Analogue Solutions Vostok Deluxe - Manual (Page 10)

Vostok Deluxe
10 Safety Instructions | Analogue Solutions
Vostok uses analogue circuits, 1970s designs, and components such as op-amps that were originally designed in the 1970s.
Some background noise and odd little noises and crackles can be heard in some instances if you turn down the VCO levels and really crank up
the levels!
This synth was designed using old circuits intentionally to get a old vintage sounds.
With normal use, any background noise will be completely masked and should not prove to be a problem. Indeed, some of these subtle sounds
add to the character.
To get the best signal to noise ratio do what you should naturally do with any audio/music system that is use the highest signal level you can
through out the signal chain.
So keep VCO output levels, Filter input and output, etc at near maximum (maximum could result in pleasurable overdrive!)
Also another odd but desireable consequence of using vintage circuits is you will find the pitch tracking subtley drift a little up the scale. This
gives a great warm chorusing effect when using more than one VCO - another reason why this synth sounds so much more ‘analogue’ than
some modern analogue contemporary synths.