This one is not actually a synth, but a vintage mixer by PAiA's Craig Anderton. You can find it here along with a number of other synth auctions from minime123. Although it is not a synth I decided to put it up because of the link to synth makers PAiA as well as it's design. Every now and then I will put up posts of non synth related gear from synth manufactures to reflect on some of the other projects they took the time out to work for. For me it's just an interesting bit of synth history.
I don't mind. Anderton's "Electronic Projects for Musicians" was a huge resource for electronic musicians at the time. It's still a worthwhile read for basic theory (although a fair amount of the parts it references are now obsolete). And it's useful to see what the technology looked like back in the day. We tend to assume that electronic gear has always been as well laid out and aesthetic as it is now. What we sometimes forget is that Moog and Buchla were way ahead of the game in terms of user interfaces. This mixer, although homemade, is actually pretty typical of the commercial products of the era.
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