We have little information about this synth except that it is one of the only analog synthesizers produced by German music company Vermona throughout the 1980's. It is a 2-VCO monophonic analog synthesizer. It has most basic analog edit parameters. A 24 dB/oct analog VCF (filter) with 4 knobs (Brilliance, CutOff, Resonance, Contour), a single LFO to modulate the VCO or VCF sections and a typical ADSR VCA envelope. There are preset VCF and VCA settings as well as a Manual mode, but there is no real Patch setting storage available. Also absent are MIDI and CV or Gate.

Its sounds are pretty basic analog stuff. It makes a real nice analog bass. The string sounds are questionable. But with only 2 VCOs and such limited programmability, you won't get a whole lot of stuff out of this synth. There are no on-bard arpeggiators, sequencers or multitimbral options. The only real effects on-board is the portamento-like Glide effect and Vibrato. Colorful knobs, a clean layout, vintage wood end-cheeks and a genuine analog sound. It's an interesting piece.

Mantas

February 27, 2010 @ 11:58 am

I own one as well, really interesting synth. Mine was used in disco's 4 people over 40:) I used to play with vermona live - every time you get a surprise, the most common was that you have to tune it every two songs. Keyboard knobs aren't stable as well, but still it's a cool synth. Wished Vermona Mephisto were finished - definetelly would buy one.

Radek

March 7, 2009 @ 2:53 am

I owned 4-5 of them. Really fat and sick sound :) However possibilities are rather limited - VCO's waveforms sound close to each other.

Margus Kiis from Estonia

December 24, 2008 @ 7:07 am

Although only 500 of it was produced many of them were exported to Soviet Union and I have seen at least 2 of them in Estonia and I have played with one. Reminded me Russian Aelita. Very basic analog synth but plenty of knobs allowed to construct really interesting sounds. Reliability is problematic and it was horrible to play in live concerts with it because sounds were not stable. Very good instrument for experimental studio work though.

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