Meet Queen Elmyra. With 8 voices and up to 24 oscillators controlled by touchpads, MIDI or gates, 69 knobs and faders, 96 patch points on the front panel and every single parameter being CV controllable, it’s a veritable behemoth of drone and experimental sounds (and also 8 independent mono synths whenever that’s what you want it to be).
8 wavetable-based voices with up to 3 oscillators per voice
suite of per-voice effects with 2 effect slots per voice
quantised, microtonal and chord modes
analog stereo tube saturation/distortion
analog stereo multimode filter with adjustable resonance flavour by plugging components into the front panel
dozens of stereo effects (delay, reverb, chorus, phaser, filters, distortion and more)
analog and digital effects chain is fully patchable (stereo or dual mono)
every parameter is under CV control (96 patch points)
sequencer per voice
each voice can be turned into a modulation source in various modes
You’ll be able to store the voice and device configuration into several slots.
MIDI does clock, transport, and can control the voices.
The envelopes are analog, but they can be very short and very long (much shorter and longer than Elmyra 2), and also gates can be triggered internally, so e.g. via MIDI or the sequencer.
There will be several MIDI voice distribution modes, like one channel per voice, or round robin.
Regarding MIDI voice distribution, this is something that matters a lot to me, to have a proper random voice allocation, and also different types of round-robin. I like fixed, predictable round-robin more than “smart” voice allocation that deals with the history of previous voices (that can lead to a scrumbled order of the voices). Also a reset function for round-robin is very very welcomed.
I love my Vermona Perfourmer, exactly for this reason. So I guess you’ll be happy with the voice allocation algorithms. If you find anything to be missing, you can always reach out and we can push a firmware update.
I’m no expert, but I believe you’d just have to pay VAT when importing. Actually, Kickstarter should calculate the total for you when you check out, based on your location.
Yeah, the individual voice outputs are 6 Vpp to 8 Vpp both in audio and in mod source mode. And the CV inputs expect around the same. So, a bit lower than some of the voltages in Eurorack, but it should largely be compatible. For output, all voltages can be attenuated with the faders, also in mod source mode.
You’re assuming correctly. It’s far too complex and would just invite trouble. Also, there’s not really a market for kits of that size, not worth it for all the overhead even if it was fairly simple.
