Conn Electric Band vintage analog synthesizer

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Not the best shot. Anyone know more about these? From the auction: "This is a rare one -- analog drum machine, reverb (very cool), organ, organ bass, auto accompinament, and tweakable monosynth playable all at once or individually."

Update via funky toofers in the comments:
"i borrowed on for a short while from reed ghazala's weird instrument collection..

it's probally similiar to the russian em-25 synth.. it's a preset machine with alot of unusual timbres.. not a whole ton of control but enough to do some interesting modulations and variations on the timbres. definately a nice synth/organ polyphonic analog..

in the short time i borrowed it i recorded a short piece in collaboration with my friend nebulagirl

Sad Melody by Sonitus Intortus

YouTube via Nebulagirl

'Sonitus Intortus sound, accompanied by Sad Sad Powerlines'

the beginning opens up with one of the sounds of the conn in pair with nebulagirl's homemade theremin. also used a sound called space junk.. and some other to do some background figures. the other sounds are some mfb synth 2. with the main background figure by a casio sk-1 sampler."

Conn Electric Band

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Anyone know what these sound like?


via the auction:

"This has a drum machine or beatbox, with cheesy analog beats programmed in. Adjustable Tempo and styles. It has a bass synth note that plays patterns underneath, in time with the drums, and in the key of the bass note you hold (black keys on bottom octave). It has a GREAT lead synth - very much like the ARP Pro Solist or MOOG Minitmoog. There are various Presets. The Space Junk sound,(which was the inspiration for the Devo song of the same name!), is alone worth the price of admission. There is also a panel on the Right side for creating your own lead sound. There are outputs on the back (1/4") and tuning controls for the bass and synth. Last (but not least!!) it has built in SPRING reverb. Adjustable from "barely on" to "WOW" all the sounds run through it - it's on the drums, bass, lead if you want it. And the maximum setting is very dark and long, underwater sounding."

Also see this one.

Shot of the inside.

Conn Electric Band

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"Rare 1973 Conn Electric Band... It had some real low end on the sub selector. Great cheesy drum beats. Ranges from Waltz to Teen beat. Great preset sounds like Harpsichord, Space Junk, and Blast Off. Also has an adjustable section. This thing was used on the Moog Cookbook and you can find sound clips of it on the internet. It has 2 great reverbs as well. It weighs a ton."

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CONN Electric Band

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Presets
Presets 2
Bass and Drums
Variable Sound

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Update: Some words from Brian Kehew:
"It's from CONN - the same people who sold trumpets and saxes to kids in band class. But I think it's made by Lowrey - just a hunch. It has a lead mono synth with two oscillators, sounds very much like an ARP Soloist or Moog Minitmoog. One of the preset settings is "variable" and you have some adjustments you can make in the sound, the others are all presets you see on front. On the left is a set of black keys that do the bass note and chords. The bass tone 9as you hear) is HUGE and super deep. It plays a simple bass line when you start the drum machine. There is a cool beatbox, typical 70s one. And my favorite feature is that it can all run through the spring reverb inside - 3 settings from minimal to underwater! I love the fake wood grain stuff.
I've only ever seen three of these; the two others were one my friend Roger Manning (of Moog Cookbook) has, and one other I sold to Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo."

Vintage Conn Electric Organ

Title link takes you to a couple more shots pulled via these auctions. Via Chad A.

"it is mostly a synth. Kinda like a Moog Satellite, but weirder. The Moog Cookbook were fans of this board. The "space Junk " preset is a pretty insane sound."