"Steiner-Connolly reproduction of the famous Steiner-Parker Synthacon. Sounds great, works great. Vintage weirdness with modern reliability, can’t go wrong."
"A Crumar Steiner EVI in the original case. The item came available from the family. As I am not a musician, I cannot test the product. Therefore, the product is ‘sold as described’ / bought in the condition as you can see from the pictures. I see that one of the buttons is missing, I am aware that the mouth piece is also missing And I believe the paint on parts of device was black in the past. Therefore I labelled the condition as ‘fair’. At the same time, the Crumar Steiner remains a rare item and is one remarkable piece from history."
"This listing is for a vintage Steiner Master's Touch which uses the filter and performance features from the Steiner Parker EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument).
This device can be used as a performance breath controller processing audio through its Steiner filter from an external source as well as generating CVs for use with a modular synthesizer.
Supports breath and bite.
The filter on this unit has been modified with an additional knob for wider dynamics."
"The Steiner-Parker Synthacon is a monophonic analog synthesizer that was built between 1975 and 1979 by Steiner-Parker, a Salt Lake City-based synthesizer manufacturer. It was introduced as a competitor to other analog synthesizers, like the Minimoog and ARP Odyssey. The Synthacon includes three voltage-controlled oscillators, a two-pole resonant Sallen Key filter, two ADSR envelope generators, a pink and white noise generator, and a 49-key keyboard. While the Synthacon was not a modular system, signal routing could be achieved through a series of switches."
"This is an early breath controller/filter module originally made for the Crumar Stratus. It can be connected to almost any vintage analog synthesizer. It has two trigger outs, three transducer voltages out, touch modular pad, bite and breath attenuators, and sensitivity adjustments. It can make almost any analog synth breath controllable.
This filter module was originally sold from 1978 - 1980. This particular module shows signs of mild rust and paint blemishes. The breath tubes are yellowed and old. It has not been tested, however, since this is an old analog synthesizer module, the components can be easily replaced if necessary. Possibly only the capacitors would need to be replaced.
The last photo of the serial number plate still has the remnants of the plastic cover on it."
"That filter! Need we say more. The fabled Steiner-Parker Synthacon is a three oscillator beast of a portable mono-synth capable of immensely fat tones, is highly regarded for its tuning stability and is chock full of awesome control and modulation options. However, the star of the show is the Synthacon's peerless multi-mode LP/BP/HP which has cultivated an identity of its own and has achieved legendary status. Its a fantastic bit of electronic engineering and it truly behaves in a unique manner as compared to its contemporaries. Join Don Slepian as he takes a dive into the Sytnthacon and puts the filter through its paces."
"rare vintage Steiner Electronic Valve Instrument, manufactured by Crumar. It has just been serviced and tuned by a specialist. The service report is part of the sale.
The EVI is a monophonic analog synthesizer controlled by breath, and styled after a trumpet. If you have the skills to play this instrument you'll be impressed by the filter. It's sounding amazing!
Cosmetically it’s in very good condition. The ‘trumpet’ has very little signs of use, the hardcase has some rusty spots on the metal parts. Please check all the photos before you purchase this item.
It is an original 117v version and the serial number is: 00256"
"Steiner-Parker Synthacon vintage analog synthesizer demo. This demo of the rare Synthacon mono synth from Steiner-Parker features various sounds and tweaking. Filmed at the Vintage Synthesizer Museum in Los Angeles, CA.
The Steiner Parker Synthacon is a rare monophonic analog synthesizer produced in 1975-1979. It features 3 VCOs, white & pink noise generator, sample & hold, portamento, 2-pole resonant lowpass/bandpass/highpass filter, 2 ADSR envelopes, trigger generator, 49 keys, and a ton of signal routing via numerous switches.
Only a few hundred Synthacon synthesizers were produced, according to designer Nyle Steiner. It's capable of nice sounds of course, but it excels at chaotic and crazy modulations, squelches, ring mod tones, noises and has an extremely potent filter with resonance. The legacy of the Steiner-Parker Synthacon's filter design lives on today in some modular synth designs as well as some Arturia products.
It was a lot of fun to try the Synthacon and tweak it, as all the switches make it very interactive for quick signal routing. If you have the opportunity to try one, don't pass it up!"
"I'm re uploading this one, as it was hard to hear Nyle's wire part in most areas. I uploaded a little rushed so mix was off. Gotta feature Nyle! The main event! :)"
"Sampling every note across the range to bring some rare modular sounds to keyboard and wind synth.
Winds, pads, Nyle Steiner String Filter instruments, experimental, and soon on to tube modular per-note samples.
Performed on the Berglund Instruments NuRAD (Johan Berglund's version of Nyle Steiner's Rad EWI)."
Blip! & Shell Demo. 2nd Modular Per Note Sample Project - Mark Steiner
"Seahorses & Shells - Spiral Fibonacci Math Sounds within Analog Modular Synthesis.
Demo of the Blip! and Shell: incredible, genius analog modules made by Fricko.
Slowing building a collection of sample instruments made by sampling every note in a range to bring the beautiful tones of exotic modules and patching methods to others.
At first doing these for the Logic Pro Sampler but will expand to others. In a way that is reachable to have these as they unfold.
This demo starts with a sample instrument using the Blip! module and some Steiner modules, and then explores these modules with direct playing into the modular system. See fricko.home.blog for info about Fricko modules. They are brilliant."
"For the Holiday season I'm offering my Time Travel Collection (license to all my sound collections future and past). And this will include the new Nyle Steiner Historical Sound Collection. Sounds he sampled himself and used in Hollywood movie sessions and more.
The first 10 orders will also get a sound named after them. Cool or silly but fun for sure!
Cost during the holidays starting now is $250.
I'll very soon have a full list up. But it includes 100 or more sounds for EVI-NER, Lyricon 1 and 2, Arturia SEM V plugin, Moog Model D for iPad, and more...
Also around 30 to 50 sounds for Anyma Phi, Moog Sirin, Arturia MatrixBrute and Respiro (both for plugin and iPad/iPhone app)... A few of my Respiro sounds will also be free to anyone. I may do up to 100 of those but at least 50.
I am also preparing and will ongoing make new sample sounds for Logic and MainStage ($30 application for Mac). These include per-note sample instrument made from analog synths, rare and exotic modules/modular synths, tube synthesis, samples from vintage EVI and EWI modules and all kinds of things.
I would note, the Anyma Phi just had an update and added more oscillator types including multi-dimensionally morphing wave table oscillators that are frosty and glassy and sound unreal. This is one of the most amazing and diverse sounding instruments and made for wind synths. I'm dying over the sounds I continue to discover within. So 100% something to get if you have a chance. Analog in it sounds soooooo good, and then so much unreal digital and physical modeling... all mixable to 3 independently expressive layers. It's a technology creature of wonder. ---fully unpaid testimonial/bought my own unit :)
Anyone who has already bought any of my sounds can upgrade to this bundle during the holidays for $150.
More info coming soon. More videos of new sounds including the Nyle samples (including his Rapping from the EVI Concerto, his own trumpet playing sample instrument, and his own exotic flute sound he carved.)
Most of these are all ready now, the rest will electronically ship by Thanksgiving.
A few parts of this seem a bit odd. At times I like to keep unexpected things from sessions in the videos as they are unusual, interesting, funny, or whatever. This one had a few things rarely caught organically... some gibberish Tourette's that I don't understand a few times (from my brain injury I'm still climbing back from). I thought I'd never share that but it felt right tonight. So it's just a little something that is organic and personal. I was also just pretty out of it in some ways from being up so late, I'm usually this... um... gone lol. Anyway, an interesting little journal entry in a way.
“For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, the Synthacon is back!
This is an authentic, discrete, through hole recreation of this iconic 70’s synthesizer under the direction of Nyle Steiner himself.
We have added midi via a FATAR keybed, and a couple new features, but this unit has been tediously recreated right down to the original circuit board design and vintage components.”
The Steiner-Connolly Synthacon is available now to pre-order for $3,000 USD. Contact the company at support@steiner-connolly.com for details."
You can find tons of posts mentioning the Synthacon and various adaptations including individual modules and systems in previous posts here. One of my favorites though, is this demo by Todd Barton aka vgermuse. That sucker sounded brutal.
"This is the last live session of the 'Summer of Synth 2022', for the 'nuits des étoiles'. I assume a little homage to Chris Franke & Johannes Schmoelling "Exit period". The album is now available at my Bandcamp : https://kurtzmindfields.bandcamp.com/...
Instruments : Big Ancestor NRSynth (Moog & Steiner Parker) : Melody lead & arpegiator 3th sound ( + Line 6 Chorus & DD2 Delay), SynthR3 ARP 4012 & S.E.M : master stéréo arpegiator (with TC M300 & SPX90 reverb/delay), Moog sub37 : 2th arpegiator, S.E Electronic : bass, A90 split mode : phased Strings, voices, ARP Pro Soloist : french Horn solo, Mister M Hansy : Mellotron strings & pad.
Recorded live at Nuage7 Studio, Domaine de Sourzy (05/08/2022)
'Cosmic Light' composed by jean-Luc Briançon (Aka Kurtz Mindfields)
Thanks to NRSynth (Stephen) & Rémy (SynthR). https://kurtzmindfields.bandcamp.com/"
Francis Ford Coppola is into synths? Both the Moog Modular and Steiner EVI were used in the soundtrack for Apocalypse Now. See here for a couple of mentioning the story.
SWITCHED ON - BOB MOOG AND THE SYNTHESIZER REVOLUTION PRE-ORDER
BY ALBERT GLINSKY
PUBLISHED BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
FOREWORD BY FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
The Moog synthesizer "bent the course of music forever" Rolling Stone declared.
Bob Moog, the man who did that bending, was a lovable geek with Einstein hair and pocket protectors. He walked into history in 1964 when his homemade contraption unexpectedly became a sensation---suddenly everyone wanted a Moog. The Beatles, The Doors, The Byrds, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, Yes, Stevie Wonder, and many more discovered his synthesizer, and it came to be featured in seminal film scores including A Clockwork Orange and Apocalypse Now . The Moog's game-changing sounds saturated 60's counterculture and burst into the disco party scene in the 70's to set off the electronic dance music movement. Bob had single-handedly founded the synth industry and become a star in the process.
"Steiner Parker Synthacon original, recently totally overhauled/serviced. I think this synth sounds more interesting than most vintage synths like the minimoog/2600/synthi, it has a real wild 70’s sound with raw oscillators and juicy filter, it’s unpredictable sounding in the best way possible. Local pickup in San Francisco, please contact me prior to purchasing to arrange payment and pickup."
Scrat is an aggressive sounding multimode Steiner-Parker filter with a twist: You can change the resonance flavour by plugging in components like diodes, capacitors or resistors (even LEDs and/or light-dependent resistors) directly to the front panel. A set of preset cartridges is also available, which gives you instant access to a variety of filter sounds. You could even make your own. Or go all in and connect some jumper wires to a breadboard for pretty much endless possibilities.
The 2-pole filter (12 dB/octave) supports both high-pass and low-pass mode. Even without external components or cartridges, the resonance behaviour can be changed in various ways via switches on the front panel. Both resonance and cutoff can be fully CV controlled, and the cutoff CV sensitivity can be adjusted as well.
The module contains an adjustable pre-filter drive circuit, which pairs very well with the Steiner-Parker design.
Scrat is available from July 2022 as a full DIY kit from retailers. It's a relatively easy build to complete, with a low component count and no SMD or other tricky parts. A set of 4 preset cards called Nuts (Acorn, Almond, Cashew and Pecan) is also available.
Exploring heavy weighted approached keyboard sounds I created for the Korg Prologue 16.
This synth has some great, unique strengths that are nice for this direction of sound.
These sounds use only the 2 analog VCO's and often only one of them. The only effects used are the standard ones that come with the instrument.
I love the digital engine, but here I'm exploring some things that can be done fully with the analog VCO's.
Velocity sensitivity driving volume more than filter and taking advantage at subtle levels the Drive (analog distortion) and the analog compressor on this synth.
Many of the built in effects are amazing on this synth... cinematic mastering quality. Rare in even the most expensive synths.
Having dialed in drive, compression and effects saved in a patch at subtle sweet spots is so valuable!
16 note polyphony makes it great for this too. And the high pass filter switch can push things the groovy clav direction.
Some of these also explore some bell/clangal tone types heard where a secondary VCO has a changing, non-static pitch in many variations of speed, range, and lowness/height of start point.
All sounds & effects are directly from the Prologue.
The Monologue XD's and the Prologue 8 can do this stuff quite well but the compression of the 16 really is worth having and is just great! It provides some really special tonal/response across the velocity range. So great to jam with and to be emotionally expressive with in slower passages.
The NuEVI wind synth here is also playing sounds in the Prologue. They are very different than what I usually play as they also are tone colored by a little drive and analog compression... giving them some of that speaker cabinet smudged tone these also can give the key sounds here.
