In this video, Jasper Wijnands (aka Shook) demonstrates some of the sonic possibilities of his Moog Polymoog 203A, a polyphonic preset synth from the late 1970’s.

“The Polymoog 203A is such an inspiring instrument,” notes Wijnands. “I think it’s a very mysterious synthesizer. This video is a personal ‘sonic exploration’. I tried to capture how I would use its sounds to create music.”

Sections:

1. Beat 1 0:00
2. Strings 1 2:17
3. Sample And Hold 3:56
4. Beat 2 5:26
5. Strings 2 7:10

Here’s what he has to say about the technical details of the video:

“Recorded using an Audient ASP880 pre-amp / Audient ID22 Audio interface.

Chapter 1 and 4 has an EHX Frequency Shifter enabled in it’s signal chain for slow movement. Drums are (samples) from a Korg Minipops. In post the sound has been processed using Waves SSL Compressors and Valhalla Vintage Verb.

In almost all chapters I only have the VCF (voltage controlled filter) with it’s own envelope generator enabled in the Polymoog’s master gain controls. I did this because this way I can sculpt it’s sound more to my liking. It’s envelope generator is however monophonic, so there is ‘re-triggering’ happening each time you play something polyphonic. You hear this ‘re-triggering’ best in chapter 1. You could see this as a limitation, but I think it forces you to play more creatively.”