Mutable Instruments Plaits (Certified Pre-Owned)

Features

16 deep synthesis models

8 synthesis models for pitched sounds

• Two detuned virtual analog oscillators with continuously variable waveforms.
• Variable slope triangle oscillator processed by a waveshaper and wavefolder.
• 2-operator FM with continuously variable feedback path.
• Two independently controllable formants modulated by a variable shape window (VOSIM, Pulsar, Grainlet, Casio CZ-style resonant filter...).
• 24-harmonic additive oscillator.
• Wavetable oscillator with four banks of 8x8 waves, with or without interpolation.
• Chord generator, with divide down string/organ emulation or wavetables.
• A collection of speech synthesis algorithms (formant filter, SAM, LPC), with phoneme control and formant shifting. Several banks of phonemes or segments of words are available.

8 synthesis models for noise and percussions

• Granular sawtooth or sine oscillator, with variable grain density, duration and frequency randomization.
• Clocked noise processed by a variable shape resonant filter.
• 8 layers of dust/particle noise processed by resonators or all-pass filters.
• Extended Karplus-Strong (aka Rings' red mode), excited by bursts of white noise or dust noise.
• Modal resonator (aka Rings' green mode), excited by a mallet or dust noise.
• Analog kick drum emulation (two flavors).
• Analog snare drum emulation (two flavors).
• Analog high-hat emulation (two flavors).

Dual output

• The AUX output carries a variant, sidekick or by-product of the main signal.
• Patch both OUT and AUX to Warps for weird hybridization experiments!

Internal or external modulations

• Dedicated CV input for synthesis model selection. No need to activate a mysterious META mode!
• An internal decay envelope is normalled to the TIMBRE, FM and MORPH CV inputs: the amount of internal modulation is directly adjusted with the attenuverters.

Internal low-pass gate (LPG)

• Dedicated LEVEL CV input controlling the amplitude and brightness of the output signal.
• The internal LPG can also be directly plucked by the trigger input.
• Two parameters of the LPG can be adjusted: amount of low-pass filtering (VCFA to VCA), and response time of the virtual vactrol.

Specifications

• All inputs: 100k impedance, DC to 2kHz.
• FM, MORPH, TIMBRE input range: +/- 8V.
• HARMO and MODEL input range: +/- 5V.
• LEVEL and TRIG input range: 0 to +8V.
• V/OCT input range: -3 to +7V.
• 16-bit CV capture.
• Audio output: 48kHz, 16-bit, DC-coupled.
• Internal processing: 32-bit floating point.