Akai AX80 Analog Synthesizer

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AKAI AX80 Analog Synthesizer

Akai

AX80

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Analog Synthesizer
AKAI AX80 built in 1984
8 Voices / Stimmen
1x Multitimbral
Memory / Speicher standard © sequencer.de
Value / Gebrauchtwert in 2010 was about 555 € (rare)
OSC Synthesis can do pwm Xmod sync
subtractive - and of course its nature is analog
uses hybrid technology: no
Wave Shapes pulse saw
2 OSCs + 1 SubOSCs info © sequencer.de
1 Filter lpf reso + static hpf 4 Pole info © sequencer.de
3 LFOs square saw triangle
2 Envelope Generators 2x ADSR
MIDI, Control & Triggering and playing via MIDI
61 Keys
responds to Pressure/Velocity? velocity
Arpeggiator no
Sequencer no

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Synth ID is 287
- WHAT THESE THINGS MEAN / GENERELLE INFO ZU DEN DATEN

ABOUT Akai did real nice analog synths those days, this one has a very nice "Kenwood-stereo"-style of Display for all Parameters.

ABOUT Akai hat wirklich gute analoge Synthesizer gebaut, hier sehr übersichtlich mit "Kenwood" -Style Balkendisplay.

ABOUT

DETAILS the AX80/90 are quite "juno'ish" dual OSCed synthesizers with the best display ever: it shows you the parameter setting as a bar graph above the parameter, the AX60 is the smaller and knobbed 6voices version of the ax80 (8voices).. of course it lacks the cool "kenwood" kind of display but has knobs.. ;) it has 3 LFOs and ENVs dedicated to the filter and each of the 2 VCOs, there is Xmod and a subOSC in there ,too.. also a "roland" type hpf (non dynamic, resonance-less), the first VCO has PWM. if you find an ax60: you might prefer it, because it has sliders instead of the (cool) display bar graph.. split function. both have midi . built in 1985/86 AX80 very nice display: Hardware: 6 CEM3372 uP Signal Processor -CEM3372 Filter/Mix/VCA

well ,the PWM has it's own LFO, so it is in fact 4 LFOs.

no dumping of sysex that time, not implemented like the VX600 (thats why all AX/VX lack of a dump function.

DETAILS 3 LFOs (für OSCs und ENV.. gut für xmod FX), tolles display.. CEM Hardware: 6 CEM3372 uP Signal Processor -CEM3372 Filter/Mix/VCA

Eigentlich hat er noch einen weiteren LFO für die Pulsbreitenmodulation des OSC1.

Heller klang, weit heller als zB Juno, brilianter. Aber vergleichbar mit der Struktur eines JX8P plus Subosc.
Die Oscs können beide Wellenformen gleichzeitig abspielen.

Leider kein Sysex (MIDI), sondern einfach nur Polymode.

DETAILS

SOUND nice pads and basses. but a bit grittier or harder than (say) Rolands Junos, rich overtones

SOUND schöne pads und bässe. aber auch etwas bratziger und knochiger als zB Rolands Junos, obertonstark

SOUND

VERSION AX90, quite the same (never came out?)

VERSION AX90, eigentlich dasselbe.. kam er wirklich raus?

VERSION