v2 Jomox SunSyn Analog Synthesizer

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"This instrument was fully serviced, v2.0 upgraded, and burnt in by Jürgen Michaelis, the man behind JoMoX GmbH, in December of 2009.

Those who say that modern analog synthesizers simply cannot contend with their classic brethren simply have not played the SunSyn! And at under 200 units ever made, this is understandable. As a point of comparison, there were around 2000 Roland Jupiter 8 synthesizers produced. It has been noted by well versed users that the sunsyn can pull off a lot of other synths, but yet, not very many synths can 'pull off a sunsyn' when it's being modulated and when it's using the RCO digital waveforms or wave sequencing to its fullest. The power of having those RCOs at your disposal is nothing short of amazing.

The SunSyn also employs an elegantly designed routing system allowing modulation and signal routing usually found only on the full blown classic modular synths by ARP, E-mu, Moog and Buchla, turning it into an 8-voice modular with complete patch memory and multitimbral MIDI implementation. The multi-mode filter section is also a true analog design but with very modern features. It is a 4-pole filter but fully configurable with independent high pass and low pass switching for each pole, with a cross fader allowing seamless morphing sweeps between any two 'filter presets' you want. Create filters that range from the sounds of a Minimoog, to the squelchy 303 or classic Oberheim, or timbers completely unique to the SunSyn and morph between them as you play, or use it to set the 'bounds' of filter sweep for recording or performance situations setting zero to the lowest desired cuttoff and full crank as the highest cutoff, resonance envelope amount desired. Again a feature typically only found in the realm of high end modular synthesizers such as Serge Modular Music Synthesizers.

In addition to the two discrete analog oscillators per voice the SunSyn also has a pair of Ramp Controlled Oscillators fed by 7 wavesets with 248 waveforms each. With the version 2 upgrade these RCOs can include user waves or short samples uploaded to the SunSyn with user defined start points which restart syncronous to note triggers, and a loop length allowing the play back of samples of about 1.5 sec length.

While the version 2 upgrade does bring a final resolution to the bug list that SunSyn users have lived with for years, as well as adding new functionality and improving tuning, stability and noise, one of the most important yet often overlooked improvements is the inclusion of a firmware based boot-BIOS. This new boot routine which executes under any circumstances provides the user with the tools to recover from any potential issue regardless of the severity. This is just one more element allowing the SunSyn to be enjoyed as it ages and becomes part of the ranks of the vintage classics."