1977: Sound of the oscillator from the Logan Melody 2
The String Melody is an Italian string synthesizer from Logan Electronics, first released in 1973. At first, success was lukewarm as Logan Electronics was relatively unknown. But in 1977 a slightly updated ‘mark II’ model was released and Logan Electronics began to see some commercial success from the sales of this instrument. As a result, almost all String Melodies floating around out there today are the ‘mark II’ version, as the original is quite rare. Also of note: outside of Italy, the String Melody was distributed by Hohner International, so you will find them labeled either the Hohner or Logan String Melody.
There are three basic sounds available: ‘Violin’, ‘Viola’ and ‘Cello’. These three sounds are actually all the same sound, just in three different octaves. The keyboard is permanently split in the middle, with the lower half called Bass and the upper called Treble. There are three drawbar volume sliders for each of the three sounds in the Bass region (the red sliders), and another three sliders for the three sounds in the Treble region (the blue sliders). This allows you to mix in as much of each sound in either section of the keyboard as you want for some really customized string combinations!
In this video:
This is the sound of the oscillator from the Logan Melody 2 string synth from 1977, sampled to worn tape on 60s valve equipment, and synthesized with software samplers such as kontakt or esx24.
The idea is to emulate the sound of the mellotron or birotron, but to take it to the next level by being able to synthesize within software.
I’ve found some amazing sounding oscillators ‘locked up’ in these old keyboards that offer little if no synthesis possibilities.
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