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Sunday, January 21, 2018

Powertran Transcendent Polysynth

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated. Powertran Transcendent Polysynth / Tim Orr / Vintage Synth / Synthesizer 1980's

Published on Jan 20, 2018 Emily Anne


via this auction

"Excellent immaculate condition, has been sitting up in the loft untouched for 30 years. Only used a couple of times from new. Recently had the power updated and a few parts inside changed, to ensure it’s working beautifully. Found a detailed manual for it online: [PDF]"

"The Transcendent Polysynth was a 4 voice, polyphonic synthesizer. Based on CEM ICs the design by Tim Orr was published in ETI from December 1980 to March 1982. It was available as a kit or fully assembled from Powertran"

Two advert scans below.

4 comments:

  1. Nice. Had a 4 voice version few years ago. When fully working it sounds very similar to the OBXa

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  2. great synth but suffers from unreliable tantalum capacitors rated 16v - i have updated most of these to 35v so it should be better now. Also now making midi interface so that should be interesting.

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  3. Another link for the manual: http://privat.bahnhof.se/wb552721/pdf/etipoly.pdf [Accessed 1 February 2023]

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