MODAL ELECTRONICS - SKULPT

The Skulpt by Modal Electronics is now revealed! It is a very small synthesizer, which is sounding bigger than it is looking..

It's a very small device, sadly, without a real keyboard.

And it, also, will be a Kickstarter - project.

But it has a lot of interesting features:
°4 voice – 32 oscillator virtual analogue synthesiser
°8 oscillators per voice with 2 selectable morphable waveforms
°Mixer stage for osc levels along with FM, PWM, tuning and Ring Modulation options
°Monophonic, Duophonic and Polyphonic modes available
°Multi option Unison / spread to detune the 32 oscillators for a huge sound
°8 slot modulation matrix with 8 sources and 37 destinations
°3 x envelope generators for Filter, Amplitude and Modulation
°2 x audio rate LFOs, one global and one polyphonic
°Realtime sequencer that will record up to 128 notes and up to 4 parameters.
°Fully featured arpeggiator with division, direction, octave, swing and sustain controls.
°Resonant filter that can be morphed from low pass, through band pass, to high pass
°Delay and distortion (wavehsaping overdrive, not bitcrushing) effects
°Optional MIDI clock sync for LFOs and Delay
°128 patch and 64 sequence storage locations
°16 key touch MIDI keyboard
°MIDI DIN In and Out – Analogue clock sync In and Out connections
°Class compliant MIDI provided over USB connection to host computer or tablet
°Headphone and line output
°Power by USB or 6 x AA batteries
°Optional software editor available for MacOS, Windows, IOS and Android
°Portable and compact design

#ModalElectronics #Skulpt #Synthesizer #Release #Monophonic #Polyphonic #FourVoice #ThirtyTwoOscillators #ResonantFilter #LFO #Envelopes #FM #PWM #RingModulation #Sequencer #MIDI #ClockSync

www.modalelectronics.com/skulpt/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi-JxfQUZwI

OUTER SPACE SOUNDS - MOSTRO

The Mostro, first shown in 2017, is now ready for pre - ordering.

The Mostro by Outer Space Sounds, is an FM - synthesizer with four voices, LFO, CV, MIDI, USB and an delay - unit.

Sound Engine:
°Four voice polyphony
°One LFO
°One envelope per voice
°Operator parameters: modulation index, ratio, feedback
°LFO modes: sync or freewhee
°Delay unit with time, feedback and effect send parameters
°MIDI looper unit to record sequences
°100 Presets can be copied from/to a computer via USB
°5 control voltage (CV) connections: gate, pitch, modulation index, ratio and feedback
°USB - A: Connect a USB MIDI device such as a controller to send and receive MIDI data
°USB - B: Connect to a computer to send and receive MIDI data, or to update the firmware and manage presets
°MIDI in and MIDI out/through
°Headphones output
°TRS balanced audio output

The price is $425 (later, it will be $475), plus the cost for shipping.

More informations, can be found at their website.

outerspacesounds.com

#OuterSpaceSounds #Mostro #FM #LFO #MIDI #Sequencer #FourVoices #Desktop #CV #USB #Presets #Envelopes #Sinusoidal #Carrier #Modulator #Delay

ASHUN SOUND MACHINES - HYDRASYNTH

The Hydrasynth is a digital wavetable - synthesizer, with a lot of features.

The mastermind, behind this project, is Glen Darcy (formerly Arturia).

There will be, a regular version, with a keyboard and a rack - / desktop - version. The keyboard, is using polypressure and the keyless version, has also, touchpads.

Eight voices, three oscillator, five envelopes, two filter, five LFO..

Features:
°3 Oscillators
°219 Single Cycle Waveforms
°Wavemorphing
°FM - Linear
°Wavestack™
°Hard Sync
°Pulse Width
°PW - Squeeze
°PW - ASM
°Harmonic Sweep
°Noise Generator
°Ring Modulator
°Mixer
°5 Low - Frequency Oscillator
°5 DAHDSR Envelopes
°Modulation Matrix with 32 Routings
°Arpeggiator
°CV / Gate
°MIDI
°USB
°8 Assignable Encoders and Buttons
° 4 Banks of 128 Patches
°Pre - Effects
°Post - Effects

Price: $1599 for the keyboard - version and $599 for the rack - version.

www.ashunsoundmachines.com/

#AshunSoundMachines #Digital #Wavetable #Morphing #Filter #Envelopes #LFO #CV #Gate #MIDI #USB #PW #RingModulation

ROLAND - JUPITER X SERIES

Roland's product - teaser, for the Jupiter - X and Jupiter - Xm.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=unM9orpHVkU/

#Roland #JupiterX #JupiterXm #Digital #DSP #Parts #OSC #LFO #Envelopes #Sequencer #Arpeggiator #Sync #RingModulation #CrossModulation #Models #FilterTypes #UserTones #Layer

MODAL ELECTRONICS - ARGON 8

Latest tool, from Modal Electronics.

The Argon - 8, is a mono - timbral, wavetable - synthesizer, with eight voices.

120 wavetables plus one, additional, PWM - bank and four noise / modulation - banks.

28 wavetable - processor (wave - folder, wave - shaper, phase - shaper, etc.) can be used, to create permutations.

A modulations - matrix, with eight slots (four, of them, are fixed), eleven sources and fiftytwo destinations, will make, your sounds, stand - out.

There are, also, three dedicated envelopes (amp, filter, mod) and two LFO (with tempo - sync).

Four oscillator, per voice, with eight types of modifier (phase mod, ring mod, hard sync..), a 37 - note keyboard, a large OLED, many keyboard - modes (mono, poly, unison, stack..), an arpeggiator, a sequencer, some effects (wave - distortion, delay, reverb, flanger, chorus) and a morphable filter, are completing the Argon - 8.

You can, store, twohundred user - patches (plus threehundred factory - programms), onehundred sequencer -, and onehundred fx - presets.

Connectors, are: MIDI - in / out, analog clock - sync, stereo - outs, headphones, sustain and expression, stereo - in (fx - routing) and USB.

Price: $699 or €649

modalelectronics.com/

#ModalElectronics #ArgonEight #Wavetable #Digital #Oscillator #ModMatrix #WavetableProcessor #MonoTimbral #MIDI #AudioIn #Effects #LFO #Envelopes #MorphingFilter

SEQUENTIAL - PRO 3

Sequential - Pro 3, is now available (pre - order), at an online - store.

There is, also, a special edition, with a tilted panel.

The Pro 3, is again, a hybrid instrument with 2 analog and 1 digital oscillator, which can use wavetables.

The Pro 3, is monophonic / paraphonic, with 3 different filter - models, 3 LFOs, 4 loopable envelopes, 32 - slot modulation - matrix, a 16 x 16 x 4 - sequencer, digital effects, 4 cv - in and - outs.

There are 32 wavetables, with 16 waves, each, which can be morphed.

It has MIDI (in, out, thru) and USB, audio - in and a stereo out - put.

The lay - out, is reminding, of an
Minimoog.

Features:
°Two analog, voltage - controlled oscillators
°One DSP - based, digital oscillator
°Analog oscillators, produce three classic wave shapes: (triangle, saw, pulse) with variable shape modulation/pulse width, on each
°Digital oscillator, produce 32 digital wavetables of 16 waves, each, with wave morphing, plus classic wave shapes (sine, triangle, saw, variable - width pulse) and super saw
°Digital oscillator 3, can function, as an LFO for complex wavetable - based modulation
°White noise generator
°Hard sync, per - oscillator glide, oscillator slop
°3 - voice, paraphonic mode with individually - gated envelopes, per oscillator
°Three, classic, filter - models
°Filter 1 is a 4-pole, 24 dB per-octave, Prophet-6 low-pass filter
°Filter 2 is a classic, 4 - pole, 24 dB per-octave, transistor ladder filter with optional resonance compensation
°Filter 3 is a 2 - pole, 12 db per - octave, OB-6 state - variable filter. It can be, continuously, varied between low - pass, notch, and high - pass operation, with an optional band - pass mode.
°Three, syncable, LFOs with phase offset and slew per LFO
°Five waveshapes: triangle, saw, reverse saw, square, and S&H
°Four ADSR envelopes, with delay (filter, VCA, and two auxiliary envelopes)
°Envelopes, freely assignable, to multiple modulation destinations
°All envelopes, can repeat/loop
°Tuned feedback, with Grunge for extra-aggressive, tonal, destruction
°Programmable, analog distortion

Price: $1599 or $2099 (special - edition, with tilt - panel)

#Sequential #ProThree #Hybrid #Analog #Digital #Wavetables #FilterModels #Envelopes #LFO #ModMatrix #Sequencer #HardSync #Noise #OscSlop #Monophonic #Paraphonic #Effects

ERICA SYNTHS - BASSLINE DB 01

Erica Synths, will release, their version (or vision?) of the Bassline.

"This is THE Bassline!
From basslines and rave sounds to massive drones and drums - the Erica Synths Bassline DB-01 synthesizer lets you explore new territories of sound and performance techniques and go from a melody to noise and back in no time. The DB-01 packs analogue Erica Synths signature sound engine with an advanced sequencer on top of it."

One oscillator, with 3 waveforms and sub - oscillator, noise and FM, 3 envelopes, overdrive, LFO, swarm - function, LP / HP, sequencer, MIDI, CV / Gate and clock.

Features:
°Aggressive LP/BP filter - design
°One - knob overdrive
°Transistor - based, sub - oscillator
°Independent amplitude -, filter - cutoff - and pitch - envelopes
°BBD - based detune, for massive swarm sound
°Syncable LFO, with multiple waveforms, for FM and VCF - modulation
°Noise - source
°64 - step sequencer
°Sequence - transposing
°Pattern - randomization
°Arpeggiator
°Modulation - track, with VCF cutoff - automation
°Built - in and user - defined scales, with micro tonal possibilities 
°Analog clock - in and - out
°CV / Gate out - / in - put
°MIDI - in / - out and - thru
°4 banks, of 16 pattern memory

Price: €460 (without VAT)

Availability: Spring 2020

www.ericasynths.lv/

#EricaSynths #Bassline #DBOOne #Analog #OSC #LP #HP #LFO #Envelopes #Sequencer #Noise #FM #Distortion #MIDI #CV #Gate #Clock #SubOSC #Swarm

BEHRINGER - SYSTEM 55 / 32 / 15

They we're, announced. Now, they will become, reality.

Behringer had uploaded, a video, where they are confirming, the upcoming release, of the cloned Moog - modules.

"Let’s switch on the time machine and go back to the sound of the 1970s. Introducing: Our Modular 55, 35 & 15 Series! We’ve got more than 20 modules for you – all authentic reproductions of the circuitry from the “Modular 55, 35 & 15" Series. And all brought to the Eurorack standard but still staying true to the era with some specific features."

In this video, we can see and hear, some of them. All wil be, in Euro - rack format.

We will see, when and at which price, they will be available.

Modules (in the video):
°961 Interface dual - multichannel converter
°CP3A - M control panel - mixer
°995 Attenuator
°911 Envelope - genrator
°911A Dual trigger - delay
°923 Filter low - pass / high - pass
°CP35 Attenuator
°921A Oscillator - driver
°914 Fixed filter - bank
°CP3A - O Oscillator - controller
°902 Voltage - controlled amplifier
°992 Control voltages
°904A Voltage - controlled LP - filter
°994 Multiples
°903A Random signal - generator
°CP1A Power - supply unit
°904B Voltage - controlled HP - filter
°921 Voltage - controlled oscillator
°962 Sequential switch
°921B Oscillator
°Sequential controller

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XofTuxGghuM

#Behringer #System #Moog #Clones #FiftyFive #ThirtyFive #Fifteen #VCO #VCF #Envelopes #Attenuator #Sequencer #Multiple #Random #HP #LP #Delay #FilterBank

GOTHARMAN - SPAZE DRUM

The Spaze Drum, is a combination, of an analog drum - machine and a, digital, synthesizer - engine with an sample - option (samples, can be imported).

It has four voices. Three, of them, are using, a mixture of an (dual) analog and one digital oscillator. The fourth voice, is using, two digital oscillator.

Each, of the four voices, has four parts, that will cut each other off, while playing.

The Spaze Drum, has analog and digital filter (sixteen types), eight different insert - effects (can be modulated), two output - effects, sixteen LFO (global / multi - waveform), three envelopes (per part), four random - generator (per part), sequencer with sixteen note - tracks and sixtyfour knob - tracks (modulation), synthesizer - and sequencer - morphing option.

Also, MIDI - in and - out, additional outputs, USB, graphical sample - editing.

It can, perform, hardware - FM.

1024 user - storeable presets and 1024 user - storeable songs.

2047 samples, can be stored (max. eighteen minutes).

www.gotharman.dk/

Expected release, in June 2020.

You can, pre - order, it now.

Price: €1260 (incl. 10% off / pre - order).

#Gotharman #SpazeDrum #DrumMachine #Synthesizer #Sampling #FourVoice #Sequencer #Analog #Digital #LFO #Envelopes #AnalogFilter #DigitalFilter #Effects #FM #Morphing #Modulation

ARTURIA - POLYBRUTE (MORPHING ANALOG POLY - SYNTH)

Arturia's product - video, of the Polybrute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U9kYCRlVoM

#Arturia #Polybrute #Analog #Morphing #MIDI #LFO #Envelopes #Stereo #FX #ModulationMatrix #Arpeggiator #XYLZController #Sequencer #SubOscillator

MODAL ELECTRONICS - COBALT 8

Virtual - analog styled, with 64 oscillator (up to eight per voice), morphable filter (four - pole), three dedicated envelopes (amp, filter, modulation), modulation - matrix (twelve sources, fiftyfive destinations), realtime - and step - sequencer, animation - lanes (four of them), arpeggiator, three LFO (audio - rate) and three streo - effects (configurable).

That's the Cobalt 8. It has eight voices, like the name is saying and it's supporting polyphonic MIDI - expression (MPE).

It's class - compilant (USB), has regular (DIN) MIDI - connections (in, out), analog - clock sync (in, out), audio - in and pedal - connections and, like all instruments by Modal Electronics, the Cobalt 8 can be programmed with the Modal - app.

Specs:
°True 8 - voice polyphonic
°Supports MPE - compatible MIDI - controllers, allowing you to apply polyphonic control and expression to individual notes.
°64 high - resolution virtual - analogue oscillators, up to 8 per voice.
°Two independent and self - contained oscillator groups with sine, pulse, triangle, sawtooth waveforms, 34 different algorithms including: complex analogue synthesis techniques, built - in crossmodulation (sync, RM, and many more), PWM, smooth morphing between VA - waves, bit crushing, filtered noise.
°Extended oscillator drift.
°4 - pole morphable ladder - filter, with resonance and four switchable configurations.
°Resonance and balanced filter - modes.
°Three dedicated envelope - generators for amp, mod and filter that can be accessed independently or all three simultaneously including negative (reverse) versions for mod - and filter - envelopes.
°Three audio - rate LFOs with tempo - sync (two poly, one global) with seven different shapes.
°Eight assignable modulation - slots and four additional fixed modulation - routings for common assignments, with 12 modulation sources and 55 modulation destinations.
°Polyphonic real - time sequencer, with 512 notes and four recordable / editable parameter animations (delay FX, LFO’s, sequencer and arpeggiator can be, either, clocked internally or externally).
°Polyphonic step - sequencer with 64 steps, 8 notes per step, 4 lanes of parameter - lock style animation, step - input mode, multiple playback - modes including gate modes and rest - function.
°Built-in sophisticated programmable arpeggiator of 32 steps with rest - capability with up to 2048 steps, before repeating.
°Three incredibly powerful independent and user - configurable stereo FX engines for chorus, phaser, flanger (pos), flanger (neg), tremolo, LoFi, rotary, stereo delay, ping - pong delay, x - over delay and reverb, that can be arranged in any order.
°500 patch - memories, all fully editable and ships with 300 factory - programs.
°100 sequencer - presets that can be linked to any patch, for quickly loading arrangements.
°100 FX presets.
°8 quick - recall slots, accessible from the panel, for quickly loading your favourite patches.
°Premium Fatar 37 - key keyboard with velocity and channel - aftertouch
°29 endless encoders, 24 buttons.
°4 - axis joystick, that can be assigned to a huge range of modulation destinations and virtually ‘locked’, when desired.
°Multiple keyboard - modes, mono, poly, unison 2, unison 4, unison 8, stack 2 and stack 4.
°Glide / portamento, with both legato and staccato modes.
°Chord - invert control, to easily create chord - inversions and variations.

Price: €650

www.modalelectronics.com/

#ModalElectronics #CobaltEight #VirtualAnalog #Digital #MorphableFilter #ModulationMatrix #Envelopes #LFO #Sequencer #AnimationLanes #Arpeggiator #FX #Sync #MIDI #ClockSync #MPE #OSCDrift #RingMod #PWM #XMod #AudioIn

AODYO - ANYMA PHI

This project, is currently on Kickstarter and has reached it's main - goal. So, it will probably come alive.

The Anyma Phi, is a physical modeling instrument, which can also be used as an effect - unit.

Beside the physical modeling concept, classic waveforms can be used, to generate a sound.

And, there are modulation - sources like envelopes, LFO, curves, math, logic..

Specs:
°Hybrid monophonic synthesizer.
°Stereo audio - output: Two 1/4” mono line - jack outputs. One 1/4” stereo headphone - jack output.
°One 1/4” stereo - input.
°MIDI - inputs and - outputs, via USB - and DIN - ports.
°Powerful digital semi - modular synthesizer - engine: 3 oscillator - slots, 5 effect - slots + 1 mono reverb, 2 audio - buses for mixing - and effect - assignation, 8 modulator - slots, including DAHDSR - envelope generator, LFO, curves, interpolator, slew limiter and more, 24 mapping - slots, each allowing to control any synth parameter (including another mapping) using a modulator - or a controller - input, with a sidechain - input.

The Anyma Phi by Aodyo Instruments, will get a built - in piezo - electronic contact. That will let you play, the synthesizer, through tapping on it's surface.

More "streched" goals, are an editor - / library - software, extended memory, microtuning - support, more modules and Bluetooth - MIDI.

The Anyma Phi, is a monophonic instrument.

Visit, this project, on Kickstarter.

Price: €399

www.aodyo.com

#AodyoInstruments #AnymaPhi #PhysicalModeling #EffectProcessor #Matrix #LFO #Modulator #MIDI #AudioIn #Envelopes #SemiModular

KORG - MODWAVE

It's some kind of a reminisence, to the DW - 8000 by Korg.

The DW - 8000 was based, on digital waveforms. Unlike the Modwave, they can't be played dynamically like the wavetables of this new instrument. But they're implemented, in the Modwave.

The DW - 8000 had only sixteen waveforms. The Modwave is containing more then 200 wavetables, with up to sixtyfour waves. You can import custom wavetables.

It's a polyphonic instrument (32 voices), with two oscillator (us sub - oscillator), two layer, motion sequencing (four lanes), four envelopes, dual modulation - processor, a lot of different filter - types, an inbuilt sample - library, five LFO, a playful x / y - controller (Kaoss Physics), more than 30 modifier, thirteen morphing - algorithm, phase - synchronised wavetable - blending (A / B Blend) and a lot of effects.

Specification:
°32 voices (stereo).
°2 layer.
°4 envelopes.
°5 LFO.
°2 mod - processor.
°2 key - track.
°Seq Lanes (A - D).
°Step pulse.
°Tempo.
°Program - / performance note - count.
°Program / performance voice - count.
°Poly legato.
°Velocity.
°Exponential - velocity.
°Release - velocity.
°Gate.
°Gate + damper.
°Note - on trigger.
°Note - on trigger + damper. °Note - number.
°Aftertouch and poly - aftertouch (external MIDI only).
°Pre - FX (decimator, graphic EQ, guitar - amp, modern compressor, parametric EQ, red compressor, ring - modulator, tremolo, wave - shaper).
°Mod - FX (black chorus / flanger, black phase, CX - 3 vibrato chorus, EP chorus, harmonic chorus, modern chorus, modern phaser, orange phase, Polysix - ensemble, small phase, talking modulator, vintage chorus, vintage flanger, vintage / custom wah, vox wah).
°Delay (L / C / R delay, multiband mod delay, reverse delay, stereo / cross delay, tape echo).
°Master reverb (early reflections, overb).
°Master EQ (4 - band parametric EQ).
°Filter types (MS - 20 LP or HP, Polysix LP, full collection of resonant 2-pole and 4-pole LO, HP, B, and Band Reject filter, multi - filter).
°Input / output (headphone 6.3 mm stereo phone jack,output L / mono and R impedance-balanced 6.3 mm TRS phone jacks, damper 6.3 mm phone jack, half-damper not supported, MIDI - in and - out connectors, USB - B port).

Price: €799

www.korg.com

#Korg #Modwave #Wavetable #DWEightthousand #Digital #MotionSequencing #Layer #OSC #FilterTypes #LFO #Envelopes #PCMLibrary #Modifier #Morphing #Effects #MIDI #USB #WavetableBlend

KORG - MODWAVE (PRODUCT - VIDEO)

Official product - teaser, by Korg.

https://youtu.be/Q2HjRPPiS0E

#Korg #Modwave #Digital #Wavetable #LFO #Morphing #Modifier #MotionLanes #FilterTypes #MIDI #Layer #Envelopes #USB #Samples #WavetableImport #Demo

KORG - MODWAVE (PRODUCT - PRESENTATION)

Korg is showing, to us, the Modwave at the Believe in Music event.

https://youtu.be/8LuGHcVvZZw

#Korg #Modwave #Wavetable #Modifier #Samples #Digital #Morphing #MotionSequence #LFO #Envelopes #Effects #MIDI #USB #Overview

KORG - MODWAVE (DEMO - SOUNDS)

Korg's short playlist, of some Modwave - sounds.

https://soundcloud.com/korg/sets/modwave-demo-sounds

#Korg #Modwave #Wavetable #Digital #Modifier #Morphing #MotionSequence #Layer #Effects #Polyphony #LFO #Envelopes #MIDI #USB

Waldorf - M

Waldorf is continuing, the Microwave - series. In a contemporary sound - and form - factor. And the new wavetable - hybrid, is just called M.

It's a desktop - unit, without any keys and it seems it can be rack - mounted.

The M has a polyphony of eight voices and a multi - timbrality of for parts, which can be routed to separated outputs.

Each voice is using, two wavetable with independant wavetable generating - modes. There is the Microwave 1 - and the Microwave 2 / XT - mode.

The 24 dB / oct - filter is a analog circuit, also the stereo - VCA, that can be panned.

It has two LFO, three flexible multi - segment envelopes, and an arpeggiator which can be synced to MIDI - clock.

96 factory - wavetable and 32 user - wavetable.

2048 sound - and 128 multi - programs, can be stored.

SD - card slot, for exchanging sound - banks and wavetables.

USB - and DIN - connections, for MIDI.

And a graphics - capable display.

There is no such thing, like a modulation - matrix.

Price: €1879

www.waldorfmusic.com

#Waldorf #M #Wavetable #Polyphonic #Multitimbral #Digital #Microwave #LFO #Envelopes #Arpeggiator #Modes #USB #MIDI

Waldorf - M | Trailer

Another teaser - video, of the M by Waldorf.

https://youtu.be/FApz-uX_72g

#Waldorf #M #Wavetable #Digital #Multitimbral #Microwave #PPG #LFO #Envelopes #VCA #VCF #MIDI