Custom Synth

Post by **phesago** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:15 am

So, I am just curious, if you guys had the opportunity to have a tech build you a custom synth, what would you include as part of the design?

I am asking because I am going to do just this, and I have a local tech guy whom I have convinced to let me give him money to do this.

I will use this thread as a reference as to what I am going to have built!

As always, I cannot wait to hear what you guys have to say!

OntarioHydro · Post by **OntarioHydro** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:21 am

ever heard of the Buchla Music Easel?

Post by **rhino** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:46 am

An Ensoniq version of the Kronos:
Six engines in a 88-note case:

TS
ASR
FIZMO
SQ-80

plus -
A harmonic additive synth (like Kawai K5) with a 3-D touch-screen GUI

and

A sample-playback engine using bizarre, industrial type loops and one-shots fed thru 16 parallel multi-mode filters (outputs of other engines can be fed in too)

Post by **phesago** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:02 am

OntarioHydro wrote:ever heard of the Buchla Music Easel?

No. I will google away! lol I still love the idea of having a custom analog built, to do something maybe no other synth does, or just out of love for synths in general ya know?

Post by **Stab Frenzy** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 1:36 am

phesago wrote:
OntarioHydro wrote:ever heard of the Buchla Music Easel?
No. I will google away! lol I still love the idea of having a custom analog built, to do something maybe no other synth does, or just out of love for synths in general ya know?

Save yourself the heartache and hassle and just start a modular. It'll work out cheaper in the long run, and unless your local tech guy is George Mattson or something you're not gonna end up with anything that exciting.

Post by **phesago** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:05 am

Stab Frenzy wrote:
phesago wrote:
OntarioHydro wrote:ever heard of the Buchla Music Easel?
No. I will google away! lol I still love the idea of having a custom analog built, to do something maybe no other synth does, or just out of love for synths in general ya know?
Save yourself the heartache and hassle and just start a modular. It'll work out cheaper in the long run, and unless your local tech guy is George Mattson or something you're not gonna end up with anything that exciting.

BuzzKill....

To be fair, that is the smarter thing to do. I think I will have him make me a custom Envelope Generator for my MoogerTron first. If I am happy with it, maybe I'll still do this as well.

Alex E · Post by **Alex E** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:46 am

I'd love a TI keyboard with green LED's and green backlit screen.

Yoozer · Post by **Yoozer** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:17 pm

phesago wrote: BuzzKill....

Read. Weep.

1) have a really great tech who's exceptional in various disciplines from EE to programming embedded systems
2) spend boatloads of cash for a one-off - (that amount might've gotten you a Jupiter 8 even at today's inflated prices)
3) have it in the shop half of the time because of bugs / things you didn't consider during design

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