From Peter Forrest Sent Fri, Mar 8th 2019, 18:29
From Peter Forrest Sent Fri, Mar 8th 2019, 18:29
Someone doesn't like bananas? -----Original Message----- From: Brian Tarney [mailto:xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx] Sent: 08 March 2019 00:25 To: Analogue Heaven Subject: Re: [AH] Wups... wrong answer.... its a Banana Re: [AH] Dynacord VSR-23 UNSUBSCRIBE > On Mar 7, 2019, at 3:01 AM, Kenny Balys <xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > > The metalwork on the Banana is roomy inside. It makes a very > nice ground plane :) > > For some reason the design queues on the Banana are very Oberheim'esque. > > Synthesizer Studio Bonn (the legitimate Oberheim distributer for Germany) was > also the money or creative force behind the EEH Banana. (this info is from the > rumour mill so I may be wrong) > > What I like about its physical shape and design is that all buttons and controls > are immediately above the keyboard. > > This leaves the top to stack other gear or pedals, etc. > > I understand why it is now out of fashion to design gear with large flat, empty > spaces. These tend to attract beer bottles, ash trays, keys and pizza slices... > but I still like this form. > > > On 07.03.19 10:50 , Oakley Sound via analogue wrote: >>> Its an EEH Banana. On top of it is a Boehm Solist-78 >> >> A Banana! Thank you. >> >> I've never actually seen one of those in real life. When I saw the picture >> my first thoughts was that it was a Kobol but the end cheeks looked >> different. >> >> I've been thinking about modding my OB-Sx to be fully programmable with a >> new front panel and top metal work. The Banana's UI would make a good >> template to follow. >> >> Tony >> >> www.oakleysound.com >>