Synton 3000 Modular

[fireclown]

holy cow! two variants? two EG's and LFO's sounds promising! Either one would be the cat's jammies

[lumin]

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your synton sounds awesome. never heard one before.

[Morley]

your synton sounds awesome. never heard one before.

Thanks! I think it’s a nice system to my ears. No crazy modules, but all the building blocks you need. Loving it.

[chrisso]

Awesome sounding.

[Morley]

Awesome sounding.

Cheers!

[jimfowler]

Those sonics are fucking incredible.

[papz]

that College unit must be near priceless due to rarity. Keep me on the bid list if you decide to sell.

I serviced it, a look inside is priceless.

[Reese P. Dubin]

I love seeing gut shots like this. Fenix 1 also looks mildly dodgy inside, Fenix 2 looks just like this college except extremely dense, well designed and modern.

Good stuff.

[papz]

Really ?
Someone asked me yesterday if I could check and service a Fenix 2 and 3 system. I'll ask for some inside pics prior to accept the job.

[Bigbang]

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Sounds very nice. Better then the Fenix. I was never fond of the sound of the Fenix [had nr. 001]. I liked the Syrinx very much.

[Morley]

Sounds very nice. Better then the Fenix. I was never fond of the sound of the Fenix [had nr. 001]. I liked the Syrinx very much.

Thanks!
I like all the Synth stuff tbh. Each different. The synth I use almost all the time now is the Fenix II. It's amazingly flexible and powerful. The Fenix I is much simpler but sounds different. Nastier!
But the 3000 is classic modular territory.
As for build quality people post about, it was affordable stuff in the day. Tools. Not meant to be high end, but it sounds better than most fancy stuff.

[Morley]

Sounds very nice. Better then the Fenix. I was never fond of the sound of the Fenix [had nr. 001]. I liked the Syrinx very much.

Thanks!
I like all the Synth stuff tbh. Each different. The synth I use almost all the time now is the Fenix II. It's amazingly flexible and powerful. The Fenix I is much simpler but sounds different. Nastier!
But the 3000 is classic modular territory.
As for build quality people post about, it was affordable stuff in the day. Tools. Not meant to be high end, but it sounds better than most fancy stuff.

[thermisonic]

that College unit must be near priceless due to rarity. Keep me on the bid list if you decide to sell.

I serviced it, a look inside is priceless.

so sparse! and very homemade looking

[Morley]

so sparse! and very homemade looking

They were all handmade. It's why the cult of expensive synths is absurd. These are electronics. Nothing more. There is no magic in any synth. Its components.
What matters is the sound it makes and how the designer uses those components.
I think it sounds excellent.
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[fireclown]

I think one of the features of the 3000 that is especially interesting is the keyboard itself, and not simply because of the extraordinary pitch bending plates. The keyboard features a "staccato" button that I believe removes some sort of limitation on the trigger to defeat bounce or something? I vaguely recall an explanation back in school, seems like a capacitor or something was used to prevent messy triggers An odd feature, maybe some other keyboards have it, I cant see any sign of it on the Syrinx
Once I got to playing with it, I discovered a sort of touch sensitivity probably related to the velocity of the key press, giving more time to the sputter when played sympathetically, sounds get spitty and the results are fairly controllable, an interesting feedback mechanism that elevates the results from the ordinary.
Sorry I dont have an example to share, but this aspect of the system is worth knowing about.