MOTM

1) Anybody ever hear of a semi-modular (2600-like) synth called the Studio
One from
"Advanced Tools for the Arts" in Tempe, Az? I got a full spec sheet. The
picture looks
like a big MS-20 (patch points grouped off to the right side) and the
bizarre thing
is that the picture is of the synth sitting in a junkyard on top of a
burned-out farm tractor.

And I noticed the pice printed was $2400 but the person hand-wrote it to say
$2700! :)

It also honestly says "These are handmade one at a time: expect 90-120 days
for delivery". I wonder if he sold one or not :)

2) A Prophet 5 was $3995, but for $1000 more you could get a Prophet 10!
Now, this was 1982,
and times were tough!

3) Found the Aires catalog. They list 5 folks: Frank Fink, Dennis Colin (as
'consultant'),
Arthur Pennell (cheif Engineer), James Bastible (Production) and my fav:
tech grunt
Dennis Graham ("He is an enigma to us all. He is willing to apply his
knowledge to our project"). This scares me.

BTW: A full system in kit was $895 and $1500 assembled. Jan 1975 prices.

As a side note: Aries used to be called B&F Enterprises. They sold Nixie
tube clock kits and
one wall clock with Sperry +180VDC tubes. These things were like $700!

The kits were in the $49-79 range. This sounds cheap, but I was making
$3.85/hr *before*
taxes. It took me about 2 years to save the money!

Paul S.

>1) Anybody ever hear of a semi-modular (2600-like) synth called the Studio
>One from
>"Advanced Tools for the Arts" in Tempe, Az? I got a full spec sheet. The
>picture looks
>like a big MS-20 (patch points grouped off to the right side) and the
>bizarre thing
>is that the picture is of the synth sitting in a junkyard on top of a
>burned-out farm tractor.
 If its a semi-modular synth with a fold up keyboard and big ugly knobs,
there was at least one produced. Dave Wilson from NESM in Nashua, New
Hampshire has one. Here's a pic.  -Nate

That's one ugly mother!

Dave Bradley
Principal Software Engineer
Engineering Animation, Inc.
daveb@... 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nathan Hunsicker [mailto:nate@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 5:47 AM
> To: motm@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [motm] It came from the closet, part 2
> 
> 
> >1) Anybody ever hear of a semi-modular (2600-like) synth called 
> the Studio
> >One from
> >"Advanced Tools for the Arts" in Tempe, Az? I got a full spec sheet. The
> >picture looks
> >like a big MS-20 (patch points grouped off to the right side) and the
> >bizarre thing
> >is that the picture is of the synth sitting in a junkyard on top of a
> >burned-out farm tractor.
>  If its a semi-modular synth with a fold up keyboard and big ugly knobs,
> there was at least one produced. Dave Wilson from NESM in Nashua, New
> Hampshire has one. Here's a pic.  -Nate
>

At 12:12 AM 06/13/2000 -0500, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
>2) A Prophet 5 was $3995, but for $1000 more you could get a Prophet 10!
>Now, this was 1982,
>and times were tough!

But a year later, at least the street price on a Prophet 600 was a mere
$1500.  Actually affordable (barely so!) for a 16-year-old with an
afterschool bug-reporting/light-6502-programming job and parents willing to
kick in a few $$ at Xmas.  Given the choice between that and the
less-expensive Poly61 with no knobs ... well, there was no choice!

	-Doug
	 ceres@...

>1) Anybody ever hear of a semi-modular (2600-like) synth called the Studio
>One from
>"Advanced Tools for the Arts" in Tempe, Az? I got a full spec sheet. The
>picture looks
>like a big MS-20 (patch points grouped off to the right side) and the
>bizarre thing
>is that the picture is of the synth sitting in a junkyard on top of a
>burned-out farm tractor.
>
>And I noticed the pice printed was $2400 but the person hand-wrote it to say
>$2700! :)
>
>It also honestly says "These are handmade one at a time: expect 90-120 days
>for delivery". I wonder if he sold one or not :)
>
>2) A Prophet 5 was $3995, but for $1000 more you could get a Prophet 10!
>Now, this was 1982,
>and times were tough!
>
>3) Found the Aires catalog. They list 5 folks: Frank Fink, Dennis Colin (as
>'consultant'),
>Arthur Pennell (cheif Engineer), James Bastible (Production) and my fav:
>tech grunt
>Dennis Graham ("He is an enigma to us all. He is willing to apply his
>knowledge to our project"). This scares me.

.... and Dennis Graham continues to be an enigma.  I spoke to him a 
few times when he announced his EVOS modular system.  Haven't heard 
from him in a while.

>BTW: A full system in kit was $895 and $1500 assembled. Jan 1975 prices.
>
>As a side note: Aries used to be called B&F Enterprises. They sold Nixie
>tube clock kits and
>one wall clock with Sperry +180VDC tubes. These things were like $700!
>
>The kits were in the $49-79 range. This sounds cheap, but I was making
>$3.85/hr *before*
>taxes. It took me about 2 years to save the money!
>
>Paul S.
>
>
>
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