Synton Fenix

<p>Synton was a manufacturer and distributor of high-end <a href="/facts/Electronic_musical_instrument/dQSuuYtF">electronic music equipment</a> in the <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a>. They were one of the principal importers of music equipment from <a href="/facts/E-mu_Systems/eRkWsQaL">E-Mu</a>, <a href="/facts/Ensoniq/v90oUMfk">Ensoniq</a>, and <a href="/facts/Fairlight_CMI/RzeKLXHU">Fairlight</a> in Europe.  Felix Visser, the founder of Synton began the company in 1973 after purchasing an <a href="/facts/EMS_Synthi_AKS/btVngnB1">EMS Synthi AKS</a> and setting out to produce similar equipment with more of the functionality that he was looking for in an <a href="/facts/Analog_synthesizer/eCK0cf3U">analog synth</a>.  Eventually, the company developed Synton Syntovox vocoders as well as the System 2000 and System 3000 <a href="/facts/Modular_synthesizer/ojx5CYP3">modular synthesizers</a> that were sold to <a href="/facts/Karlheinz_Stockhausen/XCrTaejh">Karlheinz Stockhausen</a> and distributed in the United States by <a href="/facts/Bob_Moog/IcaxADgA">Bob Moog</a>'s <a href="/facts/Big_Briar/w2jekxxq">Big Briar</a> Inc.  In 1983, Felix Visser, product specialist Marc Paping, and designer Bert Vermeulen created the Synton Syrinx, a monophonic analog synthesizer that contained unique features such as a metal touchplate for manipulating sound as well as a formant filter. In 1989, the company went bankrupt.
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Synton Fenix