Ballista Blast

A 12 HP hybrid synthesizer voice: a digital oscillator (16 bits, 48 kHz) with three engines, classic subtractive, wavetables and FM, into an analog chain of filters, distortion and VCA/LPG. Four main knobs, HARMONICS, EMPHASIS, PARAMETER and PITCH, each with its CV input; a built-in envelope (ATTACK, DECAY) assignable with its own depth to the four of them; a randomizer triggered by the gate and a velocity input, both assignable to nine parameters; an OLED screen and its menus; 256 presets recalled by hand, by CV or by Select Bus.

Key features

• Three engines: Classic (seven modes), Wavetables (32 tables of 8 waves), FM (seven algorithms)
• Analog chain: four filter types, VCF tracking, distortion I or II, VCA by envelope, gate or drone
• Built-in AR, AD, ASR or looping envelope, linear or exponential, to HARMONICS, EMPHASIS, PARAMETER and PITCH
• Randomizer and velocity to nine destinations, amounts 0 to 9
• FM/AM input, pitch LOCK as an octave switch, ALT per engine
• 256 presets in 16 banks, PRESET CV input, Select Bus, SD card
• Up to two Ballista Blast Expanders