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NF-1

NF-1

BrandModor Music
DesignerMarcel Belmans
FunctionSynthesizer
Produced2015
CountryBelgium
Form Factor19" Rackmount
Signal PathDigital Hardware (including Analog Connections)
DimensionsWidth: 440mm without rack ears, 480mm with rack ears (19"), Height: 267mm (10.5"/ 6U), Depth: 40mm (front) - 80mm (back),
OSC (3 identical fully independent oscillators, 10 waveforms: SAW: pulse width modulation sawtooth wave, SQU: pulse width modulation pulse wave, TRI: pulse width modulation triangle wave, SYNC: sounding like a oscillator-synced wave, ADD: additive harmonics, SONAR: resonant bandpass filtered noise, WIND: wind instrument noise, ARC: arcade game style noise, FM: sinus FM pair, FBFM: feedback sinus FM pair)
FILTER (12dB/oct resonant filter switchable as lowpass, hipass, bandpass or bandstop (notch), Formant filter with 3 morphing vowels, 10 vowel presets and user controllable formant frequencies)
MODULATION (4 3-stage envelopes, 3 level settings and 4 time settings, 2 switchable LFO's with TRI/SAW/SQU/SIN waveforms, 1 TRI-LFO connected to modwheel, 1 random S&H with lowpass option, Modulation matrix with 7 user-defineable modulation wires, 19 source signals, 86 destination parameters)
EFFECTS ('Comb filter' effect section to create chorus, flanger, ... effects, Delay effect section to create echo effects, All parameters can be set independently and are modulatable)
POLYPHONY (8 voices, Poly, Mono and Mono-legato modes)
MEMORY (448 patches, 14 banks [A-N] of 32 patches, All factory presets overwritable)
CONNECTIONS (9V, 600mA adapter connection, positive voltage on center pin, MIDI IN/THRU/OUT connections, 3x 5-pin DIN connection, Audio Left and Right outputs, 6.35mm mono jack, Sustain switch, 6.35mm mono jack, Volume/modulation pedal, 6.35mm stereo jack)
CONTROLS (42 rotary knobs, 20 pushbuttons, 1 rotary encoder, 1 Power switch/volume knob)
DISPLAY (16x2 green backlit LCD display)
MIDI (Full realtime MIDI control of all sound parameters, Pitch Bend, Modwheel (CTRL#1), Expression pedal (CTRL#7), Velocity and Aftertouch can be used as modulation sources)
RACKMOUNTABLE (Height: 6 rackunits, Recessed backside connections to ease rack mounting (no lost rackspace above), Rack mounting ears included)
Channels8 Voice
LinksMODOR
NotesYES, IT'S DIGITAL AND WE'RE PROUD OF IT! WE ARE MAKING A VERY HANDS-ON, GROUNDBREAKING NEW SYNTH HAVING PLENTY OF KNOBS AND SWITCHES TO SHAPE ANY SOUND PARAMETER THATS IN IT. NOTHING TO LOOK UP IN MENUS! The Modor NF-1 synth is a digital DSP synth very comparable to the classic Virtual Analog synths, but Modor is moving further on from this point. We use the classic structure of VA-synths, with oscillators, filters and effects, with parameters that can be modulated using LFO's and envelopes. But every element has been rethought and reinvented. In a digital way. The NF-1 has a classic 12dB/oct resonant filter, but we are also giving it a versatile formant filter, never seen in hardware before! It does make classic sawtooth waves, but we're also including a lot of other brand new modulatable noisy waveforms! It has a classic delay effect, but we make every parameter editable to give way to special unexpected effect types! And so on...