And we have a confirmation...
From the original Analog Industries archive. Some links and images from that era no longer resolve.
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 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…
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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
This picture from Klaus Schulze studio...
Some other pictures :
http://till-kopper.de/gds.html
http://till-kopper.de/ksoldies.html
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