Thursday, April 27, 2017
OP X IPAD Midi Editor
Published on Apr 27, 2017 TheXcee
"My new OP-X for V-Machine.
This synth is amazing!
The idea was to design an editor for the SONICPROJECTS OP-X.
And as close to the original OP-X layout!
I did not want to take a BCR200, this machine has a to ugly surface.
The OP-X is honestly worth to get a original shiny surface.
With the IPAD APP TB-MIDI-Stuff this plan was made real very quick.
Take a snapshot from the OP-X surface and overlay it with the controllers out of TB-Midi-Stuff.
Then define the MIDI CC numbers for the wright controller of the OP-X. It´s done folks!
I´m very happy with the result, the surface looks amazing and the real OB feeling is guaranteed!
OK guys, try it and have fun!
Cheers
THEXCEE"
The editor will be available at https://thexcee.jimdo.com so bookmark it to check later if interested.
iTunes: TB MIDI Stuff - TBStuff
Update via TheXcee: "Now free downloadable from my DROPBOX:
the THEXCEE OP-X Editor Page-1
https://www.dropbox.com/s/k095hhkuwqayvcr/Opx.tbms?dl=0
OP-X Editor Page-2
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3gn7n1c9xxxznle/Opx%20side%20zwei.tbms?dl=0"
Sequential Circuits Model 800 CV / Gate Sequencer + Roland SH-2
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Published on Jan 3, 2017 4TrackNation
via this auction
"Various improvised performance abilities with this amazing old sequencer hand built by Dave Smith himself.
Externally clocked by a simple square wave oscillator.
Pre programming is dead simple and accomplished similarly to the way old school Roland sequencers were programmed.. Just play a series of notes on the keyboard.
This machine has 16 banks of up to 16 notes. It moves freely through them and you can enable and disable on the fly. Amazing tool that no other sequencer, somehow, has matched to this day.
Like the Roland CSQ 100 and 600, this sequencer can be used for either live performance of CV notes from keyboard or step performance of CV notes from keyboard. The video is all step performance. Notes were added to each bank by simply enabling the bank, hitting the start-record button and playing them one at a time from the keyboard, in no particular rhythm, then hitting stop-record."
via this auction
"This is an extremely rare and amazingly intuitive sequencer. It belongs with someone who will use it more than i do. It's one of the finest Cv/Gate sequencers ever made due to it's logical layout and improvisational capabilities. More on that later...
There were only around 500 made, and they were hand made by Dave Smith himself. He started his entire company Sequential Circuits based on this round of sequencer sales, which then provided his business foundation for developing the Prophet 5 and other major musical instrument milestones .
And what's more is that of the 500, only the first 50 or so had the capability of working with both V/Octave standard AND Hz/V standard. This is one of them. It is serial number 0041, and presumably this capability was more expensive due to the pricier D/A conversion necessary for the higher resolution.
AND, what's even more, is that this is one of a small handful that had a mod done to the unit (by Dave Smith) that allows for musical rests to be placed between notes. One can add as many single beat rests as any sequence can fit.
You are buying a major piece of history here.
Ok, so now for the depths...
Published on Jan 3, 2017 4TrackNation
via this auction
"Various improvised performance abilities with this amazing old sequencer hand built by Dave Smith himself.
Externally clocked by a simple square wave oscillator.
Pre programming is dead simple and accomplished similarly to the way old school Roland sequencers were programmed.. Just play a series of notes on the keyboard.
This machine has 16 banks of up to 16 notes. It moves freely through them and you can enable and disable on the fly. Amazing tool that no other sequencer, somehow, has matched to this day.
Like the Roland CSQ 100 and 600, this sequencer can be used for either live performance of CV notes from keyboard or step performance of CV notes from keyboard. The video is all step performance. Notes were added to each bank by simply enabling the bank, hitting the start-record button and playing them one at a time from the keyboard, in no particular rhythm, then hitting stop-record."
via this auction
"This is an extremely rare and amazingly intuitive sequencer. It belongs with someone who will use it more than i do. It's one of the finest Cv/Gate sequencers ever made due to it's logical layout and improvisational capabilities. More on that later...
There were only around 500 made, and they were hand made by Dave Smith himself. He started his entire company Sequential Circuits based on this round of sequencer sales, which then provided his business foundation for developing the Prophet 5 and other major musical instrument milestones .
And what's more is that of the 500, only the first 50 or so had the capability of working with both V/Octave standard AND Hz/V standard. This is one of them. It is serial number 0041, and presumably this capability was more expensive due to the pricier D/A conversion necessary for the higher resolution.
AND, what's even more, is that this is one of a small handful that had a mod done to the unit (by Dave Smith) that allows for musical rests to be placed between notes. One can add as many single beat rests as any sequence can fit.
You are buying a major piece of history here.
Ok, so now for the depths...
PAiA "Stringz n Thingz" Analog Synthesizer
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Published on Mar 27, 2017 altarace
via this auction
Some great shots of the inside.
"Attic find, pretty rare item on ebay. As you can see in the video it still works great. Does need cleanup but otherwise no major issues for a 40 year old analog synth.
Reading online most of these were factory assembled and looking at the tidy soldering and wiring I'd say this one was as well. It does appear to also have the second bus of the keyboard wired, hence the extra big connector (did not test).
There is a tons of materials on the web for this one. Here are a few interesting docs"
Published on Mar 27, 2017 altarace
via this auction
Some great shots of the inside.
"Attic find, pretty rare item on ebay. As you can see in the video it still works great. Does need cleanup but otherwise no major issues for a 40 year old analog synth.
Reading online most of these were factory assembled and looking at the tidy soldering and wiring I'd say this one was as well. It does appear to also have the second bus of the keyboard wired, hence the extra big connector (did not test).
There is a tons of materials on the web for this one. Here are a few interesting docs"
Sequential Circuits Prophet VS SN 0807
Roland Jupiter 8 SN 070418
ARP Accessory Catalog + Arpeggio –70’s - Original Vintage Synthesizer Brochure
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via this auction
"This is an unique chance to own these vintage original ARP documents :
1.ARP Software & Accessory Catalog. This catalog contains 6 pages and is in very good condition.
2.ARP Arpeggio Newspaper Volume 5 Number 2 from 1976. This newspaper contains 12 pages and is in very good condition.
These ARP documents are a must-have for any vintage synthesizer/ARP collector as these are getting very hard/impossible to find these days, see the picture's for more detail."
via this auction
"This is an unique chance to own these vintage original ARP documents :
1.ARP Software & Accessory Catalog. This catalog contains 6 pages and is in very good condition.
2.ARP Arpeggio Newspaper Volume 5 Number 2 from 1976. This newspaper contains 12 pages and is in very good condition.
These ARP documents are a must-have for any vintage synthesizer/ARP collector as these are getting very hard/impossible to find these days, see the picture's for more detail."
Korg MS-20 Synthesizer - Full Size - Assembled from Kit
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via this auction
"I'm selling my full size Korg MS-20. This is not the little mini version, this is the full size kit version.
It is in excellent condition and makes some crazy sounds. Looks and feels brand new!"
via this auction
"I'm selling my full size Korg MS-20. This is not the little mini version, this is the full size kit version.
It is in excellent condition and makes some crazy sounds. Looks and feels brand new!"
Roland CR-68 CompuRhythm
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via this auction
"This is a classic analog drum machine by Roland, before the 808's and 909's. It's basically a series of loops and fills that you can actually sequence together into measures or you can manually hit the fills yourself. To my ear, itt sounds very similar to the 808 sounds. This is a great device if you want those vintage 808 type analog sounds. Albeit, much less versatile than the 808 of course, but for a much lower price!"
via this auction
"This is a classic analog drum machine by Roland, before the 808's and 909's. It's basically a series of loops and fills that you can actually sequence together into measures or you can manually hit the fills yourself. To my ear, itt sounds very similar to the 808 sounds. This is a great device if you want those vintage 808 type analog sounds. Albeit, much less versatile than the 808 of course, but for a much lower price!"
Insane Synths: GRENDEL DRONE COMMANDER (rare pulse drone synthesizer)
Published on Apr 20, 2017 daleturner
"GRENDEL DRONE COMMANDER: One of the coolest mono synths ever designed. In this video, you're hearing it totally 'dry,' with no effects (and, of course, in mono). Typically, I 'jam out' on this thing for quite a while, recording literally everything. Then I edit out all but the coolest bits and (if it will be used as a foundation for a track) "beatmap" them in Logic, so they're to a grid, then add effects (at the very least, timed delays). But, as you'll hear, with the few clips I included, the unit by itself is great for "precursor to event" tension-building sounds. It's one of my favorite gear pieces--and perhaps that's surprising, since I'm mainly a guitar dork!
This is one of about 750 that Eric Archer made (he has since created a modular version; check rare waves dot net). Indispensable for its beautiful, resonant sounds and very “playable” pulse drones. It has nine knobs--two manually-tuned oscillators and two LFOs, plus an unusually colorful and nasty filter. The manual details all knob functions, but here are a few: LFO1 is an analog variable-shape oscillator, and LFO2 is a pulse waveform that auto-synchronizes to LFO1 at a ratio of 2x, 4x, 8x, or 16x. Both LFOs can be routed to the filter for rhythmic patterns. A line-level output jack is provided for connection to amplifiers or effects. YUMMY!
Song: 'Grendel Drone Commander Improvisations'
© Dale Turner 2017
http://www.intimateaudio.com"
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