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 is used by Eat Static

michael

November 22, 2010 @ 2:42 am

i just recently bought one of the for 80 bucks i love it but sadly i cant get anything out of channel b except the noise function but it is still very useable

Hal9000

October 20, 2010 @ 11:00 am

I love this synth! I'm happy none really like this since it has dropped amazingly in price! From 700 punds to not much more than 100 punds.. :) I control every little parameter with my Novation Nocturn and it just sounds amazing! Sell them cheaper please and I will get another one!

liam

June 4, 2010 @ 1:07 pm

Also used by Stellar Om Source

Midimetric

January 5, 2010 @ 3:35 am

Done ! A Sysex document is downloadable free on my site at :
- www.midimetric.com/download/siel_dk80_undocumented_midi_sysex.pdf
- www.midimetric.com/download/siel_ex80_undocumented_midi_sysex.pdf

Midimetric

December 10, 2009 @ 3:47 am

I found that the DK80 responds to some undocumented sysex message ;) Try to send him the request F0 21 00 nn F7 (with nn standing for the patch number) and it will dump the corresponding patch data. I am still stduying the content of the dump...
Meanwhile the request F0 21 00 64 F7 seems to trigger a quite long message... maybe the sequencer data ?

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