Description | The Elka Rhapsody 610 was manufactured from 1975-1980 and was a popular string machine that offers 4 different sounds and was used by many artists through out 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 610 |
| Device | Synth |
| Type | Keys |
| Engine Type | Analog |
| Engine | VCO |
| Voices (max) | 4 |
| Oscillators | 4 |
| Engine Detailed | 4 Preset sounds, Violin/Cello, Strings, Piano, and, Clavinet. Upper and Lower settings |
| Envelope (VCA) | 3x Decay (Piano and clav shared) |
| Memory | 4 Presets |
| Keys | 61 |
| 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. |
