Befaco Oneiroi, All-In-One Eurorack Synth Voice For Ambient and Drone Music
Ahead of Superbooth 2024, being held May 16-18 in Berlin, Befaco has introduced Oneiroi, a live performance-oriented digital synth that they say is designed for ambient pads and drone-like soundscapes.
The name comes from Greek mythology. Oneiroi are dark-winged creatures that, each night, emerge from their cave to deliver dreams and nightmares.
The Befaco Oneiroi features a full stereo signal path: Stereo input, 2 oscillators , 4 effects, and a looper. It also includes LFO self-modulation and a randomizer.
Oneiroi Video Demo:
Features:
- Powered by the latest OWL revision (mk3), with 24-bit 48 kHz stereo audio (32-bit internal processing)
- Stereo input with three switchable gain levels and a two-coloured LED for monitoring
- Stereo output
- 5-second looper with continuous speed control (from 2x in reverse direction to 2x in forward direction) and pre and post looping selector.
- Sine oscillator
- Stereo Supersaw oscillator with detune control, inspired by the JP-8000
- 2048-sample dynamic wavetable oscillator (aliased) that uses the looper buffer, with offset control
- Single v/oct input for the three oscillators and unison control
- Filtering unit with four different types: low-pass, band-pass, high-pass, and comb filter. The filter can be freely positioned along the effects chain
- 3-band resonator with tune and feedback controls
- A 2-tap echo with controls over time and density
- Reverb with macro control for size, filtering, and direction
- Eight short-throw faders for controlling volumes (exponential) and effects amount (constant power), with relative CV inputs
- Eight CV controls for the primary parameters, four of them can be dynamically assigned to the secondary ones as well
- Possibility to record either the stereo input or the module’s output
- Various types of self-modulation with configurable routing and control over level and speed
- External synchronization via sync input (supported clock speed from 30 BPM to 300 BPM)
- Powerful randomizer with four different targets, three levels of intensity and undo/redo
- Soft take-over functionality for re-coupling parameters’ positions and values after randomization, with LEDs for showing where the value is in relation to the position of the control.
Oneiroi is expected to be available in early summer, with an estimated price of 400€+TAX for the assembled unit.
