Crumar Multiman demonstration

YouTube via sounddoctorin.

Follow-up to these posts.

"Bob Weigel demonstrates the Crumar Multiman and discusses some technical aspects that might give people a better feel for what this machine is capable of. http://sounddoctorin.com . Visit the site for a virtual studio tour with sound clips from many of the synths there including Akai AX80, AX60, AX73, ARP Pro-Soloist, Axxe, Omni, Alesis D4, DM5, Crumar DS1, Multiman, Performer, Trilogy, Composer, Bit One, Casio CZ-1, SK-1, HT-700, Farfisa VIP345, Fender Chroma Polaris, Kawai SX-210, K1m, K5m, XD-5, K5000R, Korg Sigma, Delta, Lambda, LP10, Mono/Poly, Polysix, Poly61, Poly800, DW8000, DSS-1, DSM-1, Wavestation EX, Karma, Kurzweil K1200pro, Moog Polymoog, Opus 3, Memorymoog, Oberheim OB-8, Octave Cat, Peavey DPM SI, Roland SH2000, SH3a, Jupiter 4, Juno 6, Juno 106, MKS30, MKS10, MKS7, MKS-70 w/PG-800, JV-1080 w/ kb's of 60/70 exp, Sequential circuits Prophet 600, Prophet T8, six-trak, multi-trak, Siel OR400, DK600, Expander, DK70 keytar, DK80, Yamaha CS60, CS15D, CS20M, PC1000, DX7, DX21, CS2x, S03, and the mighty Conn Electric band! :-)"

A polyphonic in 1974? THE ANSWER

video upload by AutomaticGainsay

"Have you spent a week wracking your brain and biting your nails in regard to the previous video that proposed the preposterous idea that there was an instrument capable of polyphonic synthesizer sounds the year before the modern polyphonic synthesizer became a thing? Well, in this video, THE ANSWER IS REVEALED."

Update: also check out the Conn Electric Band from 1974.

Conn Electric Band

via this auction

Anyone know what these sound like?


via the auction:

"This has a drum machine or beatbox, with cheesy analog beats programmed in. Adjustable Tempo and styles. It has a bass synth note that plays patterns underneath, in time with the drums, and in the key of the bass note you hold (black keys on bottom octave). It has a GREAT lead synth - very much like the ARP Pro Solist or MOOG Minitmoog. There are various Presets. The Space Junk sound,(which was the inspiration for the Devo song of the same name!), is alone worth the price of admission. There is also a panel on the Right side for creating your own lead sound. There are outputs on the back (1/4") and tuning controls for the bass and synth. Last (but not least!!) it has built in SPRING reverb. Adjustable from "barely on" to "WOW" all the sounds run through it - it's on the drums, bass, lead if you want it. And the maximum setting is very dark and long, underwater sounding."

Also see this one.

Shot of the inside.

RMI Electra Piano & Vox Super Continental

via Space Oddity Vintage Furniture Gallery Seattle where these are currently for sale. You might remember Space Oddity from this previous post on a CONN Electric Band.

List of Synth Techs by Location

If you are a tech or know of one that should be on the list, email me - it's matrixsynth at gmail.com.
Only submit those you can recommend or know are recommended by others.

Also see:
Syntaur's list of service centers.
https://www.getrecommended.com for user recommended techs.
Mike Overacker's list on arpodyssey.com.
http://www.synfo.nl/pages/synthrepair.html - List of techs around the world

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USA

AZ
Kurt's Amps & Keyboards
MTroniks

CA
Perfect Circuit Audio
Wine Country Productions - everything Sequential Circuits
Analog Synth Service (Greg Montalbano), https://www.getrecommended.com/greg-montalbano/ - Prophet 5 Specialist & more.
This Old Synth (Chris Hewitt)
Audio Design and Service
Rosen Sound

CT
On The Bench

FL
EPR Pro Audio Electronics - via Subtronik: "Been to them a few times to service my K2000 and never was dissatisfied."
SDMachines - "Since 2005 I've been customizing and modifying and repairing 80's, pre-80s drum machines, synthesizers having limited syncing capabilities from their original manufacturers..."

GA
CMS - Cirocco Modular Synthesizers - ARP specialists but Moog and, EMS also listed.

IL
A Sound Education - via ./luther: "Steve is the tech here, formerly of Midwest Music Menders. Very good with synths."

KS
Thesis Audio Service - Mike Metz

MO
vansickle audio - 573.823.4379 - via spunkytoofers: "vansickle is just a little guy in the midwest but he's a really cool dude that will talk shop, does lots of cool custom work and cabinetry, and will be able to work on just about any vintage synth.. he's had some interesting vintage pieces come through his shop that he's sucessfully repaired.. he's a little bit of an anomoly for the middle of missouri which is also middle of nowhere in terms of synthesizers."

OR
Portland Custom Shop - Synapse Audio Systems

OH
SECRET SERVICE - 541-2292 - via spunkytoofers: "i think secret service changed their name due to problems with the name but i have used various equipment that people have sent in to them to get repaired including old wurlys, the old conn electric band, amplifiers, etc."

Analogics

PA
RetroLinear in North Wales

NY
Ears
The Analog Lab
Patch:Work

TX
Switched On in Austin, TX! 512 782 8806



Interwebs
Synthpro

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Mexico

Akira Honda - referenced here.

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Canada
Ramcur in Montreal
Rick Smith in Vancouver - echo7even at yahoo.com
Brian Dekok in Ottawa - brian_dekok at yahoo.ca

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UK
Synth Repair Services
Clacktronics
NORM LEETE

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Europe

GERMANY
Tubbetec
SynthesizerServiceDepartment in German - via Till Kopper: "I can recommend SynthesizerServiceDepartment in Germany close to the home town of Waldorf synths. The name behind this company is Achim Lenzgen. He used to be one of the few technicians here in Germany able to fix a PPG wave in the late eighties. I had to contact him often and we shipped individual boards of my PPG waves back ad forth several time. Before he started his own business, he was the tech behind the Synthesizer Studio Bonn which used to be THE synth shop in Germany for many years."
Studio Repair (Niko Riehm) from near Frankfurt/Main (btw: extremely interesting his picture archive)
SND (Sebastian Niessen) in Munich
Xtended in Berlin (that is, where jomox split off)
http://www.ampology.de in Hannover (the website is in german only). via Florian
http://www.sequencer.de/synth/index.php/Synthesizer_Repair - list of techs on sequencer.de

OTHER COUNTRIES
www.virtual-music.at (Alexander Guelfenburg) in Austria
Elektroakustik Wagner in Austria
gotharman in Denmark
MOS-LAB in France
The Laboratory of Sound in Netherlands (featured in this post)
Saint Eric in Netherlands - Arp Specialist
List of Techs in Norway - via Rune: "I can at least vouch for Service Partner Instrument Workshop, Oslo where I have recently got some gear repaired myself. I see that Locomofon, Oslo may not be accepting new orders at this time, but may be worth mentioning still."
Synthoma in Spain
phono1337 (dinsync) in sweden
www.defekt.ch in Switzerland
Synthorama in Switzerland

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South America

Argentina
Sintetizadores - Hernan Baldi - Buenos Aires

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Australia and New Zealand

AU
Secret Life of Synthesizers

NZ
Kiwitechnics
Dogmatek (Tim Prebble)

CONN "ELECTRIC BAND"

via this auction

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Brian Kehew's Studio and The Con Brio ADS

Brian Kehew of The Moog Cookbook sent me this shot. Note the Con Brio ADS 200. Only two of these were ever made. Brian has the first of two that was made from parts of the first Con Brio, the ADS 100. You are looking at the first ADS 200 in that shot. Simply amazing.

Synths:
(close) Con Brio
(middle) Alesis Fusion, Andromeda, CONN Electric Band, ARP String Ensemble, 360 Systems Keyboard, Chroma
(next) OB-Mx, Akai 612 sampler, Chamberlin 200
(last) Moog Voyager, Chamberlin M1

Thanks Brian!