Mattel Synsonics Demo
Another in my series of basic (and I do mean basic !) demos of some of my favourite bits of gear. Here is the Mattel Synsonics, a piece of gear I lusted over as a young boy, thinking it would be my ticket to super mega stardom as the most supreme drummer of all time. Sadly, my pocket money couldn’t stretch to it, and my parents figured that I’d be far better served by a Subbuteo set, as a career in table football was much better :-s
I eventually found one of these in mint condition on eBay and promptly snapped it up. Sadly, after almost 30 years of waiting, I was slightly underwhelmed, but I’m sure it would’ve blown my mind back in the day.
Apparently, Kraftwerk used these at one point.
Enjoy.
Great demo,thanks.
I love my Synsonics Drums-like you I waited for years to get some.I have the grey Pro Model.
Logan 5
Thanks !
So, what difference is there between the Pro model and this one (apart from the colour) ? What makes it “Pro” ? I guess it’s the outputs ? Would be very interesting to know
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The synsonics are, by themselves, pretty lame. Run it through a good signal chain, however, and it can get pretty awesome. a little compression and run through a nice tube processor and its like an 808..but not an 808. I have a few hundred samples of one going through any number of FX buried somewhere on my HD.