The FatMan has all of the features that give analog it's big bottom and punch in a MIDI controlled package. The classic Voltage Controlled normalization is brought up to date with a Velocity CV not available on pre-MIDI synths. Pitch wheel modulation is supported and Pitch and Velocity CVs and gate signal are provided on the front panel for driving PAiA or other linear response synthesizer modules.

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And all those knobs. They invite experimentation and invention in ways that a single control with functions buried under layers of obscure menus never can. Just a few hours with the FatMan will teach you more about the nature of sound than you might ever learn otherwise. It's as at home in the physics lab as on-stage.

Technical specifications

The FatMan synth includes a MIDI to Control Voltage circuit that converts Note On and Off messages to a Pitch CV, which set the frequency of the VCOs, and a Velocity CV that is routed to the VCF and VCA.

Pitch and Velocity CVs and a key-down Gate signal are available on RCA jacks on the front panel. Voltages are exponentially tapered to drive V/Hz response synth elements.

The AR/ASR switch allows the VCF's Envelope generator to gfenerate percussion or sustain transients. The Punch switch on the ADSR Envelope Generator adds a 20 ms. plateu to the attack peak to duplicate this characteristic of Mini-Moog transients.