TONTO
Articles about TONTO:
This is a couple of years old, but it’s so good you don’t want to miss it: a documentary look at Stevie Wonder, TONTO – a massive modular synth, early synthesists Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff and the early days of synth funk. Read more…
TONTO (The Original New Timbral Orchestra) is one of the most famous and influential modular synthesizers in the world.
TONTO’s Expanding Head Band, made up of Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff, was an influential electronic music duo from the 1970’s. They only released a few albums, but these recordings, along with their collaborations with musicians such as Stevie Wonder, helped make synths a standard element of modern popular music.
TONTO was a huge multitimbral polyphonic analog synthesizer, designed and constructed by Malcolm Cecil. It featured Moog modules, but also modules from other manufacturers and some of Cecil’s own design.
