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{{Short description|Series of electric drum synthesizers}}
The '''Synare''' was a series of [[electronic drum]]s made by Star Instruments in the mid-1970s through the 1980s. The Synare was a drum synthesizer, meaning that it was essentially a [[synthesizer]], but instead of being controlled by a [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]], it was triggered by hitting rubber pads which were pressure-sensitive or programmable. Star Instruments, based in Stafford, CT, was owned by [[Electronic Music Laboratories|Norman Millard]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Millard|first=Norman|date=1980|title=Modern Drummer Magazine|url=https://moderndrummer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/md17.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=|page=10 Reader's Platform}}</ref> [[Dave Kusek]] served as chief engineer from 1975-1979.
==Models==
===The Synare 1 (Synare Percussion Synthesizer | Synare PS | PS1)===
Four rubber rectangular pads connected to a main module with one oscillator producing pulse and sawtooth waveforms. It also had a [[white noise]] generator, Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO) with triangle and pulse waveforms, a mixer and a low-pass filter with Resonance and Cutoff controls. It also had an envelope generator with attack, decay, sustain, and release. Made from 1975 to 1981.
===The Synare 2 (PS2)===
This model was manufactured from 1976 to 1982 and was Star's flagship. It was very much like the Synare 1, with one oscillator providing sawtooth, pulse, or white noise. It added assignable functions, such as the ability to route the LFO in order to simultaneously modulate several parameters. The LFO also provided a sawtooth waveform. The pitch of the oscillator could set to a wide range of octaves, then fine tuned with a separate parameter. A major improvement over the Synare 1 was the introduction of a fairly advanced sequencer with multiple patterns, and the ability to change patterns and octaves on the fly. This model also featured
===The Synare 3 (PS3)===
Noted for its
===The Synare S3X===
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*[[David Robinson (drummer)|David Robinson]] of [[The Cars]]
*[[Gary Numan]]
*[[The Cure]]
*[[Warren Cann]] of [[Ultravox]]
*[[Stephen Morris (musician)|Stephen Morris]] of [[Joy Division]] and [[New Order (band)|New Order]]
*[[Merzbow]]
*Layne Rico of [[Our Daughter's Wedding]]
*[[Josh Klinghoffer]]
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*[[Michael Garrison (musician)|Michael Garrison]] (Synare 2) on all of his albums up to Point of Impact (1983)▼
▲*[[Michael Garrison]] (Synare 2) on all of his albums up to Point of Impact (1983)
* [[Jean Michel Jarre]] (two Synare 3, Equinoxe 4 Remix video clip)
*[[Charly Alberti]] of [[Soda Stereo]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://monoskop.org/images/c/cf/Synapse_Vol_1_No_4.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2GJ8ANKozeSGX16fs6XW8JM-xnNWpqTc9UZQbZUSpENndKH49gjN67G0Q Synapse Magazine November-December 1977]
*[https://www.moderndrummer.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/md3.pdf?fbclid=IwAR28ybL2N6aFKat9c_KU1x14RcPsRuOKdIliYVJuzjIFQZHzENUQ6bPQGQs Modern Drummer July 1977]
*[https://www.facebook.com/SynareDrumSynth Synare Fan Appreciation Page on Facebook] (unofficial)
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