Sound Doctorin'

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Featured Link to Red Sea Crossing archaeologicalinformation. Really, everyone should see this and behold the wonders of the creator of the universe as he interacts in history.

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Please feel free to e-mail me with constructive input. Remember, that unless we become as one of "these little ones", having the faith of a child, ....and the teachability, we are "living dead". I pray that each one visits here might find new life, and the gift of a child's heart. -Bob

Recent photos of general interest:

This is a Nazi gas jet I found lying on a hill near where I was born in Los Angeles area when I was a kid. One would wonder how it wound up lying out there or what it's history might have been.

Photos from Ricochet Dream gathering in Bridger Mountains.

Aurora that took place 11/04! From my yard! (20sec on Vericolor 400 enhanced, but it was awesome!)
Also that was with a 24mm lens on old 35mm OM-10. I've been doing a little digital photography as well. Here's a spider who almost got into my hair when I first moved here. And continuing throught that door the Bridger Mountains

A clinic at HS in Gillette, WY w/Todd Green
Check out Todd's site to see some of my electronic work and intruments of interest.

A little picture that gives the general idea of what we observe with regard to the likelihood of species being able to evolve between one another. The white space represents a 'field' of genetic possibilities. Each space near a pixel contains the next possible mutational configuration in various 'directions'. In other words each pixel contains an imaginary number of pixels far too vast to display. So this is purely a qualitative picture. BUt it shows the kind of enourmouty of the possibilities that exist in a qualitative way as compared to the DOTS whose area represents valid observed mutational possibilities within a species. Only a few species were approximated in a 256x256 pixel space just to give the qualitative idea again. In reality these 'dead zones' are even more vast. THIS IS BECAUSE LIFE FORMS are a VERY intricately designed thing. THey require various organs to function in harmony or DEATH occurs. FOr instance you can tweak the genetics a bit and get different eye color. You tweak it in another place and the heart valve doesn't function right. You tweak it even more and the heart wont' develop correctly enough to even get life started! So as far as we know, as you approach the 'edge' of the dots, death and infertility happen EVERY time. So if you believed in evolutionary progression of species any more, you now know that it's purely a blind faith belief. Don't be duped by the pseudo-scientist-religious-atheists of this generation.

Solder art! from Montana. What do you think it looks like?

News Brief 1/7/08 Check out the new ministry networking section and send comments! I'm putting up some helpful bits of reasoning there as I think of things and have time to html it. As you can see this page has blossomed into quite a helpful one for people looking for resources on old synthesizers. And you can get several songs of mine in the sdstudio page now and a virtual tour that I'll update soon with new higher res pics. And also here's a post relating the story of one of the most absurd police proceedures I've ever seen when I was fined after being threatened by a woman with a large knife a year and a half ago. Bozeman PD highlight :-)

STUFF FOR SALE: (updated 10/29/09)

CRAIG'S LIST..overtaken by idle people. I tried to post the following ad and it got flagged out of existence in seconds. What is wrong with these people?

----------------------------- I'll be doing a trip here soon. It keeps getting delayed but it appears I'll really be going this week when there are open days without snow. I have to hit SLC first then head to bay area possibly then up through Oregon. So anyone along that path can swing a deal on this stuff, saving both on auction fees and transportation fees. Many of you probably know me from my sounddoctorin.com 'global synth resource' page. Feel free to contact me from the info there or even arrange a pickup if you are in my area at the address listed there.

I've been working on things for a season and haven't sold much so I have a big bag of goodies to open up here. Most recently I completed a Gibson G101 organ that, aside from some rubs in the fabric is in really nice shape. The keys and panel and top are in awesome shape. THe case lid I fixed up so it's integrable at least but the fabric has plenty of wear. I did a goop adhesive and filler work on it and am still looking for any fabric we might recover it with on the sides to fill some gaps. But hey..it's only the top right? The instrument case is really in pretty good shape and ....I guess it's like an old pair of jeans. Given what it is. A little wear look actually gives it more character in a way :-). No cigarette burns in the keys. You'll have to add your own if you want that. Hehe. Anyway it's electronically superb now and I replaced all the key bushings so this thing is something to be sought after for sure. Those are very hard to change on these. The release envelope with reiteration is way cool sounding. 1700 I'm thinking. Make offers.

I also completed an ARP Solina string ensemble and it's very nice looking now as well as fully functional. Plays great! There are a few small scratches that I restained on the back but nothing of size. The worst looking aspect was a wear on the top back right side. It also wore in the top some and knocked the veneer off the back of the side as well as a few inches of the top back adjoining. HOWEVER I took a piece of veneer from an antique radio that was beyond repair on the cabinet. So this thing got..a kind of skin graft from something much older than itself! And with some filler underneath it looks indistinguishable at any distance from the original stuff. I socketed 6 out of 8 of the divider chips which should make it *much* easier to work on if future problems occur. I can also include a couple more sockets that can be bent with their long legs if you like in case the other two ever go bad. Someone can see what I did there and just copy it. Not difficult. Because this thing has been so extensively worked and has such nice labels and panel etc., I'm thinking 700.00 is probably reasonable.

Korg Lambda is completely worked over in the difficult to get to top boards which have capacitors that commonly fail and cause parts to drop out. High quality caps installed from nicholsen. As some of you know, this is a fully polyphonic string machine. That means everything is completely flowing. No abrupt changes due to a 'paraphonic nature' (See my youtube video explaining that phenomena. on the sounddoctorin channel. One of my oldest ones.) These things remind me of Geoffry Downes 'new light orchestra' in some parts. They have a phaser speed control and bender on the joystick! You can independently phaser and/or the ensemble and the percussive section! Plus there are 3 vco's in this thing so you can create offset tunings. One is assigned to the percussive sounds which are great little analog voices and the ensemble section has two assigned to it. There are a couple string voices and chorus, Organ, and Brass that all can be mixed AND independent filter for brass and overall ensemble. And AR envelope for that section and release for the percussive...plus a click amount on the ep sound. a few different presets over there too and a chorus control. So it's truly a great performance analog machine and I believe Kansas and some different groups toured with it in the day. Some prefer it more than the famed Solina but I can see where each has it's charm of course. This one can sure do a lot more. And the parts are worth a lot more. It's a monster in terms of the number of analog things going on in it! Independent envelope for each note x 3! 9 big 40 pin divider chips! Awesome! This one's in nice enough shape. A few minor corner digs that I'm going to just sand and refinish probably. CHeck out my studio lambda and click on the pic for a sound sample !! http://cu.imt.net/~sounddoctorin/SDstudio/stations/st12.htm -$600.00

And if that's not enough, how about something in between the last two? The Crumar Multiman is the first keyboard capable of mixing brass, piano/clav, and strings. I was immediately impressed by the warmth of the sounds. I really things it's one of the most undervalued string machines on the market. It uses the same initial sound generating circuitry as the famed Solina above. SAJ110 dividers. But it has a lot more stuff including a MOOG FILTER!! Yup. Crumar ripped off Bob's design like many companies (eg. the Murom radio Aelita, a russian synth setting on my own Lambda in the link above!) Anyway rather than explaining it all again just have a listen to this very unit! I've put an Orchestrator in it's place which isn't much different. They added a string timbre control and individual sliders for the piano/clavichord. But otherwise the same machine pretty much.

http://www.youtube.com/user/sounddoctorin#p/u/67/Xeyuym1Hacc

btw I did do the repair on the lfo :-). This one is a lot cooler looking with the quality plywood sides surrounded by the original plastic edge trim. $450

Yamaha Sk15 string/organ/synth. Has the classic yamaha ig00156 filter of course. Great sounding organ. blunt strings. Unique. -$340.00

Akai AX73 - Just a great sounding polysynth. With 76 velocity sensetive keys/midi. I'd think anyone starting out who wants a great sounding vco based polysynth plus needs something as a controller with a lot of keys might want to use this machine. This one had a break on a cheek block that I repaired but I actually could swap a new side from an X7000 if someone wanted it perfect that badly. But as is I'd do $320.00 on it since it's all gone through and working great and looks decent all around really.

Korg Polysix is one of my favorite analog polysynths for under 1000 dollars. Now if you hear it you'll agree that it's blippy sounds running the arpeggiator are just flat awesome! But it's a 6vco polysynth with one adsr. But it does have a cool MN3004 bbd based effects section and assignable lfo. But it's not a very profound statement in a way because other than the siel DK series (which are really not pure polysynths because they use chips that generate square waves that are tapped into more like an organ then drive saw cores that generate the sawtooths...so in other words you can't portamento between notes at all for instance with them since the frequences are all derived from two ranks of HF oscillators!) are about the only other ones under 1000 dollars these days! Find a Chroma, memorymoog,Yamaha CS polysynth, or OB series unit or a Prophet 5 or 10 for that these days! (Then sell it to me for 10% markup and everybody wins!! :-) ) Seriously one of the main quality problems with the Polysix is the keyboard. The contacts tend to be a lot of trouble as they are on the OB series, memorymoog and many other non-full analog boards of the day. BUT we now have a solution where we totally reface the contacts with a 3m adhesive backed material designed for NASA. It's awesome and makes the contacts like new. I have just finished a near mint polysix that I will completely reface the contacts on if someone wants it before I leave! $800.00 on that one. I also have one that is completely redone also w/ new battery that has a few abrasions etc. for $580.00 w/manual on either unit.

Fender Chroma Polaris- One of my favorite polysynths with the great glide pedal feature. See my video again

http://www.youtube.com/user/sounddoctorin#p/u/70/d1FUmjrLgrU

and hear samples on my site by clicking the pic here : http://cu.imt.net/~sounddoctorin/SDstudio/stations/st5.htm

This one is in absolutely fabulous condition. I can't even see cracks starting on the panel! Probably the first one I've seen that is really this good. I've done the job on setting up the interconnect inside (which always fails) so it won't break again..hopefully ever. I do a technique where I take all the strain off which is what caused them to crack in the first place. Awesome sounds. 128 storage locations on these. 186 cpu runs things. CEM3374 dual vco's x 6! CEM3374 filters and digital generated envelopes. THE LAST ARP MACHINE! I mean the arp team designed it working for Fender. -$900.00

Yamaha DX21. I love the mix slider on these. Really cool real time fx with it. This one is in superb shape after putting the side of a dx27 on it that had minor abrasions which I sanded down to where it's hard to tell. I have one in my setup..I think it's the most useful of the "little" dx's. $125.00

Ensoniq SQ1+ . Good shape. VERY easy to use sequencer! Early 90's digital sound. Good starter synth. w/soft case/manual! -$230.00

Roland JV35 with flight case! Near mint condition. Manual included -$225.00

Behringer 2442fx mixer. Really awesome condition and all gone over with a couple new mains sliders. $150.00

Well that's all I'm going to list for now I guess. Contact me asap and I'd ask that we get some securing payment via paypal that will make it so I don't wind traveling around with units that I don't have a firm buyer on. I'll be delivering a load of stuff to buy/sell in Eugene also so you might check to see what they have in the analog realm after I hit town there if you are down in Eugene! (Juno 60, another polysix, a Hammond monosynth 102100, a rarity, and a cz101 and 230s). Check out my vid on that hammond synth. Really cool sounding.

Contact me at 406-582-5849 afternoons please. I don't use email on these things since I just get spammed by people saying 'what is the condition of the items you is for sale have' or whatever :-).

------------- What did I do wrong? I dunnno. Anyway humanity shows it's prowess once again in destroying a good thing that has inadequate policing.

17 each Mac formatSyquest 230MB cartridges. Will beat any price.

Behringer UB2442FX- great shape. Just went over it and wired over some contacts.

Korg Polysix - Totally repaired the cpu board and tuned it up. Beautiful cosmetically. I'd like to get minimal 760.00 on this one since it's like a new board with those new contact faces!

Korg Lambda - I just replaced all the electrolytics that go bad and block signals in the front board. Sounds gorgeous. The all time great string machine because it's truly fully polyphonic. Glassy smooth. Nice limited / simple synth features. Geoffry Downes new light orchestra reminds me of the sounds on this thing in a few places. These are a great investment since they have so many valuable parts in them. If a person parts them they can eventually recoop more than the cost of the machine at the going prices of them right now by a long shot! I hate to think about taking a good condition machine like this though and parting it. All nicholson high quality caps in there pretty much now. I left the more reliable ones in there.. - $550.00

Akai AX-73 - A few small things..I touched up one that is now hard to see on the back of the front..and the right cheek block was cracked when I got it and I have a scrap one off x7000 but I did a good enough repair to where it's not really an issue I don't think. Great real vco machine with 76 velocity sensitive keys. And...it's white! :-) Oh I touched up on the left of the plate in front of the bender bar too for a couple mm. Didn't try to match it and if someone wanted too wouldn't be that hard but it looks almost deliberate so I just left it. - $360.00

Roland JV-35 with case - really great shape. Both the synth and the nice case. Good starter synth or to get those early 90's roland sounds. Has the basic expansion board in it whatever it's called...-$220.00 Ensoniq SQ1+ - A really great keyboard for doing backing tracks. Easy to use sequencer that works just great! Lots of decent quality sounds..great for it's day! Great shape. Clean. Comes with soft case! - $235

Ultimate support A-Frame stand. This holds an 88 key plus some with the current pipe lengths. Great for setting up a controller keyboard and Laptop side by side and of course one could easily build a shelf over the top using a couple support pieces that attach down a ways from the top on the rear pipe of the A frame. I just have no room for this in my setup since I already have a specialized control center pretty much with a stand I built up years ago. $40.00

Roland MKS-30 MKS30 - I always try to keep one of these around for sale and use one in my mobile rig. Great warm sounding machine. Less complex sounds than the 70, but more punchy attacks. PG300 often available on ebay. These use the valuabe JUNO modules. THe problem with buying one on ebay is...half the time you get sacked for a loss. People sell you ones with modules that go back after many hours of playing. It's happened to me multiple times as I was harvesting chips from them. This one has certifiably good lot number chips and all checks well on extended playing. - (I'm temporarily suspending sales til i can finish my memory expander for these! If you want one have me put you on the list. I'm trying to get an idea of how many to make. The problem with these is lack of storage for sounds. I figure if people had 32 or so banks of sounds with high reliability battery that recharges when powered on, they wouldn't care much anymore. Though I'm still thinking of ways to i/f with PC to get infinite storage and editability. But I think most users would prefer just reliable local storage; especially people with PG300's already!)

Heil Sound Talk box Diaphram - New. This fits the newer model The old one is different I found out the hard way so I'm stuck with this until someone needs it. -$35.00

HERE IS A LIST of stuff we just got in 4/08 from Tucson. I'll add things along the way as I test them out but the following Items I've already tested or repaired and are ready for sale. Feel free to make reasonable offers, bearing in mind that I've gone through these things to make sure typical problems like broken jack solder etc. is taken care of so they are good serviceable units unless otherwise noted.

Vox Organs, Farfisa Organs and parts! My friend Paul has purchased a large number of these units which you can see in the videos on my youtube page. Just look for "Paul's vox organ project machines" and the Farisa one next to it in the list of my videos. We did a little video overview of them to give an idea of the kind of stuff that might be purchaseable. Paul's number is 720-849-2323 and call him to negotiate pricing. Many other parts machines came in this deal and I've absorbed some of the ones that are just good for keys so see my parts page on the global synth link if you want to get parts for synthesizers in general but Paul also has a few Roland D series units, a U20...I just tested a D50 board today that works great! They key movements are of course dead on them. I'm working on a solution to restore these old rubber key contacts for good. I've had hit and miss luck with the solutions I've gotten from other places.

See the Global Synthesizer Tech assistance page and view the parts link to see lots of parts for sale including soldering supplies, semiconductors, and keys for most vintage synthesizers!

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