Deviant Synth

If it's abnormal, it's here.

July 31st, 2009

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neon lamp osc with doorbell keyboard

goes into a 6au6 via depth/drive knob with a neon as a modulator -

inductor on the plate for tone

goes into a second 6au6 via depth/drive knob and neon as modulator

inductor on the plate for tone

6AL7 magic eye on the outputs

each modulator has rate knob and ‘range’ switch – one setting being

a .015 cap across the neons – the other setting being no cap between the neons

some how this works really nicely

you know i couldn’t do it without barbour’s help!!!

dave wright

www.notbreathing.com

July 5th, 2009

“Subharchord” — totally unknown synthesizer from 1960


It was built in an East German acoustics lab, and used in soundtracks for East German movies. It predates any Moog or Buchla synth. You won’t find it mentioned in any textbooks, nor is it listed in the famous 120 Years of Electronic Music website.

Luckily Germans have preserved and restored it.

The main website is here.

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