The history and current state of DIY Synth kits
Reverb did this background story of DIY synth projects and kits and the current state of DIY projects. Please note that this article does not cover all synth projects, and …
PERU – Live in Heerenveen
Jan van Althuis, one of the organisers of the Heerenveen concert of Peru, contacted us and he shared some nostalgic documents, Such as this one: Interesting to read that KLEM …
PERU – Live in Nieuw Lekkerland
We found a video (in two parts) of Peru Live performances. Recorded during their concert in Nieuw Lekkerland. Please be prepared for low quality video (VHS transferred to digital) and …
(Updated) PERU – Live in Zwijndrecht
Update February 21, 2023: we asked Rob Papen about his memories of this show… “I don’t remember much about it. Was in the time of Constellations (LP). Ruud van Es …
Elektor Programmable Sequencer (October 1979)
This article, about a DIY project to build a programmable sequencer, was published in Elektor magazine, october 1979. Written by C. Voss. Below the text you will find the original …
Synthesizer IC’s
Years ago, in the Elektor magazine, an article appeared on the (then) new Curtis Synthesizer IC’s (CEM). Many synths were build around these specialised IC’s until analog synths went out …
Quest: Elektor formant users
We want to establish a list of users/owners of the Formant synthesizer Synthforbreakfast quest: do you own a Formant synthesizer, have you played it or have you ever build (parts …
Elektor Formant user – Nils Frahm
Nils Frahm is -or should we say ‘was’- a user of the Elektor Formant (DIY) synthesizer. His Formant synthesizer is on sale as per today (february 17, 2022) via Soundgas. …
Helm Formant Pro MSS 2000
In January 2000, Elektor-Verlag published the book by Hans-Joachim Helmstedt ‘Formant Pro – Modulares sound system MSS 2000’ Author: Hans-Joachim Helmstedt Publisher: Elektor Verlag Date: January 1, 2000 Language: German …
Elektor Formant synthesizer
Text kindly reproduced from (former) Rick Jansen’s website. The Elector Formant modular synthesizer was designed by C. Chapman. The Formant was published in a series of articles in Elektor (in …