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Elka Synthex

Analog Synth from Elka

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Published on 03/07/05 at 01:50
Value For Money : Excellent
See detail on the advice of Tonanacatl very complete.

- I will insist on the fact that simplemen the machine is in splitable 2 "synths" for 4 voices with individual output (or 1 in poly8 poly4 normal or dual mode (two sounds superposs!)).

- The two multimode filters with different pass-band, a low-pass and high pass-off, resonant.

- COD 2 voice synchronization with a glide / portamento sparmen assignable.

- The 4 mini mono sequencers the TB303 patern but with only one per track, but very fast and ergonomic, synchronized with a trigger TR808, TR707, KorgDDD1 or other older pace box trigger output.

MIDI or not depending on the version (original MIDI on a Synthex is note on / note off, and one channel of Vaud but best looked at as a midi in and filter omni advantageous because it tend to lose the pedal autremen ...)

UTILIZATION

In half an hour, we know techniquemen the used machine is an ergonomic vraimen except for the memory system that makes it difficult to change one's already MMore.

- The sequencer is great and very entertaining, the sequences can be combined even if they have a different number of steps after, we define an area of ​​the keyboard will transpose the sequence permetre.

SOUNDS

"Yes but not VCO is the COD" And yes! are effectivemen of COD and that's what makes justemen the interest of this machine compared to others is what gives it its more cold and raw, which does not prevent it from having sounds very alive (and possibilities very different from those of a Prophet5, or a Memorymoog Jupiter8). There is a possibility of Ringmodulateur PWM and the other COD and when you put these functions on both COD at the same time, we get it sounds very special.

- The analog filters vraimen sound good (it is the same as in one or Prophet5 OBXa differamen mountains but to make multimode).

- The chorus of Elka simplemen is phenomenal! A simple sawtooth gross, the Chorus of 3 rings and direct!

groundwater can be super trippy and amazing atmosphere of a eppaisseur while concervan a phenomenal lightness of his or conversely, make pads that very pechus bourent entire spectrum fesan snoring membranes and sparkling treble.

The bass is xlentes but there is no single player mode which is a shame.

OVERALL OPINION

- An amazing machine that has lots of character and a range of sounds insane (especially thanks to PWM and intermodulation between the two ring DCO).

It is a very big machine absolutely brilliant rendering difficilemen imitable. The modulation Joystique is pretty cool.

I have a few years and luckily, it's noon and a version with the experience, I do it again this choice without problem.

It is clear that I would not trade or against a JP8 let alone against a P5! For story, the person I bought it had pulled the plate in ELKA faade because he was ashamed of the brand ... Elka yet made exelentes machines. The series ER and EM are machines in his brilliant (essays, I assure you, their programming is special but the sound is great for the price).