NS1nanosynth – new hacker friendly analog synth
The details on Soundmachines new portable modular analog synthesizer design, the NS1nanaosynth. They describe the NS1nanosynth as ‘A powerful, deep and hacker-friendly blend of a real analog modular synthesizer and an Arduino platform’.
The NS1nanosynth offers the core features of a modular synth:
- a saw core thermally stabilized v/oct VCO,
- a 12db lowpass and bandpass VCF,
- two LFOs,
- one loopable ADSR envelope,
- a standard VCA,
- two twistable attenuators,
- two pot controllers, and
- more than a dozen “micro” modules, like mixers, mul@ples, sample and hold, sum/sub blocks, inverters, logic or, and, nand, analog dividers, clock dividers, fixed voltage generators and several ‘sensor blocks’.
In addition to the analog elements, the NS1nanosynth features an Arduino Leonardo – a standard processor with native USB connectivity, which gives the tiny modular USB MIDI support and more. The NS1nanosynth is expected to be available by the end of October, 2015, for US $219 and 180€+VAT. Additional accessories, including a metal case and experimenter kit, are also planned.


