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Super 6 ST49

Digital-Analog Hybrid Synthesizer with SuperTouch Keyboard - Blue

Featuring an upgraded SuperTouch 49-key keyboard with polyphonic aftertouch and a new keybed with improved feel and key weighting, the white Super 6 ST49 Synthesizer from UDO Audio is a polyphonic, 12-voice digital-analog hybrid synth with two digital FPGA-based oscillators per voice fed into a real analog SSM2044-inspired VCF with a resonant 4-pole LPF and fixed linkable HPF, a fully analog VCA with selectable velocity sensitivity, and two highly versatile envelope generators. The Super 6 synthesizer can support binaural output for true-stereo audio with massive spatial potential, allowing you to create uniquely immersive and dynamic sounds with the benefits of analog warmth and digital precision.

Once you've sculpted optimal sounds, there's plenty more room for creativity with a sophisticated modulation matrix that supports both predefined destinations and custom mapping for a wide range of controls, as well as 24-bit stereo effects like chorus and delay for sweetening your sounds even further. Both the five-mode arpeggiator and 64-step sequencer are MIDI-syncable, and you get swing and a four-octave range. With 128 rewritable patch memory locations (64 user, 64 factory) and 16 rewritable sequence memories, you can build up a sizable library of creations for instant recall at any time.

SuperTouch 49 Upgraded Keyboard (ST49)

Polyphonic Aftertouch

• Polyphonic aftertouch allows you to apply different aftertouch pressures on individual notes as opposed to a single value for all held notes. This opens up a new world of expression, allowing the player to accentuate and flourish individual parts of a held chord or arpeggiated sound.

Weighted Key Action

• The SuperTouch 49 is more than just a polyphonic aftertouch upgrade, it is a complete keybed replacement with an improved feel and key weighting. Using proprietary UDO technology to allow for seamless integration and a new level of playability specifically designed for the Super 6 audio architecture.

Top-Notch Keyboard for Maximum Expression

An instrument is cherished not just for the way it sounds but for the way it feels to play. To that end, UDO has ensured that the Super 6 sports a semiweighted Fatar keyboard with 49 full-sized keys, along with adjustable velocity sensitivity and polyphonic aftertouch.

You also get:

• Two-axis bender joystick with LFO trigger
• Six voicing modes: Poly 1, Poly 2, Solo, Legato, variable size and type
• Unison for polyphonic modes
• Variable portamento
• Numerous keyboard-adjacent controls for bender DDS 1/2 pitch and VCF cutoff modulation
• Playable spring-lever keyboard octave selector
• MPE MIDI compliance with polyphonic aftertouch, pitch bend, and expression

 Binaural Analog Signal Path

 In Binaural mode, the Super 6 features a true-stereo signal path in which the instrument’s twelve voices are twinned to form six stereo super voices. Consequently, the left and right channels—and each of the player’s ears—are assigned their own complete synthesizer voice.

Parameters for both channels of each super voice may be independently controlled, facilitating the player to create rich and unique stereo images. The effect ranges from subtle to extreme stereo movement, creating an enhanced sense of spatial positioning relative to conventional monaural signal chains panned at their output.

Massive Modulation Without Menus

The Super 6 delivers enormous flexibility at the player's fingertips through simple controls and a carefully designed front panel. Going deeper, there is an intuitive and immediate modulation system based around the performance area switches. For those who want to go further, every panel control can be targeted for modulation, all simultaneously and with unique amounts.

Direct Digital Oscillators

The oscillators in the Super 6 are digital chips based on FPGA architectures. DDS 1 (oscillator 1) utilizes a centroid oscillator with six sister oscillators that can be dephased in the stereo field, essentially providing seven free-running oscillators.DDS 2 (oscillator 2) sports a single oscillator core, and both oscillators can be coarsely detuned from 64 to 2'.

• DDS 1: six waveforms (sine, sawtooth, square, triangle, and noise) and 32 user-downloadable alternative waveforms
• DDS 2: six waveforms including sine, sawtooth, square, triangle, and pulse-width modulation
• Coarse tuning between 64 and 2' for DDS 1, and 32 and 2' for DDS 2
• Fine-tuning over a range of 10 semitones up and down for DDS 2
• X-Fade mode crossfades the two oscillators over two octaves from a single keyboard split point
• Hard-sync support
• DDS 2 can double as an LFO or a fixed square-wave suboscillator
• DDS 2 can also process external audio signals via the stereo 1/4" audio input

Analog VCF and VCA

The SSI2144 reprises the SSM2044 of legacy chipmaker Solid State Micro Technology, which many believe to be the best-sounding analog synthesis filter IC ever produced. Based on Dave Rossum’s patented classic improved ladder topology, the SSI2144 allows rich tonal characteristics that showcase the very best attributes of subtractive synthesis.

• Real analog VCF with 4-pole / 24 dB per octave low-pass filter
• Resonance control and two levels of overdrive
• Extra fixed-frequency high-pass filter set before the LPF, with on/off selection
• Creates a band-pass filter when linked with the LPF
• Selectable keyboard tracking modes with filter autotune for accurate tracking
• Analog VCA with selectable fixed or variable envelope modulation
• Dynamics control for selectable velocity sensitivity

Versatile LFOs

The Super 6 includes two assignable, programmable LFOs that greatly enhance your sound creation possibilities. LFO 1 is freely assignable, with low- and high-frequency modes, and it can be used as a standard LFO, a third oscillator, a drone, or for audio-rate modulations.

It features controls for delay, delay with left/right phase offset, and a selection of run modes (free running, reset, and one-shot) and syncing modes (arpeggiator/sequencer or external clock). LFO 2 sports rate and delay controls, selectable trigger modes, and dedicated controls for rate, pitch, and VCF/VCA modulation.

• LFO 1 Waveforms: triangle, reverse sawtooth, sample and hold, square, and any waveform selection for Oscillator 1
• LFO 2 Waveforms: sine, reverse sawtooth, sample and hold, square, sawtooth, and sample and glide

Flexible Dual Envelopes

The envelopes are the final stage of your sound creation, and the envelopes loaded onto the Super 6 are designed to create a wide range of sounds, from mostly static classical tones to dynamic, moving soundscapes. ENV 1 sports an invertable AHDSR (attack, hold, decay, sustain, release) design, which is fully mappable through the mod matrix.

A looping mode with selectable keytracking allows ENV 1 to be used as an LFO or FM source. ENV 2 features a traditional ADSR design with multiple destinations.

Arpeggiator and Sequencer

Create epic grooves and patterns with the powerful onboard sequencer and arpeggiator section. The arp features five MIDI-syncable modes with a smart-hold option, while the 64-step sequencer sports programmable step, slide, accent, rest, and sequence length tracks. Clock parameters feature easily adjusted division and swing settings per layer. And you can store up to 16 patterns total.

Plethora of Connections

Super 6 includes plenty of connections to support any workflow. With true-stereo output, audio in processing, and support for a diversity of pedals, you should have no problem integrating this feature-rich synth into your audio setup, whether live or in the studio.

• One stereo pair of 1/4" outputs for true-stereo, binaural audio output (summed as mono when binaural is off)
• A 1/4" stereo input for processing external audio through the second oscillator
• A powerful headphone output with dedicated volume control
• Two pedal inputs: expression and sustain
• 5-pin DIN MIDI input, output, and thru connectors
• USB-B for MIDI, waveform swapping, and firmware updates

Solid Build Quality

The Super 6 is built to last, sporting a physical design that is both rugged and engineered to foster an immediate connection with the player. The housing is constructed from durable metal and the numerous control elements are solid, no wiggly sliders or easily broken knobs. The switches are metal too, ensuring the Super 6 will survive years of touring or heavy studio use.

Specifications

• Touch Sensitivity
  • 3 Levels of Sensitivity
• Aftertouch
  • Polyphonic Aftertouch
• Number of Sounds, Kits, or Samples
  • 64x Factory Sound Preset
  • 64x User Sound Preset
• Performance Functions
  • Arpeggiator, Sequencer, Transpose, Tuning Adjustment
• LFOs
  • Number of LFOs: 1
  • LFO Rate: 0.05 to 20,000 Hz
  • Key Tracking: Full
  • Controls/Modes: One-Shot
• Modulation Matrix
  • 16-Slot per Patch (8 Sources / 8 Destinations)
• Glide/Portamento
  • Yes
• Arpeggiator
  • Yes
• Supported MIDI Standards
  • GM
• Audio I/O
  • 2x 1/4" Output
• Pedal Support
  • 1x 1/4" Expression
  • 1x 1/4" Sustain
• MIDI I/O
  • 1x DIN 5-Pin Input
  • 1x DIN 5-Pin Output
  • 1x DIN 5-Pin Thru 
• USB I/O
  • 1x USB-B (Host Connection, Update)
• OS Compatibility
  • Windows / macOS
• Power Requirements
  • AC/DC Power Adapter (Included)
• Color
  • Blue 
• Dimensions
  • 33.3 x 14.2 x 4.1" / 845 x 360 x 105 mm
• Weight
  • 20.3 lb / 9.2 kg

In The Box

• UDO Audio Super 6 ST49 Digital-Analog Hybrid Synthesizer with SuperTouch Keyboard (Blue)
• AC/DC Power Adapter
• Limited 1-Year Manufacturer Warranty