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MARIO MAGGI’S SYNTHEX 2

Mario Maggi schickt in diesem Schriftsatz gleich voraus, dass der Synthex 2 KEIN Clone sein soll, sondern die Engine auf dem neuesten, technologischen Stand sein wird. Wortwörtlich zitiert er sich selbst „Nun, nach mehr als zehn Jahren habe ich schlussendlich alle Mosaiksteine zusammen.“

Danach folgt ein Fact-Sheet, dass wir hier mal unverändert veröffentlichen:

Polyphony

• Sixteen-voice polyphony
• an eight-voice upgradable version may also be produced

Versions

• with 61 notes keyboard
  Physical dimension more compact than in the previous version.
  Less weight. No more noisy internal cooling fan
• keyboardless tabletop version (same control panel)
  1 Rack Unit expander without controls, w. PC dedicated editing software
  box desktop expander without controls, w. PC dedicated editing software

Keyboard

• High-quality 61 note keybed FATAR TP-8, weighted, with key velocity and channel aftertouch

Joystick

• Professional joystick, precision mechanism w. a robust 5 millimeter metal shaft.

LC-Display

• 800 x 480 pixel,  4.3” color display for the editing of additional parameters not available on the front panel; patch program/editing and sequences program/editing.

Instrument’s Architecture

• Identical to the original version:
• Whole Mode with 16 voice poliphony
• Split Mode with Upper and Lower parts, each with 8 voices
• Double Mode with Upper and Lower parts, each with 8 voices
• Unison Mode with variable voice quantity

Oscillators

• two oscillators per voice
• a lot of available waveforms
• extended cross modulation between oscillators

Filter

• Multi mode filter, with Cutoff, Resonance and a new control for filter behavior
• Much more filtering modes than the original version.

Waveshapers

• Two independent Waveshaper that can act simultaneously
• Pre-Filter Waveshaper
• Post-Filter Waveshaper
• each one with independently selectable shaping curves.

Chorus

• The highly sought, historic, chorus circuit from Synthex MkI is now bigger
• and offers a full set of parameters for mod rate and amount on each separate delay line.

Envelope Generators

• Eight separate EGs per voice
• Each EG has eight independent segments, freely assignable for Note On/Note Off events
• Each EG segment time can be real time controlled with Key Velocity and Key Number.
• Each EG can be used for LFO out shaping.

Wide range LFOs

• Eight LFOs per voice
• Each LFO output can be shaped with EGs

Sequencer

• Very close to the original version but now with polyphonic track and
• easier programming/editing
• Four polyphonic track
• Step by step or real time recording mode
• Internal TTL Sync for external devices
• External TTL Sync from external devices
• MIDI Sync

Arpeggiator

• Independent Arpeggiators for Lower and Upper parts
• Arpeggiators works together with internal Sequencer.

Outputs

• Each part (Upper and Lower) has a dedicated Left-Right output connectors.

Control Inputs

• Two CV In freely routable.

Rear Panel

• On/Off Switch .
• 18V DC IN  for external PSU
• USB-B connection for a PC editor
• RJ45 for external expansion box (CV/Trigger/Gate)
• MIDI In
• Midi Out.
• Sync In TTL
• Sync Out TTL
• CV1 In
• CV2 In
• Expression Pedal 1
• Expression Pedal 2
• Audio Out : Upper Left
• Audio Out : Upper Right.
• Audio Out : Lower Left
• Audio Out : Lower Right.

Das klingt doch schon alles sehr spannend.

Ob, wann und wo und zu welchem Preis der Synthex 2 nun genau erscheinen wird, darüber fehlt uns jegliche Information. Wir sind aber auf jeden fall nun dabei, aus Mario Maggi so schnell wie möglich auch all diese Information zu kitzeln und halten Sie genau an dieser Stelle weiterhin auf dem Laufenden.