Crumar Composer Demo & New VSMI (Vintage Synthesizers Made in Italy) Site

Published on Oct 8, 2017 VSMI

Rather a new old site resurrected! :) The VSMI site is back and under construction. The above is the first video to be featured.

The video description follows:

"Available at: http://www.vsmi.cloud/CrumarComposer....
VSMI is a project born in the 1996 dedicated to the Vintage Synthesizers Made in Italy only. All tracks are in live multitracks recording with a Zoom R8 in flat, same for Cubase LE5 for mixing! Just played italian sound only:
Crumar Composer - the synthesizer
Montarbo DREV 128 - the direct effects
Gem Drum 15 - waves samples"

Music for Jen Synx 508 - The Analog Music Monografy #02 Demo Tracks

Published on Nov 30, 2017 VSMI
Re-Published on Dec 1, 2017 VSMI

See this post for more info on the Jen Synx 508 hardware synth.

"Music for Jen Synx 508 available soon on www.vsmi.cloud - The Analog Music Monografy
italian sound only:
Jen Synx 508 - the synthesizer
Montarbo DREV 128 - the direct effects
Armon AR-290 combo organ - drum waves samples"

LFO Random Domain LiveJam - Welson Syntex/WelsOne/Jen SX1000/Jen SX2000

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"3 LFO oscillators and 1 random knob for Italian Synthesizers:
Welson Syntex (1974)
WelsOne (4 oscillators prototype late 70')
Jen SX1000 Synthetone (1977)
Jen SX2000 Synthetone (1978)" https://vsmi.bandcamp.com

Keytek CTS2000 - 1987 Cross Table Sample Synthesizer - custom presets with Enso Looper & Fac Alteza

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"Keytek CTS 2000 - 'Cross Table Sample Synthesizer' Made in Italy (1987) ex-Siel
play with Enso Looper and FAC Alteza reverb - feat. Godwin DrumMaker32.
'Keytek CTS 2000 use an advanced signal processing technique, Cross Table Sampling. Going beyond sampling, CTS starts with a digitally recorded signal and uses external digital signal processing to modify and compress the original sample. The data is then put into wave tables. Keytek CTS instruments can read from two tables, or cross tables. This gives you all the sounds in the wave tables plus all the sounds from combinations of wave tables. Post sample processing, combined with a powerful resynthesis method using cross tables, allows Keytek CTS instruments to store a complete library of sounds in the space normally required for one sample.'

'Features of the CTS-2000
61 key [C to C] Velocity sensitive keyboard
6 voice with 2 signal sources per voice
320 wavetables in ROM for instant recall
Analog signal processing on each voice, VCF and VCA each with a 7 stage envelope generator 8 data entry sliders and full alpha/numeric display for one of the most interactive, user friendly, editing systems found on a synthesizer
■'Polytimbric' up to 5 zones of 1 octave each
■ 48 user programmable presets in internal memory
External data cartridges
Full MIDI implementation, each zone completely assignable Stereo outputs, with 5 different panpots on every preset.

Keytek was started over 10 years ago by a group of engineers who believed the only way to succeed was to build high quality instruments. Since 1976, Keytek engineers have concen- trated on designs for real world musicians using sophisticated electronics to provide instruments that are reliable, serviceble and affordable.'
(from Keytek 1987 ads)

https://vsmi.bandcamp.com"

Keytek CTS-2000 filter sequencing demo - cross wave table Made in Italy

Published on Dec 6, 2017 VSMI

"a short video about Keytek CTS-2000 italian synthesizer… more soon on www.vsmi.cloud"

Elka/Gem WS2 (1991 Arranger Expander) - XyperCyclic Seq Xperiment LiveJam

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"a rare Gem/Generalmusic WS2 Arranger Expander branded Elka play e Minimal liveJam performance with XyperCyclic Sequencer"

https://vsmi.bandcamp.com

Gem Space Ambient - a Cyber Journey with Generalmusic WX2 - S2 - Equinox - WK2

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"Gem Space Ambient sequencing LiveJam with Generalmusic WX2 - S2 - Equinox - WK2 expander.

All sounds play with some random and pattern sequences and live.
Alesis Alex reverb
Washburn WD700 digital delay
Thx to Tommyvideo & Mikkehouse for Space video on Pixabay.com"

https://vsmi.bandcamp.com

VSMI - Vintage Synths Made in Italy Live Stream 1/1/22

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Anyone ID the synth to the top left of the Cordovox Moog White Elephant?

Update: looks like it's a Welson "Symphony" as seen at the one minute mark in The Forgotten Synthesizers Of Marche Region.

Not sure what he's playing on the shelf with the blue panels. Thought it might be a Siel Opera 6, but the spacing is wrong.

Update via gridsleep in the comments: "Blue synth is a Jen Synx 508, featured in the site previously."

Steelphon S900 demo... one of the best analog synthesizer made in Italy

Published on Dec 21, 2018 VSMI

"Steelphon S900... 2 oscillators analog monophonic synthesizer Made in Italy. Multitrack recording in 2007."

Thomas Synti 1055 (Moog Satellite Made in Italy) thru Dedalus Delay on Ipad2

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"The Synti 1055 was designed as an improvement to the Satellite, which Thomas Organ Company aquired the rights to manufacture in 1973
The Synti 1055, like the Satellite, is an analog preset monosynth with a 3 1/2 octave, 44-note (F-C) keyboard (7 more notes than the Satellite). The major difference between the Synti 1055 and the Moog keyboards is that the preset tabs are above the keyboard instead of below. To the left of the keyboard there are 7 sliders for modifying a preset, including filter modulation, cutoff frequency, and resonance.
(from The A-Z of Analogue Synthesizers, by Peter Forrest, published by Susurreal Publishing, Devon, England, copyright 1994 Peter Forrest)
https://www.synthmuseum.com/thomas/th... it's this!
Dedalus Delay on Ipad by Amazing Noises
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/dedalus..."

You can find addtiional posts featuring the Thomas Synti 1055 here.

Crumar Bit01/Solton Project100/Elka EK22/Solton M160/Orla DSE24 - Atari ST Pulsar Sequencing

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"3 lines sequencing for 5 Vintage Synthesizers Made in Italy
Crumar Bit01, Solton Project100, Elka EK22, Solton M160, Orla DSE24.
Atari ST Pulsar Sequencer by Neil Wakeling"

Crumar Composer - The Analog Music Monografy #01

"VSMI is a project born in the 1996 dedicated to the Vintage Synthesizers Made in Italy only. All tracks are in live multitracks recording with a Zoom R8 in flat, same for Cubase LE5 for mixing! Just played italian sound only:

Crumar Composer - the synthesizer
Montarbo DREV 128 - the direct effects
Gem Drum 15 - waves samples from the original machine
credits
released October 9, 2017"

Update: there was a BandCamp embed in this post that is now gone. You can find a YouTube video that replaces it here.

Siel Opera6/Crumar BitOne/Solton Project100 on Aphelion app - CRB Diamond725 drum samples on Sector

Published on May 11, 2020 VSMI

"Siel Opera6 - Crumar BitOne - Solton Project100 plays the same midi pattern on Aphelion app, Montarbo DREV128 echo effect only on synths.- CRB Diamond725 drum samples on Sector thru EFX effects apps. Vintage Synthesizers Made in Italy live jam"

Unisono#1 - Music for 1 note & 7 Synths

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"Music for 1 Note & 7 Synths Made in Italy playing in Unisono
/ CRB Vocostrings - Welson Syntex - Jen Synx-508 - Crumar Composer - Jen SX1000 - Elka Synthex - Keytek CTS2000"

Gem DSK8 - Korg Monotron Delay - Arturia Keystep sequence (no line audio)

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"Arturia Keystep sequence on Gem DSK8 thru Korg Monotron Delay"

Keytek CTS-2000 (1987) demo

Published on Mar 2, 2019 VSMI

"Keytek CTS-2000... cross table sampled synthesizer looping with LoopTree and Echopad in Ipad
-------
61 key Velocity sensitive Keyboard.
6 voice with 2 signal sources per voice.
320 wavetables in ROM for instant recall.
Analog signal processing on each voice, VCF and VCA each with a 7 stage envelope generator.
8 data entry sliders and full alpha/numeric display for one of the most interactive, user friendly, editing systens found on a synthesizer.
Polytimbric up to 5 zones of 1 octave each.
48 user programmables presets in internal memory.
External data cartridges.
Full MIDI implementation, each zone completely assignable.
Stereo outputs, with 5 different panpots on every preset."

Gem Generalmusic WX2 "Cold Night Outdoor Jam"

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"in a cold night close the fire...
all sound from Generalmusic WX2- SynthPad and SynthLead presets
Harmony Bloom and Zoa pattern sequencer on IPad"

Farfisa FX1000 - Vintage Instruments Expander controlled by PolyPhase Generative Random Music

Published on Feb 13, 2020 VSMI

"Farfisa FX-1000 - Micro Vintage Instrument Expander controlled by PolyPhase Generative Random Music Ios app on Ipad. Farfisa Vintage software for Windows virtualized on VirtualBox for MacOS. 4 virtual instruments, GM Expander (piano), Farfisa Compact Combo Organ, Farfisa Drawbars and Rotator, Farfisa Synth Sound Maker."

Another new old synth to the site. I believe this is the first post to feature one.

Drone Live Act - Welson Syntex 1974 & Armon SuperPiano 1978 (direct ambient wrong sound as is...)

Published on Apr 23, 2020 VSMI

"Welson Syntex 1974 & Armon SuperPiano 1978 - Vintage Synthesizers Made in Italy. Live recording as is with free birds! ;)"

Solton Project100 - Welson Syntex - Elka EK22 - Jen Synx508 - Crumar Composer / Ambient LFO Jam

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"Some of the best synthesizers Made in Italy play in Ambient LFO Jam as is
Viscount EFX1000 reverb
Montarbo REV128 delay"