Can anyone tell me what synth is in this pic???

docparider88 · 9th February 2010, 07:28 PM

The one right in the middle. ...

SovietSpaceChild · 9th February 2010, 07:29 PM

It says Pro One right on the back of it.

Vintage Synth Explorer - Sequential Circuits Pro One

docparider88 · 9th February 2010, 07:32 PM

haha thanks alot man

blinky909 · 9th February 2010, 07:46 PM

looks like an MS20 on the right

polartech · 9th February 2010, 07:53 PM

Should have gone to Specsavers?

kpatz · 9th February 2010, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by polartech

Should have gone to Specsavers?

Or turned the brightness up on your monitor.

docparider88 · 9th February 2010, 08:10 PM

I really couldnt see what it said .ha.. . im just starting looking at synths , so i dont have an eye for the font of the company or anything like that ..and my brightness was up all the way already ... Is there a store online that specializes in selling old synths ?

cryophonik · 9th February 2010, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by docparider88

Is there a store online that specializes in selling old synths ?

Yes, eBay.

Try the gearslutz, Vintage Synth Explorer, and Harmony Central classifieds as well.

CfNorENa · 9th February 2010, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by docparider88

im just starting looking at synths , so i dont have an eye for the font of the company or anything like that

Pretty soon you'll be able to scan a dim photo of a poorly lit studio and identify every single machine in the picture, even if you can only see a corner of it. Trust me.

docparider88 · 9th February 2010, 08:27 PM

Yeah , I know .. but I was hopping that there was something cool that I didn't know about. thanks

docparider88 · 9th February 2010, 08:28 PM

Like when i first heard about gearslutz

kpatz · 9th February 2010, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by CfNorENa

Pretty soon you'll be able to scan a dim photo of a poorly lit studio and identify every single machine in the picture, even if you can only see a corner of it. Trust me.

I've been doing this stuff for a couple years now and I still have trouble IDing a lot of synths in bad pictures. Mainly because it's memorization for the most part and there are a ton of synths to memorize, haha.

Even synths I'm familar with can look unfamiliar at odd angles/lighting too.

Though I have to say I recognized that Pro One right away. Not only because of the writing on the back, but because it's a synth I've lusted after for a few years now. But show some dim, fuzzy picture of say, a Rhodes Chroma and I'll have trouble figuring out what the heck it is.

If I have an idea of what it might be, I'll go to Vintage Synth Explorer and look at the pictures to try and nail it down. For example, someone mentioned an MS20 on the right side of the pic--I noticed it too but I would have to look at pics to see if it for sure an MS20 and not an MS10.

Here's a pic I posted on VSE earlier today, it's a screenshot from a video posted here. See how many of these synths you can ID at first glance. The ones in the foreground aren't that hard, but what about those in the background, on the 3-tier stand? Bonus points if you can ID the synth beneath the Minimoog without viewing the video.

W-W-Int · 9th February 2010, 11:11 PM

synth below the mini is a mono-poly
knob placement and panel color is the giveaway.

and the foreground is a trident on the bottom and guessing hohner ?clavinet on top of it and he's sitting at a system 100

bottom in background looks like an sq-80 middle tier don't know off the top of my head but no pitch or mod wheels plus wood sides means ???
and keyboard on top can be naything from that pic it's so glassy reflected and out of focus no idea what's on top.

lain2097 · 9th February 2010, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by W-W-Int

..and the foreground is a trident on the bottom and guessing hohner ?clavinet on top of it and he's sitting at a system 100..

Nope try a VP-330 (the newer kind w/ Jupiter 8 style buttons) and Trident.

He's playing an OB-X

Bottom three-tier stand is possibly a HS-60 but it's hard to tell.

kpatz · 10th February 2010, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by lain2097

Bottom three-tier stand is possibly a HS-60 but it's hard to tell.

That was my guess too. The top one on the 3-tier looks like an SCI Six-Trak. Not sure about the middle one, my best guess so far has been a Prophet '08. Whatever it is, it doesn't have wheels to the left of the keyboard.

CfNorENa · 10th February 2010, 04:02 AM

Thanks for calling my bluff, kpatz! I could only identify the OB-X and the Mini (didn't watch the video). So much for my credentials.

But I will take a stab at the middle synth in the background: DSI PolyEvolver.

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CfNorENa Gear nut Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 106	Thanks for calling my bluff, kpatz! I could only identify the OB-X and the Mini (didn't watch the video). So much for my credentials. But I will take a stab at the middle synth in the background: DSI PolyEvolver. __________________ Polysix \| Prophet 600 \| Juno 60 \| JX-8P \| Blofeld \| M50-88

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SovietSpaceChild Gear addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 323	It says Pro One right on the back of it. Vintage Synth Explorer - Sequential Circuits Pro One

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blinky909 Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 220	looks like an MS20 on the right

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docparider88 Gear interested Join Date: May 2008 Location: philly Posts: 24	I really couldnt see what it said .ha.. . im just starting looking at synths , so i dont have an eye for the font of the company or anything like that ..and my brightness was up all the way already ... Is there a store online that specializes in selling old synths ?

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docparider88 Gear interested Join Date: May 2008 Location: philly Posts: 24	Yeah , I know .. but I was hopping that there was something cool that I didn't know about. thanks

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docparider88 Gear interested Join Date: May 2008 Location: philly Posts: 24	Like when i first heard about gearslutz

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W-W-Int Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 602	synth below the mini is a mono-poly knob placement and panel color is the giveaway. and the foreground is a trident on the bottom and guessing hohner ?clavinet on top of it and he's sitting at a system 100 bottom in background looks like an sq-80 middle tier don't know off the top of my head but no pitch or mod wheels plus wood sides means ??? and keyboard on top can be naything from that pic it's so glassy reflected and out of focus no idea what's on top.