Organizers of Knobcon 6, set for September 8-10, 2017 in the Chicago area, have announced that this year’s guest of honor will be synth pioneer Tom Oberheim.

Oberheim – a pioneer of polyphonic synthesizers, drum machines and more – will be speaking at the annual Knobcon Banquet as well as taking part in a question-and-answer session.

Knobcon features three days of activities, including lectures and panel discussions, synth DIY sessions, an electronic music gear showcase and more. 

Knobcon vendors will include:

1010music LLC
4ms Company
Amplified Parts
Art For The Ears
Audioutlaw
Audulus LLC
Blue Lantern Modules
Catalyst Audio
Chase Bliss Audio
Conductive Labs
Copper Traces
Couture Voltage
Dave Smith Instruments
Delptronics
Detachment 3
Division 6
Doctor Synth’s World of ROMplers
DOEPFER Musikelektronik
Dwarfcraft Devices
Elektron
Elite Modular
Erogenous Tones
Etherealsun
Family Room Recordings
Five12 Inc
Future Retro
Great Lakes Modular
Grove Audio
Industrial Music Electronics
Isla Instruments
JMLS – Logan Soloman Synth Research
Korg
KVgear
Landscape
Make Noise
Metalphoto of Cincinnati
Michigan Synth Works
Modular Addict
Mystic Circuits
Nerd Audio
Noise Engineering
Novation
omiindustriies
Rabid Elephant
Schlappi Engineering
SDIY Chicago
Syinsi
Synth City
Synthesis Technology
Synthrotek
SysEx Dumpster
Tascam
VCV
Yamaha
Zetaohm
ZORX

Pricing for the event is $40 during the month of August (a $10 discount) and includes access to all 3 days of the event. The banquet is an additional $50 per person, limited seating available. See the Knobcon site for details.