This single connector jack can be installed on most synthesizers by a qualified technician. The unit also incorporates a simple cable jack that lets the user connect the Programmer to another synthesizer with only one jack instead of the five or more that were needed previously. "The Sequential Circuits Model 700 Programmer has been updated to include separate trimmers for fine-tuning control voltages to compensate for out-of-tune oscillators. The programmer is designed to pre-program small performance synthesizers, resulting in increased variety during a live performance."Two years later, news of updates to the Model 700 appeared in both the 'Spec Sheet' section of the June 1979 issue of CK and the 'Items' section of the May/June 1979 issue of Synapse. will premier their Model 700 Programmer at the Los Angeles AES convention. An individual step can be reprogrammed without affecting the entire sequence, and the rhythm can be reprogrammed without affect the pitch values."The Model 700 fared much better at getting into the news/press sections of these magazines due to the updates that occurred during the lifetime of the machine.Ī small write up first appeared in Synapse during the May/June '77 advertising push: Two editing functions are designed into the Model 800. Especially useful are the 16 sub-sequencers of 16 steps apiece the sub-sequences can be instantly selected or strung together by means of the ttoggle switches. On the instrument itself the clock speed can be externally driven for precise synchronization with, say, a click track. The Model 821 foot pedal initiates start/record, stop/record, and clock on/off functions. "The Model 800 sequencer from Sequential Circuits was designed with live performance at least partly in mind. #7, San Jose CA 15129."Luckily for us, the Model 800 was also included in a small one-page review of four digital sequencers (Oberheim DS2a, SCI Model 800, EMS Synthi Sequencer 256, and THINC MMC-1) in the July/August 1977 issue of Synapse, and this provides a bit more reference info: Suggested list price is $795.00 from the Sequential Circuits Company, 7150 Rainbow Dr. A display counter shows the current note number, and individual lamps indicate to the performer which memory bank is in use. All sequences are played back with the same rhythmic structure as the program signal. Playback speed is variable, ranging from twenty times slower to twenty times faster than the tempo of the original. The unit is keyboard programmed (any synthesizer keyboard with voltage and trigger outputs will do), and if extra voltage memories are added, homophonic textures can be produced. "Digital Sequencer: The Model 800 digital sequencer has the capacity to store up to 256 notes in sixteen different storage banks, each memorizing up to sixteen notes. The next push came in the form of a single Rick Wakeman-endorsed ad that appeared in the December 1977 issue of CK.īut, looking back, I'm finding the best historical reference information on these two pieces of equipment comes from the news/press sections of the these magazines ( 'Spec Sheet' and 'What's Happening').Īs far as I can tell, the Model 800 sequencer only appeared once in the Spec Sheet section of CK, way back in the January/February 1976 issue, almost a year and a half before any 700/800 ads appeared: The first 700/800 advertisement push appeared in the June 1977 issue of CK and the May/June 1977 issue of Synapse. This was one of the last (if not *the* last) 700/800 advertisement to appear in CK or Synapse. Put it's surreal dessert-based spread and gastronomically-bent ad-copy together with the fact that the advertisement is exactly 20 years old this month and I think you have blog post. When I came across this advertisement, that is *exactly* what happened. Model 700 Programmer and Model 800 Sequencer 'Treat Yourself' advertisement from page 11 of Contemporary Keyboard Magazine May 1980.Įvery now and then I'm flipping through a magazine, and an advertisement so out of the ordinary appears that you just tilt your head and go 'Huh?'.
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