The Forgotten Synth That Launched a Ground-Breaking Technology

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"Franklin Eventoff, an American tinkerer and musician invented the force sensing resistor in 1977. This allowed for touch control of voltage, which he used to create instruments. It found first commercial musical use in the Mattel Musical Thing, a cheap toy synth. Frustrated with the experience, Eventoff went on to create the much more refined Sonica. The Sonica is a lovingly crafted boutique instrument with an oscillator by famed Serge Tcherepnin, the creator of the Serge synthesizer. Only about 650 where made, and they are collector's items. The technology of the force sensing resistor proved hugely successful and lives on in cars, robotics and instruments like the AKAI MPC and the Otamatone.

Music, Soundpack and thanks: https://www.patreon.com/hainbach

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Magical Musical Thing: A vintage analog synthesizer for kids

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"In this video, I explore the strange toy that is the Magical Musical Thing (Mattel 1979). I speak to Franklin Eventoff, the toy's inventor, and learn about the other instruments he created as well. I also learn the secret to tuning these darn things.

You can download the sample library of the Magical Musical Thing here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product... This sample is meant to be used in conjunction with Decent Sampler, a plugin which can be downloaded here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product...

This sample is meant to be used in conjunction with Decent Sampler, a plugin which can be downloaded here: https://www.decentsamples.com/product..."

Solar 42: A unique cinematic drone synthesizer

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A tutorial overview of the Elta Solar 42.

Vintage MINI GAN Electronic PET-103 Organ Synth Kit

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"I recently purchased a super rare analog synth kit from 1979 (MINI GAN PET-103). In this video, I put the synth together and find out how it sounds.

The sample library I made in this video can be found on the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-...

PCB and schematics for this synth can be found here (thanks to Håvard Kristoffersen): http://capadiy.com"

Found the video after seeing the following listing for one:

via this auction

"New old stock MINI GAN Electronic PET-103 "organ" kit.

Super cool electronics kit from 1979.
It comes with everything that is pictured.
I think it is complete, but please review pics to determine that for sure.
Some components may not be good any longer (like the electrolytic caps).

Nothing has been tested.
It has vintage dust and etc all over it, needs to be cleaned.
This is not returnable for any reason.
Sold as-is, for parts, or restoration."

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Donner B1: A 303-style analog synth for $152!

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"I checked out the brand new Donner B1 Bass Synthesizer: https://shrsl.com/3itjn

List price is $168, but it's $152 with PROMO CODE 'DavidH'"

You can find the Donner B1 here.