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Aries synthesizers seldom show up for sale. They offer great flexibility and are an excellent tool for the serious synthesist. This particular system includes the standard complement of modules:

-2 VCOs with pulse width modulation and sync

-Multimode VCF

-Dual LFO Lag / Inverter

-2 Envelope Generators

-Sample and Hold / Clock and Noise Generator

-VCA

-Balanced Modulator

-Dual Mixer with 8 ins (4 with volume control)

-Cascade Reverb Module

-Output / Power supply module

-61 Key Non-Weighted Keyboard Controller

-15 1/8'' Jacks (8 6'' cables and 7 12'' cables)



For those not familiar with the Aries 300, it was a system designed by Dennis Colin (who designed the Arp 2600) and is very much like a next-generation take on the circuits he designed for that. It is fully of discrete 70s synth technology, lots of transistors and metal can opamps, and sounds very vintage/70s while at the same time being very stable and wide-range in its tracking.The envelopes are transistor-based and very snappy, and lovely saturation is to be found in the mixer and VCA.



This modular synth uses 1/8" jacks for connections and therefore works well with the ARP 2600, Roland System 100 and System 100m or other modular gear with 1/8" jacks. I believe it uses the same power supply as Digisound modules and therefore might be a good addition to a Digisound system as well. It sounds great and offers the flexibility you would associate with most modular synths. This would be a great addition to the serious sound designers or synthesists studio. It has not been serviced in anyway so it does have some problems. One being the reverb knob is broken and hanging loose, as well as the Aux Trim and Voice Trim knobs are missing. Also three mono inputs on the synthesizer are missing the brackets needed to patch correctly. I am slightly versed in vintage modular synthesizers so I have been able to make a very simple patch leading me to believe that all the modules are functional.







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