Farfisa

2009 Summer NAMM Show: This is an overview and demo of the Nord C2 Combo Organ.  Read more…

Sunday Synth Jam: In this video, German housewive and synthesist Synthiefrau jams old-school Berlin-style with analogAudio1.

Notes Synthiefrau:

We are friends since ten years and that is a sample of our first synth jam!

Christa (Synthiefrau) plays: Minimoog, Dot.com modular
Chris (AnalogAudio1) plays: Minimoog, Moog Satellite, Farfisa Syntorchestra

This is a video demo of the Farfisa Polychrome synthesizer and string synthesizer.

If you’ve used the Farfisa Polychrome, leave a comment with your thoughts! Read more…

Musikmesse 2009: At the 2009 Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Nord will be previewing the new Nord C2 Combo Organ. This is a direct descendant of the C1, with the addition of many exciting features.

Updated features include new keyboard action, monitor input, controls moved to “classic” positions, enhanced click and drawbar preview.

Nord will also present two new accessories at the Musikmesse: the new aluminum stand for the C2 and a bass pedal keyboard – the Pedal Key 27.

Details below. If you’ve used the Nord C2 Combo Organ, leave a comment with your thoughts! Read more…

The Farfisa Syntorchestra is an Italian analog keyboard/synthesizer from 1975. It 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. 

Resources:

• An overview of the Farfisa Syntorchestra
• Overview of the Farfisa Syntorchestra at SynthMania
• Farfisa schematics

video via AnalogAudio1