Warthog by Adamsynths (The first modular synthesizer with Total Recall and DAW Integration)

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"Adamsynths created a brand new modular synthesizer with TOTAL RECALL and DAW integration called 'Warthog'"

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Adamsynths proud to announce the FIRST modular synthesizer with TOTAL RECALL and DAW integration EVER!!!! Called “WARTHOG”

Adam Miski founder of Adamsynths and designer of Warthog, talks about the crew and the instrument itself: Let the musician raise their hand who has never been frustrated about forgetting a setting on their synthesizer. Especially the settings of a modular synthesizer. Recall sheet, marker, notes, hours of patching, tweaking, switching. And the recall will never be exactly the same twice. When I thought about this and the idea of the Warthog took shape in my mind, the first thing that came to me was what a great opportunity it could be to save all the settings with its potentiometers, switches, cables everything included. All in all, I want my modular to remember everything for the future, what I tweaked out and connected on it today. Well, it was along this philosophy that the design and construction of the Warthog began.

Adamsynths is a small team of just a few passionate individuals. We love music and synthesizers, and our team includes musicians, programmers, electrical engineers, and more. The first idea for the Warthog was born in 2014, with actual design work starting in 2018. By 2021, the team was complete, and from that point on, we moved steadily toward our goal.

Meanwhile, during development, we ventured down a side path that led to the creation of the Prima, our smallest desktop analog modular synthesizer. By the time we announced this instrument, we had already been deep into working on our Total Recall modular synthesizer for a long time, and it completely defined our daily lives. Looking back on that period, we almost went nuts by being so secretive about it.

Now, we can finally tell everyone what the past few years have been all about! :)

Yes, the Warthog is THAT ANALOGUE MODULAR SYNTHESIZER, which is ABLE TO SAVE AND REMEMBER EVERYTHING!!! I mean for real it can save all the positions of the potentiometers, the switches and modes, the snapshots, the hidden parameters and sure thing all the patch cables, like which was plugged where. So if I have to summarize the awesomeness of this possibility, I’d say yes, I saved and I can recall it again anytime.“ I don’t feel like finishing the song I’m just working on? Then I’ll get back to it tomorrow, or in three weeks’ time perhaps.”

And at this point another new possibility emerged. In the future users of the Warthog will be able to share their setups, patches, sequences with each other. And yes naturally we also provide tons of these presets for the users. (This can also stand for educational purposes).“Just imagine you take home a modular synthesizer and you can use a whole wide palette of patches right away, moreover you can modify or reshape, repatch all of them.“

East Coast & West Coast

Our Warthog is completely equipped with all the necessary modules a musician may need. Analogue VCO, analogue Multimode VCF and VCA, VC ENV, Sync LFO and other analogue tools as well, like Noise, S&H, Glide, etc. Now many might think this is just another classic modular system. Well I have to admit they are partly right, but I would add that every synthesizer needs these units.

Now, let’s talk about what sets the Warthog apart from the usual East Coast or West Coast approaches.

Nowadays, musicians have access to tons of complex, specialized, and generative modules. Many of these are highly interesting and intelligently designed ones, with their functionality focused on specific tasks. But how does this manifest in the Warthog?

All the modules of the Warthog are supervised by a system controller. This is how a completely controllable and programmable modular synthesizer is built. Thanks to this feature there are no limits of which parameters we’d like to move in real time.

This determines that we have the possibility to further develop the Warthog’s control system in the future so that it can operate all parameters of the Warthog in accordance with a module designed for a specific purpose too. This can even be done on the basis of the user’s requirements.

For the first 50 customers who purchase a Warthog we give a lifetime guaranteed free software upgrade access. But yes of course, all the firmware upgrades for all the modules will be available in the future for every customer of ours.

To come to the point, the future expansion of the Warthog is not limited to integrating newer types of Adamsynths modules.

So how is the Warthog built?

First of all there are the above mentioned analogue sound generating circuits, supplemented with a complex digital control. These are connected into the system controlling Central Unit, which performs the recall tasks, the MIDI interface tasks, and it’s also in charge of controlling all the parameters of the whole system. In short, the Central Unit is aware of everything that happens in the instrument and takes care of supervising and controlling it all.

The modules’ interface features an array of analog potentiometers, push buttons, and jack sockets, ensuring that the Warthog provides musicians with the same familiar experience as traditional modular synthesizers.

Besides the front board controllers, there‘s the hidden parameters menu, where even more different, specific functions can be set for the selected module.

Within all of our saved patches Snapshots can be saved. With these we can create and recall in real time even more variations within one patch. We can even morph them into each other

In case anyone feels like changing the mood of the melody by holding on to multiple potmeters at the same time on the Warthog, here’s the Mood Wheels designed for you. You can simultaneously assign multiple parameters to its wheels, or you can morph in between the Snapshots.

Our Warthog is completely compatible with all the standard modular synthesizers. It uses the same V/OCT standard, knows PPQN sync, or TTL level GATE, TRIG and SYNC signals. On the PATCH cables there are the same signals present as on any other modular synthesizers.

To get to the point:

THE ADAMSYNTHS WARTHOG BRINGS A NEW PERSPECTIVE OF THE FUTURE IN THE WORLD OF MODULAR SYNTHESIZERS. Adam Miski Founder of Adamsynths