This is a demo of the Steelphon S900 synthesizer, a rare Italian monosynthesizer from the early seventies. If you have any info on the Steelphon S900 synth, leave a comment!
More demos below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptlKb-npQ-Q
via aemmezero
S900 and his little brother MAGO, were born in Turin, Italy, at firsts ‘70 years. One of many synthesizers made in Italy in these years, but with a particular oscillators design: S900 has two oscillators, Osc1 only saw wave, and Osc2 only square wave, but six footage pots, from 32’ to 1’, for each osc. This feature a flexible waveshaping for a great sound variety.
Another feature, extraordinary for these years, are the Presets: 6 pushbuttons, switchs entire control panel (except octave controls) in 6 extraible boards on left side of keyboard. Each board contains one trimmer for each control, so, you have six “memory” sound.
Andrea (aemmezero)
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sorry for my bad language
Salve Andrea,
do you happen to know what kind of filter the steelphone is using? The resonance in the first example sounds amazing.
Florian
What AMAZING sounds! I dunno how I missed this entry the first time around. Now I'm sitting here trying to work out from the blurry video and sounds what all the controls do. I have to build one!
Now, I can't say that I'd swap my dear old Granny for one – that would be going too far – but throw in the pullover and you've got a deal.
ciao
una domanda stupida, scusami ma non me ne intendo… è possibile acquistare uno di questi stumenti? e come?
grazie