Pittsburgh Modular Introduces Lifeforms SV-2 Analog Synthesizer
Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV-2 is a new standalone analog synthesizer keyboard, built around a predefined signal path that can be expanded through an 84-point patch bay and a 24hp Eurorack expansion bay.
The SV-2 synthesis architecture includes two Thru-Zero Triangle Core oscillators, dual Pittsburgh state-variable filters, two LFOs, dual ADSR envelopes, dual VCAs, a sub-oscillator, analog noise, multiple saturation and overdrive stages, and spring reverb.
The SV-2 supports monophonic, paraphonic and fully duophonic operation, and includes a 37-key keyboard with pitch and modulation wheels.
Features:
- Two Thru-Zero Triangle Core oscillators
- Pulse Symmetry, Blade, Sine, Triangle, Saw and Random oscillator waveforms
- Thru-Zero FM, Phase Modulation, Linear FM and Hard Sync
- Two voltage-controlled Triangle Core LFOs with Triangle, Saw and Square waveforms
- LFO Linear FM, Reset, high/low range modes and audio-rate operation
- Square-wave sub-oscillator with minus-one and minus-two octave outputs
- Analog white noise generator
- Two Pittsburgh state-variable multimode filters
- Highpass, Bandpass, Lowpass, Combo and Random filter responses
- Warped and Warped and Rectified filter Character modes
- Dual filter cutoff-frequency modulation inputs
- Variable filter overdrive with up to 5x boost or 15 dB of gain
- Six independent saturation and overdrive stages distributed through the signal path
- Dual mixer with switchable saturation points
- Variable preamp with up to 30x boost or 28 dB of gain
- Two pre-filter variable overdrive stages
- Spring reverb with tonal-tilt EQ, controllable feedback and preamp saturation
- Monophonic, one-button paraphonic and patchable full-duophonic voicing
- Complex arpeggiator with multiple response modes, octave settings and random functions
- Two analog ADSR envelope generators with selectable response curves and range modes
- Two independent VCAs
- Fully patchable sample-and-hold circuit with analog white noise
- Two-channel audio or CV mixer and signal splitter
- Digital modulation tool with manual control, clock-synchronized LFO, decay envelope and random-level controllers
- Custom 37-key keyboard with pitch and modulation wheels
- 84-point patch bay
- 24hp Eurorack expansion bay with three power headers
- Internally defined signal path that can be used without patch cables
- Firmware update support and downloadable user documentation
The Lifeforms SV-2 is available now for $1,499.99 USD.
