Synthesizer Designers

[MSDOS]

Ik weet wie Robert Moog is en waar hij nu mee bezig is, maar hoe zit het met de rest van de legendarische synthesizer makers en wie zijn dat dan?

Oké... ik ben nieuw hier op dit forum, maar ik kan maar weinig info vinden betreft dit subject.

 

[ProtoHuman]

verklaar u nader. Wie, van wat, enz.

 

[Hanz]

De vraag lijkt me helder!

Wolfgang Palm

Ontwerper van de PPG Wave en Realizer / Waldorf Microwave, Wave en Pulse / Hartmann Neuron en nog vele andere legendes. Ik zal nog proberen het lijstje synths aan te vullen.

Verder nog:

-Tom Oberheim: Oberheim (SEM/n-Voice, Matrix synths, OB synths), Marion Systems (MSR synths), AdrenaLinn.

"Throughout the early '70's, Oberheim Electronics [founded by Tom Oberheim] was a highly reputed manufacturer of electronic effects devices....In addition to designing and building effects boxes, Oberheim electronics was an ARP dealer for about a year and a half. Many of their early ARP customers asked about a sequencer for their synth, so Oberheim designed their DS-2, one of the first digital sequencers."

"As soon as the DS-2 was on the market, Tom Oberheim noticed that many of his customers wanted to set up a sequence, then play their synth from the keyboard at the same time that the sequence was playing back. In addition, many ARP Odyssey and Minimoog owners were looking for a way to fatten up their sound. So Tom drew up plans for a fairly simple analog voice module that could serve" both needs, the SEM (Synthesizer Expander Module). "The development of the entire Oberheim synthesizer line, right up to the present time, has been a continuous evolution that began with the SEM modules."

-Dave Smith: Sequential (Prophet), Korg / Yamaha (SY-22/35, WaveStation), Seer Systems (Reality, de 1ste softsynth), AdrenaLinn, DSI (Evolver). "The Father of MIDI". The Dave Smith Ego Museum

-David Cockerall: Elektro-Harmonix, Akai (S612, S900, S1000)

-Chris Huggett: EDP (Wasp, Gnat etc.), Oxford (OSCar), Akai (S-3200).

-Roger Linn: Linn Electronics (LinnDrum), Akai (MPC-60, MPC-3000, ASQ10), AdrenaLinn.

[Archived link] Roger Linn Past Products Museum

Kortom, nog veel meer plaatjes op komst, later vandaag...

 

[smackos]

Alan R. Pearlman

Samen met Moog & Buchla toch wel de 'harde kern' van de amerikaanse synth industrie.

 

[smackos]

En de goeie ouwe hippie Donald Buchla, west coast synthesizers

 

[smackos]

Peter Zinovieff, dandy & bohemien, stichter van EMS. Heeft al zijn geld gestopt in de synthesizers,. Toen dat op was werden de juwelen van zijn vrouw, een telg uit een rijk aristocratisch geslacht verkocht. Toen dat op was.... ging die failliet (mede door die EMS polysynth).

EMS word nu gerund door een persoon die destijds schoonmaker/teaboy was bij EMS.

Er is dus nog hoop

 

[smackos]

Ik kon geen plaatje vinden van Mario Maggi, die een belangrijke ontwerper was voor de 'euro-synth' industrie.

De 'uitvinder' van de Elka Synthex en de Bit One en vast een hele hoop andere ook nog.

Maar zeker een vermelding waard.

 

[smackos]

John Chowing, min of meer de geestelijk vader van de Yamaha DX7.

De turbulente geschiedenis van de DX7 is te vinden op: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/2133/dx7_tx7.html

quote:

With the launch of the DX7, all hell was let loose; Yamaha simply couldn't make enough of them. But by now, this was far removed from John Chowning`s world. In fact, he saw and heard his first DX7 synthesizer in a bar in Palo Alto. Chowning remembers the occasion vividly: 'My wife and I had been out to see a movie and we stopped off at a local bar for a nightcap I knew the keyboard player in the bar, and when he saw me he waved me over excitedly to come and see this incredible new instrument he had sitting on top of his piano. I was astonished. It was an awesome moment. I had no idea that people had been waiting in line to buy DX7's. I had no idea at all.'"

 

[synthiaks]

Gene Zumcheck!!

Hier een leuk verhaal

 

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sjonge leuke thread !!!!!!!

 

[- -]

Origineel geplaatst door Hanz
De vraag lijkt me helder!

Wolfgang Palm

Ontwerper van de PPG Wave en Realizer / Waldorf Microwave, Wave en Pulse / Hartmann Neuron en nog vele andere legendes. Ik zal nog proberen het lijstje synths aan te vullen.

Verder nog:

-Tom Oberheim: Oberheim (Matrix synths, OB synths) Marion Systems (MSR synths)

-Dave Smith: Sequential (Prophet), Korg / Yamaha (SY-22/35, WaveStation), Seer Systems (Reality, de 1ste softsynth), AdrenaLinn, DSI (Evolver). "The Father of MIDI".
The Dave Smith Ego Museum

-David Cockerall: Elektro-Harmonix, Akai (S612, S900, S1000)

-Chris Huggett: EDP (Wasp, Gnat etc.), Oxford (OSCar)

-Roger Linn: Linn (LinnDrum), AdrenaLinn

Kortom, nog veel meer plaatjes op komst, later vandaag...

met de Yamaha sy22, sy35 en tg33 had ie toch niks mee te maken ? die kunnen trouwens wel realtime vectors opnemen en de wavestation niet.

 

[smackos]

Bepaalde technieken van de Seq.Circuits Prophet VS zijn gebruikt in de Yamaha SY22 en Korg Wavestation.
Yamaha kocht eind jaren 80 Sequential op die toen ook voor een groot deel eigenaar was van Korg. (Hence...Korg/Yamaha/Sequential link )

 

[Hanz]

Klopt: Yamaha kocht Sequential, maar de 'samenwerking' verliep niet helemaal gesmeerd.
Uiteindelijk werd het hele zwikkie op straat gezet. Op dit punt komt een andere 'grote' synthman op het toneel, Tsutomu Katoh, de directeur van Korg. Nou was Korg toenmalig gedeeltelijk eigendom van Yamaha, maar altijd met eigen zeggenschap - Katoh heeft Korg later weer vrijgekocht met de verdiende centen van de Korg M1. (Katoh is eigenlijk wel een eigen thread waard, hij runt naast Korg ook nog een eigen nachtclub... )

In 1988, Sequential Circuits folded and, in a cruel twist of fate (FM synths were in no small way responsible for the demise of many synth companies) Yamaha bought the company, re-establishing Smith and his team as an R&D division called DSD Inc. Unfortunately, despite successful progeny in the shape of the SY22 and SY35 vector synthesis keyboards and modules, the marriage was not a happy one so, less than a year later, Yamaha closed the division.

Apparently, Yamaha told Katoh in advance that they were to close DSD and, never one to miss an opportunity, Katoh approached Smith and his team and persuaded them to work for Korg. In May 1989, he established a new company in Silicon Valley. Smith was appointed Vice President and, with a dozen or so staff, Korg's R&D started work on yet another variation of vector synthesis...

Uiteindelijk was het resultaat van deze samenwerking de Korg Wavestation-lijn.

 

[Hanz]

En natuurlijk nog Nederlandse legendes... Felix Visser, Marc Paping en Bert Vermeulen...
Oftewel, Synton. Beroemd geworden met modulaire synths (o.a. geleverd aan conservatoria), vocoders en natuurlijk de Syrinx monosynth. Na het faillisement van Synton zijn Paping en Vermeulen (veel later) nog verder gegaan als fabrikanten van de beroemde Fénix modulaire synth.

Sound-on-Sound artikel over Synton en Fénix

 

[Hanz]

Voor de dance-liefhebbers:
Tadao Kikumoto: Ontwerper van o.a. de Roland TB-303 en TR-909!

Tadao-san was eerst directeur R&D van Roland, en is nu president van hetzelfde bedrijf.
Oprichter Kakehashi is voorzitter van de raad van bestuur.

 

[ProtoHuman]

Origineel geplaatst door smackos

John Chowing, min of meer de geestelijk vader van de Yamaha DX7.

De turbulente geschiedenis van de DX7 is te vinden op: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/2133/dx7_tx7.html

kewle history

 

[Boemtsjak]

Origineel geplaatst door Hanz
Wolfgang Palm

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Weet iemand toevallig waar Herr Palm en mr. Pearlman zich tegenwoordig mee bezighouden?

 

[smackos]

Hier een goed artikel uit Keyboard magazine over Pearlman en Arp (staat ook in vintage synthesizers van Mark Vail):

http://www.redrooffs.com/chroma/KeyboardMagARP.html

 

[smackos]

Overigens wat Pearlman nu doet van de Analogue Heaven mailinglijs (naja een paar jaar geleden...dan):

> "Al is very much alive, He is not to enamored with the old ARP days
> - - there were lots of legal hassles and stress in these days for him.
> He still lives around Newton Mass, and is involved with software
> development-and some analog engineering if I understood correctly,
> he would be 75+ now."

En dat is wel te begrijpen als je het artikel over 'the rise and fall of Arp instruments' leest.

 

[Hanz]

Origineel geplaatst door Boemtsjak
Weet iemand toevallig waar Herr Palm (...) zich tegenwoordig mee bezighoudt?

Steinberg PLEX Restructuring Synthesizer by Wolfgang Palm:

PLEX restructuring Synthesizer by Steinberg and Wolfgang Palm as yet unheard of.

Together with synthesizer sound pioneer Wolfgang Palm, Steinberg has developed a new and fascinatingly novel synthesizer. PLEX is based on a new synthesizing technique that gives musicians almost limitless possibilities in varying and creating unique new sounds.

Plex is a brand new software synthesizer by synth legend Wolfgang Palm and was developed in cooperation with Steinberg. This extraordinary new VST instrument features an intelligent synthesizing process which helps open entirely new creative worlds. Plex allows the combination of, for example, the sound of a sitar with that of a trombone; this can then be combined with the envelope of a gong sound. Creating completely new sounds is also no problem with Plex. Its utterly modern and clear user interface helps work intuitively, inviting the user to experiment creatively.

How does PLEX work?

A new audio analysis technique splits the original sound into four different components: the lower and higher spectra, filter characteristics and amplitude envelope. Each component can then be replaced and combined with components from other original sounds. The information contained in each of the components is strictly separated from that contained in other components. This means that, for example, the lower spectrum, or "Base" component contains neither amplitude envelope information nor filter characteristics. This lets the user replace any component as they wish and still produce a "natural"-sounding result.

Main features:
- New synthesis approach by "PPG legend" Wolfgang Palm
- Independent manipulation of four integrated sound components: upper and lower frequency spectra, filter characteristics and amplitude envelope
- Switching between 33 sound sources in real-time
- 97 specially analyzed sound sources - acoustic, synthetic and filter characteristics included (with 300 presets)
- 3 ADSRs, Global Pitch LFO as well as 3 LFOs that can be synchronized (besides presets such as sine, square, sawtooth and random, Plex also allows the user to create 16-step sequences)
- Modulation section with stereo delay and flanger effects
- Up to 64 voices
- All parameters are MIDI controllable