whats the *COOLEST* looking synth in the world?

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Post by WaveRider » Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:35 pm

Machinate wrote:
monomachine
Yeah, they were like "we need only one thing: Crappy ergonomics!"

If they had made the monomachine like the Korg Radias, that would have been kick-ass.
Elektron have a tabletop version, I have it :)

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Post by arachnaut » Tue Jun 10, 2008 3:12 am

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Post by arachnaut » Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:02 am

RCA Synthesizer mk2:
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Post by Tarekith » Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:31 am

arachnaut wrote:Image
WTF is that ugly thing?

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Post by b0unce » Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:33 am

arachnaut wrote:Image
-1
spreader of butter

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Post by Michael Hatsis » Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:44 am

Tarekith wrote:
arachnaut wrote:Image
WTF is that ugly thing?
massive 2 ?

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Post by arachnaut » Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:54 am

Looks good to me.
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Post by Tarekith » Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:33 am

It just hurts my eyes. :lol:

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Post by Machinate » Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:57 pm

Tarekith wrote:
WTF is that ugly thing?
hmmm, that would be:
frill
"wavy ornamental edging," 1591, of uncertain origin despite much speculation; figurative sense of "useless ornament" first recorded 1893. The verb meaning "to furnish with a frill" is recorded in 1574.
OR, alternatively:
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Belonged to Wendy Carlos. And later on - or was that earlier? Dig the big mixer in front:Image
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Re: whats the *COOLEST* looking synth in the world?

Post by cacti » Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:27 pm

gjm wrote:
Machinate wrote:aaand the synthi aks:
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This one even has a mini game of BATTLESHIPS as well..... J-8 !
this was used on Pink Floyd's "On the Run" on DSOTM.

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Post by oblique strategies » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:36 pm

Machinate wrote:Dig the big mixer in front:Image
Love those big rotary potentiometer mixers!


In lieu of a vintage model, I've always wanted one of these:

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After checking out the Allen & Heath site, I gather that this mixer is no longer being made. Too bad, it's a beauty & all tubes too...
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Post by djsynchro » Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:47 am

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"Atari Punk Console" with body contact and photocell in old see through VHS box.

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Post by Machinate » Wed Jun 11, 2008 2:49 am

lol @ "556" :lol:


ahem... I guess you have to be a geek for that one?

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Post by oblique strategies » Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:26 am

djsynchro wrote:Image

"Atari Punk Console" with body contact and photocell in old see through VHS box.

8O

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Post by Machinesworking » Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:40 am

oblique strategies wrote: In lieu of a vintage model, I've always wanted one of these:

Imageπ

After checking out the Allen & Heath site, I gather that this mixer is no longer being made. Too bad, it's a beauty & all tubes too...
Dammit! Did you ever hear the Gary S Clail / tackhead singles "What's My Mission Now?"
they used tube mixers on it, and it sounded fucking great...... now I'm going to be trying to find this mixer...... wallet will be permanently empty.....

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