[sdiy] ace tone ps 1000

[Eric Wood]

Ace, Sakata, Hammond Japan and Roland are inter-related.
Ikutarou Kakehashi founded Ace in 1955, and linked up with Hammond in 1964.
He then founded Roland in 1972.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Matthias.Herrmann at jeppesen.com 
  To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl 
  Cc: geoff james 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 5:15 AM
  Subject: Re: [sdiy] ace tone ps 1000



  seems to be ultra-rare, maybe the japanese members can help? 

  thats what i found out: 

  Ace Electronic Industry Inc (normally known as Ace Tone) was a division of Sakata Shokai Limited of Osaka, Japan. They produced a portable organ(the GT7) and several drum machines. There is a relevant connection between Hammond and Roland here somewhere, as AceTone products are too similar to Hammond and Roland products. The GT7 organ was a clone of the Hammond X5, and the Rhythm Ace FR-2L is a clone of the Auto-Rhythm from
  Hammond and rumour has it that AceTone became Roland. A further confusion set in because in the UK Ace Tone products were distributed by Bentley Pianos in Woodchester, Glos. who always stuck their badge on the products, and sometimes Ace Tone drum machines are known as the Bentley Rhythm Ace rather than the Ace Tone Rhythm Ace. 
  (www.keyboardmuseum.org) 

  ps 1000 monosynth (sold in nippon only?) 
  1976 
  monophonic 
  37 keys 
  housed in flightcase 
  23 faders 
  19 switches 
  2 knobs 
  1 VCO (waveforms?) 
  1 VCF with envelope follower (ext. in for modulation)         
  1 ADSDR (triggered by keyboard or LFO) 
  1 LFO with delay and decay 
  PW modulation by LFO 
  (www.synrise.de) 



  matthias
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