The Compound Studio Archive

  • What a wacky box this was. It was intended to track the audio from a guitar, guess the note, and play the same note from its internal tone generator. Yeah,...

    Korg X-911 Guitar Synthesizer

    What a wacky box this was. It was intended to track the audio from a guitar, guess the note, and play the same note from its internal tone generator. Yeah,...

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  • Cute toy for a few days of fun. After the romance was over it collected dust for a few months. I think I gave mine away. I honestly don’t remember...

    Casio SK-1 Sampler / Toy

    Cute toy for a few days of fun. After the romance was over it collected dust for a few months. I think I gave mine away. I honestly don’t remember...

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  • Coupled with Edit Tracs Gold, this was a sweet machine for sequencing. Of course this got pushed out for newer, faster computers. For those of you STILL working on the...

    Atari 1040 ST Computer

    Coupled with Edit Tracs Gold, this was a sweet machine for sequencing. Of course this got pushed out for newer, faster computers. For those of you STILL working on the...

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  • I always wanted one of these. I ended up with a S-330, then a S-550. By the time I found and bought a S-50 I wasn’t really using the other...

    Roland S-50 Sampler

    I always wanted one of these. I ended up with a S-330, then a S-550. By the time I found and bought a S-50 I wasn’t really using the other...

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  • I really liked the sound of this little synth. It had the organ sounds of the Saturn 9 and the same string sounds as a Jupiter. Neat little guy but...

    Roland RS-09

    I really liked the sound of this little synth. It had the organ sounds of the Saturn 9 and the same string sounds as a Jupiter. Neat little guy but...

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  • I was thrilled to find this synth in good shape. I had always wanted one. I bought it, played with it, and thought it was the bee’s knees. Then it...

    Roland Jupiter 6

    I was thrilled to find this synth in good shape. I had always wanted one. I bought it, played with it, and thought it was the bee’s knees. Then it...

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  • Chuckles. Funny little thing that. I honestly don’t remember what happened to this machine. Perhaps I still have it in a box some place?

    Yamaha RX-21 Drum Machine

    Chuckles. Funny little thing that. I honestly don’t remember what happened to this machine. Perhaps I still have it in a box some place?

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  • I had this for about a year and used it on the Tic Tok Men Remote Control album. I didn’t like this synth much. I think I was more about...

    Yamaha DX-27

    I had this for about a year and used it on the Tic Tok Men Remote Control album. I didn’t like this synth much. I think I was more about...

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  • This was used on the album The Volt Age (Most main drum sounds) I used to call these my Poo-poo drums (because they could make that sound). Really cool machine....

    Pollard Syndrum Quad Electronic Drums

    This was used on the album The Volt Age (Most main drum sounds) I used to call these my Poo-poo drums (because they could make that sound). Really cool machine....

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  • I only had this for a few months. The damn thing kept getting stuck MIDI notes. Sometimes I had to restart a sequence 3-4 times before I got the entire...

    Sequential Circuits MultiTrack

    I only had this for a few months. The damn thing kept getting stuck MIDI notes. Sometimes I had to restart a sequence 3-4 times before I got the entire...

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  • I found this unit in perfect shape at a garage sale on the US Oregon coast. It was sitting in cardboard box under a table with a $25 price tag...

    Moog / Realistic Concertmate MG-1

    I found this unit in perfect shape at a garage sale on the US Oregon coast. It was sitting in cardboard box under a table with a $25 price tag...

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  • This was a cool little synth. I bought this new around 1984 and used it for years. After I moved to a MIDI driven system I found I used this...

    Moog Rogue

    This was a cool little synth. I bought this new around 1984 and used it for years. After I moved to a MIDI driven system I found I used this...

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  • Use these tips as a general guideline to perfecting your budget studio space.

    Playing with the Studio Space

    Use these tips as a general guideline to perfecting your budget studio space.

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  • Crazy! Wacky! Out of this world! Only $30! At least I think that is what I paid for this odd little 12-bit digital reverb unit. Acquired 2009

    Yamaha R1000 Reverb

    Crazy! Wacky! Out of this world! Only $30! At least I think that is what I paid for this odd little 12-bit digital reverb unit. Acquired 2009

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  • I’m building a dual delay machine using the PT2399 chip. The schematics I have are for a single circuit – so I’m building two side-by-side. The circuit is pretty cool...

    Dual Digital Delay

    I’m building a dual delay machine using the PT2399 chip. The schematics I have are for a single circuit – so I’m building two side-by-side. The circuit is pretty cool...

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  • I have one of these about 90% done. I haven’t had the time lately to finish it.

    PAiA 6710 Vocoder

    I have one of these about 90% done. I haven’t had the time lately to finish it.

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  • My friend came over to my house with this DX11 under his arm. He said it had some issues, he tried to fix it, but couldn’t. He said something like...

    Yamaha DX11 Synthesizer

    My friend came over to my house with this DX11 under his arm. He said it had some issues, he tried to fix it, but couldn’t. He said something like...

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  • The Korg Poly-61 was released in 1982 as the successor to the Polysix. It’s the first synth that adopted what KORG calls “Digital Access Control” user interface that is also...

    Korg Poly-61 Synthesizer

    The Korg Poly-61 was released in 1982 as the successor to the Polysix. It’s the first synth that adopted what KORG calls “Digital Access Control” user interface that is also...

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  • I bought this for next to nothing as it has the leaked battery problem. Someone has started the repair work but after doing a few traces it looks like they...

    Korg Polysix Synthesizer

    I bought this for next to nothing as it has the leaked battery problem. Someone has started the repair work but after doing a few traces it looks like they...

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  • Built like a tank, I love this synth. It’s really weird. Mine stands out a bit because it was actually shot with a .22 pistol (long story.. don’t ask). The...

    Crumar Bit One Synthesizer

    Built like a tank, I love this synth. It’s really weird. Mine stands out a bit because it was actually shot with a .22 pistol (long story.. don’t ask). The...

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