Erica Synths has launched the Syntrx II desktop synthesiser.
‘Based on lessons learned from the Syntrx, we decided to create an instrument that would integrate even deeper into contemporary electronic and experimental music set-ups and cover sonic territory from daunting drones to powerful basslines and glitched noisescapes,’ the company says. ‘The Syntrx II is a new dark horse for experimental sonic rides.’
The Syntrx II is the culmination of Erica Synths’ analogue sound design circuits – two stable main oscillators with waveshapers, a modulation oscillator with 1V/oct tracking, a versatile multimode filter, external instrument inputs with an envelope follower, a unique ring modulator, recordable joystick, built-in piano roll sequencer and stepped modulation sources, all arranged around a ‘signature’ matrix mixer and with powerful FX on a new DSP platform.
Key features:
- Two stable main oscillators with CV-controlled waveforms.
- Modulation oscillator with variable waveforms.
- High-pass and low-pass filters in series.
- Free-running or gate synced sample and hold circuit.
- Multi-color noise generator.
- DC coupled instrument inputs with signal inversion and envelope follower.
- Ring modulator.
- Looping trapezoid envelope generator and VCA.
- Two output VCAs.
- Signal meter with a dedicated audio/CV output.
- FX section developed in collaboration with 112db.com.
- Recordable Joystick.
- Analogue patch matrix.
- 254 patch memory.
- Piano roll sequencer and two stepper modulation sources.
- DIN5 Midi Input and Thru.
- Two assignable outputs.
- Headphone output.
Erica Synths Syntrx II is priced at €1,800 (VAT excl) and US$2,179.
More: www.ericasynths.lv/shop/standalone-instruments-1/syntrx-ii
