FARFISA SYNTORCHESTRA - Analog Synthesizer 1975 | HQ DEMO

Demo of the Farfisa Syntorchestra - an italian analog keyboard / synthesizer. It looks a bit like an ARP synth. This vintage baby was used by Klaus Schulze on his album Moondawn, by Ash Ra (Ashra Tempel) and by Vangelis.

Basically, it is a simple monophonic synthesizer with some presets which can be modified and a polyphonic section. These two sections can be also combined and slightly detuned (intervals are also possible) to sound like a 2-VCO monophonic synth. It is simple, and it sounds great - especially with a delay effect!

I use it today to produce interesting pad and lead sounds in my music - sounds, which you don't get from other synths. It sounds really vintage, like classic electronic music from the seventies!

I played the Syntorchestra along with delay from a Roland DEP-5.

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[douro20]

Were you using an external delay or the internal one?

[AnalogAudio1]

@douro20 I used a delay from Roland DEP-5. To answer your question below, the Syntochestra is not a "real" synthesizer. Basically it is a preset synth combined with a simple polyphonic section.

[Maaaacs]

How old is your Farfisa ? It sounds great ...

[AnalogAudio1]

@Maaaacs from 1975

[rizz7604]

The stuff you were doing around 5:00 sounds a bit like an ARP Pro-Soloist (in the upper voice mostly; does this keyboard split???) - can you give any info on what the waveforms, osciallator settings, or presets are for the sounds you're getting in that section?

[AnalogAudio1]

@rizz7604 It does not have split. But you can layer mono and poly, like in the video. I can't remember the settings exactly, but it's easy to see in the video, which preset tabs were pressed and also the slider positions.

[paulj0557]

Now how freaking hard would it be to reissue something this cool? It's got an easy physical package design and is very versatile sounding, not like the crap they make today. 5 stars!

[muzboz]

I love this video. I often come back to hear it again. :)

[douro20]

This synth does have a very nice electric piano sound- similar to that of the Kustom 88.

[douro20]

Wasn't this the only real synth Farfisa made?

[keyboardjeff]

@AnalogAudio1 I like the sound on 5:00. Is there a farfisa syntorchestra vsti?

[nickhirst999]

This is Farfisa heaven! And I think God's on the other end of that pair of hands!

[douro20]

@Theotim92

Yep; this and similar synthesizers were mainstays of television music back in the 1970s.

[TheSolAlex]

i want to trying recreate this sounds on my synth

[TheSolAlex]

Good instrument