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Frank Zappa on Synclavier

by adminArticle-Artist, Artists-X/Y/Z, Background, Brands-S, History, News, Vintage equipment January 9, 2023January 9, 2023Comments are Disabled

This article about Frank Zappa and his Synclavier, created by Brian Kassan, appeared in the Cashbox magazine (newspaper), January 1983. In addition to the article we include a video from …

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Replicas of Gary Numan?

by adminArticle-Artist, Brands-N, Brands-S, Humor, News January 7, 2023January 7, 2023Comments are Disabled

While I was preparing a new post about Gary Numan on our website, I suddenly realised that Gary Numan has a body double – or better: a Replica? Dutch singer …

Sequential Trigon-6

by adminAnnouncement, Brands-S, Hardware, New Equipment, News December 2, 2022December 2, 2022Comments are Disabled

Sequential have revealed the Trigon-6, a six-voice polyphonic synthesizer which they say features all of the best qualities of their acclaimed Prophet-6 and OB-6 instruments, and offers their own take on …

Steiner Parker synthacon

by adminBrands-S, History, News, Vintage equipment November 2, 2022November 2, 2022Comments are Disabled

Recently a Steiner Parker Synthacon went for sale via Reverb.com, price set to € 8.800 and I was curious – would such a synth justify such a price. Original list …

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Storm Drum Synce

by adminBrands-S, Brochure, History, News, Vintage equipment October 29, 2022October 29, 2022Comments are Disabled

The Storm Drum Synce was a little (battery-operated) Drum Synth. It appeared in the International Musician from May 1981.

San Francisco’s role in synth development

by adminArticle-Synthesizer, Article-Vintage synthesizer, Background, Brands-B, Brands-E, Brands-S, Hardware, History, News, Vintage equipment October 23, 2022October 23, 2022Comments are Disabled

This article appeared at reverb.com recently. Please note that all (c) are with Reverb and the author. The original article can be found here. The San Francisco Bay Area has …

The path of the Prophet – How Dave Smith changed the synth game

by adminArticle-Vintage synthesizer, Background, Brands-S, History, News, Vintage equipment September 28, 2022September 28, 2022Comments are Disabled

This article, created by Jim Allen, appeared on Reverb. Please note that all (c) are with Reverb and the author. The original article can be found here. It was more …

Pocket-size soundmakers

by adminBrands-A, Brands-K, Brands-R, Brands-S, Brands-XYZ, Hardware, History, Market survey, News, Review, Vintage equipment September 27, 2022September 27, 2022Comments are Disabled

This article was produced by Mark Jenkins for Synths & Software. The original article can be found here. Please note that all (c) are with Synths & Software and Mark …

Vintage synthesizer brochures – lots of!

by adminBrands-S, Brochure, Hardware, News, Vintage equipment August 29, 2022August 29, 2022Comments are Disabled

We received an enormous amount of vintage synthesizer brochures, music magazines, documents, pricelists and more from old friend Kees Blom (big thanks to Kees!. It’s our plan to organise and …

Behringer – Solina String Ensemble

by adminAnnouncement, Brands-B, Brands-S, New Equipment, News August 25, 2022August 25, 2022Comments are Disabled

Behringer announces (sigh…): Introducing the Behringer SOLINA STRING-ENSEMBLE. SOLINA faithfully delivers the classic string machine sound that we all know and love. By staying loyal to its unique circuitry, our …