Austrian tech startup company birdkids has announced that it has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its RAVEN, a 100% analog synthesizer voice.
RAVEN combines the simplicity of a performance-friendly, semi-modular synthesizer voice with fully-modular, infinitely flexible, workflow possibilities by assigning Control Voltage I/O’s at (almost) every point in the signal workflow. Each modular component can be seen as a standalone, self-sufficient entity.
RAVEN is about the symbiosis with the individual.
Our goal was to make a musical instrument that responds to your touch in a consistent and affirmative way, yet does not restrict the unique sonic-character and the vibrancy of the synthesizers color palette. To us, analog is about texture, it’s about depth of emotion – it’s the beauty in imperfection. Those are human values, they’re timeless, they enrich our everyday experiences.
The system-architectural idea was about going back to the basics of subtractive, modular synthesis. We wanted to capture the raw, non-linearity and honesty of a 100% analog circuit.
The main engineering challenge of RAVEN was consolidating a highly complex conglomerate of modular, discrete designs into a slim 3U/42HP (Eurorack) form-factor resulting in a uniquely sounding subtractive, semi-modular, high-performance, musical instrument.
RAVEN features
- Dual, wide-range Voltage Controlled Oscillators.
- The original TheBateleur (Ⓡ pending) Voltage Controlled Filter.
- Two Voltage Controlled Amplifier outputs – A high-performance THAT2162 BlackmerⓇ VCA and an Optocoupler VCA reminiscent of legendary West-Coast designs.
You can back the Kickstarter campaign until December 5th, 2018. Pledge rewards include early bird RAVEN units at 40% off MSRP.
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