Thursday, June 05, 2008
REINTRODUCING THE P.M.S. SYNTAR ANALOGUE SYNTHESIZER
YouTube via redmartian
"The Syntar was designed in the late 70s by George Mattson. George's company, P.M.S. (Performance Music Systems) manufactured these units with some work done by EML. There are roughly 8 units built and sold with a handful of prototypes, but by 1980 Moog Music had the Syntar beat marketing wise with its lesser Liberation.
Mark Mothersbaugh once optically scanned a Syntar at NAMM, but it seems the Liberation ended up in their rig.
I wanted to post a simple piece first and then later go into much further detail about what the Syntar can do that most mono-synths cannot and why it blows all other 'keytars' away.
(I hope I beat Jean Michel Jarre by posting the first Syntar video anywhere)"
Note that Jean Michel Jarre indeed did recently pick up a Syntar. Via his official blog:
"These past few days I have been chasing some analog instruments which I need for some new tracks and for the future on stage. I found a second Moog Liberation and a very rare portable keyboard, the Syntar."
YMO
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Fantastic jam!
ReplyDeleteDidn't Mark Mothersbaugh/Devo get the first few Liberations off the Moog assembly line?
ReplyDeleteIf you look at the video for GirlUWant, two Libs are being used on the stage and one of them has the logo/branding in a different place than the stock ones.
The Syntar is one of my favorites. If it had been mass produced I bet it would've been one of the most popular synths (if made in strict keyboard form)
ReplyDeleteThe syntar is definitely more interesting than the swan. The left hand section offers some interesting possibilities not seen since.
ReplyDeleteMost all the functions in the left hand controller section are just easier ways of doing functions that you can do on a SWAN. Such as applying filter cutoff, pitch up, pitch down, noise, etc...
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