images via this auction"It was used with a wind midi controller."
note the INs. Anyone know if those are audio ins or controller ins? If audio, do they replace the existing OSCs in the signal paths or are they in addition?
Update via vgermuse: "Both options are possible using the balance knob. Enclosed (click for more scans) are the pages describing the Ext In in detail from the VX600 Matrix Synthesizer manual for you files. Enjoy! This is a very cool synth and for the longest time was only available in Japan. Though it can be a standalone it is best with an EVI or EWI."Also via peterwendt in the comments:
"The EXT IN jacks are audio inputs to the VCFs on two of the voices. If you plug in only one audio jack, only one voice is used. The inputs are in parallel with the VCOs, but Akai intended for you to turn the VCOs off. The main intended application is to process external sources under the control of an Akai wind controller. You can play 4 or 5 synth voices in parallel with the (2 or 1) EXT IN voices.
Full details are in chapter 10 (page 61) of the scanned manual, which you can download at this site.
This is a good site. It's one of matrix's links on the old matrixsynth site."
Wow! Someone that actually remembers my old site. :)
I must be a geek. I found and downloaded the manual and figured it out. It was a bit of a puzzle, so here are the details for the rest of you...
ReplyDeleteThe EXT IN jacks are audio inputs to the VCFs on two of the voices. If you plug in only one audio jack, only one voice is used. The inputs are in parallel with the VCOs, but Akai intended for you to turn the VCOs off. The main intended application is to process external sources under the control of an Akai wind controller. You can play 4 or 5 synth voices in parallel with the (2 or 1) EXT IN voices.
Full details are in chapter 10 (page 61) of the scanned manual, which you can download at this site:
http://kunst.phlimburg.be/vx600/
This is a good site. It's one of matrix's links on the old matrixsynth site.
Can't believe I liked doing this. I need a life.
Thanks peterwendt! Wow, I can't believe you went to my old site! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, matrix. I still use your old site sometimes - it's a great set of links.
ReplyDeleteI saw a VX600 once at FiveG in Tokyo, and thought about buying it. It's an interesting alternative to the Obie Matrix 6 and 1000, because it is multitimbral, has some useful extra I/O, and is a compact keyboard a la Virus Polar.
The one I saw had a dead backlight , but these can be replaced.
As for me, I was lucky. I found a dinged but very functional Obie Xpander for not many yen.