Here's something you don't see every day...

Most of you have probably been reading this site long enough to know that some pretty strange shit gets me going. Case in point, this image of a complete Roland CMU-800 system (picture courtesy of David Skinner’s set from the recent Pacific Northwest Synthesizer Gathering) gives me that old familiar “Must… Have… Now…” knot in my stomach, even though I know for a fact that it sounds like ass, is barely usable under the best of circumstances, and is generally a complete pain in the balls. Add the CMU-810 for the complete ass whompin’. The AlphaSyntauri and DK Synergy do the same thing to me. Maybe it’s something about classic audio gear attached to vintage computers or something. Two great tastes that taste great together?

In any case, who’s system is this? I thought I knew both of the people on the planet that actually own one of these systems in working order, but this is apparently a third one. (Also, it’s worth noting that MatrixSynth also has a post and pictures from this event here, if you need more. They are, of course, essentially the same as the first group.)