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Formanta Polivoks

info Country: Russia
Weight: 18 Kg
Dimensions: 780х490х195 mm
audio demo trend price : 1000€
manual demo video comments

Polivoks / Поливокс (1982)
Formanta Radio Factory

 

Duophonic analog synthesizer made during Soviet Union USSR, probably the most sought-after Russian machine designed by Vladimir Kuzmin.

Often called the russian Minimoog but these are two completely different machines.

main panel
synthcat

info KEYBOARD 48 keys keyboard. Main panel features 6 switches, 5 rotary selector and 28 knobs- no modulation or pitch bending wheels.

Rear panel (with English translation) 5-dins terminal connectors:
- main signal out
- headphones out
- signal input for external filtering
- pedal input for filter control.


 

 


edit VOICE the synthesizer features 2 oscillators VCO (with crossmodulation) that can be played either in MONOPHONIC mode or independently in DUOPHONIC one. Both VCOs can be set at different volume gain and mixed with a white noise generator and external filtered signal input.
TECH: for some strange reason the glide mode only affects VCO1 .
PIC: Polivoks waveform on vacuum oscilloscope.

 

mode


  VCO1 VCO2
gain yes yes
octaves 32' 16' 8' 4' 2' 32' 16' 8' 4' 2'
detune master tune yes
shapes tri / saw/ sqr / pulse1 / pulse2 tri / saw/ sqr / pulse1 / pulse2

VCO
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FILTER famous screaming 2-poles resonant filter with contour mode and true aggressive auto-oscillation that can be set to :
- Lowpass
- High pass mode.


VCF
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ENVELOPE 2 main EGS with 4-segments ADSR :
- EG1 VCA
- EG2 VCF.
Both EGS can be switched to either standard ADSR or to special REPEAT (auto-trigger) mode.
Special GATE - VCA switch for continuous DRONE mode.

EG ENVELOPE
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edit LFO a single modulator features 4 shapes (triangle, square, samplehold and noise) and 4 destinations:
- VCF cutoff
- VCO1 pitch
- VCO2 pitch
- VCA amplitude.

LFO
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edit MODIFICATION classic mod is the CV gate INPUT (1V/oct.) which is kind of "easy" or internal MIDI.

cv gate modification

 

 

family RELATED FAMILY:

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New Polivoks - desktop remake clone with midi features VIDEO

 

module clone

Some filter clones for modular.

erica polivoks VCO + VCF, also stompbox acidbox VIDEO

-harvestman polivoks VCF VIDEO

shruthi polivoks MUTABLE SHRUTHI - open source project, version with Polivoks filters VIDEO

 

 

effet VST PLUGIN / SAMPLED VERSION there are some free VST and samples set:

  name price link demo
Polyvoks Station Polyvoks Station free version
Polyvoks Station video
Free samples

rhythm-lab

Free samples free polivoks samples n/a

 

demo AUDIO DEMO warming! a lot of HIGH FREQUENCIES here: protect your hear and speakers!

demo fat bass
demo synth glided xmod
demo seq 1984
demo seq EBM
demo deep bass
demo seq EDM
demo LFO METALIZER
demo Glide a gogo
demo synth modulated
demo repeat Xmode
demo triangle bass
demo nasty arpeggio
demo not really synched
demo simple lfo
demo c64 game
demo WЗЛDY CДRLOS
demo поролона
demo impressioni di ottobre rosso
demo detuned right away
demo sequenced filter
demo  
demo FX: ratling
demo FX: raw sounding
demo FX: talking speech
demo FX: resonance overload
demo FX: sample and hold
demo FX: polirhythm
demo FX: 56k modem
demo
demo TEST: all VCO shapes
demo TEST: DETUNE range
demo TEST: OSC XMOD
demo TEST: VCF lowpass
demo TEST: VCF highpass
demo TEST: all LFO shapes + freq
demo TEST: LFO VCA
demo TEST: EG repeat mode
demo TEST: white noise



video VIDEO CLIP SELECTION

video1 video2 video3

 

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manual
Formanta Polivoks MANUAL (russian)

 

 




manual
SERVICE MANUAL N/A

 

 

 

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Tuning selectors cleaning module version
Tuning under the hood selectors cleaning module version :)))


manual

-best russian synth
- retro cyrilic design
- sound + filter



manual

- no wheels
- 5 dins connectors
- actual price

comment



REVIEW :
"Raw soviet synth with character and cold-war design. Filter is something totally unknown with crazy resonance. A martian synth! love it!"

Thanks to Alessandro Petrini

 
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