Specification - Modal Electronics ARGON8X User Manual

Specification

Polyphony
• True 8 voice polyphonic with option to polychain any two ARGON8 synthesisers for 16
voice polyphony.
MPE
• Supports MPE-compatible MIDI controllers, allowing you to apply polyphonic control and
expression to individual notes
Oscillators
• 32 high-resolution wavetable oscillators, 4 per voice
• 120 carefully crafted wavetables split into 24 banks of 5 morphable waveform sets
Additional PWM bank and 3 noise/modulation banks accessible on Oscillator 2
• 32 static wavetable modifiers including, de-rez, wave folders, waveshapers, phase shapers
and rectify can be applied to the 120 wavetables to give a mind-boggling array of
permutations and new waveshapes.
• 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
Filter
• 2-pole state variable filters, 4 Filter types – 'Standard' filters are based on the resonant
filter found in other Modal synthesisers and 'Classic' with a more rounded character and
a softer resonance response.
Modulation
• 3 dedicated envelope generators for AMP, MOD and FILTER that can be accessed
independently or all three simultaneously including negative (reverse) versions and
multiple envelope curve options
• 2 Audio rate LFO's with tempo sync (one poly, one global). Polyphonic LFO can sync to
frequency divisions
• 8 assignable modulation slots and 4 additional fixed modulation routings for common
assignments with 11 modulation sources and 52 modulation destinations
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Specification
Sequencer and Arpeggiator
• Polyphonic Real-time and Step sequencer with 512 notes and four recordable/editable
parameter animations (Delay FX, LFO's, sequencer and arpeggiator can be either clocked
internally or externally)
• Step Sequencer holds up to 64 steps, 8 notes per step, 4 lanes of Parameter-Lock style
animation, Step Input mode, multiple playback modes including gate modes and rest
function
• Built-In sophisticated programmable arpeggiator of 32 steps with rest capability and
random up to 2048 steps before repeating
FX
• Waveshaping distortion
• 3 incredibly powerful independent and user-configurable stereo FX engines for Chorus,
Phaser, Flanger (Pos), Flanger (Neg), Tremolo, LoFi, Rotary, Stereo Delay, Ping-Pong Delay,
X-Over Delay and Reverb that can be arranged in any order
User Memory
• 500 patch memories, all fully editable and ships with 300 factory programs
• 100 sequencer presets that can be linked to any patch for quickly loading arrangements
• 100 FX presets
• 8 Quick Recall slots accessible from the panel for quickly loading your favourite patches
Controls and Performance
• Premium FATAR 61-key Keyboard with velocity and channel aftertouch
• 29 endless encoders, 24 buttons
• 4-axis joystick that can be assigned to a huge range of modulation destinations and
virtually 'locked' when desired
• Multiple keyboard modes, Mono, Poly, Unison 2, unison 4, unison 8, Stack 2 and Stack 4
• Glide/Portamento with both legato and staccato modes
• Chord Invert control to easily create chord inversions and variations
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