Born from decades of hands-on synth tinkering by Dr. Jonathan Hayes, this machine traces its roots to early OTA chip experiments, blending pure analog tone with a wildly inventive digital brain that most monosynths can only dream of.
At its core sit three voltage-controlled oscillators pumping out triangle, sawtooth, square/pulse waves with PWM, hard sync, phase modulation, and a sub-oscillator, all feeding into three killer filters: a 6-pole low-pass with slopes from 6dB to 36dB/octave and self-oscillating resonance, a 2-pole high-pass, and a 4-pole resonant low-pass reminiscent of '80s classics. Flexible routing lets you chain them in parallel or series for endless tonal shapes, while the modulation game is unmatched—37 LFOs and 37 EGs total, with dedicated ones per knob parameter, plus 4 globals each, 50 LFO waveforms from sub-slow 0.001Hz cycles to chaotic bursts, and vector morphing to blend four patches in real-time via MIDI or CV. The desktop chassis packs analog pots on the left for direct sound tweaks, digital controls and OLED screen on the right for modulation deep dives, plus 500 presets, arpeggiator, sequencer, CV/gate, USB MIDI, noise gen, and even a free DAW plugin—oh, and full MPE support unlocks polyphonic expression despite the mono voice count.
Players love its warm, versatile analog growl that evolves into living, breathing patches without patching cables, though some note the learning curve for taming all that modulation power. If you're chasing a monosynth that punches way above its weight, this one's a gem worth dialing in.
