via this auction.
Interesting. I never really thought about synth-manufacturer slogans before. If you know of any feel free to comment.
EVERYTHING SYNTH
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I once saw a shirt with an 808 on the front, and on the back it said "Roland. Technology You Can Trust". It was an actual company shirt too. He found it at a Goodwill of all places.
ReplyDeleteThe best one is Roland's 80's tagline
ReplyDelete"We Design The Future" Because if you think about it they actually did, given the way that their 80's x0x gear went on to become icons of electronic music.
Without Roland there would be no Techno - Itself a genre based around futurism.
Juno 106: the chips that fail.
ReplyDeleteKorg PolySix: the battery that leaks.
Ensoniq VFX-SD: the keyboard that crack circuit board connectors.
JX8P: The aftertouch that fails.
E-mu, Applied Magic for the Arts
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is whenever I needed an Ensoniq to be there for me I was $&*#*##...
ReplyDeleteERROR 144 - REBOOT?
Hitting the YES button became a reflex. Saving became an obession.
ERROR 144 - REBOOT?
ReplyDeleteHitting the YES button became a reflex. Saving became an obession.
reminds me of my EPS bak in the day - still with the problems it was still awesome in the studio
Don't forget the great
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Okay it's not a synth company, but they did sell a Moog: Radio Shack. I loved it when their slogan was "Supermarket of Sound." What a great band or album name. You could get extra publicity when Radio Shack sued you for using their slogan.
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