Dave Smith's Sequential TRIGON 6 Synthesizer

<h4>A Sound That&rsquo;s Bold and Familiar</h4> <p>The Trigon-6 is Sequential&rsquo;s polyphonic take on the classic, thick and creamy, 3-oscillator-plus-ladder-filter analog sound that defined the dawn of the synth era. It&rsquo;s a sound that bridges genres and styles &mdash; now refined and redefined with Sequential&rsquo;s own modern imprint.</p> <h4>All-New Filter and Oscillator Design</h4> <p>At the heart of the Trigon-6 sound are three newly designed voltage-controlled oscillators (with triangle, saw, and pulse waves) and an enhanced version of the ladder filter that Sequential created for its Pro 3 mono synth. The switchable 2/4 pole resonant filter design has dedicated drive and feedback controls that make it effortless to go from bold and crunchy to silky and smooth with a simple knob turn.</p> <h4>The Perfect Package</h4> <p>The Trigon-6 has all of the best qualities of Sequential&rsquo;s acclaimed Prophet-6 and OB-6 synths &mdash; 6-voice polyphony, unrivaled playability, easy programmability, and modest footprint &mdash; packed into a four-octave, semi-weighted keyboard with velocity and channel aftertouch. What differentiates it from its siblings is its unmistakable &ldquo;3-oscillators-through-a ladder-filter&rdquo; punch. It raises the bar for what the ideal power poly can and should be.</p> <h4>Rounding Out The Picture</h4> <p>Naturally, the Trigon-6 has the full complement of Sequential&rsquo;s &rdquo;must-have&rdquo; sound-sculpting features including super snappy envelopes, a syncable LFO with multiple waveforms and destinations, a polyphonic step sequencer, and an arpeggiator. Best of all, the knob-per-function front panel of the Trigon-6 puts these conttrols at your fingertips. And the ready-made palette of 500 factory and 500 user presets provides classic basses, leads, and pads to jump start any project.</p> <h4>More Power Features</h4> <p>Also present is Sequential&rsquo;s classic Poly Mod, with enhancements for creative sound design. Modulation sources are filter envelope and oscillator 3 (both with bi-polar control). Destinations include oscillator 1, 2, and 3 frequency, oscillator 1, 2, and 3 pulse width, filter cutoff, and feedback. Unison mode is here as well, featuring configurable voice count (1-6 voices for up to 18 simultaneous oscillators) and key modes.</p> <h4>Dual Effects</h4> <p>The&nbsp;dual effects section provides&nbsp;studio-quality reverbs, delays (standard and BBD), chorus, flanger, phaser, and ring modulator. The independent stereo distortion effect adds on-demand aggression and is 100% analog.</p> <h4>Adjustable Vintage Character</h4> <p>Finally, to give even more classic organic warmth to an already classic synth, there&rsquo;s the Vintage Knob, which adds voice-to-voice variations in calibration and component behavior. Vintage behavior is adjustable from subtle to extreme to emulate the stability of a perfect modern instrument or a time-worn relic.</p> <h4>More Than the Sum of Its Parts</h4> <p>Add all of this up and the Trigon-6 represents a modern synth workhorse with a bold, versatile, 3-oscillator ladder filter-based sound. It builds on the past, refines the present, and redefines the future for accessibility, portability, and playability in an analog poly synth.</p> <h4>Specifications:</h4> <h5><strong>OSCILLATORS</strong></h5> <ul> <li>Three discrete VCOs per voice</li> <li>Simultaneously selectable wave shapes: triangle, sawtooth, reverse sawtooth, and variable-width pulse</li> <li>Pulse width per oscillator</li> <li>Hard sync: oscillator 1 syncs to oscillator 2</li> <li>Keyboard tracking on/off (oscillator 3)</li> <li>Oscillator feedback and drive controls for increased signal saturation</li> <li>White Noise source</li> <li>Keyboard pitch tracking on/off</li> </ul> <h5><strong>LOW-PASS FILTER</strong></h5> <ul> <li>Switchable two/four-pole, discrete, resonant, low-pass, ladder filter per voice</li> <li>Filter can be driven into self-oscillation with the Resonance control</li> <li>Bi-polar filter envelope amount</li> <li>Velocity modulation of envelope amount</li> <li>Keyboard tracking: off, half, full</li> </ul> <h5><strong>FILTER&nbsp;ENVELOPE</strong></h5> <ul> <li>Four-stage (ADSR) envelope generator</li> <li>Velocity modulation of envelope amount</li> </ul> <h5><strong>AMPLIFIER ENVELOPE</strong></h5> <ul> <li>Four-stage (ADSR) envelope generator</li> <li>Velocity modulation of envelope amount</li> </ul> <h5><strong>LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR</strong></h5> <ul> <li>Five wave shapes: sine, sawtooth, reverse sawtooth, square, and random (sample and hold)</li> <li>LFO sync</li> <li>Initial amount</li> <li>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)</li> </ul> <h5><strong>POLY MOD</strong></h5> <ul> <li>Sources: oscillator 3 (bi-polar) and filter envelope (bi-polar)</li> <li>Destinations: oscillator 1 frequency, oscillator 2 frequency, oscillator 3 frequency, oscillator 1 pulse width, oscillator 2 pulse width, filter cutoff, feedback amount</li> </ul> <h5><strong>VINTAGE KNOB</strong></h5> <ul> <li>Recreates vintage synth characteristics by adding voice-to voice variations in component behavior</li> </ul> <h5><strong>AFTERTOUCH</strong></h5> <ul> <li>Source: channel (mono) aftertouch with bi-polar amount</li> <li>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</li> </ul> <h5><strong>CLOCK</strong></h5> <ul> <li>Master clock with tap tempo</li> <li>BPM control and display</li> <li>MIDI clock sync</li> </ul> <h5><strong>ARPEGGIATOR</strong></h5> <ul> <li>Selectable note value: 16th note, 8th note triplet, 8th note, dotted 8th note, quarter note</li> <li>One, two, or three octave range</li> <li>Up, down, up/down, random, and assign modes</li> </ul> <h5><strong>SEQUENCER</strong></h5> <ul> <li>Polyphonic step sequencer with up to 64 steps and rests</li> </ul> <h5><strong>EFFECTS</strong></h5> <ul> <li>Stereo analog distortion</li> <li>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</li> <li>Delay sync</li> <li>True bypass maintains fully analog signal path when digital effects are off</li> </ul> <h5><strong>PERFORMANCE CONTROLS</strong></h5> <ul> <li>Full-sized, semi-weighted, 4-octave keyboard with velocity and aftertouch</li> <li>Backlit pitch and mod wheels</li> <li>Spring-loaded pitch wheel with selectable range per program (1 to 12 semitones up and down)</li> <li>Transpose controls for an 8-octave range</li> <li>Hold switch latches held notes on</li> <li>Polyphonic portamento</li> <li>Unison (monophonic) mode with configurable voice count, from one to all six voices, chord memory, and key modes</li> <li>Preset switch: when on, the front panel is live &mdash; what you see is what you hear</li> </ul> <h5><strong>PATCH MEMORY</strong></h5> <ul> <li>500 user and 500 factory programs in 10 banks of 100 programs each</li> <li>Direct program access, including single-button access to the current set of 10 programs</li> </ul> <h5><strong>IN/OUT</strong></h5> <ul> <li>Left/mono and right audio outputs (2 x 1/4&rdquo; phone jack)</li> <li>Headphone output (stereo, 1/4&rdquo; phone jack)</li> <li>MIDI in, out, and thru ports</li> <li>USB for bidirectional MIDI communication</li> <li>Filter cutoff expression pedal input</li> <li>Volume expression pedal input</li> <li>Sustain footswitch input</li> <li>Sequencer start/stop footswitch input</li> </ul> <h5><strong>POWER</strong></h5> <ul> <li>IEC AC power inlet for internal power supply</li> <li>Operates worldwide on voltages between 100 and 240 volts at 50 to 60 Hz; 30 watts maximum power consumption</li> </ul> <h5><strong>PHYSICAL SPECS</strong></h5> <ul> <li>31.8&rdquo; L x 12.7&rdquo; W x 4.6&Prime; H (80.7 cm x 32.3 cm x 11.7 cm)</li> <li>20 lbs (9.5 kg)</li> <li>Maple end panels</li> </ul>