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  • Mutable Instruments Ambika (polivoks) Demo

    Multitracked demo of Mutable Instruments Ambika with 6 x polivoks filters. Reverb is from Eventide Space.

    If you read opinions of Ambika with polivoks, many says that that filter won’t sound good with polysounds. This is again totally matter of taste, but I liked it brutal sound also for polyphonic sounds.

    Demo at Bandcamp: https://panums.bandcamp.com/track/mutable-instruments-ambika-polivoks-demo

  • Roland D-05 Demo

    Multitracked demo of Roland D-05 Boutique. I have owned D-550 long time ago so it was interesting to try this one. Sound was great and there was additional patches as well.

    All the sounds are factory patches and effects are in “clean”-mode. No additional fx used.

    Demo at Bandcamp: https://panums.bandcamp.com/track/roland-d-05-demo

  • Kodamo EssenceFM MK1 Demo Part 1

    This is the first demo of the Kodamo EssenceFM MK1. The EssenceFM is quite an interesting synth, and it’s interesting to see how it develops. I only had it for a short while, but I probably managed to understand how it works.

  • Roland SR-JV80-06 Dance Demo

    Multitracked demo of Roland SR-JV80-06 Dance expansion. All sounds are from Dance expansion. Card was installed to Roland JV-1080 so all the effects etc. are from Super-JV. I didn’t find JV-1080 pictures from the 90’s but it was fully loaded back then and centerpiece for long time. Dance card was released in 1992 if I’m correct.

  • Korg Prologue 16 Part2 Demo

    This is second multitracked demo of the Korg Prologue 16 analogue synthesizer. I used only internal factory patches and effects. Sound reminds me a bit of Prophet. Prologue won’t have the same MIDI lag problem as Minilogue XD.

    Whole demo is available at Bandcamp: https://panums.bandcamp.com/track/korg-prologue-16-demo

  • Elektron Digitone mk1 Demo

    Multitracked demo of Elektron Digitone mk1. Only tweaked presets and internal fx used. I didn’t use internal sequencer, so everything is played straight to the DAW with MIDI-keyboard. It sounded great, I would buy one some day. Demo at Bandcamp.

  • Roland JX-08 Boutique Demo

    Multitracked demo of Roland JX-08 Boutique. Only factory patches and internal fx used for this one. I was pretty amazed how nice good it sounded. It was mixture of JX-8p and JX-10. Extra polyphony was nice too. I owned JX-8p about 25 years ago and since I didn’t have great effects and enough space for keyboards I didn’t use it in any track. Also I had to sell it pretty quickly. This was interesting test.

  • Korg KingKORG Demo

    Multitracked demo of Korg KingKORG. I used only factory presets and fx for this. I was curious what this can do after owning Korg Radias which was pretty interesting synth. I was actually surprised how nice it sounded and interface was good. I had it only moment so didn’t dig deep. Tube was nice and also filters were good.

  • Roland JX-03 Boutique Demo

    Multitracked demo of Roland JX-03 Boutique synth. I have newer owned JX-3p but always wanted one. Nowadays I don’t have space for it. JX-03 sounds good, but can’t compare it to original. Sadly the polyphony is only 4 voices. Some external fx added for this demo.

  • New album release “Echoes of Tomorrow”

    New Panu M Savolainen EP called “Echoes of Tomorrow” is released officially in 19.6.2025 but came live in the mid October 2025.

    Main hardware:
    Sequential Prophet-12 Module
    Korg Minilogue XD

    Main software:
    Sonar 13
    Native Instruments Kontakt 7
    Spectrasonic Omnisphere 2

    EP is available at the most platforms.