Geoff Farr has been introducing musicians to premier iconic electronic musical instruments since the 1970s, when, as sales representative and clinician for synthesizer legend Tom Oberheim’s Oberheim Electronics, he travelled the country with the sonically and otherwise massive Four-Voice Programmable Synthesizer, blowing minds in music stores across the US and Europe. Later, as co-founder of Europa Technologies, Geoff imported to North America the groundbreaking PPG synthesizer family designed by Wolfgang Palm, and the Brit-import Oscar synth from designers Chris Huggett and Anthony Harrison-Griffin.

Geoff created his GSF Agency at the start of the new millennium to build on his longtime role as a best-sound curator to eminent composers and keyboardists across the planet, beginning with exclusive distribution of the Waldorf Wave, followed by the American market introduction of the Access Virus line of synthesizers.

The GSF Agency allows Geoff to continue his white-glove service facilitating the success of instrument designers and end-users alike. “I curate the Agency and its products at an optimal size to support the very best instruments from innovative engineers and designers for my musician friends old and new through a stout North American retail dealer network,” says Geoff. “GSF’s sales and marketing efforts have helped Tom Oberheim maintain a legacy over decades, and I’m fortunate to have a part in building the legacies of a new generation of sonic visionaries. Jonte Knif and George Hearn are designing and producing some of the most desirable electronic musical instruments out there,” he says. “And Cameron Jones, father of the Synclavier and the new REGEN, makes us smile … ear to happy ear.”


SUPER GEMINI by UDO Audio

20-voice dual layer polyphonic binaural analog-hybrid synth with super-wave technology

The Power of Play

Nearly fifty years have passed since the early days of analog synthesizer hegemony in electronic music. Still, the basic structures of analog sound creation … left-to-right sound sculpting utilizing VCO, VCF, VCA and ADSR components … have remained a stalwart constant.

The Super Gemini, the second iteration of the UDO Audio ‘Super’ series of synth technology, is a manifestation of that which has been consistently desirable to players in the last half-century of electronic music composition, sound design, and performance: a balanced hybrid of pristine sound generation through designer George Hearn’s proprietary FPGA digital oscillators, uniquely powerful modulation capabilities, an expressive semi-weighted keyboard with polyphonic aftertouch, and twenty-voice polyphony, all routed through an analog output section that provides all the warmth and punch a player could want.

Building upon the proven quality of its predecessor Super 6 synthesizer, outlined below, the Super Gemini is a powerhouse new electronic musical instrument from UDO Audio. Hear the Super Gemini and consider the possibilities for your music by clicking the link below.

udo-audio.com

SUPER 6 by UDO Audio

Twelve-voice polyphonic binaural analog-hybrid synthesizer

New Sound Design Territory

Few electronic musical instruments attain a suitably unique sound to earn a slot on the GSF Agency roster. One such instrument is the U•D•O Super 6, a twelve-voice binaural synth that starts with audio engineer & designer George Hearn’s own FPGA digital hardware oscillator and blends unique VCA modulation technology to forge a sound character that is, according to Geoff, “… powerfully unique, simultaneously graceful and punchy. When I first heard the Super 6 in 2019, I was totally on board.”

The Super 6 is a synthesist’s synthesizer; an inviting, familiar interface pulls the player into deeper layers of possibility within its unique binaural audio path. “My mission with the Super 6 has been to harmonize what I love about archetypal electronic instrument design with modern, novel synthesis technologies that excel at generating spatially dynamic results,” says designer Hearn.

The GSF Agency manages exclusive North American distribution of the Super 6. Follow the link below to hear why the Agency believes the Super 6 belongs in the GSF line-up.

udo-audio.com

KNIFONIUM by Knif Audio

Twenty-six-tube monophonic synthesizer with two oscillators, fourth-order ladder filter and a ring modulator

Commitment to Excellence

Geoff first learned of Finnish artisan engineer Jonte Knif in 2015 and was enchanted by the audio and build quality of the Knifonium, a hand-built twenty-six tube monophonic synth sporting two oscillators, fourth-order ladder filter, ring modulator, and a long waiting list. The gallery-quality wood cabinet, custom keyboard, pro-audio front panel, and orange glow of the vacuum tubes add an aesthetic sheen to a wholly unique audio voice, making the Knifonium one of the ultimate wish-list synths.

Jonte Knif oversees small, hand-built batches in addition to manufacturing several other top-end pro audio products. The attention to detail is a stunning expression of one man’s healthy obsession with excellence. As Geoff sees it, “There’s nothing else like the Knifonium on this planet, and there never will be.”

The Agency offers exclusive North American representation for the Knifonium. Apply your senses to this instrument’s one-of-a-kind beauty overload in the link below.

knifaudio.com

REGEN by Synclavier

Frequency modulation, sampling, and resynthesis, twelve layers of timbral stacking, virtually unlimited polyphony

Progeny of a Legacy Supersynth

Arguably the world’s senior continuously active synthesizer salesman, Geoff Farr has nurtured relationships with all but a very few of the industry’s iconic intellects. One of those, until recently, is Cameron Jones, storied founder of New England Digital and co-creator of the legendary Synclavier, the first digital audio workstation and sound-design monster in a twentieth-century analog world.

Released in 1980, the Synclavier was phenomenally powerful, truly novel, and only available to top-tier recording musicians and producers … a list comprising Oscar Peterson, Michael Jackson, Sting, Pat Metheny and Frank Zappa, among others.

Now, Cameron Jones and the Agency are partnered in the debut of REGEN, a groundbreaking sound-design desktop synth enabling today’s musician/composer to access the rich heritage of Synclavier’s infinite audio universe.

Take a deeper dive into REGEN’s possibilities for your music through the link below.

synclavier.com/synclavier-regen