Introduction

The Malström is a polyphonic synthesizer with a great number of different routing possibilities. It is based on the concept of what we call "Graintable Synthesis", and is ideally suited for producing swirling, sharp, distorted, abstract special effect types of synthesizer sounds. In fact, you could go so far as to say that the Malström can produce sounds quite unlike anything you've ever heard from a synthesizer.

The following are the basic features of the Malström:

Two Oscillators, based on Graintable Synthesis.

Two Modulators, featuring tempo sync and one-shot options.

Two Filters and one Shaper.

A number of different filter modes in combination with several routing options and a Waveshaper makes it possible to create truly astounding filter effects.

Three Envelope generators.

There is one amplitude envelope for each oscillator and a common envelope for both filters.

Polyphony of up to 16 voices.

Velocity and Modulation control.

A number of CV/Gate Modulation possibilities.

A variety of Audio Input/Output options.

You can for instance connect external audio sources for input to the Malström, and you can also control its output.Loading and saving Patches is described in the chapter "Working with Patches" in the Getting Started book.