“The SYNTHEX 2 is not a clone of the original but a totally new design using the latest technologies. Now, after more than ten years of work I finally have all the pieces of the mosaic.” (Mario Maggi, May 2015)
Stay tuned for further announcements, previews and events on the new SYNTHEX 2 !
Preliminary and partial specifications
- Polyphony
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- 16 Voices
- Versions
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- 61-note-keyboard
- Keyboard-less tabletop
- 1 Rack Unit expander
- Portable expander
- Keyboard
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- 61-note-keyboard FATAR TP-8 weighted with Key Velocity and Channel Aftertouch
- Joystick
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- Freely assignable bipolar XY axis
- LCD Display
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- 854 x 480 pixels – 5 inch LCD color display for advanced editing of control panel and additional parameters
- Voice Layering
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- Whole Mode with 16 voice polyphony
- Split Mode with Upper and Lower parts, 8 voices each
- Double Mode with Upper and Lower parts, 8 voices each
- Unison Mode with variable voice number
- Oscillators
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- 2 Oscillators per voice
- Extended cross modulation between oscillators
- High number of available waveforms
- Filter
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- Multi-mode filter with extended filtering modes
- Waveshapers
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- PRE Filter Waveshaper
- POST Filter Waveshaper
- Chorus
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- Full set of editable parameters
- Envelope Generators
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- 8 EGs per voice
- 8 segments per each EG
- Each segment is freely assignable to Note On or Note Off events
- Each EG can be used for LFO level shaping
- Wide range LFOs
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- 8 LFOs per voice
- Each LFO output can be shaped with EG
- Sequencer
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- LCD based quick programming/editing
- 4 polyphonic tracks
- Step by step or real time recording mode
- Internal TTL Sync Output
- External TTL Sync Input
- MIDI Sync
- Arpeggiators
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- Independent Arpeggiators for Lower and Upper parts
- Arpeggiators can be used in combination with the internal Sequencer
- Rear Panel
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- 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
- Upper Left Audio Out
- Upper Right Audio Out
- Lower Left Audio Out
- Lower Right Audio Out
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* The layout displayed above is demonstrative only, the final version may differ slightly.