The utterly amazing BIT ONE (1984)

Published on Jan 15, 2020 [ጠσσǥǥሃ]

"Just played some factory sounds!

The Crumar BIT ONE is another forgotten buddy from analog heaven. It was used on early Madonna songs, and lots of Italo-Disco music.

The first 250 models had SSM2044 (Voyetra Eight, PPG Wave 2.x, Emulator I, Kawai K3, Kawai SX-240, Korg Mono/Poly, Polysix...), then they were replaced by CEM3328.

The BIT 99 is the very same synth, with CEM3328 and a better MIDI implementation. There's also the BIT 01, not to confuse with the BIT ONE, which is the BIT 99 expander.

The sound of the BIT is often recognized at the level of a Prophet or a Jupiter!

Intro music made with the BIT ONE.

0:13 - Amazing Filters
0:30 - Lush Brass
0:39 - Organ + Bass
0:50 - Fat Pulse
1:02 - Bass
1:11 - Melody Like
1:30 - Polysynth
1:44 - 1 DCO Brass
1:55 - Bass + Brass
2:10 - Warm
2:23 - Another Bass"

Akai AX-80: 25 sounds demo

Published on May 12, 2019 [ጠσσǥǥሃ]

"Another rare underrated polysynth!
It's analog, 8 voices, 2 Oscillators + 1 Sub, CEM 3372 filters, digitally controlled and ultra stable.
Amazing sound, so far the best synth I've ever played with.
Super warm, versatile and not expensive compared to the Junio-Mania insane prices!
What makes it so good in all kinds of sounds is the X-Mod function, very practical :)

Sounds list:
0:00 Ultra Sync
0:22 Drone
0:48 Scale Chords
1:10 Juno type
1:20 Realistic
1:36 Soft Bellish Synth
1:47 Another synth sound
1:58 Emphasis Game
2:06 Solid Bass
2:16 FM Bells
2:27 Funky Brass
2:34 Envelopped Synth
2:45 Clav
2:49 Harpsichord
2:55 Some sounds passing by
3:04 Woodwind
3:15 Jupiter Strings
3:37 Dat Bass slrpp
3:44 Organ
3:53 Jam"

Siel CTS-2000, just a few sounds passing by...

Published on May 26, 2019 [ጠσσǥǥሃ]

"Another rare and atypical machine: the Siel CTS 2000. (Usually called Keytek)
Italian hybrid synth from 1987, using sort of wavetables...
A mix of Ensoniq and PPG Wave, under an Emulator II/DX7 interface!
It sounds really weird, and it's pretty complicated to use :)
Wavetables are generated by 2 really cheap SGS M114A, and the filters are CEM 3389 (Sequential Circuits Prophet VS, Studio 440, Waldorf Microwave 1, Ensoniq Esq-1, SQ80...)
The whole thing runs under a TMS-7002, that is almost enough powerful to make transients (Often goes not smooth and sometimes there are 'Plops' in the sound)"

Siel DK-80: 17 Nice patches quick demo

Published on Oct 29, 2018 [ጠσσǥǥሃ]

"Analog, MIDI, 12 voices with SSM Filters (Like early Prophet 5, PolySix, Fairlight, E-Mu Emulator II!)
The difference is that it costs 10 times less, because it didn't become famous. The workflow is absolutely horrible xD

Ah well I got exportation problems, so the video quality is lower than usual.
I did't know what to play so I played idiot chords, still this video was made to show you the diversity of sounds this rare machine can do!

0:19 Filters In Action
0:29 Brass + Strings
0:37 Juicy Brass
0:55 Soft Pad
1:07 Jup' Organ
1:18 Pulse Synth
1:30 Volume Velocity
1:33 Filter Velocity
1:39 Strings Machine
1:45 Analog Bass
1:53 Bass + Brass
2:02 LFO Synth
2:16 Another Bass
2:23 Dat Lead
2:31 Accordion
2:40 Realistic Flute
2:51 Synth Split"

Wordless Regrets (E-Mu Emax II)

Published on Sep 12, 2018 [ጠσσǥǥሃ]

"Fully made with E-Mu Emax II."

1986 Kawai K3: Additive Synthesis in action

Published on Nov 10, 2018 [ጠσσǥǥሃ]

"Kawai K3 making sounds using Additive Synthesis.
Some reverb processed by Eventide Blackhole in the end."

Kawai K3: Synthwave with ONE keyboard (Multitracked Live)

Published on May 18, 2018 [ጠσσǥǥሃ]

"8 times recorded Kawai K3!"

Kawai K3, no speaking (Random playing)

Published on May 16, 2018 [ጠσσǥǥሃ]

"Such a great synth :D"

SSM filters.

Kawai K3 Free Emulation (Small Demos)

Published on Sep 7, 2018 [ጠσσǥǥሃ]

"Psiu Yup slrup bis

Download: https://sites.google.com/site/digital..."

Prophet VS Wavescan (All waveforms)

Published on Mar 2, 2018 [ጠσσǥǥሃ]

"Jut a simple wavescan, an interesting sound produced by switching the waveforms.
Every 1/4 of a 120 beat I change down the waveform of the 4 oscillators.
Note that they are not on the same tune. If I remember it's 0/0/5/7 but I'm not sure now.

Arturia Prophet VS, version 3."

12 of the best 80's PPG sounds + download

Published on Mar 2, 2018 [ጠσσǥǥሃ]

"Here is a short demo showing some of the best textures you can produce with a PPG Wave [3.V].
I created every patch, still some looks really close from others.

Here's the link to download the patches (not samples, only .fxp): https://sites.google.com/site/digital..."

DX7 with a 1984 Computer (CX5M-II)

Published on Feb 4, 2018 [ጠσσǥǥሃ]

"Just to show you that Yamaha released in 1986 a program to communicate with a DX7 and save/import voices.
It was called 'YRM-304, Voicing Program II'.

Audio track: Aльянс - На заре (Alyans - Na Zare)"