I love this machine.. .and I love Numan. Do you have the KEYBOARD VERSION? With 14 presets? (I think the other version, the "ORIGINAL" VERSION from 1975 (picture) hasn't got the VOX HUMANA. The 1978 version (Keyborad), has it =)
Thats some coffee table table you got there my friend!!!
At the moment my coffee table (203a) is 95% restored to ALL its former glory... and I can't wait to pick it up in a few days from the shop when it is closer and closer to 100%. These buggers are problematic sure, but there are many simple things you can do to them to alleviate their design faults... Such as switch all LEDS to modern ones ... LOVE this sound! Good work!!!
If that's what a busted sounds like, I can't help wonder how non-busted sounds. This performance was so atmospheric... Cue mental-visuals of super-industrial dystopic future!
I still have the Wembly concert video on VHS somewhere I am sure. Micromusic it's called, isn't it? I still remember the Replicas into as the lights flashed across the top of the stage, like something out of Close Encounters. Farewell concert? 30 years on almost and he's still gigging. Brilliantly too. I went to see him in Manchester in Novemer and it was fantastic. I've yet to see him on tour promoting new stuff although he did some of the new stuff in Manchester. It was excellent.
Older synths are tempermental, that's for certain... So are old carb'd turbo-cars, or old Italian super-cars. But much like them, what they give out is worth the trouble they put out.
Hey... Can you imagine applying a little license to the end of that intro, to lead it into "Cars"? I can.
Please keep this poly alive brother beautiful sound, beautiful machine, great playing. Which VST would you rcomend, as i have been messing around with FL. Reason, Cubase and cant find anything near that.
There really are not any VST's i have found that mimic the polymoog and its construction but, if its just the Vox humana sound your after, the closest i have got to it is with the KORG polysix VST. check my other video using the polysix vst for the same intro and playing the numan song M.E
lol no they make them work when you turn them on haha, i tell you what though, many VST's can get so close now its unreal, i can go out on stage with a laptop and a midi keyboard and recreate polymoog sounds very faithfully, albeit not strictly completly analog. to someone who knows what it sounds like its un noticable. my 203 (when it works) doenst have vox humana, but i can get pretty damn close in VAR mode, its the same with the VST. best one i found so far is the OP-X pro. bloody brilliant
no, i played straight into the line in to the computer into nero wave editor, then added a phaser and fine tuned filtering in nero as the filters on my moog go to shit when used to much grrr
Its raw poly recorded into the line in on my computer into nero wave editor then i added a phaser and a bit of reverb, and then tweaked some filtering as the filter sliders on my moog play up when messed around with too much,
I hate it but love it, its like an old car, its a bastard to start, runs like shit but you love it for being like that lol
Yes! I sold my broken one. A friend has promised me his, but he is touring all the time and never gets to it. Amazing synths but so hard to find a 100% one..
Sounds good! I have checked this video out several times and still enjoy the sound. I finally got me a polymoog 280a with the legs for 300.00USD. It is going to need a little work, but it is going to be nice to have that great moog sound.
It's a not bad. Sounds kind of different from my two Polymoog's (a preset version & synth). You should have done a video of you playing the actual synth. That would have been nice to see. Glad you have nursed it back to health.
How much is a restored one of these worth? i bloody moved it the other day and it was playing up on a few notes. i remebered what my mate had said about the polymoog, so i opened it and pushed all the cards back in, works fine now lol
all the people giving this negative comments, give it a break lads, remember its not the 280 version, for a start the 203 isnt capable of vox humana, there are some differences in the circuitry, this is a bllody good rendition, and i doubt anyone in numans old band would criticise this sound, good one mate, you do what you can with the gear you have, i wish i had either version of the polymoog.
Hello, you are corrrect, mine is a 203 model with the crappy presets. i tried my best to make the vox humana sound found on the 280 keyboard version. i think it sounded ok'is but as you can hear (apart from louse youtube losses) its very distorted and knackard. Atm my friend and myself are working on it trying to replace as many of its internals with new componants to try and bring it back to life.
Ive already built a new power supply for it as the original was very poor in giving a good, stable output. all the filter sliders are now new along with its oscillator circuits. if it doenst fix it, expect to see it on ebay within the next few weeks.
hi, thanks for the comment, i dont think i'll be selling it now, me and my friend have been working on it and nearly every discrete replaceable componant has been replaced with its modern counterpart. it now turns on and works fine apart from one problem, due to differences in companants due to manufacturing, its terribly out of tune now lol. not bad for £150 and spending about £200 on bits for it. just need to touch up the case now and give it a long overdue clean and polish.
thank you for your comment, i listen to it and wish it was perfect but you can hear the 30 years of abuse this machine has had. i found it in our local junc auctions still with its box, all mouldy and grotty. paid 150 quid for it and its costing me some money now buying the parts for it.
remember that the polymoog was dying when i recorded this, but the only way to recreate that atmosphere is to be at wembly, have the big speakers and the atmosphere lol thanks for you comment.
**Yogojack. I accidently clicked remove instead of reply on your comment. i got the moog about 6 months ago from our local crap auctions. thank god nobody was there who new how valuble they are lol.
The old polymoog has finally given up now, the lights come on and thats it, press keys, nothing. RIP polymoog (till i got the money to buy you some new guts)
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I love this machine.. .and I love Numan. Do you have the KEYBOARD VERSION? With 14 presets? (I think the other version, the "ORIGINAL" VERSION from 1975 (picture) hasn't got the VOX HUMANA. The 1978 version (Keyborad), has it =)
lepumpernic1 1 month ago
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lepumpernic1 1 month ago
awesome
djmusicjac 8 months ago
might let one of mine go ive 4 280s in the shed been there years, when the machines close down
starmaidens1 9 months ago
@starmaidens1 I've two now, both fully working. Repaired and restored by myself. Love them.
machman05 9 months ago
Sounds beautiful!
bonakent 10 months ago
Analog synths rule!!! thumbs up if you agree
LaugermanPROductions 1 year ago 9
best sound in the universe, fact
avfc81trussy 1 year ago 4
just popping back for another hit.
UpTheShakers 1 year ago
Nice one!
whereangelsplay1 1 year ago
Thats some coffee table table you got there my friend!!!
At the moment my coffee table (203a) is 95% restored to ALL its former glory... and I can't wait to pick it up in a few days from the shop when it is closer and closer to 100%. These buggers are problematic sure, but there are many simple things you can do to them to alleviate their design faults... Such as switch all LEDS to modern ones ... LOVE this sound! Good work!!!
Sjobeck7 1 year ago
Mmmm, is that really played from a Polymoog 280a...??
RJADVids 1 year ago
nothing sounds as beautiful as this Vox Humana sound ! ! !
ec101dm 1 year ago
It was hard to avoid.... I suppose it was a shame.... but they didn't even try....
Telekon5 1 year ago
if this is busted give me busted any day
debrules 1 year ago
If that's what a busted sounds like, I can't help wonder how non-busted sounds. This performance was so atmospheric... Cue mental-visuals of super-industrial dystopic future!
nickelindimer 1 year ago
Busted my arse !!! it sounds awesome - such a beautiful sound
lostthe80s 1 year ago 4
What a great sound,puts the hairs on the back of your neck up!!
diggerwor 1 year ago
I still have the Wembly concert video on VHS somewhere I am sure. Micromusic it's called, isn't it? I still remember the Replicas into as the lights flashed across the top of the stage, like something out of Close Encounters. Farewell concert? 30 years on almost and he's still gigging. Brilliantly too. I went to see him in Manchester in Novemer and it was fantastic. I've yet to see him on tour promoting new stuff although he did some of the new stuff in Manchester. It was excellent.
thestockingslady 1 year ago
Please don't let the moog die.....What a sound, What a tune !!!!!!!!!!
P8290970 2 years ago 4
what a wonderfull machine and espacially this vox humana sound. This sound almost would make you feel like crying.
0207steve 2 years ago 11
NICE!
Sashthecat 2 years ago
that sounds awesome
null140 2 years ago 4
A polymoog would sound wonderful in Faure's Requiem. (Has anyone ever tried?) Especially in a cathedral!
Laura041974 2 years ago
Older synths are tempermental, that's for certain... So are old carb'd turbo-cars, or old Italian super-cars. But much like them, what they give out is worth the trouble they put out.
Hey... Can you imagine applying a little license to the end of that intro, to lead it into "Cars"? I can.
nickelindimer 2 years ago
I think PolyMoogs came busted right from the factory ;)
Busted or not...this tune sounds great!!
Nice work!
*****
64m >:-)
64mung 2 years ago 4
If it's busted, is there any chance of you selling it?
forbesb 2 years ago
aaah, Vox Humana... such an unearthly beautiful sound ! ! !
ec101dm 2 years ago
Wow, that sounds good even broken!
tardis454 2 years ago
Dead again, bot fixing it no more, gonna be a great coffee table!
RADS190 2 years ago 2
Don't do that, let me have it I'll fix it !
machman05 2 years ago 8
You dont want it, just hit you head against a wall a few times and youll understand why!! lol
RADS190 2 years ago
Bloody excellent.
mrhudds 2 years ago
Please keep this poly alive brother beautiful sound, beautiful machine, great playing. Which VST would you rcomend, as i have been messing around with FL. Reason, Cubase and cant find anything near that.
gray3287 2 years ago 4
There really are not any VST's i have found that mimic the polymoog and its construction but, if its just the Vox humana sound your after, the closest i have got to it is with the KORG polysix VST. check my other video using the polysix vst for the same intro and playing the numan song M.E
RADS190 2 years ago
Busted !! WTF that's a beautiful sound ! do whatever you need to keep this incredible sound with us. As a true Numan fan I say to you - Respect !
lostthe80s 2 years ago 3
Rads as in "Radiobeach"?
NerveJam 2 years ago
despite all ur tehnology now days,, they dont make them like that anymore do they Rads?
whereangelsplay1 2 years ago
lol no they make them work when you turn them on haha, i tell you what though, many VST's can get so close now its unreal, i can go out on stage with a laptop and a midi keyboard and recreate polymoog sounds very faithfully, albeit not strictly completly analog. to someone who knows what it sounds like its un noticable. my 203 (when it works) doenst have vox humana, but i can get pretty damn close in VAR mode, its the same with the VST. best one i found so far is the OP-X pro. bloody brilliant
RADS190 2 years ago
Was this made with an MXR phase filter added ? Sounds awesome :)
machman05 2 years ago
no, i played straight into the line in to the computer into nero wave editor, then added a phaser and fine tuned filtering in nero as the filters on my moog go to shit when used to much grrr
RADS190 2 years ago
Apparently busted Polymoogs are the best!
Really good Polymoog performance = Bach composing at a church organ.
I love the lower registers of these instruments, simply adore them.
steadfastcoward 2 years ago 2
Got to admit, I keep coming back to this myself. One of my favourite favourites.
UpTheShakers 2 years ago
is this the raw poly or do you have some effects on there too?
BlurredMan030 2 years ago
there is a reverb on there
UnchainTheNight1 2 years ago
Its raw poly recorded into the line in on my computer into nero wave editor then i added a phaser and a bit of reverb, and then tweaked some filtering as the filter sliders on my moog play up when messed around with too much,
I hate it but love it, its like an old car, its a bastard to start, runs like shit but you love it for being like that lol
RADS190 2 years ago
Yes! I sold my broken one. A friend has promised me his, but he is touring all the time and never gets to it. Amazing synths but so hard to find a 100% one..
ursamajorstudio 2 years ago
Sounds good! I have checked this video out several times and still enjoy the sound. I finally got me a polymoog 280a with the legs for 300.00USD. It is going to need a little work, but it is going to be nice to have that great moog sound.
synthpro 2 years ago
sounds good to me!
UpTheShakers 3 years ago
Classic Gary Numan using the song "Replicas" as the backing track for this vid. NICE!
NS9144 3 years ago
Now That is the pure sound of the polymoog! im tellin numan about this....!
12yearoldgarynuman 3 years ago 3
It's a not bad. Sounds kind of different from my two Polymoog's (a preset version & synth). You should have done a video of you playing the actual synth. That would have been nice to see. Glad you have nursed it back to health.
bondbug73 3 years ago
How much is a restored one of these worth? i bloody moved it the other day and it was playing up on a few notes. i remebered what my mate had said about the polymoog, so i opened it and pushed all the cards back in, works fine now lol
RADS190 3 years ago
I am so happy to hear that. You are one of the blessed to own one. That is like a birthday present every day.
steadfastcoward 2 years ago
Sounds Great! Can you throw it away in my neck of the woods?
skok65 3 years ago
GREAT...Great....great...so vintage!!
saytra123 3 years ago
Thank you all for you wonderful comments, just proves that the £150 quid i paid for the moog was worth it. Thanks
RADS190 3 years ago
The Lemon Kids says....
beautiful rendition - awesome!!!
hotpress69 3 years ago
Busted or not, nothing can beat the Moog sound!
Sounds great, RADS190. :)
64m >:-)
64mung 3 years ago
all the people giving this negative comments, give it a break lads, remember its not the 280 version, for a start the 203 isnt capable of vox humana, there are some differences in the circuitry, this is a bllody good rendition, and i doubt anyone in numans old band would criticise this sound, good one mate, you do what you can with the gear you have, i wish i had either version of the polymoog.
paradoxstate 3 years ago
i don't think this is the 280 model, but the 230 model. The 230 don't have Vox Humana circuit, but have somekind of strings sounds.
GlamourZero 3 years ago
Hello, you are corrrect, mine is a 203 model with the crappy presets. i tried my best to make the vox humana sound found on the 280 keyboard version. i think it sounded ok'is but as you can hear (apart from louse youtube losses) its very distorted and knackard. Atm my friend and myself are working on it trying to replace as many of its internals with new componants to try and bring it back to life.
RADS190 3 years ago
Ive already built a new power supply for it as the original was very poor in giving a good, stable output. all the filter sliders are now new along with its oscillator circuits. if it doenst fix it, expect to see it on ebay within the next few weeks.
RADS190 3 years ago
haha id buy it!
it sounds amazing!
and im honestly not being sarcastic, it sounds great bbecause its busted!
but im afraid i have no cash :(
BlinEd1 3 years ago
hi, thanks for the comment, i dont think i'll be selling it now, me and my friend have been working on it and nearly every discrete replaceable componant has been replaced with its modern counterpart. it now turns on and works fine apart from one problem, due to differences in companants due to manufacturing, its terribly out of tune now lol. not bad for £150 and spending about £200 on bits for it. just need to touch up the case now and give it a long overdue clean and polish.
RADS190 3 years ago
Bang on mate....nowt wrong with it.
You would imagine only the likes of Gary Numan, Chris Payne, Billy Currie and Dennis Haynes would be fit to criticise.....
matelot95 3 years ago
thank you for your comment, i listen to it and wish it was perfect but you can hear the 30 years of abuse this machine has had. i found it in our local junc auctions still with its box, all mouldy and grotty. paid 150 quid for it and its costing me some money now buying the parts for it.
RADS190 3 years ago
You cant beat that polymoog sound .Nice.
Synthsound1 3 years ago
you haven't quite programmed the Vox Humana patch correctly. Not bad though but give me the Wembley intro any day over this.
LordArsehat 3 years ago
remember that the polymoog was dying when i recorded this, but the only way to recreate that atmosphere is to be at wembly, have the big speakers and the atmosphere lol thanks for you comment.
RADS190 3 years ago
OMG Coooooooooooooooooooooooool
DerVampyrEngel 3 years ago
**Yogojack. I accidently clicked remove instead of reply on your comment. i got the moog about 6 months ago from our local crap auctions. thank god nobody was there who new how valuble they are lol.
RADS190 3 years ago
****LITTLE UPDATE****
The old polymoog has finally given up now, the lights come on and thats it, press keys, nothing. RIP polymoog (till i got the money to buy you some new guts)
RADS190 3 years ago
thank you
RADS190 3 years ago
good job...and good advice...play it loud.
djho6 3 years ago