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"Special Edition" Yamaha DX7 Digital FM Synthesizer w/ Green LCD display + New battery SN 58344

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"Special Edition DX7 with new internal battery just installed by Pro Tech. All original factory sounds loaded in. Has green lcd display, an upgrade from the stock DX7. Tested and works great! Great condition for its aged."

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Oberheim OB-X Analog Synthesizer - Full 8 Voices - Pro Serviced Rev 1 - Block Face

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"ULTRA RARE Oberheim OBX 8 Voice, Revision 1 (Blockface OBX logo)

Originally a 6-voice, all 8 voice cards are functional and pass auto-tune.

You will not see a 100% fully functional Rev 1.0 in such pristine condition, possibly ever! Pro-serviced in 2017 by master tech Greg Montalbano of Analog Synth Service (Oakland, CA). Service included full calibration."

Pic of the inside below.

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The NDLR - Nav the Knobs

Published on Nov 27, 2018 Conductive Labs

"The NDLR - Navigating the knobs. A demo of how to navigate around and a quick tour of the menus and editors of the final NDLR user interface.

We'll be making some more polished videos in a month or two, just wanted to get some info in front of your eyeballs!"

1964 Modular Moog Synthesizer To Be Inducted To The TECnology Hall Of Fame In 2019

This one was spotted and sent in via Atomic Shadow.

via Forbes.com:

"At the 2019 NAMM Show, to be held in Anaheim, California, eight hugely significant audio inventions will be inducted to the TECnology Hall of Fame (THOF). Founder of the THOF, George Petersen announced the eight products for induction.

The inventions were chosen span from a period covering the 1940s to the present day. The event was presented by the NAMM Museum of Making Music and hosted by Petersen, a veteran pro-audio journalist.

The eight TECnology Hall of Fame inductees for 2019 include: the anechoic audio test chamber (Leo Beranek, 1943); beyerdynamic M160 ribbon microphone (1957), Bell Labs’ electret microphone patent (1964), Robert Moog’s 1964 Modular Moog Synthesizer; iZ Technology’s RADAR (24-track disk recorder, 1991); Meyer Sound Labs Source Independent Measurement (SIM) system (1991); Millennia Media HV-3 microphone preamplifier (1992), and the JBL Professional VerTec line array live sound system (2000)"

On Moog:

"Each inductee represents significant milestones and fascinating histories. The late Robert Moog is a household name for his music synthesizer development. His Modular Moog quickly became adopted by The Beatles, The Monkees, The Rolling Stones, Keith Emerson, and Wendy Carlos’ landmark Switched on Bach album."

Also note both Bob Moog and the Moog ladder filter were previously inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame:

BOB MOOG INDUCTED INTO INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
The Moog Ladder Filter - National Inventors Hall of Fame for Patent No 3475623

Pennies from Heaven #9 // Andrew Lafkas Live at CONTROL

via Control on Eventbrite

"Pennies from Heaven, a collaboration between Control and Bánh Mì Verlag, is a new series focused on contemporary experimental culture with an emphasis on the liminal and the underrepresented.

Andrew Lafkas's musical efforts are focused on the practice of contrabass and the development and participation in groups engaged with group intuition. He believes music to be a force of healing and change and work to embody this in ongoing practice.

Please note that seating is limited. After 7pm, reserved tickets may be distributed to standbys. Performance will promptly start at 7:15; once the performance begins no entry will be permitted. Do not be late. Suggested donation is on a sliding scale from $7 - $15."

Register on Eventbrite here. http://ctrl-mod.com

1988 Roger Linn and Akai MPC60 Ad

via Retro Synth Ads, where you'll find the full write-up.

"Akai / Roger Linn MPC60 "A MIDI Production Studio in a Box" colour advertisement from page 132 in the February 1988 issue of Keyboard Magazine."

TEST SERIES ALM/Busy Circuits Akemie's Taiko Walrus Audio 385 Eurorack Drum Destruction

Published on Nov 27, 2018 Outsider Sound Design

"ALM/Busy Circuits Akemie's Taiko drum percussion module processed / destroyed with Walrus Audio 385 distortion.

The purpose of “TEST SERIES” is to focus on the sound design possibilities of various gear combinations. This series is not musical nor does it serve as an instructional video. It is all about sound potential.
Please consider supporting this channel by purchasing a sample pack or music download from www.outsidersounddesign.com"

Wayne Joness SBC-1324 Roland Vintage 24 and Modern 13 Pin Converter

Published on Nov 26, 2018 WayneJoness

Demo of the Wayne Joness SBC-1324 with the Roland G707 guitar and GR-300 guitar synth, and the Moog MP-201 Mulit-Pedal. The SBC-1324 is a converter with both 13 and 24 pin inputs, and 13 and 24 pin ouputs. The SBC-1324 was also featured here with a G-707 back in 2012. Below are some pics and info on its creation from joness.com.

"Back in 2009 I was approached by a very talented Canadian guitarist who wanted to be able to control both vintage Roland 24 pin GR-series synthesizers and modern Roland 13 pin GK-series synthesizers with one guitar, either a 13 or 24 pin guitar.

The SBC-1324 is the unit I built to meet this need. The unit has both 13 and 24 pin inputs, and a master analog switch to select between the two. There are six amplifiers for each string input, used primarily to boost the 13 pin signals to the 24 pin format, but they can also be used individually to amplify any single string input, whether 13 or 24 pin.

The unit also generates all the control voltages, plus hex fuzz, needed for the vintage Roland GR-series. For each control voltage, there is a switch to select from the signal coming from the guitar, or the internal control voltage.

In additional, there are control voltage inputs on the back for all four vintage control voltages, so that an external pedal, like the Moog MP-201, can be used as a control modulator. To top it off, an external control pedal can be used as the master control for each control voltage.

This was a one-off project, all hand-wired using perf boards and point-to-point wiring. To illustrate how to use the unit, I made several videos (shown below) that step through all the features."

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