Qasar M8 Digital Synthesizer(collection.powerhouse.com.au)
collection.powerhouse.com.au
Qasar M8 Digital Synthesizer
https://collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/153203
3 comments
never heard of such a thing, and it doesn't look like a typical synth. Seems to me it almost looks like an early predecessor of FX processing units - has MIDI in, audio outs, and a few other bits. Even more now that I think about it, it looks like a physical ROM-pler. I wonder how it was actually controlled or utilized?
It was the prototype for what became the far more famous Fairlight CMI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairlight_CMI
WOW. Had no idea. the Fairlight is a really unique piece of gear. Nothing sounded like it at the time, and I'm sure there are still a handful of operational units scattered around some very big name studios.