Phil O'Keefe 10,641 Posted June 18, 2018 Some of you might remember the original Stylophone stylus-based electronic "keyboard" from the late 1960s... [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"gen-x-1-3967-1200-5e764424.jpg","data-attachmentid":32257709}[/ATTACH] Well now there's a new and much more powerful Stylophone out - check out my full review of the Stylophone GEN X-1 right here. And as always, if you have any questions or comments about either the Stylophone GEN X-1 analog synth or the review itself, feel free to post them here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bill5 15 Posted June 19, 2018 Holy hell Phil - do you drive a horse to work too? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil O'Keefe 10,641 Posted June 19, 2018 Holy hell Phil - do you drive a horse to work too? No, I don't have a horse anymore (although I used to). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ggm1960 68 Posted June 19, 2018 I guess I don't get it, with iPads, software synths and mini usb keyboards why would anyone be interested in this? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.Grumpy 320 Posted June 19, 2018 I guess I don't get it' date=' with iPads, software synths and mini usb keyboards why would anyone be interested in this?[/quote'] It costs well under $100 and doesn't require a computer to function. No menus to scroll through, no keystroke sequences to memorize. Pretty cool, Phil! I have two of the Korg Minitron ribbon synths (a Duo and a Delay) , they are sort of a modern take on the original stylophone, but this new one has a lot more features and more potential to be used for playing musical sounds and not just bleeps and bloops. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ggm1960 68 Posted June 20, 2018 It costs well under $100 and doesn't require a computer to function. No menus to scroll through, no keystroke sequences to memorize. I get that I suppose but I've long had, and been engrossed in, Reason and all the other modern hardware/software stuff out there, big and small, plus I pretty much take a MBP or at least an iPad just about anywhere I go. But in all honesty my time for playing with music gear is currently so limited that if I wasn't still in the band it would basically cease to exist so honestly for me, this would just be another of many items that sits on a shelf suffering from neglect. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
onelife 2,293 Posted June 20, 2018 I used to have one of the original Stylophones. We actually used it In a band in the early '70s. One song that I recall using it for is "Sweet Loraine" by Uriah Heep. [video=youtube_share;RPOp_Lokm58]https://youtu.be/RPOp_Lokm58 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil O'Keefe 10,641 Posted June 20, 2018 Yup. Stylus-based playing interface aside, it's a surprisingly capable little analog synth that's dirt cheap and lots of fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Outkaster 28 Posted June 20, 2018 Interesting Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
