Black Corporation reveal Synthex clone Xerxes at Synthposium in Moscow
All we have is a couple of Instagram posts but it looks like Black Corporation, the people behind Deckard’s Dream, have built a clone of the Elka Synthex. They are calling it Xerxes.
Xerxes
Here’s the first image.
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Let’s compare that to the original Elka.
Elka Synthex
Yep, that matches the main section of the front panel really well. The Synthex is an 8-voice polyphonic analogue synthesizer with 2 digitally controlled oscillators per note, individual envelopes, cross modulation and a multi-mode filter.
Doesn’t look like it has the sequencer of the original. Here’s another shot from the show.
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That is looking pretty lovely. More details should emerge soon.
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- Elka Synthex: Vintage Synth Explorer
