Akai ax 80 patches the horse

Akai really pumped the resonance on these two machines. The ax60 is among some of the last true analog polysynths of the mideighties. Forgive me if this is been posted here before, but i dont remember seeing it. This is perhaps one reason why the akai ax80 failed to excite many potential. Since, when you selected a patch, all the parameter values lit up, it was almost as easy to see the sound on an ax80 as it was on a knobby synth such as a roland juno 106 or jupiter 6. If you cant make anything from that, play nintendo. It has 64 memory locations for sounds patches, arranged in two banks of 32 each, plus a bank of 32 factory preset sounds. You can do some crazy pitch changing things that modulars can achieve. Publication date 19850618 topics akai, ax80, service manual, synth collection manuals. I felt the ax73vx90ax80 were yawners not exciting in sound and not great interfaces just personal opinion there.

Akai ax73 industrial suite this is a demo of the akai ax73. Alesis ion mp3 demo factory patches alesis a6 andromeda mp3 demo my patches a rp. View and download akai ax80 operators manual online. Presets on 80 s synths are almost always crap in my experience. The ax73 is a surprisingly good analog synthesizer that is still considered to be widely underrated and deserving of some recognition.

For specifications, see the info tab, it fits perfectly with the technical specifications of the machine. The ax80 is a polyphonic analogue keyboard synthesizer manufactured by akai professional in 1984. Analogue heaven akai ax80 os firmware upgrade via bob grieb. Full color, high definition scan of the akai ax80 service manual addeddate 20150402 02. It was akais answer to the hugely successful roland juno series and yamahas new digital dxseries. Eight fully programmable voices and 61 keys make this a very versatile and comfortable unit. The ax 60 has an equivalent slider called vco eg depth. We are also testing the pulse width and pulse speed. Akai pro ax80 wav samples, pdf manuals cyborg studio. Anybody here have the desire andor skills to work towards developing a new os for the akai ax 80 to add sysex and patch dumpingloading. Just using a bit of eventide h9 to get more life in to it, it really shines. The ax80 used digitally controlled oscillators dco and filter circuitry based on the curtis electronics cem 3372 integrated circuit. Hey guys, glenn here, yeah so this is my very first patch set for the ax8. The assignment of voices to each split side can be 06, 24, 42, or 60.

The ax80 is a polyphonic analogue keyboard synthesizer manufactured by akai professional. For a little over a month now i have been running bob griebs upgraded ax80 os. Like the ax73 it has an autotune function and a really nice. So a juno filter at 10 sounds like the ax 60 filter at about 3 and the ax 80 filter at about 4 or 5.

A decent amount of patch storage and nice enough sounds make the ax80 a useable synth to have around, but it probably wont replace your roland juno. Synth veteran richard geere with a demo of the akai ax80 analogue synth. On the minus side, the akai was not multitimbral, had a primitive midi implementation that was unable to dump or load patches, featured neither an arpeggiator. Akai ax80 3 times multi tracked in accoustica internet audio. Set the connected tape recorder to the recording mode. The internet archive manual library is a collection of manuals, instructions, walkthroughs and datasheets for a massive spectrum of items. It was akais first venture into the professional electronic musical instrument market. The ax 73 uses six of these chips, which were also used in some sequential circuits synths, one for each voice for six voice polyphony. From the sleek black sides to the sharp retro fluorescent displays, this ax rocks. The akai ax80 synthesizer has an average rating of. Its digital digitally controlled analog and new patches are loaded over tape via a 14 inch input.

The synth has been gone through and had two cem3372 ics replaced with new old stock ics, keyboard contacts cleaned, power supply voltages inspected, all ribbon cables secured, and a general cleaning. Most consist of information about programming, usage and operation of synthesizers, as well as. Collecting several hundred manuals in one location, this collection of information about music synthesizers spans over 40 years of technology and products. The ax80 has the privilege of being the first prokeyboard produced by akai, released in 1984. The ax80s nicest features are 1 data entry knob, which can double as a realtime parameter controller kind of a new idea at the time, 2 sloping back panel so you can see all the connectors from in front of the machine, and 3 green fluorescent bargraph display of all parameters at once, above the front. I know, when youve been playing a roland synth and then you switch to this akai, it may sound unfriendly and muddy at first, and the resonance is offputting.

Akai ax80 synthesizer specifications, pictures, prices. Also when messing around with the filter cutoff and resonance, after playing a bit the numbers seem to change. Find great deals on ebay for akai ax80 and akai ax60. Manuals covering electronic and mechanical products, instructions on mixing or blending items, and instruction sets for software and computer items are all included. This means that the oscillators will all be experiencing minute fluctuations in pitch that help to thicken up its sound even more. Technically comparable to the jx3p, this synth boasted a more robust architecture with 2 extra voices. Akai ax 60 custom firmware akai ax60 discussions about anything analog, digital, midi, synth technology, techniques, theories and more.

With an identical voice structure to the ax73, the vx90 is little more than a rackmount version. Splits where no voices can be used for half of the keyboard are useful when the ax 60 is expanded with an akai sampler. Its an eightvoice programmable analog synthesizer with a full 61note keyboard and a series of technolooking lcd bargraph displays running across the top of the keyboard. Very 80s digital digitally controlled analog synth and there are a ton of parameters on each patch. It was marketed as part of a line of project studio equipment called the akai music studio. The ax80s nicest features are 1 data entry knob, which can double as a realtime parameter controller kind of a new idea at the time, 2 sloping back panel so you can see all the connectors from in front of the machine, and 3 green fluorescent bargraph display of all parameters at once, above the front panel switches. Included is a very rare akai branded soft case that would have been ordered separately back in the day.

You can here the filter opening and closing on the. An eightnote polyphonic synthesizer with rocksolid digital oscillators, the ax80 offered some interesting tonal possibilities thanks to its real analogue filters, fiveoctave, touch. Its a six voice analog synthesizer with an almost identical architecture to akais ax60 keyboard. There are a few quirks that would need to be dealt with straight away. It was marketed as part of a line of project studio equipment called the akai music studio system, which included the s612 digital sampler the mr16 drum machine, the ms08 sequence. Clavia succeeded there, but they did came up with a workhorse that is able to. A worthy competitor to other proline synths of the 80 s, the ax 80 is somewhat of a sleeper in the marketplace.

The ax60 is a programmable sixvoice synth with a nice lfo, lowpass vcf filter, envelope sections, and more. The keyboard can be split to play two patches independently. Ax 80, it possible to save the data numbers simultaneously from 30, by labeling the voice data in this manner. Combine this with the sampler input from say, an s900 or s950 and you will have a wild time. This is the only one ive ever seen and it definitely ties the whole vibe together. It is a midi equipped sixvoice analog synthesizer with advanced digital controls and functions. Midi sysex patch save and restore saves or restores bank a and b patches in. Two oscillators per voice plus a suboscillator help provide wide range synth horn, string, and effect possibilities. Akai s initial foray into the hitech world had perhaps failed to live up to the companys expectations, which is slightly surprising given its specifications.

More about the akai ax 73 ax 73 specifications notes about the akai ax 73 famous akai ax 73 users akai ax 73 samples. If you are thinking about buying yourself an akai ax 73synthesizer our sample collection below will give you an idea of the capabilities of the synthesizer. Ax 60 is fun, easy to use, and aggressive has fm filter and ext filter in also nice different form a jx3pjuno which are also good synths to consider in this marketrange. The akai ax 60 is the only synth on this list that uses vcos voltagecontrolled oscillators which gives it a bit more of a rougharoundtheedges sound. The ax80 was first released in 1984 by akai professional of japan. I am offering them free for all of you who want to try them.