Not only on the outside did he gain weight, also his inner qualities have seen a remarkable step-up: besides the virtual-analog synthesis and the classic wavetables it now sports a whopping 60 megabytes of sample memory.

Extended information

Just imagine to add a vocal-like noise spectrum to a typical Wavetable pad, spice-up a virtual-analog solo sound with a strong attack sample or just process any other sample with the countless oscillator and filter modulations.

Play your sound creations on the high-quality keyboard with velocity and aftertouch. Pitchbend and modulation wheel are at your disposal and, as a matter of course, you can connect a sustain pedal.

All this is packaged in a sleek metal enclosure with a big graphic display, endless stainless steel rotaries and an internal power supply.

Technical specifications

* 60 MB Sample memory
* Virtual analog, Wavetable and sample-based Oscillators
* high-quality semi-weighted keyboard with 49 keys, velocity and aftertouch
* internal power supply (100-240V, 50-60Hz)
* pitchbend wheel
* modulation wheel
* sustain pedal connector
* Octave Up / Down buttons
* freely programmable button
* sturdy metal enclosure
* 7 endless stainless steel dials
* graphic display 128 x 64 pixels, b/w, white background LED
* more than 1000 Sounds
* 3 Oscillators per voice
* Frequency Modulation between Oscillators
* All Q Oscillator models
* All Microwave II/XT/XTk Wavetables
* 2 independent multi mode Filters per voice
* Filter FM
* 2 Drive stages per voice with selectable Drive Curves
* 3 fast LFOs per voice
* 4 fast Envelopes per voice
* powerful Arpeggiator
* freely programmable Arpeggiator Pattern with up to 16 Steps per Sound

General Features

* high-quality weighted keyboard with 49 keys, velocity and aftertouch
* internal power supply (100-240V, 50-60Hz)
* pitchbend wheel
* modulation wheel
* sustain pedal connector
* Octave Up / Down buttons
* freely programmable button
* up to 25 voices
* 16 part multi timbral
* more than 1000 Sounds
* sturdy metal enclosure
* 7 endless stainless steel dials
* 8 buttons
* Graphic Display 128 x 64 pixels, b/w, white background LED
* MIDI LED
* volume control
* power switch
* stereo output
* headphone output
* MIDI Input / Output
* USB interface for MIDI In / Out
o uses standard USB MIDI Driver provided by host computer OS
o Windows ME minimum, Windows XP or newer recommended
o Mac OS X 10.2 minimum, Mac OS X 10.3 or newer recommended
* weight approx. 8 kg (17.65 lb)

Per Voice

* 3 Oscillators
Samples:
o 60 MB Sample memory
Virtual Analog Models:
o Pulse with Pulse Width Modulation and adjustable Brilliance
o Sawtooth with adjustable Brilliance
o Triangle
o Sine
Wavetables:
o Q Alt 1 and Alt 2 Wavetable with adjustable Brilliance
o All Wavetables from Microwave II/XT/XTk Series with adjustable Brilliance
o Separate Wavetable selectable for Oscillator 1 and 2
* Frequency Modulation between the Oscillators
* Oscillator Synchronization
* Ring Modulator for Osc 1 / 2
* Noise Generator with Noise Colour
* 2 independent Multi Mode Filters
o Filter FM
o Resonance up to Self-Oscillation
o Low Pass 24 dB / 12 dB
o Band Pass 24 dB / 12 dB
o High Pass 24 dB / 12 dB
o Notch 24 dB / 12 dB
o Comb Filter with positive / negative Feedback
o PPG Low Pass Filter
* 2 Drive stages per voice with adjustable Drive Gain and selectable Curves
o Clip
o Hard
o Medium
o Soft
o Sine Shaper
o etc.
* Modulation Matrix with 16 Slots, freely programmable
o Modulation Speed far into Audio Range
o Modulation Sources include all internal Modulation Sources plus various MIDI messages
o Modulation Destinations for almost all continuous sound parameters
* various pre-routed Modulation Destinations with selectable Sources
o Pitch Modulation
o Oscillator 1 / 2 / 3 Frequency Modulation
o Oscillator 1 / 2 / 3 Pulse Width Modulation
o Filter 1 / 2 Cutoff Modulation
o Filter 1 / 2 Frequency Modulation
o Pan 1 / 2 Modulation
o Amp Modulation
* 4 Modifiers for transforming Modulation Sources with various Algorithms
* 3 fast LFOs
o syncable to MIDI Clock
o Note Retrigger with adjustable Start Phase
o monophonic LFO
o Keytrack
* 4 fast Envelopes with selectable types
o Single Trigger / Retrigger per Envelope
o ADSR
o ADS1DS2R (2 Decay/Sustain stages plus adjustable Attack Level)
o One Shot
o Loop S1S2 (Loop between Sustain 1 and 2)
o Loop All (Loop over all stages)
* Poly, Mono, Dual or Unisono Mode with selectable Voice Count