famous users: vince clark / depeche mode, cabaret voltaire, erdenklang, peter gabriel..

hardware:
8 CEM3320 VCF in earlier versions
8 SSM2044 VCF in later versions - data sheet - http://www.maxmidi.com/diy/ssm/ssm2044.pdf

a digital Synthesizer that could only be programmed via a Kaypro Computer attached to it. The Kaypro was a quite "normal" Computer at that time, today it is very exotic of course..

on top a thomas synth organ crossover synth..
the thomas 1055

NOT to confuse with the hartmann neuron! (See below)

check this page for special systems like symbolic sound kyma , harmann neuron and neuronium resonator here!

-the vl1 - duophonic (has 2 "elements" = sound enignes) or the racked vl1m
-the vl7 - monophonic

the downsized version vl70m or the vl module that can be found in some yamaha mu modules and as a module to slot into their bigger newer workstations.

the vl70m is NOT the same as the vl1/7 series and also sounds "weaker". and the FX are also downsized.

more yamaha..

want a closeup movie?? willst du einen kleinen "WAVE-Film" sehen?
film1 (movie) film2 (movie2)

want a closeup movie?? willst du einen kleinen "WAVE-Film" sehen?
film1 film2

more on waldorf in the waldorf menu! english german/deutsch

only 25 were made in the mid. 80ies. this one simply sends SysEx Strings via Midi. so one can connect any DX7,TX7 or TF modules of a TX816..

more on yamaha fm synthesizers, dx5,dx7 etc.. here

more ensoniq..

Commodore S X64
well, call it a "laptop" version of the commodore c64..
with built in 1541 floppy drive and CRT screen..

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so, yes.. it is not an 8bit C64 synth, but it was designed for lofi sounds.. in fact the Rozzbox ONE sounds much more hi-ended then one might think of. additional to this there is an analog filter available as an option. it has 3 OSCs feat. digital waves also and an LFO and 2 "mod matrix"-kind of routing sections. the filter is LPF or HPF with resonance, oscs range from 4 to 32". there is a small display for saving your sounds and there are of course 2 ADSR envelopes.

LL electronics link..

update 2:

- Analog filter (Transistor basiert/transistor based) ist serienmässig / on all new Rozzboxes (V2)
- Envelope-Follower + Audio In (seperate Ins)
- much faster / wesentlich schnellere Hüllkurven / Modulation
- 2 (plus "Global LFO") statt/instead of 1 LFO
- 4 ModulationsKnoten statt 2 Knoten / 4 mod routings instead of 2
- 9 zusätzliche, feste Modulationswege / 9 more mod routings
- Viel mehr MOD Quellen und Ziele verfügbar / more mod sources
- ziemlich komplexer Sequencer / sequencer
- mehr Rozz / more lofi FX

Rozzbox

all pictures and sounds thanks to synthesizer11.com

click to enlarge!! you will not regret it!!..
the filters and filter routings are very special -->

listen to the filter and Osc sound..:
syrinx.mp3 syrinx1.mp3 syrinx2.mp3 syrinx3.mp3 syrinxosc.mp3

and it still can sound different than these demos ;)
it has osc sync (hard and soft) ->> pulse/saw (hard/soft)
the controllers are quite special "plate layers" that can be pressed to mod the pitch of each VCO or both (not when in sync/softsync).
also: you can control VCF or/and the VCA by those 2 "pads"..
also attack and decay of LFO2..(yes there is an ENV for the LFO)
so it is s a double pressure sensitive touch pad
controling other functions: the waveform for
LFO2 or the switches RATE CNTRL, AUTO, MULTI TRIN or ONE SHOT.
so there is plenty of routing.. anyway there are limtis eg: lfo2 is hard wired to the filter, the 2BPFs can not be CV'ed by the LFO/ADSR mod.(means independly from the main filter mod)
the LFO mod on peak can be inverted (to the LFO mod on cutoff)
so it is a quite flexible unusual synth. it is not THE bass synth, but it can do, of course.. for it's filter setup is interesting for larynx-like sounds..

for converting and lots more.. maybe interesting for modular systems and very special systems..