Ontario'lu synth tasarımcısı Mike Beauchamp yeni tasarımı olan Therevox ET-5 Synthesizer.
ET-5, Ondes Martenot (1928) ve Electro-Theremin'den (1950) esinlenen Therevox enstrümanları serisinin en yenisidir. Daha önceki Therevox enstrümanları gibi, ET-5, bir referans klavyesi boyunca parmağınızı hareket ettirerek çalınır, perde üzerinde sürekli kontrol sağlar ve klavyenin solundaki basınca duyarlı çift tuşa basarak her birinin ses seviyesi ve osilatör kontrolü sağlar.
New features in the ET-5 include:
The ET-5 features completely redesigned Intensity Keys that provide a progressive tactile feel, allowing more nuanced control of the two oscillators.
The ring has been completely redesigned, with a significant reduction in friction for faster glides, slides and expressive bends.
The length of the fingerboard has been increased by over half an octave.
A new 3.5mm Patch Panel allows complete reconfiguration of the the ET-5’s controls to any parameter on the synthesizer. Mults are also provided for advance routing, splitting and adding signals. The Patch Panel also makes it easy to integrate with Eurorack gear, and 1/4″ CV outputs are also provided to control large format and vintage gear.
Next to each intensity key is a new slider/fader control that replaces the “hold knobs” on the ET-4.3, allowing the levels of the oscillators to be held without using the intensity keys. These sliders generate a control voltage that is available to be mapped on the Patch Panel, putting the control of any parameter under your fingers.
The fingerboard is now also pressure sensitive. This is a feature that has been requested for a long time and took a lot of work to get right. Like the new hold sliders, the fingerboard pressure can control any parameter through the Patch Panel and the control voltage is also available as a 1/4″ output on the side of the ET-5.
The new FX loop also has a wet/dry mix CV control available on the Patch Panel, designed in a unique way that that preserves the trails of your reverbs and delays.
A dedicated 9V power output on the Therevox can power your guitar pedals directly as they are inserted into the ET-5 FX loop.
The level control for the FX loop is now also a gain control for a custom-voiced saturation stage before the new 3-pole filter.
The spring reverb circuitry has been redesigned to reduce noise and increase frequency response.
A built-in tuner lets you tune the analog oscillator to any interval.
In addition to MIDI over USB, the ET-5 now has a 5-pin DIN MIDI output to directly control other gear. The two intensity keys work on separate channels, allowing the ET-5 to independently control two synthesizers at the same time, or blending separate voices on a single synth.
You can now also “freeze” the pitch of Oscillator 2. When this is enabled, pressing down on the fingerboard will grab and hold the pitch in that position ,allowing for easily changing drone notes and polyphonic melodies.