As you know, CMS (Cirocco Music Systems) is Phil Cirocco's synth company. He is not only the world's most renown ARP tech (BTW, see my CMS Lumina upgraded Odyssey here!), but also a manufacturer. THE CMS 2607 is his latest creation. Knowing it comes from him, you know this is going to be one great synth.
"THE CMS 2607 6U RACK MOUNT INTEGRATED SYNTHESIZER
CMS is proud to unveil for the first time, our new synthesizer, the CMS 2607. We took all the features of the original ARP 2600, combined them with our world famous upgrades, added more cool stuff and then squeezed it all into a 6 space rack mount heavy duty enclosure. This particular incarnation is the '2500 version' that features a beautiful heavy duty brushed aluminum front panel. We are also currently making standard versions using grey and blue paint similar to the original ARP 2600 factory color schemes.
Initially, a very small quantity of special issue handmade 2607s will be made available to the general public until the factory produced models are available. These will be priced higher than the factory made mass produced units.
Price for one of the hand-made limited edition $8699.00. (9,499.00 for units with early type VCOs) plus packing and shipping charges.
Target price for the standard version 2607 will be 4999.00 USD . The standard version is not available at this time but we will soon be taking orders on the standard version. This price is subject to change. Check back with this page if you are interested in the standard version and can wait.
If you are interested in ordering one of the special issue limited edition 2607s now, send a paypal deposit of $3000.00 USD to filter@discretesynthesizers.com to register your order or mail us a personal check. Delivery guaranteed to be no longer than 4 months from the date of deposit. There is a limit on how many of these special order units that will be available for 2016, so contact us now if you are seriously interested.."
And the front panel (click for a slightly larger shot):
8 channels of gates, each with up to 16-steps
2 quantized 1v/oct CV channels
CV channels can be independent or linked to any gate channel
Save up to 100 presets
10 different song banks programmable by choosing any sequence of presets
Programmable scale per bank
Note and Glide per step
Forward, Reverse, Pendulum and Random directions per channel
Probability, Repeat, Delay and Pulsewidth control per channel
Individual clock multiplier, divider and sequence length per channel
Random gate input for applying variation to a pattern
All per step parameters can be randomized within a given range
Program gate channels with both sliders and buttons
Mute function (mute a channel or pattern)
Freeze gate input turns random sequences into static sequences while active
Reset input
Clear function for clearing channels and parameters
Tempo control knob
Clock in and Out
Josh Semans wrote in to let me know he put some pics of his up on his Instagram page. He had the following to say:
"I saw your post about the Ondomo and thought I would drop you an email.
I own one of only two Ondomo in England, the other is owned by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead. I met the craftsman in Paris in July and have met with him again in Manchester since. We keep in touch and he is very interested in what I am doing with it. He is such a nice man.
The Ondomo truly is beautiful, and I thought you may like to post some more photographs of it."
