Image: caseydesmond Saturday Synth Porn: Casey Desmond & The Tronichord, a promotional photo for the caseydesmond.com launch. Desmond’s instrument is a 1979 Suzuki Tronichord. See Desmond’s Born This Way video for a view into her awesomely sparkly synth studio. via the Synthtopia Flickr Group
Saturday Synth Porn: Synth porn or not? The Roland GR-500 Guitar Synthesizer was Roland’s first guitar synth, pre-MIDI. The synth module is controlled by a guitar with a special pickup system that connects to a synth module via Roland’s own 24-pin interface. It uses CV/GATE signals generated by the guitar’s pickup system. The synthesizer module… Read More Roland GR-500 Guitar Synthesizer
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Saturday Synth Porn: The monome has been included in a new exhibit at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, Talk To Me. If you can’t make it to New York, you can see it online here. Exhibit description for the monome: Brian Crabtree (American, born 1980) and Kelli Cain (American, born 1979) 2010 Aluminum, silicone,… Read More Monome Makes The MoMA
Saturday Synth Porn: So much synth that even a a fisheye lens can’t fit it all in. The mood lighting and monster modulars, via 15Matthew20, make this the perfect album cover for the synth album in your mind….. via the Synthtopia Flickr Group
Saturday Synth Porn: If there’s a King or Queen of Synths – the Yamaha CS-80 would probably be it. New York vintage synth specialists The Analog Lab had this monster synth beast in for repair and shot some video that highlights not only why the CS-80 is such a capable synth, but also why it’s… Read More Yamaha CS-80 Synthesizer
Saturday Synth Porn: The Roland Jupiter 80 synthesizer has been one of the most talked about synths of 2011 – in part because of the controversy over Roland’s revival of the Jupiter name and in part because musicians haven’t had a chance to get their hands on the Jupiter-80 and don’t know what to make… Read More The Roland Jupiter-80 Synthesizer
Saturday Synth Porn: Starr Labs calls this custom MIDI controller the Ztar Z6SPX. But we took one look at this particular Ztar Z6SPX and said to ourselves, “It’s a double complete rainbow on the fretboard!” “Oh my god! Oh Ohhhh God! Its so bright! It’s so bright and vivid.” The Starr Labs Ztars are unique guitar-style MIDI… Read More Double Rainbow MIDI Controller Ztar – It’s So Intense!
The synth news slows down a bit on the weekend, so it’s the perfect time for a little Saturday Synth Porn. Wacka chicka wacka chicka. Yes – synth porn may not be the most politically correct term – but when you’ve got double monster Buchla synths in a faux-retro photo, what else are you going to… Read More Double Buchlas……Oh My God!
Saturday Synth Porn: This collection of photos captures T.O.N.T.O., The Original New Timbral Orchestra, designed and built by Malcolm Cecil. TONTO is sort of the mother of all monster synths, incorporating such synths as: 2 Moog Series III Modular Synthesizers 2 Arp 2600s Serge Modules 4 Oberheim SEMs TONTO began life as a Series III Moog… Read More TONTO – The Ultimate Monster Synth
