Sequence 15 has a fun post on the following synth rumors. You can find the answers there along with some videos and samples. Even if you know the answers to these, it is worth a look. I remember the first time I heard the Edgar Winter ARP 2600 as a keytar rumor. For a short period of time I actually thought it was the full on unit. :)
Story: Laurens Hammond, inventor of the Hammond organ, was tone deaf and couldn't play.
Story: No recording was ever made of the Telharmonium, the first synthesizer.
Story: The Rhodes Chroma was actually designed by ARP.
Story: Prior to the creation of MIDI, Sequential Circuits had designed a serial bus for musical instruments which was much faster than MIDI.
Story: The prototype of the Moog Voyager Old School was stolen from Moog.
Story: Edgar Winter used to play with an ARP 2600 on a guitar strap.
Monday, March 23, 2009
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That MOOG story was true..it ended up on ebay too..shit thinking twice did that happen around April 1st? Than moogerfooging pranks they pull.
ReplyDeleteThe proto was stolen from the Musikmesse floor and ended up on E-bay. This is a true story. A loyal customer found it on E-bay, notified the authorities and got it back. It is currently sitting 10 feet to my left as I type this.
ReplyDeleteI believe Amos posted the whole story on AH and it was in the archives here.
You can find the story here: link.
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