I've been waiting for a long time to finally see one of these in action and learn about how they work. Any chance of a video demonstrating all the presets? I could only get a vague impression via this video.
Thanks for posting. The high school I went to had one of these sitting in boxes in a storage room in the band department. I used quite a few lunch periods to piece the thing back together, set it all up in a practice room, and got it working. I wrote a few things with it. I immediately recognized the sounds when I heard it in your video. I recall it came with some sample floppies of music. One of the pieces was by Herbie Hancock. Thanks again.
I worked with a guy who bought one of these back in 1985. It had a sound quality I've never heard since...unfortunatley other than tape recordings, all that remains of its sound are some 12-bit samples made for the Ensoniq EPS. It was a bit of a clunky, cheaply built thing (the keyboard in particular)...but nothing sounded like it and it was very forward thinking. I'd love to see its software ported to a VST.
@Desmaad Interesting. I'll have to look at it closer. The demos I just heard didn't sound much like the Syntauri to me...maybe it's just based on the structure of the Syntauri rather than the sound engine?
I used to own one of these it was insane... a total pain in the ass to run though..
graffitiTV 3 months ago
I've been waiting for a long time to finally see one of these in action and learn about how they work. Any chance of a video demonstrating all the presets? I could only get a vague impression via this video.
Cheers!
calyx93 5 months ago
0:00 fuck'n Close Encounters graphics!
Kg277 8 months ago
Thanks for posting. The high school I went to had one of these sitting in boxes in a storage room in the band department. I used quite a few lunch periods to piece the thing back together, set it all up in a practice room, and got it working. I wrote a few things with it. I immediately recognized the sounds when I heard it in your video. I recall it came with some sample floppies of music. One of the pieces was by Herbie Hancock. Thanks again.
johncarync 8 months ago
Could you make a direct recording, for posterity's sake?
Desmaad 1 year ago
audio damage has created a soft synth based on this synth
Phosphor is a VSTi/AU instrument modeled on the alphaSyntauri
liquidsounddestructi 1 year ago
I worked with a guy who bought one of these back in 1985. It had a sound quality I've never heard since...unfortunatley other than tape recordings, all that remains of its sound are some 12-bit samples made for the Ensoniq EPS. It was a bit of a clunky, cheaply built thing (the keyboard in particular)...but nothing sounded like it and it was very forward thinking. I'd love to see its software ported to a VST.
emdotambient 1 year ago
@emdotambient There's a softsynth modeled after this one: it's called Phosphor and it's by AudioDamage. Plus, it should be much easier to use.
Desmaad 1 year ago
@Desmaad Interesting. I'll have to look at it closer. The demos I just heard didn't sound much like the Syntauri to me...maybe it's just based on the structure of the Syntauri rather than the sound engine?
emdotambient 1 year ago
Awesome!!
That is just too cool. :)
:) TSF
TheSynthFreq 1 year ago
Very interesting. I'd love to hear you, or someone you know, play it.
MarsHottentot 1 year ago