208+289

Published on Nov 17, 2015 Alex Pleninger

"Nothing serious..."

Two New Alex Pleninger Polivoks Clone in Action Videos

Videos 7 and 8 added to the main post here.

Two New Videos of the Upcoming Polivoks Clone by Alex Pleninger

Polivoks in action 5 & 6 have been added to the main post here.

Two New Video Demos for the Upcoming Polivoks Clone by Alex Pleninger

"Polivoks in action 3" & "Polivoks in action 4 (sequenced)" added to the main post here. Don't miss them!

New Info in On the Upcoming Polivoks Clone from Alex Pleninger

See the update in this post.

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.

short phrase sampled into 289

Published on Apr 30, 2015 Alex Pleninger

"'musique concrete nostalgie' on 289 goes to 285r"

customized 208 + ddfx + 207 +216

Published on Apr 16, 2015 Alex Pleninger

"pretty simple patch, involves ddfx as guitar converter-synthesizer and phaser. additional stuff from modified 208r. a friend of mine disturbs his ibanez bass :)"

208r modified + 216

Published on Dec 16, 2014 Alex Pleninger

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

M/N-001-P from Alex Pleninger

Published on Nov 5, 2014 Alex Pleninger

"based on NES"

m/gb-p +a-2600-p ~ stp

Published on Sep 25, 2014 Alex Pleninger

"second attempt to make a sound from that stuff"

208+216

Published on Aug 17, 2014 Alex Pleninger

"just checking them again, both are marvelous"

a-2600-p + m/gb-p ~ stp ~ mix

Published on Aug 13, 2014 Alex Pleninger

"just-finished performance machine based on lsdj, played along with another beast of mine of atari-2600 core inside. all the stuff goes to SpaceTime processor and custom 16-channel stereo mixer."

DDFX - diffusator

Published on Jun 23, 2014 Alex Pleninger·53 videos

"new shaper algorithm partially based on pc-speaker sound"

DDFX - smart looper 1

Published on Jun 20, 2014 Alex Pleninger·53 videos

"looper 1 presents its abilities, i just forgot to show the fm to sample reading point... anyway, it's pretty nice even without it. a bit of 289 reverb on the mix"

DDFX - tiny arp

Published on Jun 10, 2014 Alex Pleninger·51 videos

"it scans cv inputs and makes an arpeggio. sound goes through 3-tap delay and a bit of reverb"

DDFX - burst assistant

Published on Jun 9, 2014 Alex Pleninger·48 videos

"despite the fact that the algorithm was made up as an aid for karminus-weak, it can act also as a standalone transient sounds generator, needs external pulse though."

Update:

DDFX - burst assistant fires up karminus-weak

Published on Jun 9, 2014

"208r's random voltage source goes to burst assistant (lower section) which is being triggered by rapid voltage changes, interpreting them as pulses. burst assistants' "bursts" fire up karminus-weak (upper section). some self- and cross-modulation is present."

DDFX - 8-band correlated comb filter

Published on Jun 9, 2014

"'little man' instrumental is being affected by 8-band bandpass filter with initial band frequency control on x-pot and even/odd bands divergencies on pots y and z. timebase changes bandwidth."

DDFX - cyclic lofier

Published on Jun 8, 2014 Alex Pleninger·47 videos

"sonic destructor based on some tweaks at delay memory and certain bit manipulations"

DDFX - pwm shadows

Published on Jun 1, 2014 Alex Pleninger·46 videos

"unusual shaper, mathematically adds pwm to any incoming signal and lets user operate with certain parameters. pay attention to the right regeneration knob - it gives dynamic filtering via internal feedback."

Moscow Synthpozium - Synth Meet Coming to Moscow on April 30

via Andrey:

"Hello! We are having big synth meeting in Russia, Moscow on the 30th of April called Moscow Synthpozium. There will be collectors of vintage synths and many modular systems. Also, there will be many synth makers including Alex Pleninger and Vyacheslav Grigoriev."

You'll find the Facebook event page here.