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PPG Synthesizer 1002 for sale serviced an comes with fligtcase Had this for almost 6 years and serviced by Stefan Hubner who has a deep understanding of PPG systems. Some things to observe, one underside key broken but doesn't affect play..these are originals. Jacks for CV, Gate and filter modulation have been added and adjusted to 1V/oct. 'The mains wiring has been re-done according to current safety expectations (not to say standards) including a 'pig tail' cable with an IEC male plug for easier connection. CV and Gate were never standard on the 1002 so the ones having it were all more or less hacks, especially when it comes to oscillator CV. One would expect 1V/octave with 0 volts at a defined note usually. For the 1002 without my modification this means you set the potentiometer on the back that usually came with CV in to track 1V per octave but then had to add an offset of something around 2 volts to reach the lowest C. My approach disconnects the keyboard instead of adding some external voltage somewhere and simulates exactly what the keyboard delivers starting at 0 volts for the lowest C. The connection is being made by a relay actuated by the contacts in the CV jack. By simulating the keyboard, all panel functions remain active on the external CV (glide, tune, modulation) Trigger/Gate is a voltage input (V-Trig) working from 5V up. The filter input only modulates the filter setting and is not intended to make the filter track, for this purpose you should rather use the panel knob that attaches the cutoff control to the keyboard CV.' No second chance listing on this.
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Wednesday, October 09, 2024
Monday, April 15, 2024
PPG 1002 - Analog Synthesizer (Pro Serviced + Swan Flightcase)
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via this listing
"PPG Synthesizer 1002 for sale pro-serviced and comes with swan flightcase.
Had this for almost 6 years and serviced recently by Stefan Hubner who has a deep understanding of PPG systems.
Some things to observe, one underside key broken but doesn't affect play..these are originals. Jacks for CV, Gate and filter modulation have been added and adjusted to 1V/oct. Jacks added in Service. 'The mains wiring has been re-done according to current safety expectations (not to say standards) including a 'pig tail' cable with an IEC male plug for easier connection. CV and Gate were never standard on the 1002 so the ones having it were all more or less hacks, especially when it comes to oscillator CV. One would expect 1V/octave with 0 volts at a defined note usually. For the 1002 without my modification this means you set the potentiometer on the back that usually came with CV in to track 1V per octave but then had to add an offset of something around 2 volts to reach the lowest C. My approach disconnects the keyboard instead of adding some external voltage somewhere and simulates exactly what the keyboard delivers starting at 0 volts for the lowest C. The connection is being made by a relay actuated by the contacts in the CV jack. By simulating the keyboard, all panel functions remain active on the external CV (glide, tune, modulation) Trigger/Gate is a voltage input (V-Trig) working from 5V up. The filter input only modulates the filter setting and is not intended to make the filter track, for this purpose you should rather use the panel knob that attaches the cutoff control to the keyboard CV.'"
via this listing
"PPG Synthesizer 1002 for sale pro-serviced and comes with swan flightcase.
Had this for almost 6 years and serviced recently by Stefan Hubner who has a deep understanding of PPG systems.
Some things to observe, one underside key broken but doesn't affect play..these are originals. Jacks for CV, Gate and filter modulation have been added and adjusted to 1V/oct. Jacks added in Service. 'The mains wiring has been re-done according to current safety expectations (not to say standards) including a 'pig tail' cable with an IEC male plug for easier connection. CV and Gate were never standard on the 1002 so the ones having it were all more or less hacks, especially when it comes to oscillator CV. One would expect 1V/octave with 0 volts at a defined note usually. For the 1002 without my modification this means you set the potentiometer on the back that usually came with CV in to track 1V per octave but then had to add an offset of something around 2 volts to reach the lowest C. My approach disconnects the keyboard instead of adding some external voltage somewhere and simulates exactly what the keyboard delivers starting at 0 volts for the lowest C. The connection is being made by a relay actuated by the contacts in the CV jack. By simulating the keyboard, all panel functions remain active on the external CV (glide, tune, modulation) Trigger/Gate is a voltage input (V-Trig) working from 5V up. The filter input only modulates the filter setting and is not intended to make the filter track, for this purpose you should rather use the panel knob that attaches the cutoff control to the keyboard CV.'"
Saturday, December 09, 2023
EXTREMELY RARE PPG 1002 for Tom + first ever shop tour!!!
video upload by foleytronics fx repair
"Here is a demo of the EXTREMELY RARE PPG 1002 for Tom. Plus a bonus first ever tour of the Foleytronics shop!!
For those that want to attempt to tune this synth, here is what worked for me:
The trimmer by the regulators is the CV offset; trim for 0v for the lowest key. This interacts with the CV v/oct, which is right above where the two shielded cables connect from the 20-pin keyboard connector. Trim this for 1v/oct, which can be measured at the switched oscillator CV input jack on the back of the instrument. Once these are set, you can move on.
The oscillators are tricky. They each have an initial frequency trim pot and a volt/octave trim pot. However, the initial frequency trimmer cannot be set willy nilly to A440 because their initial tuning frequency greatly affects the octave selection switches on the top panel. What I found to be most effective is to set the MASTER TUNE front panel pot to 0, the OCTAVE SLIDER to the left of the keyboard to the middle and then begin tuning. Note, every trim pot for each oscillator will affect the others for that oscillator so this is an exercise in extreme patience.
First, turn off keyboard control for OSC B and roughly center its front panel tuning pot; set its octave to +3 and put a folded piece of paper on middle C. You are now going to tune the octave selector for OSC A; this part is confusing as there is a trimmer to adjust the octave selection offset for BOTH oscillators, but only OSC B has an adjustment to “match” its octave selection with that of A. Thus, you have to use that trimmer to get OSC A perfect and then match B to A - the method that worked for me was to switch between octaves for OSC A and adjust the octave offset trimmer along with the initial frequency trim pot for A to get a perfect octave selection for OSC A over the OSC B drone.
After the OSC A octave adjustment, it’s time to adjust B’s octave adjustment. Set A to +3, and switch OSC B to +1; adjust for zero beating at the trimmer in the upper left corner of the board right at the edge of the PCB. Then, switch OSC B back to +3 and adjust its initial frequency for zero beating; repeat this until the octave selection is perfect for B.
Now, it’s time to adjust for V/octave for each oscillator. Sadly, this adjustment affects the octave center calibration we just did, so you’ll have to keep backtracking until it’s good. Adjust the V/octave trim pot for OSC A, which is directly to the left of the CV v/octave we did in the first step. You’ll now have to mess with the init. frequency for A along with the V/oct to get the oscillator to track correctly on the keyboard, but like I said earlier, you have now probably slightly messed up the octave selection so you will have to go back and do that again. Then, adjust the tuning of OSC A again and repeat this process until OSC A tracks perfectly and has good octave selection. I couldn’t really get the +4 octave to be perfect, but hey, it’s a prototype and is probably 50+ years old.
Now for OSC B; it’s very similar to A. Use the V/octave adjustment trimmer which is the lower left trim pot on the PCB along with the initial frequency trim pot to get B to track along the keyboard. Again, you’ll have to go back and adjust the octave selection, but that’s not as bad for B because its octave adjustment doesn’t mess up OSC A’s octave selection. At this point, you should be able to get OSC A and OSC B to track the keyboard and the octave selections should be there"
Monday, July 24, 2023
Vintage PPG 1002 Synthesizer w/ Behringer Bode Frequency Shifter 1630
video upload by RinghausenMusic
Update:
Behringer Bode Frequency Shifter 1630
video upload by RinghausenMusic
"Video Update , wegen kleiner Probleme"
Monday, January 11, 2021
Rare Wolfgang Palm Vintage 1975 PPG Modular Synthesizer For Sale
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via this auction
Check out the groovy aesthetics of the user manual font & art below. Kind of interestring. It was the 70s...
"History
Wolfgang Palm is a German musician and inventor who was the founder and owner of Palm Products GmbH (PPG) and the inventor and creator of various pioneering technical designs for analog and digital synthesizers. He is widely acknowledged as the father of digital synthesis and as a trendsetter in the use of computer technology in the making of electronic music.
Palm's interest in synthesis technology began as a keyboardist in various local bands in his hometown of Hamburg, Germany. His namesake corporation began operating as early as 1975, manufacturing modular synthesizers in small numbers for electronica act Tangerine Dream and other musicians.
Palm is arguably most famous for the invention of wavetable synthesis, a concept which he developed in the late 1970s when he created his Minimoog-like synthesizer - the 1020 - featuring digitally controlled oscillators instead of the voltage-controlled oscillators that his 1002 synthesizer and all other analog synthesizers of that time were using. He also created the 360 Wavecomputer that would later become the renowned PPG Wave series. Palm's design was the impetus for the creation of the highly successful PPG Wave synthesizer, which was used by numerous bands throughout the 1980s and beyond.
THE PPG MODULAR SYSTEM
100, 200, and 300 Modules
2 Cabinets 1 Keyboard
Each Module Hand Labelled by Wolfgang Palm
Cabinet one consists of :
3x 301 Voltage Controlled Oscillator
2x 104 Low Pass Filter
1x Oscillator with 3 Oscillators and Oscillator Driver
1x Wolfgang Palm Noise Generator
1x 217 Voltage Controlled Filter
3x 103 VCA
1x 309 Signal Mixer
4 x 109 Premix Interface
1x 111 CV interface/Reverb/Output Bass Treble/Power Supply
Cabinet Two Consists of:
3x107 Envelope Generator
3x 307 Dual Envelope Generator
1x 213 Step Sequencer
322 Duophonic Digital Keyboard
Notes: The keyboard comes with all the original German Manuals 230V Power supply and various patching cables
Users: PPG Synthesisers have been favored by a number of artists most famously the German Band Tangerine Dream / Klaus Schulze with such classic albums as Rubycon, Stratofear, Sorcerers"
Listed for $83,799.20 +$1,420.33Shipping
via this auction
Check out the groovy aesthetics of the user manual font & art below. Kind of interestring. It was the 70s...
"History
Wolfgang Palm is a German musician and inventor who was the founder and owner of Palm Products GmbH (PPG) and the inventor and creator of various pioneering technical designs for analog and digital synthesizers. He is widely acknowledged as the father of digital synthesis and as a trendsetter in the use of computer technology in the making of electronic music.
Palm's interest in synthesis technology began as a keyboardist in various local bands in his hometown of Hamburg, Germany. His namesake corporation began operating as early as 1975, manufacturing modular synthesizers in small numbers for electronica act Tangerine Dream and other musicians.
Palm is arguably most famous for the invention of wavetable synthesis, a concept which he developed in the late 1970s when he created his Minimoog-like synthesizer - the 1020 - featuring digitally controlled oscillators instead of the voltage-controlled oscillators that his 1002 synthesizer and all other analog synthesizers of that time were using. He also created the 360 Wavecomputer that would later become the renowned PPG Wave series. Palm's design was the impetus for the creation of the highly successful PPG Wave synthesizer, which was used by numerous bands throughout the 1980s and beyond.
THE PPG MODULAR SYSTEM
100, 200, and 300 Modules
2 Cabinets 1 Keyboard
Each Module Hand Labelled by Wolfgang Palm
Cabinet one consists of :
3x 301 Voltage Controlled Oscillator
2x 104 Low Pass Filter
1x Oscillator with 3 Oscillators and Oscillator Driver
1x Wolfgang Palm Noise Generator
1x 217 Voltage Controlled Filter
3x 103 VCA
1x 309 Signal Mixer
4 x 109 Premix Interface
1x 111 CV interface/Reverb/Output Bass Treble/Power Supply
Cabinet Two Consists of:
3x107 Envelope Generator
3x 307 Dual Envelope Generator
1x 213 Step Sequencer
322 Duophonic Digital Keyboard
Notes: The keyboard comes with all the original German Manuals 230V Power supply and various patching cables
Users: PPG Synthesisers have been favored by a number of artists most famously the German Band Tangerine Dream / Klaus Schulze with such classic albums as Rubycon, Stratofear, Sorcerers"
Listed for $83,799.20 +$1,420.33Shipping
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Synthesizer von Gestern (Synths of the Past) Vol 2, Matthias Becker.
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via this auction
"Beautifully-produced second volume of Matthias Becker's authoritative 'Synthesizers of the Past' book - in German, but with so many superb illustrations that it's hardly necessary to read the text. New, unused, still sealed. The photos were taken of another copy of the book.
Too many highlights to mention all, but the book covers such absolute classic synths as the Trautonium, ARP 2500, EMS Synthi 100, E-mu Modular, Steiner-Parker Synthacon, RMI Harmonic Synthesizer, Birotron, PPG 1002, Moog Taurus and Liberation, Roland System 700, Synlab Modular, Roland SH-7, Crumar DS-2, Korg Sigma, ARP Quadra, Roland RS-505 and VP-330, Fairlight CMI, Realton Variophon, Oberhaim OB-Xa, Xpander and OB-SX, Gleeman Pentaphonic, RSF Kobol, Emulator 1, Synergy, Roland SH-101, TB-303, TR-606, MC-202, Jupiter 6, Syntec Banana, SCI Prophet T8, OSCar......... an incredible roster which would (in the beautiful condition they are in the photos) probably now be worth over half a million US dollars.
All with superb photos by Dieter Stork. Hardback, beautifully printed on very high quality paper, bound to the highest standards. A coffee-table book which is also a superb source of information. The Rolls-Royce (OK, Mercedes) of synth literature. (I should know - I produced the Ford Fiestas of the genre.) ISBN 3927954012, printed in 1995."
via this auction
"Beautifully-produced second volume of Matthias Becker's authoritative 'Synthesizers of the Past' book - in German, but with so many superb illustrations that it's hardly necessary to read the text. New, unused, still sealed. The photos were taken of another copy of the book.
Too many highlights to mention all, but the book covers such absolute classic synths as the Trautonium, ARP 2500, EMS Synthi 100, E-mu Modular, Steiner-Parker Synthacon, RMI Harmonic Synthesizer, Birotron, PPG 1002, Moog Taurus and Liberation, Roland System 700, Synlab Modular, Roland SH-7, Crumar DS-2, Korg Sigma, ARP Quadra, Roland RS-505 and VP-330, Fairlight CMI, Realton Variophon, Oberhaim OB-Xa, Xpander and OB-SX, Gleeman Pentaphonic, RSF Kobol, Emulator 1, Synergy, Roland SH-101, TB-303, TR-606, MC-202, Jupiter 6, Syntec Banana, SCI Prophet T8, OSCar......... an incredible roster which would (in the beautiful condition they are in the photos) probably now be worth over half a million US dollars.
All with superb photos by Dieter Stork. Hardback, beautifully printed on very high quality paper, bound to the highest standards. A coffee-table book which is also a superb source of information. The Rolls-Royce (OK, Mercedes) of synth literature. (I should know - I produced the Ford Fiestas of the genre.) ISBN 3927954012, printed in 1995."
Saturday, September 14, 2019
1973 Synton Syrinx 716 and a Horse
"The Almost Perfect Machine…
Syrinx 716, 1973 Photo © Toon Fey"
This one was spotted and sent in via M Me. You can find the full post that accompanies this pic on Syntovo here.
Note this is the first post to feature the Syrinx 716. Reminded me of slimmed down PPG 1002.
See the Synth Horse label for more synths and horses.
LABELS/MORE:
exclusive,
exclusive2019,
New,
New in 2019,
New Old,
New Old in 2019,
Synth Horse,
Synton
Friday, August 24, 2018
Rare PPG 1002 Up for Sale
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via this auction
The last post featuring one for sale was back in 2008.
"PPG 1002 extremely rare vintage analog synth + cv / gate + audio in (serviced)
Up for sale is an (1) extremely rare PPG 1002 synthesizer, build around 1976. Approx. 20-25 units are been made and probably not more than 10 are still alive, so it's a unique chance to buy one. The first owner was PPG employee Lutz Vogelsang, we can prove that. He sold it to a friend and we are the third owner. Lutz installed a useful external audio input mod with a low/high gain switch on the front panel. You can overdrive the filter beautifully now and when you connect the 'output II' into the ext. audio input you can create an additional resonance to the sound.
We serviced the synth and installed a v-trig / osc / filter input to control it with another device like a sequencer. The sawtooth oscillators, snappy filter and weird modulation possibilities makes this a monstersynth. It sounds amazing!!
Cosmetically the synth is in near mint condition with only some minor signs of use. Please check all the detail photos for a good overall impression.
The service report is part of the sale. It is a 220v version with European plug installed. There is no serial number on the synth."
via this auction
The last post featuring one for sale was back in 2008.
"PPG 1002 extremely rare vintage analog synth + cv / gate + audio in (serviced)
Up for sale is an (1) extremely rare PPG 1002 synthesizer, build around 1976. Approx. 20-25 units are been made and probably not more than 10 are still alive, so it's a unique chance to buy one. The first owner was PPG employee Lutz Vogelsang, we can prove that. He sold it to a friend and we are the third owner. Lutz installed a useful external audio input mod with a low/high gain switch on the front panel. You can overdrive the filter beautifully now and when you connect the 'output II' into the ext. audio input you can create an additional resonance to the sound.
We serviced the synth and installed a v-trig / osc / filter input to control it with another device like a sequencer. The sawtooth oscillators, snappy filter and weird modulation possibilities makes this a monstersynth. It sounds amazing!!
Cosmetically the synth is in near mint condition with only some minor signs of use. Please check all the detail photos for a good overall impression.
The service report is part of the sale. It is a 220v version with European plug installed. There is no serial number on the synth."
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Thursday, February 23, 2017
" T. D. Ratcheting " with ST-S01 Sequencer & PPG 1002 / Phonem
Published on Feb 23, 2017 RinghausenMusic
"Sequencer Ratcheting as it was ' invented ' by the Electronic Pioneers Tangerine Dream
Sequencer Ratcheting wie es von den Electronic Pionieren Tangerine Dream 'erfunden' wurde
'Tangerine Dream Sequencer Ratcheting' with PPG 1002/Phonem"
iTunes: Step Sequencer - Matthias Schorer
Monday, March 16, 2015
Korg SQ-1 play PPG 1002
Published on Mar 16, 2015 RinghausenMusic
"Trigger in Part 1 & 3 is the first MFB drum machine , from 1979"
Korg SQ-1s on eBay
Thursday, January 01, 2015
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. ;)
Monday, December 29, 2014
PPG1002 Synthesizer
Published on Dec 29, 2014
"Polyphone Aufnahme mit einem monophonen PPG 1002 Sythesizer (1976) an einer 8 Spur-Mixe über ein uraltes Band-Echohall-Gerät entstanden ca. 1987
ca. 4 Stimmen die nacheinander improvisiert eingespielt wurden"
Googlish:
"Polyphonic recording with a monophonic synthesizer PPG emerged in 1002 (1976) on an 8-track mixes on an ancient tape-echo reverb unit circa 1987
about 4 voices which were recorded successively improvised"
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Thursday, December 06, 2012
Synthesizer von Gestern II
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via this auction
"A brand-new sealed example of the most beautiful book ever produced about synthesisers.
Hardback, top quality paper and reproduction, full colour printing on most pages, great photos by Dieter Stork, and authoritative, well-researched text by Matthias Becker.
In German, but still a huge amount of info and synth porn for a non-German-speaker.
146 pp, A4 size (nearly 12 x 8.5"). 750g (1lb 10oz) - a really solidly-made and well-bound book.
First edition, published 1995. This is the second (and bigger) of two volumes of the book, and covers a huge range of classic synthesisers.
Instruments featured:-
Oskar Sala's Trautonium and Mixtur-Trautonium (cf the whole soundtrack of Hitchcock's Birds)
Joergensen Clavioline
ARP 2500
EMS Synthi 100
Moog Sonic Six
E-mu Modular
EMS Synthi Hi-Fli
ARP Pro-Soloist
Steiner-Parker Synthacon
RMI Harmonic Synthesizer
EMS Synthi E
Birotron
PPG 1002
Moog Taurus
Moog Liberation
Roland System 700
Synlab Modular (incredible!)
Yamaha SY-1
Oberheim OB-1
Roland SH-7
Steiner EVI
Crumar DS2
Yamaha CS-30
Korg Sigma
Korg VC-10
ARP Quadra
Roalnd RS-505
Roland VP-330+
Fairlight CMI
Realton Variophon
Oberheim OB-Xa
Oberheim OB-SX
Roland SPV-355
Moog Prodigy
Gleeman Pentaphonic
RSF Kobol
E-mu Emulator I
DK Synergy
RSF Blackbox
Roland SH-101
Roland TB-303
Roland TR-606
Roland MC-202
SCI Prophet 600
Roland Jupiter 6
Korg Poly 61
Yamaha DX7
Syntec Banana
SCI Prophet T8
Boehm Soundlab
OSC OSCar
Korg Poly 800
Oberheim Xpander"
via this auction
"A brand-new sealed example of the most beautiful book ever produced about synthesisers.
Hardback, top quality paper and reproduction, full colour printing on most pages, great photos by Dieter Stork, and authoritative, well-researched text by Matthias Becker.
In German, but still a huge amount of info and synth porn for a non-German-speaker.
146 pp, A4 size (nearly 12 x 8.5"). 750g (1lb 10oz) - a really solidly-made and well-bound book.
First edition, published 1995. This is the second (and bigger) of two volumes of the book, and covers a huge range of classic synthesisers.
Instruments featured:-
Oskar Sala's Trautonium and Mixtur-Trautonium (cf the whole soundtrack of Hitchcock's Birds)
Joergensen Clavioline
ARP 2500
EMS Synthi 100
Moog Sonic Six
E-mu Modular
EMS Synthi Hi-Fli
ARP Pro-Soloist
Steiner-Parker Synthacon
RMI Harmonic Synthesizer
EMS Synthi E
Birotron
PPG 1002
Moog Taurus
Moog Liberation
Roland System 700
Synlab Modular (incredible!)
Yamaha SY-1
Oberheim OB-1
Roland SH-7
Steiner EVI
Crumar DS2
Yamaha CS-30
Korg Sigma
Korg VC-10
ARP Quadra
Roalnd RS-505
Roland VP-330+
Fairlight CMI
Realton Variophon
Oberheim OB-Xa
Oberheim OB-SX
Roland SPV-355
Moog Prodigy
Gleeman Pentaphonic
RSF Kobol
E-mu Emulator I
DK Synergy
RSF Blackbox
Roland SH-101
Roland TB-303
Roland TR-606
Roland MC-202
SCI Prophet 600
Roland Jupiter 6
Korg Poly 61
Yamaha DX7
Syntec Banana
SCI Prophet T8
Boehm Soundlab
OSC OSCar
Korg Poly 800
Oberheim Xpander"
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Bad Brain Call by Frearson Howe
"Bad Brain Call is an album of pop songs written by Annabel Frearson using only words from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1831), set to music by Joe Howe.
For more information go to:
www.annabelfrearson.com
joe-howe.com
released 05 March 2012
Lyrics by Annabel Frearson, using only words from Frankenstein (Shelley, 1831).
All music composed and produced by Joe Howe. Vocals by Joe Howe, Julia Scott and Lachlann Rattray. Synthesisers recorded at WORM Studios, Rotterdam.
Produced in association with xero, kline & coma, London. © 2012 Frearson & Howe. All rights reserved."
Synths used in the recording from WORM Studio:
KORG MS20
PPG 1002
EMS Putney
ARP 2600
Synton Syrinx
Roland RS09
Electro Harmonix Iron Lung Vocoder w/Yamaha CS01
Crumar Roadrunner Piano
Optigan
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Synthesizer von Gestern (Synths of the Past) II, sealed
via this auction
"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!"
Monday, November 08, 2010
PPG Synth & Elrad Sequencer
YouTube via RinghausenMusic | October 22, 2010
"Elrad DIY Sequencer 1978 & PPG 1002"
PPG 1002 Sound
RinghausenMusic | September 29, 2010
"Der Sound des PPG Synthesizer 1002"
PPG 1002 Design
RinghausenMusic | September 21, 2010
"PPG 1002 Design von 1976
Next : Filter & Oscillatoren Modulatoren and more
more : www.myspace.com/ringhausen"
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Synthesizer von Gestern (Synths of the Past) Volume 2
via this auction
"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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