1970's Farfisa Syntorchestra with Built-In Metal Case

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via this auction  Cool fold up metal case cover for the keys and controls included on this one.

"Vintage 1970's Farfisa Syntorchestra Stereo Analog Dual , Polyphonic and Monophonic Synthesizer. this unit has been fully serviced by www.SDMachines.com in Doral, FL. All electrolytic capacitors have been replaced with new ones to spec, including the power supply capacitors. switch light has been replaced with a new neon (same type as original). All but one op-amp was replaced with new ones on the mono section. Power chord is original and is in great shape. Some trimmers were upgraded for coarse and fine tuning of the mono section. Footage and transpose switch notes have also been calibrated. Cosmetically I’d say it’s a 6/10. it has some dings and scratches here and there. All 4 feet are soild and original. I was just happy to have one with a lid as the ones that dont have a lid suffer the most damage..."

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Farfisa Syntochestra Analog Synth 1975

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Portamento whammy bar?

"Up for grabs is an ultra-rare Farfisa Syntorchestra analog synth from 1975. Powers up (needs a good 10-15 minutes to warm up), all keys are working. Poli (polyphonic) section works OK and I have used it on several recordings. Very organic sounding. As for the mono section, only 4 of the 8 presets work and it doesn't stay in tune with the poly section, which is rock solid. After doing some research, it appears the scale tracking needs adjustment. Vibrato works well on both sections. I don't think it needs much to get to 100%..."

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Farfest 2012 - October 4 - 7 Deleware, USA

A chance to see some vintage gear playing 70's prog rock!

This one in via decaying.sine, also posted on Muff's:

"Hey Everyone,
I wanted to put out a message for a friend who has worked really hard with his colleagues to put a really wonderful event together. It's called FarFest 2012. The website is here: http://www.farfest.com/

Tickets are now on sale.

My friend Gerry has helped organize this event. It is unique because they are having bands coming to play, and his group has offered to locate hard to find instruments for the bands so that when they play at the event they can reproduce the amazing progressive rock sound of the 70's. Gerry and his group went out and FOUND these instruments so that the bands could play them at this event. Basically, the goal of FarFest is to bring these lovely instruments and bands together to produce the sounds that we love, and some bands are reforming just for the performance!

On opening night, the keyboards will be on display in the Ninth Muse - an ample space on the second floor of the Grand Opera House. The exhibit will definitely be interactive, and it's expected that there will be a large variety of instruments on display.

Here is a list of the instruments the bands requested:
Elka Rhapsody 610
Farfisa Syntorchestra
Fender Rhodes Electric Piano
Hammond B3 Organ
Mellotron 400
Mini Moog
Moog Taurus Bass Pedals
Steinway 9' Concert Grand Piano
Yamaha 6' Baby Grand Piano

The last I talked to Gerry they had lined up most of the keyboards they were looking for and were trying to track down an Elka and Farfisa. He offered a free ticket for all 4 days to anyone who provides a needed synth for use by the Farfest performers."

SDIY Assorted random project ideas

See http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~lanterma/ems11/projectideas_sp11.html. I mirrored this below for the archives as it's on an edu site and they have been known to disappear after interest is gone. There are some interesting details on various synth designs including the Rhodes Chroma VCO, Yamaha CS-80 filter, Roland Jupiter-6 filter, Korg MS-20 sytle VCO, Buchla 148, Tau 1005 Utility VCO, Korg Delta, and more.

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Mickey Moonlight - Interplanetary Music

YouTube via TAMcorp.

"Music promo for a cover of Sun Ra's "Interplanetary Music" by Mickey Moonlight. Shot on a Krasnogorsk-3 16mm camera at various locations in the Andromeda Galaxy. Featuring Susumu Mukai (Zongamin), Bishi, Suzy Silver & Mickey Moonlight. Directed by Mike Silver. Produced by Mike & Suzy Silver. Camera Operators: Matt Fletcher, Mike Silver & Fred Wihlborg. www.TAMcorporation.com"

via Mickey Moonlight:
"the kit list for the album is pretty interesting (imo)..
Korg Mini-Korg 700-S, Farfisa Syntorchestra, Roland Jupiter 4, Roland VP-330, Roland SH-2000, Moog Minimoog, Wurlitzer EP200A, BBC Portable Tone Source PTS-13, modified Roland TR-606, Korg mini-pops junior, Pearl Syncussion SYN-1, Fender Telecaster, Hohner B-Bass, Marshall Model 5002 “A” System, Dynachord TAM-19, Roland SPF-325 , Boss Dimension C DC-2, Moog MF 103, home made ring modulator, home made valve phaser, WEM Copycat Super Shadow Type 1, Master Room MR II, STC 4038 (BBC), STC 4033A (BBC), STC 4032, home made microphone pre-amp, Akai M-8, Revox PR99, Thermionic Culture - Culture Vulture, Manley Variable Mu, TLA EQ-1, NOS Mullard valves, Digitech Studio Vocalist, Apple iMac G5, Apple Logic Pro 7, Native Instruments Reaktor 5, Destroy FX.

the vid does features a very rare bbc portable tone source pts-13. the guy i bought it from claimed that it was saved from being scrapped by someone from the radiophonics workshop, where it was used for years. i have no way of verifying this and have always suspected it to be pure provenance hype to encourage me to buy it.

you can see some pics of it here...
http://www.mickeymoonlight.com/DSC01017.jpg
http://www.mickeymoonlight.com/DSC01016.jpg
http://www.mickeymoonlight.com/DSC01015.jpg
http://www.mickeymoonlight.com/DSC01014.jpg"