Trend price : 100-150€
Rackmount synthesizer able to morph sounds, creating motion textures and evolving pads simply using the control wheel controller. Later updated with Ultraproteus model.
Overview
(weight: 3 Kg) 1 unit. The main panel features a 16 x 2 lines display, 8 buttons and 1 data encoder.
Back panel terminal connectors:
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Midi interface
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main output
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2 assignable AUX
Sound
core Motorola MC 68020 manages 32 digital voices. A basic sound patch is a combination of 2 samples "primary" and "secondary" with individual parameters:
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keyrange
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tune
- monophonic mode with portamento
- reverse play
- loop mode
Wavetable
8 MB ROM contains 242 PCM waves at 39 kHz / 16 bits.
Performance
the hypermode manages 16 parts with individual settings:
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transpose
- keyboard zone
- stereo panning
- velocity offset
Envelope
- primary amp : 4 segments + 2 level times
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secondary amp: same as primary
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AUX assignable: same as primary
LFO
2 digital modulators (triangle, sinusoidal, square, saw and random) and 4 destinations: filter, pan, volume and pitch
Effect
28 effects including reverb, delay, fuzz, ringmodulation,ecc..
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: filters motion / textures
NOT : edit / acoustic samples
"A lot of interesting functions, even if those machines today sound a bit outdated... excellent digital textures, but patience is required"
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci