Baloran The River

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Baloran The River

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"Baloran The River, in perfect technical and cosmetic condition. Lightly used in a smoke-free home studio. Includes the original manual, flight case, and a spare voice card.

This is an extremely rare analog gem, with very few units ever made. It breaks my heart to sell it, but I simply don’t have the space—it’s a big instrument!

The listed shipping cost is an estimate; the final cost will depend on your preferred shipping method.

TECHNICAL SPECS

100% subtractive analog synthesis with discrete components
Polyphony with 8 voices, each voice card being a changeable physical card.
2 VCO, 1 VCF, 2 envelopes, 1 VCA, 1 LFO per voice, hardware routing for the modulations.
All components are operated while the instrument is switched on. Adjustments of micro-voltage taking into account the temperature insures the accuracy of the instrument.
Complete multitimbrality: 8 channels with free voice/channel allocation.
Wide-ranging management of the expressivity: aftertouch channel, pseudo aftertouch polyphony, attack AND release velocity.
High-end TP/8 5 Octaves Fatar keyboard.
Complete management of outputs / inputs by layer: 4 simultaneous layers allowing to create complex areas, to control the MIDI and USB inputs, to drive the outputs for MIDI, USB and the 16 CVs and 8 Gates.
CHORD and HOLD modes.
One intuitive sequencer per layer (4 notes, 48 steps polyphonic). Recording step by step in real time. Transposition of play.
One arpeggiator per layer, numerous motifs and parameters. Transposition of play.
Control of the external MIDI clocks and REAL TIME messages.
Simplified connection with software programs (MIDI and USB).
Complete bidirectional transmission of all the sound commands (CC and NRPN).
Advanced MPE compatibility with the configurable control of all the axes.
CV LFO to add a modulation to external analog devices used under power.
Effects: Analog Triple Chorus / Flanger + digital Echo / Reverberation. 100% analog pathway. Storage of the sound settings.
Storage of 160 SINGLE programs, 40 MULTI programs carrying over all the parameters, including the current programs, effects and profile parameters, 40 effects programs, 10 profiles of combined layers. Backup and restoring through SysEx on USB.
2 pairs of stereo XLR and TRS 6.35 jack outputs.
8 individual outputs TS 1/4" jack.
1 headphone output 1/4" jack (front side) with dedicated potentiometer.
1 pair of audio stereo input TS 1/4" jack routed to the effects section.
16 CV outs and 8 Gate outs (1/4" jacks)
3 MIDI In, Out and Thru 5 pin DIN connectors.
3 USB type B ports for MIDI driving through USB and update of the operating systems.
2 inputs Contacts Pedal and 1 entry Expression Pedal.
Electricity requirements: 120VA. IEC filtered socket.
Dimensions (L x W x H): 104 x 52 (radiator included) x 20 cm.
Weight: 26 kg.
Flightcase : 110 x 60 x 30, 15 kg"

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Baloran The river

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"Multi timbral polyphique synth : 8 moog source inside and Trikko effect inside. Wonderfull"

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Baloran The River

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"Truly one of the best polyphonic synths out there.

8 voices inspired from the classic Moog The Source, but eight times more powerful. Has an onboard chorus (The Triko) & digital FX. Very lush sound.

100% subtractive analog synthesis
Polyphony with 8 voices, each voice card being a changeable physical card.
2 VCO, 1 VCF, 2 envelopes, 1 VCA, 1 LFO per voice, hardware routing for the modulations."

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Full The Pool, May 2023

video upload by Laurent Baloran

"Presentation of some sound worlds of The Pool in complete version. It is almost the final version, only the box will change without touching the organization of the panel.

The subtitles in French and English give indications on the settings."

This one was spotted and sent in via Soviet Space Child.

Synthfest France 2023 Sneak Peek Aperçu

video upload by Barb

"Hi,
This video is a short walk around the Synthfest France 2023.

Bonjour,
Cette vidéo montre quelques instruments présents au Synthfest France 2023."

In order of appearance:

Baloran The Pool (additional posts here)
Kodamo Mask 1 (additional posts here)
Sequential Trigon-6
Sequential Prophet 10 Rev 4 & Take 5
Oberheim OB-X8 & Sequential OB-6 Module
Expressive E Osmose & La Voix Du Luthier Onde
Arturia Polybrute Black & Standard
Korg Arp 2600 FS, Odyssey 2600 M, Monologue, Modwave, Opsix FR, Wavestate, Minikorg 700 S
Yamaha CS80 & DX1
Roland GR-500
Macbeth M5
Oberheim Matrix-12
Yamaha CS-40M
Korg Trident

Baloran The River - Quick Jam

video upload by Jack Z

"This synthesizer gives me chills every time I sit down with it... and that is pretty much every single day! The River is a discrete fully analog polyphonic synthesizer designed and produced by a single frenchman around 2016 - 2018. It is a love letter to the MOOG SOURCE - featuring 8 discrete voice cards identical in design to those in the Source. That's right, it is an 8 voice polyphonic Moog Source with a 3 stage analog BBD chorus and delay built in. NO other polysynth (vintage or modern) can compare to this instrument sonically in terms of raw analog power & HEFT. Very few were produced, but I don't know the exact figure. More production runs had been planned, but then: COVID.

THERE IS ZERO EQ/COMPRESSION/DYNAMICS on this, just direct audio straight into Ableton.

This is a jam, I am not a pro keyboardist :)

Enjoy!"

Baloran The River - White & Walnut SN 005

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"Handcrafted polysynth Baloran The River, 8 voices inspired from the classic Moog The Source, but eight times more powerful. Have an onboard chorus (The Triko) & digital FX. Very lush sound, very powerful - [you can find demos in previous posts here]

Comes with a pro-made dust cover + original transport Flight case. They are now discontinued and are very rare. A second hand was recently sold for over EUR 6k on Baloran (dot) com.

This is one of the first version (serial #0005), well maintained and recently went to a checkup. Latest OS version installed (2.18)"

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The Riverscapes 1 - Sonic escape - Baloran The River synthesizer

video upload by Smartti1970

"Baloran The River Synthesizer demo
Fx: lexicon pcm80, eventide space & Time , boss vf1"

It's 1984 them - The Riverscapes of Baloran The River synthesizer

video upload by Smartti1970

Synthesizer : Baloran The River
Fx: Lexicon Pcm80
Boss Vf1
Images and Music by Smartti1970 - Kuuramaale Soundscapes

Update: video re-uploaed 4/25/2022.

Mars Grazer / Baloran The River synthesizer

video upload by Smartti1970

Synthesizer demo of Baloran The river
fx: eventide Space & Time
Boss Vf1

SFF2022 - BALORAN The Pool

video upload by Les Sondiers

"Présentation du tout nouveau projet synthé de Baloran : The Pool"

Genesis Tonight Tonight Tonight COVER (extended version) with hardware synthesizer & NI Maschine

video upload by Sean Christopher Evoking Emotion with Synthesizers

"Tonight Tonight Tonight by Genesis is one of my favorite tracks from my teenage years in the 80's, so I knew I'd eventually have to cover it. This track was definitely the most work I've ever done for an 80's cover for sure. The hardware synths that I used for the piece are by Sequential, the Pro 3, Prophet 12, OB-6, and the Prophet 10 rev4. I also used The River by Baloran, a 002 by Modal Electronics, a Quantum by Waldorf, and finally the Super 6 by Udo Audio.

This cover took me several months, as my left arm is still not functioning right, and with daily pain still due to my Fed-Ex truck versus Sean accident back in late 2019, but luckily I'm leaning somewhat to work through the pain and discomfort...although more slowly than before unfortunately."

Baloran The River w/ Custom Flight Case

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"8 recreated Moog THE SOURCE sound cards form (along with a few extras) the fundament of THE RIVER.

Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer with 8 Voices, multi-timbral – 4 Layers, Analog FX, Sequencer, Arpeggiator, MIDI + comprehensive CV/Gate Outputs"

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Baloran The River White Model

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"8 recreated Moog THE SOURCE sound cards form (along with a few extras) the fundament of THE RIVER.

Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer with 8 Voices, multi-timbral – 4 Layers, Analog FX, Sequencer, Arpeggiator, MIDI + comprehensive CV/Gate Outputs"

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The Solar-Powered Pool

video upload by Laurent Baloran

"Unpretentious test of The Pool powered by solar energy. The sound is warmer, no ?"

Baloran The River 2021 Black

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Reminds me of a Con Brio meets Rhodes Chroma.

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Démonstration Baloran - The Pool | SynthFest 2021

video by SynthFest France

New Baloran The Pool USB Host et Morphing avec l'Enhancia Neova

video by Laurent Baloran

"Aucun effet externe, les deux claviers et le Neova Rig sont connectés sur un Hub lui même connecté à la prise USB Host de The Pool."

Googlish:

"No external effects, the two keyboards and the Neova Rig are connected to a Hub which is itself connected to The Pool's USB Host socket."