TONTO is an acronym for The Original New Timbral Orchestra. It was created by Malcom Cecil and Robert Margouleff in 1968, and marked the first attempt at creating a universal language for different synthesizers to communicate with each other, which was revolutionary at the time.
Now housed at Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre, TONTO is being used for a new generation of artists to create music.
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