FAEMI-M SN 984218 Soviet Synth

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"Manual is a transistor portable polyphonic electromusic instrument produced by Katchkanar radio equipment factory "Formanta", which is the manufacturer of such well-known makes of synthesizers as Polivoks, Formanta, Manual, Maestro etc. Faemi-M is a "young brother" of a very popular synthesizer Polivoks. It bears the same logo on the package and retains some of its most impressive capabilities.

Manual is the polyphonic organ with the 4 octave's keyboard, rhythm section and the speaker. It has 4 base and sound registers, tremolo mode and vibrato.

Control on the front panel:
— registers: 16', 8', 4', 2'
— timbre level: low, high
— post sounding - duration, volume.
— vibrato - depth, frequency
— main volume
— rhythm, ON, A, B
— tremolo: 4', 2', frequency
— rhythm, volume, tempo.

Connectors on the lateral desk:
— mains, ON
— mains' connector, safety device
— output switch (outward/inward)
— headphones
— pedal
— output.

Engineer: Vladimir Lugovets, designer: Olympiada Kuzmina (the one who designed the legendary Polivoks), produced by Urals Vector Company."