An Extensive Overview Of Vintage Italian Drum Machines

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"I visited the Museo Del Synth Marchigiano again and had a look at all the drum machines they have in their huge collection. According to Riccardo Pietroni of the Museo its a good 80% of all rhythm instruments produced in the Italy. Featuring machines by Elgam, Eko, Farfisa, Viscount, Crumar, Godwin and many many more. Patrons get a huge soundpack, so sub over here: http://patreon.com/hainbach"

EKO Stradivarius ULTRA RARE Analog String Synthesizer 1974 SN 1072

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video posted earlier today here.

"The EKO Stradivarius is one of the rarest and hardest to find string synthesizer from the 1970's."

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EKO Stradivarius | Vintage String Machine (1974)

video upload by Alberto Napolioni

Update: currently listed for sale here. Pics captured here.

00:00 Ethereal Strings
00:20 The Loom
00:45 Aurea
00:58 Tarantula's Canvas
01:09 Ascension
01:19 Dancing Snakes
01:35 Dracula's Curse
02:30 Siamese Cats
02:47 House Stabs (haunted)
02:56 Illusions
03:14 Razor
03:27 Quantic Vibrations
03:43 Lost Child
03:52 Everything in its wrong Place
04:07 Run
04:16 Lush

TESTING
probably one of the rarest String Machine ever built...
The EKO Stradivarius!
Used also by Vangelis, PFM, etc..

Some Improvisations on it.
NO FX used
just its raw, unique, gloomy, lushing sound.

VAI 66 : Böhm Digital Drums - Ekosynth

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1974 Eko Ekosynth SN 0238

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"Vintage Italian Synth,classic Umiliani Sounds ultra rare synth."

You can find demos of the Ekosynth in previous posts here.

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V.A.I. 65 : CRB Computerband 2000 / EKOSynth

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"Another demonstration of the marvellous CRB Computerband 2000 - an auto-accompaniment machine with 4 sections made by organ manufacturer CRB in the Marche region of Italy.
This time we paired it with the EkoSynth, a quite rare monophonic preset synth from the mid 1970s made by Italian guitar and amp manufacturer EKO. This is a unique sounding synth compared to many other Italian monophonics of the era, the filter is special, really not bad, so you can get a lot of different sounds out of this machine."

Eko Bass Pedal K2 Synth

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via this auction "Here is a very cool Eko K2 Bass Pedal. A unique piece of Sythnesizer history. Late 70's/early 80's. Everything works and functions as it should. It sounds really great, and it's in remarkebly great shape given it's age."

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Eko Rhythm Box (Italy, 1972) - vintage drum machine + original start stop pedal!

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"vintage italian drum machine EKO Rhythm Box, made in Recanati in the early 1970's. Silver face edition with the original Eko Start-Stop pedal! Front panel includes two controls: volume and speed of the tempo."

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The First Modern Drum Machine | Eko Computerhythm

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"The Eko Computerhythm from 1972 was so ahead of its time that it found almost more fame as a prop in Italian Sci-Fi movies than as an instrument. In a time when a drum machine was all corny preset rhythms, the Eko featured 16 step programming, time division, mixing, individual outs and a punch card memory. Only 15 are known to exist today and it is frequently rated as one of the rarest and most expensive drum machine.

In this video you will find information on its history, its makers and hear it in all its glory.

https://www.museodelsynth.org"

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Eko Stradivarius

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You can find demos of the EKO Stradivarius in previous posts here.

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Eko Bass Pedal K1 SN 0890

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"Rare analog synth pedal bass from the 70s.
2 octaves sound (16 + 8) that can be combined with a choice of 2 different sound, string and reed (ie waveforms, one is a triangle the other a sawtooth) and adjustable sustain.
You also get a second sound, Percussion, that can be combined or use individually. This one is not affected by the sustain.

Unit is in very good condition with only a few scratches. Works flawlessly. Very nice built, the pedal are actual wood and not plastic."

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EKO EKOSYNTH 1st - Mega rare Italian vintage synthesizer from 1974 SN 0223

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"Wonderful EKO EKOSYNTH, extremely rare analog / digital mono synthesizer, made in Italy in 1974 and today preserved at maximum, still in SUPER clean conditions."

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Vintage 1981 EKO Encore Panda 61 Key Electronic Piano Keyboard Synthesizer

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This appears to be the first one to be featured on the site.

Measures approx. 95cms x 45cms
Features:-
61 Full Size Keys
Built in speaker with separate Volume, Bass & Sustain Dials
Orchestra Section, Presets & Vibrato Switches
Automatic Rhythm Section
Tempo & Volume Dials
Headphone Socket
UK mains Powered

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A quickie with the Gerd Schulte Compact Phasing

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"We had this hooked up and made a quick spontaneous video.
It's not always easy to dial in the sound you're looking for - if that's your thing - but you can sure get a lot of different sounds out of this pedal.
The machine generating bass and chords is a special little animal, more videos of that to come."

EKO ekosynth below the mystery rhythm machine.

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EKO Ekosynth P15 Vintage 1979 Italian Analogue Mono Synth

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Demo linked in the listing previously posted here.

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Rare 1982 EKO Synthesizer Bass Foot Pedal K1 Model 4101 Analog Bass Synth SN 1488

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"The EKO K1 pedal offers 2 octaves of fantastic sounds. You can add Reed-String, Sustain and Percussion with the according footswitch. In addition, the bass pedal offers controls for tunig, volume and sustain.

Everything can be adjusted with the foot. It is a very stable built pedal.

Here the functions in detail:

Bass 8’
A very deep, soft sound that really shakes the room.

Bass 4’
The same effect as bass 8’, but one octave higher.

Percussion
A great sound that has a strong attacking part and sounds
very similar to a bass guitar

Sustain
The sound fades away depending on the sustain control setting

String-Reed
A "string portion" is added to the sound

And important: All sounds can be played in combination ! That’s make it pretty interesting.

The EKO K1 is in excellent and clean condition and works 100%."

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VAI 24 : Farfisa Syntorchestra 4 / EKO Rhythmaker

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"Another sad space ballad - this time performed on the poly/mono machine Farfisa Syntorchestra 4 (what happened to 2 and 3?!) and analog drum machine Eko Rhythmaker - simple but lovely machines - both extremely Italian :)

Vintage Audio Institute is a studio and vintage gear shop, we make these videos just for fun in between tasks, we're not professional keyboard players so please have patience with the sloppy finger work."

EKO COMPUTER RHYTHM Handmade Miniature 1 6 scale

video by Ronaldo Lopes Teixeira ROLT

You can find posts featuring the EKO COMPUTERHYTHM including some demos here. See the miniature label below for more miniature synth posts.

EKO Synthesizer P15

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You can find some demos of one in previous posts here.

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Vai 32 : Solina String Ensemble, Binson Echorec B1s, Welson Syntex and Eko Rhythmaker

"Pretty self-explanatory but the Solina String Ensemble is going through the Schulte Compact Phasing and Binson Pre-Mixer and Echorec B1s, the Eko Rhythmaker is going through the Binson as well for tube saturation purposes.

The Welson Syntex is an Italian synth from the mid 70s, a great dual oscillator, analog, monophonic synthesizer with white and pink (!) noise, four footages per oscillator and lots of modulation capabilities.
That Moog ladder filter is on board as well, together with all the footages engaged it can really sound huge and sometimes terrifying.

We make these videos as a showcase for our studio and for curious vintage heads - and for fun.

We don't dilly-dally too much with production and mixing but it can sound pretty good with headphones on."