This video, via mysterycircuits, offers an overview and demo of the rare Gleeman Pentaphonic synthesizer.
The Gleeman Pentaphonic is a 5-voice polyphonic synth design from 1982. It features three oscillators per voice, giving it a richer sound than many of the poly synths of that era.
Only about 50 Gleeman Pentaphonic keyboards were made, only 20 of which are clear.
Check out the video and share your thoughts on the Gleeman Pentaphonic synthesizer in the comments!
Behringer bring this back!
Have to share my very incredible history. Bought mine when ‘Bailey Brothers’ went out of business. It was the last day before final closing and it was found in a closed bathroom in the back of the storage room (which worked as the back room of the back room) where all the “‘un-sellable” crap ended. It was in a very…very bad shape…but since it was the last day and it look like crap (of course we tried to turning on w/o success). I paid $1.99 (StG)… turn out that it was only the PSU that needed to be replaced and some deep cleaning (it has dead roaches inside) and a little love and the synth has given me lots of fun and pleasure. The filter is somewhat not very musical…but can’t complain given the story that we have!
Ps. Mine is not ‘transparent/clear’ is all Black!
It was the roach black model 😀 Great story BTW.
Your story was interested reading, thank you that you share it!
A synth I’d never heard of nor seen! Love the transparent knobs and casing – that was a fun design choice.