Love that you embraced the past attempts at mods and did something proper with them. Sounds even more amazing than it already did and I'd say the SEM is one of the best sounding analogue synth voices ever anyway. My TVS-1 is due back from a full service soon and it now has a stereo out, which I'm super excited about.
Ive always thought about making a stereo out for my TVS. Did you add the stereo out to the back or did you convert the headphone jack to be the other out?
the way the patch ends up at 11:00 is so damn beautiful. Amazing work Rob! truly the sickest new features set for this God tier machine. the polyrhythmic stuff with the LFO cross-mod is so sick. Would love to see a Stephi demo using a crazy eurorack sequencer for the CV stuff.
What a completely insane and beautiful sounding machine. I'm honestly shocked they haven't remade this yet. Or the 8 voice. We could only be so lucky! Thanks for the awesome video.
We would love to, however the time dedication to editing and producing videos, let alone good videos, is far more than we have available with the amount of repair work here already. We hope this changes one day! Until then we will post repair stuff occasionally.
Hey there and thanks for the comment. I believe indeed this was an 8V as the programmer cards are labeled 1&2 and 5&6. This could also just be the result of lazy tech work by a previous tech but the other “smoking gun” is that the programmer and poly keyboard wiring on the back for 8V expansion are missing and not plugged indicating they were REMOVED. So, i do believe it was once 8 voices. But we also don’t know if its other side has similar holes. Would love to know more if you have more to share!
Hi. Yes I think this is the unit I refer to. There was an issue with connecting the two blocks of SEMs. From memory there was talk of making a custom cable so maybe that extended to changing the connectors. It was ex Edgar Froese and the tech said he had a lot of work to do to get it properly functional (with some pressure from the then owner who wanted to sell as an 8 voice). This was probably 10 years ago, maybe sooner. I certainly remember thinking wow at the time but the holes were there before my then tech got it.
Great Q. FVS are highly prized and highly priced synthesizers. Actually, you could assume one like this would be marginally less expensive due to its modifications. Stock is always preferred by your average buyer.
the mods are great, but please, you can do better with the labels! Much better. Dymo is such a DIY look. Print something which matches the original font on a clear background with a specialist printer.
Love that you embraced the past attempts at mods and did something proper with them. Sounds even more amazing than it already did and I'd say the SEM is one of the best sounding analogue synth voices ever anyway.
My TVS-1 is due back from a full service soon and it now has a stereo out, which I'm super excited about.
Ive always thought about making a stereo out for my TVS. Did you add the stereo out to the back or did you convert the headphone jack to be the other out?
Those beats are going to be badass when you get it back from repair!🎉
Sounds like heaven! Thanks for that fantastic demo!
Dream team. Great work guys. And having Benny play and program was divine.
Fantastic sounding synth. Really like the choice mods
the way the patch ends up at 11:00 is so damn beautiful. Amazing work Rob! truly the sickest new features set for this God tier machine. the polyrhythmic stuff with the LFO cross-mod is so sick. Would love to see a Stephi demo using a crazy eurorack sequencer for the CV stuff.
Wuddup goss!!
Why did I sell my 4 voice 25 years ago? WAAAAAAAAAA!
"Holes Under Here" sticker :) - Have to say, this is one of the most tastefully modded FVS I've ever seen. Stunning work.
There was no other reasonable alternative!! Haha
What a completely insane and beautiful sounding machine. I'm honestly shocked they haven't remade this yet. Or the 8 voice. We could only be so lucky! Thanks for the awesome video.
So alive! Beautiful playing. What a beautiful job you've done here with those mods
Yeah! Great job on the mods Rob! Love the poly mod stuff. Fantastic idea for vco 2 to go to LFO rates, as well as keyboard tracking. Benny killed it!
Sounds amazing
It would be so awesome too see you doing repair tutorials
We would love to, however the time dedication to editing and producing videos, let alone good videos, is far more than we have available with the amount of repair work here already. We hope this changes one day! Until then we will post repair stuff occasionally.
Really nice work & great mod ideas! Love Benny's playing!
Incredible sound. Excellent mods.
An absolute slayyy
wow!
Lovely demo.
Wow, great demo! Fantastic sound!
rad
Paul was in Tangerine Dream so wondering if he got this through Edgar Froese?
I need a four voice now
wow, thats a massiv sounding thing
Holy funk stuntin on these fools
What a thing of beauty
Very cool sounding : ) Nice work! Makes me wonder about modding my own Four Voice... although it's currently completely stock Un mod'ed
Don’t do it! Holes should be avoided unless already decided for you! Ha
What's your s/n? Mine is: 00052.
this is my dream synth forever....I love to have one an I try to bay sem by sem pieces by pieces....
🎶🎶🎶Hi hi hi 🙂👍🏼
Out of interest was this 4 voice once an 8 voice with similar holes? Did it come from the UK? If so I think I once had the pleasure of its company.
Hey there and thanks for the comment. I believe indeed this was an 8V as the programmer cards are labeled 1&2 and 5&6. This could also just be the result of lazy tech work by a previous tech but the other “smoking gun” is that the programmer and poly keyboard wiring on the back for 8V expansion are missing and not plugged indicating they were REMOVED.
So, i do believe it was once 8 voices. But we also don’t know if its other side has similar holes. Would love to know more if you have more to share!
Hi. Yes I think this is the unit I refer to. There was an issue with connecting the two blocks of SEMs. From memory there was talk of making a custom cable so maybe that extended to changing the connectors. It was ex Edgar Froese and the tech said he had a lot of work to do to get it properly functional (with some pressure from the then owner who wanted to sell as an 8 voice). This was probably 10 years ago, maybe sooner. I certainly remember thinking wow at the time but the holes were there before my then tech got it.
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how much will cost this beast with this mod?
100 k
Great Q. FVS are highly prized and highly priced synthesizers. Actually, you could assume one like this would be marginally less expensive due to its modifications. Stock is always preferred by your average buyer.
the mods are great, but please, you can do better with the labels! Much better. Dymo is such a DIY look. Print something which matches the original font on a clear background with a specialist printer.
Thanks for the sage advice
@@RosenSound your work is outstanding, dymo is a bad look for it : )