images via this auction"One of the rarest and most unique instruments from Soviet Union, produced in Katchkanar factory (of Polivoks fame) - ANALOGUE DRUM SYNTH WITH BUILT-IN BEATBOX AND 7 TRIGGER INPUTS (FOR PADS OR OTHER TRIGGERING DEVICE). MADE IN 1986! ALL PARTS ARE ORIGINAL!
ROKTON UDS (OTHER NAME FORMANTA UDS) - RARE SOCIALIST VERSION OF ROLAND TR-909! IT SOUNDS BETTER THAN TR-909 AND THIS MACHINE IS ALSO MUCH MORE RARE. Seven editable generators: kickbass, three tomtoms, snare, hihat and cymbal. All inputs / outputs are 1/4" jack. Editable parameters: sensitivity to the triggering signal, tone, decay time, octave (range), balance, lowpass filter, accent and volume. Built-in beatbox with 16 patterns. The beatbox and the synthesizer are independent modules so they can work at the same time freely. And you can tweak the generators of the beatbox patterns. Full freedom. This is an armoured antitank piece of gear and the sounds it produces is very unique. I've heard many rhythmic tracks in about 15 years of hearing music... including detroit techno, chicago house, drum n bass.. etc.. and i didn't heard tracks in which a drum synth like this was used.It's fat, original freq response are very authentic and pleasing to an ear, including Bass drum, cymbal, hihats, etc. It sounds like a flawest drum synth i ever heard.Again, every piece of that hardware i used, sounded different, i think it's a common thing to soviet synths. So every piece of hardware has it's own face.You CAN tune it to sound like famous Roland drumboxes but you cannot tune a Roland drumbox to sound like this device. THE DRUM SYNTH WAS MANUFACTURED BY FORMANTA, A SOVIET MILLITARY RADIO PLANT AT KACHKANAR CITY, NEAR SVERDLOVSK CITY. The same one which manufactured now legendary POLIVOKS synth. It is built like a rock, pure military technology. The body is solid and the knobs feel nice. There is an original soviet factory structure - i.e. method of synthesis, knob resistors, parts, connections, voltage etc. It runs on 220V AC (US customers will need an adaptor). NO MIDI OR SYNC."
MP3, 256 KBPS, mono: low kick.mp3(108kb)
MP3, 128 KBPS, stereo: formanta_beatbox_factory_preset_rythms_in_sythesis_mode.zip (2,1 mb)
MP3, 192 KBPS, mono: formanta_beatbox_factory_presets_rythms_factory_sounds_settings.zip (1,92 mb)
FORMANTA TRIGGERED FROM INDIVIDUAL OUTPUTS OF EXTERNAL CV-GATE SEQUENCER. ALL SAMPLES IN MP3, 192 KBPS: formanta_and_external_cv-gate_sequencer.zip(6,9 mb)"
POKMOH
Just a detail : isn't the name Rokmon instead of Rokton. I see a russian m in the logo rather than a T ?
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I see POKMOH myself. But.. I've noticed similar translations for Russian synths online. I figure if the person that posted it put up that much information they might be right. Maybe POKMOH translates to ROKTON? I have no idea. Google translator doesn't have an English translation for POKMOH.
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ReplyDeleteRokton is right. If the m had a lip at the beginning or M it would be like m in "me".
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This could be confusing even if you studied Russian.
It would be pronounced "Rock-tone". That seems pretty good.
it definitelly looks like a nonsence "Pokmoh" for a "latin" eye - but the eyes of both those who wrote and initially read this obviously weren't "latin" - instead they were and are "bolgarian" (better known as kirillic, and even better known as rusian), and that's a completelly different branch from the greek alfabet. thus no, "m" here is not "m", it's "t" - just like "p" here is not "p", it's "r", just like "H" here is not "h", it's "n".
ReplyDeleteand yes, this name only "means" Rock-tone.