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Farfisa

Farfisa FAST 5

Discontinued 1971
Released 1968

Top of the FAST range: everything on the FAST 4 plus three 8' sustain voices (Celesta, Clavichord, Kinura) for decaying, plucked sounds. The flagship of Farfisa's late-sixties attempt to look like a Vox and sound more like a Hammond.

Replaces FAST 4

Specifications

General

Manufacturer
Farfisa
Status
Discontinued
Released
1968

Keyboard

Manuals
1
Keys per manual
61
Key action
Waterfall
Keybed
Five octaves with a bass section switchable to treble; unweighted organ keys (key count assumed from the FAST 4, see sources)

Sound

Drawbars
Tab switches
Sound engine
All-silicon-transistor top-octave divider organ
Organ models
FAST 4 voices (Bass 16', Bass Clarinet 16', Flute 8', Oboe 8', Trumpet 8', Strings 8', Flute 4', Piccolo 4', Mixture, Brilliant Mixture) plus sustain voices Celesta, Clavichord and Kinura 8'
Polyphony
Full polyphony

Connections

Pedal inputs
Expression, Pedalboard

Features

Features
Sustain voices, Percussion (bass, treble, mixture; long/short), Vibrato (slow/fast, light/heavy), Two mixture stops, Passive 1/4-inch volume pedal

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