jen variospectra

[space6oy]

anyone ever had (or even heard of) one of these?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... SS:US:1123

[Hacken]

I just saw one of those for sale here in Sweden for less then half the price on the link above.

http://vend.se/ad.php?171977

[space6oy]

nice. did you go for it?

[Hacken]

Nope, i don´t know what it´s for. Just figured i´ll pass it on since i saw this tread.

[D.o.S.]

but yeah, it is pretty much a phaser with couple bonus features like the speed thingie.

anyways, Variospectra is quite cool sounding in my opinion but it would be great to have at least couple knobs to control it rather than the buttons only.

-Tomi

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-many- ... -thing.htm

TGP:

01-18-2010, 02:32 PM
Jen Elettronica is an organ/ electronics maker out of Pescara, Italy. They did a lot of outsourcing work, eg. your old crybaby.

I remember trying to figure out who they were after i saw a band called Ladytron using one of their synths.

Our own DiscoFreq:
http://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/jen/variospectra

This is a unique and rare vintage effect. It is a combination of chorus, phaser and tremolo in one unit. It has one potentiometer for volume at its back and 5 foot switches. The names on the switches are disorientating: The two switches at left are the on-off for phaser and chorus and the two on the right lets you choose fast-slow and chorus-tremolo. You can combine those switches in any way and that helps you create a very unique sound. Variospectra reminds me the sound of the chorus section of vintage Korg Synthesizers like the Trident or 3100 (and that is a great plus because those choruses are really fat and sought after). A final note: due to its simple design this effect is great for modifications too. And it has the space to add lots of extra controls if you want to. This is a big effect, it works only with its internal power supply, the battery on the picture its only for size comparison.