Siel DK80

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
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SIEL DK80 Italo synth
ManualDownload the original owner's manual from SoundProgramming.net.
Specifications
Polyphony -
12 voices
Oscillators -
2 DCO's (sine, sqr, tri), 1 pink noise gen
LFO -
2 LFOs
Filter -
2 24 dB/octave low pass VCFs
Envelopes -
2 six point envelope generators
Keyboard -
61 keys (velocity sensitive)
Sequencer -
2-track realtime sequencer
Memory -
40 preset, 10 user (50 external programs via RAM pack, 100 external programs via ROM pack)
Control -
MIDI In/Out/Thru
Date Produced -
1985
Websites of Interest
Resources
Images from Synth And Midi Museum.