Interview with Sandra Sims of SDS
For International Women’s Day, Attack magazine talked to five women engineers working in the synthesizer industry about the challenges they face. This is the interview with Sandra Sims, designer and …
Synton Series 3000 modular – vintage brochure
In our series ‘Pile of vintage synth brochures‘ we now present the Synton Series 3000 modular synthesizer This synth was created in 1980 by Dutch firm Synton, lead by Felix …
Suzuki Omnichord to be reissued
Music Radar came up with interesting news: the Suzuki Omnichord was thrust back into the spotlight earlier this year when Gorillaz’ Damon Albarn revealed that the beat for Clint Eastwood, one …
Frank Zappa on Synclavier
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 …
Replicas of Gary Numan?
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
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
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 …
Storm Drum Synce
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
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
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 …
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