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Saturday, October 29, 2022

Polivoks Pro sequenced + Cooper FX Generation Loss


video upload by alternatingbitmusic

"Alexey Taber and Alex Pleninger Polivoks Pro sequence via Doepfer Dark Time run though a few pedals for some extra coloring (not that the Polivoks Pro needs any!)."

Friday, July 23, 2021

Polivoks Pro (Reissue) full demo


video upload by manmade madman

"[[[ Поливокс ]]]
In 2017, the Polivoks Pro was announced and began shipping. This was a joint effort between Alexey Taber and Alex Pleninger, with supervision
from the original creator, Vladimir Kuzmin.
It was designed from the original schematics using NOS Soviet parts, and handmade.

Only 100 units were built.

This is a demo of my unit, which I feel is currently the best Polivoks version available. I am controlling it via CV/Gate from the SH-101.

There is no external processing whatsoever.

Normally I run the SH-101 thru the input of the Polivoks. During the video, the SH-101 volume was off. When no cable is inserted, the highest left knob controls input gain. Part way through the video, I remove the cable.

0:00:00 Intro!
0:01:50 raw oscillators in drone mode
0:03:11 LFO modulation
0:03:20 Pulse Width Modulation (only on OSC 2)
0:04:35 Portamento
0:05:25 White noise through filter
0:05:40 Bandpass filter
0:06:23 Looping envelopes
0:07:30 Sequenced
0:09:09 An Accordion?
0:11:30 FM from audio rate LFO
0:12:50 A thick bassline
0:13:30 something something bassline2
0:15:10 same thing, but make it triangle, cross mod FM
0:15:51 back to drone, Sample & Hold
0:17:35 make it squelchy
0:20:00 make it acid
0:21:38 Pull the input cable, showing internal feedback
0:22:58 finally, a new sequence
0:26:46 Looping envelopes
0:28:00 Lets turns everything on max!

While this is intentionally not a musical demo, it is an overview of most of the features. It should demonstrate to you what it could sound like and whether it fits your music. This is not for everyone, but I still feel this is the best version available today. Let me know your thoughts in the comments!

Previously in 2013, I made this demo with an original Polivoks: [posted here]

Later in 2015, I made this demo of the Harvestman/Industrial Music Electronics Polivoks Eurorack modules: [posted here]"

Thursday, June 21, 2018

custom digital LFO/2*ADSR with midi


Published on Jun 21, 2018 Alexey Taber

test custom dig adsr/lfo with Roland System 100m

Published on Jun 21, 2018 Alexey Taber

Alexey Taber brought us the Polivoks clone with Alex Pleninger. See the Alexey Taber label below for more of his work.

Friday, May 04, 2018

Alex Pleninger Polivoks Desktop Synth at SUPERBOOTH18


Polivoks - Gear Guide - Superbooth 2018 Published on May 4, 2018

"FACT was at Berlin's Superbooth to capture the latest gear action from the three-day synth celebration."

Previous posts.

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Teaser// Tobor Experiment - Stars in a morning fire (f-moll BWV 639) //


Published on Nov 22, 2017 Tobor Experiment

"A Synthesizer EP at the Polivoks.pro
***Vinyl preorder February 2018***"

The track is 100% Polivoks Pro by Alexey Taber and Alex Pleninger.

Monday, September 18, 2017

New Polivoks Synthesizer Demo


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Thngs

"35 years after the release of the first model, the creator of Polivoks, Vladimir Kuzmin, decided to release an updated version, which already fell into the hands of many lucky people and, judging by the existing reviews, the legend has already returned. In the work on a modern embodiment, engineers Alex Pleninger and Alexey Taber took part. At the moment there are only 100 copies of the new Polivox and each of them is collected manually."

Friday, April 21, 2017

Superbooth 2017: Polivoks Synthesizer Clone - Sounding Aggressive As Always


Published on Apr 21, 2017 sonicstate

See the Alex Pleninger label below for more.

Thursday, December 08, 2016

Polivoks Clone Limited to 100 Units & A Note From Creators Alex Pleninger & Alexey Taber


The new Polivoks clone from Alex Pleninger is now available for order, and for auction on the official site for the new synth. The units will be limited to 100 units. The starting price if you go the auction route? $1850. The buy it now price? A whopping $4000. Before you blame the creators Alex Pleninger and Alexey Taber, Pleninger asked me to post the following for them. BTW, it's worth noting $1850 for a brand new Polivoks is only slightly more than just half of a new Minmoog Model D, and that's for a limited run of only 100 synths. The $4000 BIN is a cap to ensure it does not cost anyone more than that, so technically they are limiting themselves, not the buyer. If it were auction only, the price could theoretically go above that and technically there is nothing forcing the price to hit $4k.

via Alex:

"Hello everybody,

Many of you could already hear that our Polivoks' first and only run is on auction now.

Do believe, this decision is not ours and has no connection with us at all.

Anyway, we are still very proud of what we've done - the synthesizer promises to take it's humble place in history, at least we hope so :)

Thanks to everybody for supporting us and for kind words!

Sincerely yours

Alex Pleninger and Alexey Taber"

It's rare that we see a message like this, so thanks to Alex for sending this in. One thing to consider, is the number of units is limited to 100 so the high price will make the decision for many to skip one easier. Not to mention, there are still originals out there.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Added Features in the Upcoming Polivoks Clone by Alex Pleninger


See this post for an update from Alex Pleninger on the added features in the upcoming Polivoks clone. You'll find two new pics featuring some of the work the discrete work on the circuit board as well.

Pictured left: Alex Pleninger & Mister Vladimir Kuzmin (the creator of the original Polivoks).


Alex Pleninger & co-author of the project Alexey Taber.

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Pricing and Availability of the Upcoming Polivoks Clone by Alex Pleninger


Just in via Alex Pleninger.

"The very first run is ready and the price is defined at $2000. After that the price is going to rise up to $2400."

Note this is a sponsored project and the decision for the price increase following the first run is not Alex's. Introductory price discounts are not all uncommon. The official website with ordering details will follow soon. Until then, enjoy the pics and of course be sure to see the Alex Pleninger label at the bottom of this post for video demos.

Update: Some additional info and new pics below in via Alex:

"All units are and will be hand crafted and made. There're no surface mount components inside, all pcbs use trough-hole design which allows to achieve really vintage flavour in sound and behaviour. Almost 85% of components are rare soviet new old stock. Pots and switches are faceplate-mounted thus very reliable and durable.

The following features were added to the original:

LFO frequency mod, routable from MIDI/CV or Filter EG

LFO additional waveforms (two saws and sine)

RING MOD (beautifully sounding XOR) in Mixer section

bipolar attenuators on LFO mod and Filter EG's depth

overall mod indexes are increased, especially in VCA section

PWM on second oscillator, attenuator and source selector (VCA EG or LFO)

EXT INput acts now as an additional positive feedback loop

thank you,
cheers,
Alex"

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

New Polivoks Clone Demos From Alex Pleninger

Polivoks. one of the first serial units

Published on Apr 13, 2016 Alex Pleninger

"Alexey at the tweak :)"

Polivoks. one of the first units from the run

Published on Apr 13, 2016

"me, knocking on the keybed :)
here we start making 'official' patchbook of the new Polivoks. let the fun begin..."

Sunday, March 20, 2016

First Public Performance Featuring the New Upcoming Polivoks Clone by Alex Pleninger

our new Polivoks in the first public appearence

Published on Mar 20, 2016 Alex Pleninger

"Mister Kuzmin [the original Polivoks creator] plays it! others on the stage - Lidia Kavina (Thereminvox) and Evgeny Voronovsky (original Polivoks via LittleGPTracker). the event took place at Art-Aura 2016"

Friday, January 01, 2016

Happy New Year From MATRIXSYNTH! - A Look Back at 2015


Happy New Year everyone!  I want to thank you all for a great 2015 and I wish you all the best in 2016!

The following is my yearly round up for the year.  Feel free to dig into this post as much you like, or skip it and leave a comment at the bottom of the post. I'd be curious to hear what stood out for you in 2015. Do you like the direction the synthesizer world is headed in, or would you rather see more or less of any type of product?

Wednesday, October 07, 2015

Two New Alex Pleninger Polivoks Clone in Action Videos


Videos 7 and 8 added to the main post here.

Thursday, October 01, 2015

Two New Videos of the Upcoming Polivoks Clone by Alex Pleninger


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

Monday, September 28, 2015

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!

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

New Info in On the Upcoming Polivoks Clone from Alex Pleninger


See the update in this post.

Monday, September 21, 2015

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.
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