Check Out This Tiny Synth/Sampler/Controller

February 6, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Back in the early 70s, synthesizers huge modular things with individual pieces the sizes of bar fridges. Today, not so much. Check out the OP-1 from Stockholm. Forty years ago, something like this would have cost $100,000 or more.

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