Trigon-6 desktop module comes from Sequential

Sequential has announced a desktop module version of its Trigon-6 polyphonic synth. This compact and portable instrument has all the sound generation capabilities of the keyboard version, including three oscillators per voice, a ladder filter updated with dedicated drive and feedback control, and the expressivity and potency to deliver warm, organic analog sound. It also boasts enhanced MIDI polyphonic expression (MPE) capabilities.

The Trigon-6 desktop module offers a classic three-oscillator synth architecture with an enhanced ladder filter, inspired by some of the most iconic analog synths of all time. The three oscillators provide a rich and flexible sound source, with familiar waveforms from triangle to more complex saws, and variable-width pulse. You can mix and match the oscillators to create intricate harmonics, detune them for thick chorusing effects, or sync oscillator 2 for hard-edged growls.

Meanwhile, the ladder filter completes the heart and soul of the Trigon-6, providing a smooth and musical response that can shape your sound from creamy and mellow to mangled and aggressive. The filter has a 2/4-pole switchable slope and adjustable resonance that can add a distinctive peak or even self-oscillate for screaming leads and sci-fi effects, along with drive and feedback controls.

Trigon-6 lets you shape every note with MPE. MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) is an extension of MIDI that allows compatible devices to control multiple parameters of individual notes within MPE-enabled synths. This provides for more expressive instrumental performances, as each note can have its own pitch bend, filter cutoff, amplitude, and other modulations. You will be able to bend, slide, vibrato, swell and morph your sounds with unprecedented feeling and subtlety. Experience the classic 3-oscillator, ladder filter sound like never before with Trigon-6, the groundbreaking polyphonic analog synth that lets you truly perform every nuance of your music with MPE.

Trigon-6 desktop module has RRP of $2,499, with shipping now.

Specifications

OSCILLATORS

Three discrete VCOs per voice

Simultaneously selectable wave shapes: triangle, sawtooth, reverse sawtooth, and variable-width pulse
Pulse width per oscillator
Hard sync: oscillator 1 syncs to oscillator 2

Keyboard tracking on/off (oscillator 3)
Low frequency mode (oscillator 3)
Oscillator feedback and drive controls for increased signal saturation

White Noise source

LOW-PASS FILTER

Switchable two/four-pole, discrete, resonant, low-pass, ladder filter per voice
Filter can be driven into self-oscillation with the Resonance control

Bi-polar filter envelope amount
Velocity modulation of envelope amount
Keyboard tracking: off, half, full

FILTER ENVELOPE

Four-stage (ADSR) envelope generator
Velocity modulation of envelope amount

AMPLIFIER ENVELOPE

Four-stage (ADSR) envelope generator

Velocity modulation of envelope amount

LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR

Five wave shapes: sine, sawtooth, reverse sawtooth, square, and random (sample and hold)
LFO sync

Initial amount
Mod destinations: oscillator 1 frequency, oscillator 2 frequency, oscillator 3 frequency, oscillator 1 pulse width, oscillator 2 pulse width, oscillator 3 pulse width, filter cutoff, amp (VCA)

POLY MOD

Sources: oscillator 3 (bi-polar) and filter envelope (bi-polar)

Destinations: oscillator 1 frequency, oscillator 2 frequency, oscillator 3 frequency, oscillator 1 pulse width, oscillator 2 pulse width, filter cutoff, feedback amount

VINTAGE KNOB

Recreates vintage synth characteristics by adding voice-to voice variations in component behavior

AFTERTOUCH

Source: channel (mono) aftertouch with bi-polar amount

Destinations: Destinations: oscillator 1 frequency, oscillator 2 frequency, oscillator 3 frequency, LFO amount, amplifier envelope amount, filter envelope amount, FX mix A, FX mix B

CLOCK

Master clock with tap tempo
BPM control and display

MIDI clock sync

ARPEGGIATOR

Selectable note value: 16th note, 8th note triplet, 8th note, dotted 8th note, quarter note
One, two, or three octave range

Up, down, up/down, random, and assign modes

SEQUENCER

Polyphonic step sequencer with up to 64 steps and rests

EFFECTS

Stereo analog distortion

Dual, 24-bit, 48 kHz digital effects, including: reverb (room, hall, plate, spring), delay (full bandwidth digital delay and emulated bucket brigade), chorus, flanger, phase shifter, and ring modulator
Delay sync
True bypass maintains fully analog signal path when digital effects are off

PERFORMANCE CONTROLS

Hold switch latches held notes on
Polyphonic portamento
Unison (monophonic) mode with configurable voice count, from one to all six voices, chord memory, and key modes

Preset switch: when on, the front panel is live — what you see is what you hear

PATCH MEMORY

500 user and 500 factory programs in 10 banks of 100 programs each
Direct program access, including single-button access to the current set of 10 programs