Trend price : 150-200€
Hybrid rackmount module synthesizer from Switzerland: digital short waves and analog filter.
Overview
single unit rack. The main panel features a basic segment display, 6 knobs (they do transmit Midi CC#) and 8 push buttons for edit.
Back panel terminal connectors:
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audio mono out
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audio line input for external filtering
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Midi interface
Voice
main engine manages 1 voice of polyphony. A voice is composed by
1 digital oscillator based on a very short one-cycle waveforms.
Wavetable
there are 100 waves, just pure electronics, no acoustic. The wavetable includes standard waves like square and saws and many computer-generated harmonics and precalculated FM.
Expansion
internal ROM can be upgraded with an optional chip giving an extra 100 PCM, but today it is quite impossible to find it out.
Filter
analog resonant 4-poles VCF range is from 20 up to 20.000 Hz. The VCF can filter external audio sources.
LFO
a single modulator accessible only by display. LFO modulates only the oscillator pitch and relative frequency can be sync to external Midi clock at various rate dividers.
Effect
analog distortion-saturation for very aggressive basslines but it emphasizes click-glitches noises.
Memory
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100 RAM slots for sounds
Non-expandable RAM no external media, DUMP saving by MIDI SYSEX.
Audio demo:
Video Clip:
Review
OK: filter / some waveforms
NOT : limited edit / interface / no portamento
If you like Lo-fi harsh and distorted stuff. It's definitively NOT a PPG but it doesn't mean to be. The syntrack is quite rare, but I had very similar sound with more modern Shruthi machine"
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci