The MonoWave is a

monophonic Monaural or monophonic sound reproduction (often shortened to mono) is sound intended to be heard as if it were emanating from one position. This contrasts with stereophonic sound or ''stereo'', which uses two separate audio channels to reproduc ...

2U 19" rack

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis ...

by Modulus Electronics, UK. Bob Moog signed monoWave lid

History

This synth was first shown in 2001 by its inventor Paula Maddox on a PPG user/fan meeting. Because its attraction to some synthesizer players at the event, the project was started with 5 beta-test units to test the software and hardware. By spring 2002. the serial production of a 25-piece limited run started. About a year later, all units were sold. Late in 2005, after many attempts at designing new products, Paula decided to close Modulus Electronics and its website (modulus-music.com). In order that people could still enjoy the Monowave, she worked with Elby Designs to create a kit version of the monowave offering the same features. The

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was released at the same time under the

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license, in the hope that others would continue to develop its features.

Features

It features two

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oscillators Oscillation is the repetitive or periodic variation, typically in time, of some measure about a central value (often a point of equilibrium) or between two or more different states. Familiar examples of oscillation include a swinging pendulum ...

with 256 different single-cycle waveshapes selectable individually. There is also a unique de-res, a function to lower the digital waveshapes' sample resolution, to give a sound very much like the famous German

PPG wave The PPG Wave is a series of synthesizers built by the German company Palm Products GmbH from 1981 to 1987. Background Until the early 1980s, the tonal palette of commercial synthesizers was limited to that which could be obtained by combining ...

synthesizers from the eighties. The signal of these oscillators and their suboctave signals are mixed together and then feed in the pure analog part of the synth, a Moog-style 24 dB transistor-ladder lowpass filter and a VCA. Both of them are controlled by their own

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. Depending on the installed operating system version, it may either have an arpeggiator or a MIDI-velocity to wavenumber function. The MonoWave has no patch memory. It can be played via

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by sequencers or MIDI

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External links

* http://www.modalelectronics.com - Paula Maddox's new company Modal Electronics. * http://www.till-kopper.de/monowave.html - bi-language page by a MonoWave user, manuals author and beta-tester. * https://web.archive.org/web/20060825221305/http://www.elby-designs.com/monowave/monowave-about.htm - Monowave kit at Elby Designs. Synthesizers