Korg Electronic Musical Instruments 1978
In our pile of vintage synth & gear brochures we found this 1978 Korg brochure offering the great PS analog synthesizer series, the MS range and the -then- new VC-10 …
Rosen Sound – synth gear
We discovered Rosen Sound – a vintage gear sales company also offering a ‘Synth cabin’ with a lot of vintage synths to play with – they even rent synths. Rosen …
Radio Electronics 1973 – Paia 2700 DIY synth
In 1973, Radio Electronics (magazine) published a series of articles for building your own modular synthesizer, created by John Simonton. This DIY project resulted in the Paia 2700 synthesizer, which …
The Gear of classic Synthpop
Reverb recently published this article about gear used in Synthpop – such as by Gary Numan and Depeche Mode. Although it is certainly not an indepth nor complete article – …
Peter Forrest: The A-Z of Analogue Synthesisers
The definitive encyclopedia of classic synths Part One A-M & Part Two N-Z – Reviewed by John Alex Hvidlykke The title says it all: Analogue Synthesizers from A to Z. …
Sound of Tangerine Dream – ‘White Eagle’
What is your favorite Tangerine Dream track? – Mine are ‘Bent cold sidewalk’ and ‘White Eagle‘ the latter also known as ‘The Mädchen auf der Treppe‘. (oh well – there …
EMS Vocoder brochure
In our series Pile of vintage brochures we now present you the EMS Vocoder. Below you will find: Scans of the original (UK) brochure, dating from (approx) 1970 Specifications (taken …
The Story of Dark Side of the Moon (#3)
The recent 50th Anniversary of Pink Floyd‘s ‘Dark Side of the Moon‘ triggered me to compile a series of posts on this terrific 50-year old timeless album by…. because I …
The Story of Dark Side of the Moon (#2)
The recent 50th Anniversary of Pink Floyd‘s ‘Dark Side of the Moon‘ triggered me to compile a series of posts on this terrific 50-year old timeless album by…. because I …
New Order – Blue Monday (12) – The happy machine drum accident
Dan Leroy, author of the book Dancing To The Drum Machine: How Electronic Percussion Conquered The World wrote this feature for Reverb recently. Please note that all (c) are with …
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