Synapse: The Electronic Music Magazine (1976-1979)
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Synapse: The Electronic Music Magazine (later Synapse: International Electronic Music) was a bi-monthly American magazine about synthesizers and electronic music published March 1976 to June 1979. During an era when commercial synthesizers were still pretty new and mostly DIY, Synapse was notable for its high production values, interviews with famous musicians, and articles by well-known writers.
The production team consisted of editor Douglas Lynner, art director Chris August, photographer Bill Matthias and managing editors Colin Gardner and Melodie Bryant. After 14 issues they ran out of money and closed down.
The magazine issues have been scanned and posted online by its founder Cynthia Webster at Cyndustries.
Volume 1, Number 2, April/May 1976 (added on 2019-8-11 via diophantine.net HT Ezra J. Teboul)
Volume 1, Number 3, September/October 1976
Volume 1, Number 4, November/December 1976
Volume 1, Number 5, January/February 1977
Volume 1, Number 6, March/April 1977
Volume 2, Number 1, May/June 1977
Volume 2, Number 2, July/August 1977
Volume 2, Number 3, November/December 1977
Volume 2, Number 4, January/February 1978
Volume 2, Number 5, March/April 1978
Volume 2, Number 6, Summer 1978
Volume 3, Number 1, January/February 1979
Volume 3, Number 2, Summer 1979
GIFs (on Cyndustries.com, via Internet Archive)
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When I build these PDFs last May and offered them to my readers (here), I also coined a little mix celebrating the magazine. You can find it here.
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This is so great, thanks for the upload.
Many thanks for these scans and uploads.
Now, if only *Synapse* magazine’s editors will contact and reimburse the subscribers whom they ripped off when they abruptly ceased publication and disappeared without a word or a trace, then everything will be perfect!
Thank you very much for posting this treasure!