Review: AS Leipzig v3
Features
Analog desktop synthesizer
2 VCO + suboscillator
Glide per oscillator
Sync & cross-modulation
Transistor ladder filter
Step-sequencer
CV patchbay
Size: 432 x 262 x 63 mm
Weight: 3 kg
Facts
Manufacturer: Analogue Solutions
Reference: Specialty
Price: 1,179 Euro
▲ Unique character
▲ Powerful analog sound
▲ Combined sequencer
▲ Sync options
▲ Patchbay
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Alternatives
Arturia MiniBrute 2s
449 Euro arturia.com
Moog Subsequent 25/37
From 899 Euro moogmusic.com
Korg MS-20 FS
1,149 Euro korg.de
Leipzig V3 combines a pure analog sound generator with a special sequencer combination and a newly added small patchbay. As you would expect from Analogue Solutions, not only is the signal path purely analog, but in contrast to many current analog synthesizers, digital technology is also dispensed with for LFOs and envelopes. This makes the synthesizers a bit more expensive, but guarantees raw and unadulterated analog sound as a trademark of the one-man company of Tom Carpenter. Accordingly, the two oscillators that form the core of the sound generator are also not digitally controlled DCOs, but voltage-controlled
