Dreadbox Typhon

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Analogue Monophonic Desktop Synthesizer

  • 128 x 64 Display
  • 2 Dreadbox VCOs
  • Analogue VCAs
  • 24 dB Low pass filter
  • 12 Digital DSP effects
  • 32 Step note sequencer
  • 3 Modulators with 4 different modes (LFO, EG, Random, parameter step sequencer) and 14 destinations
  • 2 ADSR envelope generators for VCF and VCA
  • 256 Presets with import / export function
  • Full Midi and CC implementation via standard MIDI socket
  • Audio input: 3.5 mm jack
  • Headphone output: 3.5 mm jack
  • Stereo audio output (L / R): 6.3 mm jack
  • USB (USB MIDI In / Out)
  • MIDI IN / OUT: 5-pin DIN
  • Power supply via standard USB power supply unit (not included, min. 500 mA)
  • Dimensions: 230 x 130 x 60 mm
  • Weight: 1 kg
  • Includes USB A-B cable
Available since July 2020
Item number 496419
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
Design Desktop
Polyphony 1
Sound Generation Analogue
MIDI interface 1x In, 1x Out
Storage Medium None
USB-port Yes
Effects Yes
Arpeggiator No
Number of Analog Outputs 2
Digital Output No
Display Yes
Optional Expansions N/A
Special Features N/A
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Tiny footprint, massive sound.
mononism 26.02.2024
If you can get past the interface which uses sliders in place of pots and the tiny screen, both of which aren't really an issue, then this thing will blow your socks off! It's very deep in application and you can spend ages just noodling around with it.
+ USB powered! Tiny footprint, massive sound, tough build quality, great effects (use it as a send effect for extra fun).
- sequencing can be a pain, maybe something else.
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OK sound, fiddly interface
Hrks 11.11.2021
Had it for about 6 months now. Lacks more hands on control. Expected more punch in the sound. Value is good for a mono synth. Drone and lead/bass sounds are really good. Moog? No. Oberheim? No. A lot of tweaking? Yes. Unique? Yes. Style. Yes Value? Not for me, i think there's way better things on the market for less or equal especially now the prices have gone up. Quality seems good for now.

Edit: Had it for almost 10 months now. Tought i was wrong maybe in regarda the sound and UI, and overall feel. I wasn't. Get's weak when crowded with those 32 bit effects. (Wich per se are ok-ish) But that 32 bit processing... IT SOUNDS WEAK. There, i said it. On paper it's all wow - 32 bits, a new sound era, new sound level. Yeeeah... No. It's not. The whole sound sounds more fragile in the end. Why do that? Yeah, i don't know either.

There are a few really WARM analogue sounds in this one, othera are COLD AGRESSIVE ETHERAL one's. Wich is ok if you like it. I would like it more warm. Because i can do that with a digital synth also. It's still very durable tho and the synthwavey design is very nice! The knobs are very sturdy.
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Good for what it costs, but let's put it in perspective
Jon England 09.11.2022
On the positive side, it's good for what it is, which is a small, sturdy, well built monosynth that's good for ambient and drone sounds in particular, and is a good sounding synth all around. The effects are OK too, not bad, although not comparable to say the Novation Peak. I think Dreadbox need to be acknowledged and praised for making a good monosynth at an accessible price - similar in form factor to, but way cheaper than, say a Moog Minitaur.

Negatives? The screen is tiny to the point of being unusable live. Or indeed even in daylight if your eyesight's Likewise, it's not a DX7, but as someone else pointed out, it has a fiddly interface - the sliders in particular are too small and fiddly for anyone without tiny hands. Also, comparing the Typhon to the Iridium, Argon8M or Wavestate isn't realistic in terms of both the much wider functionality and hands on, direct controls those synths provide - it simply does not compare to them (and arguably, they don't compare with each other, anyway). To claim that is to not know those other synths in any depth, and they are hugely capable - but progressively more costly too, to put it in perspective.

Overall, a good sounding well built synth that does what it does well. Personally though, I'll be selling mine because of the tiny sliders and impractical display.
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Amazing analogue desktop by Dreadbox!
Asterios 11.02.2022
I'm glad about this amazing & affordable new analogue monophonic desktop synth from Greek Dreadbox (I'm Greek, too!)

Dreadbox managed to fit so many things into a mini desktop synth, like
32 Step note sequencer, 12 wonderful digital DSP effects, etc!
It even has a 128 x 64 display where you can manage 256 Presets with import-export function and with the latest firmware update (v.4.1) you can even also have midi & audio over usb!

In a few words, Typhon is an amazing little synth with BIG sound!
Very well done Dreadbox!
Highly recommended! :-)
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