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This one ships from Ukraine.
"The unit is professionally serviced, tested & perfect working condition with signs of use.
"Formanta UDS fully analog electronic percussion synthesizer. Formanta UDS is soviet version of classic analog beat-box so as Roland TR and Simmons. Synth was prodused in 80-s years in USSR on the same military plant in Kachkanar where well known synth Polivoks was developed.
Sound of UDS is very aggressive and "military". And it looks like the piece of soviet army gear - heavy, khaki colored and studded with knobs. It is very powerfull drum synth. You have 5 independent channels of drum sound synthesis. In every channel you can change: trigger signal sensitivity, base tone pitch, pitch envelope time, amount of pitch modulation, noise/tone ballance, filter's cutoff for noise, accent amount, channel's volume. Then we have additional channel for cymbal and hi-hat synth sounds. UDS has its own onboard drum sequencer with 16 different drum patterns. You can start sequencer, choose one from 16 patterns and change its temp by knob. You can switch every synthesis channel to its preset sound or switch it in "synthesis" mode and then control channel's parameters by 8 knobs. Also you can trig every channel by external trigger source - drum mashine, analog sequencer or electronic drum pad. On its top there are mono sum audio out and stereo audio out. All audio plugs in common jack standart. You can get many cool grooves just using its internal sequencer, not to mention external triggering.
Controls on the front panel:
5 channels with identical parametrs - snare, small tom-tom, middle tom-tom, big tom-tom, bass drum:
- sensitivity
- tone (up/down)
- decay time
- octave (up/down)
- balance (tone/noise)
- filter
- accent
- volume
- sound ON (synthesis/autorhythm)
1 channel - cymbals:
- sensitivity
- decay time
- volume
- sound ON (synthesis/autorhythm)
1 channel - high-hat:
- sensitivity
- volume 1
- volume 2
- sound ON (synthesis/autorhythm)
Autorhythm section controls:
- switch synthesis/autorhythm mode
- start/stop
- tempo
- volume
4x4 knob matrix for selecting 16 styles
General section controls:
- out ON
- volume
- volume phones - out phones.
- synhesis ON.
- mains indicator
Power supply 220V/240V."
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