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Friday, January 27, 2006

POLIVOKS Shots

Title link takes you to shots pulled from this auction. Sent my way via Alex Theakston. Thanks Alex!



Via the auction:
The Polyvox (Polivoks) is a duophonic analog synthesizer, with a 49-note (13F-E) keyboard. It features two VCOs, a noise generator, one LFO, a filter (low-pass and bandpass), and two ADSR envelope generators. VCO1 can be cross-modulated by VCO2. Each ADSR can be switched to auto-trigger, each with independent rates.The sound is quite rich and somewhat harsh and aggressive. This is more of a space-synth. You can be sure that you will have never heard the sounds this one can produce. It sounds like these old Yamaha CS-30's, but then fat filters like in Moogs. It is built like a rock, pure military technology, contacts will last forewer. The body is solid and the knobs feel nice. It runs on 220V AC. Polivoks (Polyvox) is the most popular vintage Russian synthesizer all over the world. It has inimitable peculiar sound and very powerful aggressive filters outperforming the famous Minimoog! A fat, lush and very analogue sound is achieved through instability and thanks to unique architecture of the Soviet-era components; in addition, highly reliable military technologies were applied in the process of production. The synthesizer may be used for hard electronic music, or for soft ambient/old school projects and for modelling various effects as well.

SPECIFICATIONS :
Mains voltage of alternating current, V 220
Power consumption, W max 10
A range of operating temperature, C -10 / +35
Relative generator drift over 4 hours continuous work is within, % max +/- 05
Total musical range overlaped by main generators, Hz 21,8 (F of subcontra octave), + 5274 Hz (E of fifth octave)
Tuning range of the main generators, % min +/- 12 (+/- 1 tone)
Detuning range of the second generator, % min +/- 25 (+/- 2 tone)
Frequency change range of the cutoff frequency of the filter, Hz min 100 + 10000
Dynamic range of the synthesizer, dB min 60
Inlet voltage of the synthesizer in a load 10 kOm
Low output voltage, V 0,025
High output voltage, V 0,25

Dimensions - 780x490x195
Weight - 20.00 kgs

The GypsiMIDI



Sonolog GypsiMIDI. Title link takes you there.

Yamaha CS01 Schematic

Title link takes you there. Via Synth Ollie.

The Roland ProForm Series


Beautiful scan sent my way via Javier Zubizarreta. Title link takes you to a much larger image. Thanks Javier!

More NAMM 2006 via One Blue Monkey

I totally forgot about One Blue Monkey. They have some coverage including pics, notes and video, including the Akai EWI4000S. Title link takes you there.

Le Synthi V3 and Synthi AKS Schematic

Keith Seaman was doing some research on the EMS Synthi and ran into this schematic of the Keyboard Sequencer for the Synthi AKS. He sent it my way along with a link to a free Synthi emulation. Title link takes you to where you can download the software. Click on "logiceils" when you get there, scroll down and pick your flavor. Thanks Keith!


Musicians and Their Synths

Title link takes you to a site sent my way via André Bihler, of various musicians and their synths. Enjoy. Thanks André!

Jean Michel Jarre

Korg Oasys and Karma Video

Moogulator found a great demo video of the Korg Oasys and Karma. Title link takes you to the video.

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Weird Noises That Blossom Into Symphonies - NY Times


Title link takes you to an interesting article in the New York Times on the Yamaha Tenori-On, the theremin, and Buchla. Regarding the Tenori-On: "It's a digital instrument in a new form," said Toshio Iwai, a 43-year-old interactive artist and University of Tokyo professor who created the device. "It plays light as well as sound." ... "The aim of this project is to create a musical instrument for nonmusicians," Mr. Iwai said. "I'm not a musician, but I had a dream to play an instrument on the stage." This is later countered with, "The potential in such an interactive system is finite," Dr. Winkler said of the tenori-on. "It's a cool thing for kids to play with, but I don't know any musician who would want to be stuck with this guy's music."

The Funk-A-Duck and MIDI Trumpet


Click here for the techno geeks page of the NAMM Oddities 2006 site. You'll recognize some others there as well. BTW, Frostwave makes some amazing filterboxes. I have the Resonator, and MS-10 filter clone. Build quality is outstanding and the filter on that thing will rip the paint off walls. Via CDM.
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