Details on the Upcoming anAmoNo X Synthesizer From Gotharman

You've seen the videos, we now have full details on the upcoming anAmoNo X synth in directly from Gotharman. You'll find the full details on a new anAmoNo X site here, and captured below for the archives. Take a look at the specs. This is going to be one powerful synth, complete with swappable filters and more.

"Modular synthesizer with memory, swappable analog filters, sampler and granular effects.

Please notice: anAmoNo X does NOT work with the expansion box series. Instead it has replacable analog filters.

The most flexible Gotharman synthesizer ever!

I was really happy with the flexibility of my Eurorack system, but since I spend most of my time running Gotharman's, and do not have very much time for playing music, I was not really happy with the lack of preset storage on this. I always ended up spending a huge lot of time tweaking knobs and rearranging cables, and not really getting any tracks composed (inportant or not :-)). This actually became a bigger and bigger annoyance to me, and in my Christmas holidays 2015, I decided to do something about it.

At first I started to design a module with 32 audio inputs, 32 CV inputs, 32 audio outputs, 32 CV outputs, 64 knobs, a display and memory. The idea was to connect everything of all my eurorack modules to this (hmmm...actually I am not sure if this module would have had enough connections...), connect the modules via an internal cross-bay, and adjust all the CV and audio levels on the 64 knobs. It did though, pretty soon, become clear to me, that this module would be huge and really expensive to produce. On top of that, not all parameters are CV controllable on all modules, so it would require quite a bit of soldering to get this connected to everything.

So I took a few days of brainstorming with myself, and came up with a new idea: The most important sound shaping thing (to my opinion), is the filter. So if I just could scramble things a bit down, and make a box with oscillators, VCA's, modulation sources, and maybe some effect modules, and just made the filters replacable, it would theoretically give almost the same possibilities as my eurorack system, but with added patch storage. And if I one day got tired of its sound, I would just have to replace one or both of its filters, and then I would get new sounds, without having to design or purchase a completely new synth. The design of anAmoNo X began...

anAmoNo X has a number of built-in "modules", like oscillators, filters, LFO's and so on. Every module has a number of modulation input connectors, and most modules also has a number of audio input connectors. For the modulation input connectors ANY output from any other module can be connected (both audio and modulation outputs). For the audio input connectors, any audio output from any other module can be connected. The 2 analog filters also appears as modules.

To make everything work as fast and effective as possible, anAmoNo X is not programmed behind any "OS". Everything is performed directly by the processor, and everything is programmed in assembly language, which is up to 30 times more effective than the C++ language, that most people program in, and it is programmed specificly for the anAmoNo X hardware.

1024 preset slots and 1024 song slots are available, all user programmable.

anAmoNo X preliminary specs (might be changed without notice):

Release date:
-2016.

Built in modules:
-5 Oscillators.
-1 Noise Oscillator.
-1 Sampler (the final model might get more).
-1 Audio Input.
-1 Ring Modulator.
-2 swappable Analog Filters. Located in 2 slots, that becomes visible, when removing the left side panel. anAmoNo X will also work, without any analog filters installed.
-2 G-Ray feedback circuits, located in the analog filters audio chains.
-4 VCA's.
-4 Effects Processors (the final model might get more). Effects: Digital filters, granulator, variator, delay, chorus, pitch-shifter, stretcher, resonator, distortions.
-8 ADSR Envelopes with linear/logarithmic charateristics and offset.
-4 LFO's.
-4 CV inputs.
-MIDI input.
-MIDI output.
-8 64-step Note sequencers.
-xx number of 64-step control sequencers. (Number not known yet)

Analog Filters available/planned:
-Single anAmoNo X Filter with analog positive and negative feedback, and analog distortion. Status: Ready -can be heard in video's.

-Dual anAmoNo X Filter with analog negative feedback and analog distortion. Status: Ready -can be heard in video's.

-Trippple anAmoNo X filter. Status: In progress.

-Tubaz Tube Filter. Status: Planned.

-Curtis chip (MiniProphet) Filter. Status: Planned.

-The very first Gotharman filter design. Sounded like a seriously defective filter. Status: Planned.

-There might be a Vactrol filter for it, but I have not yet started to work on it.

-YOUR or maybe other peoples/manufacturer's filter. The filterboard specs will be released.

-Special Left Side Panel. Instead of one or both of the analog filters, anAmoNo X can be delivered with a Special Left Side Panel, that will give 4 CV outputs, 1 audio output and 2 audio inputs as mini jacks, for connecting an external Eurorack module, to be controlled and memorized by anAmoNo X. This might also include a Eurorack power connector, but I am not 100% sure about that yet. PLEASE NOTICE: In order for this to work perfectly ALL parameters on the connected Eurorack module must be CV controllable. Parameters that are not CV controllable, like resonance on many filter modules, can not be controlled by anAmoNo X. A maximum of 4 parameters can be controlled, per omitted analog filter.

Trigger System:
-The 8 pushbuttons on anAmoNo X will function as trigger buttons, when the "Triggers" button is activated.

For each trigger button it is possible to:

-Select up to 8 modules, that it should trigger.

-Send specific notes to the oscillators and sampler(s).

-Select specific samplings on the sampler modules.

-Select a specific MIDI note range and a transpose value. The MIDI input goes through the trigger system, and MIDI notes will make the triggers play back according to these settings.

-Each trigger button has one Sequencer note track attached to them. Each sequencer note track has 4 subtracks: Note on/off track, note number track, gate length tracks and delay track. Each subtrack has adjustable length on up to 64 steps and adjustable resolution. Each trigger will only play back inside the adjusted note range.

-Each trigger will have a Gotharman's Note Randomizer :-)

Touch Screen Keyboard:
-Included!

Morphing System:
-Each preset holds 2 sets of sound parameters. By using the Morph knob, or by assigning modulation to this, it is possible to morph between the 2 sets of parameters. Pushing the "Morph Settings" button on any edit page, will reveal the second set of parameters.

X Morphing System:
-The sequencer also has 2 sets of parameters. Turning the "X" knob will morph between the 2 sets of parameters -Morph from one tune to another.

USB:
-Import/export samples as .wav files.
-Import/export presets as .axp files.
-Backup/restore of anAmoNo X’s user memory.
-Updating of firmware.

Presets:
-Holds 1024 user re-writable presets (not all presets are pre-programmed).

Songs:
-Holds 1024 user-writable songs, with each 128 song steps.

Sequencer:
-8 64-step Note sequencers.
-xx number of 64-step control sequencers. (Number not known yet)

Sampler:
-Samples are kept in NOR FLASH RAM, that is much more stable than the widely used NAND FLASH, and that does not get any bad blocks.
-Samples are kept even after a power off.
-Total recording time: 40 minutes mono. (Might be changed!)
-Single sampling max length: 20 minutes.
-Max. 512 samplings in Bank A and 512 samplings in Bank B. Total 1024 samplings.
-Recording sources: Audio input, audio output, USB import of .wav files.

Connections:
-Audio In.
-Audio Out. (An extra output will be added, if I can get room for it).
-4 x CV Input.
-With Special Left Panel installed: Additional 4 x CV out, 1 x audio out, 2x audio in.
-MIDI In.
-MIDI Out.
-USB Drive.
-Power connector.

Audio system:
-Inputs and outputs: 24 bit, 44.1 KHz Cirrus Logic high end ADC/DAC.
-Internal: 32 bit, 44.1 KHz.
-Sampler: 16 bit, 44.1 KHz.

Display:
-Industrial grade 3.2" colour TFT, made in germany.

Power Supply:
-Multi voltage input. Output: 9Vdc, 2A, 2.1mm DC plug with positive middle. Exchangable mains plug, so it can be used in any country.

Size:
23 x 16 x 6 cm

Weight:
1.3 KG"