Synths in Europe
While we tend to think that most of the development in synthesis technology was taking place in America, there was plenty going on in Europe and the UK. A good example of machines stretching technology – and the very reason we’re calling this feature 60 Years Of The Synth – was the Syn-Ket, which was developed in Italy in 1962. This relatively large noise-emitting machine, utilised three transistorised tone generation modules. These were in turn accessed via three small monophonic keyboards, which were layered on top of each other.