via daddio:
"Your old classified post reminded me of a 'document' I saved from my college days. Circa 1972, this was handed out in my Electronic Music 101 class at U.M.B.C. (University of Maryland Baltimore County) taught by Felix Powell. Textbook for the class was Allen Strange's Electronic Music (which I still have), the one with the purple graphic on the cover. Our studio consisted of a Moog series III with the sequencer complement, a pair of suitcase Synthi's, a Teac four track w/SOS and a pair of Revox half track A77's (yes, we did 'fripper' them ;-).
Thought you and your readers might get a kick out of it.
pg1.jpg
pg2.jpg
btw,
These tunes were made in that studio:
01_Alma.mp3 (my first ever piece - no pun intended - lol)
02_DOM.mp3 ('vocals' added in '99) [not safe for work]
peace bro,
gm
www.tapewarm.com"
link should be:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tapewarm.com/OS/01_Alma.mp3
...apparently missing the '3' in .mp3
fixed. sorry about that.
ReplyDeleteits interesting to put those prices in an inflation calculator to see how much cheaper modular stuff is today....
ReplyDeleteI'm suspecting this document is from 1973 (or possibly early 1974) seeing as neither the Moog Satellite, Arp Pro Soloist nor the EML 500 were available in 1972.
ReplyDeleteMicke
Looks like "Summer 72" is handwritten on the first page
ReplyDeleteThe Moog Sonic-six wasn't available in 1972 either (it wasn't commercially released until late '73 or '74) so I strongly doubt the document dates from that year.
ReplyDeleteMicke
I can't believe the prices! How could anyone afford this stuff back then?
ReplyDeleteI was in California by September of 1972. The price list was printed prior to that (spring semester of that year). Perhaps the models released after that were included as 'soon to be available' but I cannot say for sure. I can only testify to when the list came into my possession.
ReplyDeletePrices quoted are for "Institutional Use" as in Universities etc. I guess a looney bin would also qualify if credentialed.
;-)
I would assume that private ownership would have cost even more.
Assuming 1972, here is the conversion into 2006 dollars. conce
ReplyDeleteArp Soloist MKII $995 -> $4785
Arp Odyssey $1295 -> $6225
Arp 2600 $2790 -> $13415
Buchla System 201 $2850 -> $13705
EML-101 $1295 -> $6225
Synthi AKS $1195 -> $5745
Moog Satellite $595 -> $2860
Moog Mini Moog $1495 -> $7190
again, how could anyone afford this gear back then?
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