David Emm Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Remember this legendary bit of hard vaporware? Its a stunning accomplishment for the time in tech history. It delivers well on several bases, including the GUI. Its like a steampunk synth married Serum and had an android baby. To call it forward-looking is an understatement. Its pamphlet was one of my Top 5 'poster girls' back when. The better sounds compete surprisingly well with 2021's standards. It would be a bit foolish to wish the Con Brio had "made it" as a mega-synth, but the lack of complete manuals & specs means you probably won't see it as an Arturia plug. Awwww. Con Brio Synthesizer Instructional #1: Loading the O.S. and Light Show - 9 parts, none very long Quote "We're the crash test dummies of the digital age." ~ Kara Swisher, "Burn Book" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuruPrionz Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Genuine, actual floppy disks that flop! Except for being black, the computer part reminds me of my Mom's "doorstop Mac" that I learned to use. Hers used "super disks" the plastic cased floppies that were 1.4 mb, which was bigger than the hard drive. Primitive. Virtually Stone Age. Sounds amazing, gimme dat! Maybe Soniccouture or somebody like that will model it. Quote It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 I understand the only one sold is owned by Brian Kehew. And one of the owners of ConBrio went on to start Sonus which became M-Audio. Quote Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 Its not the sound that wows me the most, as amazing as it is. Its the very sensibly laid out panel that's on the far end from the ARP Quadra, with both instruments being clearly sectioned per system function. That's a real triumph of creative forethought for the time, when so many other designs either cratered or took three revisions to become playable. The Con Brio probably deserves the Best Breadboarding award, with a total run of two units. Its a beautiful instrument to behold. Its either housed in a fetching polished wooden case that weighs a ton or it has vinyl "wooden" stickers as advanced as the synth. Quote "We're the crash test dummies of the digital age." ~ Kara Swisher, "Burn Book" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusker Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Beautiful. It actually sounds good. My favorite poster girl was a Kinetic Sounds Prism. I imagined the brilliant sounds it could make. Today, I"ll take Reaktor Prism over that in a heartbeat. [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 My favorite poster girl was a Kinetic Sounds Prism. You beat me to it. I would love to put my hands on one. Even if it's not working!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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