The Elka Synthex is an analog, polyphonic hybrid music synthesizer.
Designed by Mario Maggi, it was produced between 1981 and 1985 by the Elka company of Italy. A company more noted for its organs, this would be its first and last foray into music synthesizers under that name. Unusually, it also contained a built in real-time and step-time 4-track monophonic sequencer with real-time transposition. Sequences and patches could be dumped to analog cassette tape through an audio interface. There are 8 main DCOs with selectable waveform. These DCOs can be ganged to provide 4-note polyphony with optional phase lock.
It has been famously used by Stevie Wonder and Jean-Michel Jarre. The famous Jarre laser harp sound was produced largely by the Synthex.
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