Rebirth reborn as a hardware synthesizer
The original version might have been released almost 25 years ago, but Propellerhead’s Roland-aping ReBirth software still holds a special place in many computer musicians’ hearts. Take Sam Battle (AKA Look …
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 …
PPG synths and peripherals
Another peek into the Pile of vintage synth brochures – German/English documentation presenting different PPG gear, including pricelist of (Dutch distributor) Amazing Enterprises. You’ll find the PPG Wave 2.3 / PRK PPG Waveterm B, PPG PRK FD Processor Keyboard, PPG HDU Hard disk unit and downloadable pdf files of the different brochures
Below the different scanned pages you will also find the separate brochures as downloadable pdf’s.
Projekt Elektronik
Projekt Elektronik is a Berlin based electronics company, still in existence these days, having roots in sequencer and synthesizer development. Their main involvement was in the instrumentation of Tangerine Dream’s …
Taiga – New Pittsburgh modular synth
Pittsburgh Modular have announced the upcoming release of Taiga, a semi-modular three-oscillator paraphonic synthesizer. Capable of functioning as a stand-alone desktop instrument, or as part of a larger Eurorack modular setup, the …
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 …
Optigan – Panoptigan
Panoptigan appeared at the recent Synthplex show in Burbank LA. They showed a couple of Panoptigons for tryout, as well as a vintage Optigan and Orchestron. The original Optigan (OPTIcal …
Keys (D) – July edition is out now!
The Keys (German) magazine july 22 edition is out now, look here for more info. “Listen up during the mixdown! But how do you properly analyze a mix? Simon Götz …
ETI – Synthesizer sequencer (1024)
Another interesting Electronic Music project from ETI (Electronics Today International). In the May 1985 issue this digital Synthesizer Sequencer DIY project was introduced. In the same issue this sequencer was …
Powertran Advert – Synths and vocoder
In the May 1985 issue of Electronics Today, some electronic music projects, advertisements and other features were included. This is an advertisement from Powertran, offering the Transcendent 2000 synthesizer, the …