Pre-MIDI synths!

[cephus]

there's this guy at work, who I've known a while and known to be weird. Don't get the wrong idea. I think weird is good. Today, he said something about having a bunch of old four-tracks. I asked what he played and he said keyboards. When I asked him what kind of stuff he had, he said "Oh, just a bunch of pre-MIDI keyboards." I just thought it was plenty cool that he had a bunch of weird, (what he considered) crappy monophonic analog synths and stuff. I told him I was looking for a Syndrum for something I am working on and he said he had a couple of them in the crawlspace.

I am really looking forward to hearing keyboards with KNOBS!

[superspit]

Originally Posted by cephus

there's this guy at work, who I've known a while and known to be weird. Don't get the wrong idea. I think weird is good. Today, he said something about having a bunch of old four-tracks. I asked what he played and he said keyboards. When I asked him what kind of stuff he had, he said "Oh, just a bunch of pre-MIDI keyboards." I just thought it was plenty cool that he had a bunch of weird, (what he considered) crappy monophonic analog synths and stuff. I told him I was looking for a Syndrum for something I am working on and he said he had a couple of them in the crawlspace.

I am really looking forward to hearing keyboards with KNOBS!

Hi,
Hearing keyboards with knobs?....How about "POPCORN"?
Respectfully though, what an odd thread.(!?)
I'll keep track of this one!!
Kindest Regards,
SuperSpit.

[altitude909]

Hell yeah!
let us know what you find.

[TheRockDoc]

I still have an original Juno6- always having to write down the config on paper and then it never sounds the same the next time... fortunately it sounds way cool...

keep us posted..

[mikeh]

I had a June 6 and then upgraded to a June 60 (so I could have presets - for live gigs). A few years back I picked up a Juno 106 (for the MIDI) and got rid of the June 60. Big mistake - I rarely use the MIDI (rather limited) and the 106 simply is not as warm or fat as the 60.

I think anyne who plays synths should own at least one old analog synth (with knobs and sliders) to really learn how waves are formed.

[ssscientist]

Originally Posted by mikeh

I think anyne who plays synths should own at least one old analog synth (with knobs and sliders) to really learn how waves are formed.

...or download a free copy of RGC Audio's Triangle II Monophonic Synthesizer here and bite off a little piece of synth history that way.

It's like a virtual Sequential Circuits Pro One. And if anyone was to come across a non-virtual Pro One in a journey into this crawl space or any crawl space I wouldn't mind taking it off your hands...

No pressure though.

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[cephus]

He was telling me they used an Amiga ( i think that's what it's called. The Atari computer) for sequencing and drum machines once they crossed the line into midi, but he had already invested in some of these older things first.

I will certainly tell you how cool all of his woodgrain knob synthesizers sound and surely let you know if he is in the mood to get rid of anything cool.

[ssscientist]

Originally Posted by cephus

He was telling me they used an Amiga ( i think that's what it's called. The Atari computer)

Amiga and Atari were two separate companies. They competed for the early midi sequencing market with the Atari having an advantage due to it's built in midi ports.

There is still a group of dedicated Atari users worldwide, especially in Europe where they don't fall victim to the advertised 'newest gizmo' as easily as we do here.

My Atari ST's, and I owned several, were the tightest midi sequencers with the best timing I've ever used.

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