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Siel

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Italian company that made electronic organs and synthesizers

Societa Industrie Elettroniche (SIEL) was an Italian company that made electronic organs and synthesizers in the 1980s.2 It ceased to exist in 1987.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1976Founded1
  • Founded inAcquaviva Picena1
  • Legal formjoint-stock company1

Societa Industrie Elettroniche (SIEL) was an Italian company that made electronic organs and synthesizers in the 1980s.2

The story

1979 - Orchestra (Divide down oscillator network for full poly. Brass/string/key/organ. ARP relabelled it the "Quartet" in the US as they were folding.)

1980 - Mono (A fairly nice sounding simple 1 DCO, 1 VCF monosynth)

1981 - Cruise (Combination of “Mono“ and “Orchestra“ in one Synthesizer

1982 - OR400 / Orchestra 2 (Improvement of Orchestra above. More parameter sliders. This was also marketed by Sequential Circuits as the Prelude.)

1984 - Opera 6 (2 DCO divide down from HFO ssm2031 chips, with all analog signal/EG)

1984 - DK600 (Opera 6 with different artwork. The last EPROM supports MIDI channels/Omni off)

1984 - Expander (opera 6/DK600 in a table top module. Only dco B tune, Volume, master tune.)

1985 - DK80 (splittable/layerable dual 6 voice synth with one M112B1 tone and one SSM2045 VCF per half.)

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1985 - Expander 80 (DK80 module)

1985 - DK70 (One half of DK80 utilizing 8DCO in either single or 2DCO/4 voice.) This was also marketed by Giannini as GS 7010

1985 - CMK 49 (Commodore 64 keyboard)

1986 - DK700 (Enhanced DK600 with digital editing instead of knobs.)

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Timeline

  1. 1987Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1976Founded Founded in Acquaviva Picena1

Sources

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