Russian synth samples available

Podcasting News reports that Soviet synthesizers, such as the Aelita, Polivoks, Altair-231, Faemi-1M, Alisa-1387, Maestro, and Ritm-2, are now available as an Akai sample CD-ROM.

The AKAI Soviet Synths Sample CD-ROM represents a collection of sounds that have crossed no-man’s land from the former Soviet Union. Chock full of analog synthesizer samples - fat bass lines, warm pads, aggressive razor leads, smooth classic waveforms, space FX, sounds of noises and machines, percussion, original real time phrases and much more…Thanks to unique architecture and powerful resonant filters, Soviet-made synthesizers have inimitable color in their sound; you get a lot of cool stuff for creating killer patches!