Tiracon 6V "Abaddon"

(c) 2015 vintage synthesizer demo track by RetroSound
all sounds: Tiracon 6V Analog Synthesizer (1987)
drums: Korg KR-55B (1982)
recording: multi-track without Midi
fx: reverb & delay

Cottbus/ Vermona Tiracon 6V GDR Synthesizer

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"East Germany, 6 voice analog synth, one VCO per voice, 3 LFO, 2 EG, 24dB LPF with resonance, 12dB HPF with resonance.

Working, but 2nd and 6th voices has a noise."

You can find demos of one in previous posts here.

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PolyMiK breadboard synth

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"I started this project last weekend and i think this will be the synth with the shortest development time i ever made :)

Okay, in fact, much of the design was heavily inspired by the Korg Trident and the AAC Tiracon 6V, i just added sub oscillators, ring modulator, and some of the surrounding electronics. The firmware later will add a lot of power with several LFOs, multi-stage envelopes (thinking of 8 stages), microtuning and we'll see what more ideas i add into this.

I'll try to use an AVR to control this, but if it's not powerful enough, it will get an AT91SAM7S for this - like the one i use to control it currently.

The (nearly) complete 1-voice version of the synth is built on the breadboard, controlled serially by just 5 wires from the computer board, which of course will be on the main synth PCB also later.

Need to add the offset correction trimpots now, check if it's possible to do a fine calibration, then i think i will etch some voice boards to clean up the breadboard."

Tiracon 6V Audio Demo

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Tiracon 6v SN 8931175 w/ Original Manual

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First person synth jams! EP12: "Breathe"

Published on Jun 20, 2018 Synthead

"Download the song here! https://clyp.it/ljo4so2x"

Roland Juno Kiwi 106, Sequential Circuits Pro-One, Polivoks, & Tiracon 6V.

RetroSound - A View Into The Heart - Vintage Synths

Published on Mar 19, 2015 RetroSound

Direct synth playing with various synths starts at 4:31 in the video.

"(c) 2015 Electronic Music by RetroSound

25 audio tracks, wav audio (16Bit/44,1kHz), total time: 74:35min

All tracks produced with the following Vintage Synthesizers, Analog Stringmachines and Drumcomputer:

PPG Wave 2.2
PPG Waveterm A
Oberheim OB-X
Oberheim OB-Xa
Moog Source
Moog Prodigy
Moog Minimoog
Moog Taurus 1
SCI Pro-One
SCI Prophet VS
Roland Juno-60
Roland Jupiter-4
Roland VP-330
Roland D-50
Roland JD-800
Roland TR-707
Roland TR-808
LinnDrum
Korg Polysix
Korg KR-55B
Korg DR-55
Yamaha DX7 II FD
Tiracon 6V
Logan String Melody II"

Tiracon 6 V Synthesizer

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Inside a TIRACON 6v Analog Synthesizer

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This one is for parts, but thought the pics of the inside were worth a post. You'll find them below.

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Tiracon 6v - single sounds

Published on Sep 28, 2017 Petr Závora

TIRACON 6V Hardware Synthesizer

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Tiracon 6V + Vermona Synthesizer + Vermona SK 86

video by Najvrtson

"Three wonders from East Germany, three keyboard instruments unique in their era: The only monophonic synthesizer, the only polyphonic synthesizer and the only arranger keyboard made in GDR together in one a little bit strange composition! This composition has been already used in my older video, but then I played it on Electronica EM-25, Delicia HT-61-BD and Vermona SK-86 (you can watch and listen here:)"

1984 Microcar Bonny Drive and Description

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"Here you can see my Microcar Bonny (by Jeanneau, France, 1984) in detail. Enjoy!"

Accidental Polysynth

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"Today, i played around a bit with the impressively simple VCO design of the Korg Trident. Analyzing some of its behaviour and adding sync between 2 of them with just one diode, i decided to add a 24db low pass filter also, which is inspired by the AAC Tiracon 6V filter.
By this, i sort of accidentally created a nearly complete and very simple synthesizer voice. Everything is linear controlled, but for a polysynth, i could use a multiplexed exponential converter like Korg did in the 80s.
Adding some analog switches, noise, maybe sub oscillators, this will give a very simple polysynth i think.
I will continue on this and i'm planning to make it an open source/hardware project for everyone interested in it."

UVI Introduces Synth Anthology 4

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Note the above is a playlist featuring 4 videos. You can use the player controls to skip through them or just watch them all in order.

Details on Synth Anthology 4 follow:

The authentic sound of 200 synthesizers, from vintage to modern
4,000+ presets and layers deliver incredible sound with hardware soul
Feature-packed dual-layer engine with fx, arpeggiator and more

Synth Anthology 4 - A Synthesizer Tour de Force
https://www.uvi.net/synth-anthology-4

Rebuilt from the ground-up, Synth Anthology 4 now features the authentic hardware sound of 200 vintage and modern synthesizers, a fully redesigned engine with powerful features, fx, arpeggiator, smart sound suggestion engine, native MPE support, and more.
A dreamlike collection!

Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass

Video credits: Anthony Hak
Music Credits: Théo & Thomas

"The Best Keeps Getting Better

What's new in version 4?

Almost everything!
We've rebuilt the engine from the ground-up, added more synths, more presets, more effects, more filters, more modulation, a dedicated browser, a second fully-customizable layer for creating hybrid and blended timbres, an all-new smart suggestion engine that helps you quickly find similar sounds, a more powerful arpeggiator/phraser, bus effects, native MPE support, and more!

Real Hardware Sounds There is something unmistakable about the sound of a real hardware synth, from subtle differences between voice circuits and drift to the varied way filters bite into the sound; there's a distinct character and energy. Synth Anthology 4 delivers the authentic and uncompromising hardware sound with all the conveniences of a modern software instrument.

Every piece of hardware represents a unique creative vision, sonic character, innovations, and strengths. Whatever you're looking for, from analog to digital, vintage classic to future classic, you will find it here. Synth Anthology 4 delivers an incredible collection of hardware, every major manufacturer, every type of synthesis, every era, 200 synthesizers in all.

You won't find a more complete collection anywhere else."

The list:

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Tiracon 6V board set brought to life

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"I recently got this board set from an internet auction for an interesting price. The seller told it's unused - which really might be true, as i didn't see any traces of screws or so on the boards.
It's just the digital board, analog board with voice boards and the display board. The power supply without the transformer was also included but not used here, everything is hooked up to the lab power supply currently.
The EPROMs were still okay (sure, i first dumped them :), some chips were broken, and in some places, there was a mechanical damage.
All in all got this far in 2 days and i think i will get this back to life as a usable synth again."

Tiracon 6V - Synthesizer made in GDR (1987)

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"Last and very rare Synthesizer from the former GDR, short time before the Wall brakes down!"

VEB Automatisierungsanlagen Cottbus Tiracon 6V [GDR, 1987]

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Pics of the inside below.

"Made in 1987 in Cottbus, former East Germany. Most likely based on Korg Poly-61 with some extras. Equipped with a fully functional MIDI system (in/out/thru(!)), a simple sequencer, chord memory, patch transfer function via tape interface and a rather unuseful Autotune function, which just freezes the synth (nothing bad happens, just turn it off and on).

Typical analog-poly sound combined with total rawness and uniqueness. Surprisingly quiet, less noisy than most of my gear. Keeps in tune, although hadn't been tuned by me and in years and years generally, so there might be a tiny repetitive difference between tones. But that definitely gives it some character anyway."

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Tiracon 6v / Rare DDR East German Synth

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Tiracon 6V - Synthesizer made in GDR (1987) - Sound Modulation

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"Sound Modulation on the last and very rare Synthesizer from the former GDR, short time before the Wall brakes down!"

Final Set of A-Z of Analogue Synthesisers

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The listing is from the author Peter Forrest who states this is likely the last set.  These are great books and imo the most comprehensive.  Click on the pics to get an idea of what they are like.  Peter also has other items listed including The Museum of Synthesizer Technology and Synthesizer von Gestern II.

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