Unique Hand Built Synth is an Eminent T280

See the update in this post.

Keith Emerson Has Passed Away

It has come to my attention that Keith Emerson passed away yesterday in Santa Monica, CA. We all know who he is and his influence in the world of synthesizers. Below are just a handful of videos including Bob Moog introducing Keith Emerson and his mighty Moog modular, Keith going over the system back in 1993, the introduction of Keith's 50th Anniversary Moog Modular reissued by Moog Music, Fanfare for the Common Man featuring the mighty Yamaha GX1, and finally the classic Lucky Man.

Few musicians will have the impact Keith Emerson has in our world of synthesizers. He will be sorely missed.

Pictured left: Emerson performing in Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 2008 (via Wikipedia).

Update: tributes from Moog Music and The Bob Moog Foundation:

Moog Music Pays Tribute to Keith Emerson

A Tribute to Keith Emerson from The Bob Moog Foundation


Keith Emerson at Moogfest in NYC Uploaded on Aug 21, 2007 highbiashiphop

Keith Emerson xplains his Moog Modular and synths rig in ELP 1993 tour.

Uploaded on Apr 19, 2010

"Keith Emerson talks about his giant Moog Modular synth and keyboards rig during the Emerson, Lake & Palmer worldwide 1993/94 tour, here in NYC."

50th Anniversary of the Moog Modular Synthesizer

Published on Oct 11, 2014 Moog Music Inc

Fanfare for the Common Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Olympic Stadium Montreal)

Uploaded on Jan 29, 2012

"IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: The music, video and images remain copyright of their respective owners and are strictly used here on YouTube for educational reasons as well as for the artists' promotional purposes only!"


Uploaded on Dec 18, 2007 ProgRockSongs

"Artist: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Song: Lucky man
Album: Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970)

Keyboards: Keith Emerson
Bass: Greg Lake
Drums: Carl Palmer"

Crumar Bit One

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ROLAND JD-XA Synthesizer - custom sounds and some presets by jdxa-knight

"CAREFUL - can be L O U D !

MAKE SURE YOU LISTEN TO THIS ON PROPER SPEAKERS.
I USE UNITY THE ROCK MK II AND THEY CAN GO VERY LOW !
- There are people who say, the JD-XA sounds like a Virus or like a plugin. Let me tell you this: It can do really crazy stuff, but be sure it sounds very (!) warm and analog, in fact i would say it has a completely unique sound (ANALOG-DIGITAL HYBRID ARCHITECTURE!) that reminds me a lot of old Roland SH synthesizers ( and i had a few synths in my life...)
- I am not the best synth programmer in the world and only had the JD-XA for some weeks
- Mostly done with the analog voices but of course i also used the great FX and some digital parts
- My patches are more on the experimental side, be sure that the JD-XA can do so much more, like Juno or Jupiter Sounds
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AND PLAY ALL THE INTEGRA 7 AND JD-XA SOUNDS FROM ROLAND's AXIAL HOMEPAGE FOR FREE
- It is fantastic to layer with an Ambika or Matrix 1000 or other good (poly)synths
- What i like - besides other great features - so much about the JD-XA is its ability to sound very vintage or very modern, like 70s Black Sabbath or "Plop" Bass like Beatles, or that its UNISON switch introduces some phasing which lets you do fantastic Mellotron-like sounds etc etc etc it's possibnlities are endless ;)
- Depending on extreme settings, it may get noisy or hissy... i don't care. for me it is VERY alive.
- In the SonicState Review, Nick is speaking about the weird behavior of analog filter 3. Yes it can go like that. But you also have to watch your levels. All the filters on the JD-XA are very very good. Believe me.
- The JD-XA is super fast to program (ok, some of my patches i will refine a little bid with time ;)
- this might well be the first synth demo, that features a guitar riff of the legendary german Punk band SLIME ;)"

Roland JD-XAs on eBay | Roland JD-XAs on Amazon

Live Korg Volca Jam 024, Roland Boutique, Microbrute, Microkorg,Alesis QX49.

Published on Mar 11, 2016 Todd Smith

"Jam 24, I'm really starting to get full fledged tracks out of this live setup. The more I play, the more things I can do live. The Korg Volca Bass, Korg Volca Keys, Korg Volca Beats, Microkorg, Roland Boutique JU-06, Arturia Microbrute are all on sequencer duty. The Microkorg is used for lead/pad and is played live from the Alesis QX49

: Gear Used :

Roland JU-06
Korg MicroKorg
Korg Volca Bass
Korg Volca Keys
Korg Volca Beats
Arturia Microrbute
Alesis QX49
Midi Solutions Quarda Thru
Behringer Micromix MX400
Tascam US-144mkII Audio Interface
Waves Supertap, TrueVerb & Metaflanger
Ableton Live 8 ( Used as digital mixer / multi track )
Ozone"

Braids - first hands on + Warp & OP-1 & Clouds

Published on Mar 11, 2016 Alba Ecstasy

"You can always see how user friendly it is a gear from the firt test you made. Braids - I saw a few top quality demos (DivKid) that made me buy it (friends says I'm a MI fanboy - very possible!) - but how does it sounds in reality beats any demo. In this video I just passed through almost all waveforms (video is ending at Noise - my camera stopped so I had to cut the audio) and added Warps as the 2nd sequenced oscillator and OP-1 kick for more flavour. Clouds comes with the reverb. Beatstep Pro is sequencing also Braids and Warps. I'll be back next days with a better camera angle and a more elaborate integration, of my dearest Braids, in my Eurorack. Ripples is in action too and A-148 S&H + A-118 Noise -Random Control, brings flowers to the mix!
ae www.albaecstasy.ro

PS: please try to ignore the glitches from beginning, it's such a mess these days with my cables..."

Update:

Braids - Ripples - Clouds

Published on Mar 13, 2016 Alba Ecstasy

"This is a continuation of the "Braids - first hands on" video. A better video angle, I also changed the position of the Beatstep Pro and it seems that the power source of the Eurorack is influencing it, making BSP unstable. Only one thing, I saw too late that I should cut a little bit the IN GAIN of Clouds - sorry for the "red" level on it.
My opinion on Braids: even it is digital and I heard so many opinions like "I'm out of here when I see digital modules in a modular synth", well, they're wrong. It is important what you do with a sound source, how you use it in your music, not what is it. Oliver of Mutable Instruments it's a pure genius. And I'm not the only one who say it. All his modules are great, no matter are analog or digital.
Braids it's amazing. Exactly what just I need it for my Berlin School sequences or for drones. Or for leads! Or monotimbral pads! Here it for yourself. Braids it's the star here, but you cannot exclude Ripples and Clouds.
ae www.albaecstasy.ro"

Roland SH101 w/ Tubbutec MIDI Mod, Original Boxes & Mod Grip MG1

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"Here we a have a professionally modified SH101 from Roland. It has been modified with the Tubbutec MIDI and OS mod giving so much functionality.

Unit is in fantastic condition having also been given a service by Flinn Tone when the mod was installed.

For full features of the Tubbutec mod please see https://tubbutec.de/sh-1oh1/

Main features include

Midi in- and output. Can output key presses, arpeggiator and sequencer.
Additional Accent Envelope: Programmable accent for volume and filter with adjustable decay.
Additional filter LFO A triangular LFO with the high range of 0.2Hz — 8kHz can modulate the filter
Additional ADSR for filter: Completely independent envelope with adjustable parameters
Improved Sequencer:now has 32 sequences with 120 Steps each
Song mode: Sequences can be chained to create a “Song” and programmed live
More sequencer and arp modes: Forward, backward, random, ping-pong,..
A lot of midi controllable parameters, velocity can be mapped to 9 different targets including accents, filter and 2nd ADSR:
Midi filter, pitch bend, arp and s/h-lfo control
Clock dividers for internal arp clock and trigger including din-sync compatible divider
Settings via an internal configuration menu or external midi controller.
Extra features accessible using the existing SH-101 controls

The SH101 also comes with the original packingmfor both the synth and the mod grip. Mod grip has a tear that has been taped together but SH101 box is in great condition. It also has the original Styrofoam inserts."

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Unique Hand Built Synthesizer

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Update via swissdoc in the comments: "This is by no means a 'Totally unique one off hand built Analog Synthesizer'. It is a dutch organ in a custom housing. The organ is an Eminent T280:"

Update2 via Anonymous in the comments: "Organ was actually a T255"

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"Totally unique one off hand built Analog Synthesizer.

Huge and heavy instrument, lovely thick walnut end panels, carbon fibre effect switch panels.
Two 44 key keyboards upper and lower.
In excellent condition.

Lovely string sounds, organ sounds and synth sounds.
Sounds can be layered together to produce some really rich sounds.

Built in bass keyboard on the top panel, also rhythm machine on top panel.

Has built in amplifier.

Comes with large monitor speaker (3 drivers) that connects to the keyboard via speakon cable attached to monitor.

Back panel has IEC mains socket (cable included) also has main output , headphone socket and aux input (all tested working). Could connect ipod and play it through monitor as backing."

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DSI PROPHET-12 MODULE Part2

Published on Mar 11, 2016 Chris White

"Further exploration of the Prophet 12 Desktop from Dave Smith Instruments, a 12-voice hybrid digital/analog synthesiser module."

http://www.davesmithinstruments.com/product/prophet-12-module-2/

Part 1 here.

Metropolis vs Pro2

Published on Mar 11, 2016 thisisprisma

"Metropolis cv sequencing Pro 2:

Pro2 setup:

Misc Params:
Gate Source/cv1 (Metropolis Gate)
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Mod Matrix:
Source: CV Input 2 (Metropolis Pitch)
Amount:127
Destination: Osc All Freq
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I just used CV in 1/2 but you can use any of the 4 available .

Simple and fun.

Try it out."