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Elka Rhythm Machine (1975)

Elka Rhythm Machine

Trend price : 100€

Basic Italian analog drum machine with patterns presets styles and no sync option.

Overview
main panel features 8 pot sliders for instruments levels, 16 push buttons for rhythm selection and 2 sliders for tempo rate (exponential?) and main volume.
Rear panel terminal connectors:
- main out
- start/stop pedalswitch input


Voice
machine based on transistors manages 8 voices. There are 8 different percussion sounds: kick, snare, bongo (2), maracas, cymbal, congo and claves

Rhythms
16 preset rhythms with no possible combo option, not that if any buttons are pressed there is a 17th unknow pattern. Patterns are: chacha, rhymba, rock, waltz, paso doble, swing, rnb, mambo, tango, afro, beguine, samba and shake.

Sync
no synch option just internal tempo.


Audio demo:


Video Clip:

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Review
OK: vintage / rare
NOT : no sound control / overall sound
"Pretty hard to find on the market, sound like most of other preset machines in same price range, but maybe worst. For cheesy collectors :) "

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Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci

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