Hi, this is Kevin Lightner AKA Synthfool.
I have been building or servicing synthesizers for over 29 years now.
I am not a synth collector. I am a fulltime repair and restoration technician who specializes in vintage analog synths.
In 2004, I have stopped most parts and Ebay sales.
Exceptions are on an "as needed" basis.
Instead, I have devoted myself fully to synthesizer tech work and spend most of my time inside a synth or module.
very cool site with lots of resources.
Aries Arp Buchla Digisound Emu
Korg Moog Oberheim Polyfusion PPG
Roland SCI Serge Yamaha Big Modulars
Bands Studios Rare Misc pics
Aries Modular 1
Aries Modular 2
Aries Modular 3
Arp Avatar Art 1
UK version of ad above (Courtesy of Ben Ward)
Arp Avatar Art 2
Arp 2500 1
Arp 2500 2
Arp 2500 Mix-Sequencer module
Arp 2500 sample systems
Arp 2500 Wing Ad side 1
Arp 2500 Wing Ad side 2
Arp 2500 from Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1
Arp 2500 from Close Encounters of the Third Kind 2
Arp 2600
Arp 2600 Gray Meanie
Arp 2600 ad with Stevie Wonder
A Tim Weyer Smith modified Arp 2600
An Arp Letter
Arp Little Brother
Arp "Neon" logo
Arp Sound demo record (early)
Arp Odyssey knob color chart
Arp Sequencer
A service tip from the Arp 2600 repair manual
Heavily modified Arp 2600
The Arp "Starcard" service policy
The Unknown Synthesist (Courtesy of Ben Ward)
Buchla 200 Music Box
Buchla 200/Serge Hybrid
Buchla 259 Anigif
Buchla Thunder (Courtesy of Michael Firman)
Columbia Princeton Buchla 1
Columbia Princeton Buchla 2
A Buchla previously owned by Suzanne Ciani
Gassmann Buchla 100
Gassman Buchla 200 (before and after restoration)
A Buchla, Moog 15 and Wavemaker
Digisound Modular 1
Digisound Modular 2
Digisound Modular 3
Digisound VCDO module
Digisound Modules Peacefully Resting
Emu Audity 1
Emu Audity 2
Emu Audity (Internal console) High Res
Emu Audity (Internal console) Low Res
Emu Modular 1
Emu Modular 2
Emu Modular 3
Emu Modular 4
Emu Modular 5
Emu Modular 6
Emu Modular custom sequencer
Woman patching Emu
Korg
MS-10
MS-20
Poly Six
Poly 61
PS3100
PS3200
PS3300
PS3300 close up #1
PS3300 close up #2
SQ-10
Lots of Korg
Moog
Modulars
Some kids play with Legos. Some don't...
The huge PPG/Moog system of Bernie M. Land | 1 | | 2 | | 3 | | 4 |
A Moog Modular
Another Moog Modular
Still Another Moog Modular
Close up of a restored Moog: rear view
Dan Schwartz' Moog Modular - 1 2
Even yet another Moog Modular
John Loftis' RA Moog (Serial # 1010 Jan. 18, 1971) Minimoog
Lil' custom Moog
Little girl and her Moog
Mark Isham's Moog
Short-scale Moog
Moog 911 env gen modified for V-trig inputs
Moog 960 sequencer
Moog-Bode Frequency Shifter and "Others"
Special FX Moog pic 1
Special FX Moog pic 2
Vladimir Ussachevasky's EARLY Moog Modular
What Yonder Light Break....
Zon Vern Pyles' Moog
Another shot of Zon's Moog
Non-Modulars (Moog)
Minimoog
Minimoog Model A Prototype (Pic courtesy of Frank Trocco)
Polymoog 1
Polymoog 2
Sonic Six
Oberheim
Oberheim Amplifier
Oberheim Eight Voice
Oberheim Mini Sequencer
Oberheim Xpander
Oberheim OB-1
Oberheim OBX
Oberheim OBXa
Custom made Oberheim SEM patch panel
A silly idea!
Polyfusion
Another Polyfusion
A large Polyfusion
Custom Polyfusion audio processing rig
Custom overhead cabinet 1
Custom overhead cabinet 2
Rear of an overhead cab
Sequencer Rack for above
An in-progress photo of the above units
The final Polyfusion Beast
PPG
A huge PPG/Moog modular
PPG Wave 2.2
PPG Waveterm
PPG Expansion Voice Unit (EVU)
PPG Processor Keyboard (PRK)
Roland
Roland System 700 Modular
130 module Roland System 100m
Neat pic from a Roland catalog
CMU800 Demo (Actual screendumps of a 1983 Apple II demo)
Roland Juno-106 (modified)
Roland Jupiter's 4, 6 & 8
Roland SH-7
Roland SH-1000
Roland SH Synths
Roland Sys-100m Modules
Roland Sys-100m (Vince Clarke's)
Roland Sys-100
Roland TR-808, TR-606 and TB-303
The Roland "Plier incident"
Sequential Circuits
Pro One
T8
SCI Logos
Prophet 10
Serge
A Nice Serge 1
A Nice Serge 2
Two Nice Serges
A big Serge
Yamaha
Yamaha GX-1 (Keith Emerson's old one)
Yamaha GX-1 #2
Yamaha GX-1 #3
Yamaha SY-2
Big Modulars
Hans Zimmer's Synths
Node Moog
Synthesizers.com Modulars
The Mighty Morbius - Synthesizers.com
Very large Doepfer
Another very large Doepfer from Parallel Worlds studio
Polyfusion
A large Polyfusion
Sequencer rack for above
A big Serge
TONTO: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pix I've taken
TONTO: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pix from "Phantom of the Paradise"
Hans Zimmer's Synths
Hans' Doepfer Modular 1
Hans' Doepfer Modular 2
Large Moog (Lo-res)
Large Moog (Hi-res)
A rear shot of the beast above
25 feet of Modular
Moog sequencer wing
Hans' old Moog/Roland Modular Hi-res
Hans' old Moog/Roland Modular Lo-res
Hans' studio
Hans' studio recently (from Yamaha ad)
Muppet Moog!
Polyfusion Modular
Yamaha GX-1 (Keith Emerson's old one)
Bands
Lost, Lonely and Vicious
Node in in concert 1
Node in in concert 2
Node Moog
Rare
Con Brio 1
Con Brio 2
The Mcleyvier
The Prism 1
The Prism 2
RCA Mark II pic 1
RCA Mark II pic 2
RCA Mark II (with optional hand attachment)
This paper sign was taped to the RCA synth
Columbia Princeton University - Additive Synthesis lab
Another Princeton U. pic of outboard equipment
Rivera Music Systems (R.M.S.) Modular
360 Systems Spectre Guitar Synth
The Technos 16pi
Wavemaker modular
360 Systems / Oberheim Guitar Synth
A pile of Oberheim SEM'age and a Roland Sys 700
Assorted Synths
Big Briar Theremin
Bode Products
Boehm
Brian Kehew's Bedroom
Rhodes Chroma
Cat (after surgery by Jared Fluhman)
Delta Music Research Synth 1
Delta Music Research Synth 2
EML 500
EMS Synthi 100
Hohner Organetta
Klaus Schulze and his minisynth
L?NCH-BOX II Assembled by Christian Lunch @1984
Maplin
Paia Modular
Rare Paia Advertisement
A great shot of a Paia Modular built by Eric Hanson
Paul Stanley's KISS Pinball
Process Electronics Ozni Modular Synth (Girl optional)
Process Electronics Ozni Modular Synth pictorial
RSF Modular
RSF Kobol Expander I (Many thanks to Garp for these photos!)
Triadex Minsky Muse Sequencer
Sennheiser VSM201
Spectral Audio's Protone
Steiner Parker Modular
Steiner Parker Synthacon and 151 Sequencer
Stage Electronic's try at the Minimoog
Steiner Master Touch Wind Controller
Synapse Magazine Front Cover (Malcolm Cecil)
Synare Percussion Synthesizer
Synclavier I
Synclavier II
Synergy
Syrinx ( (Courtesy of Mike Knapp)
Vince Clarke (smiling as usual)
Voyetra 8 (Close up!)
Voyetra 8 (Artsy photo!)
Wasatch Sequencer
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Sound-designer of high quality soundsets for synthesizers, samplers and soundcards. Programmer for E-MU-Ensoniq, Access, Waldorf, Alesis, TerraTec and so on. Also musician in the synthesizergroup PERU and NOVA. Composer for film-music and commercials.
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