demos of rare or obscure synths

[Liquid360]

1938 Novachord

Whoah, that thing was 35 years before it's time. Do you know how much it sold for new?

163 tubes?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

my god you could warm an apartment with that kind of ambient heat

No shit...

[nrvana8775]

I really like the sound of that kurzweil

[EF86]

Originally Posted by Liquid360

Whoah, that thing was 35 years before it's time. Do you know how much it sold for new?

The Novachord cost $1850 in 1939... which was a LOT!

[Liquid360]

The Novachord cost $1850 in 1939... which was a LOT!

1939: $1 = $15.666

So about $29,000 in today's dollars.

[EF86]

Originally Posted by Liquid360

1939: $1 = $15.666

So about $29,000 in today's dollars.

Considering how much skilled assembly labour is these days and the sheer number of hours required to build one of these monsters, I suspect it would work out at least 50% more again.

[acreil]

I added some more

Siel DK 600 and Expander, I don't think there are a lot of these still working. They're extremely unreliable.


Korg KPR-77 (warning: this is nasty)


Casio MT-68 with excessive multitracking


Yamaha VSS-200

[Zombie H]

Originally Posted by Liquid360

1939: $1 = $15.666

So about $29,000 in today's dollars.

I find this kind of stuff fascinating

The Inflation Calculator

What cost $1850 in 1939 would cost $28727.52 in 2010.
Also, if you were to buy exactly the same products in 2010 and 1939,
they would cost you $1850 and $122.76 respectively.

[acreil]

A few more

[Marjan83]

And something for me

Multivox Pulser M 75 Dual Voice synthesizer

I have one unit in my studio.



And minimal techno track with this synth;

http://soundcloud.com/microvalve/microvalve-maximum

[acreil]

I think the Multivox is a rebadged Firstman/Hillwood synth. Mostly they made second rate near-knockoffs of Roland gear. The neat part is that the founder Kazuo Morioka enlisted his 14 year old daughter to front a band, Cosmic Invention, to showcase their products. The result is impossibly cheesy music and some very rare gear spotting.



The album (Cosmorama) just got reissued. Some of the songs are, uh, sorta enjoyable.

[ac3v3da]

i just have to say that this is one of the best threads ive seen on gearslutz. 80% of this stuff I've never even heard of.

[Rogue Ai]

There was a Wersi on ebay for $50, but sadly it was local pick up only.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wersi-Expand...item4ab49b9ead

Here's another for $350.

[djugel]

Originally Posted by AnalogGuy

Here's a demo about some obscure but fancy and fun toy:

I never thought any demos of the PSS-50 did it justice. This by far the best one tho. I've used it a lot in my old days (got stolen at a show).. and still use it every so often(convinced friends to get one).

Just thought I'd post this.. it's the first record I ever actually finished/released.
First track is mainly PSS-50.. with some Crumar Orchestrator and a random Yamaha PSR/PSS FM goofy synth that can't remember the model number.. EDIT: forgot the main lead on the refrain is Arp AXXE.

Mr. Bossa Suicide - GA001 | Ghost Arcade LTD

[cebec]

Evenfall Mini Modular... I miss it

Evenfall Mini Modular

[acreil]

Originally Posted by Rogue Ai

There was a Wersi on ebay for $50, but sadly it was local pick up only.

It's been listed for months. You'd think someone would have figured out by now that it would actually sell if they'd ship it. Anyway the EX10R is the non-programmable model. It uses the same cartridges (some of which have pretty wild sounds), but other than that I think they're not a lot of fun.

Also I like that the Hard Rock I pattern on the Korg PSS-50 sounds like Neu! It's about time an auto accompaniment machine accommodate Krautrock.

[acreil]

I uploaded a few more. I need to record some new (better) ones, but I haven't had the time lately. These are old recordings.





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