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@vladimirkuzminpolivoks
2 жыл бұрын
Yes it was invented by my wife's father and was the 1st electronic musical instrument in our plant, the start of the whole direction. And it was awarded by the medal of VDNH USSR - the central exhibition of economic achievements of the country.
@Hainbach
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful, thank you for sharing that! And so nice to see you here again.
@sysOpModular
2 жыл бұрын
That's a cool interesting story, thanks for sharing!
@Death_By_Media
2 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to your Polivoks mkII or whatever you will be calling it . Keep your partners in that venture on their toes .
@kevinbirge2130
2 жыл бұрын
I bet it was prized by children.
@TallicaMan1986
2 жыл бұрын
USSR arguably had the best doors in the world.
@radarmusen
2 жыл бұрын
Like the Russian ‘right to repairers’ schematic included. The sound is retro gameish ,was thinking about Tetris at the start.
@TradieTrev
2 жыл бұрын
Tetris!! I think you hit the nail on the head there!
@Grenade80
2 жыл бұрын
And Tetris was also invented by russian :P
@MoraFermi
2 жыл бұрын
The schematic wasn't a luxury or a representation of some lofty idea, it was an absolute necessity in basically any electronic gear. Components were often of dubious quality and failures were common.
@Max_Mustermann
2 жыл бұрын
We had an 8-bit Soviet bloc microcomputer when I was a child. The manual came with the full schematics too.
@valdisk3502
2 жыл бұрын
This was my first synthesizer. Very educational. And yes, it came with complete circuity schematics in the manual, as was the norm in USSR. It was quite rugged, but the key contacts were unreliable and would oxidize and malfunction.
@nazimelon6653
2 жыл бұрын
Man try just getting a general direction for fixing a car nowadays, meanwhile in the mothetland, you got full on schematics in kids´ toys. thats kinda dope.
@westsenkovec
2 жыл бұрын
@@nazimelon6653 this is not Russia specific. Almost all electronics came with schematic diagram. Some had a manual while others devices had it printed inside, like TV's, for instance.
@alakani
2 жыл бұрын
@@nazimelon6653 They said “was”. Cronyism won there too
@mattpowell557
2 жыл бұрын
@@alakani not Cronyism, neo liberal market reforms
@GungKrisna12
Жыл бұрын
Maybe the rights to repair is highly enforced there
@AlexeyFilippenkoPlummet
2 жыл бұрын
Замечательно! In Soviet Russia, we had hard electric bass through a nasty speaker for the lullabies, as expected.
@user-yp8jz6uh5f
2 жыл бұрын
Только суровость, наша родина - СССР,
@prokhor_music
2 жыл бұрын
The word “FAEMI” is a mixture of an acronym “EMI” (which stands for Electronic Musical Instrument) and two note names, FA (solfege for F) and MI (solfege for E) as the keyboard range is almost three octaves F-E
@ilyakrylov3827
2 жыл бұрын
With love from military plant 😂
@Validole
2 жыл бұрын
X for doubt: the actual name of the synth is transliterated "FAZMI", there's just too many videos by westerners who can't tell the difference between З(Ze) and Э(E) EDIT: Yeah I take that back, that's an Э. Could've sworn I saw the shadow on the backside of that letteron the Front of the synth... Apologies.
@Ostin3232
2 жыл бұрын
Dude this is my first synth! Laugh! I was five years old and my grandmother took me to a toy store and instead of choosing a car or another toy, I definitely wanted only this FAEMI! Holy cow, how I tortured my relatives with this sound!)))
@justmayo6097
2 жыл бұрын
The feeling of seeing an instrument in a thrift store, garage sale or toy store when I was a kid and being able to get it was a great one lol, love instruments, especially ones with keys
@oleg.ptiitz
2 жыл бұрын
Ору
@DeadWhiteButterflies
2 жыл бұрын
It sounds like Earthbound crossed with Metroid. Love it. One of the few things on the channel that I can first both get and use, and second, might be affordable to do so.
@davidkellett4794
2 жыл бұрын
both of those soundtracks were programmed by the same composer! Hirokazu Tanaka is the best; he co wrote the Earthbound soundtrack with Keiichi Suzuki but Tanaka was responsible for putting the songs into videogame form and choosing the sounds.
@DeadWhiteButterflies
2 жыл бұрын
@@davidkellett4794 That does explain a lot. Both amazing soundtracks in their own right.
@alexskibicki2262
2 жыл бұрын
That sounds phenomenal for a kid’s synthesizer. Some of the synths sounds very video game like. Reminiscing of Nintendo and the Atari 7800. Very impressive for a 70s made children’s synth.
@AlexBallMusic
2 жыл бұрын
When you switched over from the speaker to the direct out it was like a totally different instrument. Fun review as ever, I've never heard of this thing. In UK schools we didn't have anything with that character. We had those keyboards with the "DJ" button that everyone would press repeatedly. A friend of mine is a teacher who found a way to plug all the keyboards into the same loop so he could cut the power to them all in one go when the "DJ! DJ! DJ! DJ! DJ! DJ!" pressing got too much. He would have struggled in Russia with these things.
@chriswareham
2 жыл бұрын
You must be much younger than me - all we had at school were an out of tune piano, xylophones missing a bunch of notes and a Casio CZ-101 that our teacher considered to be "not a real instrument". I often wonder what happened to that poor Casio that we weren't allowed to use, I hope it's enjoyed a second life with someone who appreciates it.
@cyn0_
2 жыл бұрын
I love those DJ keyboards, an iconic sound of my childhood
@MrTomDangerous
2 жыл бұрын
In my secondary school we got a load of some cheap sampling keyboards when they came out in '86 or '87. I don't remember exactly which brand or model, but probably Casio. It had a mic on cheap telephone coil that slotted into the unit. It probably only had a couple of seconds of sampling time. But those machines were a hit with us. The reason I bring it up is one of the funniest things I remember from school. One kid sampled the phrase "Mr. Jenkins is a wanker!" and repeatedly played the input sample up and down the keys, much to the delight of himself and the kids around him, only some of whom slowly noticed the emergence of Mr. Jenkins from another room. The teacher stood directly behind the kid as he continued playing his "Mr. Jenkins is a wanker!" opus, a huge grin on his face. I should add, it was the boy who was grinning. At least, he was until he got a tap on his shoulder.
@TobiasRoest
2 жыл бұрын
I still have one of those, it was my first keyboard when I started playing! To be honest, the strings from that "crappy" old keyboard are some of the lushest I have in the studio, they are insane!
@skyrocketautomotive
2 жыл бұрын
I remember regularly leaving music glass feeling like I'd gotten a six pack from laughing at that coming down the headphones (did you have the hubs that allowed everyone's headphones to connect to the teacher's keyboard? God your comment brought back some hysterical memories 🤣🤣🤣
@Hainbach
2 жыл бұрын
Some good comments on the Livestream: apparently there were three versions of the FAEMI, and only the first is Germanium based. The one that I am playing here is the last version, made with ICs. If anyone makes a comparison video let me know and I will link it here. Very curious how they differ!
@Hainbach
2 жыл бұрын
Russian synth channel kzitem.info wrote me: "There were three revisions of this device. 1 rev. - from 1976 to appr.1984. It had a metal bottom, was quite heavy and the schematics was based on germanium transistors. 2 rev. - from appr.1984 to 1990. It was mostly the same device, but based on silicon transistors. 3 rev. - from 1990 to appr. 1993. It was built on micro-circuits and had a plastic case" I am playing a Rev 3, which has super stable tuning. Rev 1 has the fatter sound, which I would love to hear.
@jayerjavec
2 жыл бұрын
@@Hainbach Germanium you say? I wonder how Plutonium version sounds like :)
@JonnyNM1986
2 жыл бұрын
Any chance you will be sampling this and releasing?
@SQUIZZLER24
2 жыл бұрын
4:22 sounds like a lost Disasterpiece track from Fez II. Absolutely love it and the sound this basic but surprisingly effective synth makes.
@PeterYiffin
2 жыл бұрын
YESSSSS Disasterpeace deserves more attention
@theRiver_joan
2 жыл бұрын
I used to be really into photography and sometimes photographers would get mad when someone started bringing a lot of attention to an amazing vintage camera or lens that one could find cheaply second hand. They get mad because then the prices go up and yeah yeah, I kinda get it. But I’m more excited to see people buy these and start modding the shit out of them and finding cool ways to use them.
@niichuuko1095
2 жыл бұрын
Very different scenario for vintage cameras honestly. They get hype for no good reason at all
@beemelonhead1
2 жыл бұрын
Is that why the new Kodak Super 8 that was supposed to be released never cane out a couple years back? Seems like it just disappeared and was never produced and sold, even though there are people out there that own them.
@petermuller161
2 жыл бұрын
Surely the price of this won’t blow up….
@BuckeyeRutabaga
2 жыл бұрын
As a person who was born and raised in the Soviet Union before it fell apart, most of the soviet synthesizer stuff you show I'd never even heard about lol! And I actually went to a formal Soviet music school for six years when I was a schoolboy. Your channel is awesome!
@standudinski
2 жыл бұрын
my piano teacher at the music school back in the day was horrified that i got a Polivoks. i think most schools shunned electronic instruments and synthesizers on a whole.
@magnopere
2 жыл бұрын
@@standudinski never listen to teachers they usually end up being wrong 40 years later
@dikbozo
2 жыл бұрын
I love it when someone like you, a musician, sees the potential in something someone else might overlook. This 'toy' is just one such example. Thanks.
@kairon156
2 жыл бұрын
I remember having something like this kicking around back in the 90's Canada. No idea what model it was but it was a white keyboard that was pretty small, There was a black one too that had 100 samples on it, that was cool.
@jtvj8423
2 жыл бұрын
It's fun to use these little kitsch-y keyboards to just noodle around, and then create a new layer and noodle around on top of that. I plugged my Casio VLTone into a guitar pedal board and recorded 4 or 5 layers and you get some neat little moments like you'd pick out of a band jamming.
@wyoaqjuuvn6420
2 жыл бұрын
that sweater is so cool
@perfectparadox7389
2 жыл бұрын
Just imagine bands like daft punk getting their hands on these
@TheDeadScientist1
2 жыл бұрын
is it just me or do you just love the sound of this and want to fall asleep to it?
@mixternnik
2 жыл бұрын
I have this one, and I 100% agree! The bass tones on it are crazy!
@chriswareham
2 жыл бұрын
I'm always expecting to see another Soviet curiosity on your channel - the Lell 22. It's a weird hybrid between a transistor combo organ and a string synth. It sounds very ethereal and I think it would be definitely something you'd enjoy.
@LaOxidada
2 жыл бұрын
Never been too big into ambient music, but that track around 5:00 is incredible Would love to hear it in full
@id.unknown1283
2 жыл бұрын
I was looking at this synth the other day on reverb when I was looking at Russian folk instruments to make lofi digital samples of and tape loops. It popped up in that feed and here it is in this feed. It's like the comos is tell me to buy one.
@Leather.Cyborg
2 жыл бұрын
Очень классные видео, продолжай в том же духе!
@sry525
6 ай бұрын
this thing both blasts my ears and sounds great at the same time
@YershJRSZ
2 жыл бұрын
I can only imagine Liam Howlett, Richard D. James, Chemical Bros, or Boards of Canada playing on it.
@Someone89a
2 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly - it suits their sounds perfectly
@compechdev
2 жыл бұрын
Hahah this synth literally reminded me of Syro
@nunofernandes4501
2 жыл бұрын
I always thought you looked familiar from the moment I discovered your channel and finally I know why. Hainbach, you look just like Ralf Hütter in the 70s when he wore long hair and glasses in the first years of Kraftwerk!
@soundcheck6885
2 жыл бұрын
I somehow ended up with one of these in the 70s. It drove my music teacher crazy!
@thedangersofoxygen135
2 жыл бұрын
I'm just now finding your channel, thanks to The Magpie. I love it
@markvorobey2547
2 жыл бұрын
Очень жаль, что их осталось так мало! Живя в Беларуси, я очень редко встречал советские синтезаторы, а может я не знаю где искать. Единственное мне повезло купить ТОМ-1501, хороший инструмент.
@user-cm5eg6vv1v
2 жыл бұрын
Часто вижу на олх(украинский авито). А вот всяких стринговых действительно мало осталось, помню раньше постоянно висело несколько ТОМов в объявлениях, а теперь это очень редкий зверь на этих просторах
@asanisi
2 жыл бұрын
В России на Авито продаются за
@SeTiNgFlash
2 жыл бұрын
в РФ на авито ТОМ-1501 продаётся за 5к рублей (~$66)
@basmatine
2 жыл бұрын
You should mod the vibrato and pitch potentiometers on back to have knobs on the front panel.
@xKrizel
2 жыл бұрын
Already excited for this one! 🔥
@Eugensson
2 жыл бұрын
That dive-bomb effect makes me want to replay Battle Toads
@prokhor_music
2 жыл бұрын
Is this FAEMI (ФАЭМИ)? I had one long ago! Cool thing
@humanlike6658
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your reviews. I would never know that USSR prodused so much kinds of synts. Greets from Russia!
@vladimirbabitsky5639
Жыл бұрын
Most of them are bad copies of foreign synthesizers. except theremin :-)
@AudioPilz
2 жыл бұрын
Nice! Still a better speaker than Volcas or Boutiques;)
@lundsweden
2 жыл бұрын
Hey leave the Volcas alone (somebody loves 'em)
@j1m1j3nkins5
2 жыл бұрын
I really like the imperfect way of it. The randomness actually sounds like electricity.
@mintystellar4268
2 жыл бұрын
Those frequencies almost literally exploded my head. I love it
@arrolate
2 жыл бұрын
Loving those sounds
@sysOpModular
2 жыл бұрын
That monster sounds crazy!:) Amazing find (and use btw:))
@antoncristian
2 жыл бұрын
Listen to Rodion GA! 🙂 He made few cool albums with this keyboard in 80's!
@d.engvin
2 жыл бұрын
It's cool how he uses an on/off switch as a "fun" effect
@mark6302
2 жыл бұрын
oh that sounds deliciously retro
@AlexAlex-gk1gz
2 ай бұрын
Спасибо за замечательный обзор! Это единственно высококлассный обзор, раритетной техники , на просторах тернета!
@Hainbach
2 ай бұрын
You are welcome! I also have the MK1 which is better in every way
@alekostrovsky9212
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! THX for video, that toy is my childhood dream)))
@Wabalin
2 жыл бұрын
уау "Фаэми" у нас в ансамбле была такая, использовали только когда играли "крутится волчок" ;)
@xanfus
2 жыл бұрын
This thing has "great bones"! With a little more modding, it would be an amazing synth!
@Hainbach
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I think a skilled modder could make this a monster
@G.Man-
2 жыл бұрын
@@Hainbach Magpie 🤔
@RAVE_GHETTO_BLASTER
2 жыл бұрын
WOW! I've don't hear about this one! Thanx!
@sovietwave
2 жыл бұрын
Классное видео, спасибо! Мне очень понравилось! 👍🏻
@mrKozmoz
2 жыл бұрын
This is one heck of a space sounding far out instrument, love it
@kloakovalimonada
2 жыл бұрын
Incredibly gorgeous sound with the reverb
@samkng
2 жыл бұрын
Been binging your videos the last few days and just wanna say your videos are so educational and inspiring. One of the best channels on here. Now I’m gonna be keeping my eyes peeled for all of these dusty, vintage pieces of gear that I never would’ve had any interest in before haha
@nunyabidnis3815
2 жыл бұрын
That thing sounds excellent!! I absolutely adore it. Clearly you're not a fan of the default sound, which is fine. I however, really enjoyed it's gnarly tone.
@krystiankrewniak
2 жыл бұрын
Wow. You make even the strangest devices sound beautiful. 🥰😍
@euanmorrison663
2 жыл бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed this!! Nice work (:
@jayerjavec
2 жыл бұрын
Zdravstvuj Hainbach. You pretty much bend-it like Simon does :) Cool stuff and as always, thanks for sharing.
@HelmutNevermore
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up surrounded with Soviet things, but even my mind was blown by screwdriver-adjustable effects.
@PM-ke9ry
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you HAINBACH this sounds fun to play with !
@Morberis
2 жыл бұрын
Omg that shirt. I am in love
@nickfertner3831
2 жыл бұрын
that sounds so good. such nice tones.
@Asterra2
2 жыл бұрын
It's the kind of bass that scrapes the ears and has you hearing an electronic flange if you suddenly take your headphones off, making you wonder if you just damaged your hearing.
@KolaFiend
2 жыл бұрын
is that how you call it? i think of it as the audio equivalent of staring at a moving pattern like a rotating spiral or something for a while then looking at a wall
@Asterra2
2 жыл бұрын
@@KolaFiend An excellent visual analogy. Pretty much the same kind of thing. Except I legitimately am worried about hearing damage. I liken it to hearing a loud noise and being briefly left with a ringing-everyone knows that's bad, bad news.
@kaitlyn__L
Жыл бұрын
@@Asterra2 in this case it’s a temporary “tensing” of certain hairs in the ear due to the specific overtones focusing most of the energy, so it is more like the visual analogy in that there shouldn’t be permanent damage like with loudness damage. Of course if you turn it up too loud it can damage!
@ciatangallaghe2485
2 жыл бұрын
That's a glorious jumper
@cyn0_
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Mother 1 music to me
@lsswappedcessna
9 ай бұрын
I love how rugged and simplistic Soviet electronics were.
@localhost4460
2 жыл бұрын
VG-Line is awesome, really incredible group of people.
@eranjin
2 жыл бұрын
you deserve a bigger fanbase hainbach 🔥
@SlyHikari03
2 жыл бұрын
It sounds like a Nintendo system. Or in this case. The Denny (a bootleg based off the famicom). I want one of these now. Also reminds me of a farfisa organ.
@seanspartan2023
2 жыл бұрын
You are getting such amazing sounds out of that little synth. I wonder how it would sound played with my поливокс м
@ZXSpectrumHotel
2 жыл бұрын
Never saw it in USSR. Just read about it in book. Thanks!
@NobodyHere539
2 жыл бұрын
Привет. У меня был такой в детстве, спасибо за подаренную ностальгию :)
@bonemar66
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the hum from the big amp from Back to the Future. (2:16)
@sleepnumber6
2 жыл бұрын
Hainbach is the real deal
@MotiMota15
2 жыл бұрын
It sounds positively ⬛🌊
@CybertroninfiniteOfficial
2 жыл бұрын
It sounds so good
@pworminkle
2 жыл бұрын
Love how you keep finding obscure gear and making it sound so pretty. The way the sound kind of breaks down when you turn on the intervals is really interesting - any idea of what's going on? Is it ring mod?
@Hainbach
2 жыл бұрын
I think it is because the sound is divided, and the divisions are not always 100% perfect. There are some very strange overtones I noticed when sampling it. Absolutely space me out.
@TheArchibyte
2 жыл бұрын
I had that one at childhood. Just a toy, nothing more
@K-ORA
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like an old school SNES rave in a box. Love it
@fangjr.8552
2 жыл бұрын
That jam on the tap machine ad wedge, holy shit
@stevenh8174
2 жыл бұрын
I want one of these !
@scissorkicks
2 жыл бұрын
As soon as you stated jamming on it, I was thinking to myself "get some Wires on that". And... There is is 💪
@DarkSideofSynth
2 жыл бұрын
Another instrument we didn't know we wanted until Hainbach came around ;)
@alexstrauss5264
2 жыл бұрын
this honestly is actually amazing, kids music toys nowadays are garbage, wish i had this when i was a kid.
@martinwinther6013
2 жыл бұрын
That shit is garbage - noone ever actually played these things, they where beaten with fists or sticks and tossed in a corner after 30min. Theres 100s of different plastickeyboards around, and the only reason that one is interesting is due to its origins. But its plastickitch, the sound is shit and its only saved by modern retroactivity and people who didnt grew up with it. Dont get me wrong - I like raw electronic music, I love synthz and 8-bit sounds. But the features that makes that thing kool is nostalgia and its place in history. Its the fact the sound is shit and from a bygone era that makes it kool. I love that it survived, and I like the vid. - But i would never ever give that kb to one of my kids. - And grown ups wouldnt play on it for more than 10secs My reply isnt a bash to the vid. I love it. Just trying to put the hype in perspective in the light of how much its NOT a toy, and how much its NOT an instrument..
@alexstrauss5264
2 жыл бұрын
@@martinwinther6013 oh sure this synth aint exactly the best but look at what we have now, half assed pianos that don't even have the black keys, this a huge step up from what i had as a kid.
@ccobkaify
2 жыл бұрын
I had one back in the mid 70s... Great synth.
@enginerdy
2 жыл бұрын
2:57 opening scene of Back to the Future with the guitar amp
@igorgilewicz1549
2 жыл бұрын
Привет, Хайнбах )). Do you know the Bad Sector band? Their album "Cosmodrom" was creating using only old soviet synth. I feel that you know ). But if not just check them, I think you like the sound.
@Mrhellacat
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds alot like my yamaha portasound PS-3. Its alot like a 70s home organ on a chip lol. Little Square wave keyboard with subtractive synthesis! Id love to find a Soviet keyboard like that and try them together!
@dge4560
2 жыл бұрын
Dude, that thing could do a awesomly manly musical mix of wizard of war!
@thamessinclair2010
2 жыл бұрын
The moment I hear the filter switched on and off, I instantly think "guru meditation error".
@TheMatchboxberlin
2 жыл бұрын
YEES! My own Berlin 'Look Mum No Computer'! Electro- Synth- Lofi- Oldschool- Scrap Instruments Musician. I am so Happy Happy Joy Joy...
@OPdbx
2 жыл бұрын
I recently bought a no name kids keyboard that had a headphone out and it kinda blew me away with how fat it sounded once I plugged it into my mixer!
@suga4all
2 жыл бұрын
Nice! It has a beautiful late 80s games C64 or Amstrad CPC vibe to it!
@viliusanceris
2 жыл бұрын
so cool. i had this one when i was teenager
@Coastal_Cruzer
2 жыл бұрын
I need to get/make one of these. Shouldn't be too hard to make one given they literally included a schematic with them, meaning the circuitry is publicly available. Though likely not in English
@Coastal_Cruzer
2 жыл бұрын
Well so much for trying to get one
@Virenss4
2 жыл бұрын
Legend has it this is what they used to make the MegaMan Battle Network music
@jeanbonnefoy1377
2 жыл бұрын
Doesn't know this one. Looks more recent that my пиф (Pif) mini.organ, named after the French Communist Party kid comics magazine hero "Pif the Dog" - there's even one emblazoned on its heavy ochre coloured steel and bakelite box. The sound is so-so but the look - Soviet army style sort of Magnus organ-Casiotone... Impressive.
@snailnight
2 жыл бұрын
В детстве родители подарили мне такое чудо. Но он не держал строй. В сервисе выдали заключение, что это заводской брак, поэтому я сдал его обратно в магазин. Через пол года это чудо снова появилось на прилавке. На отложенные сбережения я опять купил синт. Он оказался с такими же проблемами. Но когда сверил серийные номера, оказалось, что это тот же самый экземпляр! Синт вернули на завод, но там не долго думая, просто сделали новый технический паспорт и отправили на продажу в тот же город, куда и в прошлый раз. И по воле злого рока он снова достался мне.
@ofacid3439
2 жыл бұрын
Обалдеть, история
@snailnight
2 жыл бұрын
@@ofacid3439 Ага, забавная) Думаю, что проблема была в конструктиве этого изобретения, поэтому завод просто не придумал лучшего решения, чем пытаться заново продавать эти несчастные девайсы
@ofacid3439
2 жыл бұрын
@@snailnight Это в каком году было?
@snailnight
2 жыл бұрын
@@ofacid3439 Это начало восьмидесятых, точнее не вспомнить
@MsMark2001
Жыл бұрын
I bought this synthesizer in 1990, for 75 rubles, or $41,6 at the exchange rate. When I connected it to an external player as an amplifier, and placed it in a certain place, sound interference appeared, in the form of rhythmic clicks or taps. So I had an additional drum machine.
@PESHOPIKATA
Жыл бұрын
great track
@spookybaba
2 жыл бұрын
Anthony Rother has got to have used one of these for his album Little Computer People.
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