From lx@fht.comMon May 22 15:44:42 1995 Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 17:42:20 -0500 From: LX Rudis To: analogue heaven Subject: Re: synare 3 >>has anyone ever tried one of these? there's one at a local pawn shop for ok maybe i'm in error. anyone know what star instruments (synare parents) put out? synare - four pad monophonic analog percussion pad synare1 - classic "flying saucer" 2 oscillator syndrum (syndrum was by different folks)....hey void, this is actually the box...uh...disc we sampled. synare2 - updated version with crummier white rubber playing surface and like a half dozen "presets" as well as the knobs for a "user" sound synare3 - big weerd slab of a thing. like 3 notes polyphonic, 16 rubber pads you could play with sticks or fingers and a crude digital sequencer. xxxx - some freaky stand alone sequencer that actually used the fact that by interrupting power to the disc synares you could trigger them. it worked like this: you ran power lines from this box to the synares and pulled their 9v batteries. then you hit pads on the sequencer and it loaded in trigger data and would trigger the synares by switching them on and off... xout p.s.: ...one of the star instruments guys went on to form Passport Designs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lx Rudis 415.882.1730 Voice lx@fht.com Foley Hi-Tech 415.882.1733 Fax http://www.fht.com 185 Berry Street 415.882.1735 BBS ftp.fht.com San Francisco, CA 94107 http://www.fht.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If anyone else starts quoting me in their sig I'm going to start charging. Anonymous >Woo woo! THIS is a .sig file!! :) some other anonymous guy -----------------------------------------------------------------------------