Mono and polysynthesizer (1981)
Company:
SIEL
Model: Cruise
Class: synthesizer
Country: Italy
Weight: 7 Kg
Dimensions: n/a
keyboard: 49 keys
Dates: 1981
Price: 500€ trend up
Display: none
Synthesis: subtractive
Technology: analog PWG
Polyphony: 1 (mono)+ 49 (poly)
Envelope: 1 EG ADSR
Filter: lowpass
LFO: 1 modulator
Effect: analog chorus
Memory: 10 presets
Polyphonic Gen: TDA 1008
Monophonic Gen: M110B1
KEYBOARD 49 keys with no velocity. Main panel
features 44 levers and 6 buttons - on the left part a pitchbender joystick with
a control slider for portamento level.
Back panel terminal
connectors:
- main signal out
- monophonic section separate out
- polyphonic separate out
- 5 dins input for volume swell
pedal
- sustain footswitch for piano part
- decay footswitch for polyphonic section
- master tune trimmer.
NO factory reset procedure
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FREE VST.
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The Cruise keyboard sound generation is fully analog and
split into 2 main sections:
A- monophonic
B- polyphonic
partially derived from mono synthesizer based on M110B1 SGS IC
PWG - Polyphonic Waveforms Generator based on TDA 1008
2 shapes: sawtooth / square can be edited in free mode
4 different octave feet settings: 4' 8' 16' 32
Preset list: basso tuba, piccolo, trombone, sax, trumpet, flute, violin, guitar, bass and clarinet
sound generation is based on DIP-40 M110B1 SGS-Ates like Jen Sx1000, Crumar composer and many FARFISAs from the era like Doria, FK-50, Louvre, Pergamon, Scala...
Instruments:
trombone and trumpet
Controls: filter cutoff-resonance plus a 2-stages EG
attack + crescendo.
Instruments:
violin, cello and percussion
Controls: EG control over attack and decay- this control is
shared between reed and piano family
Instruments:
accordion, musette, church organ
Controls: 1 EG control for attack segment
Instruments:
piano, clavinet, honkytonk
Controls: variable decay
EFFECT a single effect ANIMATION based on TDA 1022 - according to the original advertising this effect was aimed to recreate acoustic reverberation of a hall concert type, but it sounds more like an analog chorus.
Section is
slimmed-down from original MONO synthesizer:
VCF is no more multimode but only lowpass controlled by 2
sliders for cutoff and resonance up to self-oscillation.
The KTF is a simple key tracker for more brilliance on higher
octaves.
a single
triangular modulator with variable rate /depth and 2
destinations:
- LFO to DCO Pitch
- LFO to VCF filter
a single EG
type 4 segments ADSR (only for mono section).
Controls for split zone fixed to middle keyboard.
- unreliable
- limited edit
- today price is crazy
-analog
- fun
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