Meet Wade – a versatile synthesizer with some quirky tones and tape-aged character. Inspired by the “west coast” synthesis school, Wade is built around two complex oscillators – one of them a modulator too – and a lo-pass gate. While Wade doesn’t aim to compete with west coast legends such as Buchla, it has a unique sound that could be compared to everything from a Casiotone to a Mellotron.
Wade has two complex oscillators that can be morphed from saw to triangle. TIMBRE 1 can be a modulator, or it can run in parallel with the TIMBRE 2 oscillator. The CARVE control morphs between parallel voices and ring modulation. Wade also includes a lo-fi reverb with its own special plate sound. At the end of the signal chain is a cassette tape effect and filter bank that makes everything really drifty – with wow and flutter and periodic drop-outs – as if the sound has been baking in hot California the sun.
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