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Hohner Multimonica

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"This is an early synth on the top manual and the lower manual is air driven / reed operated."

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"Very good for agressive bass, weird modulations, cool FXs & agressive sounds. Impressive fat saw & cool glidings. Killer 2-Voice mode.

2 VCO with classic waveforms, noise oscillator and external source.

Very strong sounding Analog LP/BP filter with ADSR Envelope,
which can play in loop (retrig). You can process external sound through it,
such as guitar, vocal, drums or another synthesizer. Because of FILTER sound of POLIVOKS is so unique and strong/

Amplifier section contain Envelope ADSR with loop function (retrig), modulation & bypass mode.

Modulator section is a low frequency oscillator with multiple waveforms
and changable rate. LFO roots to amplifier, filter, VCO-1, VCO-2.
Polivoks can play like a classic monophonic synth or in 2-voice mode.
And also You can modulate VCO-1 with VCO-2 (ringmodulator).

No pitchbend & modulation wheel.

Cool design. Very solid. Hard aluminium body & case - it's Bulletproof I think. (It's a joke. Do not try this @home ; ))
All words printed in cyrillic - so it's very unique too.

There is a custom made CV/gate modification on the board (1 voice).
Now You can connect analog sequencer (1 volt per octave)
This is very usefull function. Feel free to use it with Your analog sequencer.
I had use it with my Roland TB-303 sequencer.

CV/Gate - is the first step to MIDI . You can find in the web how to do that.

Of course You can play with keyboard.
There is a tumbler.
Choose CV/gate or Keyboard."

VCO 4 BBD

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Ideas For Experiments
"Circuit for using a CD4046 PLL to generate a voltage controlled BBD complimentary phase clock! I found this ripped out page on it's own in a stack of magazines I purchased Yesterday; Sunday 18th of May, 2008. The previous owner was interested in the other side (some notes on there in pencil).

Thanks to Hugo Bramall of Canterbury, Victoria who came up with the circuit and sent it ETI magazine in the first place! "

Chimera BC16 Arrives at Music Thing

pics and info on Music Thing.

Korg Pa800 Iraqi beat 2008

YouTube via ashur75. "Korg Pa800 Iraqi beat 2008"

Synthpop's Alive

YouTube via maisonvague. Spot the synths.

"Synthpop's Alive! Can't you hear it?!

Disclaimer: This video response is in no way intended as a personal attack against the maker of the original "Synthpop is Dead" video. On the contrary, I found this video very amusing, actually -- even if disagree with its central message. As for who's case my own efforts end up supporting, well... I'll let you be the judge of that!"

Minimax ASB

YouTube via fystasjoppheng
"This is a short demo of Minimax ASB. It is a very good emulator of the old Minimoog model D synthesizer.
You can also choose between playing monophonic or polyphonic! This is the best emulation I have heard and the knobs are the same as the orginal,but smaller. It has its own delay and chorus onboard.

After listen to it on YouTube the sound is a little bit overdrive.The signal into my videocamera must have been to load and dont give the right impression so I concider to make a new with a better sound quality.

Kjell Gierstae"

Sven Hansen Live in your Youtube.

video upload by M F Lunatic Blo

"Pre order the CD...DROP ME A MAIL in this section of the web,

http://cdbaby.com/all/svenhansen

all rights reserved, copyrights owned by Harmony Sound Design.
Improvisational piece for the upcoming album 'The Earth Mars Connection'
A mix between Jean Michel Jarre and Klaus Schulze.
Ore Sven Hansen goes electirc light orchestra.'

Update: new video above. Original had the following:
Korg Polysix, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Yamaha CS6X? What's under the Prophet-5?

Update via Hans Peter in the comments:

"I'm quite sure the keyboard below the Prophet is a Philips Philicorda. I used to have one back in the days, painted mine black and gave it a PPG-blue frontpanel.

You can see a picture of mine here

It's in the top photo, in the middle below the Teisco 110F. "

Hi-Pi Tonal Plexus Now Shipping

"Have you ever considered what kind of music might be possible if your keyboard had more than just twelve keys per octave? If so, you are not alone. In fact, it's been one of the most enduring and puzzling questions in all of music history. The Tonal Plexus is not just a product of years of research and development, but is a result of literally hundreds of years of experimentation with musical tuning, keyboard design and research in human pitch perception. The Tonal Plexus provides no fewer than 211 keys per octave, allowing the finest discrete control of tuning expression ever available on a MIDI keyboard. If you want to make music that truly sounds new and different, then this is the keyboard for you! Take a closer look..."
via Deviant Synth