9/10 (Loses one point because it once erased my Ableton project file via magnetic interference). Do you own a piece of obscure gear that no one has heard of? Let me know in the comments below. And if you have a line on a Stasyq 603 vocoder, my DMs are open.
The is one such ghost. And after spending six months restoring a rusted, battery-leaked unit I found in an abandoned radio station in Leipzig, I am here to tell you: This machine is not just a synth. It is a religion. What is a Stasyq 605? For the uninitiated, Stasyq (pronounced Sta-zeek ) was a short-lived West German manufacturer that operated out of a converted sawmill near the Black Forest from 1979 to 1984. They produced exactly three products. The 601 (a failed drum machine), the 603 (a vocoder with a 40-foot cable), and the holy grail: The 605. stasyq 605
Turning on the VCOs (Voltage Controlled Oscillators) changes everything. Unlike the sharp, precise sawtooth of a Roland Jupiter, the 605’s oscillators drift. They drift hard . Within five minutes of warm-up, the tuning wanders by nearly a quarter-tone. Most musicians would hate this. The Stasyq 605 makes it beautiful. The heart of the 605 is its VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter). It is a 24dB/octave ladder design, similar to a Moog, but built using faulty, surplus Soviet transistors that Stasyq bought on the cheap. 9/10 (Loses one point because it once erased