Builders: Tatsuya Takahashi — The Possibilities of Building Synthesizers

An interview conducted by Tadahiko Sakamaki for Builders, a series about the people behind musical instruments.

Sakamaki and Tatsuya Takahashi discuss the planning and development of monotron and volca. The article distinguishes Sakamaki’s planning role from Takahashi’s engineering work.

They describe sharing constraints such as size, controls and price while leaving room to discover musical possibilities through prototypes and sound development. The discussion also covers monotron DUO/DELAY and the early volca concept.