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Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998
From: Johan Gustavsson <moxie@...>
To: pfperry@...
Cc: analogue@...
Subject: Re: Orgon enigizer ???

> >Hi to all, > >Has anyone ever heard about this synth  Orgon enigizer ??? > 
>It's probably a 1997 machine, with 15-pole analog VCF, one VCO plus a > >Sub 
osc. > > > someone is either very satirical or pulling your leg.... > or else 
this is an amazing coincidence, with 'orgone energy', a part of= =20 > 
Reich's delusional quack medicine theories....  =2E..or someone decided that 
said theories were so amusing that they would make a good name on a synth :-) 

It was existant enough for "The MIX" to put it on the cover of its december 
-96 issue. They also had a long article inside about this amazing new 
monosynth - Designed and built by Orgon systems, aka Geoff Waterstone. At 
that time they/he were reachable on 0191 2902592, and the synth cost £469.  
Seems like a rather cool machine, though: Single osc with sub-osc, 15 filter 
modes, self-oscillating filter, more modulation routings than you could shake 
a stick at, AD, AR and ADSR envelopes, and a semi-modular construction. 
Controlled by 1v/oct cvs and +5 gates and with a planned extension kit to 
bring out all the patch points to the top of the unit, turning it into a 
normalized modular. The Mix even had a demo song on the CD, which sounded 
like someone making acid farting noises for three minutes :-( but I believe 
that to be an effect of The Mix's demo programmers rather than a feature of 
the synth :-) Construction is all discrete and surface mounted.  Then, nobody 
heard anything again. What a pity. Then again, this Geoff fella spoke about 
maintaning a low profile, so perhaps that's what he's doing. Somebody should 
call him and find out. /Moxie (Digging through the shelves)