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Podcast: Electronically Yours with Martyn Ware
Episode: EP218: Jason Tawkin and TONTO
Description: The Original New Timbral Orchestra (TONTO)Â is the first and largest multitimbral polyphonic analog synthesizer, capable of producing many tone colours with different voices simultaneously.
Beginning with a single Moog Series III Modular in 1968, creators Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff continued to expand TONTO with modules from different manufacturers, along with custom additions designed by Cecil. It marked the first attempt at creating a universal language for different synthesizers to communicate with each other, which was revolutionary. Under the name Tonto’s Expanding Head Band, Cecil and Margouleff released the highly influential album Zero Time. The album...