Guild Timbre Generator prototype #5 of 6 1972 Mutron

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"This is a very rare prototype for a synthesizer system made for Guild by Mike Beigel and Izzy Strauss. Mike later went on to start Mutron and incorporated some of the circuitry in this unit into the Mutron III. This is #5 of 6 protypes made for Guild back in 1972. After Guild president Al Dronge was killed in a plane crash the company decided to drop the project. Mike still owns the other 5 units so this is the only one in the wild. This unit was actually thrown out at Guild a few years back after they were purchased by Fender." via Russ

REON HANDLING SYNTHESIZER "LEGEND"PROT TYPE DEMO

YouTube via TONGKUNPOWERSYNTHE

"REON HANDLING SYNTHESIZER
"LEGEND"PROT TYP..."

EMS Synthi seq

YouTube via cray56

Synth forum intro

YouTube via Gazdatronik
"My adobe aftereffects final project. Hooray Z-Space!"

Dj Skyline Br - SAIV ( Trance RS7000 demo RMX )

YouTube via kamitnick

Studio Electronics SE-1

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un synthesizer. acoustic sitar keyboard keytar

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note the consistency of the keys

" From India. This very portable, lightweight, 3 feet long,10-string keyboard sitar (with built in case) has 24 keys ! Of the 10 strings two are allocated as drones sympathetic strings (like on a sitar) the other 8 assigned to the keyboard. They can be tuned differently. Keytar is self-contained in a multi-colored wood cabinet. Hard to tell from photo but this has individual keys (sharps & flats) for chromatic play on it. The keys by the way are physically larger on the left side and gradually get smaller as you approach the right side of the keyboard. Very strange indeed. TO PLAY _One hand strums with provided pick (or in my case a pen) while the other hand presses a key to select pitch. It is a really cool authentic street instrument from India. Totally acoustic. Completely outrageous. Great for recording, videos, live performance, music experimentation, ethnic stuff, or simply art.

No electricity. No MIDI. They are all painted a little different so color style may be different from photo. They work great with a pick-up for recording or gigs."

Lyricon I wind synthesizer

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Analogue systems dynamic freq.shift

YouTube via Audiobersjerk. via the Big City Music blog.
"Rhodes piano thru Analogue systems Rs240 Bode frequency shifter. Rs35 External Source Processor picking up the dynamics of the piano and modulate the depth of the Rs240 creating a nice panning effect. Simple patch but nice sound. More info:analogue systems.co.uk"

Too Disturbing to Post?

Linn drum machine getting shot up

YouTube via midtnmike. Don't watch if you find the destruction of synths disturbing.
"This is me shooting a Linn Drum Machine with my S&W .500 Magnums. It was one of the first digital drum machines on the market." Not me, matrix, of course. I would never harm a synth, even a dead one. It's sacrilege in my book. So disturbing I almost didn't put this one up.
Now, on other hand there is this awesome video (don't miss this one).
via Kerry. If you don't get the second video, see this.