# Octave Plateau Voyetra Eight
“Up for auction is a very rare 1983 Octave Plateau Voyetra Eight analog synthesizer as used by New Order (see Perfect Kiss 10 minute version on YouTube) and Eurythmics, among others. I bought it from a musician in New York about 10 years ago who claimed he was the former keyboardist of the Tom Tom Club (ex-Talking Heads members). He said he used it in several live shows when they toured in the mid-80′s and had two of these synths. He sold me one of them. I’ve used it on several of my own personal projects and songs over the years, particularly on my cover of New Order’s “Your Silent Face”. It’s an extremely rare synth on the used market, and even more rare to find in stable, fully-functioning condition. It blows away any other analog polysynth I’ve ever used or played, including the CS-80 (at least sonically). If you’ve been looking to add one to your studio, this is the one you want.
The former owner of this synth lived down the street from Phil Lanzilotta in New York City, who is the only person I know of who has the parts, schematics, and extender cards to maintain these synths. Over the years, whenever upgrades became available for the synth, he brought it to Phil to upgrade it. As a result, the synth has all of the latest software and cards and has been extremely stable over the years. I’ve had zero issues with the synth and it’s remained rackmounted in my non-smoking studio over the years and only moved when my studio moved. The fan tends to be a bit loud but it’s a simple computer fan and a replacement could likely be sourced. All buttons, switches, jacks, and knobs function perfectly, with no crackly pots. Everything functions perfectly. MIDI functions perfectly. Arpeggiator sync input functions perfectly. Again, I’ve had zero issues in my over 10 years of owning it. It has always tuned up perfectly every time within a minute of turning it on, something that apparently is a rarity with these synths. I took a video of it going through the tuning process to show that all voices are in tune and will attempt to link to that after I get the auction up and running, or can send the link to those interested via email.” Link