Engineering:Six-Trak
The Six-Trak was an analogue synthesizer manufactured by Sequential Circuits in San Jose, California and released in January 1984, notable for being one of the first multi-timbral synthesizers. It is a six-voice polyphonic synthesizer with one oscillator-per-voice equipped with MIDI, arpeggiator and an on-board six-channel digital sequencer which allows individual or grouped track recording.[1] It was designed as an inexpensive and easily portable 'scratch-pad' machine for trying out arrangements. The synthesizer has both a polyphonic and a unison (monophonic) mode.[2]
The Six-Trak is prominently featured and can be heard on the 1998 minimalist space music CD release The Dream Garden, by musician/composer Dane Rochelle. More recently it has been used by composer Christopher de Groot for the 2012 soundtrack to Australian feature film "Sororal".
The synthesizer used CEM3394, a complete monophonic analog synth chip manufactured by Curtis Electromusic Specialties, which was used in other synthesizers made by Sequential Circuits such as the Multi-Trak, Max and Split-8. The Six-Trak contained 6 chips for 6 voices of different timbre program.[3]
Notable Users
- Marco Corbelli (Atrax Morgue)
- Gui Boratto
- Cirrus
- Helios Creed
- Überzone
- Guerilla Toss
- Solitaire (musician)
- Ruki Vverh!
- Chromeo
- Chris Tabron / The Ten Paces
- Luis Delgado
- Mitch Margo
- Thus Owls
- Benny Blanco
- Oneohtrix Point Never
References
- ↑ Goldstein, Dan (Mar 1984). "Sequential Circuits Six Trak Polysynth". Electronics & Music Maker (United Kingdom: Maplin Publications): 12-13. https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/sequential-circuits-six-trak-polysynth/1577. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ↑ "Sequential Circuits Six-Trak | Vintage Synth Explorer" (in en). https://www.vintagesynth.com/sequential-circuits/six-trak.
- ↑ Bloderer, Theo (2014-03-22). "Sequential Six-Trak – the unsung hero of MIDI-CC". https://greatsynthesizers.com/en/review/sequential-six-trak-the-unsung-hero-of-midi-cc/.
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