Transoniq Hacker Archive?

TX81ZJH · Post by **TX81ZJH** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:31 am

Does anyone know if there is an archive of the Transoniq Hacker magazine online that was out for Ensoniq's line of keyboards?

Constantine · Post by **Constantine** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:26 pm

here it is:
http://itec.uka.de/~buchty/ensoniq/transoniq_hacker/

it's not complete (#19-36 available), but it's the only one i've seen.

Post by **tallowwaters** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:20 pm

i believe a member here meatballfullton used to write for them. think i remember him having some copies...

Sir Ruff · Post by **Sir Ruff** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:58 am

wow... reading these is crazy... just the ads alone are great.

veer chasm · Post by **veer chasm** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:01 am

I didn't realize that Digidesign had come up with Softsynth. I thought it was a more recent, generic term. I was aware of Turbosynth. They were really ahead of their time.
I subscribed to the Hack around 1994 til about 1998 when I had my ASR10, what a useful mag it was to have. They included an issue when you bought the ASR10, what a brilliant marketing idea! When I sold the sampler I gave the guy all the issues, I should've scanned them and uploaded them first. God bless the person that put up the PDFs and thanks to the link starter, as the previous person said the ads are awesome. Those PRICES! makes me want to shoot myself for complaining about the cost of gas.

crystalmsc · Post by **crystalmsc** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:08 am

thanks for the link, it's highly enjoyable.

Post by **meatballfulton** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:11 pm

tallowwaters wrote:i believe a member here meatballfullton used to write for them. think i remember him having some copies...

Good memory!

I no longer own any Ensoniq gear but I do have a pile of old Hacker issues looking for a good home. Free to anyone who wants them but you have to pay for postage or come pick them up (I'm near Boston, MA).

Sir Ruff · Post by **Sir Ruff** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:01 pm

meatballfulton wrote:
tallowwaters wrote:i believe a member here meatballfullton used to write for them. think i remember him having some copies...
Good memory!

I no longer own any Ensoniq gear but I do have a pile of old Hacker issues looking for a good home. Free to anyone who wants them but you have to pay for postage or come pick them up (I'm near Boston, MA).

pm'd!

Sir Ruff · Post by **Sir Ruff** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:26 pm

on a side note:
I always forget that I used to live very near to Ensoniq's headquarters in malvern, pa (seeing all the local disk makers in pa in the TH archives reminded me of this)... I even met on of the former main programmers randomly while acting as chaperone for my sister on one of her school trips (he was another kid's dad)... I can't remember if I even owned my sq80 at the time, but I knew enough about them in the first place to be able to talk the technical talk with him.... It was at least similar enough to the DW8000 I owned at the time...

Maybe Californians knew this feeling back in the day (and maybe they do still), but it's nice to know that I can support a (once) local company... I know Ensoniq were a worldwide brand, but to own a synth made by a local company (in these days when everything seems to come from overseas), is to me, very cool... Kind of like buying local produce or beer!