Thursday, October 11, 2007
Fender Chroma Polaris - showing some presets
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"This is my Fender Chroma Polaris from 1982. It's an amazing analog 6 voice synthesizer with digital control. The core of the digital part is an Intel 80186 CPU running at 6 MHz. In those years the most powerful PC had a 8086 CPU @ 4,7 MHz! The analog path is comprised of CEM VCO and Filters, while the envelopes and the LFOs are generated digitally. It's very easy to program, really powerful, with plenty of memory for your presets and a fine dynamic keyboard. If you find one at a reasonable price (around US$500) don't let it go! In this video I'm showing you some of the factory presets."
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hey man, great vid! thanks for showing me this synth i have looked over for years, makes me mad i didnt pick one up at a pawn shop a while back, i couldnt listen to it and it was out of town so i was kinda scared. kickin myself now.
ReplyDeleteThe Chroma Polaris is from 1984, not 1982, and has full MIDI with Sys-Ex of each editing parameter sent by the front panel controls, pretty spiffing for a 1984 keyboard.
ReplyDeleteThe down-side: membrane switches. Ugh.
The Polaris is a great sounding synth, but I agree with mibrilane ... the membrane alone is why I'll never grab one for meself. Have played 4 of these in the past 7 years or so, all had various touchpad issues.
ReplyDeleteIt's great seeing this video. The Polaris was my first synth - purchased in 1986 when they were going out.
ReplyDeleteI really didn't appreciate it at the time, not understanding either analog or subtractive synthesis in a formal way, and eagerly traded it out for a sampler a few years later...
I really liked your video. Could you tell me the best way to download the factory patches?
ReplyDeleteCheers
Chris