Arturia announces the Origin Keyboard which combines their upcomming hardware synth Origin and a smart keyboard.
Features :
* • Create your own patch by combining innovative modules and modules extracted from the Minimoog, the CS-80, the ARP 2600, the Moog Modular and the Prophet VS.
* Use template patches: an Origin audio structure made by connecting independent modules, or the minimoog, the ARP 2600, the CS-80, the Moog Modular.
* • Up to 32 voices of polyphony for a typical patch
* More than 500 presets created by talented musicians and synthesizer specialists
* Superb audio quality with TAE® engine. 24 bits/96 kHz supported.
* Origin lets you open dedicated software on your Mac and PC and use it as an AU or VST plug-in. All the sounds are calculated on the machine while you work on your computer, as you would do with a native application.
* Analog: 2 audio ins, 10 audio outs. Digital: SPDIF out, USB 2.0
* • Large selection of effects: Phaser, Chorus, Delay, FX Reverb, Distortion, Param Eq, Compressor,Bitcrusher,...
* • 16/32 step sequencer
* Innovative Macro, Advanced LFO, Advanced modulation modes, Advanced Joysick modes,...
* MIDI : In, Out, Thru or USB 2
* • High Level of Control:
o ultra sensitive 40cm ribbon controller
o high quality light-weighted 61 keys keyboard, with velocity response and aftertouch
o Modulation and pitch-bend wheels, 3-mode Joystick, 55 potentiometers, 46 encoders, 64 switches
* Ergonomic design
o Self adjustable front panel, from 0° to 135°, giving you total setup flexibility.
o 5.2" TFT screen for clear visual feedback.
o complete mobile solution, offering everything you need to perform your sounds in a single, easily transportable cabinet.
* • Unique Origin Sound Engine
o Modular system coming with more than 80 modules, some new, some excerpted from legendary synthesizers from the past.
o Accessible as a plug-in within the main sequencer programs.
o All sounds are totally editable on the Hardware but also editable through the Origin Software application.
Origin Keyboard is expected to be released on December 2007 at a retail price of $3499 / 2999 €.
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