From Jonathan Lippard Sent Sat, Mar 9th 2019, 01:31
It's a banana? I was told it was a small off-duty Czechoslovakian traffic warden. -Jonathan > On March 8, 2019 at 10:29 AM Peter Forrest <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xx.xx> wrote: > > > 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 > >> >