The history and current state of DIY Synth kits
Reverb did this background story of DIY synth projects and kits and the current state of DIY projects. Please note that this article does not cover all synth projects, and …
PERU – Live in Heerenveen
Jan van Althuis, one of the organisers of the Heerenveen concert of Peru, contacted us and he shared some nostalgic documents, Such as this one: Interesting to read that KLEM …
PERU – Live in Nieuw Lekkerland
We found a video (in two parts) of Peru Live performances. Recorded during their concert in Nieuw Lekkerland. Please be prepared for low quality video (VHS transferred to digital) and …
(Updated) PERU – Live in Zwijndrecht
Update February 21, 2023: we asked Rob Papen about his memories of this show… “I don’t remember much about it. Was in the time of Constellations (LP). Ruud van Es …
East West string machine
We found this review on EastWest’s string machine on Musicradar. Please note that (c) of the review is with Musicradar and its authors. EastWest’s penchant for pro-level orchestral libraries and …
EMS VCS3- Vintage advertisement
This advertisement appeared in the Studio Sound magazine of April 1971.
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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Synthesizer Survey 1972
The following article contains an interesting synthesizer survey in 1972, published in the Studio Sound magazine Obviously not a lot of different synthesizer brands were available at the time. Although …
Electro Harmonix – Mini syntheziser
The Mini-Synthesizer is a novelty instrument these days. It’s basically a plastic & metal box with a couple colorful sliders and a few buttons. Its 25-note keyboard uses membrane buttons …
Elektor Vocoder – part 1
We are setting up an archive for the Elektor Vocoder. Together with Dirk VandenBerghe – a fanatic Formant Synthesizer builder from Belgium we have collected most of the original articles. …