Power On Self Test: Vintage Wiring

Image: Dark Roasted Blend

1. [Simon Greenwood]

   That is, of course, Steve Pocaro of Toto, and his Polyfusion modular system called Damius. It looks Moogish because Polyfusion was formed by ex-Moog employees. Ah, you cannot beat a bit of synthporn in the morning.

2. [strider_mt2k]

   It looks like once he’s re-routed the main plasma flow through the secondary phase coils he should be able to give us impulse power to keep us in orbit.

   Good lad.

   Seriously this was the original circuit bending.

   #1: I would NEVER have guessed that in a million years.
   Thank you for the insight! (I wonder if he still has it?)

3. [hassan-i-sabbah]

   Cheers Simon! First thought was WTF and whoTF??

4. [ROSSINDETROIT]

   Caption:
   “OK, Try the key now. It’ll start.”

5. [technogeek]

   I do miss modular synths. The sheer joy of being able to abuse them by hooking them up in ways you “shouldn’t” and getting new sounds out of them, and the physicality of grabbing things and poking/pulling/twisting (and shoving other equipment into the middle of the signal or control chains) just plain made them Good Toys.

   There are digital emulations which can do everything those could and more, of course… but it’s not quite the same. Even when you put a knob peripheral on the system.

6. [License Farm]

   “How may I direct your call? HOW?!?”

7. [artbot]

   Looks like somebody had a bad case of Tangerine Dream envy.

8. [airship]

   Looks like he does his own hair using the same technique he uses for his patch panels.