Hawkeye Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 Hola, Finally, had some time to spare for a friday night synth session, containing two new synths in the collection: the MFB Dominion I and the Roland JD-990. Many thanks to J for recommending the latter one, it is really fantastic. I routed it through the Polivoks DIY VCF to add some (manually controlled by the left hand) analog filter touch to the already flawless, but digital pad sounds! :-) As always, many thanks to TK. for creating everything MIDIbox, without it, i would have given up the idea of doing those live synth jams a long time ago, now creating a track is just a matter of a few hours, sitting down, recording some sequences and having fun, no computer needed :) Thanks for watching and listening and have a great weekend! Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogi Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 I always look forward to your sessions :) Love those filter sweeps, any info on the VCF? Yogi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psykhaze Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 Polivoks VCF gives SID nice ruffness =) Aerial and sweet style SIDhead-feeded , hawkeye's mark. like it ! Greets, Jerome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eptheca Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 Sounds great. Really liked this one. Is it the Erica Synths Polivoks filter? #dawless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted January 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 Thanks a lot, guys! :-) Regarding the Polivoks VCF - it is Marc Bareilles clone-version, I DIY-built it years ago as a stereo version on veroboard, just exchanged the VCF potentiometer (mono) with a stereo pot and built the circuit twice. It is not difficult and can be done in an evening. The filter output is very convincing, quite lo-fi, a bit distorted (if you want to) with mad resonance (if you want to) and is a highly recommended DIY build. It sounds really great (+15V/0V/-15V bipolar PSU required for the opamps). It should also integrate nicely into euro(c)rack setups! :-)http://m.bareille.free.fr/modular1/vcf_polivoks/vcf_polivoks.htm Have a great weekend! Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latigid on Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 Nice to see the Dominion in action! I have a eurorack version of the Polivoks with the original Russian ICs. It's a cool design because the filter corner frequency is controlled by the variable slew rate of one op amp. Quite a different sound! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted January 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 Thanks a lot, Andy! Yes, i love the Polivoks, too! :-) I don't know how much difference there is is between the original russian opamps and the cloned version, but Marc Bareille posted a description of someone who a-b tested clone vs original and said it was close! If you buy the widely available non-russian parts, the whole build costs only around 20€ (without the PSU)... Many greets! Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojjelito Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 Yay! Great music again! Dawless and nice. Nice to hear that you enjoy the JD-990, I guess I should take a look at a Dominion to even the score The Polivoks filter addition was a nice touch to further warm up the digital pads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted January 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 Thanks J! I am so thankful for your synth suggestions a few years back. All of them were fantastic! :) (But i gotta tell you, last week i managed to acquire a really cheap dave smith evolver desktop, that really begs for a programma interface! It is a great 4 osc (2 analog/2 digital) monosynth with supercool modulation possibilities, if you don't have one, yet... ! :-)) Have a great sunday! Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojjelito Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 Evolver, eh? I've been looking at Sequential/DSi Stuff to go beyond the VS, maybe I should act on it? :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmenator Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 The Evolver is a great synth - it's a pity the Poly Rack is not available anymore (actually, that saves me quite some trouble at home...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye Posted January 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2017 Ilmenator: hehe, well, there are those occasional evilbay sales... but i passed on the last poly rack sale due to government restrictions, too ;-). But i think, even the single voice evolver has some really cool features and yet a quite low price (~ 300 bucks). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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