There was an exhibition called Synth Fest 16 in Tokyo last weekend. A major highlight was a selection of Tomita's gear. Tomita's long time associate Hideki Matsutake (Logic System) was either willed or made executor of Tomita's synth collection and this is the first big public display since his death in May.
(Ishibashi is a music instrument retail chain reporting on the show as an event, I just used their link since I know people don't always want to deal with facebook)
Notice Tomita's CS80 has a CV and Gate ("T" for Trig?) mod for each voice. I also see he signed some of his instruments presumably to prove they were his in the future.
Tomita's main use of the CS80 was on the album "Daphnis et Chloe" (called "Bolero" in the US and "The Ravel Album" in parts of Europe) he also used it on "Grand Canyon" though not as obviously. I've not heard mention of his using the CS-80 as a controller for presumably his modulars. He definitely was always into looking into techniques in speeding up his painstaking multitracking process.
One of the more unusual items is what looks like a small trade show display of high quality synthesizer pots that I guess at some point Tomita was involved in the re-manufacture of. The other, more of digital fans is the Casio Cosmo prototype system. My understanding is Casio wanted to do a high end sampler and Tomita was hired as a consultant and endorser. They eventually did put out the prosumer level FZ-1 but by then other companies had carved up the sampler market.
nick
