Crater

WMD's hybrid kick drum: an analog triangle-core oscillator with its own pitch envelope gives the body, a digital click engine gives the attack, and a saturation stage and a three-position diode clipper finish the hit. Shipping since December 2019.

Key features

• Analog kick oscillator, 1V/oct tracking, pitch from 5 Hz to 100 Hz
• Pitch envelope (PITCH DECAY, AMOUNT), from snappy attacks to long disco toms
• SUSTAIN: the kick holds its level while the gate is high, for sequenced kick lengths and basslines
• Digital click engine: 14 sampled clicks with a noise tail (CLICK TIMBRE, CLICK DECAY, CLICK LEVEL)
• SATURATION CV input and a three-position diode CLIPPING switch: off, restricted, full
• TRIGGER and ACCENT inputs, CV inputs for decay, click timbre and click level