NYX Reissue Analog Paraphonic Synthesizer

Back in its original V1 form, this reissue revives the chaotic essence of early analog experimentation in a pint-sized package that's as portable as it is powerful.

At its core, two warm VCOs each offer two waveforms—think classic saw, triangle, and PWM on the first—with separate octave, glide, level, and detune controls for Oscillator 2, plus hard sync and FM routing from Osc 2 to 1 for gritty complexity. A signature Dreadbox dual state-variable filter switches between 12dB/oct or 24dB/oct slopes, with versatile series, parallel, or low-pass/high-pass combos, driven by three snappy, loopable envelope generators that double as LFOs or AR/ASR modules. Hands-on knobs cover vibrato LFO, master tune, mod matrix routing via 18 patch points, white noise gen, and a lush reverb with time, decay, mix, plus CV-modulatable pre-delay and tone. USB-powered at just 1.5W (up to 50 hours on a 20,000mAh bank), it measures a sleek 215 x 130 x 60mm at 1kg, with stereo TRS out, DIN MIDI in, CV/Gate I/O, and full Eurorack compatibility in a 42HP panel—complete with desktop case, ribbon cable, and MIDI adapter.

Players digging its return praise the thick, harmonic tones and reverb magic for ambient drones and leads, though some note the tuning takes a moment to dial in perfectly by ear. [web:1][web:3][web:4]