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Wavetable synthesiser

8-Voice polyphonic
37-Key velocity sensitive keyboard (FATAR TP9 / S) with aftertouch
120 Wavetables divided into 24 banks of 5 morphable waveform sets
28 Static wavetable processors
32 Wavetable oscillators
4 Per voice with 8 types such as Phase Mod (FM), Ring Mod, Amp Mod, Hard Sync
3 Stereo effect processors for delay, reverb, flanger, phaser and chorus
Mod matrix with 8 assignable slots, 4 fixed routings, 11 mod sources and 52 destinations
Programmable arpeggiator with 32 steps
Sequencer with 512 steps (real time)
300 Factory presets + 200 storage spaces for user presets
Keyboard modes: Mono, Poly, Unison 2, Unison 4, Unison 8, Stack 2 and Stack 4
OLED display
4-Axis joystick
Free app (download) for Mac, PC, iOS, Android, VST3 and AU
2 Line outputs: 6.3 mm jack
Line input: 3.5 mm mini jack
Stereo headphone output: 6.3 mm jack
Sync input and output: 3.5 mm mini jack
MIDI input and output
USB (class compliant USB MIDI)
Sustain and expression pedal inputs
Input for external power supply 9V 1.5A
Steel and aluminum housing
Dimensions (W x H x D): 555 x 100 x 300 mm

30 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

3 3-Year Thomann Warranty

available since December 2019

Item number 473936

sales unit 1 piece(s)

Number Of Keys 37

Touch-Sensitive Yes

Aftertouch Yes

Split Zones No

Modulation Wheel No

Number of simultaneous Voices 8

Sound Engine Digital

MIDI interface 1x In, 1x Out, USB

Storage Medium Internal

USB-port Yes

Effects 3x Multieffect Processor

Arpeggiator Yes

Number of Analog Outputs 2

Digital Output No

Display Yes

Pedal Connections 2

Dimensions 560 x 120 x 300 mm

$535

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Just amazing

newtonpix 31.05.2020

There are many synths in the world, who knows which one you will really like the functions as of firmware 2.0 are quite amazing , make your own patches, sequences , sounds, and save them to the machine is easy , record your music to a computer, easy via a mixer or interface, amazing build and sound, as the makers are listening to users , i suspect this will become a trusted tool for composers and performers, plug in a sustain and effects pedal and really get some raw emotion. great keybed ,solid performance , i cant fault it buy one today and dont look back .

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El cravatta 25.03.2023

So, the build quality of this thing is solid, you get a lot of nice features, it's digital but most parameters are accessible by some combination of knobs+buttons and it comes with a lot of goodies (fatar keybed with aftertouch, a nice xy knob, good connectivity).
The wavetables are interesting, they have some character but most of them cannot be modulated easily. Still the sound palette they cover is quite diverse, i think the people at modal did a great job in designing them!
It has been updated quite frequently since i bought this, and every update came with something exciting (new wavetables, filters, effects, etc), although i'm afraid it won't get many more features, since most key+knob combinations are taken :D )
Now, the part i'm less happy about:
1) the synthesis engine is quite shallow and you soon reach a limit in the types of sound you can design. The modulation possibilities are limited (2 lfos with barebone capabilities and shapes, one of them global for all voices + 1 additional mod envelope). You can only do so much with this.

Finally, the encoders: while they are great for many reasons (infinite scrolling, smooth feel and everything).
Problem: they are super delicate, and if they get dirt inside they will lose responsiveness and start behaving sluggish.

Would buy again? Maybe, i would consider the full sized keyboard though to maximize expressivenes.

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Thomann Service Is Great

Wei-Kai 07.02.2022

Shipping to my country was a bit hard, but the price Thomann charged and the speed of their service was incredible.

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Great wavetable synthesiser for an amazing price

electriccbeauty 28.05.2020

Quality sound!
Easy to to understand the the functions.
Only issue I have with the argon 8 is the save feature. Two ways to save, quicksave & normal save, neither of them seem to work for me even though the process of saving is done correctly, which is unfortunate, I can not save anything, unless recorded straight into a computer. Other than this problem, I'd still give it 5 stars it truly is a great synth.

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