RMIF Elsita soviet drum synthesizer

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"This video shows a short demonstration of the RMIF Elsita analog drum module, synthesizer. There are 4 percussion sections in the instrument (from bass drum, snare, to high-hat).
The inputs where triggered by an own made pattern sequencer."

Analog synthesizers live demo 7; feat. Kraftwerk and Vangelis ; please use headphones

video by Synthe_64

"please use headphones: since this is recorded live, the mixing is not very good, but when you use headphones you will hear all extras like bass, wind, phasing, panning etc.
In this demo you can hear the mighty analog synths: Moog minimoog ( 1973 ), Korg MS10, Yamaha CS10 and Roland SH2.
More recent are the Roland U220 and Yamaha FB01 midi modules. The newbies are the Arp Odissey ( Korg ) and Arturia Microbrute. The modulars are Pittsburgh Modular and Doepfer Dark Energy along with the Dark Time.
Rhythm provided by the Akai Rhythm Wolf.
Everything is played live. No prerecording, post editing or mixing."

Analog Synthesizers live demo 8; feat. Pink Floyd; please use headphones for best result

"please use headphones: since this is recorded live, the mixing is not very good, but when you use headphones you will hear all extras like bass, wind, phasing, panning etc.
In this demo, the solo's are played with a Minimoog ( 1973 ) and a Roland SH2. The bass partion is from the Yamaha CS10 and de ARP Odissey. Chords are played with 2 Roland JV1010 modules and a Yamaha FB01.
The modulars are mainly Pittsburgh and Doepfer. Sequencers are Pittsburgh, Doepfer dark time and the Korg SQ1. Additional drum is done by the Korg monotribe and the EMW T-drum module. Finally some FX from Roland, Yamaha and Alesis.
Everything is played live, no post production. I don't use midi , everything is connected trough CV, Gates and clock signals."

Analog synthesizers live demo 9; feat. Jean Michel Jarre; please use headphones for best result

"please use headphones: since this is recorded live, the mixing is not very good, but when you use headphones you will hear all extras like bass, wind, phasing, panning etc.

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Pearl Drum-X: a Simmons Drums contender

Valmont

"A true gem of forgotten electronic machines!
Totally analog, with digital memories, this japanese Pearl Drum-X had serious potential for successful sales... But came too late on the market!
The first models were released in 1987, a year where PCM drums appeared and made those fantastic analog things completly old-fashionned.
Anyway, not many were built, and no one seems to know about this lil happy box. Working units can be found for almost nothing, got mine for a hundred bucks, but the 'edit' buttons are broken. Tried to fix that but now my unit doesn't start anymore... Gotta repair this one, as well as so many other machines now. Soon I'll do a noice jam with my soviet Lel UDS, RMIF Elsita, the 808 and this cool Pearl! :D

The Peal Drum-X has a huge variety of sounds, from 909-like toms to typical simmons snares or weird cowbell tones.
Later models had MIDI, this one doesn't. But not a problem when you have multi-trigger drum machines! (Such as the Roland R8)
It has 5 outputs, plus a mixed one, and the box can be screwed in a rack (Only 2U), so it's definitely a great studio machine, as well as for live gigs thanks the quick patch recall buttons."

YMO - "La Femme Chinoise" on Prophet 600, Emax, Juno, Opera 6, Bit One, DX7, K3, Elsita & Linndrum

Valmont / Mooggy

"Ok this one took me a month to edit lol
19 tracks recorded with: Akai AX-80, Siel Opera 6, Crumar Bit One, Yamaha DX7, RMIF Elsita, Roland Juno 60, Sequential Circuits Prophet 600, Kawai K3, E-Mu Emax II.
Additional Linndrum LM2 played on VPROM.

- Akai AX-80: Bass, Verse Strings
- Siel Opera 6: Chorus Chords, Main Lead, Fonk Stabz Verse
- Crumar Bit One: Break chords, Chorus Syncope Chords
- Yamaha DX7: Main lead backs, Verse Stabs
- RMIF Elsita: (Played on a Roland R8) Snare double
- Roland Juno 60: Second Verse Lead
- Prophet 600: Chorus Strings, Chorus lead counterpoint, Chorus ponctuation
- Kawai K3: Verse Lead, Verse Lead Octave
- E-Mu Emax II: Verse Strings Lead Double, Bass ponctuation, Verse Stabs

Effects processors used:
Eventide Blackhole, SynthTronic Chorus, XLN RC-20, Waves J-37, Arturia 1973-Pre, IK TR5 EQual, U-He Presswerk, Xfer LFO Tool, Alex Hilton Stereo Control, Softube Drawmer S73, Nomad Factory 80's Spaces, XLN DS-10, Izotope Mastering Essentials, Fuse Audio Labs Chorus-65, Arturia Tape-201, JST BG-Mix

This song was written by Yukihiro Takahashi and Chris Mosdell, on the album 'Yellow Magic Orchestra' by YMO in 1978. Co-arranged with Ryuichi Sakamoto.


Find my stuff here! https://linktr.ee/Valmont"

Dark Soviet Beat (EMI RITM-2, RMIF Elsita)

Valmont / Mooggy

With 80's soviet stuff
1984 E.M.I RITM-2 - Bass
1989 R.M.I.F Elsita - Analog percussions

Sequenced on Roland R8
Some samples from Молчат Дома

https://linktr.ee/Valmont

ESTRADIN 230 AND RMIF ELSITA. Test after repair and tuning.

Published on May 17, 2020 Alexey Taber

RMIF ELSITA .Vintage Soviet drums module. midi test after repair and tuning.

Published on May 17, 2020 Alexey Taber

Free RMIF Elsita emulation + sample pack

Published on Apr 29, 2020 [ጠσσǥǥሃ]

"My emulation of the RMIF Elsita, a vintage drum machine from USSR :)
Also provided with a sample pack from the original machine!"

Amazing USSR Analog Drums: RMIF Elsita

Published on Sep 12, 2019 [ጠσσǥǥሃ]

"Sounds like a Simmons Drums for 10x less money :D
Straight from USSR, the RMIF Elsita is a 4 chanels analog drum rack.
It can be triggered with external sources... Like separated-outputs drums 8)"

"The Elsita is a soviet analog machine produced from 1989 until 1991, when RMIF went bankrupt. Although being released in a pretty late period, the Elsita was built following old standards from the mid 70’s/early 80’s : fully analog (as you can see on the picture), trigger-only, with big knobs.

The Elsita has 4 channels, which are not perfectly identical, at least on my model. It sounds more like a A/B/A/B disposition (As the colors suggest actually), but they all have the same parameters. Check the oscilloscope snapshot at the back of the page!

With the emulation I added a folder containing various sounds I made with the original machine, so that you can play with original sounds, or with more versatile, clean sounds from my VST :)"

Get it here for free: https://sites.google.com/site/digital..."

The Soviet 808 Drum Machine?

Published on Mar 1, 2020 Simon The Magpie

"Checking out the ELSITA. A soviet vontagw drum machine that is written as possible to make 808 sounds. I call bullshit. But cheap bullshit!"

Monkey Play Drum machine USSR Analog Elsita

Published on Feb 28, 2020 GLvintageSHOP

RMIF ELSITA - RARE VINTAGE SOVIET ANALOG DRUM SYNTHESIZER

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""RMIF ELSITA". It is a powerfull 4 channel analog drum synthesizer, produced in the USSR in 1980s. It has 4 identical channels (which can be used & edited freely). On every channel you can change: trigger signal sensitivity, tone, attack, release, tone\noise balance, filter, volume level. Each channel has trigger Input on a standart 1/4 mono Jack for 4 pads. It can be triggered from any drum pads like classic Simmons or modern Roland\Yamaha or any audio source - line outs of the drum machine or soundcard or CV Gate etc. The module has Audio Output (1/4 Jack) and Headphone Output (1/4 Jack). This is an armoured antitank piece of gear and the sound it produces is very unique! Can synthesize huge pallete of sounds - from modern punchy BD & SD to classic 808 or 909 subs or claps e.t.c.. (check the Demo section below the photoes)

Control on the front desk for each chanel:
Gain, Tone, Attack, Release, Tone\Noise Balance, Filter, Level.

The general functional buttons:
Mains indicator
Channels 1-2 or 1+2 (switch)
Channels 3-4 or 3+4 (switch)
Metronome (ON, 0-300)
Main Volume

The mains power of the unit is 220 volts. For 110/127v countries I`ll include voltage converter.

The unit is EXTREMELY RARE & is hard to find by all means even in former USSR countries. It is fully serviced, tested & is in ideal 100% working condition."

Description from http://ruskeys.net where you can find demos.

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RMIF ELSITA - RARE VINTAGE SOVIET ANALOG DRUM SYNTHESIZER USSR SN 1703

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Published on Jan 18, 2020 GLvintageSHOP

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Rmif Ti-5 Ultra Rare Analog Soviet Synthesizer | Sounds

Published on Dec 2, 2019 Futulyric

"The Soviet synthesizer RMIF TI5 was engineered and produced at Riga Musical Instruments Factory in early 1980.
8-voice analog polyphonic , 16 digitally synced analog oscillators, 8 MOOG-like discrete ladder filters, 1 SAW_UP/SAW_DOWN/TRIANG/SQUARE LFO, 1 noise source, 256 memory presets in four banks (192 ROM, 64 RAM), sequencer and UP/DOWN/UP_AND_DOWN arpeggiator."

A few of these have come up for sale, but I believe this is the first video demo of one.

Update: a few more from Futulyric: [via daden in the commments]



Playlist:

1. Rmif Ti-5 Ultra Rare Analog Soviet Poly Synthesizer
2. FUTULIRIC | Rmif Ti 5 & Rmif Elsita | Psyphony B♭minor
3. Electribe 2 & Rmif Ti-5 | Dark Progressive House
4. Jingle Bells Remix # Electibe 2 & Aelita, Rmif Ti-5, Ritm 2, Maestro
5. Dark House # Alisa 1377, Aelita, Polyvox, Rmif Ti 5

RMIF ELSITA - RARE VINTAGE SOVIET ANALOG DRUM SYNTHESIZER

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"Up for sale is rare Soviet vintage analog electronic drum machine & synthesizer "RMIF ELSITA". It is a powerfull 4 channel analog drum synthesizer, produced in the USSR in 1980s. It has 4 identical channels (which can be used & edited freely). On every channel you can change: trigger signal sensitivity, tone, attack, release, tone\noise balance, filter, volume level. Each channel has trigger Input on a standart 1/4 mono Jack for 4 pads. It can be triggered from any drum pads like classic Simmons or modern Roland\Yamaha or any audio source - line outs of the drum machine or soundcard or CV Gate etc. The module has Audio Output (1/4 Jack) and Headphone Output (1/4 Jack). This is an armoured antitank piece of gear and the sound it produces is very unique! Can synthesize huge pallete of sounds - from modern punchy BD & SD to classic 808 or 909 subs or claps e.t.c.

Control on the front desk for each chanel:
Gain, Tone, Attack, Release, Tone\Noise Balance, Filter, Level."

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LELL UDS - RARE VINTAGE SOVIET ANALOG DRUM SYNTHESIZER MODULE

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RMIF ELSITA - Vintage Soviet DRUM Brain

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"• ELSITA Rmif is 4-channel analogue drum synthesizer.

• This auction drum synth was made in October 1988 in USSR. Serial N-2214
• Synthesis System - Analogue subtractive.

• Built-in metronome, what you can assign to one osc.

• Oscillators: VCO x 2 + Noise x 2, Oscillators Waves: sawtooth, square.

• Controls on rear panel for each channel: Gain, Tone, Attack, Release, Filter. There is also switch and balance between noise & tone generators and master level.

Connectors on on the rear panel - 4 trigger audio inputs and main audio Out on standard 1/4' jack, sequencer input,and phones output MONO on 5-Din.

• Power Supply: 220/240 V.

• No MIDI. You can trigger it from any audio output - synthesizer, drum machine or virtual instrument from analog output of Your soundcard."

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ELSITA Vintage 4ch Analog DRUM Module Synthesizer USSR Soviet 808 909

Published on Jan 23, 2019 GLvintageSHOP

"ELSITA Analog DRUM Module"

LELL UDS: Analog Drum Synthesizer RARE vintage soviet USSR Drum Module

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Published on Jan 8, 2019 GLvintageSHOP

"LELL UDS is a compact analog electronic percussion module like SIMMONS, FORMANTA (ROKTON) USSR, Latvian ELSITA or similar...Good for use if you need a 80-th type drum sounds or modern and experimental rich/warm percussion. Lell UDS module can be triggered from any drum machines individual outputs or used with standard velosity sens. drum pads."

Update:

Some pics via this auction

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Analogue Vintage synthesizers live demo 6

Published on Nov 18, 2018 Synthe_64

"In this demo I use the following vintage synthesizers: Minimoog Model D ( 1973 ), Korg Polysix and Korg MS10, furthermore the Roland VP330+ Vocoder, the Roland SH2 and the Roland organ/strings RS09. The modulars are : Pittsburgh, Doepfer Darktime, Doepfer Dark Energy and Trouby Masterclock. For the bass part I use the ARP odissey together with a Yamaha Midi Keyboard and a Boss FC200 pedal. Rhythm is composed by the RMIF Elsita drumsynthesizer and the Korg Monotribe. Finally I use the Arturia Keystep to play the Arturia Micro Brute sequencer. Some additional FX is done by Alesis microverb, the Roland SE03 and the EHX small Stone. I also use the Boss RC1 and Ditto looper. Mixing is done by 2 Behringers 1202FX. Everything is connected via CV and Gate. I only use midi to play the ARP Odissey via the Boss pedal and Yamaha midi keyboard. No pre recording ( except for the looper pedals ;-) )"

RMIF ELSITA - RARE VINTAGE SOVIET ANALOG DRUM SYNTHESIZER

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"Soviet vintage analog electronic drum machine & synthesizer
"RMIF ELSITA". It is a powerfull 4 channel analog drum synthesizer, produced in the USSR in 1980s. It has 4 identical channels (which can be used & edited freely). On every channel you can change: trigger signal sensitivity, tone, attack, release, tone\noise balance, filter, volume level. Each channel has trigger Input on a standart 1/4 mono Jack for 4 pads. It can be triggered from any drum pads like classic Simmons or modern Roland\Yamaha
or any audio source - line outs of the drum machine or soundcard or CV Gate etc. The module has Audio Output (1/4 Jack) and Headphone Output (1/4 Jack). This is an armoured antitank piece of gear and the sound it produces is very unique! Can synthesize huge pallete of sounds - from modern punchy BD & SD to classic 808 or 909 subs or claps"

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LELL UDS - RARE VINTAGE SOVIET ANALOG DRUM SYNTHESIZER

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LELL UDS is a compact analog electronic drums\percussion synth module like SIMMONS, FORMANTA UDS (ROKTON), ELSITA or similar. It can be used as a supplement to the standard drum module to get synthesized sounds with the possibility to change sound parameters on fly. Good for use in any kinds of music & modern/experimental percussions. Except for the pads the module can also be triggered by any other audio signal - synthesizer, CV gate, drum machine or virtual instrument, analog output e.t.c.

It has 2 independent channels with powerfull parameters of synthesis (24 knobs) such as - GAIN, TONE PITCH, TONE ATTACK,TONE RELEASE, ENVELOPE SPACE, NOISE FILTER, NOISE ATTACK, NOISE RELEASE, NOISE TONE, ACCENT (CLICK), MIX TONE-NOISE, LEVEL etc. There is also a sensitivity level, a ballance between noise & tone, a master level."

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