Up close with the Solton SM 100
Here we have a demo of the Solton SM 100. It is the expander version of the Project 100. Drums are made with the Roland TR 808.
The SM 100 is a polyphonic synth with 12 DCO’s ( 2 per voice, 6-voice polyphony ) and a 24 dB filter. 4 waveforms : Pulse with Pulse Width + Saw + Wide Pulse. 2 ENV’s + 1 LFO. Analog Chorus FX.
Multitrack recording with some external effects.
Italian company Solton – probably more well known in electronic home keyboard, auto-accompaniment / accompany rhythm or add-on modules for home organ. Their digital / PCM / GM stuff are still widely available today. Synthesizer wise, the SM100 (and the keyboard version, Project 100) are believed to be the only analogue synths they have ever made. In fact both are not very common, i.e. they’re fairly rare, but it’s not ultra difficult to find one because, due to the poor presets, limited controls and usually the lack of a user manual, most people tend to resell them.
The SM100 is not that unknown because it’s one of those synths that uses Curtis SSM synth chips. In fact, the SM100 is actually a big monster – 6 voice poly, with 12 DCOs! The size of the SM100 is also pretty huge – it’s supposed to be a desktop module – but it’s a lot longer than a standard 19” rackmount, higher than 2u, and quite deep too.
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