Cantos Music Foundation is the largest synth museum in Calgary Alberta, Canada. Brandon Smith who works there, sent in the following.
"I work at the Cantos Music Foundation (The largest and as far as I know only keyboard museum in Canada) in Calgary Alberta, and thought I'd send a few Pics of interest., The modular system is a Delta Music Research system which started off as a local Calgary company. That double minimoog belonged to Patrick Moraz (of Yes), The Apollo and Lyra were Keith emmersons at one point, and as far as I know the only ones ever made, and the one that looks like a franken-moog is the prototype of the multimoog. Well, keep up the good work!"Thanks Brandon! Click here to see the full set of images.
What the hell is a Moog Apollo and why does it look so much like a Polymoog?
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Well It pretty much is a polymoog, but with fewer tweakable parameters. I guess it was supposed to be a more "consumer" version. It takes the same voice cards as a polymoog, and does that great "vox humana" sound like in Gary Neuman's Cars.
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ReplyDeleteWow!!! You have the Lyra! I only know about it from Peter Forrest's book. What's it sound like?
ReplyDeletePerhaps you should lend it to someone who could make a VST emulation of it, or something.
The Apollo and the Lyra along with the Taurus bass pedals were origionally supposed to be sold as a 3 peice ensemble. Its a little confusing because the sign on it says constellation, but that actually refers to the whole ensemble.
ReplyDeleteThe Lyra does sound pretty neat. A bit like a mini, but not quite as devastating. I totally agree that someone should make a VST of it.
ReplyDeleteAren't VST's those things that show certain pictures of synthesizers on the computer screen to distract the user from realizing how much they sound like Nord Leads?
ReplyDeleteYou guys have that prototype Memorymoog with a different name up in Calgary as well, no?
The Apollo pictured is afaik the prototype for the Polymoog keyboard (Model 280a), not the same synth that Keith Emerson used on the "Brain Salad surgery" album and tour.
ReplyDeleteThis four-octave one oscillator polysynth --that created percussive sounds only and didn't have the ability to sustain sounds-- could be said to be the original prototype for the Polymoog synthesizer.
I think the Delta Music Research system needs a few more filters....
ReplyDeleteI dont think we have the prototype memorymoog, just a regular one. But our model D minimoog is Serial # 1 And the Apollo totally can sustain sounds...And you're right about this one not being the actual origional Apollo Prototype, although that one is kicking around somewhere too
ReplyDeleteThe Delta Lab looks lovely!
ReplyDeleteThe Collection has some pretty amazing synths.
I'd love the Buchla 700 top play with!
I was thinking of the SL-8 on the Audities website.
ReplyDeleteAccording to David Luce the original Apollo was only capale of percussive sounds, i.e. no sustain.
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