Sequential circuits six trak for sale7/25/2023 A great example of the price musicians paid for "digitally recorded real drums" in 1984. And with that, the fact that the Drumtraks drum machine was actually $200 more expensive than the Six-trak synthesizer. In particular, I love the section on the Six-Trak - the name drop of the more famous Prophet synthesizers right at the beginning, as well as the focus on it's features such as the sequencer, arpeggiator and stack mode (my favorite mode!).īut what I absolutely love best best best, is the fact they included retail prices. From the introductory questions that would be right at home coming out of a fast-talking host of a two-minute television gadget commercial, through the flow of text covering each piece of gear, the reader can actually take away a fair bit of information. The ad-copy for the Model 64 gets a little lost from the photo of the computer and interface, but I can live with that.Īs good as the layout is, the ad-copy is even better. All while keeping the font size large enough for old people like myself from putting on their reading glasses. The layout of the ad itself is a feat of ingenious design - even with two pages to work with, the designer had to fit a wack of ad-copy around two feature-sized instruments as well as two smaller images. Sequential Circuits was really pushing the "Traks Music System" during this time period, a system "tailored to fit your specific music needs one step at a time as you can afford it". And was totally worth every inch of ad-space. This two-page centerfold ad received a four-month run from February to May 1984. Even through that wee little programming display panel it was relatively easy to come up with deep bleepy analogue sounds. I was already familiar with multi-timbral instruments thanks to my Casio CZ5000 and Yamaha TX81Z, but it was that purchase of my Six-Trak that really helped me learn subtractive synthesis. And I snatched up both as soon as I came across them. By that time, their prices had plummeted to all-time lows and could be found in pawn shops and on the used instruments shelves in my local synth shop. The Sequential Six-Trak (with a hyphen) and DrumTraks (without a hyphen) are both pieces of kit that played a huge role in the early music I was creating in the 90s. Model 610 Six-Trak, Model 400 Drumtraks and Model 64 sequencer "Your Personal Orchestra" 2-page full colour advertisement from pages 50 and 51 in the February 1984 issue of Keyboard Magazine.
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