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Modal Electronics Cobalt 5S Virtual Analogue Synthesizer

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Modal Electronics Cobalt 5S Virtual Analogue Synthesizer
Product no: 9000-0085-4083 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

So compact, you might think it's a backpack-sized MIDI keyboard, but no: the Modal Electronics Cobalt 5S is an extensive, fully fledged virtual analogue synthesizer rammed with potential and dripping with pure class. This mini-synth has a polyphony of five to support chords as well as leads, and while most virtual-analogue synthesizers only offers up two or maybe three oscillators per voice, the Cobalt kits you out with the thick and satisfyingly rich sound of eight virtual-analogue oscillators per voice.

The Modal Electronics Cobalt5

Since this itty-bitty-beast of a synth bears the name 'Cobalt', it also bears some of the features introduced with other Cobalt models, including the mass of sound-shaping options supplied by a stack of forty algorithms and an extensive filter. Fully future-proofed, this edition also comes with MPE support, so keystrokes can be distributed across different MIDI tracks and each note can be assigned its own controllers - like pitch-bend. When it comes to pitch bend and modulation control, an X/Y/Z-pad has been planted on the left of the keyboard, replacing the more traditional joystick, and the keyboard aftertouch, pad function, and various other modulators can be freely applied to the modulation matrix.

Potent & Portable

Is that everything? Heck no! This potent little sound-design tool comes with two effects processors for chorus and stereo delay, so if you're wondering if it can get any fatter than eight oscillators per voice - it can. On top of that, full support for the free MODAL app for macOS, Windows, OS, iPadOS, Android, VST3 and AU is offered - ideal for deep-diving sonic sculpting on the fly as well as in the studio and at home. In short, this is a rafter-packed and fully portable synthesizer that presents a small mountain of potential for an insanely reasonable price.

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Specifications

Product features

19-inch rack size	not applicable
Number of keys	37
Arpeggiator/sequencer	arpeggiator, sequencer
Audio via USB	no
Control	sustain (input), aftertouch, X/Y pad
Sustainable product	not specified
Synthesizer inputs	none
Sound source	virtual analogue
MIDI & other	MIDI in, MIDI out, MIDI over USB, clock in/out
Synthesizer options	extensive
Synthesizer outputs	line out jack, headphone
Polyphony	5
Synthesizer kind	standard
Type of keys	mini keys
Vintage remake	no
Synthesizer type	keyboard
Difficulty level	intermediate

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	3,0 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	66,5 x 20,3 x 10,2 cm

Product specifications

Modal Electronics Cobalt 5S
virtual analogue synthesizer
polyphony: 5
8x oscillators per voice
oscillator algorithms:
- VA Sweep, VA Crushed
- Spread Saw, Spread Square, Spread Triangle
- PWM, PWM Dual, PWM Triangle / Square, PWM Saw Eraser, PWM Triangle Pinch
- Hard Sync Saw, Hard Sync Square, Hard Sync Triangle
- Fractal Saw, Fractal Square, Fractal Triangle
- Reverse Saw, Reverse Square, Reverse Triangle
- Window Amp Sync
- Metal Saw, Metal Square, Metal Triangle
- Ring Mod Saw, Ring Mod Square, Ring Mod Triangle, Ring Mod Triangle / Square, Ring Mod Saw / Square, Ring Mod Saw / Triangle
- Chaos Saw, Chaos Square, Chaos Triangle
- Fold Triangle
- Filtered Noise
- FM Saw:Square, FM Square:Square, FM Tri:Square
- Noise AM Saw, Noise AM Square, Noise AM Tri
filter: 24dB with four configurations
3x envelope
2x LFO
modulation matrix with 8 slots
effects: chorus, delay
MPE
free MODAL app software for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android, also works within a DAW as VST3/AU
dimensions: 566 x 162 x 57mm
weight: 2.4 kg

Description	Type	Language	Extension
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manual	Manual	English

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