Best sounding vintage polysynth, I think! Maybe the Oberheim Eight Voice can compete but setting that one up is a downright chore - Polykobol has proper patch memory. Such sweet sound...
@ianday5115 Жыл бұрын
whoever you are out there who played this and made this video, can you do another, it & your composition/playing are just so fantastic, i have replayed it too many times, it is absolutely amazing
@dachanist6 жыл бұрын
It might seem like this is the best sounding synth ever made, but a good portion of that is coming from the player ;) (yes I came back to hear it again)
@theeltea4 жыл бұрын
While this is a sweet sounding synth, I hear nothing particularly special about it.
@theeltea3 жыл бұрын
@Rhizosphere I did not have a chance to play one in person and probably never will. Which makes me so sad... 😥 Probably its just KZbin.
@uv77mc859 ай бұрын
@@theeltea You dont think this is special? its amazing for an early polysynth. It sounds amazing and has a great feature set inc multi timbrality for 1983 or whenever it was.
@theeltea9 ай бұрын
@@uv77mc85 Maybe the demo doesn't do it justice, I dunno
@michaelk35505 жыл бұрын
The sounds that everyone is hearing that seems impossible on any of your polyphonic synths, remember this is a bi-timbral synthesizer. You can replicate a lot of these sounds by using MIDI and stacking two polys on top of each other. I love playing an OB-6 MIDI'ed to a Prophet-6. Sometimes just making a pad on the OB-6 and scrolling through different lead type patches or arpeggiated patches on the Prophet will come up with some hauntingly beautiful sounds similar to what you're hearing here.
@Soundtrack-Audio4 жыл бұрын
Actually it sounds remarkably like my Prophet 12 (which is also Bi-timbral) and the overall tone and organic feel is the closest I've heard from any other synth in sounding like a P12 ... I'm sure side by side you'd be able to pick out the difference, but honestly it sounds extremely close in tone.
@alexbowers60262 жыл бұрын
There are quite a few bi-timbral poly analogues out there. Summit, Prologue, Matrix 12, OBX8, Prophet 8 & 10 and more. Just saying.
@MisAnnThorpe Жыл бұрын
@@alexbowers6026 Roland Super JX10!
@eiffe Жыл бұрын
@@alexbowers6026 Rhodes Chroma
@SunsetKetch Жыл бұрын
Used to hook up my Triton to the polykbII by xills lab...it was AWESOME
@RayyMusik17 күн бұрын
This is one of the best synth demos I‘ve ever heard (and those are many thousands). The Polykobol as well as the player are phenomenal.
@Bernd_Bruening Жыл бұрын
What a fantastic synthesizer. Great playing from someone who knows what he is doing! Thanks a lot for the video!
@jackpijjin40883 жыл бұрын
@SevenAphid2 жыл бұрын
Looks like they're working on one!
@luisbarrera57402 жыл бұрын
Ditto.
@tregsmusic2 жыл бұрын
They've had a lot of spot on re-creations lately, fingers crossed.
@djcsessions6742 жыл бұрын
You’re in luck!
@tobiasgreeeen2 жыл бұрын
The Kijimi from Black Corporation already exists. Black Corp make the absolute best replicas of legendary status synths like this one, CS-80, Jupiter 8 and Elka Synthex.
@AlineKiler123321 Жыл бұрын
Sounds magic even better than a CS-80 to my ears so versytile. Love from TAO from
@21GunStudio9 ай бұрын
Voyetra 8 and Prophet 5 Rev 2 come to mind. Of course no surprise since all have SSM chips. Other incredibly sweet synths are Synthex, OB-X and Memorymoog. I’ve had all these except Polykobol! CS-80 was my least favorite truth be told
@seppoinnanen55775 жыл бұрын
Oh my... is this kind of sound quality even real?? Absolutely the the most sweet and lush sounds that I've ever heard from any synth :o You are a great player, too
@simoncardie93712 жыл бұрын
What an amazing sound. There are only about 20 of these left in existence apparently. Don't let go of it.
@21GunStudio Жыл бұрын
Don’t let go of it?? NO! Sell it to me!!
@FlyingVification2 ай бұрын
Xilslab did a fantastic job recreating this beauty.
@ermogene69855 жыл бұрын
I think this is one of the best sounding synths I ever heard if not the best.. Very good playing too!
@AdamBorseti10 жыл бұрын
Questions! *1: How/Where did you acquire THE rarest polysynth of all time? 1a: (OPTIONAL) How much did it cost you? 2: How many voices does yours have installed, and does it respond to velocity? This was intended, but was never completed in time for production. ***3: What is the upkeep like on a synth of this caliber? 3a: Does it fail often? 3b: Does it remain somewhat in tune for very long? 3c: Is there even a slight chance that you could replace a component should it fail? If you could possibly find time to answer these questions, I would greatly appreciate it, as it would help further my knowledge of rare synthesizers! Thank You, Adam Borseti
@seb173209 жыл бұрын
Adam Borseti 1- I bought that in USA. 1a- The price is the same that AKS ;-) 2- eight Voices Velocity doesn't work on the Polykobol 3- The big problems on the Polykobol are the bad contacts between the connectors, and the bad power supply. The synth is overheat rapidly. (3 µprocessor 68009 Motorola in this synth) The Oscillators are stable except when the temperature is too high. Rare components on the Polykobol : UA726, SSM2044, SSM2056. Seb
@theeltea4 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure the PPG realizer is the rarest synth tho
@EvilDragon6664 жыл бұрын
@@theeltea I think there were only two Realizers to ever exist. As rare as Con Brio ADS 200. www.vintagesynth.com/misc/conbrioads200.php
@theeltea4 жыл бұрын
@@EvilDragon666 Awesome, innit? 😋
@supadupahilton6848 Жыл бұрын
@@theelteaAlso Korg Pepé (only two exist). Joe Zawinul owns one, Michael Boddicker the other. I worked on Zawinuls.
@paulbrymer4 жыл бұрын
that one dislike is just peanut butter n jelly. Might be the most romantic synth my ears have ever heard. BEAUTIFUL playing
@jaibhimadevi58057 жыл бұрын
It surprises me that RSF didn't try sending Vangelis a free one- I bet he would have liked it very much, and the publicity might've helped RSF stick around!
@Musiquesaecouter6 жыл бұрын
Jai Bhimadevi Vangelis had already made his choice on the CS 80 for a while but it's true this Polykobol have his own personnality and he could have given his own stamp to it, sad it didn't happened, then just no velocity expression like the CS but weirdly it seem to got it somehow depending hiw it is played
@jean-louispech49215 жыл бұрын
only 30 where build, and they were unfinished, some features like velocity and aftertouch did not work. A musical success ( very good sound ) but a technical and commercial failure, i would say. A full working polykobold II could have interested Vangelis, i guess.
@MrJpbmusic20053 жыл бұрын
I remember locking at the sleeve notes on JEAN MICHEL JARRE'S "Concerts of China "Album...and there it was .....Dominique Perrier RSF KOBOL...also on the live DVD you can see Frederick Rousseau playing on aswell
@paulverkempinck64118 жыл бұрын
Le meilleur synthé jamais produit! Quel son! Hommage aux frêres Fernandez! Paul Verkempinck, Belgique
@kellychristus24965 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most beautiful analogs I've ever heard in my life on video
@flapachat80513 жыл бұрын
Sébastien super tu maîtrise parfaitement cet instrument. Formidable. Tu devrais faire un album.
@lerikko0078 жыл бұрын
le plus BEAU SYNTHE DU MONDE...merci les freres FERNANDEZ
@kvmoore16 жыл бұрын
This thing sounds WONDERFUL!!! It's very smooth sounding in a pleasing way....a pleasure to listen to....especially the way you played it in this video. Fantastic job. Also, fantastic polysynth. I bet it cost an arm and a leg back then and even moreso nowadays.
@jean-louispech49215 жыл бұрын
Very expensive at its time, only 30 were build, and most of them are not working, you had to put your hand in the motor for making working properly . A working polykobold II, now , is very very rare , in the hands of some few guys (most in France ...). Then IF one is sold ( not a broken one ) it could be very expensive.
@SyncdAlien4 жыл бұрын
Incredible sound! Loving this demo!
@GameAudioToolkit4 жыл бұрын
Such a mellow sounding synth, beautifully played.
@paulgrooveside2803 Жыл бұрын
What a superb instrument! They should have been massively successful. There's no justice, is there!
@jean-louispech4921 Жыл бұрын
Too little, no financial backup . They were not able to finish all the functionalities on all their units. They were genius for the conception of the sound of their synth for the oscillators and the filter, and were equal to the greatest at this level,they had very good ideas for the functionalities of a polysynth, but they had not enough money for research for building components and finish all the features, etc... A great waste in the history of the synthesizer.
@erwan-coic-film-music-composer Жыл бұрын
j'adore ta démo Seb !
@seb17320 Жыл бұрын
Merci Erwan ;-)
@subtension Жыл бұрын
Il n'y a eu que 30 exemplaires de produits de ce synthé Français , en comptant ceux vendus et les prototypes. Donc cet exemplaire est archi rare et qui plus est fonctionne parfaitement!!! En tout ca super démo et quel son majestueux, il donne des frissons. Il coutait 65.000 francs a l'époque soit près de 24.000 dollars actuels.
@jean-louispech4921 Жыл бұрын
il est même unique, avec toutes, ou quasi toutes, les fonctionnalités qui fonctionnent. Il a trouvé des gars capables de l'aider à réparer, finir les fonctionnalités défaillantes, manquantes. Parce que à la base aucun n'était totalement fini ....
@subtension Жыл бұрын
@@jean-louispech4921 oui c'est vrai que celui-ci est vraiment opérationnel, jean Loup Dierstein, avait lâcher l'affaire depuis longtemps sur ce synthétiseur. J'espère que c'est exemplaire fonctionnera le plus longtemps possible. A priori Behringer est sur en train d'en développer un. Il viennent de sortir le mono KOBOL expander qui est très fidèle à l'original
@Dolle_Man2 жыл бұрын
Behringer brought me here, and I'm blown away by this demo. CANT WAIT B!
@PuzzL_6 жыл бұрын
This thing is gorgeous in every way
@readyfresh11 жыл бұрын
what an amazing synth .
@DavidLee072 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful experience. Thank you Seb for this great demo. I hope Behringer can do it justice.
@khanada19698 жыл бұрын
Very underrated synth. Gorgeous!
@michaelbauers88008 жыл бұрын
Dont think it's underrated as much as it's unknown :) I had not heard of it, and I have been into synthesizers quite a long time.
@danalexpiano5 жыл бұрын
Underrated? )))))))))
@jean-louispech49215 жыл бұрын
unknown , yes, because it is very rare : only 30 produced, and only some are really working. Underrated? not by peoples who know it, they praise its sound as one of the best for a polyphonic analog synth.
@adytech5788 Жыл бұрын
i cant wait for the behringer poly version version :) as we have very soon the expander v1 & i think they surely release the v2 as additional module
@jean-louispech4921 Жыл бұрын
i know that for the kobol (keyboard and expander ) , they have tried to be the closer to the original in term of quality of the sound, it goes as far than building their own version of the filter , because they did not found a modern 2040 chip enough good for the filter of the kobol. This is the sign that they really want to get the original sound, and not just a simple cheap clone. Then we can hope a version of the polykobol close to the original like for the kobol.
@maydaygoingdown56025 жыл бұрын
Truly a beautiful work of art you have there in this Synthesizer...Truly. And beautiful played and use of sound texturing...simply beautiful. Thanks for this glimpse into this Synthesizer.
@lilskullymane40573 жыл бұрын
the first patch... chills
@dessiplaer5 ай бұрын
Wow! That's some kind of great sounding. Thanks for posting!
@michelbourdon28484 жыл бұрын
Je crois que nous Français on se laisse vite abattre avec les difficultés ! RSF avait crée la une machine à paufiner et terminer au plan technique qui était au TOP du TOP de ce qui se faisait de mieux à cette époque,un synthetiseur polyphonique exceptionnel et aujourd'hui nous ferions parti de l'élite mondiale en terme de production de machines musicales ,malheureusement on s'est fait distancer par d'autres pays ! En France on a tous les créateurs de génies pour se réaliser mais on ne sait pas vendre et persevérer ! quel gachis .............
@littlebritain644 жыл бұрын
I have an Elka Synthex but I love the sound and the look of this rare pearl! Thanks for the demo!
@21GunStudio Жыл бұрын
Voyetra 8 is pretty amazing too
@littlebritain64 Жыл бұрын
@@21GunStudio Indeed, I always hope for an affordable replica from Behringer!
@MrGiloine7 жыл бұрын
Just amazing synth !!!
@ME-ru4hv5 жыл бұрын
I think they made the knobs first and said.. how are we going to make it sound like it looks?? (haha I love how he kept until the end for showcasing the filter with a bang! very deliberate suspense for synth geeks)
@luisbarrera57402 жыл бұрын
That sounds like what dreams are made of. Fucking.Amazing.
@jackspring77092 жыл бұрын
I like the sound of that: slightly like a CS-80 is some respects. I was surprised to hear that so few of them were made.
@gomesdiogo4 жыл бұрын
my God this sounds so beautiful makes me wanna learn PolyKB to a maximum extent
@adamborseti551511 жыл бұрын
30 were made..... that's it.
@donit.2 жыл бұрын
I though 40 where made
@luisbarrera57402 жыл бұрын
Behringer is working on one.
@donit.2 жыл бұрын
@@luisbarrera5740 that will probably still take 2 or 3 years though, maybe they won't even finish it at all
@luisbarrera57402 жыл бұрын
@@donit. maybe they won't. So I'm not beholding them to anything. But. If they do end up releasing it. I will without a doubt get one.
@donit.2 жыл бұрын
@@luisbarrera5740 I definitely hope they can get it done!
@joeyxl34568 жыл бұрын
xils software version of this is incredible too
@SPAZZOID1006 жыл бұрын
joeyxl3456 no
@annother33505 жыл бұрын
Yeh
@smartti19709 жыл бұрын
toujours aussi enchanteur ces deux composition !!!!
@smartti197010 жыл бұрын
Wow un des meilleus synthé analogique que j'ai entendue si ce n'est , probablement, le meilleurs. superbement joué ... merci :-)
@suadcokljat10452 жыл бұрын
Never heard of it. Thanks Behringer. Cheers! S
@MrFirechild5 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@cyrusworldmusic8 жыл бұрын
j'adore ce son purée de purée!! ça ressemble au CS80 en mieux! sans rire!! exactement le son de vangelis dans les albums des années 70's (style So lon Ago So Clear) excellentissime. Plus profond que le MiniMoog a mon sens. une merveille
@paulschilling29964 жыл бұрын
le son est sublime mais j’adore aussi la mélancolie dans ta musique
@PervurtTV2 жыл бұрын
Awesome demo arp really !! Very euphoric
@bd5945 жыл бұрын
I hope Behringer replicates this model because I will never have a chance to play one or afford an original Polykobol. Hopefully this synth doesn't fade out of existence due to it's rarity.
@Wagoo5 жыл бұрын
Black Corp Kijimi is the closest available at the moment.. soundcloud.com/paul-schilling/kijimi-polykobol-127-cos
@jean-louispech49215 жыл бұрын
@@Wagoo it is not a real clone, just the interface and major features.
@jean-louispech49215 жыл бұрын
yes this synth deserves to be cloned by behringer if they succeed to recreate THIS sound, or close to it.
@Wagoo5 жыл бұрын
@@jean-louispech4921 Kijimi is based on the Kobol Expander.. and extended to be more like a PolyKobol via analysis of the schematics and such.. it's the closest thing we have for now. But yes, I also hope Behringer try and clone this synth too.. it's so rare that they may have trouble finding one to reverse engineer, though. But it's definitely a sound that should not be lost to time, and deserves to be more out there in the world of synths :)
@jean-louispech49215 жыл бұрын
@@Wagoo From what i have read the components are not the same than the polykobold, then not a clone. While i just have listen a demo of the kijimi where the guy was trying to recreate a music from a video made with the polykobold , it sounded good. The more easy to find are non working polykobold for Behringer, i guess. There is only one official full functional polykobold, from a french musician involved with the polykobold development, and may be another, if he is not lost or broken with time. This is the one used in most demos we can find on youtube. For the rest they are incompletes or broken. Yes it is very rare to find, but almost everyone praise its sound when it works. On the other hand it looks that behringer have a lot of relation with musicians ( like Vangelis playing on their CS 80 clone ).
@huns982 жыл бұрын
This sounds wonderful. My kind of sound . Hope Behringer make's a good Clone
@marcosbaracca30014 ай бұрын
Fantástico!!
@DaveBessell3 жыл бұрын
That is a very nice sounding poly. I am now officially jealous!
@photicsonar2 жыл бұрын
You are a lucky man... ❤
@GNeuman12 жыл бұрын
Wow, never seen the polyphonic Kobol, they are rarer then rare, no? Sounds very John Carpenter, brilliant demo!
@TheRayAsh8 жыл бұрын
best synth in the world
@SPAZZOID1005 жыл бұрын
Rhizosphere moog one sounds dull.
@ingoodmusic4 жыл бұрын
Has this music been ever released? It’s gorgeous!
@dougiedoozer51132 жыл бұрын
OMG beautiful thankyou,
@JohnLRice11 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I love your performance!
@Room16Tattoo8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the demo, now package it up and send it to me!!! Lol. That thing is lush!
@tubelectron166711 ай бұрын
Hé oui, c'était fabriqué en France, du coté de Toulouse, je crois... Il est heureux qu'il en reste quelques survivants. Les RSF n'avaient rien à envier aux Moogs, Oberheim, Sequential circuits et autres ! Je dois encore avoir un tarif de 1983 quelque part...
@torus60835 жыл бұрын
It seems Behringer has applied for a Trademark on Polykobol so there could be a clone of this in the future. I really hope so, this is an amazing sounding synth
@seppoinnanen55774 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Black Corporation Kijimi could do the job... it is very expensive though
@jean-louispech49213 жыл бұрын
@@seppoinnanen5577 Kijimi, is inspired by the polykobold but is not a clone. Peoples who have played on a real polykobold can hear the difference. Behringer on the other hand will work with the original technical documentation, and work with a specialist of the RSF synths who owns the documentation. In theory they can replicate the polykobold exactly ( including the technical flaws ) if they use the same components ( but this will not happens for many reasons ) .
@KwameNewton2 жыл бұрын
They are
@Novaheart19986 жыл бұрын
ahhh dreamy sound! Utterly dreamy.
@alexandermathar77803 ай бұрын
Fantastic analogue polysynth. In leage with Jupiter 8, CS 80 , OB-X . Pity RSF went bankrupt over this. Fortunately Behringer is going to recreate this wonderful synthesizer!
@cyber-detection-syst8212 жыл бұрын
beautiful! I see your demo on matrixsynth and now I posted it on my facebook!
@mouradferrad32764 жыл бұрын
le son qui tue
@7Spronge2 жыл бұрын
Are all the sounds without external fx ?
@mariegarie4948 жыл бұрын
Wonderful
@WrvrUgoThrUR7 ай бұрын
Behringer’s is the Apple of Synths
@Kung_Fu_Jesus Жыл бұрын
What a machine!
@midiphy8 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, thanks for sharing!
@NeutroWorld6 жыл бұрын
Nice! Off to see how close I can get with my Prophet 08.
@SPAZZOID1005 жыл бұрын
Forget it
@1vootman6 жыл бұрын
It sounds amazing
@dachanist6 жыл бұрын
Those layers are God!
@MikePensini8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@thedevonanaloguestudio48066 жыл бұрын
Long shot but the intro bleep sequence, is that from this or something else ? sounds like its not and you play into it
@ed_synth-bass3 жыл бұрын
Excellente vidéo pour un synthé sublime ! Quelle merveille ! 5:16 ambiance très « La soupe aux choux ». Raymond Lefèvre en aurait-il eu un à disposition quand il composé la B.O. ?
@francotonini64464 жыл бұрын
Sublime bravo.
@drakedebalmont53454 жыл бұрын
The Attempt Of Xils Making a Vst Au Axx Emu Is Not bad at all OF COURSE it will never be thr Real thing but Try the demo
@wackenthaljef9 жыл бұрын
beautiful!!! thank you for da vid!seem hard to tune !!
@tsitracommunications28846 жыл бұрын
Vive le RSF!!
@dustcombo Жыл бұрын
which fx processor did you use for delay/reverb?
@ryanfreer778 жыл бұрын
If any of the old poly synths merit a reproduction, this stands among the first.
@lorenmorgan19317 жыл бұрын
Honestly Xils did such an amazing job with the VA that they should make an actual VA hardware synth of it. I'd gladly pay $2k for one.
@ryanfreer777 жыл бұрын
Chris Lindsay - I had to pull up Black Corporation's product and have a look! My hopes were for a true clone of the Polykobol II, as opposed to the earlier version. It's hard to tell which one this module is, but in either case, it doesn't appear to share the same electronics as the originals. One thing that definitely seems to be lacking is the SSM2044 filter, which is rare but still obtainable. There's a possibility that a discrete replication of the filter could be produced if the old ICs can no longer be made. As long as the end result sounds identical to the Polykobol II in every way, (original factory presets included), I'd still go for it. We'll have to wait and see. Truthfully, I'd love to have an identical keyboard reissue with wooden paneling and all. Only a few modest upgrades like full MIDI implementation, USB and expanded memory of course. :D
@hermitnerd6 жыл бұрын
Roman's (Black Corporation's) circuits include a reproduction of the SSM2044 filter. The Kijimi is probably the closest anyone will come to a PK II reproduction
@paulschilling29965 жыл бұрын
Paul soundcloud.com/paul-schilling/kijimi-polykobol-127-cos
@SPAZZOID1005 жыл бұрын
Chris Lindsay not a clone.
@MAMANUNGAOfficial8 жыл бұрын
Wonderful ! thank you so much for this sounds !
@digablecrates16914 жыл бұрын
What delay/verb is this running into?
@DaveBessell5 жыл бұрын
Sounds really good.
@BlakeFoster0507 жыл бұрын
Blackcorp. Is supposed to make a clone of this. (the guys who made Deckards Dream)