The Ellitone Multi-Synth was originally released August 2018. It featured a wooden enclosure and home-made CNC circuit boards. We built and shipped 168 of them in this style to amazing experimental musicians all over the world! 24 different countries. Just read the reviews over on our Etsy shop to hear all the wonderful things people had to say about their Multi-Synth!
We quickly realized that the Multi-Synth was headed for the stars! It needed to be experienced by more people! It needed to be re-designed with mass production in mind. So here is the newly designed Ellitone Multi-Synth, You will not find a Synthesizer that can produce more sounds than this thing for the price --- I dare you!
The Multi-Synth is a family-friendly digital synthesizer that can produce an Amazing variety of sounds powered by its 6 Sound Synthesis Modes.
Each of these 6 Synthesis Modes transform the devices 4 knobs, 4 keys, and center patch bay into new control schemes.
The most important things to know about the Multi-Synth is that it requires 0% knowledge of synthesizers or concepts to Pick up, Patch, and Play.
"The EIII rack is the little sibling of the powerful Emulator III keyboard but is still a fantastic and unique sounding sampler. This specific unit has been upgraded to the EIII XS with the sampling card installed making it a full featured sampler. The display has also been upgraded to a modern yellow OLED that is much nicer on the eyes than its original.
Note* there is a very high hum coming from the upgraded display - noticeable only to some who can hear very high frequencies. This sound does not come through the outputs.
Besides the hum, this sampler is in great cosmetic and working condition and includes a boot disk although the OS loads from the internal drive."
"Elektron Sidstation Final Run #10
This is a rare unit #10 from the final run of the last 100 Sidstations Elektron ever made.
Includes power supply and manual.
Mint shape & 100% functional, screen is bright and easy to read."
"This vintage 2600 is fully functional and in very good condition.Comes with 3604P Keyboard. Recently serviced by Switched On and sounds amazing!
The ARP 2600 is a semi-modular analog subtractive audio synthesizer, designed by Alan R. Pearlman with Dennis Colin, and manufactured by his company, ARP Instruments, Inc. as the follow-on version of the ARP 2500. Unlike other modular systems of the time, which required modules to be purchased individually and wired by the user, the 2600 was semi-modular with a fixed selection of basic synthesizer components internally pre-wired. The 2600 was thus ideal for musicians new to synthesis, due to its ability to be operated either with or without patch cords, and was, upon its initial release, heavily marketed to high schools, universities, and other educational facilities.
Analog Monophonic Semi-Modular
Manufactured by ARP Instruments, Inc.
Dates produced: 1972-74
3 Oscillators + LFO Mode (4027-1)
24 dB/octave low-pass filter (4012)
1 VCA
1 ADSR & 1 AR Envelopes
Utility functions:
Input Preamp
Envelope Follower
Ring Modulator
Noise Generator
Multiple
CV Processors (Att/Inv)
Lag Processor
Sample & Hold
Panner
Spring Reverberator
External control: CV/Gate"
"Join us in Busan for KISS2019! Data sonification, 3D sound, world-class musical performances, learning & networking with your friends and colleagues! More at htttp://kiss2019.symbolicsound.com Video trailer by Kiyoung Lee & his students at Dankook University"
"https://www.electra.one/
MIDI controller • USB host • MIDI USB interface
In this video: electra.one in full control of Rhodes Chroma and acting as a USB host for Roland TB3 sequencer and Arturia KeyLab 61. All MIDI messages are fully routed with electra.one. Electra Editor running on computer reflects activity performed on hardware controller and can be used to edit controller presets. All midi data are forwarded to computer bia USB MIDI."
"A regular SCI RAM card and internal VS RAM has 100 programs and 32 User waveforms.
Our new SYNTHTASTE VSC-16 Card has 16 banks: thats 1600 Programs and 512 User waveforms in total! Developed and designed in Germany
This card can be used on your PROPHET VS keyboard AND your PROPHET VS rack, it is fully compatible and the display is easy readable on both.
The new VSC-16 SYNTHTASTE card includes:
- a tested and preformatted cardridge
- the original SCI PROPHET VS factory bank
- PLUS 4 extra banks fully loaded with SYNTHTASTE customer programmed sounds (that’s 500 preinstalled sounds in total you can start with
- space for up to 1100 personal sounds
- 2 digit bank display
- 2 bank buttons"
"Summit is Novation’s latest synth and takes their Peak 8 voice poly, adds a 61 key keyboard and doubles up the voice count. Effectively Summit is like two Peaks but with more features.
With a 61 key keybed (yes it has aftertouch) Summit has more real estate to add extra controls, and thats the first thing that we get. With Peak, although we have a lot of front panel controls, there’s still a lot of stuff accessed by the section menus.
Summit adds - voice control, FM controls per oscillator, arpeggiator controls, global LFO 3+4 control and envelope looping buttons. This all helps bring more parameters to the fore and is most welcome.
Summit works in four basic modes - single - with up to 16 voices - each with three of the Oxford Oscillators,
Multi: Split - one layer for either side of the split (up to 8 voices)
Multi: Layer - two sounds played as one, with A/B layer
Multi: Dual - Bi-timbral mode each layer can be addressed via a separate MIDI channel
Layers are selected with the A/B buttons - somewhat similar to the way the Sequential the Rev 2 handles it, but with a more positive indication - the pitch and mod wheels, animate buttons all change colour (orange/blue)
Additionally you have an AUX stereo output so layers can be routed to their own stereo pair. Remember, each layer is basically a self-contained Peak - with 8 voices and those lush FX engines (chorus, delay, reverb and distortion).
Another major change to the actual voice is the inclusion of a Dual mode filter - something those familiar with the Oscar (Chris Hugget also designed this) - the 24dB filter can be split into two 12dB filters with a separation controlling the distance between the peaks. It's a fairly unique and interesting sound.
Audio Inputs - we have a stereo input to the engine which can be routed to the mixer/filter/VCA etc, but also now can be routed directly to either FX engine - without the need to for key-down or VCA getting involved. In practice, that means you can run one of the FX engines as a purely external FX processor, which is actually pretty cool. One thing, the settings for this are not stored in the Multi but rather globally.
Speaking of memory - you get 512 single patches (four banks of 128) and 512 multi patches. These are completely independent and dedicated to multis and store the full settings for both engines.
How does is sound?
As with the Peak, there are many, many complex patches available - it's a lovely synth to program, still a little menu-ey, but a synth of this complexity, you have to expect that, but essentially, it's hard to run out of routings, we have the same 16 slot mod matrix, and also a four slot FX mod matrix for modulating FX parameters (level, speed, delay time etc)
For a full review of the Peak - check out our videos.
On the whole, I really like this instrument, it's priced at around £1899/$1999 so it's comparable in price with the 16 voice REV 2, but with three fully featured oscillators per voice, you get more oscillators and therefore more synthesis.
The FX engine speaks to my more ambient leanings, but it's fully capable of a wide range of sounds, with all that extra drive of the original it can get ugly too - if that’s what you want.
A good instrument that follows up on the Peak’s philosophy. Hard to fault.
