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DISCRETE ANALOG POLYPHONIC SYNTHESIZER


Specs

– Discrete analog poly synthesizer.
– 8 fully independent voice cores.

Each voice core has :

– 2 SEM-topology VCOs :
    – Calibrated from C0 (16.4141 Hz) to C7 (2.10101 kHz).
    – Uncalibrated from 8 Hz (or lower) to 8.4 kHz (or higher).

– 7 discrete VCAs :
    – With classic LM13700 transconductance amplifiers.
    – Auto-calibration for subthreshold gain control.

– 4 ENVs :
    – Each envelope is dAHDSR
        (delay, attack, hold, decay, sustain, release).
    – Contours are inspired by the classic CEM3310 envelope generator chip.
    – ENVs are generated by the tightly coupled digital mod system on each core.
    – Each envelope uses a discrete exponential deltafunction summation algorithm,
        so ENV waveforms are mathematically perfect and glitch free.

– 4 LFOs :
    – Each LFO supports the following 8 waveforms:
        TRI (triangle), SIN (sine), PUL (pulse), SAW (sawtooth),
        TRI± (bipolar triangle), SIN± (bipolar sine),
        PUL± (bipolar pulse), and SAW± (bipolar sawtooth).
    – LFOs are generated by the tightly coupled digital mod system on each core;
        all LFO waveforms are mathematically perfect and glitch free.

– 1 supervariable VCF :
    – The supervariable VCF is a 4-dimensional superset of the traditional statevariable VCF.
        (The 4 parameters are cutoff (frequency), resonance (Q factor), bandwidth, and profile.)
    – The filter profile is directly voltage-controllable,
        and it forms a gradient sweep over many distinct profiles.

    – CLASSIC mode : gradient sweep HP2 / NF2 / LP2.
        – HP2 : 2-pole high pass (SEM style SVF with LM13700 ota + mica)
        – NF2 : 2-pole notch filter (SEM style SVF with LM13700 ota + mica)
        – LP2 : 2-pole low pass (OB-X clone with LM13700 ota + mica)

    – MODERN mode : gradient sweep BP4 / XF4 / LP2 / LP3 / LP4 with variable BW.
        – BP4 : 4-pole band pass with variable BW (statevariable, new design)
            (12 dB/oct (lo cut) + 12 dB/oct (hi cut))
        – XF4 : 4-pole X filter (50/50 blend of BP4+LP2)
        – LP2 : 2-pole low pass (12 dB/oct, OB-X clone with LM13700 ota + mica)
        – LP3 : 3-pole low pass (18 dB/oct, statevariable)
        – LP4 : 4-pole low pass (24 dB/oct, statevariable)

More system-level features :

– Revolutionary frontpanel interface with 8 hyperfine encoders,
    a high-resolution lightfader mainbar, and 8 lightfader minibars.
– 4-way multitimbral with 4-zone voice allocator and multilayer patchmemory
    (512 programs with 4 patches each).