TONTO Arrives at the NMC Calgary Alberta, Canada

"National Music Centre acquires TONTO, world’s largest synthesizer. Credit: Chad Schroter-Gillespie."

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The National Music Center in Calgary Alberta is the new home of TONTO

"TONTO was the first and the largest, multitimbral polyphonic analog synthesizer. This means that it was one of the first synthesizers capable of producing many tone colours with different voices simultaneously.

TONTO was created by Malcom Cecil and Robert Margouleff in 1968 and marked the first attempt at creating a universal language for different synthesizers to communicate with each other, which was revolutionary. TONTO remains the largest analog synthesizer in the world."

Check out the full post at the NMC site here.

Is it the world's largest synthesizer considering modular systems can be endless in size?  It depends on how you look at it.  It is interesting to think of it as a single massive synthesizer. As for possible contenders, my first thought was Benge's studio, the old Aliens Project SynxsS studio (interview here) as well has Hans Zimmer's bookshelves of modulars, but their modular systems are effectively separate.  Are there others?  If you focus on sheer number of modules in one exclusive system there's Billy Corgan's Ichabod which consists of all Mattson modules and the recent Siggi's Super Formant Synthesizer.

"Malcom Cecil, co-creator of TONTO. Credit: Chad Schroter-Gillespie."

The following is a track featuring Tonto by Malcom Cecil & Margouleff from 1971.

Stardust: Spectralis 2 (piano), Virus TI (pads)

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Multivox Basky II MX-150 Foot Pedal Analog Bass Synth SN 265046

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"Buttons (R to L):
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Octave: Switch betwen High and Low

One 1/4" mono output
One power cord
One fuse

Further fine adjustment of tuning, timbre, etc available via several trim potentiometers located under the hood."

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Vermona Mono Lancet Analog Synthesizer Module

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Roland SH-2 SN 117410

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TRAGIC CITIES Performs Mojogen The Gun Fight

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Lead- Korg MS20 (original)

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Buchla Music Easel Unboxing - Weinglas Style

Published on Jan 8, 2014 Wein Glas·27 videos

"Unboxing of my new BEMI Music Easel, but not your usual unboxing video!

Soundtrack is the Easel played live without overdubs and without any external FX. So what you hear is only one little BEMI Music Easel!

If you are curious about the "Weinglas Style", fast forward until about 3:42!

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Commie Rogue SN 8535

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"Does the inauthenticity of the bourgeois life have you down? Want the dictatorship of the proletariat NOW? Then this is the synthesizer that you need. Lovingly crafted in Soviet Russia (ok, actually Buffalo, New York), this radical synthesizer will give you EVERYTHING you need to expose the hypocrisy of liberal freedom. In addition, it comes with the original instruction manual. How cool is that, comrade?!?

A monophonic analog synthesizer produced by the original Moog Music in the early 1980s, The Rogue featured a 32-note keyboard and two VCOs. VCO number 2 is tunable between a half-step below to an octave above VCO number 1. This allows the Rogue to play atonal sounds like the Moog Prodigy. The Rogue did not have features to allow the user full flexibility to program the patch settings, however the VCF and the VCA were simple in operation. The synthesizer is most commonly used for its powerful bass.

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