Three New Compact Synthesizers Coming ‘Soon’
Developer Andrew John March – who last year ran a crowd-funding campaign for his MOSS-101 synthesizer – has announced that he plans to introduce three new synthesizers in his M0SS line of compact synths:
- The M0SS-201 is a ‘West Coast’ synth, which takes some inspiration from the Buchla Easel. March says that the monosynth is “packed with features that will inspire experimentation into advanced synthesis”. It includes a custom generative random sequencer, a complex oscillator, and an eight-stage wavefolder.
- The M0SS-309 is a hybrid of some classic polysynths from the 70s and 80s. It features 9 voices of polyphony, with 2 oscillators, a resonant filter and 2 envelopes per voice. Advanced features like FM and hard sync open up a huge pallet of textures. It also offers a suite of master FX, including chorus, reverb and delay.
- The M0SS-416 is a 6 operator FM synth, based on the Yamaha DX7. Unlike the DX7, the M0SS-416 has a labeled physical interface for each parameter, so you can design or modify sounds in real time without ever looking at a screen or diving through a menu system. It is fully compatible with DX7 .sys files, so you can load any DX7 patch you might have in your collection using the included internal SD card, or over MIDI SYSEX.
The line of instruments is designed to pack the power of an advanced synth into a tiny, rugged enclosure, while maintaining immediacy and ease of programming.
March plans to fund production of the new synths via a Kickstarter project, which will be launching ‘soon’. Details are still to come.
