Patchcord – A German synthesizer interest group
In our pile of vintage documentation we found this interesting magazine called ‘Patchcord‘. This seems to be a magazine supporting the works of the interest group for synthesizers in German …
Korg Electronic Musical Instruments 1983 (brochure)
Look what we found today in our ‘pile of vintage synth brochures’. A Korg electronic Musical Instruments 1983 brochure, giving an overview of the then available Korg synths and peripherals. …
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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 …
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 …
The Centre – semi modular synth by 1V/Oct
The Centre hosts a software environment that’s running a polyphonic wavetable synthesizer. That synth can then be controlled via the front panel knobs and accessed via the CV inputs. The …
Book Review – Synth Gems 1
Synth Gems 1 – Exploring Vintage Synthesizers Published by Bjooks (Denmark), 2021 Hardcover book, full color 320 pages, 25 × 25 cm ISBN 978-87-999995-4-5 ASIN 8799999544 www.bjooks.com Also available through …
9 Artists that use modulars in an unconventional way
This article, created by Dash Lewis appeared on Reverb.com. Please note that all (c) are with Reverb and its authors. You can find the original article here. Modular synths look …
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Retro computer festival – Cambridge
The Centre for Computing History (Cambridge UK) is holding a special Retro Computer Festival weekend on 1st and 2nd of April. This is part of their Made in Japan season. …
Joel Thurman’s MFOS project
Some time ago I found out about Joel Thurman, who’s building an MFOS synthesizer. I asked him if it were ok to publish some pictures and do a feature about …