MATRIXSYNTH: TOM-1501 RARE SOVIET USSR VINTAGE ANALOG SYNTHESIZER


Monday, April 26, 2010

TOM-1501 RARE SOVIET USSR VINTAGE ANALOG SYNTHESIZER

via this auction
"Tom-1501- 61-note (F-F) string / brass / piano multi-keyboard. This one reminds Crumar multi-keyboards. Nearly all controls on sliders on sloping back panel. Splittable. Vibrato depth, speed. Brass filter AR, resonance and cutoff. Preset sounds, mixable, include piano, clavinet, orchestra (violin, alto, contrabass), brass. Chorus. Piano has separate out. Made at the Tula factory. Size: 920 x 360 x 195 mm. Weight: 13 kg

PANEL PARAMETERS:

- VOLUME: phones level, 5-din out
- VIBRATO (LFO): depth, rate, tuning
- VOLUME GLOBAL: strings, bass (+on/off), piano
- BRASS-FILTER: attack, decay, resonance, cutoff
- LEFT MANUAL: piano, clavichord, alto, viola, brass (+on/off)
- STRING ENSEMBLE: timbre level, orchestra (chorus) on/off
- RIGHT MANUAL: piano, clavichord, alto, viola, brass (+on/off)
- SUSTAIN: level ; POWER on/off
- CONNECTIONS (5-din): pedal in, mono out, stereo out (brass left, pno-strings right), piano out; 220V power socket, fuse, ground.

Tom-1501 provides very impressive analog sound, it is convenient for modeling of really fat strings and warm pads, classic brasses and horns, old space leads, vintage piano sounds, layered combinations etc..

Some examples of how it really sounds:
http://ruskeys.net/eng/base/1501tom.php#sn"

video below







YouTube via XElectric — November 02, 2007 — "Short audio demo...

1) harpsichord
2) harpsichord + piano
3) harpsichord + piano + bass...

String instruments section:

4) alto + bass
5) alto + bass + violin
6) alto + bass + violin + chorus unit"

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