From Brian Tarney Sent Fri, Mar 8th 2019, 00:22
From Brian Tarney Sent Fri, Mar 8th 2019, 00:22
UNSUBSCRIBE > On Mar 7, 2019, at 3:01 AM, Kenny Balys <xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >=20 >=20 > The metalwork on the Banana is roomy inside. It makes a very > nice ground plane :) >=20 > For some reason the design queues on the Banana are very = Oberheim'esque. >=20 > 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) >=20 > What I like about its physical shape and design is that all buttons = and controls > are immediately above the keyboard. >=20 > This leaves the top to stack other gear or pedals, etc. >=20 > 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. >=20 >=20 > On 07.03.19 10:50 , Oakley Sound via analogue wrote: >>> Its an EEH Banana. On top of it is a Boehm Solist-78 >>=20 >> A Banana! Thank you. >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> 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. >>=20 >> Tony >>=20 >> www.oakleysound.com >>=20