Octave Cat Synthesizer
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Beskrivelse
Beskrivelse
Cherry Audio’s Octave Cat synthesizer emulerer The CAT duofoniske synthesizer, der blev lanceret af Octave Electronics i 1976. Udviklet i samarbejde med The CAT’s originale designer, bevarer Octave Cat ($49 MAP/$69 List) al growl fra den originale hardwares fede, vilde lyd og replikerer dens aggressive resonante filter. Octave Cat har den fleksible modulation, skrigende audio-range oscillator cross-mod og intense oscillator sync fra den originale hardware og udvider det med øget polyfoni, et robust integreret effektsuite og en alsidig dual-step sequencer.
1976: Året for The CAT
I begyndelsen af 1970'erne var bærbare synthesizere en sjældenhed, og kun et udvalg af musikere kunne betale for de legendariske Minimoog eller ARP Odyssey synthesizere. I erkendelse af dette besluttede en lille gruppe ingeniører i New York, ledet af den brillante 22-årige Carmine Bonanno, at ryste tingene op og skabe overkommelige synthesizere med innovative funktioner, hvilket gav anledning til Octave Electronics.
Med inspiration fra sine egne designs til et modulært system satte Bonanno og hans team sig for at skabe en synthesizer, der ikke kun var tilgængelig for kommende musikere, men som også havde banebrydende funktioner. Resultatet blev The CAT synthesizer — en elegant og nem at programmere monofonisk/duofonisk synthesizer, der tilbød en innovativ kombination af funktioner, herunder cross-mod, konfigurerbar sample and hold, omfattende modulation, dual sub-oscillators, kombinerbare bølgeformer, to typer oscillator sync og et lowpass filter med unikt kraftig resonans.
Endnu mere revolutionerende var introduktionsprisen i 1976 på kun $599 - en game-changer for musikere, der ikke kunne betale for dyrere alternativer. Det fangede også opmærksomheden hos mere velhavende musikere, der roste dens exceptionelle ydeevne og alsidighed. Nogle af de største navne inden for elektronisk musik har brugt The CAT, herunder Devo, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Dave Greenslade, Split Enz (især for keyboard-breaket i deres hitnummer, "I Got You"), og mere for nylig, The Prodigy og The Chemical Brothers.
Features
- All aspects of the original CAT precisely modeled in exacting detail
- Over 300 presets
- Dual Panel Views with an authentic Main view for synthesis controls, and an additional FX/Seq panel with extended features
- Monophonic, duophonic, and polyphonic (up to 16 voices) voice modes
- Unison for mono and duo modes
- Two distinct VCOs with discrete wave, modulation, S+H, and sub octave settings; VCO1 with saw, triangle, and pulse with PWM, and VCO2 with square and saw waveforms
- Vintage-correct four-pole 24 db/oct filter, based on the original “cascaded OTA” SSM2040 filter with precise replication of The CAT’s unique resonance
- Accurate reproduction of the original’s Transient Generators section with two envelope generators: a standard ADSR (attack/decay/sustain/release), and an AR (attack/release)
- Sample and Hold with VCO1, VCO2, or Noise as source, with Glide that slews the voltage steps for smoother transitions
- User-selectable Bend Depth, Octave Shift, and note Glide
- Tempo-syncable LFO with onset delay
- White noise generator
- Classic-style dual-channel, eight-step sequencer, independently assignable to oscillator pitches, filter cutoff frequency and VCA amplitude, with tempo sync, quantization, and keyboard transpose
- Studio-quality integrated effects: distortion with tube and fuzz, 2/4/8/12-stage phaser, flanger/chorus, three syncable delay types, and five reverb types
- Selectable original “Mark I” or later-style “SRM” skin
- Standalone virtual instrument and plug-in versions included
- Channel pressure and polyphonic aftertouch as a polyphonic modulation source
- Support for MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) -- Pitch, Channel Pressure, and Timbre -- making Octave Cat capable of more organic and expressive performances when using MPE-compatible controllers
- Complete MIDI control and DAW automation for all controls, with easy-to-use MIDI learn and mapping
- Cherry Audio’s popular Focus zoom-in feature, as well as standard UI zoom and resize via drag
- Complete documentation available directly online from the instrument or in downloadable PDF format
- User-adjustable oversampling control
- OCTAVE CAT is available in AU, VST, VST3, AAX, and standalone formats.
- macOS Requirements: macOS 10.13 or above. macOS 13 Ventura supported. 64-bit required. Native Apple M1 processor support, including Apple M1 Ultra. 3.4 GHz Quad-Core or M1 CPU with 8GB of RAM recommended.
- Windows Requirements: Windows 7 or above (including Windows 11), 64-bit required. Quad-core computer with 8GB of RAM recommended.
- Hard disk space: 21 MB








