Vintage Synth Museum Studio Tour

The Vintage Synthesizer Museum is a unique studio in Oakland, California that features a massive array of gear.

It offers 40+ analog synthesizers, plus various drum machines, effects, amplifiers and audio recording tools. You can learn about synthesis and play and record with classic synths, including a Roland Jupiter 8, Yamaha CS-60, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 and ARP 2600.

The vintage synths at the Museum include:

  • Moog: Minimoog Model D  /  Taurus I
  • EMS: Synthi AKS  /  Vocoder 2000
  • ARP:  2600 w/3620  /  1613 Sequencer  /  Odyssey MkII  /  Rhodes Chroma
  • Sequential Circuits: Prophet 5  /  Prophet T8  /  Pro-One
  • Oberheim: 4-Voice  /  OB-Xa  /  Xpander
  • Roland: Jupiter 8  / Jupiter 6 / Jupiter 4  /  Juno 6  /  Juno 106  /  SH-101  /  TR-808  /  TR-909  /  RS-505
  • Korg: MS-50  /  MS-20  /  MS-10  /  SQ-10  /  VC-10  / Mono/Poly  /  Univox MaxiKorg / PS-3100
  • Yamaha: CS-70m  /  CS-60  /  CS-20m
  • EML: Electro-Comp 101  /  Electro-Comp 200
  • Steiner Parker: Synthacon
  • Gleeman: Pentaphonic Clear
  • Crumar: Spirit
  • Octave: Cat MkI
  • Oxford: OSCar
  • PAiA: Proteus
  • Fairlight
  • DK Synergy

Modern synths include:

  • Buchla Music Easel
  • Kilpatrick Phenol
  • 18U by 90hp Eurorack Modular System
  • 25 Module 5U MOTM System

Individual rates start at $30/hr, with a two hour minimum. Group rates are available, too.

See the Museum’s site for more info.

via SYNTH4EVER

2 thoughts on “Vintage Synth Museum Studio Tour

  1. Apparently, I should open a museum and several of my friends who even have more than I. We have too many synths… or maybe not enough but this makes me feel like I have enough gear to open a museum… folks have often joked with me but after watching this….. ummm… I may have a slight problem.

    Does anyone have the same feeling after watching this?

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