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Steelphon S900

Monophonic synthesizer (1970?)

Synthesizer

"Made in North Italy Torino a quite limited, but rare, analog monophonic synthesizer with some presets. The S900 is a strange weird metal-plated synth in both wood or yellow design, often compared to a poor'man Musonic/ moog Sonic V.  "

 Main Data 

S900

Company: Steelphon 
Country: Italy
Weight: 10 Kg
Dimensions: / mm
trend price : 1000-2000€

Keyboard: 37 keys
Dates: 197X
Display: none
Synthesis: analog sub
Polyphony: 1 voice
Multitimbric: 1 part
Oscillator: 2 VCO
Waveform: saw / sin
Noise generator: yes
Filter: Digital Low pass
LFO: 1 modulator
Envelope: 2 EGs
Memory: 6 presets
Midi: none
CV: 1V/oc





Synthesizer 3 octaves C-C 37 keys
For some weird reasons there's no wheel for modulation

Back panel terminal connectors:
- Main signal out + headphones
- CV input VCO1
- CV input VCO2
- Input trigger
- Sustain input
- VCF CV IN
- VCA CV IN 

Nothing... yet!


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- No manual 
- No service manual

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 In details 

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 OSCILLATOR 2  X OSC VCO1 (sawtooth) + VCO2 (sinewave) with 5 sliders for mixing different footage + a separate noise generator (white or red) with own volume gain. 


2 VCO oscillators

- octaves: 32’, 16’, 8’, 4’, 2’ feet
- Beat Frequency at+/- 7Hz
- VCO2 can be detuned

MIX

- volume gain setting for VCO1 / VCO2 / Noise 

Generator

-white or red noise generator

Steelphon

LFO / EG / FILTER

Filter

FILTER 

powerful analog low pass with emphasis resonance

LFo

LFO

 1 modulator with very high frequency pot and 4 shapes.

- LFO 1 to pitch
- LFO 1 to filter

Envelope

Envelope

2 EGs each with 4 slider segments:

- EG 1: VCA
- EG 2: VCF 

S900 Performance

209 PCM

A very uncommon feature for the time: 6 memory presets!


41,7 kHz rate

not much, else  really! it is also quite odd, but there's not modulation nor bending option.

Performance

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Our Verdict 

" Nice bulky Italo stuff. Vintage with gritty dirty sound. Maybe a bit overpriced by Ebay- for collectors"

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Rarity

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Overall

CONS

-  limited
- expensive
- may need overhaul

PROS

-rare
- old analog
-Italian stuff

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80 out of 100 based on 1 user ratings
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