Wow, my old friend. The first synth I ever owned in the 1970’s that I kept till the early 1980’s. Purchaed on 48th street at Sam Ash. They only had a floor model so they set me a few blocks over to the studio owned by Mr. Walter Sear who welcomed me in while he pulled a new one in a box, out of a huge hidden closet while I drooled over his Moog IIc. It was cheaper than the Mini Moog with all those cool patch points. I was the ‘first kid on the block’ with a synth. Many wonderful memories jamming with friends down my basement and then out on the road in clubs. I actually wore out the Prat Reed keyboard and had to order replacement in the late 70’s. I traded it in late 70’s toward the purchase of a MultiMoog which was my last monophonic instrument. I then traded the MultiMoog toward the purchase of a Jupiter 6 polyphonic instrument which I then sold to fund a purchase of a DX7 that I got at a deep discount and I was off into the world of midi sequencers and rack mounted gear attached to a PC clone running Sequencer Plus under MS DOS. Never thought these instruments would be so valuable in 2024 and featured as odd relic. Grateful to be around in those days both playing and then selling these instruments myself on 48th Street before all those stores shutdown 30 years later. Loved my EML 101!
My fave analog synth of all time. 1972. 9th grade. Junior high music dept. bought one. Fortunately I was a drummer and in the band. Spent many afterschool nights with it, an oscilloscope and a pair of headphones in the bandroom alone. (All I had to do was say hey to the janitor when I left so he'd lock up. Different days for sure!) Anyway, learned the basics with it and more. What a board!
Pretty nice synth. I had TWO of them and sold them in 2005? The 1/4" patching gave it more capability. It folded together into a nice carrying case. Even had a small space at back to store patch cords.
Man, I want one of these. It's what Tommy Mars used with Frank Zappa for his french horn-ish lead. Any chance you guys could show how to do that sound?
Where would you ever be able get a hold of one of these? The market price must be incredibly high...? :( I read somewhere that there is only a 1000 of them ever to been produced, is that right?
My dear friend Jeff Boydstun bought a 101 in 1973 , first one in Oklahoma. He was always ahead of his time. Thx Rosco
Wow, my old friend. The first synth I ever owned in the 1970’s that I kept till the early 1980’s. Purchaed on 48th street at Sam Ash. They only had a floor model so they set me a few blocks over to the studio owned by Mr. Walter Sear who welcomed me in while he pulled a new one in a box, out of a huge hidden closet while I drooled over his Moog IIc. It was cheaper than the Mini Moog with all those cool patch points. I was the ‘first kid on the block’ with a synth. Many wonderful memories jamming with friends down my basement and then out on the road in clubs. I actually wore out the Prat Reed keyboard and had to order replacement in the late 70’s. I traded it in late 70’s toward the purchase of a MultiMoog which was my last monophonic instrument. I then traded the MultiMoog toward the purchase of a Jupiter 6 polyphonic instrument which I then sold to fund a purchase of a DX7 that I got at a deep discount and I was off into the world of midi sequencers and rack mounted gear attached to a PC clone running Sequencer Plus under MS DOS. Never thought these instruments would be so valuable in 2024 and featured as odd relic. Grateful to be around in those days both playing and then selling these instruments myself on 48th Street before all those stores shutdown 30 years later. Loved my EML 101!
The great music master Patrick "Do you wanna funk" Cowley RIP used this synth also on his disco tracks. Absolutely a synth on my wishlist!
My fave analog synth of all time. 1972. 9th grade. Junior high music dept. bought one. Fortunately I was a drummer and in the band. Spent many afterschool nights with it, an oscilloscope and a pair of headphones in the bandroom alone. (All I had to do was say hey to the janitor when I left so he'd lock up. Different days for sure!) Anyway, learned the basics with it and more. What a board!
Mike Reynolds at Hillside was a master!
Recognize some of the sounds Allen Ravenstine of Pere Ubu used. Though he used this instrument more for sonic textures than playing melodies.
3:49 wonderful tune.
I had one of these back in the day along with the Poly Box. i still wish I had it. It was capable of a lot of great sounds.
I was hoping to hear you recreate that absolutely dreadful noise Allen Ravenstein uses at the beginning of "Non-Alignment Pact."
Excellent demo, excellent machine.
First time seeing a demo of this synth.. thanks holmes!
What do you patch coard the circuits to? And just wondrlering why this wasn't done before the demo. (Oh yeah, A.T's. Syro rules!)
My Mattson mini Modular is 99% based on those VOC's and vcf's and everything else for that matter...it's a beast!
Pretty nice synth. I had TWO of them and sold them in 2005? The 1/4" patching gave it more capability. It folded together into a nice carrying case. Even had a small space at back to store patch cords.
Man, I want one of these. It's what Tommy Mars used with Frank Zappa for his french horn-ish lead. Any chance you guys could show how to do that sound?
Tommy Mars featured a 101 with the Zappa band.
cool sound and synth. very intresting!
1:57 NOISIA!
Reminds me of that Moog duo, nice
I know someone that has an unrestored one for sale.She mentioned it today.
Where would you ever be able get a hold of one of these? The market price must be incredibly high...? :( I read somewhere that there is only a 1000 of them ever to been produced, is that right?
***** Such as...I'd like some suggestions to look at. That sound was sweet!
Yeah, for sure. I was looking at getting the doepfer A 100 system. looking forward to that sometime in the near future.
Buy a Voyager. It has the EXACT sounds you heard here. Old analog synth design is simplistic.
I know someone that has one for sale right now!
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Sounds pretty much like a Bass Station 2.
LOL