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Modal Electronics - ARGON8X

Description

Oscillators
* 120 carefully crafted wavetables split into 24 banks of 5 morphable waveform sets, covering virtual analogue classics through to cutting edge EDM and many from the original Modal 002 as well as a whole range of mathematically generated tables. Additional PWM bank and 3 noise/modulation banks accessible on Oscillator 2
* 32 static wavetable processors including de-rez, wave folders, wave shapers, phase shapers and rectify that can be applied to the 120 wavetables to give a mind boggling array of permutations and new waveshapes
* 32 high resolution wavetable oscillators, 4 per voice, with 8 types of oscillator modifier including: Phase Mod (FM), Ring Mod, Amp Mod, Hard Sync and Windowed Sync
* 8 types of oscillator modifier including Phase Mod (FM), Ring Mod, Amp Mod, Hard Sync and Windowed Sync
* Voice Drift and Width controls that help to create massive stereo soundscapes

Filter
* 2-pole state variable filters, 4 Filter types Standard filters are based on the resonant filter found in other Modal synthesisers and Classic with a more rounded character and a softer resonance response

Modulation
* 3 dedicated envelope generators for AMP, MOD and FILTER that can be accessed independently or all three simultaneously including negative (reverse) versions and multiple envelope curve options
* 2 Audio rate LFOs with tempo sync (one poly, one global). Polyphonic LFO can sync to frequency divisions
* 8 assignable modulation slots and 4 additional fixed modulation routings for common assignments with 11 modulation sources and 52 modulation destinations

FX
* Waveshaping distortion
* Three incredibly powerful independent and user configurable stereo FX engines
* FX include Chorus, Phaser, Flanger (Positive or Negative), Lo-fi, Tremolo, Rotary, 3 x Delay types (Stereo, Ping-Pong, Crossover) and Reverb

Sequencer
* Polyphonic Real-time sequencer with 512 notes and four recordable/editable parameter animations (Delay FX, LFOs, sequencer and arpeggiator can be either clocked internally or externally)
* Polyphonic Step Sequencer with 64 steps, 8 notes per step, 4 lanes of Parameter-Lock style animation, Step Input mode, multiple playback modes including gate modes and rest function
* Built-In sophisticated programmable arpeggiator of 32 steps with rest capability with up to 2048 steps before repeating

Storage
* 500 patch memories, all fully editable and ships with 300 factory programs and 200 user patch spaces. Patch upload and download through the free MODALapp
* 100 sequencer presets and 100 FX presets
* 4 Quick Recall slots accessible from the panel for quickly loading your favourite patches

Controls and Performance
* Premium FATAR 61-key Keyboard with velocity and channel aftertouch
* 29 endless encoders, 24 buttons
* 4-axis joystick that can be assigned to a huge range of modulation destinations and virtually locked when desired
* Multiple keyboard modes, Mono, Poly, Unison 2, unison 4, unison 8, Stack 2 and Stack 4
* Glide/Portamento with both legato and staccato modes
* Chord Invert control to easily create chord inversions and variations

Enclosure and Display
* Tabletop-style enclosure, brackets for 19″ 3U rackmount included (requires 1U free space above or right-angled connectors)
* 1.54-inch large OLED display for instant visual feedback at all times of playing/editing

Enclosure and Display
* Road-ready steel and aluminium enclosure with economical stained bamboo end cheeks
* 1.54-inch large OLED display for instant visual feedback at all times of playing/editing

Connectivity
* 6.35 mm / 1/4″ TS dual-mono line outputs
* 6.35 mm / 1/4″ TRS headphone output
* 3.5 mm / 1/8″ TRS stereo audio input
* MIDI DIN In and Out
* 3.5 mm / 1/8″ TS Analogue clock sync In and Out
* Class compliant MIDI over USB connection
* 6.35 mm / 1/4″ TRS expression pedal input
* 6.35 mm / 1/4″ TS sustain pedal input
* Power: DC-9.0V 1.5A centre-positive

Dimensions
* Dimensions: (L x W x H): 855 x 300 x 100 mm / 33.7″ x 11.8″ x 4″
* Weight: 9 kg / 19.9 lbs