Turtlerock Forum

Hi all, sadly parting with a few bits that have been sitting around unused in boxes for far too long. All items are in excellent condition and have only been lightly used in my home studio since i purchased them new. Currently in Tasmania i am happy to arrange insured freight or alternately I am in Melbourne regularly for work if pickup there is easier. All items are priced to sell.

Madrona Labs Soundplane - Beautifully crafted controller this is only a couple of months old and is from the 2nd production run. Fantastic unit in brand new condition, works extremely well with midi, osc and CV through a converter. This cost over $2300 landed in Australia(and a 6month wait) and i am only selling as i need to downsize and will just use a single midi keyboard instead, no room for both. In original carry case and box $SOLD

Lachappelle 992EG Dual Channel Tube Preamp. Finest quality build and construction this pre is in mint condition in original box with manual etc. 240v. Absolutely stunning sound and versatility on many sources. $SOLD

Purple Audio MC77 - In mint condition with box and manual. Best 1176 clone on the market. 240v. $SOLD

Studio Electronics c2s - Dual channel 1176 compressor. As new condition 240v, They have stopped making these as Tim Caswell now designs for Slate Pro Audio. Fantastic weighty sound from the neve output transformers it is great on stereo sources and parallel duties. Sad to see this rare unit go it was the last one SE sold and includes optional HPF Sidechain switch. $1500o.n.o

AudioLot Mixbay - 192pt TT DB25 Patchbay. Highest quality patchbay with lifetime warranty. Excellent build quality sound and usability this has unfortunately never been properly setup or used in my studio and it pains me to let it go but i have to downsize. Cost over $2200 landed in Australia. Very versatile switching normalling for easy configuration. As new condition. $SOLD

Mogami Patch Cables. Top of the line genuine Mogami cold soldered TT patch cables. Almost all completely unused, all still with original packaging.
20x12inch
20x18inch
SOLD


I also have a couple of other pieces, all highest quality braided mogami, neutrik and metal db25 hood/connectors

2x25foot db25>db25 - $120o.n.o.

PM sent....

Got the Mogami TT cables from Rom. Good deal, quick postage.

Bump for a price drop, things have to go unfortunately.

PM'd regarding patchbay

That Madrona looks very interesting - just had a quick trawl.
Tell me more. Impressions?

AMAC wrote:That Madrona looks very interesting - just had a quick trawl.
Tell me more. Impressions?

Hi Andrew, it IS indeed very interesting. Not sure if you own or have used Aalto the Madrona Labs soft synth but it is the only softsynth i use and the closest thing to a buchla in SW land. The Soundplane was designed and built by the same guys and used with Aalto is very expressive. The soundplane runs its own OSC based controller program and has a multi stage calibration system which can be finetuned for your own playing preferences. This is constantly being updated and refined by the designer who is very active on the Madrona Labs forums for advice and troubleshooting. The controller program has standard OSC or Midi routing options and is also easily setup with a Kyma system (AMAZING video demo of someone using it with Kyma on youtube).
Routing the soundplanes OSC messages to CV for hardware synths is as easy as setting it up with a suitable Expert Sleepers cv unit (the expert sleepers developer is also an active soundplane user). You can also easily route midi directly to soft or hardware synths from the controller software.
Playing the board takes a little getting used to but certainly offers great deal more control and access to timbres and style of fretless and much more expressive type of playing as opposed to the traditional and midi keyboards. Very similar to the Haken Continuum although without the exorbitant price and unnecessary inbuilt synth module.
I am sure we will see Randy at Madrona further develop the controller software and more of his own softsynths specifically aimed at the soundplane in the near future. I wish i could hang onto it but ive had the ultimatum and i chose the Knifonium.

The build quality is excellent and Its amazing to look at and play, As is Aalto. If you're looking to go a little outside the box with your ability to create and perform new sounds this is a very cool place to start, there are some very high profile artists using the 50 or so soundplanes in existence...

Hope this helps, let me know if you have any more questions.