Quasar – Digital / Analog synthesizer 1972
There was this post about the Qasar I on the Vintage Synth Facebook group. I’d never heard of this synth and dived into it. It seems that the designer Tony …
Jim Scott – Design engineer for R.A. Moog inc.
Read the story from an inside man: this article is kindly reproduced from the EMEAPP website. Please note that all (c) are with EMEAPP and Jim Scott. Jim Scott was …
The fine art of Voltage Control – Studio Sound 1971
We found this article in a vintage Studio Sound magazine, April 1971. Interesting reading with an explanation of voltage controlled music with the EMS synths. You’ll find the pdf of …
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Frans Lemaire – Micado – Part 2
During the past few months, I was in touch with musician Frans Lemaire from Belgium. The initial reason for contact was his past work on computer controlled music, later we …
Out of the blue – the CMI and Blue Weaver
This article, without mentioning the author, appeared in Electronic Soundmaker, September 1983. Please note that all (c) are with the magazine and the author(s). We have added some images for …
The Casio PT-1 and John Mayer
Usully we don’t bother too much with sing-and-songwriters, but we noticed this nice article on John Mayer and his Casio PT-1, published on Reverb.com . Please note that all (c) …
Recreating the sounds of Thriller
This article, written by Dan Carr, appeared at Musicradar.com. Read about the way the sounds of Michael Jackson were created on (vintage) synthesizers and tips about how to recreate these …
Stevie Wonder and T.O.N.T.O.
Not many know that Robert Margouleff and Malcolm Cecil programmed and played most of the synths on the Stevie Wonder albums. Below we reproduce an article about the collaboration of …
The gear of Yellow Magic Orchestra
This article appeared at Reverb.com in the ‘Gear history’ series. An interesting insight in the equipment used and the way of composing and (live) playing by Yellow Magic Orchestra. This …
Vangelis – Recording at Nemo Studio’s
This article, by Richard Clewes, appeared in Sound on Sound magazine, November 1987. Because the digital version of this article did not contain any pictures, we have added some ourselves. …