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Chimera Synthesis | bC16 Patchable Synthesizer |
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Description | A little modular at an unbeatable price! Yes, it's a real analog modular with real patch points. The bC16 can be cryptic at first, with no printed layout to describe the functions of the knobs, no description of the 25 patch points and just three blinking lights. But that's the whole of the bC16-experimentation. You can try just about any connection point with one of the ten provided 2mm mini banana patch cords. After a while you get very accustomed to this micro-modular. With 1 ADSR, 1 LFO, 1 VCA, and 1 VCO (actually two linked VCO's) you can't really lose yourself. For its bargain price it's also a very good contender for use with other modular or semi-modular systems to add flexibility to them. The bC16 is battery powered via six AAA batteries or by an external 9 to 12v source. The linked oscillator is a very clever way to have two oscillators without another bundle of knobs. One VCO knob can adjust how detuned they are while another knob selects which waveform you want for both, or in some combination. Because the bC16 is battery powered, the VCO responds to a unique 0.586v/octave (5v/8.5 octave=0.586v/octave) control voltage signal. All the other modules respond to a more typical +/- 5v signal. The headphone amp is very noisy, though you can get around that when recording by using a mini-banana adapter to use the direct output of the voltage-controlled amp. While it can do some basic synth applications, its main strength is to provide a powerful array of synth-FX sounds. Because of the ability of the synth to run by itself, you don't necessarily need a MIDI connection to make sounds with this tiny modular. And there's a lot of fun to be had with it-keep your sampler handy to sample whatever weird sounds you may find. For its price, it's a great and versatile device, which you can learn from without costing yourself an arm and a leg. |
| Brand | Chimera Synthesis |
| Model | bC16 Patchable Synthesizer |
| Device | Synth |
| Type | Desktop |
| Engine Type | Modular |
| Engine | VCO |
| Voices (max) | 1 |
| Oscillators | 1 |
| LFO | 2 linked LFO's with a host of modulation possibilties and waveshapes |
| Engine Detailed | 2 linked analog VCOs, Waveforms - sine, triangle, sawtooth and square wave (with adjustable duty cycle) |
| Filter (VCF) | 24dB/oct discrete ladder analog filter with Resonance and Cutoff knobs |
| Envelope (VCA) | 1 voltage-controlled amplifier with ADSR eg. |
| Arpeggiator | rising, falling, rising/falling, ordered. Via internal clock or MIDI clock. |
| Keys | 0 |
| Key type | N/A |
| Velocity | N/A |
| Aftertouch | N/A |
| Midi | I |
| CV-gate | CV/GATE |
| Produced: | 2008 - 2008 |
| Legend: | Obvious | Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable | |
| VCO | Voltage Controlled Oscillator | DCO | Digital Controlled Oscillator |
| LFO | Low Frequency Oscillator | Sub | Sub Oscillator |
| VCF | Voltage Controlled Filter | VCA | Voltage Controlled Amplifier |
| Velocity | As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key. | Aftertouch | Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel. |
| Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise. | |||
