Help identifying synth rack late 80´s early 90´s

nengstro · Post by **nengstro** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:38 pm

Dont know if this is the right Place... but

I am desperate to find a rack synth i used in the late 80´s early 90´s.

It was 1U high and had basically no buttons nor window at the front, and came with an editor for Atari ST.

Think the name was short, an abbrevation of some kind.

Does it ring any bells anyone?

desmond · Post by **desmond** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:59 pm

What sounds did it make? Analog? Digital? Rompler? FM?

It was a 1u rack, but had *no* buttons or display? No buttons at all?
Color? Stereo, mono? Polyphonic? Monophonic? What else do you remember about it?

The only synth modules I can immediately think of that had no controls are the Roland boxes - not rackmount, cream, and they were basically an D110, U110, and both in cream boxes (CM64 was the biggest of the lot.)

Otherwise, there are plenty of synths with limited controls and displays, and no onboard editing, like the Oberheim Matrix-1000, Cheetah MS-6 and so on...

max badwan · Post by **max badwan** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 11:52 pm

Evolution EVS-1?

Post by **meatballfulton** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 1:08 am

From SoundOnSound

• EVOLUTION SYNTHESIS EVS1
A strange instrument, this -- a British-designed synth module that attempted to offer stabs at several different synthesis systems, in a low-priced package -- £299 on its release in 1990. One of the forward-looking features of the EVS1 was the inclusion of free Atari ST editing software -- and you needed it, too, since one of the backward-looking features was the provision for only 20 user-programmable sounds. Make sure this software is included in the package if you purchase an EVS1, since editing is not merely inconvenient, but simply not possible without it.

mmp · Post by **mmp** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 10:53 am

ADAP1 sample player?

Post by **madtheory** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:15 am

https://www.google.ie/search?q=Hybrid+A ... 79&bih=702

zoomtheline · Post by **zoomtheline** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 12:04 pm

cheetah?

gcoudert · Post by **gcoudert** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 2:12 pm

Siel Expander?

ppg_wavecomputer · Post by **ppg_wavecomputer** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:27 pm

gcoudert wrote:Siel Expander?

Not 19", no 1U or whatever U.

U-220?

Stephen

Post by **madtheory** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 5:16 pm

Those all have buttons and a display. The ADAP1 is the only thing, so far, that meets the criteria.

micahjonhughes · Post by **micahjonhughes** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 6:03 pm

What about something from the Peavey Sepectrum line? Those were one unit racks with just a few knobs and no screen.

Post by **meatballfulton** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 6:08 pm

And maybe the OP will come back someday and tell us if it was any of the above

Virgule · Post by **Virgule** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 1:47 am

The Victor NS-T9 Organ Expander (made by JVC in 1989) has to be the most sparse module I've seen...but it's bigger than the 1U rack the OP remembers. It's a somewhat limited 2 DCO synth.

tim gueguen · Post by **tim gueguen** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 11:53 pm

Love the MIDI channel selector dials. Better hope you don't need to adjust them often.

gcoudert · Post by **gcoudert** » Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:16 am

ppg_wavecomputer wrote:
gcoudert wrote:Siel Expander?
Not 19", no 1U or whatever U.

Oh yes, true.

Help identifying synth rack late 80´s early 90´s

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