New Modor NF-1 Hardware Synth in the Works

"The Modor NF-1 synth is a digital DSP synth very comparable to the classic Virtual Analog synths, but Modor is moving further on from this point. We use the classic structure of VA-synths, with oscillators, filters and effects, with parameters that can be modulated using LFO's and envelopes. But every element has been retought and reinvented. In a digital way. The NF-1 has a classic 12dB/oct resonant filter, but we are also giving it a versatile formant filter, never seen in hardware before! It does make classic sawtooth waves, but we're also including a lot of other brand new modulatable noisy waveforms! It has a classic delay effect, but we make every parameter editable to give way to special unexpected effect types! And so on ...

Yes, it's digital and we're proud of it! We are making a very hands-on, laborious new synth having plenty of knobs and switches right on top of it to shape any sound parameter thats in it. Nothing to look up in menus!"

Demos at Modor Music

Specs for the archives:

"Polyphony
8 voices

Memory
256 patches, all factory presets overwritable

Connections
9V, 600mA adapter connection, positive voltage on center pin
MIDI IN/THRU/OUT connections, 3x 5-pin DIN connection
Audio Left and Right outputs, 6.35mm mono jack
Sustain switch, 6.35mm mono jack
Volume/modulation pedal, 6.35mm stereo jack

Front panel controls
42 rotary knobs
20 switches
1 rotary encoder control
1 Power switch/volume knob

Display
16x2 green backlit LCD display

Osc section
3 identical fully independant oscillators
10 waveforms:
SAW: pulse width modulation sawtooth wave
SQU: pulse width modulation square/pulse wave
TRI: pulse width modulation triangle wave
SYNC: sounding like a oscillator-synced wave
ADD: additive harmonics
SONAR: resonant bandpass filtered noise
WIND: wind instrument noise
ARC: arcade game style noise
FM: sinus FM pair
FBFM: feedback sinus FM pair

Filter section
12dB/oct resonant filter switchable as lowpass, hipass, bandpass or bandstop (notch)
Formant filter with 3 morphing vowels, 10 vowel presets and user controllable formant frequencies

Effects section
"Comb filter" effect section to create chorus, flanger, ... effects
Delay effect section to create echo effects

Modulation section
4 3-stage envelopes, 3 level settings and 4 time settings
2 switchable LFO's with TRI/SAW/SQU/SIN waveforms, 1 TRI-LFO connected to modwheel, 1 random S&H with lowpass option
7 user-defineable modulation lines, 16 source signals, 59 destination parameters

MIDI
Full realtime MIDI control of all sound parameters
Pitch Bend, Modwheel (CTRL#1), Expression pedal (CTRL#7), Velocity and Aftertouch can be used as modulation sources

Measurements
Width: 440mm without rack ears, 480mm with rack ears (19")
Height: 267mm (10.5"/ 6U)
Depth: 40mm (front) - 80mm (back)
Rackmountable
Height: 6 rackunits
Rack mounting ears included
Recessed backside connections to ease rack mounting (no lost rackspace above)

Accesoires
Manual
230V AC power adapter
Wooden side panels
Rack mounting ears"