Pricing and Availability of the Upcoming Polivoks Clone by Alex Pleninger

Just in via Alex Pleninger.

"The very first run is ready and the price is defined at $2000. After that the price is going to rise up to $2400."

Note this is a sponsored project and the decision for the price increase following the first run is not Alex's. Introductory price discounts are not all uncommon. The official website with ordering details will follow soon. Until then, enjoy the pics and of course be sure to see the Alex Pleninger label at the bottom of this post for video demos.

Update: Some additional info and new pics below in via Alex:

"All units are and will be hand crafted and made. There're no surface mount components inside, all pcbs use trough-hole design which allows to achieve really vintage flavour in sound and behaviour. Almost 85% of components are rare soviet new old stock. Pots and switches are faceplate-mounted thus very reliable and durable.

The following features were added to the original:

LFO frequency mod, routable from MIDI/CV or Filter EG

LFO additional waveforms (two saws and sine)

RING MOD (beautifully sounding XOR) in Mixer section

bipolar attenuators on LFO mod and Filter EG's depth

overall mod indexes are increased, especially in VCA section

PWM on second oscillator, attenuator and source selector (VCA EG or LFO)

EXT INput acts now as an additional positive feedback loop

thank you,
cheers,
Alex"

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Polivoks Clone Limited to 100 Units & A Note From Creators Alex Pleninger & Alexey Taber

The new Polivoks clone from Alex Pleninger is now available for order, and for auction on the official site for the new synth. The units will be limited to 100 units. The starting price if you go the auction route? $1850. The buy it now price? A whopping $4000. Before you blame the creators Alex Pleninger and Alexey Taber, Pleninger asked me to post the following for them. BTW, it's worth noting $1850 for a brand new Polivoks is only slightly more than just half of a new Minmoog Model D, and that's for a limited run of only 100 synths. The $4000 BIN is a cap to ensure it does not cost anyone more than that, so technically they are limiting themselves, not the buyer. If it were auction only, the price could theoretically go above that and technically there is nothing forcing the price to hit $4k.

via Alex:

"Hello everybody,

Many of you could already hear that our Polivoks' first and only run is on auction now.

Do believe, this decision is not ours and has no connection with us at all.

Anyway, we are still very proud of what we've done - the synthesizer promises to take it's humble place in history, at least we hope so :)

Thanks to everybody for supporting us and for kind words!

Sincerely yours

Alex Pleninger and Alexey Taber"

It's rare that we see a message like this, so thanks to Alex for sending this in. One thing to consider, is the number of units is limited to 100 so the high price will make the decision for many to skip one easier. Not to mention, there are still originals out there.

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LAB002 – Alex Pleninger: Buchla больше про пространство, чем про звук

video by Russian Electronic Music Minds

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

"Серию выпусков LAB продолжил Alex Pleninger — композитор, саундартист, инженер, изобретатель музыкальных электронных инструментов. В 2015 году создал компанию Keen Association - Moscow, где занимается разработкой и созданием инновационного инструментария для звукового искусства и музыки.

The LAB playlist has been continued by Moscow based musician and inventor – Alex Pleninger. Сomposer, sound artist, engineer, inventor of musical electronic instruments. In 2015, he created the Keen Association - Moscow, where he develops and creates innovative tools for sound art and music."

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Added Features in the Upcoming Polivoks Clone by Alex Pleninger

See this post for an update from Alex Pleninger on the added features in the upcoming Polivoks clone. You'll find two new pics featuring some of the work the discrete work on the circuit board as well.

Pictured left: Alex Pleninger & Mister Vladimir Kuzmin (the creator of the original Polivoks).

Alex Pleninger & co-author of the project Alexey Taber.

Tula - Oktava Cluster - 08.09.2018

Published on Sep 9, 2018 Alex Pleninger

Music - Alex Pleninger
Visuals - Anastasia Koroleva

See the Alex Pleninger label below for more.

New Soviet Polivoks Desktop Synth from Alex Pleninger in the Works

Update: demo videos added below.

An approved clone of the Polivoks coming from Alex Pleninger.

Update:

Some new info from Alex Pleninger in via Soviet Space Child:

"The most important parts (defining sound) are soviet old stock, it includes filter, vca and both envelope generators
The osc are heavily reworked to provide stability, which is really excellent
Modulator made cv controlled, with additional waveforms
And all stuff is still 100% analogue
Excluding midi"

I asked him further about the VCO designs, i.e. if they're based on the originals, and he had this to say:

"Yes, the design is almost the same as in the old one
And one more point
The machine is approved by Kuzmin
We signed a deal
And it is built like a tank, believe me"

And via traffkin in the comments: "in close collaboration with Alexey Taber, great engineer and synth guru :)"


Polivoks in action videos. Use the controls at the bottom of the player to skip previously viewed videos if needed.

Buchla Format DDFX Videos

DDFX 3-band EQ

Published on Nov 27, 2013 Alex Pleninger·27 videos

"equalizer makes pretty subtle changes to the source, timebase provides sort of spectral tilt function. sorry for camera sound and i'm ...hmmm... not the best camera man ever :)"

Update:

DDFX Looper 1

Published on Nov 27, 2013 Alex Pleninger·31 videos

"here is long awaited looper demo. actually, there'll be 5 different looper programs available for ddfx and this is the first one. again, sorry for camera sound and yes, i'm arguably the worst camera man, i admit )))"

DDFX PhaseRing

First Public Performance Featuring the New Upcoming Polivoks Clone by Alex Pleninger

our new Polivoks in the first public appearence

Published on Mar 20, 2016 Alex Pleninger

"Mister Kuzmin [the original Polivoks creator] plays it! others on the stage - Lidia Kavina (Thereminvox) and Evgeny Voronovsky (original Polivoks via LittleGPTracker). the event took place at Art-Aura 2016"

Buchla Format 220 Touch Panel by Alex Pleninger

Published on Jan 11, 2017 Alex Pleninger

Playlist:
220 - Dark Sequence
220 - Capture Simple
220 - Polyphonic Melody
220 - Polyphonic Pressure
220 - Zoning

Alex Pleninger live at NCCA

YouTube via piiraat23. via rustyanalog
"Alex Pleninger performance on Haken Continuum, controlling Doepfer modular system. Live at 'Podgotovlenniye sredy' festival 2010 ( LoveLiveElectronic www.LoLieL.tk )

NCCA. 03/02/10. Moscow.

Video by Iren Shafrygina."

Alexei Borisov & Olga Nosova 'Podgotovlenniye sredy' 2010 (part I )


Alexei Borisov & Olga Nosova 'Podgotovlenniye sredy' 2010 (part II )

DDFX new-old reverb program

Published on Dec 6, 2013 Alex Pleninger·34 videos

"i wanna hope it sounds in sort of "vintage" manner :)
a bit noisy but charming, imo
osc from our 208"

DDFX Square-Core Oscillator

Published on Dec 6, 2013

Note: I created a DDFX channel for these. See the link directly below this post. The Alex Pleninger link will remain and will include his other work.

M/N-001-P from Alex Pleninger

Published on Nov 5, 2014 Alex Pleninger

"based on NES"

New Polivoks Clone Demos From Alex Pleninger

Polivoks. one of the first serial units

Published on Apr 13, 2016 Alex Pleninger

"Alexey at the tweak :)"

Polivoks. one of the first units from the run

Published on Apr 13, 2016

"me, knocking on the keybed :)
here we start making 'official' patchbook of the new Polivoks. let the fun begin..."

Happy New Year From MATRIXSYNTH! - A Look Back at 2015

Happy New Year everyone!  I want to thank you all for a great 2015 and I wish you all the best in 2016!

The following is my yearly round up for the year.  Feel free to dig into this post as much you like, or skip it and leave a comment at the bottom of the post. I'd be curious to hear what stood out for you in 2015. Do you like the direction the synthesizer world is headed in, or would you rather see more or less of any type of product?

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Alex Pleninger and the TimeSpace FX - Moscow Synth Gathering

Performance in Skryabin museum, Moscow, 15-02-2012

YouTube Uploaded by traffkin on Feb 19, 2012

"I played Acoustic Grand Piano, Atari ST 1040 onboard synth, my diy Spacetime FX processor and iPad with Movement I-V, Oramics and Yumi:synth.
Videoart by Oleg Makarov
Sorry for poor picture quality!"

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Synthposium: Alex Pleninger

Published on Sep 5, 2017 INRUSSIA

"Alexander Pleninger is an academically trained composer and self-taught engineer currently working in Moscow. His fascination with electronics and computers prompted him to acquire a Buchla synthesizer.

Credits:
camera: Sergey Kostromin
edit: Rostislav Smirnyagin
sound: Ivan Merkulov
interview: Sergey Shpilevoy
producer: Yana Krylova"

::vtol:: koshmator + Buchla 200e

YouTube Uploaded by Vtolus on Apr 5, 2012

"koshmatro - http://samoletuvvp.narod.ru/vto/diy/koshmator.html

buchla by Alex Pleninger"

208r modified + 216

Published on Dec 16, 2014 Alex Pleninger

"cv inputs for sequencer steps and trigger control for pulser modes were added"

modular synth lecture and workshop Moscow

via vtol

"modular synth lecture and workshop
03.04.2010 Moscow,Theremin-Center http://www.theremin.ru/

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Alex Pleninger - http://www.myspace.com/traffkin
Eurorack modular system

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Dmitry Morozov ( ::VTOL:: ) - http://samoletuvvp.narod.ru/vto/index.html
DIY modular system +
Clavia Nord Modular and Nord Modular G2"

Update: video here

Maria Teriaeva - SØS (Official Video)

Published on Mar 31, 2020 Maria Teriaeva

“SØS” is taken from the forthcoming album “Conservatory of Flowers”.
Listen: https://bnd.lc/ConservatoryFlowers (out on April 17).

Strange things are happening in the science lab - here and there new objects appear. The exact settings of the universe are lost due to the unforeseen events in outer space. At the same time, Maria Teriaeva conducts musical experiments at her studio. The laboratory resonates with the studio. We do not know all the laws of the universe, and collapse can occur unexpectedly and in unpredictable forms. But anomalies are of particular interest to Maria Teriaeva.

This is the first video clip of the Moscow production studio SUPERBASIC.

Part of the clip was shot in the scientific experimental complex at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University. The protagonist of this part is the scientist Mikhail Yuryevich Sotskiy. Mikhail publishes works in Acta Astronautica, and knows what to do if a trash ball flies to Earth.

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