NAMM 2013: Metasonix-S-2000 Vacuum-Tube Synthesizer

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"Up for Buy It Now is the New Metasonix-S-2000 Vacuum-Tube Synthesizer. One Picture taken at the 2013 NAMM Show, others added 1/26/13!

I played it a the NAMM show and was impressed by it's user friendly design. It's a very dynamic sounding synth. Totally unique in a world of synths. You will be amazed at it's sound!

Metasonix took 20+ years of experience in vacuum-tube electronic music, and used it to make the most exciting instrument in the history of Metasonix. The S-2000 is not merely a new repackaging of old designs. It is a revolution, and a game changer.

The S-2000 was made to be as easy to use as possible. Just plug in power, plug in an amplifire, wait 30 seconds for the real new-old stock vacuum tubes to warm up, and start playing it. The built-in 400mm ribbon controller is instantly responsive, and needs no special treatment. No trimpots, no fiddling with MIDI interfaces or fighting with fistfuls of cables. The miseryhas been engineered out.

The simplicity might fool you. The S-2000 has enough controls and enough flexibility to keep the musician busy for years of sonic exploration.

The S-2000 contains:

Two all-tube oscillator/filter "Operators", with resonance variable from flat responce to deep oscillations. Waveshape is variable from clean sine wave to a distinctive distorted square/pulse wave. Resonate both for FM sound effects.

An all tube VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier)

Three Contour Generators:

C1 Attack-Release types feeds the VCA

C2 Attack-Decay type feeds the "Operator" 2 Sweep and optionally the VCA, and may be set to retrigger automatically.

C3 is the same as C2, but feeds the "Operator" 1 CV Input.

Plus a built-in and highly-sensitive ribbon controller, which triggers C1-C3 when the Ribbon is touched. Two Modes are available, continuous open for pitch bending (Theremin Style), and single-touch for discrete held pitches. The Ribbon gives more than 3 octaves of pitch range.

By setting the the two "Operators" properly, it's possible to get a range of classic synthesizers sounds. By setting them a little differently, you get sounds no one has ever heard before.

The S-2000 is made for use anywhere. It weighs only 1.25 kg (less than 3 pounds). Use it stand alone, or mount in a standard 19" EIA Rack. (It is 3U high but only protrudes 1 inch, or 25 mm behind the panel). It runs from a standard 12v DC adapter (one is included that can work on any mains power source on earth.

It's built like a proverbial tank. The front panel is a massive anodized aluminum slab with legends deeply engraved and paint-filled, and the electronics are protected by a tough, fully shielded steel enclosure with nearly indestructible powere coat. The tubes are very commonplace types, easily available from any vacuum-tube distributor. Metasonix offers a full set of replacement tubes, pretested and known good, via it's distributors, at a very reasonable extra charge.

The Input connection for the SpectraSymbol Ribon is accessible, so that any size SpectraSymbol ribbon controller may be plugged in and used - right up to their 1-Meter length. Need more resolution? No problem.

External Inputs and Outputs are available. CV and Gate Outputs from the Ribbon are accessible from the front-panel jacks at all times. The CV-Gate Inputs can be used by switching the CV/Gate selector switch (CV can be varied from 1.5v to 7v for more than 3 octaves of range, tunable with the front-panel tuning knobs) The audio input feeds into "Operator 1, so that both "Operators" can be used as Bandpass Filters in Series. The S-2000 is hand-made in California, by real people.

So: Purchase with cconfidence. And play with confidence. Because you're playing at the leading edge with the New Metasonix-S-2000 Vacuum-Tube Synthesizer. "