Trend price : 100-150€
Rackmount module based on a samples wavetable: sounds are oriented to Hop, Rap, Acid Jazz and Trip-Hop.
Overview
RACKMOUNT (weight: 3,1 Kg / dimensions: 4,5 x 48,26 x 21,59 cm) 1 unit. Main panel features 5 buttons, a 2 X 16 lines backlit display, 1 single knob for volume and a data wheel encoder.
Back panel terminal connectors:
- Midi interface
- main outs
- 4 aux outs
Voice
32 voices of polyphony,
a basic voice is composed by 1 or 2 samples "oscillators" Primary and Secondary Instruments. Each instruments have individual wave parameters:
- volume / paning
- pitch tuning coarse and fine
- zone assign
- chorus mode (thicker sound)
- monophonic mode with variable portamento rate
Wavetable
the non-expandable 8 MB ROM contains 480 samples coded at 16 bits at 39 kHz frequency rate. Some names stands out like Roland TB-303, Moog Minimoog bass, Wurlitzer piano, Yamaha DX7 tines, Prophet 5 and boom-kit Roland TR-808.
Performance up to 16 parts
Filter
a single resonant digital filter for both primary and secondary. There are 2 kinds of filter out of 17 :
- standard :
3 lowpasses, 2 highpasses and 2 bandpasses
- Z-planes : 10 kinds derived from MORPHEUS including sweep, vocal formant and phaser
LFO
2 interchangeable delayed digital modulators (5 shapes: triangle, square, random, sine and saw) with variable amount and "variance" factor (modulation de-sync). Matrix can be assigned to a special matrix modulation system based on sources and destination.
Envelope
- primary EG: ADSR with 2 times
- secondary
EG: same as primary
- AUX EG: same as primary
Sequencer
the BEAT SEQUENCER a kind of groove arranger based on 100 beat presets with possible real-time transpose
Memory
- 384ROM patches
- 256 RAM slots
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: -cheap/ matrix modulation
NOT : edit / obsolete sample set
"At the time, the Planet Phatt was a good rompler, but now it is quite old. Instead consider a more modern MOPHAT /MP7 with more features. Now at bargain price, the PHATT romplers seem to be quite dead , especially for poor edit interface"
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci