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Voice Engine
Technical Specifications

The next step in voice architecture;

  • Osc 1: Analog Saw Core with Wave-folding  & PWM

  • Sub Osc 1 with variable Pulse Width

  • Osc 2:  AnalogSaw Core with PWM, Sync, and FM

  • Osc 3:  Digital 

  • 2 and 3 input Digital Ring Modulator

  • 8 Pole Multi-Mode Dual Peak Filter

  • VCA with soft and overdrive distortion

  • 4 ADAHSR Envelopes with variable shape 

  • 4 LFO with key-sync and delay

  • Modulation multipliers, crossfader, lag, contouring.

  • Full MIDI interface

  • User-selectable CV In and Out

  • Nucleus module has 60 user patches 

  • Iliad has 500 user patches in 10 banks of 50.

  • Over 60 Modulation Sources and over 35 destinations..all simultaneously available!

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Oscillator Details

  • Osc 1:  Saw, Sine, Triangle, PWM outputs

    • 4 Stage Wavefolder​

    • Modulate the Wave and PWM

    • Modulate the Folding

    • Modulate the Mix Level

    • Separate Glide rate

  • Sub Osc 1:  One Octave down

    • ​Variable Sub PWM

    • Modulate the Mix Level

  • Osc 2:   Saw and PWM

    • Hard sync and FM

    • Multi-Mode 3 input XOR Ring Mod

    • Separate Glide rate

    • Modulate the FM amount from Osc 3

    • Sync to a 4th digital Osc

    • Modulate the Wave and PWM

    • Modulate the Mix Level

  • Osc 3:  Digital 

    • Sine, Saw and PWM waves

    • ​Karplus Strong mode

    • 24 user Waveforms

    • Variable Color Noise source

    • Modulate Mix, Wave, Pitch

Filter Details

  • 8 Pole Cascade OTA Multi-Mode Filter ​

    • 6 Modes​
      • 12 or 24db Low Pass
      • 12 or 24db High Pass
      • 12 or 24db Band Pass
    • ​Dual Resonance Peak​s
    • Variable Band Pass Width​
    • Modulate Shape, Resonance and Frequency
    • Modulate Band Width
    • Variable Key Tracking

50+ Modulation Sources and 35+ Destinations
           All available simultaneously

Man-Machine-Interface

  • Bright OLED graphic display 

    • ​Shows the details of whatever knob moved or button pressed
    • Quick access to Save and Load patches
    • Quick Access to the Modifiers
    • Setup MIDI. SYSEX, Poly Modes

VCA Details

  • Linear VCA ​

    • ​Controlled overdrive Post filter​
    • Two selectable modulation sources

LFO Details

  • 4 independent LFOs 

    • ​Variable  Saw-Tri, PWM, Sine, Random, Random Slope, and Noise waveforms
    • ​Rate Modulation (+ shape on Iliad)
    • 60 second to 1Khz frequency
    • 0 to 10 Second Delay
    • Cycle Re-Sync to the Trigger

Modifiers/Math Functions

  • Combine and shape normal modulation sources to create new ones

    • ​Multiply, Add, Invert, Fade between modulations
    • Min/Max, Quantize, Limit
    • Lag and Shape Contouring
    • Delay line
    • Link knobs and route CC to parameters​

Envelope Generator Details

  • 4 independent DAHDSR 

    • ​Delay, Attack, Hold, Decay, Sustain and Release stages.
    • ​Time, or Sustain level modulation
    • Linear. Exponential or Punch shapes
    • Legato, Soft, Hard re-triggering
    • Looping mode
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