STEINER MICROCON SYNTH DEMO

The Microcon is a standalone synthesizer voice made by Nyle Steiner primarily intended to be used for the original EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument) but also had connections to interface with modular synthesizers, keyboards and sequencers.

The filter and volume dynamics were controlled by a vactrol (pronounced "vac troll" ), which is a part rarely used these days that includes a light sensor/photo sensor in the circuit. The vactrol takes the breath input or whatever input is using to control dynamics then passes it through an enclosed light source to the light sensor internally, which makes the signal incredibly smooth and beautiful.

The VCO has knobs for course and fine tuning and switches allowing selection of "three waveforms". The LFO has knobs for rate and level and a switch for beat and is available for vibrato. The VCF has knobs for frequency and gain, as well as a switch for resonance. The Envelop Generator has knobs for attack and decay, as well as a switches to enable damp (a quick release decay) and sustain. The VCA is described as a "trigger controlled audio gate". Connections include positive and negative trigger out, VC filter in, calibrated and uncalibrated voltage control ins, a signal out (which "can be paralleled"), and a trigger in. According to the product literature the "beat function causes the VCO to sound like to sound like two oscillators beating together."

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