Twisted Electrons Acid8 MKII hybrid synthesizer

Twisted Electrons Acid8 MKII hybrid synthesizer
Product no: 9000-0033-5161 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

Twisted Electrons' Acid8 MKII is a hybrid digital and analogue synthesizer controlled by a powerful step sequencer. It has no fewer than 16 waveforms to choose from and an 8-bit oscillator at its heart that can be manipulated to the extreme. Up to 5 DSP effects can be applied at once and you can invert bits of the digital signal to create crazy harmonics and effects. The envelope modulation can be linked to pitch for percusssive sounds and more.

Acid8 MKII

All signals beyond the oscillator are fully analogue with punchy VCA and a gritty resonant low pass filter. The step sequencer is easy to use and offers all of the functionality you'd expect to find. It's possible to make changes in real time without having to stop the sequencer first and you can easily connect different patterns together to create full-length songs.

Digital and analogue

For more comprehensive editing, you can connect your Acid8 MKII to a computer. Then, you'll be able to adjust waveforms and effects using software that's free to download. The synth is equipped with MIDI and sync inputs and outputs as well as an audio output making it easy to incorporate into your existing setup and it comes complete with a power adapter.

Tips or comments about this product

included: power adapter and adapter cables for MIDI connectors

Specifications

Product features

Sustainable product	not specified
Synthesizer kind	standard
Synthesizer options	simple
Difficulty level	easy
Vintage remake	no
Sound source	hybrid
Number of keys	12
Arpeggiator/sequencer	arpeggiator, sequencer
19-inch rack size	not applicable
Synthesizer type	desktop module
Type of keys	not applicable
Synthesizer inputs	none
Synthesizer outputs	line out jack
MIDI & other	MIDI in, MIDI out, CV/gate in, CV/gate out
Audio via USB	no
Control	none
Polyphony	1

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	690 gr
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	26,0 x 17,5 x 11,0 cm

Product specifications

Twisted Electrons Acid8 MKII
hybrid synthesizer: digital and analogue
7 knobs
1 rotary encoder
22 buttons
40 white LEDs
8-bit oscillator
16 waveforms (4 software editable):
- 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 and sample rate reduction
envelope pitch modulation
bit invert effect
analogue filter:
- cutoff, resonance and envelope modulation knobs
- accent with depth control knobs
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
- 5 favourite pattern slots for fast store/recall
- sync via MIDI clock or mini jack connector
software editor:
- visual representation and editing of patterns
- hand draw custom waveforms
connectors:
- MIDI in & out
- sync in & out
- audio out: mono mini jack
- DC in (adapter included)
dimensions: 22 x 10 x 4 cm
included: power adapter and adapter cables for MIDI connectors

Description	Type	Language	Extension
Twisted Electrons Acid8 MKII Manual (EN)	Manual	English
Twisted Electrons Acid8 MKII Cheat Sheet	Image	Unknown

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Sustainable product	not specified
Synthesizer kind	experimental
Synthesizer options	simple
Difficulty level	easy
Vintage remake	no
sound source	virtual analogue
Number of keys	none
Arpeggiator/sequencer	arpeggiator, sequencer
19-inch rack size	not applicable

Synthesizer type	desktop module
type of keys	not applicable
synthesizer inputs	none
synthesizer outputs	line out jack
MIDI & other	MIDI in
Audio via USB	no
control	none
Polyphony	120