Ohh with my last comment I wasn't so right. Know a little more about it, since I got one to service. It doesn't have ONE Fiilter, it has various!!! Yes, it has 4 DAConverters inside and what do they do? A binary counter feeeds them SAW or PulseWaves like an oridinary analog synth....like Crumar Bit. First5 sounds are clavi, piano, an other fixed resonat filter sounds, BP and passive high/lowpassF, that dont track with the tune. 2nd-Row: VCF-Bass with the POLIVOKs FILTER!!!
Haha Moog/303 Clone.........with wavetable inside? LOL! You are real synth experts! Also Polivoks has no Moog or 303-Filter (this also has NO filterCAPs inside--6dB per stage-->12dB ....is done by driving programmable OPamps at very low current, so high frequencies roll off) , only one of them Pnm2 or so has a moog clonefilter and sounds quite distorted, fat sound but lousy kbd. (and breath taking, stinky sovjet PCBs), Maestro is something totally different, this is why it is so wanted!
@Holzopel it was more the looks and functionality that I think they where going for on them. Clone was a bad way to put it, maybe more like the idea was to be a competitor of those synths. None of them really sound alike either in my opinion, little to do with the filter or how the osc is generated.
Is this a clone Moog or is it "a typical Russian engineering example" -> part clone, part own improvisation? Shear randomness: I read an article about the development of a small Russian car yesterday -> They started with a Fiat 500 or 600 and then started changing all kinds of things: For the engine, for example, they tried a motorcycle engine, but it was not powerful enough, so they developed a VW-like engine but in V-shape. The actual model showed a Fiat like nose but had a look of its own.
I'm not sure, but I think your prob right, they were kind of behind their own curtain with a lot of products, no corporate copyrights doodoo. I've got the feeling this was their attempt at a tb-303 clone, why I tried to do some comparing between the two. It was built by the same company that made the Polovoks which prob more a Moog clone. Formentia built it like it was going to be used for military applications. Very tough for its age, yet there are some very delicate parts in it too.
Thanks for your response. I have seen more examples of their engineering, like ZX spectrum clones with a clone processor, where they couln't clone certain parts, which were replaced by their own "elbow grease and sticky tape" solutions. Like replacing IC with a bunch of transistors and stuff, to emulate the functions of the ICs.
Yup, it is intresting cracking it open to see how they engineer some things difrently in it. The buttons spring back back because they have foam rubber under them. I've never seen that before, and why not? It works. The magnetic reed switches under the keys are intresting too, I had to replace some that got damaged during shipping, and I sticky taped a couple extra on the inside of the case for next time.
I meant indestructably made. I'm very sorry for having said that. That was not smart/fair/nice of me. Horrible in fact. It was thoughtless and impulsive. I read an article about Gibson guitars, in which the genuine Gibsons were mentioned as "Army quality wiring" -> Very robustly engineered. I hope I made myself clear :o)
@zamisers7k How come this one doesn't have a step-sequencer like the 303 does? The filter doesn't sound that bad I would admit. Other soviet synths have worse filters.
P.S. I'm from Russia, and I've heard quite a lot of that soviet-era crap. :)
@Keijz74 Surely no "typical Russian engineering example", nor moog, tb303 or any other clone attempt here!
the synth is a 4 voice polyphonic, build with a huge bunch of the discrete logic IC's controlled by mcu, digital osc's and filter, maybe only the output amplifier with envelope is analog here as I remeber.
very strange and kinda unreliable(due to kbd construction and low quality soviet el.caps) noisy synth, but it has its own character which is a matter of taste.
I just bought a maestro flightcased at my local car boot sale in London for a fiver,Everything is working except high d. After opening it to repair the contact I saw that it uses skinny glass tubes in the triggering process.The d keys` glass tube is broken,as I am not advanced in electrical circuits or russian do you now what the glass tube is and can I get them from an english speaking parts dealer. Thanks in advance for your time.
Yes, they are called Magnetic Reed Switches. I had to get them at a specialty electronics store where I'm from to fix mine. I bought a couple extra and taped them to the inside too. They are pretty easy to sodder in if you get them, no need for an electrician to do it.
Ohh with my last comment I wasn't so right. Know a little more about it, since I got one to service. It doesn't have ONE Fiilter, it has various!!! Yes, it has 4 DAConverters inside and what do they do? A binary counter feeeds them SAW or PulseWaves like an oridinary analog synth....like Crumar Bit. First5 sounds are clavi, piano, an other fixed resonat filter sounds, BP and passive high/lowpassF, that dont track with the tune. 2nd-Row: VCF-Bass with the POLIVOKs FILTER!!!
Holzopel 1 week ago
Haha Moog/303 Clone.........with wavetable inside? LOL! You are real synth experts! Also Polivoks has no Moog or 303-Filter (this also has NO filterCAPs inside--6dB per stage-->12dB ....is done by driving programmable OPamps at very low current, so high frequencies roll off) , only one of them Pnm2 or so has a moog clonefilter and sounds quite distorted, fat sound but lousy kbd. (and breath taking, stinky sovjet PCBs), Maestro is something totally different, this is why it is so wanted!
Holzopel 3 months ago
@Holzopel it was more the looks and functionality that I think they where going for on them. Clone was a bad way to put it, maybe more like the idea was to be a competitor of those synths. None of them really sound alike either in my opinion, little to do with the filter or how the osc is generated.
zamisers7k 3 months ago
Sound like a sh 101..kinda
synth77 8 months ago
I would kill for one of these! (this means hit me up on the inbox if you have one for sale)
helefitta 9 months ago
Awesome.
PauseTape 9 months ago
Я хоть и лютый трешер и мне пох, что слушать и что использовать для написания своей музыки, но я не знаю, как бы я применил этот синт. Ей-богу.
MrBratkenSolov 11 months ago
@MrBratkenSolov Вы, скорее всего, из другого поколения музыкантов.
theeltea 3 months ago
You forget that they still have the best jet fighters on the world .....
delfreak 1 year ago
как я на нем расшибался в 92м
karazupa2 1 year ago
This is the greatest sound ever.
RaygunShaun 1 year ago
unendingly goofy
PlushBlondeBus 1 year ago
very good synth-:)
MrSYNESTESIE 1 year ago
in soviet RUSSIA the maestro plays YOU!
UnchainTheNight1 1 year ago 8
@UnchainTheNight1 On youtube, there are a lot of repetitive comments.
timistof 1 year ago
WHERE can I get one of these?
residentevilrulz 2 years ago
nice nice sound
jefferyklassen 2 years ago
охуенный аппарат!
MaJI0u 2 years ago 2
ooooooooooh.
vomiol 2 years ago
Brilliant
neonwind 2 years ago
this is freaking awesome
NappyHeadedHorse 2 years ago
My eaaaaars bleeeeeed!!!!
Zephear 2 years ago
formentia and polovoks oh lol.
nxlrabyss 2 years ago
I have a virtual Polyvoks. But I can't tell you where I got it. I forgot. Sorry.
Keijz74 2 years ago
Is this a clone Moog or is it "a typical Russian engineering example" -> part clone, part own improvisation? Shear randomness: I read an article about the development of a small Russian car yesterday -> They started with a Fiat 500 or 600 and then started changing all kinds of things: For the engine, for example, they tried a motorcycle engine, but it was not powerful enough, so they developed a VW-like engine but in V-shape. The actual model showed a Fiat like nose but had a look of its own.
Keijz74 3 years ago
I'm not sure, but I think your prob right, they were kind of behind their own curtain with a lot of products, no corporate copyrights doodoo. I've got the feeling this was their attempt at a tb-303 clone, why I tried to do some comparing between the two. It was built by the same company that made the Polovoks which prob more a Moog clone. Formentia built it like it was going to be used for military applications. Very tough for its age, yet there are some very delicate parts in it too.
zamisers7k 3 years ago
Thanks for your response. I have seen more examples of their engineering, like ZX spectrum clones with a clone processor, where they couln't clone certain parts, which were replaced by their own "elbow grease and sticky tape" solutions. Like replacing IC with a bunch of transistors and stuff, to emulate the functions of the ICs.
Keijz74 3 years ago
Yup, it is intresting cracking it open to see how they engineer some things difrently in it. The buttons spring back back because they have foam rubber under them. I've never seen that before, and why not? It works. The magnetic reed switches under the keys are intresting too, I had to replace some that got damaged during shipping, and I sticky taped a couple extra on the inside of the case for next time.
zamisers7k 3 years ago
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Keijz74 3 years ago
I meant indestructably made. I'm very sorry for having said that. That was not smart/fair/nice of me. Horrible in fact. It was thoughtless and impulsive. I read an article about Gibson guitars, in which the genuine Gibsons were mentioned as "Army quality wiring" -> Very robustly engineered. I hope I made myself clear :o)
Keijz74 3 years ago
The Red army Used this. CCCP!
pyromohanzed 2 years ago
Stop your sneering and tell better about the Dutch art of engineering.
what? You have absolutely nothing to say?
What a disgrace.
wh1957 3 years ago
And it is in fact a compliment to the creativity of Russian engineers :o)
Keijz74 3 years ago
Well, here I am again telling you I L<3VE the machine. And I have NOTHING against ANY nationality. P E A C E ;o)#
Keijz74 3 years ago 2
Promašio si ceo fudbal, bre.
brajtnerinjo 2 years ago
@zamisers7k
i think its a SH101 or MC202 clone.
NLGuppy 1 year ago
@zamisers7k How come this one doesn't have a step-sequencer like the 303 does? The filter doesn't sound that bad I would admit. Other soviet synths have worse filters.
P.S. I'm from Russia, and I've heard quite a lot of that soviet-era crap. :)
theeltea 3 months ago
@Keijz74 Surely no "typical Russian engineering example", nor moog, tb303 or any other clone attempt here!
the synth is a 4 voice polyphonic, build with a huge bunch of the discrete logic IC's controlled by mcu, digital osc's and filter, maybe only the output amplifier with envelope is analog here as I remeber.
very strange and kinda unreliable(due to kbd construction and low quality soviet el.caps) noisy synth, but it has its own character which is a matter of taste.
DeepIodok 1 year ago
@DeepIodok Interesting! Thanks.
Keijz74 1 year ago
No wonder they lost the Cold War!
CHI-Town Monk
Monkmaster1969 3 years ago
@Monkmaster1969 We did? :) The Cold War ended with the Cuban crisis, you know...
theeltea 3 months ago
wow
660boss 3 years ago
Excellent dirty sounds.
odakueffect 4 years ago
fantastic synth
synth64 4 years ago
I just bought a maestro flightcased at my local car boot sale in London for a fiver,Everything is working except high d. After opening it to repair the contact I saw that it uses skinny glass tubes in the triggering process.The d keys` glass tube is broken,as I am not advanced in electrical circuits or russian do you now what the glass tube is and can I get them from an english speaking parts dealer. Thanks in advance for your time.
binsinc 4 years ago
Yes, they are called Magnetic Reed Switches. I had to get them at a specialty electronics store where I'm from to fix mine. I bought a couple extra and taped them to the inside too. They are pretty easy to sodder in if you get them, no need for an electrician to do it.
zamisers7k 4 years ago
I heard these synth organs are very hard to find.
RukiVverh12 4 years ago
Pretty cool!
MclarenF1CMS 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
all i can gather is soviet synths kinda suck... bummer.
the486kid 4 years ago
I hope you're joking...
futureimage 4 years ago
OMG thats the best, nastiest saw EVER. jealous!
deltasleep 4 years ago
Yeah fix it, and play the Soviet anthem on it ;)
PimpinBassie 4 years ago
pretty cool I like it fix that glitchy note and that will be a nice piece.
bentsynth 5 years ago
You noticed that too... Just got this thing, it was beat up during shipping, not sure whats all working properly yet or not.
zamisers7k 5 years ago
one note seems 'pressed' all the time, it plays when you switched modes...love that sound!!!
VideoJunkei 4 years ago
Why do I hear a certain note all the time, even though you press random notes ?
Jexus 5 years ago