Trend price : 1000€
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.
Overview
48 keys keyboard. Main panel features 6 switches, 5 rotary selector and 28 knobs- no modulation or pitch bending wheels.
Rear panel 5-dins terminal connectors:
-
main signal out
- headphones out
- signal input for external filtering
- pedal input for filter control.
Voice
2 oscillators VCOs (with crossmodulation) that can be played either in MONOPHONIC mode or in DUOPHONIC one. Both VCOs feature same shapes (tri / saw/ sqr / pulse1 / pulse2) can they be set at different volume gain and mixed with a white noise generator.
Filter
famous screaming 2-poles resonant filter with contour mode and true aggressive auto-oscillation that can be set to :
- Lowpass
- High pass
mode.
LFO
a single modulator features 4 shapes (triangle, square, sample&hold and noise) and 4 destinations:
- VCF cutoff
- VCO1 pitch
- VCO2 pitch
- VCA amplitude.
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 DRONE mode.
Midi
unit can be moded with external cv gate control at 1V/Oct.
Memory
no memory
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: -best russian synth- retro cyrilic design - sound + filter-
NOT : - no wheels- 5 dins connectors- actual price
"Raw soviet synth with character and cold-war design. Filter is something totally unknown with crazy resonance. A martian synth! love it!"
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci