Sonicware has announced that it will be introducing the ELZ_1 synthesizer at the 2018 NAMM Show.
The Sonicware ELZ_1 synthesizer offers multiple sound engines:
- FM SYNTH (4 operators with feedback and detuning)
- 8BIT WAVE MEMORY SYNTH (waveform editing and morphing with FM mode)
- DNA EXPLORER (extract and generate waveforms from audio)
- SiGRINDER (granular synthesizer engine)
- STANDARD OSC (sin, square, triangle and saw waves)
- LOW-BIT OSC (sin, square, triangle and saw waves)
Demo videos are available at the Sonicware site.
Pricing and availability are still to be announced.
wow want to see a demo – I am intrigued
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update: there are demo videos on the site, it looks awesome -now I just want to know $$$
There are sound examples on their website. Sounds pretty interesting, especially the granular synth. If it happens to fall in line with the OP-1, not a bad thing, having a portable, small device that gives you multiple synth engines to work from and FX. It does sound a bit bright but nothing is wrong with that if some unique sounds are coming out of it.
The DNA Explorer has me interested enough to check out the site.
I’m drawn to the Wavetable synth that is like what the Namco N163 and Konami SCC used.
yeah the wavetable sounds pretty awesome
The best thing is that it has morphing and FM modes that the Korg Kamata doesn’t have.
Oh yeah SCC 4ever! (Or SCC+ 🙂
Looks like alot of fun and the 8bit modes sound really interesting although the FM is particularly harsh. Hope it’s affordable.
That looks well funky……….are they trying to take on OP1?
I think they humbly bowed out a while ago. Unless they pop up with the very strange OPZ and release it to a very odd audience of music/video producers, this thing could do well depending on the price. OP-1 released at about 900 bucks. Hope this thing is solid when its release time.
For all the Lo-Fi nature, it must be based on a RaspberryPi or Arduino core !