British boutique electronic instruments company Analogue Solutions let us know that they’ve sold out of the first batch of their $28,000 Maximus AS300 megasynth – but they’re making more.
When Analogue Solutions announced the Maximus a few months ago, creator Tom Carpenter described it as new “mega-polysynth” with a design ethos “from the dawn of analog synths.”
“When you think of polysynths,” says Carpenter, “you think of flat synths, with one set of controls that control all voices equally.
“By giving Maximus independent controls for every voice, you have more freedom to create unique styles of poly sounds impossible on traditional polysynths, whether they are hardware or software. You can dial up ‘traditional’ poly sounds (pads etc) or have something unimaginable different,” notes Carpenter. “Because you can never dial up each voice completely identically, standard polys pads will sounds superbly vintage.”
Pricing and Availability:
The Maximus AS300 is available to pre-order, withe the following pricing:
- AS300 main unit £22500 (about $28,354 USD).
- AS400 optional keyboard £1900 (about $2,394 USD).
excluding crate, shipping and tax (all if applicable).
What? No jokes yet about “I’ll wait for the Baximus BS300 Behrgasynth”?
This is a thing of beauty, no doubt, and for that price, it damn well should be.
I love Tom’s mad genius and his amazing instruments. If I could afford this, I’d have one. I’m glad he’s doing what he’s doing, from affordable instruments to completely OTT.
Anyone made any cool music with it already?
sold out! how many did they make?
That’s the $28,000 question. They “sold out” of the first batch but probably only made 10 of them. Classic case of artificially restricted supply trying to create a perception of high demand and scarcity-driven conspicuous consumption.
The manual is interesting. Everything is on plug in cards in the chassis, so with repairs, only ship back the failed cards. I would love to see how it looks on the inside. What a beast.
Yeah well, I’m waiting for Anyware to make a Tinysizer version of this at 1/4 of the price and 1/20th of the weight.
…let’s wait for a Behringer clone….
“By giving Maximus independent controls for every voice, you have more freedom to create unique styles of poly sounds impossible on traditional polysynths, whether they are hardware or software”
Well, the Oberheim SEM polysynth had exactly that, didn’t they?
I’m always amazed at the “GEE WHIZ, THE EXPENSIVE BOUTIQUE SYNTH SOLD OUT!” reactions.
Followed by “COLLECTORS SURE ARE ALL STUPID!”
Followed by “I’LL WAIT FOR BEHRINGER TO MAKE A CHEAP COPY OF THE EXPENSIVE THING I THINK IS STUPID. LOL!”
The only way boutique vendors can survive is to make high end gear that people are willing to spend $$$ on, so they do that, and it’s awesome.
I would love it if these ultra-rare exotic synths came with a camera crew and a lifetime free casting to see what the heck the owner does with all this power. Wonder how many they made, and how many are in studios.
Holy moly ! Thats a lot of cannoli !
come on, mega millions!