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Projekt Elektronik

by adminArtists-B, Artists-F, Artists-T, Brands-PQ, Hardware, History, News, Vintage equipment February 20, 2023February 20, 2023Comments are Disabled

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

by adminBrands-PQ, New Equipment, News February 4, 2023February 6, 2023Comments are Disabled

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

by adminArticle-People, Article-Vintage synthesizer, Background, Brands-F, Brands-PQ, Hardware, History, News, Vintage equipment January 5, 2023January 5, 2023Comments are Disabled

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

by adminBackground, Brands-M, Brands-O, Brands-PQ, History, New Equipment, News, Vintage equipment November 4, 2022November 4, 2022Comments are Disabled

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!

by adminAnnouncement, Brands-A, Brands-PQ, Magazine - Studio & Producer, Magazine - Synthesizers, News June 30, 2022June 30, 2022Comments are Disabled

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)

by adminArticle-DIY, Brands-PQ, Design, DIY - Miscellaneous, DIY - Transcendent, Do-it-yourself, Hardware, News, Vintage equipment June 15, 2022June 15, 2022Comments are Disabled

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

by adminBrands-PQ, Brands-T, Brochure, DIY - Transcendent, Hardware, History, News, Vintage equipment June 15, 2022June 15, 2022Comments are Disabled

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 …

Transcendent Polysynth

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Tim Orr created the PTP Synthesizer. It was a 4-voice analog polyphonic Synthesizer with 2 analog oscillators with per voice control, sync, noise generator, filter, two ADSR envelopes, and more. …

Cornel Hecht – The Lost PPG tracks

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Cornel Hecht released an album with tracks full of PPG system sounds The Lost PPG Tracks. The album is available through bandcamp. Cornel Hecht is a German musician, designer and …

Tangerine dream – Love on a real train (on PPG)

by adminArtists-R, Artists-T, Background, Brands-PQ, Electronic Music, Hardware, History, News, Video, Vintage equipment April 20, 2022April 20, 2022Comments are Disabled

Retrosound (aka Marko Ettlich) regularly uploads video’s on Youtube with demo’s of (Retro) synths and covers of (vintage) electronic tracks. It is quite interesting to see what he is doing. …