Alesis Quadrasynth plus piano

[Dutchman]

This was a garbage find... worth doing anything with?

[RobB]

Does it work? If so, here's the pdf manual.

[Dutchman]

2 hours ago, RobB said:

Does it work? If so, here's the pdf manual.

It lights up... that’s all the further I’ve got. It looks like 1 key has been replaced...

[HAMERMAN]

They are well built and the keybed has velocity and aftertouch so even if it turns out you don't like the sounds it will make a good controller.

There is no resonant filter so you probably won't be using it for EDM but still a nice find!

[jwhitcomb3]

It was a decent low-mid priced synth for its day. I wrote an editor for that family of devices for MOTU's Unisyn back in the 90's. I worked on the project with Marcus Ryle, who went on to co-found Line 6.

[scottcald]

Wow, Unisyn.  There's a product name I haven't heard in ages.  Having flashbacks of OS 7.6

[jwhitcomb3]

On 11/3/2020 at 12:40 AM, scottcald said:

Wow, Unisyn.  There's a product name I haven't heard in ages.  Having flashbacks of OS 7.6

I developed over 60 Unisyn profiles. Now I don't own a computer that can run Unisyn. Last I spoke to him, neither does Unisyn's author.

[scottcald]

56 minutes ago, jwhitcomb3 said:

I developed over 60 Unisyn profiles. Now I don't own a computer that can run Unisyn. Last I spoke to him, neither does Unisyn's author.

Got some old machines in the basement if you want one.

[velorush]

15 hours ago, scottcald said:

Got some old machines in the basement if you want one.

[tomteriffic]

The Quadrasynth was a pretty good board.  Good sounds for its day and pretty tweakable if you were so inclined.  It was a stepping stone to the QS6, 7, and 8.  I still have a QS8 as my main keyboard.