From allert@knoware.nlMon Feb 27 10:19:07 1995 Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 17:42:52 +0500 From: allert@knoware.nl To: analogue@hyperreal.com Subject: Synton history Hi Folks ! I was going to give you some facts on Synton stuff (I am Dutch after all !). Here it goes: Synton was mainly an importer in Holland. They imported big league stuff. Fairlight, E-mu, Simmons, PPG. They also made some synths: the Syrinx. the series 2000 & 3000 modular the College as well as some Vocoders: 2002 - this is the Big One: 20 of them exist. 222 - this was their big hit. They sold about 1000 of these I think 202 - even smaller version of 222 furthermore they build custom stuff for the some conservatories analogue studio's. They provided all the electronics for the now defunkt analog studio at the Sweelinck conservatory. They did a lot of stuff for the Royal Conservatory in the Hague. Things like octave filters (very steep !) the Syrinx is mono synth with a very nice filter. It has 3 resonance peaks ! It also has the weirdest pitch bend solution ever. two touch sensitive pieces of circuit board, man you have to see it (hear it!) I can't explain. There are 300 Syrinxes on this planet. 3 of them are white, 20 of them are blue, 20 of them are red and the rest is black. I've got a red one. A friend of mine build them all in his time as Synton engineer. more next time, hope you like this info and don't find it a waste of your time. Love AA Allert Aalders |"May Peace Prevail On Earth" allert@knoware.nl | - On the circuit board of the POBox 1247 | Sequential Circuits Drumtracks 3500 BE Utrecht | The Netherlands |