POLYGAMIST LOVE 15

Published on Oct 23, 2016 Smokey Quartz

"Some late night fun with the Knas Ekdahl Polygamist and blacklight fun. The ADSR of the Polygamist is being triggered by the Roland TR-77, which is heard but not seen."

POLYGAMIST LOVE 14

Published on Oct 19, 2016 Smokey Quartz

"The Knas Ekdahl Polygamist and some clouds."

Ekdahl/Knas Vintage Polygamist Modular Synth

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These do not show up often, especially not with a listing description as colorful as the synth:

"One out of 53 totally made. The synth is in MINT CONDITION WITH ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.
The synth is so cool and weird. Weird in coolie weird way. Very unusual character and amazing thought has gone into its sounds and architecture.
Just go to there website to discover and fall in love with the plethora of wives you will be inheriting if you purchase it.
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Double U, Double U, Double U, dot knasmusic dot com..."

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AHMW 2016 Synth Meet Set for April 23rd

Additional details here.

"This year's theme: SIXTEEN

Bring something with SIXTEEN of SOMETHING...

Sixteen voices, Sixteen steps, Sixteen knobs, etc.

The annual Get-Together will be Saturday, April 23rd at the PHHS Media Center.

I'll have the doors open at 10:00am. All synthgeekgearheads are encouraged to join us and spend some time with awesome gear and great people.

Past gear includes:
All sorts of Modulars (MOTM, DotCom, Euro, Blacet, Metalbox, Wiard, Cynthia, Modcan, Serge, Buchla)
Moog: Minimoog, Voyager, Prodigy, Polymoog, MemoryMoog, Taurus (I & III)
ARP: 2600, Quadra, Odyssey
Oberheim: Xpander, OB8, OB-X (and crOwBX!), OB-1, Two Voice, Four Voice
Sequential: Pro 1, Prophet 5 (rev 2 & 3), Prophet T-8, Prophet 2000
Roland: Juno 6, Jupiter 4, Jupiter 6, Jupiter 8, RS-101, SH-09, SH-101, SH-3a,
TB-303, TR-505, TR-606, TR-707, TR-808, TR-909, System 100, System 700
Korg: MS-20, PS-3100, Trident, Lambda
Yamaha: CS-15, SY-2, CS-80, SK-30
Also: VCS3, Putney, PPG, SunSyn, Polygamist, Buchla 400, Rhodes, Hammond
And DIY gear, and much more!

Location is between Lagrange and Angola in northeast Indiana.

Smokey Quartz - Pneumata #2

Published on Oct 25, 2015 Smokey Quartz

"A meeting between the Ekdahl Polygamist and Metasonix Wretch Machine with a little percussive help from Mr. Basimilus Iteritas. The Polygamist is running the show, triggering everything with it's LFOs and sending out pitch CVs to the Wretch and BI from it's ribbon."

Smokey Quartz - Pneumata #1

Published on Oct 23, 2015 Smokey Quartz

"The first in a new series of synth improvisations using whatever tickles my fancy at the moment. At this moment it's the Ekdahl Polygamist playing the Metasonix Wretch Machine resulting in a thick, dirty, analog drone."

POLYGAMIST LOVE 13

Published on Jul 13, 2015 Smokey Quartz

"In this Polygamist Love video, the Ekdahl Knas Polygamist gets some random-ish sequences whispered into it's ears and we go swimming. Morning swimming? Night swimming? Synthesizers? We love it all! Background percussions from the Metasonix D-1000 and a Noise Engineering B.I. module."

POLYGAMIST LOVE 12

Published on Jul 2, 2015 Smokey Quartz

"In this video, the Ekdahl Polygamist gets some more love while being sat on by Oaxacan carvings. We also take a stroll through the Self Realization Meditation Gardens in Encinitas. Self-realization through synthesis? Maybe.

This deviates from the other Polygamist Love videos in that it has beats, provided by the Metasonix D-1000 and a Noise Engineering Basimilus Iteritas module."

POLYGAMIST LOVE 11

Published on Jun 29, 2015 Smokey Quartz

"In this video I give the Knas Polygamist some love and go swimming in the ocean."

POLY LOVES PHASHI 4

Published on May 24, 2015 Smokey Quartz

"In this video the Ekdahl Polygamist makes love to the Tocante Phashi. Or is it the other way around? Either way, it is consensual but not very "sensual" in the ordinary sense. Stick around as towards the end I start making out with Phashi to make Poly jealous… don't worry, I don't lick it.. hot breaths only!"

POLY LOVES PHASHI 3

Published on May 23, 2015 Smokey Quartz

"So you take two Knas Ekdahl Polygamist oscillators (7 if you include the audio rate LFOs, ADSR, and self-oscillating filter, 10 if you include the sub-pitches of VCO2) detune them and add a Tocante Phashi… then what????"

POLY LOVES PHASHI 2

Published on May 22, 2015 Smokey Quartz

"A sunset love drone between the Tocante Phashi and Ekdahl Polygamist."

POLY LOVES PHASHI 1

Published on May 18, 2015 Smokey Quartz

"In this video, the Tocante Phashi is plugged into the Ekdahl Polygamist and I record their first encounter. Awkward meeting or love at first sight? Also, the infamous Girl Party ladies take a face painted bath. We had too much fun making this video, if such a thing even exists."

POLYGAMIST LOVE 10

Published on Apr 25, 2015 Smokey Quartz
Re-Published on Apr 26, 2015

"In this video I have a solo noise jam on the Ekdahl Knas Polygamist synthesizer while intermittently stopping to playing with my cat. After the recording, the Polygamist told me that it does not prefer solo jams. It is all about 'the more the merrier' for the Polygamist, or 'Poliy-G' as I sometimes call it. Sorry Polygamist, maybe I can get more hands on you next time."

The EKDAHL POLYGAMIST by KNAS RARE SYNTHESIZER

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"We believe there are only around 53 of these units ever built... The duo phonic ribbon is a blast. The ADSR times are ridiculous."

Rare Ekdahl Polygamist up for sale/auction. Discontinued back in May of 2014, you don't see these come up too often. A search on Polygamist here on MATRIXSYNTH will bring up previous posts including recent video demos.

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POLYGAMIST LOVE 9

Published on Apr 22, 2015 Smokey Quartz

"In this video we light a bunch of incense and play with the Ekdahl Polygamist. Things get smokey. It starts pretty droney before getting wild, then mellow, then crazy, then annoying… so many emotions from the Polygamist! It's been talking to us! Am I just paranoid?"

POLYGAMIST LOVE 8

Published on Apr 19, 2015 Smokey Quartz

"For this Polygamist love my parents, who are retired and haven't played a synth before, jam out on the Knas Ekdahl Polygamist with me. Truly a fun synth for the whole family! Does the family that makes noise together, stick together? Or do they just annoy each other? ;)

Enjoy the bare feet and afghans… smell the incense through your tinny speakers."

AHMW 2015 This Saturday April 18th!

AHMW 2014 - A look at last years event.

"This year's theme: HYBRID

The annual Get-Together will be Saturday, April 18th at the PHHS Media Center. I'll have the doors open at 9:00am. All synthgeekgearheads are encouraged to join us and spend some time with awesome gear and great people.

Past gear includes:
All sorts of Modulars (MOTM, DotCom, Euro, Blacet, Metalbox, Wiard, Cynthia, Modcan, Serge, Buchla)
Moog: Minimoog, Voyager, Prodigy, Polymoog, MemoryMoog, Taurus (I & III)
ARP: 2600, Quadra, Odyssey
Oberheim: Xpander, OB8, OB-X (and crOwBX!), OB-1, Two Voice, Four Voice
Sequential: Pro 1, Prophet 5 (rev 2 & 3), Prophet T-8, Prophet 2000
Roland: Juno 6, Jupiter 4, Jupiter 6, Jupiter 8, RS-101, SH-09, SH-101, SH-3a,
TB-303, TR-505, TR-606, TR-707, TR-808, TR-909, System 100, System 700
Korg: MS-20, PS-3100, Trident, Lambda
Yamaha: CS-15, SY-2, CS-80, SK-30
Also: VCS3, Putney, PPG, SunSyn, Polygamist, Buchla 400, Rhodes, Hammond
And DIY gear, and much more!"

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POLYGAMIST LOVE 7

Published on Feb 14, 2015 Smokey Quartz

"For Valentine's Day we made a noisy mess with the Ekdahl Polygamist and let the cat sit on it. It sounds pretty good with a cat sitting on it."

POLYGAMIST LOVE 6

Published on Feb 12, 2015 Smokey Quartz

"In this video three people and one cat attempt to play the Ekdahl Polygamist. One of them has never played a synthesizer before… and it's not the cat!"