Tama Percussion Synthesizer Snyper DS-2000

Will be packaged professionally by UPS Store. Buyer pays ACTUAL cost to package, boxing packing materials, shipping, insurance, and any import export duties. will only ship via UPS store. Local pickup ok.

International shipping? Could be $200-300....not sure.


As-is. No exchanges/no refunds/no returns. Vintage analog, potentially prototype engineered electronics circuitry) would recommend only Servicing by qualified electrical engineer.

this is an absolutely rare & unique vintage synthesizer from I believe the late 70s-maybe early 80s...its really in time capsule condition, minor blemishes from years past. no others i know of in the world cept this one & the other im hoping to keep. Ive asked Tama reps at multiple NAMM shows to no avail. I believe its a prototype, built like a tank, like it was meant for the military. Heavy!

I bought these years ago from somebody who claimed these belonged to Billy Cobham. It makes sense as he is a Tama endorser. When I asked Billy about these units, he had no recollection of them.

It appears intended to use with drum-mounted pickups. However i was able to experiment & clock it with a Doepfer Shaltwerk, Roland TR-606 & new Roland TB-03.

2 channel 2-VCO (voltage-controlled Oscillators)

3 presets with the following front-panel controls:

- Sensitivity

- VCO I

* Tune

* Fine Tune

* Waveform (Triangle, Sine, Square)

VCO 2

(Same as VCO I)

VCO Sweep

* Time

* Range

* Up/Off/Down

* I/I&2/2

VCO Vibrate

* Rate

* Range

* Square/Off/Triangle

* I/I&2/2

VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter)

* Tune

* Sweep Time

* Sweep Range

* VCF ON/Bypass

* Up/Off/Down

VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier)

* Decay Time

* Mix Level

* VCO I/1&2/VCO 2

* Noise/Ring Modulation

There's a pickup selector for triggering the channels

phones & master volume controls.

REAR PANEL (from pickup)

INPUT

- channel 1

- channel 2

PICKUP BUFFER OUTPUT

- channel 1

- channel 2

OUTPUT

- unbalanced 1,2, master

- balanced 1,2,master

CONNECTOR (believe you could daisychain this with another unit)

- 1 (To slave percussion synthesizer)

- 2 (from master percussion synthesizer or remote foot switch)

CABLING

3 pickups + rca-1/4" interface cable + drum adapter clip

1 additional pickup

1 long (25ft?) Connector cable

1 short (2ft?) Connector cable

1 footswitch (preset selector)

2 1/4" mono cables