Last week I bought a Russian analogue sizer; a Polivoks. I bought it from a very kind guy from Estonia who even delivered it to me in Sweden by ferry. It is in really good condition.
People say that the Polivoks is a Russian Minimoog clone but it is really not. It doesn’t have that bottom end, warm filter and snappy envelops that the Model D has. I would say it is more like an ARP Odyssey, it is even duo-phonic.
Anyway it’s a great sounding sizer that can make strange noises as well as nice synthpop sounds.
I decided to make a song using only the Polivoks. So here is a little demo song made entirely on the Polivoks alone. It is not as tight since you can’t control the sizer via CV/Gate. Everything has to be played live and I’m not the best keyboard player. Even the drums are Polyvox sampled and played by Battery.
I’m not the best programmer of strange noise/effect sounds so my Poli sounds like a Czech animated movie. For those of you who can program effect sounds this sizer is really great.
I wouldnt call this ‘music’ really, but here’s an old ‘work’ i created on my moog mg-1… (recorded LIVE takes through my laptops internal mic… couldnt find a cable adaptor… haha).
For those of you who can program effect sounds this sizer is really great.
Now I’m on my own but I’m composing new materials.