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Altair-231

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Altair-231 soviet analog synthesizer (3 VCO)

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coyotemyp

299

over 6 years ago

Expensive for what you get.

It's a unique clone of the early Minimoog model D. People call it a clone but the synth while being a copy isn't identical- the soviet counterparts of the components used on the moog give this synth it's own personality
While being unique in it's own way reliability issues plague this synth and repairing it takes a lot of time.

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Drummer

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Rock Alternative rock Indie rock

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