Hillwood Firstman Blue Comets 73 Analog Synthesizer

The instrument

The Blue Comets 73 synthesiser was introduced in 1973 and was the first synthesiser from Hillwood and one of the first of a Japanese company

Details

The Blue Comets 73 is a monophonic synthesiser with an unusual silver and black design and organ-like rocker switches. It has presets that can be changed using the ten faders Volume, Attack, Sustain, Vibrato Speed & Depth, Filter Envelope, Cutoff, Resonance, Portamento and Bend Amount. (source: sound and recording)