# And we have a confirmation...

- Site: Analog Industries
- Author: Chris Randall
- Date: 2005-08-29
- URL: https://analogindustries.com/2005/08/and-we-have-a-confirmation/

![And we have a confirmation...](https://analogindustries.com/images/blog/klaus_small.jpg)

On our Friday gear pr0n picture, I was unsure of what this unit was, and postulated that it might be a QASAR M8, the fore-runner to the Fairlight CMI. However, [Todd Fletcher](http://microrelease.com/) writes in to say:  
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The thing in question is a Crumar GDS, mother of the Synergy and used by Wendy Carlos (for Tron) & Tangerine Dream as well as Schulze. The CPU & monitor goes with the keyboard on the floor to it's right. It mostly sounds like a DX7, and would probably drive an analog guy like you nuts :-). Nothing even close to a filter in that machine.  
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Oh, I loves me some digital, make no mistake. But thanks for that spotting. I had a feeling I was wrong there...

## Comments (2)

**jbfairlight** (2005-09-08):

In this picture you see realy one Crumar GDS !

If you want see one Qasar Multimode 8 (M8) the fore-runner to Fairlight CMI... look here : http://www.amol.org.au/guide/stories/switched_on/index.asp

or on peter Vogel (from Fairlight) home page : http://www.anerd.com/fairlight/gallery.htm

And you see it's not the same system !

If you want picture of Crumar GDS or DKI Synergy look here : http://www.synthony.com/vintage/dkigds.html
http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~lanterma/synergy/

best regards,

Jean-Bernard

**jbfairlight** (2005-09-08):

This picture from Klaus Schulze studio...

Some other pictures :
http://till-kopper.de/gds.html
http://till-kopper.de/ksoldies.html