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Elka | Rhapsody 490 |
Description | The Elka Rhapsody was manufactured from 1975-1980 and was a popular string machine that offers 4 different sounds and was used by many artists throught the 1970's into the 1980's. The Rhapsody's 4 built in sounds were Violin/Cello, Strings, Piano, and, Clavinet. The 4 sounds had dedicated faders on the front panel for volume and additionally 3 sliders to control decay for the Piano, Strings, and, Clavinet. Further there is 4 dedicated mute buttons for each sound. |
| Brand | Elka |
| Model | Rhapsody 490 |
| Device | Synth |
| Type | Keys |
| Engine Type | Analog |
| Engine | VCO |
| Voices (max) | 4 |
| Oscillators | 2 |
| Engine Detailed | 2 Preset sounds, Violin/Cello, Strings |
| Envelope (VCA) | Sustain |
| Memory | 2 Presets |
| Keys | 49 |
| Key type | Keys |
| Velocity | No |
| Aftertouch | No |
| Audio | Mono out |
| Produced: | 1975 - 1980 |
| 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. | |||





