MATRIXSYNTH: TOM-1501 Soviet Analog Stringmachine


Friday, October 01, 2010

TOM-1501 Soviet Analog Stringmachine

via this auction
"This auction synth was made in 1985 in USSR. Serial Number: 05211

• It's a string machine with 5 preset sounds: Piano, clavesin/Harpsichord, Alto, Violin and Brass. Alto and Violin are exactly same sound but violin is one octave higher than alto, so you can make "string orchestra" sound.

• Sliders are divided into 8 sections from left to the right: Main volume, Vibrato, Section volume, Brass filter section, left manual section, String orchestra timbre, right manual section, sustain.

• This to be like Crumar Orchestrator/Multiman-s clone.

• This have great volume control. you mainly control 5 volume sliders of each presets, and therefore you can mix and blend them as you want. The keyboard is splittable for two zones.

• It have 10 volume sliders for the presets; 5 presets for each zones so you can mix them in any way you want, which is very very useful. And then it have section volume, where you can control "main" volume for piano and clavesin with one slider, and strings with other one. Also in between them there is volume slider for bass. You can add bass sound for the left manual, and under it have bass' ON/OFF push button.

•The Brass filter section is the filter only for brass sound. It have controls for cutoff, resonance and also simple AR (Attack, release).

Looks and built very great -wooden body and sides!

• Connections: Phones (Under the main volume, others are in rear) with 5- DIN connector, piano, mono, stereo OUT on standard 5-DIN(adapters included), pedal input- soviet standard connector (not included) ."







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