SyNthCom.com
Title
Welcome to Synthcom Systems, Inc.
Contact
- Synthesizer Lover's Hideout
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- Beaverton OR
- US 97007
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- (503) 750-8794
Description
Synthcom Systems, Incorporated began when Neil Bradley and Jeffrey McEachin got into an online argument in 1994. We quickly found out that we shared a common love of synthesizers and electronic music, and started discussing the idea of extending the Jupiter 6 firmware to give it additional MIDI capability. We were shocked to find out that we both live in Portland, Oregon, and were soon getting together to study schematics and Jupiter 6 board operation. It wasn't long before we decided that we'd be better off not using any of Roland's software, and started over from scratch. By late 1995 we were beta testing the first version of Europa. But then, in late 1996, the enormity of the project and real life caught up with us, and Europa went into hibernation.
In May of 2000 we realized that we're not the kind of people who can just quit on a project, so we resurrected Europa. Actually we started over, as Neil had developed a new OS which made Europa's timing much tighter, and Jeffrey reworked the Europa hardware to take advantage of the new 8051-compatible chips which was introduced during our hiatus. In January of 2001, we began beta testing again and finally, in November of 2001, we have released a prime time ready product - Europa!
Being musicians as well as technologists, we are more than a little tired of companies that deliver inferior or overpriced products. Our goal is not to become fabulously rich or famous, but instead to create electronic music tools and enhancements for both our own music making and yours. We're musicians building cool stuff for other musicians, and if we can get paid to do so, that's great!
