Roland Jupiter-8 W/ Midi

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"Roland Jupiter 8 in good condition. The face of the unit has a few marks as well as 1 hole plug and another hole plug on the right end cheek. The unit otherwise is in pretty great shape and his been restored comprehensively inside. It features Encore midi, the best midi available for the Jupiter 8 in our opinion."

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Oberheim OB-X 61-Key 8-Voice Synthesizer SN 802701 w/ MIDI & Custom Side Panels

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This SN was previously posted here with custom knobs back in 2019.

"OBERHEIM OBX 8 VOICE s/n 802701 , Encore MIDI 120 programs, custom cherry wood cheeks, flight case. Production 1979/1980. The first and the best Oberheim polysynth.
FUNCTIONALITY
This synth has been fully restored by Rosensound, one of the best in the business.Vintage Oberheim synths have a reputation for being inherently unreliable, which is not really accurate. The electrical design flaws and common stress/failure points on these synths are well known. Provided they are properly restored and upgraded by a competent technician they are quite reliable. I've had this one since 2021. It's given me no trouble. It tunes and scales so accurately that sometimes it's quite nice to play before hitting autotune. All key bushings are new of course, so it's nice to play.
All functions working as normal. If you own one of these, expect to periodically open it up to clean J-wires on the old pratt-read keyboard. This is not technically difficult and there are resources available on the internet. Nothing this old will run without periodic maintenance.
COSMETICSSee photos. I have tried to show every unflattering mark on the front panel, there aren't many but the buyer should be able to see what they're getting. Bottom panel has light paint scratches consistent with a 1979 synth, but no metal gouges or whacks.Overall I think the front panel is clean, very nice IMO.

By the way, I have the original cheeks which burst at the side (a common issue as they used cheap plywood with a solid wood veneer) - they're not hideous by any means, I just prefer the cherry ones. If the buyer wants the original cheeks I can include them too, but be aware they'll not fit in the case, so separate shipping costs will be incurre"

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Sequential Circuits Split-Eight SN 02917 w/ Custom White Side Panels

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"Relatively uncommon but a fantastic sounding analogue synth capable of some extremely rich sounds when compared to modern digital offerings.

This unit is completely restored and fully operational.

This unit has seen the following service:

Completely refurbished keybed
All button contacts (Keybed and front panel buttons) have been refurbished
ALL electrolytic caps replaced including those on the audio board.
New memory battery installed
New voltage regulators installed
New led matrix chips installed
Full factory sysex installation with original factory sounds restored.
Fully tested and working great!
The Split-8 makes for a very nice programmable polyphonic analog synthesizer with complete MIDI implementation. With 8 voices and 8 oscillators (Curtis 3394 SENTE chips) the Split-8 is a heavy contender against the Roland Juno-106.

The keyboard features splits and layers, all of which can be saved with patch data. Choose between 8 voice polyphony with 1 oscillator per voice, 4 voice polyphony with dual oscillators per voice, 2 voice polyphony with a mega 4 oscillators per voice, or the unison mode which is just a fat 8-voice solo mode for trance bass and lead heaven! Similar to the Juno-106, the Split-8 uses a Chorus effect to liven up the sounds.

Split-8 features:

One voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) for each of the eight voices. Switches are used to set any combination of triangular, sawtooth and square wave. Pulse width modulation (PWM) is available.
For each voice, the coarse tuning is available within four octaves as well as the fine tuning.
Programmable "poly mod" allows the audio output of one voice to feed another's VCF. In this case, the polyphony is reduced to four voices.
The voltage-controlled low-pass filter (LP VCF) has a four-stage structure with a slope of 24 dB per octave. Cutoff, resonance and modulation depth adjustments are available. A keyboard tracking mode is also provided (higher notes have a higher cutoff frequency).
The low-frequency oscillator (LFO) produces a triangular or rectangular waveform in the range from 0.25 to 20 Hz. It can be used to modulate the cutoff frequency of VCF, the pitch of the VCO and the pulse-width modulation.
ADSR envelope generators for VCF and VCA.
Keyboard "split" and "layer" functions are available.
Programmable chorus effect.
Full MIDI support, including downloading presets via the sysex protocol."

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Yamaha | SEQTRAK | Moments | Tobias Leo

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Yamaha | SEQTRAK | Artist Profile | Tobias Leo


"Tobias Leo is a double platinum-selling producer, who brings his love of programming to the productions he works on with other musicians. Tobias has played keyboards and synthesizers from a young age: he brings his ideas to life when creating sounds from scratch that provide new depths and encompass the emotion of the music he is programming for.

Unleash your creativity anywhere with SEQTRAK, the ultimate music creation station. Lightning-fast workflow lets you capture ideas quickly and create original music using its two versatile sound engines. When ready, connect with fans using its powerful performance features and streamlined connectivity. SEQTRAK has everything you need. And more."

Taiga Keyz from Pittsburgh Modular // It Makes Some Rather Nice Sounds

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"Sounds ONLY demo here of the Pittsburgh Modular Taiga Keyz. These patches were too nice to hide in a talky review/demo so i thought i'd put the sounds up front and centre in the heart of the action.. it's what its all about after all.

There are 4 tracks in total.. trying out different patching ideas from simple non-patched using the internal semi-modular internal patching to duophonic mode using an additional VCA to split the oscillators into 2 groups - 2 osc going through the filter and 1 osc going through the Low Pass Gate.

I've used the arp, the sync'd LFO to modulate the waveshapes for a pseudo filtering effect, the mod tool to control the filter cuttoff and I think on one of these I might have been using the random mod tool to add some randomness to the BBD for a lofi chorus effect - if not try it anyway! Once you start you cant help exploring :)"

Time Travel: Playing a 1967 Moog on your modern Arturia MicroFreak

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"Here is part five of a six-part demonstration of the placement and use of samples from a 1967 Moog 900 Series modular on the incredibly versatile Arturia MicroFreak!

The instruments in the theme music (including some drums) were created entirely with samples of the 1967 Moog 900 Series modular played on the Arturia MicroFreak, and multitracked."

1967 Moog 900 Series

Mystic Circuits ANA 2 - the ultimate analog logic module

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"ANA 2 is a cross modulation powerhouse that derives nine different analog logic operations in tandem from two input signals. Each input channel features a processing section that attenuverts, adds, or multiplies up to six inputs before being sent to the cross modulation circuits. ANA 2 performs a wide variety of functions including mixing, boolean logic, rectifying, cross-fading, voltage sampling, ring modulating, gate converting, bizarre wave shaping and much more. While you may have seen these functions in individual modules before, ANA 2 combines them all into one place with all of these functions available simultaneously to give you a Swiss army knife utility that is capable of happy accidents.‍"

You can find additional posts featuring ANA 2 here.

Isla Instruments S2400 DSP Card Upgrade

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"Here's a video to let you know about our new DSP card hardware upgrade for the S2400 Desktop Sampler.

In this video we'll go over the development of the card, how it works and how it sounds.

The pre-order is now open with special early bird discount.
Order yours today at the website: https://www.islainstruments.com/produ...

Credit to my old mate Aydin (ATFC) for the use of his 'Bad Habit' Accapella from ATFV Feat Lisa Millet - Bad Habit available on Defected Records"

Bad Gear - The Dark Knight

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"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. We can all agree that Roland created a few quite respectable drum machine like the Roland TR-808 , Roland TR-909 , Roland TR-606 and Roland TR-707 . However, since then their target demographic has dwindled: analog enjoyers have joined the Cult of Uli, people willing to RTFM are using next-generation Scandinavian abaci like Elektron Digitakt or Elektron Octatrack and real musicians switched to computers decades ago.

Today we are going to talk about Roland TR-8s. This 2018 flagship rhythm performer not only boasts a design language that clearly focuses on inner beauty - it also combines the played-out sounds of the 80s with the workflow of a 90s ROMpler.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:57 Overview Roland TR8s
01:34 Sound Generators ( ACB , PCM Samples , User , FM Drum Synth )
01:55 Updates ( Roland CR-78 )
02:05 User Interface , Sound Parameters
02:20 Menu Diving
02:34 Kits, LFO
02:42 Buttons , Akai MPC - Style Pad
02:52 Sequencer , Workflow, Swing, Accents, Fills
03:29 Additional Features (Rolls, Substeps, Microtiming )
03:41 Motion Recording , Parameter Locks ,
03:57 Limitations, Melodies, 808 Bass
04:16 FX ( Roland SP-404 - Style Vinyl Effect )
04:46 What else? ( SD Card , Computer Integration, Thanks)
05:35 Hate
05:58 Jam 1 (Triple Roland TB-3 Jam)
06:53 Jam 2 ( Elektro )
07:47 Finale ( Footwork / Juke )
08:17 Verdict"

8 Bit Super Computer | Midicake ARP

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Fun video. How many games can you identify?

"👾I've been experimenting with #8Bit Computer Game Music and #MidicakeARP. 🕹️

I made a long video but failed to record one of the MIDI channels, so I need to re-record it. Anyway, here's a little snippet.

Using the fantastic #SuperAudioBoy for #NativeInstruments #Kontact."