Rossum Electro-Music Announced Panharmonium Mutating Spectral Resynthesizer Eurorack Module

March 27, 2019 Synth Anatomy Eurorack, Hardware, News 0

Rossum Electro-Music has today announced for SynthPlex 2019 the Panharmonium Mutating Spectral Resynthesizer Eurorack module.

Overview

Rossum Electro-Music Software Architect Bob Bliss (who also, as it happens, fathered E-mu’s famed “EOS” Emulator Operating System) has created Panharmonium, a unique music and sound design tool that lets you analyze the spectral content of any audio signal and use that analysis to drive a bank of from 1 to 33 oscillators. Depending on various control settings, Panharmonium can accurately reproduce the input spectrum in real time or modify it in a multitude of wildly creative ways. All with an interface whose immediacy encourages performance and interaction.

Panharmonium input can be anything from a single oscillator to an entire mix (including vocals). From dense, swirling pads and drones that evolve with the input’s changing spectrum, to clock-syncable spectral arpeggiation, to as-yet-unnamed harmonic effects, Panharmonium opens up an entirely new world of sonic possibilities.

Additionally, Panharmonium can take a snapshot of an instantaneous spectrum and use that as a complex harmonic oscillator, which can then be modified and modulated by all of Panharmonium’s other controls.

Key Functions

Spectral Analyzer provides tools for defining the analysis process
Spectral Modifiers controls allow you to creatively modify the analyzed spectra.
Oscillator Bank resynthesizes the analyzed spectra: wavefrom, freq, octave, glie, mix.
Optional Functions: drum mode, spectral warping…
Spectra Memories and Presets: 12 user Spectra memories and 12 user presets (in addition to 12 each factory memories)
- The Spectra memories let you store up to 12 frozen slices. When selected, a spectrum (up to 33 oscillators wide!) replaces any live input and can have its pitch controlled by the 1V/Oct input and FM controls. A Preset is a snapshot of all of the module settings, along with the value of any CVs present at the moment the preset is saved.

Rossum Electro Panharmonium will be available for $499 USD in late spring from Rossum Electro-Music dealers worldwide.

More information here: Rossum Electro

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