How Would You Like To Find An Awesome Modular Synth In A Junk Store?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLKj3Qub8gg

How would you like to find an awesome modular analog synthesizer at a junk store?

That’s what happened to Dave Wright:

who made this thing i found at the electronics surplus/junk area?
holy crap it’s cool! the power supply is lacking and there is a hum
on the powerline – i will work on that and get some knobs!

thanks mystery person!??!

please get in touch? any info anyone?

it has a paia midi2cv8 set to MIDI CC mode w/ buffers and atten on each
two cem 3394 Synth Voices – vco/vca/vcf x 2
noise source
a lag/lfo vcs type thing
a cosine/sine quadrature lfo
modular opamps
inverters
mixers
banana to 1/4″

all diy except the paia midi2cv8
sequence is from cgs seq switch sequencer
not using the midi yet

What’s next? A Yamaha TS-80 at the Salvation Army?

Congrats on your find, David!

2 thoughts on “How Would You Like To Find An Awesome Modular Synth In A Junk Store?

  1. Wow! "One man's trash.." eh?

    Really just goes to show that all of us Synth nerds around here have a pretty highly specialised skill set. When you think about it, there aren't many people for whom a vintage analogue synth really is anything but a hunk of junk. Even if someone knows what it's capable of that still doesn't mean they can do anything useful with it.

    Makes you wonder how many things like this get tossed in the trash when someone is sorting through a deceased estate.

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