ANTS! Semi-Modular Analog Synth Ready

Plankton Electronics are taking orders for the desktop patchable synth   15-May-17

We brought you the initial news of Plankton Electronics' ANTS! when its Kickstarter campaign got underway last December, now the company tells us that the semi-modular analog synthesizer in a desktop format is ready and available for pre-order and will be shipping soon. They have also posted the video above which shows it in action.

A spokesperson told us, "ANTS! is a semi-modular analog synthesizer in a desktop format. Pure analogue sound with more than 50 patch points, 19 knobs, thousands of combinations and infinite possibilities of modulation."

MAIN
27 INPUTS, 24 OUTPUTS
ANALOG CIRCUITRY
EURORACK FRIENDLY (VOLTAGE)

MODULES
2 LFOs
4 OSCs (2 switchable to LFO)
MIDI TO CV
AND LOGIC GATE
SAMPLE AND HOLD
2 VCAs
WHITE NOISE GENERATOR
LP/HP VOLTAGE CONTROLLED FILTER
1 TRIGGERED A/D ENVELOPE
1 GATED A/S/R ENVELOPE
1 MIXER WITH ATTENUVERTERs

POWER
12Vac 1A
INCLUDED POWER SUPPLY

MATERIALS
ROLLED STEEL CASE
PLASTIC SIDE COVERS
FR4 PANEL
SOFT-TOUCH KNOBS

LFOS
+/-4V OUTPUTS
TRIANGLE CORE
TRIANGLE, SINE AND SQUARE WAVES
RANGE: 19SEC – 30HZ
'SYNC IN' ON LFO·X

OSCILLATORS
V/OCT INPUTS
+/-4V OUTPUTS
TRIANGLE CORE
TRIANGLE, SINE, SQUARE, SAWTOOTH
AND PW WAVES
'SYNC IN' OSC·Y
2 SWITCHABLE TO LFO
PWM IN ON XTOSC·X
PWM KNOB ON XTOSC·Y

MIXER
3 INPUT
2 ATTENUVERTERS

AD ENV1
TRIGGERED ENVELOPE
MANUAL CONTROL
'TRIG IN'
ATTACK: 0.9msec – 1sec
DECAY: 3msec – 5ec

ASR ENV2
GATED ENVELOPE
MANUAL CONTROL
'GATE IN'
ATTACK: 5msec – 10sec
RELEASE: 1msec – 4Sec

MIDI TO CV
1-8 CHANNEL SELECT
GATE OUT (NOTE ON)
CV (NOTE) OUT
CV2 OUT (2nd NOTE OR VELOCITY)

VCF
RESONANT ANALOG FILTER
HIGH PASS / LOW PASS
2 INPUT MIXER WITH DISTORTION
VOLTAGE CONTROLLED FREQUENCY

VCAS
2 Voltage Controlled Amplifiers
'BASE' and 'VOLUME' ON VCA1

AND GATE
2 INPUT LOGIC GATE
0 TO 5V



Pricing and Availability:
€490.00 Exc VAT

More information:

• ANTS!