Fracture

WMD's multi-particle percussion synthesizer: clap circuits taken into granular synthesis, a pseudorandom particle oscillator firing a 22-voice player of micro-samples, from drum machine claps to full audience applause. True stereo. On WMD's site since January 2018; sold in a black and a silver panel.

Key features

• SURFACE chooses among 23 particle types: drum sticks, ping pong balls, toggle switches, claps, snaps
• DENSITY sets the particle rate; DECAY the length of the burst; SPREAD spreads pitch and panning
• TAIL switch: the decay acts on amplitude, on amplitude and probability, or on probability alone
• PUNCH switch: a bandpass filter set by FREQ, the same with pitch, or a parallel bandpass
• REVERB from room to hall; TRIG, TICK (a single particle), PITCH, INF for an endless particle cloud, and the button
• Stereo outputs OUT L and OUT R; CV for each knob, summed, full sweep 5 V; output 20 Vpp, 1.0 ms latency at most