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Key Features
The QU-Bit Surface Modeling Voice offers a huge range of output tones, from plucked strings and marimbas to FM drums. A multi-timbral voice, Surface features stereo outputs and up to eight unique voices that can be active at any time. Ideal for sound design applications, Surface provides 8 voices of polyphony and allows you to replicate the sound of natural, real-world instruments.
Product Ref: 154182
Surface is a highly unique module providing the ability to create replicate the sound of real-world instruments as well as create otherworldly synthetic timbres. From melodic percussion to electric pianos, the Surface module provides you with seven different voice models to choose from. These models include: Bell, E. Piano 1, E. Piano 2, Kick, Snare and Prepared Piano. Each model uses a combination of onboard parameters to replicate the sound of each source. Ideal for sound designers and performers alike, the Qu-Bit surface offers a range of rotary controls and buttons to achieve the sound you want.
Create atmosphere and depth to your sound using the true stereo output modes. The various modes are represented by different colours when tapping the ‘Choke’ button to switch between output modes within ‘Extra Settings’. The ‘Split Models’ setting will output all voices of a given model to a specific output. ‘Split Voices' will split the even and odd numbered voices between the Left and Right outputs. There are also a ‘Mono’ and ‘Random’ settings. The ‘Random’ mode links the voices to the trigger connection, panning the new voices in a particular direction for new and interesting results. There is also a ‘Dark Mode’ which features extreme parameter settings for all models, allowing you to delve into the darkest corners of sound design.
“For such a reasonably small module, Surface has plenty of sonic and musical potential, plus a crisp sound quality and unrivalled stability.” Dave Gale – MusicTech
“I found sequencing the model selection whilst playing melodies produced some fascinating passages that sounded like three or four instruments playing at once. This kind of experimentation is what modular systems are all about.” Rory Dow – Sound on Sound