This video, via mylarmelodies, captures a discussion by Tom Whitwell (Music Thing Modular) on The History Of Synthesizers.
Whiwell’s discussion comes from CV FREQS in London.
Video Summary:
“I was excited to be given permission to film the fantastic Tom Whitwell of Music Thing Modular, giving a history lesson on the emergence of technologies that led to the inception of modern synthesizers in the twentieth century (and beyond!).”
The reality of it is that the early days of synths were only for people with money.
After a while, companies began to create comparatively less expensive synths for the have nots while still catering to those with the means to buy the synths that everyone really wanted.
You had a Juno 6, but you really wanted a Jupiter 8. You had an Axxe, but you really wanted a 2600 etc.
Great talk though Morton Subotnick would have been a better tie in artist due to his direct connection to Don Buchla.