![]() ![]() The knob feeling unfortunately remains a bit of a weakness with the Cobalt8 as well. Our beloved cutoff frequency as well as the volume parameter have larger knobs, which I really like. But that’s easy to do and has no negative influence on the workflow. There are encoders for all important functions such as the oscillators, filters, envelopes… Other functions, such as switching to another envelope, have to be done by pressing a dedicated button. The Cobalt8 interface is intuitive, and well set up. ![]() Whether a synthesizer is loved or not always depends on the sound alone, but also on a good tweakable interface. A feature that especially fits the desktop version and I would like to see it more on modern synths. You get a headphones output, mono (L) & stereo (L/R) outputs, expression and sustain pedal input, audio input, sync in/out, MIDI In/outputs on 5-pin sockets, USB MIDI, and a power supply input with a dedicated switch.Ī bit of a shame the Cobalt8M doesn’t have a USB host port with which you can plug in a USB keyboard for example. There is a lot to discover on the back of the Cobalt8 series. Plus points for this because the fun can start immediately without downloading anything extras. Once unboxed, you can get the Cobalt 8, the power supply with various adapters, a USB cable and a clear, printed quick guide. It comes in a brown box with the synth and name printed on it. For some, it is so big that they let others participate in it in the form of a video. Unboxing a new synth is always an amazing moment. Ok, they want to give you space for an iPad running the editor on it but the main interface in the middle, it would certainly be nicer. There is one thing that I don’t understand why Modal didn’t locate the interface on the 61 version centrally. Like the 61, it has a velocity and aftertouch sensitive keybed from FATAR. ![]() Modal Electronics sent over the Cobalt8 37 keys version for review. In a desktop version for those who have an abundance of keyboards, another with 37 keys for “occasional” synth players, and one with 61-keys for keyboard virtuosos. The Modal Cobalt8 is available in three versions. See Modal Electronics with their new all-digital 8-voice Cobalt8 Synthesizer which is on the table for review. To this day, thanks to increasingly powerful computers, developers are capable of emulating the sound of analog synths at very high authentic level. See U-he Diva or Synapse Audio The Legend, both of which are extremely close to the original Minimoog.īut there are also companies that are moving away from this perfection and want to reinvent virtual analog synthesis. The virtual analog trend later shifted to the VST platform on PC / Mac. “Virtual analog aka analog modeling synthesis is so 2000s.” That’s true, almost 20 years ago hardware VA synthesizers were the hot sh… Companies such as Alesis, Novation, Waldorf, and others released synths that emulated analog circuits with DSP power. Review: With Cobalt8, Modal Electronics released a virtual analog Synthesizer, which de-dusts the VA concept & brings it to the modern synth age ![]()
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