I've made a few recordings with a friend's Formanta EMS-1 in Latvia. He said it was just laying around an old theatre in Liepaja collecting dust when he found it. The synthesized strings on the keys are fairly tame, but the noise-driven, sample-and-hold LFO is an absolute monster! http://ruskeys.net/eng/base/formanta.php Another bonus feaure is the fact that the Formanta sounds *completely* different about three hours after turning it on than when you start. Let's hear it for non-linearity, which simply can't be emulated on the computer. Another friend from Riga occaisionally sells different Soviet/Russian synths on Ebay. In fact, there seem to be quite a few of them around. Not the Formanta, it's a rare beast, but if you are looking for a Polyvox, for example, the going price seems to run between 500 and 700 Euros. Shipping is what would really kill you, though. A Polyvox isn't too heavy, but the Formanta is approximately the size and bulk of a small fridge! best, derek Mark Knecht wrote: > Darn those would be fun to play with. > > Thanks Alex! > > > On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 09:40:23 -0400, Dave Phillips <dlphilp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>Greetings: >> >> Alex Prokoudine sent this link to some interesting photos and info >>concerning Russian (pre- and post-Soviet) synths: >> >>http://ruskeys.net/eng/synths.php >> >> Thanks Alex ! >> >>Best, >> >>dp >> >> > > -- derek holzer ::: http://www.umatic.nl ---Oblique Strategy # 111: "Lowest common denominator check -single beat -single note -single riff"
