Nave Polymorph analog synthesizer built from Polivoks schematics
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Nave Electronics has been talking about their new Polymorph synthesizer since the summer but nobody seemed to notice. Thankfully we’re starting to catch up and they’ve released a new demo in the run-up to the release in February.
Polymorph
The name (I’m assuming) is a nod to the Polivoks schematics that the VCF, VCA and VCO are based upon. Although something might be a little lost in translation as the use of the word “Poly” would normally mean to most of us that it’s a polyphonic synthesizer. That seems unlikely looking at the layout and watching the video – although there is a brief moment of “Pads” which might be a couple of notes. The original Polivoks was duophonic so it could follow those lines. In fact under “Master Tune” there’s a switch for “1 Voice” and “2 Voices” so if they are looking for authenticity then that would be key to replicating the Polivoks sound.
Nave Polymorph · Source: Nave
At the moment Nave are keeping the details to themselves but we’re hoping for a gnarly and thick sounding analog synthesizer. Attempts at a Polivoks style synthesizer seem to come along quite regularly but rarely seem to make it into production. Let’s hope that the price and availability make this a desktop synth worth considering.
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Video
https://youtu.be/2jgavCiGJM8
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