line is a Yamaha TX81z preset I think, probably from bank D (or Roland MKS-50?)
The acoustic guitar is from a Roland S-10 sampler.
The noise burst (supposed to be 'lightning crack/thunder'! ;-) is sort of interesting. This is from a modified PAiA 4750 LFO/Noise module. I was experimenting with different noise transistors and I happened to try a zener diode that was in a transistor like package. (the noise circuit only used two of the three transistor leads so the diode was try-able) I put a switch on the front panel select the normal transistor or the zener diode. And I found that by switching to the zener would cause a burst sound that would die out in a sort of random way.
The lead solo line is Yamaha TX81z preset C20 ‘Lyrisyn’
The drums are from a Roland TR-505 drum machine, played by hand via MIDI on the Roland S-10 keyboard.
I think the only effect unit I had at the time was a Yamaha SPX90 which was used for reverb and possibly chorus on the guitar sample.
