whoever you are out there who played this and made this video, can you do another, it & your composition/playing are just so fantastic, i have replayed it too many times, it is absolutely amazing
@dachanist
5 жыл бұрын
It might seem like this is the best sounding synth ever made, but a good portion of that is coming from the player ;) (yes I came back to hear it again)
@theeltea
3 жыл бұрын
While this is a sweet sounding synth, I hear nothing particularly special about it.
@theeltea
3 жыл бұрын
@Rhizosphere I did not have a chance to play one in person and probably never will. Which makes me so sad... 😥 Probably its just KZitem.
@uv77mc85
2 ай бұрын
@@theeltea You dont think this is special? its amazing for an early polysynth. It sounds amazing and has a great feature set inc multi timbrality for 1983 or whenever it was.
@theeltea
2 ай бұрын
@@uv77mc85 Maybe the demo doesn't do it justice, I dunno
@EvilDragon666
Жыл бұрын
Best sounding vintage polysynth, I think! Maybe the Oberheim Eight Voice can compete but setting that one up is a downright chore - Polykobol has proper patch memory. Such sweet sound...
@michaelk3550
4 жыл бұрын
The sounds that everyone is hearing that seems impossible on any of your polyphonic synths, remember this is a bi-timbral synthesizer. You can replicate a lot of these sounds by using MIDI and stacking two polys on top of each other. I love playing an OB-6 MIDI'ed to a Prophet-6. Sometimes just making a pad on the OB-6 and scrolling through different lead type patches or arpeggiated patches on the Prophet will come up with some hauntingly beautiful sounds similar to what you're hearing here.
@SoundtrackAudioCom
4 жыл бұрын
Actually it sounds remarkably like my Prophet 12 (which is also Bi-timbral) and the overall tone and organic feel is the closest I've heard from any other synth in sounding like a P12 ... I'm sure side by side you'd be able to pick out the difference, but honestly it sounds extremely close in tone.
@alexbowers6026
Жыл бұрын
There are quite a few bi-timbral poly analogues out there. Summit, Prologue, Matrix 12, OBX8, Prophet 8 & 10 and more. Just saying.
@MisAnnThorpe
Жыл бұрын
@@alexbowers6026 Roland Super JX10!
@eiffe
Жыл бұрын
@@alexbowers6026 Rhodes Chroma
@SunsetKetch
6 ай бұрын
Used to hook up my Triton to the polykbII by xills lab...it was AWESOME
@Bernd_Bruening
Жыл бұрын
What a fantastic synthesizer. Great playing from someone who knows what he is doing! Thanks a lot for the video!
@seppoinnanen5577
4 жыл бұрын
Oh my... is this kind of sound quality even real?? Absolutely the the most sweet and lush sounds that I've ever heard from any synth :o You are a great player, too
@jackpijjin4088
3 жыл бұрын
@FinnFroomeLewis
2 жыл бұрын
Looks like they're working on one!
@luisbarrera5740
2 жыл бұрын
Ditto.
@tregsmusic
2 жыл бұрын
They've had a lot of spot on re-creations lately, fingers crossed.
@djcsessions674
2 жыл бұрын
You’re in luck!
@tobiasgreeeen
Жыл бұрын
The Kijimi from Black Corporation already exists. Black Corp make the absolute best replicas of legendary status synths like this one, CS-80, Jupiter 8 and Elka Synthex.
@ermogene6985
4 жыл бұрын
I think this is one of the best sounding synths I ever heard if not the best.. Very good playing too!
@paulbrymer
3 жыл бұрын
that one dislike is just peanut butter n jelly. Might be the most romantic synth my ears have ever heard. BEAUTIFUL playing
@kellychristus2496
4 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most beautiful analogs I've ever heard in my life on video
@jaibhimadevi5805
6 жыл бұрын
It surprises me that RSF didn't try sending Vangelis a free one- I bet he would have liked it very much, and the publicity might've helped RSF stick around!
@Musiquesaecouter
6 жыл бұрын
Jai Bhimadevi Vangelis had already made his choice on the CS 80 for a while but it's true this Polykobol have his own personnality and he could have given his own stamp to it, sad it didn't happened, then just no velocity expression like the CS but weirdly it seem to got it somehow depending hiw it is played
@jean-louispech4921
4 жыл бұрын
only 30 where build, and they were unfinished, some features like velocity and aftertouch did not work. A musical success ( very good sound ) but a technical and commercial failure, i would say. A full working polykobold II could have interested Vangelis, i guess.
@simoncardie9371
Жыл бұрын
What an amazing sound. There are only about 20 of these left in existence apparently. Don't let go of it.
@21GunStudio
6 ай бұрын
Don’t let go of it?? NO! Sell it to me!!
@SyncdAlien
3 жыл бұрын
Incredible sound! Loving this demo!
@AlineKiler123321
7 ай бұрын
Sounds magic even better than a CS-80 to my ears so versytile. Love from TAO from
@21GunStudio
3 ай бұрын
Voyetra 8 and Prophet 5 Rev 2 come to mind. Of course no surprise since all have SSM chips. Other incredibly sweet synths are Synthex, OB-X and Memorymoog. I’ve had all these except Polykobol! CS-80 was my least favorite truth be told
@kvmoore1
5 жыл бұрын
This thing sounds WONDERFUL!!! It's very smooth sounding in a pleasing way....a pleasure to listen to....especially the way you played it in this video. Fantastic job. Also, fantastic polysynth. I bet it cost an arm and a leg back then and even moreso nowadays.
@jean-louispech4921
4 жыл бұрын
Very expensive at its time, only 30 were build, and most of them are not working, you had to put your hand in the motor for making working properly . A working polykobold II, now , is very very rare , in the hands of some few guys (most in France ...). Then IF one is sold ( not a broken one ) it could be very expensive.
@lerikko007
7 жыл бұрын
le plus BEAU SYNTHE DU MONDE...merci les freres FERNANDEZ
@flapachat8051
3 жыл бұрын
Sébastien super tu maîtrise parfaitement cet instrument. Formidable. Tu devrais faire un album.
@paulgrooveside2803
Жыл бұрын
What a superb instrument! They should have been massively successful. There's no justice, is there!
@jean-louispech4921
10 ай бұрын
Too little, no financial backup . They were not able to finish all the functionalities on all their units. They were genius for the conception of the sound of their synth for the oscillators and the filter, and were equal to the greatest at this level,they had very good ideas for the functionalities of a polysynth, but they had not enough money for research for building components and finish all the features, etc... A great waste in the history of the synthesizer.
@GameAudioToolkit
4 жыл бұрын
Such a mellow sounding synth, beautifully played.
@paulverkempinck6411
7 жыл бұрын
Le meilleur synthé jamais produit! Quel son! Hommage aux frêres Fernandez! Paul Verkempinck, Belgique
@DavidLee07
2 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful experience. Thank you Seb for this great demo. I hope Behringer can do it justice.
@maydaygoingdown5602
5 жыл бұрын
Truly a beautiful work of art you have there in this Synthesizer...Truly. And beautiful played and use of sound texturing...simply beautiful. Thanks for this glimpse into this Synthesizer.
@PuzzL_
5 жыл бұрын
This thing is gorgeous in every way
@AdamBorseti
10 жыл бұрын
Questions! *1: How/Where did you acquire THE rarest polysynth of all time? 1a: (OPTIONAL) How much did it cost you? 2: How many voices does yours have installed, and does it respond to velocity? This was intended, but was never completed in time for production. ***3: What is the upkeep like on a synth of this caliber? 3a: Does it fail often? 3b: Does it remain somewhat in tune for very long? 3c: Is there even a slight chance that you could replace a component should it fail? If you could possibly find time to answer these questions, I would greatly appreciate it, as it would help further my knowledge of rare synthesizers! Thank You, Adam Borseti
@seb17320
9 жыл бұрын
Adam Borseti 1- I bought that in USA. 1a- The price is the same that AKS ;-) 2- eight Voices Velocity doesn't work on the Polykobol 3- The big problems on the Polykobol are the bad contacts between the connectors, and the bad power supply. The synth is overheat rapidly. (3 µprocessor 68009 Motorola in this synth) The Oscillators are stable except when the temperature is too high. Rare components on the Polykobol : UA726, SSM2044, SSM2056. Seb
@theeltea
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure the PPG realizer is the rarest synth tho
@EvilDragon666
3 жыл бұрын
@@theeltea I think there were only two Realizers to ever exist. As rare as Con Brio ADS 200. www.vintagesynth.com/misc/conbrioads200.php
@theeltea
3 жыл бұрын
@@EvilDragon666 Awesome, innit? 😋
@supadupahilton6848
8 ай бұрын
@@theelteaAlso Korg Pepé (only two exist). Joe Zawinul owns one, Michael Boddicker the other. I worked on Zawinuls.
@MrJpbmusic2005
3 жыл бұрын
I remember locking at the sleeve notes on JEAN MICHEL JARRE'S "Concerts of China "Album...and there it was .....Dominique Perrier RSF KOBOL...also on the live DVD you can see Frederick Rousseau playing on aswell
@smartti1970
8 жыл бұрын
toujours aussi enchanteur ces deux composition !!!!
@readyfresh
11 жыл бұрын
what an amazing synth .
@smartti1970
9 жыл бұрын
Wow un des meilleus synthé analogique que j'ai entendue si ce n'est , probablement, le meilleurs. superbement joué ... merci :-)
@MrGiloine
7 жыл бұрын
Just amazing synth !!!
@MAMANUNGAOfficial
8 жыл бұрын
Wonderful ! thank you so much for this sounds !
@luisbarrera5740
2 жыл бұрын
That sounds like what dreams are made of. Fucking.Amazing.
@midiphy
8 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, thanks for sharing!
@JohnLRice
11 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I love your performance!
@adamborseti5515
11 жыл бұрын
30 were made..... that's it.
@donit.
2 жыл бұрын
I though 40 where made
@luisbarrera5740
2 жыл бұрын
Behringer is working on one.
@donit.
2 жыл бұрын
@@luisbarrera5740 that will probably still take 2 or 3 years though, maybe they won't even finish it at all
@luisbarrera5740
2 жыл бұрын
@@donit. maybe they won't. So I'm not beholding them to anything. But. If they do end up releasing it. I will without a doubt get one.
@donit.
2 жыл бұрын
@@luisbarrera5740 I definitely hope they can get it done!
@lilskullymane4057
3 жыл бұрын
the first patch... chills
@MrFirechild
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@khanada1969
8 жыл бұрын
Very underrated synth. Gorgeous!
@michaelbauers8800
7 жыл бұрын
Dont think it's underrated as much as it's unknown :) I had not heard of it, and I have been into synthesizers quite a long time.
@danalexpiano
5 жыл бұрын
Underrated? )))))))))
@jean-louispech4921
4 жыл бұрын
unknown , yes, because it is very rare : only 30 produced, and only some are really working. Underrated? not by peoples who know it, they praise its sound as one of the best for a polyphonic analog synth.
@MikePensini
8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@DaveBessell
3 жыл бұрын
That is a very nice sounding poly. I am now officially jealous!
@1vootman
5 жыл бұрын
It sounds amazing
@Novaheart1998
5 жыл бұрын
ahhh dreamy sound! Utterly dreamy.
@littlebritain64
3 жыл бұрын
I have an Elka Synthex but I love the sound and the look of this rare pearl! Thanks for the demo!
@21GunStudio
6 ай бұрын
Voyetra 8 is pretty amazing too
@littlebritain64
6 ай бұрын
@@21GunStudio Indeed, I always hope for an affordable replica from Behringer!
@michelbourdon2848
3 жыл бұрын
Je crois que nous Français on se laisse vite abattre avec les difficultés ! RSF avait crée la une machine à paufiner et terminer au plan technique qui était au TOP du TOP de ce qui se faisait de mieux à cette époque,un synthetiseur polyphonique exceptionnel et aujourd'hui nous ferions parti de l'élite mondiale en terme de production de machines musicales ,malheureusement on s'est fait distancer par d'autres pays ! En France on a tous les créateurs de génies pour se réaliser mais on ne sait pas vendre et persevérer ! quel gachis .............
@subtension
10 ай бұрын
Il n'y a eu que 30 exemplaires de produits de ce synthé Français , en comptant ceux vendus et les prototypes. Donc cet exemplaire est archi rare et qui plus est fonctionne parfaitement!!! En tout ca super démo et quel son majestueux, il donne des frissons. Il coutait 65.000 francs a l'époque soit près de 24.000 dollars actuels.
@jean-louispech4921
10 ай бұрын
il est même unique, avec toutes, ou quasi toutes, les fonctionnalités qui fonctionnent. Il a trouvé des gars capables de l'aider à réparer, finir les fonctionnalités défaillantes, manquantes. Parce que à la base aucun n'était totalement fini ....
@subtension
10 ай бұрын
@@jean-louispech4921 oui c'est vrai que celui-ci est vraiment opérationnel, jean Loup Dierstein, avait lâcher l'affaire depuis longtemps sur ce synthétiseur. J'espère que c'est exemplaire fonctionnera le plus longtemps possible. A priori Behringer est sur en train d'en développer un. Il viennent de sortir le mono KOBOL expander qui est très fidèle à l'original
@PervurtTV
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome demo arp really !! Very euphoric
@gomesdiogo
4 жыл бұрын
my God this sounds so beautiful makes me wanna learn PolyKB to a maximum extent
@cyrusworldmusic
8 жыл бұрын
j'adore ce son purée de purée!! ça ressemble au CS80 en mieux! sans rire!! exactement le son de vangelis dans les albums des années 70's (style So lon Ago So Clear) excellentissime. Plus profond que le MiniMoog a mon sens. une merveille
@InVisionsynthmindscape
11 жыл бұрын
Nice sound and demo !
@elderchildren
2 жыл бұрын
here after the behringer vid, this sounds insane. need
@DaveBessell
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds really good.
@slappbeast
11 жыл бұрын
beautiful! I see your demo on matrixsynth and now I posted it on my facebook!
@jackspring7709
2 жыл бұрын
I like the sound of that: slightly like a CS-80 is some respects. I was surprised to hear that so few of them were made.
@Room16Tattoo
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the demo, now package it up and send it to me!!! Lol. That thing is lush!
@suadcokljat1045
2 жыл бұрын
Never heard of it. Thanks Behringer. Cheers! S
@Kung_Fu_Jesus
Жыл бұрын
What a machine!
@Dolle_Man
2 жыл бұрын
Behringer brought me here, and I'm blown away by this demo. CANT WAIT B!
@joeyxl3456
8 жыл бұрын
xils software version of this is incredible too
@SPAZZOID100
5 жыл бұрын
joeyxl3456 no
@annother3350
4 жыл бұрын
Yeh
@tubelectron1667
5 ай бұрын
Hé oui, c'était fabriqué en France, du coté de Toulouse, je crois... Il est heureux qu'il en reste quelques survivants. Les RSF n'avaient rien à envier aux Moogs, Oberheim, Sequential circuits et autres ! Je dois encore avoir un tarif de 1983 quelque part...
@orenob
2 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed! Cheers!
@adytech5788
10 ай бұрын
i cant wait for the behringer poly version version :) as we have very soon the expander v1 & i think they surely release the v2 as additional module
@jean-louispech4921
10 ай бұрын
i know that for the kobol (keyboard and expander ) , they have tried to be the closer to the original in term of quality of the sound, it goes as far than building their own version of the filter , because they did not found a modern 2040 chip enough good for the filter of the kobol. This is the sign that they really want to get the original sound, and not just a simple cheap clone. Then we can hope a version of the polykobol close to the original like for the kobol.
@francotonini6446
3 жыл бұрын
Sublime bravo.
@dachanist
5 жыл бұрын
Those layers are God!
@dougiedoozer5113
2 жыл бұрын
OMG beautiful thankyou,
@erwan-coic-film-composer
7 ай бұрын
j'adore ta démo Seb !
@seb17320
7 ай бұрын
Merci Erwan ;-)
@neilfrancis3937
3 жыл бұрын
amazeballs !!!!!
@paulschilling2996
4 жыл бұрын
le son est sublime mais j’adore aussi la mélancolie dans ta musique
@armandmichaeldream8654
2 жыл бұрын
excellent !
@ME-ru4hv
4 жыл бұрын
I think they made the knobs first and said.. how are we going to make it sound like it looks?? (haha I love how he kept until the end for showcasing the filter with a bang! very deliberate suspense for synth geeks)
@photicsonar
Жыл бұрын
You are a lucky man... ❤
@machiwoomiapoo
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds great! Subscribed. :)
@mouradferrad3276
4 жыл бұрын
le son qui tue
@MarcasLancaster
2 жыл бұрын
Insane.
@mariegarie494
8 жыл бұрын
Wonderful
@huns98
2 жыл бұрын
This sounds wonderful. My kind of sound . Hope Behringer make's a good Clone
@ryanfreer77
7 жыл бұрын
If any of the old poly synths merit a reproduction, this stands among the first.
@lorenmorgan1931
7 жыл бұрын
Honestly Xils did such an amazing job with the VA that they should make an actual VA hardware synth of it. I'd gladly pay $2k for one.
@ryanfreer77
6 жыл бұрын
Chris Lindsay - I had to pull up Black Corporation's product and have a look! My hopes were for a true clone of the Polykobol II, as opposed to the earlier version. It's hard to tell which one this module is, but in either case, it doesn't appear to share the same electronics as the originals. One thing that definitely seems to be lacking is the SSM2044 filter, which is rare but still obtainable. There's a possibility that a discrete replication of the filter could be produced if the old ICs can no longer be made. As long as the end result sounds identical to the Polykobol II in every way, (original factory presets included), I'd still go for it. We'll have to wait and see. Truthfully, I'd love to have an identical keyboard reissue with wooden paneling and all. Only a few modest upgrades like full MIDI implementation, USB and expanded memory of course. :D
@hermitnerd
6 жыл бұрын
Roman's (Black Corporation's) circuits include a reproduction of the SSM2044 filter. The Kijimi is probably the closest anyone will come to a PK II reproduction
@paulschilling2996
4 жыл бұрын
Paul soundcloud.com/paul-schilling/kijimi-polykobol-127-cos
@SPAZZOID100
4 жыл бұрын
Chris Lindsay not a clone.
@TheRayAsh
8 жыл бұрын
best synth in the world
@SPAZZOID100
4 жыл бұрын
Rhizosphere moog one sounds dull.
@tsitracommunications2884
6 жыл бұрын
Vive le RSF!!
@devilfisk
11 жыл бұрын
Wounderfull
@drakedebalmont5345
3 жыл бұрын
The Attempt Of Xils Making a Vst Au Axx Emu Is Not bad at all OF COURSE it will never be thr Real thing but Try the demo
@GNeuman
11 жыл бұрын
Wow, never seen the polyphonic Kobol, they are rarer then rare, no? Sounds very John Carpenter, brilliant demo!
@LFOVCF
2 жыл бұрын
God like.
@KristerNielsen
4 жыл бұрын
Ha! Never even heard of this synth but it sounds great
@slammah2012
9 жыл бұрын
nice sounding. multitimbrael synth
@wackenthaljef
8 жыл бұрын
beautiful!!! thank you for da vid!seem hard to tune !!
@torus6083
4 жыл бұрын
It seems Behringer has applied for a Trademark on Polykobol so there could be a clone of this in the future. I really hope so, this is an amazing sounding synth
@seppoinnanen5577
3 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Black Corporation Kijimi could do the job... it is very expensive though
@jean-louispech4921
3 жыл бұрын
@@seppoinnanen5577 Kijimi, is inspired by the polykobold but is not a clone. Peoples who have played on a real polykobold can hear the difference. Behringer on the other hand will work with the original technical documentation, and work with a specialist of the RSF synths who owns the documentation. In theory they can replicate the polykobold exactly ( including the technical flaws ) if they use the same components ( but this will not happens for many reasons ) .
@KwameNewton
2 жыл бұрын
They are
@RaJuRMusica
6 жыл бұрын
Saw a Teisco SX-400 is n youtube. Now THAT was a surprise!!!! Niceness. And my man.....you better get ready to turn that beast off!!
@bioelectric1788
4 жыл бұрын
Heavenly
@NinoCotonato
3 жыл бұрын
:O !!! SOOOOOOO warm an deep...
@danselmix
11 жыл бұрын
my god! this sound...
@ingoodmusic
3 жыл бұрын
Has this music been ever released? It’s gorgeous!
@bd594
4 жыл бұрын
I hope Behringer replicates this model because I will never have a chance to play one or afford an original Polykobol. Hopefully this synth doesn't fade out of existence due to it's rarity.
@Wagoo
4 жыл бұрын
Black Corp Kijimi is the closest available at the moment.. soundcloud.com/paul-schilling/kijimi-polykobol-127-cos
@jean-louispech4921
4 жыл бұрын
@@Wagoo it is not a real clone, just the interface and major features.
@jean-louispech4921
4 жыл бұрын
yes this synth deserves to be cloned by behringer if they succeed to recreate THIS sound, or close to it.
@Wagoo
4 жыл бұрын
@@jean-louispech4921 Kijimi is based on the Kobol Expander.. and extended to be more like a PolyKobol via analysis of the schematics and such.. it's the closest thing we have for now. But yes, I also hope Behringer try and clone this synth too.. it's so rare that they may have trouble finding one to reverse engineer, though. But it's definitely a sound that should not be lost to time, and deserves to be more out there in the world of synths :)
@jean-louispech4921
4 жыл бұрын
@@Wagoo From what i have read the components are not the same than the polykobold, then not a clone. While i just have listen a demo of the kijimi where the guy was trying to recreate a music from a video made with the polykobold , it sounded good. The more easy to find are non working polykobold for Behringer, i guess. There is only one official full functional polykobold, from a french musician involved with the polykobold development, and may be another, if he is not lost or broken with time. This is the one used in most demos we can find on youtube. For the rest they are incompletes or broken. Yes it is very rare to find, but almost everyone praise its sound when it works. On the other hand it looks that behringer have a lot of relation with musicians ( like Vangelis playing on their CS 80 clone ).
@Amanet13
2 жыл бұрын
Wow
@moreteamrshifter
6 жыл бұрын
tooooo fucking good x
@WrvrUgoThrUR
Ай бұрын
Behringer’s is the Apple of Synths
@RaJuRMusica
6 жыл бұрын
What Thah!!!! Subbed!! You must be illuminati!!!!! LOL. Sounds like that Eyes Wide Shut mansion party music!!!! LOL
@NeutroWorld
6 жыл бұрын
Nice! Off to see how close I can get with my Prophet 08.
@SPAZZOID100
4 жыл бұрын
Forget it
@powaviolenza
7 жыл бұрын
huuuuuuuuge knobs. dreamy.
@fritagogo1
6 жыл бұрын
;-) old vintage first synth polykobol Build in Kit ( Electronic mag )
@MrGiloine
3 жыл бұрын
there is nothing to envy the CS80 ... exept fiability
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