Twisted electrons Acid8 MKII Desktop
Acid8 is a 8 bit step sequencer, hybrid digital/analog acid machine, easy to use.
The heart of Acid8 is an 8-BIT oscillator that can be manipulated to the extreme. You have 16 waveforms to choose from and can even redraw your own! You can apply up to 5 dsp effects at once, invert bits of the digital signal for weird harmonics and effects, link the env mod to pitch for percussive sounds and more!
All signal beyond the oscillator is 100% analog offering a punchy VCA and gritty resonant low pass filter.
The built-in step sequencer has all the functionality you would expect from an acid machine and is very easy to use so you’ll be composing patterns effortlessly.
Edit, copy/paste & randomize patterns in real-time without having to stop the sequencer. 8 levels of swing are available to get your grooves going – swing and waveshape info are stored within the pattern!
16 waveforms (4 editable in software):
- Rectangle: Prophet, Distorted, SID and Perfect Rectangle
- Triangle: NES, Prophet, SID and 3-BIT Triangle
- Saw: Prophet, TB-303, SID and 3-BIT Saw
- Sine: Pure, Overtone Sine, Acoustic Guitar and Piano
- Pulse-Width modulation
- Arpeggiator
- Bit Crushing & Sample Rate Reduction
- Envelope Pitch Modulation
- Bit invert effect
- Slide effect with adjustable speed
ANALOG FILTER
- Cutoff, Resonance and Envelope Modulation knobs
- Accent with depth control knob
SEQUENCER
- 128 Patterns (1 to 16 steps in length)
- 5 Chains (up to 8 patterns)
- Rest, Accent, Slide per step
- Swing (8 levels)
- Tap Tempo
- Pattern Copy/Paste
- Pattern randomizer
- Sync via midi clock or 1/8? jack
- Real time pattern recording (REC MODE)
SOFTWARE EDITOR
- Visual representation and editing of patterns
- Hand draw custom waveforms. Win, Osx, linux. Download V2 here (updated Apr 16 2016)
CONNECTIVITY
- Midi In & Out (2 midi cables provided)
- Sync in & Out
- Audio out
- DC In (power supply suited for your region provided)
- 21cm long X 10cm deep x 4.5cm heigh (including knobs)
- Euroguitar Reference : 73016
