This monster synth from Waldorf could be one of the biggest we've ever heard in terms of its power and feature set. We got a chance to demo it at NAMM 2019.
KYRA is a 128 voice, 10 oscillator-per-voice virtual analogue synthesizer. It’s 8 part multi-timbral and the oscillators are in two groups of 5 for a total of 1280 actual oscillators. It's an absolute monster of a synth, and even lets you recreate some of the classic Waldorf synth sounds that we know and love. We got a hands-on tour of the synth at NAMM 2019, which you can check out here!
Other features:
Over 3000 wavetables to select from and they are oversampled by the FPGA engine with no aliasing
Hypersaw mode which sets all oscillators to sawtooth with spread and detuning
3 LFO’s per part that run wavetable shapes
Dual analogue modelled ladder filters that can be used separately or together
3 envelope generators - one for the filter, one for the amplifier
A 9-algorithm 6-part DSP effects section
6-slot modulation matrix with 3 destinations for each source
Hollin Jones was classically trained as a piano player but found the lure of blues and jazz too much to resist. Graduating from bands to composition then production, he relishes the chance to play anything with keys.
A sometime lecturer in videographics, music production and photography post production, Hollin has been a freelance writer on music technology and Apple topics for well over a decade, along the way publishing several books on audio software. He has been lead writer at a number of prominent music and technology publications.
As well as consultancy, full-time journalism, video production and professional photography, he occasionally plays Hammond, Rhodes and other keys for people who ask nicely.
Hollin is Contributing Editor at Ask.Audio.
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