Vintage Sound Systems - AlphaSyntauri

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Uploaded by on Sep 6, 2010

The Alpha Syntauri was the flagship digital synthesizer produced by the Syntauri corporation in 1980. This short clip gives an overview of a unit I originally purchased in 1982, serial #A003184. The synthesis hardware engine is provided by the Mountain Computer synthesizer board set that mounted into bus slots within the Apple II. They supported 8 channels of 8-bit stereo audio. AlphaPlus is Syntauri's software application demonstrated here.

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  • I used to own one of these it was insane... a total pain in the ass to run though..

  • 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!

  • 0:00 fuck'n Close Encounters graphics!

  • 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.

  • @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?

  • Could you make a direct recording, for posterity's sake?

  • @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.

  • audio damage has created a soft synth based on this synth

    Phosphor is a VSTi/AU instrument modeled on the alphaSyntauri

  • 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.

  • Awesome!!

    That is just too cool. :)

    :) TSF

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