{"product_id":"frap-tools-magnolia","title":"Frap Tools - Magnolia","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFrap Tools Magnolia\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarking their first foray into standalone instrument design, Magnolia is an elegantly crafted keyboard synthesizer by Eurorack gurus Frap Tools, combining modular sonic sensibilities with a familiar keyboard interface and polyphonic expression. Building upon the design work established in modules such as Brenso and Cunsa, Magnolia packs features like analog through-zero FM, wavefolding, and linear filter FM that'd be commonplace within a contemporary modular synthesizer. But Frap Tools has purposefully spent a lot of time and energy in defining what can and cannot be done with Magnolia, ensuring that it remains an expressive instrument with focused direction, rather than an open-ended box of sonic possibilities as Eurorack systems tend to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost keyboard synthesizers offer two or more identical (or very similar) voltage-controlled oscillators per voice, affording the ability to blend waveforms and apply tuning offsets for richer sounds. Magnolia takes a different approach, developing its two VCOs into discrete \"West Coast\" and \"East Coast\" identities. The first oscillator directly builds upon Brenso by featuring analog through-zero FM and \"flip\" sync, plus wavefolding and timbre-shaping in the style of a Buchla Model 259-type complex oscillator. While these aren't sounds typically associated with keyboard synthesizers, the ability to shape these sounds with velocity and polyphonic aftertouch offers a fresh new spin for sonic territories previously restricted to modular formats. The second oscillator is a bit more traditional for a keyboard synth, featuring variable waveform shaping, pulse-width modulation, and fine-tuning controls. Mixing and matching these oscillators together affords Magnolia an impressive range of sonic potential—and we haven't even moved past the oscillator section!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll great keyboard polysynths feature a killer filter section, and Magnolia is no exception. Based on the filter used in Cunsa, Magnolia offers discrete high-pass and low-pass filtering stages with independent cutoff and resonance controls. You can also engage linear FM on the filter, with a variable amount and selectable source\/destination routing to pick and choose how the filters are modulated. Use these filters to tame harsh wavefolder frequencies, roll off rumbly low-end, or sculpt a custom band-pass architecture. And from there, the output VCA allows you to shape amplitudes and pan voices across the stereo field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn tune with its modular roots, Magnolia provides no shortage of modulation options. The oscillator, filter, and VCA sections feature their own loopable ADSR envelope generators, with bipolar scaling controls where applicable. There's also a flexible LFO section, capable of radical waveform shaping and interesting reset (or not) behaviors available as you play notes. Additionally, keyboard pitch tracking, velocity, and polyphonic aftertouch are available as modulation sources, too, putting powerful per-note expressivity under your fingertips (literally).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf all of this wasn't enough, Magnolia is a bi-timbral synthesizer, meaning that its eight voices may be split or layered across two patches at once. There's even a Morph function, seamlessly blending between two patches at will—even patches that sound totally different from each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the modular-inclined synthesist looking for a keyboard instrument or a keys player looking for some experimental sensibilities, Frap Tools Magnolia is sure to impress and inspire for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eMagnolia Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8-Voice analog keyboard synthesizer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilds upon Eurorack modules designed by Frap Tools\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFatar keybed with polyphonic aftertouch and adjustable curves\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBi-timbral synthesizer—supports two patches at once with Morph, Dual, and Split modes and independent MIDI channels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo oscillators per voice: one \"West Coast\" and one \"East Coast\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalog through-zero FM, wavefolding, and Flip sync available on oscillator one\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVariable waveforms, PWM, and fine-tuning on oscillator two\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndependent 24dB\/oct low pass and 18dB\/oct high pass filters with resonance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLinear filter FM\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3x loopable DAHDSR envelope generators on oscillators, filters, and VCA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree LFOs with waveshaping\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenerous and easy-to-use modulation routing system\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePer-part arpeggiator and 16-step sequencer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e200 preset memory slots\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlobal analog distortion effect\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2x global digital effects slots with chorus and delay effects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVelocity-off modulation source for unique expressive controls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePolymove polyphonic randomization source\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFreely assignable macro knob\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__info-short\" id=\"specification\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 39\" x 15\" x 4.3\" \/ 990 x 380 x 110 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePower: Internal 100\/240VAC input power supply (IEC cable included)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 33.07 lbs \/ 15 kg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Frap Tools","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48410718929066,"sku":null,"price":4829.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/5199\/7743\/files\/Magnolia_Top.jpg?v=1781545071","url":"https:\/\/www.noisebug.net\/products\/frap-tools-magnolia","provider":"Noisebug","version":"1.0","type":"link"}