Modal Electronics 001 2-Voice Duophonic Analog / Digital Hybrid Synthesizer Keyboard

Description

The 001 from Modal Electronics is a professional 2-voice duophonic analogue-digital hybrid synthesiser featuring 37 semi-weighted keys with aftertouch from FATAR, a white metal case, machined aluminium knob encoders, and a high-quality 4.3" LCD screen.

The 001 features two high-resolution NCO oscillators per voice with over 50 waveform choices, plus two sub oscillators, a four-pole transistor ladder filter designed by Modal with real analogue morphing, VCA, two LFOs, two modulation matrices, and a powerful sequencer, animator, and arpeggiator. Additional features include four CV/Gate inputs and four CV/Gate outputs to receive and send a scalable 1-volt-per-octave signal from/to modular synthesisers and other instruments supporting this standard.

The instrument utilises an Ethernet port to connect to your network and enables updates via the internet, as well as access to the Modal cloud, which features an HTML web user interface and allows you to back up patches and download other users patches.

Features

• Modal 001 is a 2-voice duophonic and bi-timbral synthesiser utilising the same voice architecture as its bigger brother, the 002
• Two oscillators per voice with two sub oscillators, which can be switched from being either traditional square wave to having the same waveform as the main oscillator—in effect making four oscillators per voice
• Analogue / digital hybrid architecture uses NCOs for high resolution, and stable oscillators. Over 50 different waveforms, ranging from classic analogue sounds to more unique digital shapes
• Modal Electronics designed a 24 dB per-octave, four-pole transistor ladder filter, with some unusual morphing characteristics or ‘polesweeping’, enabling transition from four pole through bandpass to one-pole 6 db-per-octave, or anywhere in between
• Two LFOs, one per voice and one global
• Extensive modulation options
• The 001 features a range of sequencing options—a built-in, 2-track, 12-row, 32-step sequencer with MIDI sync capabilities. Sequences can also be transposed dynamically while running
• Highly featured arpeggiator with a wide range of different modes, including ‘hold’ mode, enabling arpeggiator-based sequences to be created
• The Modal Electronics Animator allows any control parameter on the 001 to be sequenced, enabling very complex filter transitions, waveform changes and modulation matrix changes to be sequenced
• Ethernet port to connect your 001 to your network and enable updates via the internet (no more MIDI sysex dumps) and access to the Modal Electronics cloud features
• The powerful UI is a great departure from the norm of synthesisers and features a high quality 4.3″ screen with wide viewing angle. The display is context-sensitive, immediately displaying the control parameters of any control knob that is touched by the user
• 6 ‘quick recall banks’ are accessible directly from the front panel, enabling performing musicians to get rid of their set sheets and build set lists of presets, sequences, and animations, all quickly accessible from dedicated front-panel buttons. Up to ten banks of quick recalls can be created, making live performance simple
• VCF and VCA envelope generators
• Three "Key" Modes: Polyphonic, Monophonic, and Stack
• High-quality construction, uses a premium FATAR semi-weighted, three-octave key mechanism with aftertouch
• Most voice control parameters are accessible from an intuitive front panel that follows a traditional synthesiser work flow
• Pure analogue signal path from the oscillators onwards; no digital conversion
• 4 CV inputs and 4 CV outputs
• Optional digital output board providing multi-voice outputs over USB (class compliant) with FX
• Two audio inputs enabling audio processing from the VCF onward,  plus external MIDI in and out
• XY joystick for performance controls—any control parameter can be assigned to any joystick axis (X+, X-, Y+, Y-)