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Russian Keyboards anyone?
General discussionFound this on another forum, I'd LOVE to have one of these, even just for show! :D
http://www.ruskeys.net/eng/base/aelita.php
The 'Unost 70', for example, is described as: "a polyphonic electronic instrument with large artistic and technical capabilities. Its circuit is based on transistors without the use of tubes, due to which the device is portable (its weight is 25 kg)"
Ok, 100 kg is also portable, of course, just a bit more difficult :D
Cheers,
IZ.
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the problem is that most of them, if not all, dont have midi or cv/gate, so unless you're a good keyboard player its pretty annoying to have. already saw some polivoks going for cheap. didnt got em for that reason.
if those instruments are only made with transistors ( resistor and capa too,... ) without any chipset, you can make "circuit bending" to put a midi in/out on one of those, i'm nearly sure, just have to find the "schema".
Originally posted by : Swan
the problem is that most of them, if not all, dont have midi or cv/gate, so unless you're a good keyboard player its pretty annoying to have. already saw some polivoks going for cheap. didnt got em for that reason.
yeah there's also an ebay shop that specializes in soviet synths. some obscure stuff in there!
Adding midi to a synth that's not designed to be externally controlled, will be very tricky I think. You'd have to have the schematic and even then. They probably won't have added pins or made the area's where you need to be easily accessible.
But then again, I suppose working a year on adding midi to an old soviet synth is part of the charm.