- Most of the filters you are used to hearing are transistor ladder filters, or copies of transistor ladder filters. This is not one of those. The whole goal in making this filter was to create a creamy smooth filter with no dead spots, a very common phenomenon in all filters, but check it out. No dead spots. From nasally to biting and elsewhere, it’s all one large sweet spot.
- East Beast’s filter is a multimode filter, meaning it can be used as a low-pass filter, high-pass filter, bandpass filter, or a combination of the three for an even wider sonic palate.
To further sculpt the sounds, Cre8audio have included an envelope generator and LFO. The custom envelope circuit creates a snappy, percussive attack for expressive performance. The dual range LFO opens up a wide range of LFO and audio rate modulation possibilities.
Semimodular means that the East Beast will work without any patch cables or anything. But what fun is that? Who doesn't want to get wacky with their own personal spaghetti mess of cables sticking out of their synthesizer? At the very least, it makes you look sophisticated to anyone observing. In any case, East Beast has a whopping 18 Eurorack patchpoints betwixt you can patch and connect to your other gear.
- The East Beast offers a fancy MIDI in and MIDI thru, so you can chain multiple MIDI monstrosities together.
- Enjoy plugging a MIDI controller into East Beast and rocking out and/or sequencing like mad? Again, no judgment.
East Beast includes quite a few additional performance features including a built-in tap-tempo clock, arpeggiator, and sequencer. There are a lot of opportunities to inject some randomness, too.
Specifications
General
| Item Type |
Desktop Synth Module
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| Sound Generation |
Analog
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| Keyboard |
No
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| Expression Controls |
No
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| Number of Pads |
No
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| Display |
No
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Sounds
| Maximum Polyphony |
Not Specified by Manufacturer
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| Built-In Effects |
Multi-Effect
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| Performance Functions |
Sequencer
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| Built-In Speaker |
Yes
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Synthesis
| Oscillators |
1x Variable (FM, Noise, Sawtooth, Sine, Triangle)
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| Filters |
Number of Filters: 1 per Patch
Characteristic: Analog SEM-Style
Type: Low-Pass, Band-Pass, High-Pass
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| LFOs |
Number of LFOs: 1x Global
Waveforms: Triangle
LFO Rate: 2 to 500 Hz
Controls/Modes: Clock Sync
|
Sequencing & Recording
| Sequencer |
Number of Steps: 32x Step
Number of Sequencer Patterns: 13x User
|
| Arpeggiator |
Range: Up to 3 Octaves
Modes: Up, Down, Random
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Connectivity
| Audio I/O |
1x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TS Unbalanced Mono Line Output
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| Pedal Support |
No
|
| MIDI I/O |
1x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Input (DIN 5-Pin Adapter Included)
1x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Output (DIN 5-Pin Adapter Included)
|
| CV/Gate I/O |
9x 1/8" / 3.5 mm CV/Gate Input
9x 1/8" / 3.5 mm CV/Gate Output
|
| Control Voltage Level |
+10 V
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| Patch Points |
10x 1/8" / 3.5 mm Input
10x 1/8" / 3.5 mm Output
|
| Sync I/O |
No
|
| Network I/O |
No
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| USB I/O |
No
|
| Media/Memory Card Slot |
No
|
Compatibility
| Included Software |
No
|
| Mobile App Compatible |
No
|
Power
| Power Requirements |
AC/DC Power Adapter (Included)
|
| Eurorack Current Consumption |
213 mA on +12 V Rail
151 mA on -12 V Rail
|
| AC/DC Power Adapter |
12 VDC (Included)
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Physical
| Color |
Black
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| Horizontal Pitch |
40 HP
|
| Included Accessories |
No
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Packaging Info
| Package Weight |
2.515 lb
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| Box Dimensions (LxWxH) |
12.5 x 8.5 x 4"
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