via this auction
Via the official MonoWave site:
"The Monowave was the brainchild of UK electronics designer, Paul Maddox. Paul has been designing and building synths for years as well as releasing his own unique music realised on his impressive modular creations. Paul wanted to build a synth the roots of which lay in the PPG. Originally intended as a monophonic bass synth, the Monowave has uses beyond that. The Monowave is a wavetable synthesiser with 256 waves available for each of the two oscillators. Each oscillator also has a sub-oscillator. The filter is a copy of the Moog filter, there are separate envelope generators for the filter and amplifier, and a simple LFO. The panel is very 'retro' and 'traditional' with knobs for every function and a simple display. Internally, the circuitry is all analogue (except for the digital circuitry used in the oscillators)... no wimpy DSP thank you very much - this is a 'real' synth!!Paul has now released the MonoWave as GPL and has given me permission to release the PCB and a Component Kit for those that unfortunately missed the first, limited run. I have decided to upgrade the main microcontroller to the newer ATMEGA32 which will allow developers to further extend the capabilitites of the design should they wish."
You can also find a write up on Vaco Loco.
Hi,
ReplyDeletehere is a rare picture of three MonoWaves in one rack. Yes, I know, I am crazy.
http://till-kopper.de/monowave-rack-small.jpg
The two upper MonoWaves are beta test units.
I was betatesting it and wrote the english and german manual version.
I bought the other beta unit from Paul Maddox when he sold it on e-Bay (I was the only bidder)
The lower one is #9.
Cikira also got more then one MonoWave:
http://www.cikira.com/gear/
keep on turning these MonoWave knobs
Till "Qwave" Kopper
how do they sound?
ReplyDeleteIsn't a new one from Elby Design cheaper?
ReplyDeleteelby designs doesn't offer a case or powersupply, nor completed ready to go units.
ReplyDeleteCheck this spot for sounds.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.vacoloco.net/synths/monowave/sounds.shtml
I think the sounds are great, its probably got a good banjo patch in it too.
I bought it for $1050 plus shipping
I have a Monowave. It's an amazing and unique monosynth, worth getting if you can find one. Photo at http://www.alt-mode.com/AHNE2006/AHNE2006-Pages/Image14.html, music at http://web.mac.com/selgart/iWeb/Music/GarageBand.html (click the Sequence 1 link).
ReplyDeleteThey sound like a mix of PPG oscillators (without wavetable scanning) combined with the filter of a real Moog.
ReplyDeleteSomeone once called its sound "umpfh".
keep on turning these knobs
Till "Qwave" Kopper