eBay: Vintage Russian Monosynth
By James Grahame
Although the auction calls the RITM-2 the "Russian Minimoog," this simple little analog monosynth has little in common with Robert Moog's classic instrument. Still, it looks cool. Despite having only a single oscillator, it offers a reasonable variety of waveforms (saw, sine, PWM, noise). To dirty things up a bit, the VCA can be internally overdriven with the gain knob, resulting in heavy distortion. Needless to say, there's no decadent MIDI interface or glittering capitalist LCD display.
The synth ships from Vienna and is apparently in good technical and physical condition, with no crackly potentiometers. The power supply and audio circuits have been professionally converted to Western European standards (220 sizzling volts of fun).
