Introducing the Foundation

Price: $1695 / Availability: TBA

The Foundation is a fully modular, eurorack, analog synthesizer.  A patchable system styled after the great monosynths of the past with no hardwired signal path or fixed voice architecture to restrict creativity.  Driven by two wide range analog oscillators the Foundation produces a huge, warm sound that can't be matched by digital or VST synths.  All of the elements of a classic voltage controlled synthesizer are available as an open, patchable, modern synth.  Check out the Foundation page for more information.

Introducing the LFO2 and ADSR

The LFO2 and ADSR are the last two modules in the Foundation line.  They are the missing links to our full voice. 

The LFO2 is a basic dual LFO module.  It uses two different types of low frequency oscillator circuits to provide a variety of modulation options.

The ADSR module is a very flexible envelope generator.  Two separate ranges allow for everything from tight hits to slow evolving soundscapes.

Take a look at the individual module pages for more information.

Pittsburgh Modular VC Bend Introduction Video

This is the latest in a series of short videos that will showcase our modules.  They are meant to be a quick introduction to the layout, sound, features, and unique capabilites of each one of our products.

Introducing the Filter

Filter

Availability: TBA

Price: $199

The Filter is a voltage controlled, analog, state variable filter designed by Pittsburgh native and electronics experimenter Michael Johnsen.  The state variable topology was chosen because it allowed us to produce a very smooth and natural sounding filter, in addition to offering several other modes of operation, each with a unique sound and energy all their own.

There Is No Sweet Spot 
This Filter defines the sound of Pittsburgh Modular.  It offers a warm, organic sweep through the full frequency range.  The lowpass filter is gummy and relaxed while the highpass is clean and defined. The goal was to produce a filter that did not have a sweet spot; where the every turn of the frequency knob produced something interesting.

View the Filter product page.

Introducing the Fragments Generator

Fragments Generator

Availability: TBA

Price: TBA

The "Fragments" are a set of pings, or short bursts of sound created by a trio of Twin-T filters.  The Twin-T filter circuit was used by some classic analog drum machines to create percussion sounds. Realistic tom-toms, congas, and kick drums can all be made using this method. The Twin-T filters included in the Fragments Generator have been adapted and optimized for a specific purpose.  The idea was to create an analogue method of generating sounds at the level of individual "grains" or "fragments" similar to a traditional digital Granular synthesizer. By approaching the process from another angle we have come up with an entirely new sub-genre of synthesis.

The sound produced by the basic Twin-T filter is quite close to the idealized grain, a decaying sine-like waveform that can easily be varied in amplitude, frequency, and position.  Typically, the Twin-T filter produces a single sound up to a few times a second.   What would happen if that occured a thousand or more times per second?  The Fragments Generator creates a constant tone that consists of overlapping and interacting fragments which can be manipulated in a number of ways.

The "Fragments" are a set of pings, or short bursts of sound created by a trio of Twin-T filters.  The Twin-T filter circuit was used by some classic analog drum machines to create percussion sounds. Realistic tom-toms, congas, and kick drums can all be made using this method. The Twin-T filters included in the Fragments Generator have been adapted and optimized for a specific purpose.  The idea was to create an analogue method of generating sounds at the level of individual "grains" or "fragments" similar to a traditional digital Granular synthesizer. By approaching the process from another angle we have come up with an entirely new sub-genre of synthesis.

View the Fragments Generator product page.

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