via this auction
"exceptionally rare, consummate piece of musical electronics: the Sennheiser VSM-201 Vocoder SN#19.
Originally available during the late 1970s for $20,000 (back when the vocoder was the most fascinating new development in studio effects), this particular model was considered unmatched in sound quality, useability and design. Many still feel this way today, myself included!
During my life spent acquiring electronic musical instruments, and recording in music studios, I have only seen one other, mounted into a Moog 55 cabinet in the studio of a notable producer in Berlin. The complex feature set and cost meant that few VSM-201 Vocoders were built -- certainly under a hundred. And so, rarely seen nor heard, this is certainly both an artifact of electronic music history as well as a decadant device with few peers."
Anyone seriously interested in one of these, or in acquiring full documentation, including schematics or in need of having one rebuilt, feel free to contact me at sattleru@gmail.com.
ReplyDelete