A live improvisation resulting in one of those happy accidents tweaking various parameters in a SynHCS patch editor session running on a Kaypro 2X CP/M computer while testing out a 1982 DK Synergy during major restoration after successfully building and installing one of the superb new Tauntek Synergy II+ upgrade kits.  This digital wonder was streets ahead of its time and remains easily my favourite vintage digital synth - every time I sit in front of one of these beasts it leaves me in awe with a deep respect for the talent and dedication of its creators at Digital Keyboards and Bell Labs in the late 1970s.

Composition & Recording Copyright D.A.Wilson, Hideaway Studio, 2021.

1982 DK Synergy II+: Binary Chaos Machine... (Tauntek Upgrades)

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My world...Padded walls (sound proofing is what they told me).
Toys that make noise ,something to hit, shake or rattle(Boom shh Boom chh).
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D.A.Wilson is an Electronic Engineer, Sound Designer & Vintage Synth Specialist with a particular interest in combining vintage tube, classic analog and modern digital technologies working as a synth engineer looking after a very considerable amount of vintage studio equipment for Will Gregory (Goldfrapp / Moog Ensemble) and a number of other internationally celebrated electronic musicians and producers.  Having undertaken several major restorations and produced custom electronic designs for a number of major artists including Jean-Michel Jarre, Dani is also known for fully restoring two out of the world's four remaining 1979 Crumar GDS and partially restoring 1938 Novachord 346 (the only known operational Novachord in the UK) to playable order along with developing and producing the new Elfin family of 8-bit polysynths and the popular MIDI Front Panel Animator (FPA), Filter Defeat Module (FDM) and XD-280 Drive Emulator upgrades for the AKAI S612 sampler.

Demos of the S612 Upgrades in Action: 

https://soundcloud.com/hideaway-studio/sets/hideaway-studios-s612-front


Hideaway Studio Kontakt Sound libraries may be purchased directly from: 
https://www.lootaudio.com/category/kontakt-instruments/hideaway-studios
 

..and a nice introduction by Cory Pelizzari to the Hideaway Studio Kontakt Libraries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-C7a3ChC9U&feature=emb_title


For more on releases from Hideaway Studio for Kontakt please visit the blog at:  www.hideawaystudio.net

Synth Magic is a developer for Native Instruments Kontakt. All audio demos by Stephen Porter@Synth Magic (Unless otherwise stated).

I’m a musician. I’ve played Classical Guitar since I was 7 years old. I have two main music projects; my solo project called Inform3r as well as one with Katya Casio, Hong Kong Counterfeit. I love pre-1983 synthesizers and drum machines. I’m an avid DIY’er who enjoys making synths, effects units, guitar amplifiers, and sundry.