TONTO -- The Coolest Modular Synthesizer Ever Video Demo

[GabrielaCruzz]

im gay!! ^.^

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[eric1love]

the user friendly version

[Tynigez]

This is back when you had to know what you were doing to make music. 

[KRAKDWN]

really one of the coolest i have seen

[victorwinbillion]

I respect him but honestly all this can be done by a simple IC chip.

[nickpelkey]

go check out the stevie's wonder men documentary..

[nickpelkey]

I'd be grateful to see this thing where it currently is. For a demo check out all the albums it was on from Stevie Wonder and the Isley Brothers to Devo or maybe its starring role in Phantom of the Paradise with Paul Williams. Also remember it was two to three guys minimum running the thing. He has nothing to prove to you maggots. He's already changed the world.

[microkorger]

i hope it runs on batteries and has built-in speakers in case he decides to jam outside

[AlainHubert]

Multi-thousand dollars worth of vintage analog synthesizers to produce...an occasional cheap bird sound and badly done waves sound, and random bass notes ? How much more cheesy can you get ?

This is definitely not a good demo of what these things can really do. I hope it was meant as a joke...

[Setherian]

@AlainHubert

If u pay attention, he is stoned as faaaaaak!!! lolol

Poor old man, he is totally wasted already..

[Setherian]

Gosh, I hate to see so much gear and so bad demo. Little birds, ocean waves and a bassline, how lame! 

[kidtronic]

When was this made. Is this after the restoartion and the move from LA to the east coast?

[QW5ub255bW91cw]

tondo means stupid in spanish

[TCharlesEyes]

'Any organized sound I consider to be music, could be music if it was well organized, depends on the organizer'

So true, this guy wasn't just a mad technician, he was a prophet.

[TheAllisterwhiteside]

thats not a wave, thats the tardis!

and he is dr who!

[buginene]

TONTO IN SPANISH MEANS DUMB!

[doom705]

MODULAR SYNTHS YEUH!!!!!! i'm lovin my new MOOG

[walterworrall]

this is the first awesome thing i have seen in 2012

[MrCyssiek]

these sounds are truly amazing. Soul, soul...

[jiniton]

the depths of eden..

[TheAnanda9new]

Namaste SIR! I like that kind of creating atmospheres without using a computer.

And your studio looks "well organized" and stylish. I make a deep bow.

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER \\//.

[KeepersMusic]

is that the arpe2600?.. that setup looks like the inside of a ufo.

[MegaSniper88]

original



[mynmyself]

i dont see nothing fool about this...

[zenmachinefilms]

I remember hearing about Tonto many years ago, I think on Stevie Wonder's albums, but I have never seen a video clip of it. Thanks for sharing this.

What an incredible life Malcom must have lead, building and tinkering with this for years, decades.

[ProjektU9]

Well..

A old man with his dream...spend millions of dollars for pieps and noise...

well no music ...but sound..looks great old tonto...

[GCom67]

I would enter the studio and never return! Wonderful thankyou!

[DjEckaFlow]

I'm just 16 years old, but I'm interested in such synthesizer stuff, but i've no idea how to connect them etc. and how they actually work... i think i have to do soome big research to understand all of it :P but nice synthesizers sir!

[Booger6995]

@DjEckaFlow Nice to see you are interested in the synths. Especially the older style modulars. Keep on with it. They are really fascinating devices.

[DjEckaFlow]

@Booger6995 yes they fascinating and very complex ^^ :)

[zombaXXL]

a life's work

[JustWickedSwede]

For some reason, this clip almost made me cry. Maybe because it's to beautiful!

[Synthiefrau]

Tonto, I wanna visit you;-)) Your my big love

[kokopelli314]

I'm into synthesizers, really into them!

[bspbeats]

just awesome



[juggernautpresents]

this sounds like wendy carlos "sonic seasonings"

[Synthiefrau]

The sexiest Synth, ever maid. My GRP A8 ist great, but this beast is....uaaahhh very great . I wonna visit this big boy. Greetings from the synthentusiast Christa.

It`s an analogue heaven.

[Rhythmicons]

Can I stop by for a visit? I promise I'll remove my shoes.

[DJKillPoP]

No mentions to it being in Phantom of the Paradise?  interesting.

[corc7614]

soooo many AC adaptors!

[joergsattler]

All that stuff needs power, wonder how green it is LOL

[BravoAlphaLimaJR]

A nice, portable synth!

[jabeoo1]

I wish he was my grandad

[ftacok]

5:15 :D:D:D

[geox19801]

dasse!!!espetaculo.OMG!!!!!

[theonlyantony]

Wonderful!

[JCarAlvi]

creepy sounds creepy place

[petemk1966]

so does it fly captain ??

[Pavaragon]

@petemk1966 lololololol

[electro808kat]

freakykool like dr.Frankenstien Lab

[tonykanemusic]

That was beyond fucken awesome!

[OFR]

They are/were very musical guys, sensitive programmers and capable of great expression through a synth. "They Won't Go When I Go" by Stevie Wonder is a GREAT example!!

[mrguano7]

OMG...

[docfraktal]

Nice video, sounds of this amazing modular synthesizer are like a time machine !!

[mycuff2]

nothing better than having more than enough electronic music equipment!

[z00ts00t77]

I bet a serious amount of psychedelic substances have been taken in that room. He's taken so much his hair has turned into a fluffy dandelion.

[gpol39]

Tama - Tonto's Expanding Had Band, from the album Zero Time (1971). The band was composed by Malcom Cecil (seen in the video) and Robert Margouleff.

[Junglist1996]

what is the song in the start?

[MrNedRush]

i'd have to keep buying patch leads.

[domnal]

I always thought I was doing well with a Transcendent 2000 !!

And then it was stolen  !! I hope that guy has got good locks !!

[BreamBum]

TONTO...the synth, the myth, the legend...

[ZerosumInertia]

What an amazing and dedicated individual! WOW!

[identicalastronauts]

That guy is like the mad scientist of synth - what an awesome hidden lair! You never know what is lurking behind closed doors....

[wetoarte]

wow

[maxmiau]

Pinche Tonto la neta se luze !!!

[amras471]

0:32 Oh... great... fathers of... Electronic... Music: This is Epic Speechless-Awesome!!! This is a legendary piece and a VERY complex one. Is like the ENIAC of the Synths...

[jorgelalote]

Ooorale... así o más completo, digno instrumento de película del santo

[pepemogt]

Thanks a lot for uploaded this video, i allways wanted to see this synth in action, cheers