"I went all out and got every option possible and best sides and ordered extra cables. This works like a charm, and is somewhat heavy, keep that in mind if you decide to strap it on during your next mountain climb. Insured and packed well."
Some sad news in. Felix Visser, the man behind Synton and such synth clasics as the Syrinx, Fenix, 3000 series modular, and more, has passed away. He recently worked with This Is Not Rocket Science on their Fenix synthesizer as well as the inspiration behind the AnalogFX SER-2020. We lost one of the greats, a synth pioneer.
"Synton was a manufacturer and distributor of high-end electronic music equipment in the Netherlands. They were one of the principal importers of music equipment from E-Mu, Ensoniq, and Fairlight in Europe. Felix Visser, the founder of Synton began the company in 1973 after purchasing an EMS Synthi AKS and setting out to produce similar equipment with more of the functionality that he was looking for in an analog synth. Eventually, the company developed Synton Syntovox vocoders as well as the System 2000 and System 3000 modular synthesizers that were sold to Karlheinz Stockhausen and distributed in the United States by Bob Moog's Big Briar Inc. In 1983, Felix Visser, product specialist Marc Paping, and designer Bert Vermeulen created the Synton Syrinx, a monophonic analog synthesizer that contained unique features such as a metal touchplate for manipulating sound as well as a formant filter."
The image on the left is a screenshot from an interview with him at the 2018 Soundmit synth event (embedded below and previously featured here).
See the Synton label for numerous posts featuring his creations.
"I was preparing a patch when a hailstorm occured, so I had to stop, but I'll check this patch again soon...
3 voices going into 1 formant filter and also a phaser, both modulated plus
3 voices going into 1 formant filter and also a phaser, both modulated plus
3 voices going into 1 formant filter and also a phaser, both modulated.
Pretty sure the patch can sound better. Probably with 3 voices total instead of 9."
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"The legendary Synton Syrinx, made in the Netherlands. Huge sound thanks to its LPF, dual resonant band-pass filters, and sub-oscillator. Very good esthetic condition, and in perfect working order."
"This video was not published until today because of the notes which are not in tune (sample & hold not working like it should). This evening I decided I didn't care anymore, cause I like the sound of the filter very much!"
"Have you tried a Synton Fenix?? The Fenix IIPP is a modern recreation of the cult classic Fenix II — meticulously assembled by the fine folks at Patch Point. It's an incredible, rare, limited-run instrument, and we've got a couple on hand!
"Breadboarding and testing some sounds from the Syntom II - a do-it-yourself design from the April 1983 Electronics & Music Maker magazine. Other drum sounds coming from the Roland TR-606, which is also providing a trigger voltage output to trigger the Syntom.
00:00 Triggered by gate pulse from TR-606
00:35 Triggered by piezo drum pad
"A rare opportunity to buy a Fenix 2D and rare sequencer 3
The 2D signature is the best sounding one. I had the 2 as well but sold it after i heard the 2D. This one is based on cem oscillators also the delaytime is longer. Based on vactrols . it sounds amazing. i put them in beautiful walnut cases and thank god no adapters but just euro -plug. It comes with original manuals /boxes and banana-cables. Also lots of rare spare-parts for both machines. This synth had nothing to do with the PP wich has different chips and also different then the original 2.
"DYNACORD SRS-56 is a very are STEREO ANALOG DELAY pseudo REVERB from 1977.
Rebuilt of the ultra rare SYNTON SYRINX Dutch keyboard synth. I cannot compare but the unusual filter setting of 2 bandpass and 1 lowpass VCFs, with 4 different routings give a lot of modulation freedom and rendition of rather unusual sounds.
Since I am not a fan of black gear. I tried my best in 2023 and contacted ANALOG FX. And they had been so kind as to manufacture a custom blue face synth which I have only seen in some preproductions units and, of course, in the historic SYRINX which was available also in red.
For the image angle had to use the wide angle and so only a quite low resolution. So there is not much detail. Sorry for that."
"Synton Fenix II PP - Patch Point Edition with upgraded Delays done by Bert(the original maker of the Fenix II) --- in mint condition! Original owner/bought new from Patch Point. Arrives in the original box and outer shipping box with the patch cable pack and power supply.
The apex of semi-modular synths!! Sounds superb!!"
"Synton Fenix II, III, IId with Scrotum Lab ex0ex.
Kind of vowel sounds = I send a sawtooth from Fenix II oscillator into the ex0ex filter input and I send the ex0ex output into the ring modulator of Fenix IId. I send a sinewave into the other ring mod input.
Direct outs from Fenix(es) sent to mixer. No ext. effect added."
