The AX73 is a surprisingly good analog synthesizer that is stillconsidered to be widely underrated and deserving of some recognition.It's a six voice analog synthesizer with an almost identicalarchitecture to Akai's keyboard. It alsocame in a rack-mount form as the. It hasone oscillator (VCO) per voice and allows for 3 playing modes: Poly modeuses one VCO per voice for six voice polyphonic pads, chords andstrings.
Dual-VCO mode stacks 2 VCOs per voice for a thicker three-voicesound. Unison mode stacks all six VCOs onto one monophonic voice for ascreamin' lead!
The AX73 has a simple 24 dB/oct VCF (filter) and it has an interestingfeature that allows the cutoff to be modulated by the VCO. It also has aflexible LFO with many variable waveforms, chorus, portamento, and astandard ADSR VCA envelope generator.
But unlike many other analogsynths, this machine is MIDI equipped for easy integration and use intoday's modern studios. The sounds are quite nice and are adequate foruse in any style of music production. It also had special inputs for usewith Akai's, samplers, allowing you to run those samples through theAX73's analog filters and envelopes. Related Forum Topics.
SpecificationsPlatter: aluminium alloy diecastDrive mechanism: direct drive, auto returnMotor: dc servoSpeeds: 33 and 45rpmWow and flutter: 0.045%Rumble: 73dBTonearm: static balanced typeEffective length: 220mmOverhang: 17.5mmOffset angle: 24 degreesCartridge weight range: 3 to 8gDimensions: 440 x 96 x 359mmWeight: 5.0kg DownloadsPlease login or register a free account in the forum to download filesIf you have additional documentation please consider donating a copy to our free archive.NOTE To view PDF files the latest version of the official is required.