EEHs Natural Sound Store Unit Zaunkönig Brochure - The FIRST Sampler w/ Realtime Time Stretching

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This one was spotted and sent in via M Me. I beleive this to be the first post to feature the Zaunkönig/Zaunkoenig. EEH also made the Banana and the DS 500. I just like saying they made the banana. See the EEH label for more. Why it wasn't yellow or even yellowish green, we will never know...

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"Original brochure, allegedly only 2 devices were built. FIRST sampler with realtime time stretching. Was bought by Akai and in a stripped down version, without realtime, for the S 1000. So the wren is the father of the Akai S 1000"

Update: you can find an article in German on the Zaunkonig here.

Update2: scan of the brochure added below along with a close-up pic of the front of the Zaunkönig, in via an anonymous reader. Also some interesting background added.

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Some more EEH Banana Synth Sounds

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umusic6 EEH Banana posts. See the EEH label for more.

EEH Banana Synthesizer Sound Demo

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"Just raw sound, no processing. Still needs a bit of voice calibration, though."

See the EEH label below for more.

EEH DS- 500 Digital Sequencer

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"The device was built around 1980 and is in good technical and visual condition for its age. This sequencer was also used by Tangerine Dream. Power supply and operating instructions are included."

This appears to be the first one featured on the site. EEH was known to make the BANANA anlog synth similar in look to an Oberheim OB-Xa in OB-SX case. You can posts featuring EEH here.

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Dada Pogrom - Walk Away

Published on May 7, 2020 beatkamp ®

Wait for it. Synth revealed below...

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Rare EEH/SSB Syntec Banana Vintage Analog Poly Synth

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"Up for auction a very very rare EEH/SSB Syntec Banana analog polyphonic programmable synthesizer.
Made in Germany in the 80s by EEH and distributed by SSB.
Only 100 or so were made.
This one has MIDI and only a few had it.
The synth is in good cosmetic condition and works flawlessly.
Runs on 230V."

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Happy New Year From MATRIXSYNTH! - A Look Back at 2014

Happy New Year everyone!

I want to start by thanking everyone that comes to MATRIXSYNTH and helps make it what it is - the readers, the supporters, and of course all the sponsors on the right.

THANK YOU and have a GREAT 2015!!!

This site is a labor of love and a ton of work. This site is ultimately meant to be an testament to everything synth in the making. We have over nine years of daily synth history captured here, 119,983 published posts. I can't wait to see what the future brings us in 2015!

That said, here are a few interesting bits from 2014 in the longest post of the year. ;)

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EEH BANANA ANALOG SYNTHESIZER "SOUNDTRACK" FROM "BRAINAURA-MUSIC"

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So is it EEH, SSB or both?

"PHANTASTICS RELAXING SOUNDTRACK BANANA !YOU HEAR THE RARE PIECE ONLY 200 BUILT BY SYNTHESIZER ANALOG EEH BANANA FROM SYNTHESIZER STUDIO "MATTEN & WIECHERS" IN BONN GERMANY ! THE PLAY WAS PLAYED IN THE LIFE OF IMAGINATION 1995 NORTH BEACH / NORTHSEA GERMANY IN HOME STUDIO! I'M LOOKING LIKE ANALOG SYNTHESIZER + ALSO DEFECTIVE AND EXCHANGE-SWAP! MORE MUSIC HERE FROM ME HEAR YOU WITH "BRAINAURA MUSIC". MUSIC FROM ALL OF YOU HEAR BY ..... WWW.BRAINAURA.DE.TO....PLEASE GOOD COMMENTS !"

EEH BANANA "ANOVA" FROM: BRAINAURA-MUSIC

Formant Elektor Modular Synthesizer

This one was for sale in Germany here.

Update via 7ate9 in the comments: "also there's two EEH DS500 digital sequencers in there (see http://till-kopper.de/eeh.html and http://m.matrixsynth.com/2009/09/tangerine-dream-sequencer-eeh-dynacord.html), EEH (Electronic Engineering Hoffman from Düsseldorf, Germany) also made the SSB Banana synth, marketed by the legendary Synthesizer Studio Bonn and some custom hybrid sequencer for Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze"

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Synthesizer von Gestern (Synths of the Past) II, sealed

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"Classic hardback book about classic synthesisers, in German, but with loads of superb illustrations - the most beautiful book about synths ever made.

Sealed, brand new. This is Book II, which is bigger than Book I, and includes authoritative text and diagrams and gorgeous photos.

The book starts with an in-depth interview with Oskar Sala, inventor of the Mixtur-Trautonium (used for the entire soundtrack of Hitchcock's 'The Birds'). Fantastic photos of his studio and various Trautoniums.

Other synths and electronic instruments covered in detail include:- Jorgensen Clavioline, ARP 2500, EMS Synthi 100, Moog Sonic Six, Emu modular, EMS Synthi Hi-Fli, ARP Pro Soloist, Steiner-Parker Synthacon, RMI Harmonic Synthesizer, EMS Synthi E, Birotron, PPG 1002, Moog Taurus, Liberation, Prodigy; Roland System 700, Synlab Modular, Yamaha SY1, Oberheim OB-1, Roland SH-7, Steiner EVI, Crumar DS-2, Yamaha CS-30, DX7; Korg Sigma, VC-10, Poly 61, Poly 800; ARP Quadra, Roland RS-505, VP-330, SPV-355, SH-101, TB-303, TR-606, MC-202, Jupiter 6; Fairlight CMI, Realton Variophon, Oberheim OB-Xa, OB-SX, Xpander; Gleeman Pentaphonic, RSF Kobol, Blackbox; Emu Emulator I, DK Synergy, SCI Prophet 600, Prophet T8; EEH Banana, Boehm Soundlab, OSC OSCar.

A beautiful quality coffee-table book - high production values, great illustrations, hardback, and as rare as some of the rarest synths it contains! Still sealed!"

Synthesizer von Gestern (Synths of the Past) Volume 2

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"This is a brand new sealed, unopened copy of the rare classic synthesiser book, 'Synthesizer von Gestern' by Matthias Becker. It is the second volume, which (at 146 pages) is larger than the first, and includes an incredible array of classic synths. Unlike the A-Z or Museum book, this is a beautifully-bound hardback, and is printed on very good quality paper. It is the first and only edition of this rare book. The picture is of another book, but it is identical.

When this book was out of print and no longer available, copies were changing hands for 100GBP-plus. Then the publishers found one last pallet of books in their warehouse, gave them to the author in lieu of royalties, and I drove to Koeln in Germany to bring back all I could.

It is in German, but so much of the book is taken up with beautiful full-colour photos and excellent illustrations that that isn't as important as you might think, if you don't speak German. It's a great coffee-table book, but full of serious information too - and the photos are in a class of their own. Crisp, beautiful, detailed, professional!

The book starts with an in-depth interview with Oskar Sala, inventor of the Mixtur-Trautonium (used for the entire soundtrack of Hitchcock's 'The Birds'). Fantastic photos of his studio and various Trautoniums.
Other synths and electronic instruments covered in detail include:-

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