An Idea

YouTube Uploaded by AtlantisLion on Apr 14, 2011

"FOR APRIL 21st, 2011"

1939 Storytone Electric - World's First Practical Electic Piano?

via Piedemont Piano Company

"This is an extremely rare and historically important instrument. The Storytone piano was built in 1939 in a joint venture between Story & Clark and RCA - the piano has normal strings and action but no soundboard - the sound is amplified by pickups and a speaker system making it the world's first practical electric piano. The sound is very beautiful considering its design during the infancy of amplified instruments. As you can see the design is striking - art deco at its most radical. In excellent condition. Height 36in. Serial number 175267."

I'm not seeing this one on 120 Years of Electronic Music. Check out the site for a historical timeline of electronic instruments.

This one in via Jafafa Hots

Update: see the comments of this post for some links.

Unboxing the Teenage Engineering OP-1

flickr By Señor Pantalones
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Tarkovsky's 1972 Solaris Soundtrack Featuring Rare ANS Synthesizer

The soundtrack to Tarkovsky's Solaris is now available for download on Root Strata here. via Wikipedia:

"The ANS was used by Stanislav Kreichi, Alfred Schnittke, Edison Denisov, Sofia Gubaidulina and other Soviet composers. Edward Artemiev wrote many of his scores to the movies of Andrei Tarkovsky with the help of the ANS. Notably is Artemiev's score to Tarkovsky's Solaris in which the ANS was used to abstract, sci-fi effect.[1]"

See this post for more info on the ANS Synthesizer and it's history. See the ANS label for additional posts.

Solaris on Amazon

Bottom pic: The ANS at the Theremin Center (February, 2006)

N-Joi - Mindflux (Live In Manchester) [1992]

YouTube Uploaded by obscureoldskool on Jul 17, 2009
Some synth spotting in via Dennis.
"N-Joi live and direct in Manchester circa February 1992. Rock your soul and make the building shake!"

Analog Synthesizer Alesis A6 Andromeda Trance Patches v1.1

YouTube Uploaded by alanmarcero on Apr 14, 2011

"http://www.alanmarcero.com for free patches for your synthesizers. Demo done with an Alesis Andromeda and some external VSTs to add a bit of EQ/Rever/Delay. With this update, I tried to show off how vintage 70s/80s the Andromeda can sound."

Four typical cadences in SoundPrism

YouTube Uploaded by Audanika on Apr 13, 2011

"http://soundprism.com/pro/"

Audanika GmbH - iTunes
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Beatie Bop Percussion Synthesizer analog drum synth

via this auction

"A handmade and unique Analog Drum Synth and Optical Theremin. Create cool spacey sounds, bangin' bass drums, ethereal spookiness and more. It can be triggered by the onboard drum pad, voltage input, or audio input.

This one is a new look to the original Beatie Bop, but same funky analog sounds!! Now in a slightly smaller, lightweight enclosure. Enjoy!"

Video links at the auction and the Mr.AcidMachine label below.

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WURLITZER OMNI 2000 KEYBOARD COMPUTER

via this auction

"AWESOME WURLITZER OMNI 2000 ORGAN-SYNTHESIZER-GREAT SOUNDING VERSATILE KEYBOARD DRUM SYNTH! PADDED MATCHING BENCH- BUILT IN SYNTHESIZER-CHEAP CREATIVE COOL KEYBOARD!"

Anyone know more about this one?

Update via Flemming in the comments: "This Wurlitzer organ is in fact a rebranded Hohner instrument. This series of Hohner organs was introduced in 1983 and are easy to recognize because of their mixed style preset panels. There are two types of presets: Organ voices that can be layered in any combination using the big rectangular traditional organ switches. And synthesizer presets that can not be layered. These are chosen with the square buttons on the top panel. The square buttons on the small panel next to the lower keyboard are for rhytms (grey/white) and auto-accompaniment and bass."

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Roland HS-60

via this auction

"The HS-60 was the consumer version of the Juno-106, in a different chassis with built-in amplifier and speakers. You can use the headphone jack to bypass the speakers and plug it into your system. The sound engine is absolutely identical to the generally higher-priced 106.

I loved this synth! It has lots of character and super fat sound. Six voice polyphony, pitch bend/mod lever (routed to LFO, DCO and VCF), portamento, 61 keys. Manual in 2 parts and power cord included."