{"product_id":"studio-electronics-tonestar-8106-synth-voice-module-1735328","title":"Studio Electronics Tonestar 8106 Synth Voice Module w\/ Juno to Jupiter Filter Style","description":"\u003cp\u003eTONESTAR 8106, an ARP® 2600-inspired complete synth voice, infuses Tim Caswell's \"Jupiter to Juno\" filter alchemy — a 6db\/oct hi-pass filter followed by a recreation of the Roland® IR3109 module—into our Tonestar 2600 platform; this chirpy yet full-bodied 8106 model is also fully #OutsToOuts modular, featuring 27 pots (one more than the 2600 model for the high-pass filter), 6 switches (one less, sacrificing resonance modulation for high-pass filtering), and 21 jacks. If the Tone★ 8106 thins somewhat with resonance excess, route the triangle wave 'round the VCF with the \"NO VCF\" switch setting, and keep this juicy reimagining of the Roland® IR3109 module boomin' and gloomin'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnowledge from circuit designer Tim Caswell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe VCO is the same affair as the Oscillation, the Boomstar, and the Omega. It's kind of a combination of Arp®, Oberheim® and Moog® circuits (sort of a greatest hits), time-tested, very stable—very good tracking over a very large range; certain parts have to be hand selected to achieve that level of exacting performance. Editors Note: This module is a TONESTAR—its own thing—and not a 2600 clone attempt; nevertheless, the Tone☆ tugs lovingly at times on the sleeve of the 1970's era classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnvelope FYI:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Tonestar Sustain control replicates the behavior of the 2600 and Odyssey: after the initial Decay, it continues to move (sink) very slowly, adding a little extra texture to the sound. It's technically a flaw, but after digging out my Odyssey, it is for sure a desirable \"quirk\", and the perfect companion to the 4072 filter (which we mistakenly titled a 4075 in the Boomstar Modular line).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnother bit of fun\u003c\/strong\u003e: The LFO is voltage controlled, so you can envelope, LFO, or otherwise modulate both the rate and the depth; the ADSR amount is also voltage controlled, so it can be manipulated by MIDI dynamics, MIDI volume, an LFO, etc. Greg [St. Regis] has decreed that anything must be patchable to anything, so some technically wrong patchings (for example, pulse wave out to ADSR out) may often produce unexpectedly interesting, x-mod\/notch filtering—quite pleasing effects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tonestar was Greg's concept, but as I understood it, the goal was a single oscillator, 2600 VCF (initially), pre-patched and yet fully modular classic synth voice, at a specific size, wielding every trick we could cram in. 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