A live improv featuring two solo string patches played in unison recorded directly from a 1983 DK Synergy II+, an early additive 32 oscillator digital synthesizer recently returned to working order at Hideaway Studio.  The Synergy is a direct relative of the Crumar GDS and the Bell Labs Synthesizer known as Alles Machine.

These strings are 100% synthesized.. not a sample in sight here - and all the more amazing considering the age of this all-digital beast!

Original Composition & Recording Copyright D.A.Wilson, Hideaway Studio 2014.

1982 DK Synergy II+: SoLo Strings

Electronic musician, but you wont find dance music or insect noises here. These tracks come from different eras and modes in my music composition history, but they all came from me in one form or another.

The tracks with Red Light Ballroom are auditions i did with a band (they were looking for a lyricist/vocalist). i did the words and vocals, but the rest is the band.

Full details here: http://dysamoria.com/music/

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

https://chinenual.com

Photos by David Clode, Ellen Qin, Kai Dahms and Rene Bohmer on Unsplash

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.