All DIY modular featuring MOTM (Synth Tech), Blacet, Jurgen Haible, Ian Fritz, Scott Stites Klee sequencer, Ryk, 4ms, Flight of Harmony, Yusynth, Toppobrillo and Tellun.
"Unique handmade steampunk/dieselpunk styled synthesizer module. Inside the case is a Shruthi-1 monosynth/sequencer with SMR-4 filter from Mutable instruments. This is a hybrid design with extremely flexible digital oscillators fed into an analogue filter and VCA. See http://mutable-instruments.net/ for full details of functionality. The case is wooden with a solid brass sheet front panel. The panel is not perfect and has a few “dings” on it but they add to the atmosphere of the case. The pressure gauge and handle are there purely for aesthetic purposes and serve no function (although the handle does move and I did consider hooking up to a pot for filter sweeps etc.). The unit can be battery powered (6 x AA rechargeable or alkaline) or can be supplied with 9v via the socket on the rear (centre +ve). What looks like old fashioned bulbs are in fact LED's cunningly disguised to look like bulbs! They respond to the button pushes to assist in identifying which menu is active.
Unlike a mass produced plastic gadget, the case of this synth is not perfect. But that's not the point...it is quirky and you won't find another like it. It is 'new' in the sense that I haven't taken it out of the house or used it other than for testing. But it does have a “handled” feel because it is...er... handmade :-)"
"Manufactured and sold for the Japanese market, this was a low cost alternative to the many monophonic synth's that were so popular at the time. This was Technics dipping their toes into the synthesizer market at home in Japan first. Obviously the SY1010 never became a classic and Korg and Roland went on and changed the music world with their own synthesizer offerings. It was a powerful and capable little mono synth in it's own right in any case, although it was not heavily marketed apparently though and as well being manufactured by a company more known for home stereos and turntables. So it was that the Technics SY1010 remains the Technics company's only foray into the analog synthesizer market. Some years later they did produce a few different digital and sampling keyboards but this remains the only all analog musical instrument in the company's history."