Trend price : 300€
Hybrid synthesizer based on additive synthesis mixed with digital wavetable. True analog VCA and VCF circuits. The rackmount version is the K3M.
Overview
(weight: 15 Kg) 61 velocity keys with aftertouch. Main panel features a segment display, 61 buttons and 1 jog wheel encoder which is also nice for real time parameters tweak.
Back panel terminals are:
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main outputs (impedance switch high/low)
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headphones
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cartridge data slot
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Midi interface, double
- footswitch input for damper
- footswitch input for program patch up
Voice
6 voices, a voice is composed by 2 DCO at 16' to 4' octaves with individual gain mix, pitch and balancing. Each DCO can be assigned to a different kind of synthesis between:
- subtractive PCM wavetable
- digital additive
Wavetable
32 Kb ROM contains 32 (+1 noise ) short waves coded at 8-bits split in 2 groups:
- PCM mathematically generated waves like square, sine and saw
- PCM acoustic transients including: piano, brass, organ, bell, guitar, plucked, string, trumpet, guitar, slap, hammered tine, metallic wave, digital harmonic, pipe, glocken, harpsichord and sax.
Additive
process sums sinusoidal waveforms at variable intensities from 32 harmonics out of 128 available. There are 31 intensity levels for each selected harmonic.
Performance
- split: 2 sounds are assigned
- unison: stack voices with monophonic mode and portamento (but no detune)
Filter
analog resonant filter is multimode:
- lowpass at 4 poles SSM 2044
- highpass
LFO
a single modulator (
triangle, saw, square, random and chromatic) and 3 destinations: pitch, filter and amplitude.
Envelope
2 scaled analog EGs model ADSR:
- EG amplitude
- EG filter
Memory
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50 RAM slots
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci