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Trawling through the Retro Synth Ads site, looking for info on the Arp Omni flexi disc I posted in the Flexibition, I found all manner of great adverts from the 70’s, a time when designers played with the format a bit more. Here are my pick of the ones I came across although there’s over 5 years worth of posts to go through so I probably missed some. The Arp poster above is my favourite, would love one of those framed, there’s also some beautiful typefaces on display too.

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Korg Mono/Poly synthesizer advertisement from page 46 in Keyboard Magazine April 1982. The Korg Mono/Poly was the Polysix's partner in crime. They both started appearing in Keyboard in April 1982 and finished their magazine runs within a month or so the following winter. And although they were technically two independent ads, they often showed up directly opposite each other - and it was a beautiful sight. The style of the Mono/Poly's ad was very similar to the Polysix and the Korg Family of…

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kalle holmberg
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Sequential Circuits Inc. Poly-Sequencer advertisement (including the Prophet-5) from Keyboard Magazine. The ad on the left is from page 89 of the November 1981 issue, and the one on the right is from page 7 of the July 1982 issue. Versions of this advertisement ran in Keyboard Magazine for about a year and a half. The first version started showing up in late 1981, and was replaced by the second version in mid-1982 when the sequencer was upgraded with more memory. That ad continued to run…

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