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Siel | DK80

Description

The Siel DK-80 is an odd synth that could be said to bridge the gap between low end mid-eighties Roland and Sequential type synthesizers. It is an analog synth with digital control. It is also bi-timbral with a split keyboard mode giving you 2 polysynths in one keyboard! The sounds are OK, and the DK-80 makes a great backup synth. It has an on-board two-track sequencer, chord memory and hold, programmable stereo panning and sweeping. Parameters are edited one at a time and via membrane push buttons. For a fair price the DK-80 is certainly an exotic addition to any synth set up but may be too limited to use as your main or only analog synth.

It also generously had 2 filters, 4 LFO's, and, 14 digital envelopes. The unit also has a 2 track sequencer 300 note sequencer and a chorus effect. It's user interface is very similar to Korg's Poly 800 and EX model of synthesizers.

BrandSiel
ModelDK80
DeviceSynth
TypeKeys
Engine TypeAnalog
EngineDCO
Voices (max)12
Multitimbral2
Oscillators2
LFO2
NoiseY
Engine Detailed2 DCO's (sine, sqr, tri), 1 pink noise gen
Filter (VCF)2 24 dB/octave low pass VCFs
Envelope (VCA)2 six point envelope generators
Memory40 preset, 10 user (50 external programs via RAM pack, 100 external programs via ROM pack)
Recording2 track polyphonic sequencer.
Keys61
Key typeKeys
VelocityY
AftertouchN
MidiI-O-T
Produced:1985 - 1985
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.

Manuals, patches etc.

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