Rare Synthesizers of the 1970s
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Topic: Rare Synthesizers of the 1970s
Posted By: PROGMAN
Subject: Rare Synthesizers of the 1970s
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 10:35
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Anyone know the Buchla Synths, where they on any famous Prog recording etc??? Here's some of the Synths:
Buchla 200 Series:
Worlds first Digital and Analogue Synthesizer: Buchla 500 series (1971)
TONTO synthesizer:
TONTO was developed by Malcom Celil of Tonto's Expanding Head Band a Electronic Prog group from the 1970s. ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 10:38
 Wow! I bet the Tonto doubles as a space heater! That is ridiculous! How did it sound? thank god for shrinking microprocessors!  Have you ever heard of the http://www.vintagesynth.com/index2.html - OSCar ? Ozric Tentacles uses one pretty frequently. |
Posted By: rockandrail
Date Posted: March 20 2006 at 10:50
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Open the door, Al! I'am sorry Dave, I can't do that ------------- Pierre R, the man who lost his signature |
Posted By: krusty
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 06:32
Yeah good old British made mono synth, big cluncky buttons, big cluncky sounds, for the time. In fact the Ozrics use alot of vintage 80's synth gear tb303, sh101, etc... ------------- http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309" rel="nofollow - Humanism |
Empathy wrote:Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 06:54
| The book A-Z Of Analogue Synthesizers by Peter Forest contains a lot of information about rare vintage synthesizers, this evening I will have a look in it because of the Buchla synthesizer. You will hear from me. |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 09:51
There's now a software emulator for the OSCar, called the http://www.gmediamusic.com/ - impOSCar , which I must fight the urge to purchase frequently. |
Posted By: USAGirl
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 10:41
Jean has an old EMS synthi AKS. It is amazing what kind of really surprising sounds one can make with it. ------------- Peace on Earth |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 12:32
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Book: The A-Z Of Analogue Synthesizers by Peter Forrest: The Buchla 100 Modular synthesizer was used by Wendy (aka Walter) Carlos and Jon Hassell, the 400 Semi-modular synthesizer (with visual score editor) by Charles Cohen and the Touché layer 64-memory synthesizer by Suzanne Ciani, David Rosenboom and Laurie Spiegel. The EMS Synthi AKS (with build-in sequencer) was used by Cabaret Voltaire, Depeche Mode, Brian Eno, Brian House (Hawkwind), JM Jarre, Alan Parsons and Pink Floyd (On The Run - see DVD Dark Side Of The Moon docu). The OSCar (Duophonic with sequencer) was used by Keith Emerson, Phillip Glass, Steve Hackett, Steve Hillage, Stev Howe, JM Jarre, Ultravox, Vangelis and Stevie Wonder. This synthesizer is known as one of the most unusual looking synthesizers ever! The colossal TONTO ('The Original New Timbral Orchestra') was used by Steve Hillage, Stevie Wonder and Frank Zappa. |