An iron-curtain analogue synth demo.

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An iron-curtain analogue synth demo.

Post by Demokid » Tue Apr 12, 2005 4:46 am

Hi!

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.

http://hem.bredband.net/maggla2/Songs/p ... 92kbps.mp3

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 really love this sizer.

Kind regards
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Last edited by Demokid on Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:40 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by Boeing 737-400 » Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:38 am

Excellent. I love it! :)
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Post by hieronymous » Tue Apr 12, 2005 6:35 am

Great tune! I think people should post more music here.

Also, I like the way you say "sizer" and I like the fact that when I imported it into iTunes the genre was "Blues"...
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Post by ebg31 » Tue Apr 12, 2005 9:30 am

Not too shabby at all. It reminds me of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" married to Afrika Bambatta's "Planet Rock."

You're not as bad as you think, Demokid. I hear a lot of potential. Now, all you need to do is figure out how to play the ebony keys. ;)
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Post by Demokid » Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:28 am

ebg31 wrote:Not too shabby at all. It reminds me of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" married to Afrika Bambatta's "Planet Rock."

You're not as bad as you think, Demokid. I hear a lot of potential. Now, all you need to do is figure out how to play the ebony keys. ;)
Hi!

Thanx, I will try to find the ebony keys next time. :) I usually sound like this:
http://hem.bredband.net/maggla/Songs/Th ... 0Heart.mp3

It’s a song I made when I played in a band that broke up 2002. :( Now I'm on my own but I’m composing new materials.

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Post by northern hope » Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:11 pm

Great work. This is what I consider to be "true" electronic music.....when every sound you hear is generated from the synthesizer.
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hmmm

Post by writeroxie » Sun Apr 17, 2005 12:35 am

awesome. keep posting songs!

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).

http://mp3download.myspace.com/index.cf ... id=2728974
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Post by ticker » Sun Apr 17, 2005 1:44 am

Dunno why, but I like Moog Mess! It reminds me of Neutral Milk Hotel, don't ask :(
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Post by thebedroom » Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:56 am

I'll second that neutral mikl hotel reference, very 'On Avery Island' Good Stuff if you are into that sort of thing (which obviously I am)
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