Suzuki Omnichord reissue coming

v00d00ppl · 2023-03-28T04:00:53.337Z

I Hope so mate. One of the few pieces of gear that I will preorder

Stazma · 2023-03-28T04:05:25.171Z

Niiice! I always wanted to get one of these but the second hand hype price just put me off.

LyingDalai · 2023-03-28T04:07:24.975Z

The only one I had a chance to play with was a OM150 but the pots were super noisy.
Hope they use quality components for this one.

JohntheSavage · 2023-03-28T04:26:11.584Z

Don’t take this the wrong way but…

I’m sure it’s an acquired taste.

Cheers!

captain8 · 2023-03-28T04:43:10.193Z

how many duckets though?

ghostly606 · 2023-03-28T07:38:22.781Z

Really regret selling my OM84 many moons ago, the sound just sizzled from the output in a warm analogue way and even a dummy like me could make some nice chord progressions on it.

the_duckchild · 2023-03-28T11:36:00.517Z

My guess is it will be about five hundred quid/Euros/Dollars…

be surprised if it’s less

onthebannedwagon · 2023-03-28T11:38:14.671Z

I would rather have a portachord.

Synthtopia – 10 Mar 22

Hands On With The Suzuki Portachord, The Precursor To The Omnichord

Here’s a look at the Suzuki Portachord, a rare electronic instrument that was the precursor to the more common Omnichord.

darenager · 2023-03-28T11:45:49.148Z

Had a few of them over the years, the early ones have nice Casiotone style drums and are analogue, the later ones were digital and had midi and lost the charm a bit I think. I hope the reissue is analogue and perhaps that they make the drums and bass sequences programmable, the auto accompaniment presets get old fast.

the_duckchild · 2023-03-28T11:55:12.909Z

still folornly hoping to get to Japan and find one of these in a junk shop personally…

onthebannedwagon · 2023-03-28T11:59:11.317Z

That screen gives me heavy Frogger vibes.

Someone needs to produce a synth where you have to move notes across a busy road to make chords. Chordder© would be a good name.

garf · 2023-03-28T12:01:14.556Z

A looong time ago I wanted one but didn’t have the money (they were going for around £500 back then if I remember…) so I made my own with stuff I already had - a Korg Padkontrol, Ableton Live and MIDI Pipe.

the_duckchild · 2023-03-28T13:35:12.894Z

brb, just going to buy a teensy and an OLED

blurrghost · 2023-03-28T14:25:12.857Z

I’m another one of those people who regret selling/ giving away the few of them I used to own. They were cool little gadgets (the early ones more so than the later ones) but they were piling up and were so easy to find at thrift shops at the time that I figured I’d just get some more when I needed them. The going rate was between $5 and $25 back then and they were usually in the toy section. Within a year or so of me letting them go the prices went nuts. Familiar story.
I’m curious to see which version this takes after (if any) and how much it goes for.

JohntheSavage · 2023-03-28T20:29:32.718Z

See, now someone’s thinking… Dignity.

Cheers!

PentalagusMusic · 2023-03-29T02:53:05.849Z

Imagine one of these as a MIDI controller…

Oh shoot

jdaddyaz · 2023-03-29T03:17:53.426Z

If I was in marketing, I’d put the whole album on the reissue.

darenager · 2023-03-29T09:48:10.724Z

I had one, it wasn’t great, there was some weirdness (that I can’t remember now) that made using it as a midi controller useless. I kept it for a little while then sold it once I tried the midi.

gcoh · 2023-03-29T10:02:14.626Z

I had one of those - I sold it, I didn’t really like the feel of the strum strip and it didn’t really have reference points for where notes were so you couldn’t really pick stuff out. Also changing chord changed the pitch of all sustained notes you’d strummed which was annoying

PentalagusMusic · 2023-03-29T12:07:35.829Z

@darenager @gcoh thanks for your input.

I’m ceaselessly desiring to neglect keys and am on the lookout for an intuitive MIDI controller it seems. After seeing all these aged savants enjoying it, I half assumed it might be stellar paired with a polysynth.