Modal Electronics ARGON8 Synthesiser 37-Key - 8-Voice Wavetable Synth

Specifications

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 4 noise/modulation banks accessible on Oscillator 2
• 28 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

Keyboard

• FATAR TP9/S Full size 37 key keybed with both velocity and aftertouch
• 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
• 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 that can create sophisticated Delays, lush Reverbs, Flanging, Phasing, and Rich Choruses

Sequencer

• Real time sequencer with 512 steps with input quantise and four recordable / editable parameter animations
• All time-based FX, LFO’s and sequencer arpeggio can be either clocked internally or externally

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

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 software editor available for macOS, Windows, iOS, Android with VST3 and AU compatibility – MODALapp can be run within your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)

Power

• DC-9.0V-1.5A

Physical

• Road ready Steel and Aluminium chassis
• Width: 560mm – 22 inches
• Depth: 300mm – 11-3/4 inches
• Height: 120mm – 5 inches

Warranty

Shipping & Delivery

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Returns Policy

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