MOTU MX4

MX4 description:

MX4 features a unique, hybrid synthesis engine that combines several forms of synthesis, including subtractive, wavetable, FM, AM and analog emulation. MX4's flexible programming and advanced modulation architecture provide the intimacy of a vintage synth, the flexibility of a modular synth, and the innovation of a virtual synth.

 

MX4's basic synthesis architecture provides:

• 3 oscillators with modulatable waveform symmetry and hard sync.
  • Each of the three oscillators can use a wavetable instead of a standard waveform (Loads supplied).
  • Oscillators 1 and 2 can be synced together.
  < li>Oscillator 3 serves as a frequency modulation (FM) source for other oscillators - or the filter cutoff frequency. Because oscillator 3 includes all waveforms, as well as the wavetable and symmetry features found on the other oscillators, it can produce a wide array of modulation effects that extend from LFO rates into the audible range.
  • In addition to the three oscillators, an independent fundamental-tone oscillator and ring modulator are also included to further extend the oscillator section.
• 2 variable topology multimode filters.
  < li>Two resonant multimode filters (with modulatable overdrive) provide low-pass, high pass, band-pass and notch filters with independent slope specified as 6, 12, 18 or 24dB per octave for a total of 16 different filter types.
  • Both filters can also be stacked, combining them for a total of 48dB per octave.
  • MX4's unique Variable Filter Topology allows users to easily and intuitively arrange the two filters and overdrive in 14 different configurations that produce over 3,000 different filter topologies.
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• 4 variable wave shape LFOs with adjustable symmetry, rate delay, fade and phase.
• 4 ADSHR envelopes.
• All continuously variable parameters, including LFO's and envelopes, can be modulated by many sources, including track automation, MIDI controllers, LFO's & envelopes. They can even be modulated by multiple sources simultaneously.< /li>
• Conversely, each modulation source in MX4 can modulate an unlimited number of destinations simultaneously, with the modulation range independently scaled at each destination.