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  • MO-ARGON8X

    Modal ARGON8X 61-key Synthesizer

    2 In Stock

     

    Specification

    Polyphony


    True 8 voice polyphonic

    Mono-timbral


    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

    Voice Drift and Width controls that help to create massive stereo soundscapes



    Keyboard


    FATAR TP/9S Full size keys with both velocity and aftertouch, 37 on the ARGON8 and 61 on the ARGON8X

    1.54 inch large OLED display – that provides instant visual feedback to the user at all times of playing/editing

    Multiple keyboard modes, Mono, Poly, Unison 2, unison 4, unison 8, Stack 2 and Stack 4

    Inbuilt sophisticated programmable arpeggiator of 32 steps with rest capability with up to 2048 steps before repeating

    Glide/Portamento with both legato and staccato modes


    Filter


    Two pole morphing resonant filter with multiple filter types

    Filter can be morphed from low pass, through band pass, to high pass



    Modulation


    Hugely powerful “Mod Matrix” with eight assignable slots with four additional fixed routes, 11 mod sources and 52 destinations

    A 4-axis joystick that can be assigned to a huge range of modulation destinations and virtually ‘locked’ when desired

    Three dedicated envelope generators for AMP, MOD and FILTER that can be accessed independently or all three simultaneously including negative (reverse) versions

    Two Audio rate LFO’s with tempo sync (one poly, one global). Polyphonic LFO can sync to frequency divisions


    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


    Real time sequencer with 512 notes with input quantise and four recordable / editable parameter animations

    Delay FX, LFO’s, sequencer and arpeggiator can be either clocked internally or externally

    100 sequencer presets that can be linked to any patch for quickly loading arrangements


    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

    Quick Recalls accessible from the panel for quickly loading your favourite patches. 8 slots on keyboard variants, and 4 on ARGON8M


    Connectivity


    Analogue clock sync in and out (configured to the KORG / Teenage Engineering specification)

    MIDI DIN in and out

    Full size quarter inch jacks for stereo audio outs, headphones and external control such as sustain and expression

    3.5 mm stereo input with ability to route incoming audio through the FX

    Class compliant MIDI provided over USB connection to host computer or tablet

    Optional MODALapp standalone software editor available for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android. Optional MODALplugin  VST3 / AU plugin for running MODALapp within your Digital Audio Workstation

    Power: DC-9.0V-1.5A


    Physical


    Road ready Steel and Aluminium chassis

    ARGON8 – Width: 555mm – 22 inches / Depth: 300mm – 11-3/4 inches / Height: 100mm – 4 inches

    ARGON8X – Width: 885mm – 35 inches / Depth: 300mm – 11-3/4 inches / Height: 100mm – 4 inches

    ARGON8M – Width: 384mm – 15 inches / Depth: 127mm – 5 inches / Height: 80mm – 3 inches / Desktop or Rack mount – 3U 19” rack