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Akai | VX600

Description

The VX600 is a compact analog synthesizer produced by Akai. It's a six-voice synth with two analog VCOs per voice. This will give you some pretty thick and rich analog bass, pads, strings and so on. A very flexible Modulation Matrix allows you to route waveforms from each of the VCOs through the various edit functions. There is a lowpass resonant filter, a highpass filter, two LFOs, three envelope generators, two external sound inputs and more.

The VX600's patch memory stores over 100 patches, each of which can contain key group splits, MIDI info and voice allocation. Add classic analog performance modes such as unison, stacked mono and a new six-part multitimbral mode and you've got yourself some thick and full analog sounds! Its MIDI implementation allows for seamless integration into any MIDI studio. Additionally, a dedicated connector jack allows direct connection to the EVI1000 and EWI1000 wind synthesizers and a 13-pin DIN connector gives six individual voice outputs. Quite a powerful little beast!

The keyboard is a 37 key bed with velocity and aftertouch capability. It also allows for up to 6 timbres to be played simultaneously including separate settings for tune, transpose, volume, and other functions. Additionally the Akai VX600 has a Chord Play Mode which allows you play and assign up to 20 Preset Chord patterns on the keyboard. The Chord patterns can also be edited and rewritten as user sets.

BrandAkai
ModelVX600
DeviceSynth
TypeKeys
Engine TypeAnalog
EngineVCO
Voices (max)6
Multitimbral6
Oscillators2
LFO2 LFOs per voice (various waveforms, speed, delay, depth)
Engine Detailed12 osc. (2 per voice)
Filter (VCF)Lowpass / Highpass filter w/ cutoff, resonance, pitch follow
Envelope (VCA)FM: depth, destination & vca: level
Memory50 sound library patches, 20 code memories, 40 programs, 10 packets + external memory cards available
Keys37
Key typeKeys
VelocityY
AftertouchChannel
MidiI-O
Extra infoA dedicated connector jack allows direct connection to the EVI1000 and EWI1000 wind synthesizers and a 13-pin DIN connector gives six individual voice outputs.
Produced:1988 - 1988
Legend: Obvious Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable
VCO Voltage Controlled Oscillator DCO Digital Controlled Oscillator
LFO Low Frequency Oscillator Sub Sub Oscillator
VCF Voltage Controlled Filter VCA Voltage Controlled Amplifier
Velocity As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key. Aftertouch Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel.
Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise.

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