Richard Brewster's Electronic Sounds - Richard Brewster's blog about Modular and DIY electronic sounds.
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Welcome! I've always been interested in electronics and music. I played in a band in the '60's with a Farfisa organ and a Vox Essex Bass amp (I still have both). My introduction to electronic synthesizers was an ARP 2600 at Evergreen State College and later on an ARP Odyssey. My first synthesizer was an Ensoniq EPS-16+ but I longed for analog. I starting with a PAiA Fatman and then progressed to a Matrix-1000, Sequential Circuits Six-Trak, Arp Odyssey, Arp Avatar / Sequencer, and finally began to build
My Help I've done electronics repair and restoration for decades. I used to operate my own electronics repair business and I restore vintage radios as a hobby. I repair a lot of tube radio, audio, and music equipment and I've done microprocessor and digital system design for Tektronix so I enjoy working on vintage synthesizer restoration. Most of my synthesizer, organ, and amplifier collection were purchased broken for parts but I usually then end up restoring them - I just hate to part out vintage equip
Items that I have currently for sale I spent 34 years at Tektronix working with some of the best people in all parts of the company: Computer Graphics, Video & Networking, and Test & Measurement. I've since retired to enjoy my hobbies and now have time to devote to my music and electronic projects as well as volunteer at the vintageTEK museum. My professional information on LinkedIn
Richard Brewster's Electronic Sounds - Richard Brewster's blog about Modular and DIY electronic sounds.