Thank you for this presentation. However some notes. That knob which you call detune is originally chorus control. It has switcher in ccw position. Chorus itself has one bbd delay line with constant clock modulation, and knob controls the depth of modulation. The switcher of this knob switches both delay line and direct channel throuh 2 LPFs because delay line can propely work in the limited frequency band. That's why the timres sound a little bit doll in this mode. So to hear original sounding you must not only set the knob chorus in its minimum position but also switch it off with the click in ccw position. I see that you never switch it off.
Now I wanna see a whole Sovietwave piece done exclusively with USSR instruments. You definitely need to get hold of some Soviet guitars. They're so cool and just as aesthetically pleasing.
@@DarkSideofSynth now it's around 200$. In Russian's ebay-like sites very often even under this. It's be funny if after this vid those synth going up to 1000$
I loved that there's not too many options. I'm a firm believer that restrictions breed creativity. And I feel paralyzed with too many options. It's all about making the most with the tools at hand. Creative problem solving
This is interesting topic to study for me. I feel the same. Do you have some materials for reading or watching on topic of restrictions leading to better creativity?
"It sounds distinctly haunted, like broken dreams, fading memories, or whatever that girl listens to when she's studying" This, here, is the content I'm subbed for.
It sounds like a late 1980s Noir computer game in which the story is told through still-art screens while you struggle with the awkward cursor/text interface. In other words.... Glorious.
Он звучит будто из советских мультфильмов, которые я смотрел. Он звучит так холодно, но стоит тебе пустить его в душу, как он становится теплым, и пусть музыка написана в миноре, ты все равно чувствуешь себя счастливым. It sounds like from Soviet cartoons that I watched. It sounds so cold, but as soon as you let it into your soul, it becomes warm, even if the music is written in a minor key, you still feel happy.
Тебе тоже в рекомендации попалось? У меня такие-же ощущение. Буд-то сижу и смотрю старые мультики. Сижу в закулисьях звуко записи и смотрю как создаются музыка. Такие ощущение невозможно передать. Настолько глубоко и тонко...
@@vancej.5686 If Hainbach isn't cornering the market on whatever cheap, obscure synth he's going to cover next to make a killing when the resale value spikes, he's capitalisming wrong.
Some countries add instant flavour to stuff: if your food is Italian, you know it's gonna be good. Same thing for German beer, Japanese cartoons, American invasions, you get my point. So whenever I read the word Soviet next to Synthesizer, I know it's gonna be juicy, and I'm never disappointed! I'm actually planning on having the panel on my Roland Gaia substituted with one that has cyrillic writing, I can read it so it's not a problem, also it will look cool as shit! Great video, stay safe.
"American invasions" you made my day)) I think German electronic school is more respectable, so many musicians going from where, Klaus Schulz, Tangerine Dream, and many..
This synth just SOUNDS Soviet, doesn't it? When I hear it I envision a dreary art film shot in black and white. It makes no difference what you play on, it always comes out in a minor key.
Soviet films were not always black and white and films were not gloomy. Soviet cinematography is still considered the standard of the film industry throughout the world, and especially in Hollywood.
@@vprice509 I also understood you, but you compared it as if all Soviet films are of the same color and shade. So I wrote you a comment.But you're right there are some movies that resemble this
if the composers for stranger things s4 don’t use this for the score, then they’re missing out cuz it’d be perfect for the time period, location, and conflict.
MIDI-mod is a thing, i had it made for me by a local master here in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. He also changed couple of presets to have a long (fixed) attack for more ambient stuff.
You have Maestro and Polivoks, now you need a Kvintet to make the perfect Kuzmin triplet. Divide down string synth with a limited selection of sounds but its really, really nice. Got one a few months ago and its joyous! Has a lovely analogue chorus refered to by Mr Kuzmin as his 2 point unision, makes a rich sound that, if you love Maestro, you will love too.
Whoa the final jam sounds like a soundtrack from soviet TV-shows or movies from 80-s! Клёвый обзор, надеюсь, народ на Авито не будет стремительно повышать цены
русские люди неохотно отправляются за границу на авито, а зарегистрироваться иностранцу очень сложно, потому нужен русский номер телефона :( я хочу так много в австралии
На Авито их ещё и не найти. Правда, Маэстро, при всём уважении к Владимиру -- это не очень интересный аппарат, искать и не нужно. Я играл на нём немножко в начале 90-х -- скучноват. Транзисторный звук (как я это называю) надоедает очень быстро, основная практическая фишка многоголосых инструментов -- пэды -- на Маэстро накрутить совершенно невозможно. Что ещё остаётся? Клавишные? Маллеты (ксилофоны и т.п.)? Язычковые духовые? Нет возможности накрутить ни то, ни другое, ни третье. Всякие как-бэ-брассы... ну, разве что их более-менее неплохо можно сделать. Поверьте, в саунд-дизайне я чуть-чуть разбираюсь :-) Но Кузьмин смог сделать ШЕДЕВР! Поливокс, конечно, затыкает за пояс практически все остальные советские синты, ну, и в каком-то аспекте -- многие несоветские.
@@theMerzavets Интересно, спасибо за коммент! Про Поливокс согласен полностью. А что из многоголосых советских можете посоветовать? Как раз чтобы пэды и полифонические арпеджио?
I'm blown away by how amazing this Soviet synthesizer sounds. And the track at the end of the video has some Soviet electronic music feel to it. I would love to see a cover of Zodiak's eponymous track , Zodiak, made on this synthesizer. I guess that the Soviets made some unique sounding instruments.
Why is that Soviet and Italian synths and drum machines have so much more character than the usual fare? I mean, not only in sound, but it design and aesthetics. Makes them so attractive to me.
Somewhere in Russia there's a small warehouse with 100 of these brand new still in the boxes. Right next door to another warehouse full of 1000 brand new passenger side doors for a Lada Niva ! lol
Awesome vid, thank you for sharing! I loved the demo you did around 5:45. Something about how the overtones come in on some notes gives it a resonant microtonal quality which i love. Probably because I'm a guitar player. Thanks again!
Oh boy, I had the opportunity to pick one up on a street sale for 15$. I passed it because I didn't have cash at location. Came back from the ATM and it was gone. Still have flashbacks of that day.
Привет.... that piece at the beginning/end was FABULOUS.... I love the way it blended techno with "70s synth music"... if you were to do an album of that, I'd be racing over to bandcamp to buy my copy. :) :) :)
Some of this sounds really close to what Kitaro’s Silk Road score sounds like in the old tv series. The album version is pristine and not at all as charismatic. Love the crusty bits!
As a person born in BelarusSSR I consider myself an descendant of people who build that machine, glad to see how you are excited. Thank you for the gratitude of appreciation of a device of prehistoric culture. My respects on your skills, masters can shine instruments.
I think you meant to say that you’re a descendant of them, not an ancestor but whatever. I’m more pissed about the hypocrisy that I would have to buy one, because your commie ancestors were hypocrites that don’t evenly spread the wealth or the fruits of the means of production like they claimed to be in favor of. It’s sort of like how I would have to buy a Che Guevara t-shirt. Communism sucks and the synths in the capitalist west and the music industry in the capitalist west produced far greater and more beloved sounds than anything behind the Iron Curtain. And look at Belarus now, how could you be proud of it?
@@logicalconceptofficial thanks for pointing my mistake. I by no way support political system of current Belarus, or Soviet Union, but here political system is not something people choose, but more kind of a natural disaster. We have no choice but to leave our birthplace or enjoy our life here, and that synth is from people who enjoy the life despite anything, and such people produce gems. And that is what I appreciate in people, not in the system. Also I appreciate people who find these gems and make them shine.
This takes me back to being a kid during the early 80’s watching movies and TV shows that had synth soundtracks. Terminator, War Games, Firefox, Miami Vice, and many others had wonderful synth soundtracks.
There's a documentary about Soviet era electronic music. Haven't watched it but there was a clip saying they used to make synths by dismantling bugs that the KGB had left.
Вот сразу видно профессионал и человек понимает зачем синт! Ну конечно он умеет ещё некоторые вариации звуков, но по плану лофи ваще классный обзор! Молодец! Обзор годный! Пожалуй даже лучший!!!
Damn awesome synth, especially combined with modern tech. Looks like the Soviets could get some music electronic engineering right, starting with the theremin :) I can hear lots of JMJ vibes in your playing. Joy for ever.
The AESTHETIC label is spot on! This sound fits right in with the current generation of Vaporwave where using original instrumentation is becoming the norm.
Wow! This thing seems so cool and simple to use! I just got into making music with FL Studio's free software (I need the full version ASAP)! I'm just glancing at hardware that I'd likely use for my DAW. I don't really know how to use my DAW properly anyways, yet.
Why does this music make me miss drugs? I quit such a long time ago, but this music just freshened all the memories. That is scary and beautiful at the same moment. I miss drugs so hard, but I'm so happy I quit. Holy shit. This music is so strange.
soviet electronics is well documented as well as all the eastern block electronics anyway. I suppose it is available for sure, but in books of the era. If someone was kind enough to scan these and upload on the internet, that would help you a lot.
i really like how warm this synth sounds. I'm sure that's part of the lofi nature of it, but something about how the filter, reverb-like decay, and overall timbre... mmmmmm very nice.
