Desktop Wavetable Synthesizer
The Argon8M is based on the revolutionary new wavetable synthesizer engine of the highly acclaimed Modal 002. 8-voice true polyphony in a professional package with unprecedented features. The Argon8M's new sound engine enables extremely complex synthesis previously unavailable in this price range (and above).The development of the Argon8 is a testament to the dedication and culmination of nearly six years of hard work by the young development team from Bristol - England.
- True 8-voice polyphony
- Rugged steel and aluminum case
- 120 carefully designed wavetables, divided into 24 banks of 5 morphable waveform sets each
- 28 static wavetable processors, including de-rez, wave folder, wave shaper, phase shaper and rectify
- 32 high-resolution wavetable oscillators, at least 4 per voice
- 8 oscillator modifiers, including: Phase Mod (FM), Ring Mod, Amp Mod, Hard Sync and Windowed Sync.
- 1.54 inch OLED display for direct visual feedback
- High-quality Bournes encoders
- A 4-axis joystick that can be assigned to a variety of modulation destinations and virtually "locked" if desired
- Three envelope generators for AMP, MOD and FILTER that can be called up independently or all three simultaneously, including negative (inverted) values.
- Two-pole, morphable resonance filter
- Waveshaping distortion
- 3 independent and user-definable stereo FX engines, including: Delay, Reverb, Flanging, Phasing and Chorus.
- Glide/Portamento with legato and staccato modes
- Powerful mod matrix with eight assignable slots and four fixed links, 11 sources and 52 destinations
- Two audio rate LFOs with tempo sync (one poly, one global). Polyphonic LFO can be synchronized by frequency divider
- 500 fully editable patch memories, 300 factory presets and 200 free user patches
- Patch upload and download via the free MODALapp
- Programmable arpeggiator with 32 steps and pauses
- Real-time sequencer with 512 steps and quantization, plus four recordable/editable animations
- Multiple keyboard modes, mono, poly, unison 2, unison 4, unison 8, stack 2 and unison 4.
- All time-based parameters like FX, LFO and sequencer arpeggios can be synchronized internally and externally
- Analog sync in/out (KORG / Teenage Engineering specification)
- Full DIN MIDI jacks
- 6.3 mm jacks for audio as well as sustain and expression
- 3.5mm stereo input with the ability to route audio through the internal effects
- Free ModalApp for Mac, PC, iOS, Android, as well as VST3 and AU
- Includes rack ears for installation in a 19" rack