Roland RS-09

Here are some pics of the RS-09's that I got off of ruten. I scored 2 of them for $34 bucks. One works and the other one is missing its front panel. I am going to refrub one and strip out the other.




It has 4 BBD chips in it divided up in sections. The Chorus Bord is almost the same size as the panel. Definitely not like a Juno.

Wacom DJ gear... Nextbeat....WTF

Did not see this one coming. I have always wanted to get myself a wacom tablet for art stuff. But now they are making a DJ control that looks a lot like Stanton's Da scratch which them put out 6 months ago. I hope that this is a big win for wacom so they can then make something like a JazzMuntant Lemur. But I doubt it, were are they going to sell this? Best Buy?
Via: technabob.com

Repair Technique for 80017A ?

Looks kind of promising. I guy is sicking his dead chips in some acetone to remove the epoxy coating. The assumption here is that the epoxey becomes conductive over time and causes the chips to short out. check it out over at Matrixsynth

Homebrew midi-cv box

Nice DIY CV box from Robin Price. He is using the arduino platform and a nice DAC for this protect. Very cool.

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The sound of electricity

Synclavier.

Unusual Synth Circuits

Basic site that has nothing but schematics from Osamu Hoshuyama. Lots of designs that I have not seen before. Interesting stuff...... if you are in to that type of thing. Link

Yahoo Japan

I have never really been a big fan of Yahoo but I have discovered that there is a good amount of vintage keyboards up on Yahoos action site. Japan is a lot closer to me out here in Taiwan so maybe I will be able to find that Korg MS-20 after all. Check it out thank god for Google translate.

MFOS Mini-Controller

Picture via www.musicfromouterspace.com

Cool design for a simple CV keyboard. I think that I need something a little bigger but I might give this guy a try. Nice work as always from Ray Wilson.

Future Retro Orb

Nice little sequencer from Future Retro.