Description | The Multivox MX-65 Polyphonic synthesizer manufactured from 1977-1978. It has six voices. Piano, strings, clavichord, honky-tonk, piano and organ. The voices themselves are different combinations of the filter and envelope positions that you can switch between. The filter is controlled with an envelope with 3 modes. A fast attack/fast decay mode, an ‘expand’ mode with resonance emphasis, and a fast attack/slow decay mode.
The front panel is not deep, but it definitely gives you some control over the MX-65's presets.
There are envelope shape controls, an LFO (delay, depth, speed), and 3 Ensemble/Chorus modes.
Connections include Gate Out and VCF control in. The Gate Out has positive and negative polarity outputs. The VCF control in is a control voltage input or pedal control. As a cv input it is 1.3 v/octave. Very unique feature set. |
| Brand | Multivox |
| Model | MX-65 |
| Device | Synth |
| Type | Keys |
| Engine Type | Analog |
| Engine | VCO Preset |
| Voices (max) | 61 |
| Oscillators | 1 |
| LFO | 1 Sine |
| Engine Detailed | 1 Divide down OSC. |
| Envelope (VCA) | 1 AD |
| FX | 3 ensemble/chorus modes |
| Memory | 6 Presets: Piano, Strings, Cavichord, Honky Tonk, Piano , Organ. |
| Keys | 61 |
| Key type | Keys |
| Velocity | N |
| Aftertouch | N |
| CV-gate | Gate out, VCF in |
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Produced: | 1977 - 1978 |
| 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. |
