MATRIXSYNTH: Paia Proteus 1 Synthesizer


Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Paia Proteus 1 Synthesizer


via this auction
"This is an incredibly rare vintage monosynth (one of only 80 ever produced!)."

Update via Stephen in the comments: "Buyer beware! I had one of these for years. This one is missing the computer interface on the back, and probably other stuff internally. These were all built from kits, and according to John Simonton, they were too hard to build for the target audience - virtually every one of the 50 kits he sold came back for repairs at some point. The design was plagued with bad part choices, low tolerance parts, cheap connectors that failed easily, etc."


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  1. Buyer beware! I had one of these for years. This one is missing the computer interface on the back, and probably other stuff internally. These were all built from kits, and according to John Simonton, they were too hard to build for the target audience - virtually every one of the 50 kits he sold came back for repairs at some point. The design was plagued with bad part choices, low tolerance parts, cheap connectors that failed easily, etc.

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