#Sequential circuits multitrak plus#
The hardware is typical for those early/mid 80s Sequential keyboards – semi-professional knobs (like those of the Prophet-600 and Pro-One), rubber buttons (which might eventually occasionally refuse to work), plus a slimmed-down chassis that contains a four-octave keyboard with the controller section above the keys (and not to the left). The missing inputs, of course, don’t really hurt, due to the comprehensive MIDI options. On the other hand, it’s lacking Poly Modulation, and has no CV-inputs (such as filter cv-in or cv/gate). Unlike its older brothers (except the Prophet-600), it has six voices, is fully MIDI equipped, and has enormous sonical potential despite its small size. Lead sounds are wonderful, so… to make it short… this IS a serious, fully equipped Sequential synth with many pros. Unison sounds remind you of the classic Prophet-5, while many of the unexpected, crazy-effect sounds remind you of the Pro-One. Soundwise, it’s an amalgam of many of its predecessors. I’m always a little critical toward vintage MIDI (analog) synths, but this one is a cracker! It’s easy to handle, and it’s definitely a creative musical instrument! And, in some ways, it’s even much better! Attack-time, decay, filter resonance, mix of osc/noise signal, amount of filter-FM… it’s all CC-controllable! It’s really amazing. And it’s so easy to handle! Just tell your sequencer which CC-number needs to be controlled, and there you go! With those great MIDI facilities, the Six-Trak comes close to a small modular system. MIDI? It’s not an ordinary note-on/off communication bus, but a powerful MIDI implementation with Midi CC-features for all parameters. Its vast sound architecture sports 3 (!) fully equipped envelopes (digital, sadly), filter-FM, and much more. It offers 100 memories (factory presets by John Bowen), its keyboard action is very pleasant (a billion times better than any Pro-One keyboard), it has 6 voices and is multi-timbral. Despite its small size, it is capable of stunning, great, modular-like, powerful electronic sounds. The Sequential Six-Trak turns out to be a brilliant musical instrument. There are lot of confusing new toys, many little boxes, few buttons … all essentially strange instruments! Whether a Six-Trak, a Max, a Multi-Trak, a Split-Eight or whatever … names come and go. Essentially, the 8-voice Prophet T-8 has sunk back into oblivion. The humans on earth are happy and delighted, it’s the dawn of a new era …Ī few years later … everything’s back to normal, except for a bit of clamour as that little devil Sequential Pro-One takes the continents by storm. But in 1978, the amazing Sequential Prophet-5 is borne. Being immortal, this is quite a boring life. Imagine you’re one of those ancient Greek semi-gods, and you’ve been sitting on a cloud for thousands of years just watching what’s going on on earth.
Just couldn’t live without it.īut let’s start way back in the 70s. In the meantime, I bought another Six-Trak, of course. With each soundfile, I became more aware that selling this beauty was one of my biggest mistakes.
So I’ve spent the last few days with my Six-Trak, recording samples for a review. The Sequential Circuits Six-Trak is one of the few (small) analog synths that really took me by surprise! Sadly enough, I had just decided to part with the instrument when I discovered its enormous potential! There was a small chance that the buyer might loose interest in the deal, but of course … he didn’t!
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