FBT Synther 2000 – Vintage brochure
In our series ‘Pile of vintage synth brochures‘ we now present the FBT Synther 2000 synthesizer This monophonic synth has three VCOs (each with square and saw-tooth waveform generation) and …
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 …
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 …
Fullbucket – Korg PE-2000 strings machine.
PECS is a software instrument for Microsoft Windows (VST2/VST3/CLAP) and Apple macOS (VST2/VST3/CLAP/AU) based on the classic KORG PE-2000 Poly-Ensemble S string machine from 1976. It is written in native C++ code for …
Fairlight CMI – original brochure
From our archives with Vintage (synth) brochures, part 5: the Fairlight CMI. We scanned the original brochure for you. Images see below. Below these images you will find: The text …
The sample revolution
Dutch Interface magazine had a feature on the Fairlight CMI and a review of the (Youtube) movie about the Fairlight story. (The original article from August 30th can be found …
Another Fairlight CMI video
t is one of the greatest innovations in music history, and it came from Sydney, Australia. The story of the Fairlight CMI’s creation, its cultural impact and ultimate demise is …
Elektor Formant – Dirk Vanden Berghe
We met Dirk (from Belgium) on Facebook as a serious and enthousiast Formant user. On his facebook page he writes: “Back in the nineteen seventies, my brother Jan and I …
Adrian Bruce – Fairlight & Roland technology
Adrian Bruce is a Musical Cartoonist, for the longest time he was involved in the development of the Fairlight CMI series III and is currently employed by Roland Corporation, Japan. …
Full Bucket Whispair (wavetable VST)
Full Bucket creates synthesizer plugins of high quality and even better: they are for free 100%. WhispAir is a software instrument for Microsoft Windows (VST2/VST3) and Apple macOS (VST2/VST3/AU). It is …