Moog Music Forum

nicholas d. kent wrote:That's one of the more Minimoog like Soviet synths, though I've not played one to see how close it comes. Some but not all Soviet synths copied the Moog filter. I have played an East German Vermona that contained a Moog clone filter and the Aelita, which is quite a bit different from Moogs in details but the filter is quite Moog-like. The Polivoks though has a very original filter design.

That's exactly what I was thinking.. The layout is very similar to a Minimoog D.

Here´s a little demo I made when the Altair came in. No processing, no drum samples, just the pure synth.

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/electron ... -demo.html

Just the one synth? How many tracks?

Just the one synth.

Tracks:

1. Kickdrum
2. Snare Tone
3. Snare Noise ("Snappy" - needs its own VCA envelope so I had to record it separately)
4. Hi Hat
5. Bass
6, 7, 8, (9?) poly chord (sorry, I don´t remember if I recorded three or four voices as I made this 1,5 - 2 years ago)

And here´s something I made using the Altair VCOs plugged into the Voyager

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUDP2Iv1aDc

all drums are drum samples

the synth line in the beginning uses all three voyager VCOs + all three Altair VCOs. All other synth sounds use only Altair VCOs. I think the sound is much phatter without the Voyager VCOs

The sounds are processed. The mix could be better (unthreatened room etc.) but at the club everybody likes to dance to this one

I had a polivoks for a while. I finally decided to sell it because I'm not aware of one person in the states who can work on them and that was too much of a liability for me. I did love the sound which ranged from a big round mellow 70's discrete sound to the aggro sounds it is mroe well known for.

WHile I did enjoy the sound and obviously they are an exotic novelty, with few or no techs willing to work on them and an expensive price tag for what is known to be a flakey synth, I think buying one is risky and you might end up with an expensive paperweight.

...You know, this thing looks like a cross between a Crumar DSII and a MiniMoog. I've owned both, and...

OMG - You don't think...

I was in Russia at the time... it was a cold and lonely night. I felt sorry for my poor synths, they'd had such a work out... I took them out of their flight cases and left them in the room ALONE... TOGETHER, for about an hour... I returned to find them playing silly sounds and each one smoking a cigarette.

At the time, I didn't suspect a thing... but now - after all this time!!!

I'd really love to do a circuit test on this guy just to be sure...

lolololol


I have some pictures of this synth as well as the panel translations somewhere on my computer. If any of you are interested let me know.

Eric

Hey guys

I made an Altair 231 all exclusive demo tracks, everything including the drums and percussion is made with this baby. It is with a midi mod installed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U55B1f4n8wg

p.s. i'm selling it too (email me korgmp at gmail com)

There are clearly some samples playing there, as demonstrated by the "Jan Hammer" artifact effect on the hi hat caused by repeating the same sample of it rapidly. They might samples of this Altair, however.

Good luck on selling it.

thealien666 wrote:There are clearly some samples playing there, as demonstrated by the "Jan Hammer" artifact effect on the hi hat caused by repeating the same sample of it rapidly. They might samples of this Altair, however.

Good luck on selling it.

Don't know where you hear samples from my friend, its all altair just multitracked