Comments on: Vintage Synth Explorer

Vintage Synth Explorer

ookamaka — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 00:52:50 -0800

Vintage Synth Explorer - I'm an unquestionable electronic music freak, and this site makes me drool every time I read it. You can find everything from the Roland holy trinity - the 303, 808 and 909 to the most obscure little Korg Mini Pops 35. This site is just totally sweet. Yum

By: condour75

condour75 — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 01:13:45 -0800

great link! I plan to spread this one around -- and spend quite a bit of time here. thanks

By: cadastral

cadastral — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 04:19:01 -0800

great link... probably not the kind that's going to draw a lot of conversation... bookmarked

By: kozad

kozad — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 05:27:51 -0800

I still have an old Roland in the basement...and it still kind of works...I'll have to dig it up and find out what model it is. I loved being able to adjust everything with sliders. It was very hands-on. I haven't bought a synthesizer in the last twenty years, though. To call me behind the times would be an understatement. I play only piano, now. I have an electric piano for gigs without an acoustic. Catch me at Denver International Airport, 2-6 PM on Wednesday. It's a funny job...DIA opts out of ASCAP fees, so we have to make up new melodies for classic jazz tunes.

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 05:31:15 -0800

My favourite T.

By: samsara

samsara — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 06:01:23 -0800

Neat. Although I've never had the opportunity to use the old stuff, emulated synths such as Reason or Rebirth have made me drool over one day owning the hardware.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 06:02:20 -0800

Cool site, but I've always been more of a Hammond B-3 man, myself. Do You Know What I Mean? Heheheh.

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 06:11:29 -0800

Forgot: synthmuseum.com is also way cool. You can often find me there, drooling over pieces of art like this one.

By: Fabulon7

Fabulon7 — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 06:13:01 -0800

All hail the ARP. I could play with a 2500/2600 for hours...

By: Eekacat

Eekacat — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 06:14:44 -0800

Very Cool. I have a Fender/Rhodes Chroma Polaris which I enjoyed very much. An analog synth with Midi built in 1984. I think my favorite that I ever played was a modular Moog while I was in Electronic Music courses at UC Davis. I loved those patch cords, and the total freedom of experimentation they provided. There was a Synclavier in the studio, and while I was there they had this electronic music software which ran on an early Sun system (new at the time). There weren't even D to A converters readily available back then, so they had one designed and built by the engineering department. A trip down memory lane for sure.

By: soplerfo

soplerfo — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 07:04:48 -0800

I've been meaning to get to the new england synth museum for a while now. There is no charge for admission and you can bring your camera, camcorder, even your DAT recorder ...how cool

By: transient

transient — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:16:45 -0800

Neat link! It doesn't have my little Rheem, though.

By: fatbaq

fatbaq — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:22:59 -0800

Thanks for the great link, I love those classics synths, and even the new retro ones too. A personal favorite of mine, the yamaha cs80, was used alot on Peter Gabriel's SO, and U.K's self titled album and has a sound to die for. Now if I could only find the money to buy one, or strength to lift it!!

By: namespan

namespan — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:51:22 -0800

Wow! They even have my much maligned CZ1. Every time I tell someone I have a casio synth, they think I've got one of those crummy consumer one-touch chord and "rhumba". Nope. Just a digitally controlled analog synth with some nice fat sounds. I used to know all the parameters very well when I was an obsessed teenager (with only a CZ101). Now I barely remember how to use the amplitude envelopes...

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:16:47 -0800

they think I've got one of those crummy consumer one-touch chord and "rhumba" I am totally in love with my little Casio SK-1. Despite what Vintage Synth may think.

By: andrewraff

andrewraff — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:36:02 -0800

If you're interested in the history of analog synths, you'll probably be interested in the book I'm in the midst of reading, Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer.

By: mildred-pitt

mildred-pitt — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:42:59 -0800

Neat link! It doesn't have my little Rheem, though. The Rheem Kee Bass is my most cherished keyboard! Have you seen the "virtual" Rheem Kee Bass?

By: transient

transient — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:59:24 -0800

I like the virtual Kee Bass, however you can't quite match the soothingly flatulent power of the real thing...

By: shadow45

shadow45 — Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:31:38 -0800

Ah, I used to have a TB-303.. *sniffle* memmmorrriIiieess... the devilfish mod was pretty neat-o too.

By: kchristidis

kchristidis — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 07:49:17 -0800

This may be slightly off-topic, but any tips would be appreciated: is anyone here aware of any descent online guides to creating electronic music? This stuff seems interesting, but I don't know where to start from. What's needed? Just a synth* and a PC? Do I also need a program like Cubase? Can the synth work as a stand-alone device as well (=away from the computer)? So many questions. (* that Roland Juno 106 looks fine, especially since William Orbit's using it...)

By: soplerfo

soplerfo — Wed, 27 Nov 2002 11:28:21 -0800

that all depends on what kind of music you're looking to make Kchristidis - For starters i'd definitely recommend heading over to the propellerheads website and checking out reason i believe they have a demo you can download - that'll get you started. bottom line - there's no "right" way to make electronic music - there's tons of software out there that all pretty much does the same thing in different ways. find the software you like and use that. you can do almost anything in cubase, logic and cakewalk. if you find that Reason isn't robust enough for you - or you want to work with live instruments and/or midi, i'd recommend checking one of those out. hope that helps.

By: kchristidis

kchristidis — Wed, 27 Nov 2002 13:47:42 -0800

I'll have a look at Reason - never hear about if before, but it looks good. Let's hope that the demo version is of some use. Thanks for the tip!