Well I know zip about this synth, and unless someone imports them, i won't... boo-hoo... so I simply pasted in the Future-Retro product page as it has all the spec's....
It is actually a monosynth... it looks really well made & versatile, and the ra files bear it out... a competitor... and frankly, add a sampler to this and maybe some fm... you've got a system to play out... the sequencer holds 16 songs of 3000 bars plus each... plenty... and it does clock & receive & send midi.... the synth itself is fully featured... and the hardware looks almost military spec compared to some units' controls on the market... again, a bonus for trudging around festies doing gigs.... bonus-3:.. if you DO grab an old synth with clock inputs, the 777 features a full CV, Gate, and Accent outputs.. and it has inputs for them to so you can drive it via anlog too... blimey !!.... and for those who want to compose on a TR styles button-grid.. well this is your Nirvana then.
Very versatile, sounds good, & is genuine analog with midi... the sequencer add's to the cost and also makes it a unique product... personaly I think they'd make a killing out of a non-sequencer version.... So, an all in one unit...Anyways... here's the spec's & blurb copied from their website.
The 777 is a monophonic analog synthesizer with a digital sequencer. Built by perfectionists who care
about building quality products, price vs. features, and the continuing expansion of this mighty universe of music. Built with the
highest quality of components, the 777 is housed in a rugged alluminum chassis, has solid oak end pieces, with top of the line
knobs, switches, and electrical components, this machine is built to last.
The 777 is capable of identically reproducing the oh so famous sound of the 303 in every way, but that's the least of it.
The 303 has only 6 knobs and 1 switch to control the sound, while the 777 has all these plus 5x more. There are 32 knobs
and 7 switches to be exact. All instantly available with their single dedicated feature. The sequencer part of the synthesizer
contains 28 illuminated keys keeping all the features readily available for the user to tweak at any time. No ugly menu's, no virtual
or psuedo analog synthesis, this is the real thing!
Not only can the 777 recreate the 303 sounds to a T (or should we say TB), but can also produce everything from
deep basses to lead synthesizer parts,electronic percussion (kick drums, high hats, snares, toms, ect...), plus all the crazy ambient sounds you can
dream of. This is the instrument of the future!
It's fat, it's warm, it's fuzzy, and it's packed with oodles of cool features.
Let's start with the 7 possible audio sources. There's Oscillator A and B both having a continuously variable waveshape from
sawtooth to square. Then there's Sub Oscillator A and B each being one octave in pitch lower than their respective oscillator, and
both having square waveforms, with the exception that Sub A has a higher frequency content than Sub B. A white noise source
and an external input jack that allows any external audio to be routed through the filter and amplifier
section are also available. And the filter is capable of self oscillation producing sine waves.
For frequency modulation, you can modulate Osc
A's frequency with Osc B and Osc B's frequency with Osc A. An envelope is also provided to effect Osc B's frequency.
The filter section
contains a selectable 3pole or 7pole lowpass filter complete with cutoff, resonance, res max, and accent controls. A highpass
filter is also provided with an adjustable cutoff. A pre-filter gain stage is also standard to fatten up the oscillators.
On to the filter modulation section, a selectable cv type switch is present with normal(Standard key follow type), and warp (don't
ask) modes. The control voltage amount is also adjustable. Then there's the continuously variable waveshape control to set
the shape for oscillator B's frequency to modulate the filter, plus it's amount control. There's also a dedicated envelope
with adjustable decay time and amount controls.
And finally to the amplifier section, there's a accent decay, and normal decay
control for the amplifier's envelope. You can select either the envelope or a gate to control the amplifier section. There's
a bass control switch to select either normal or boost. Two different types of overdrives are available with an amount control.
There's also an amplifier accent control, and last but not least a volume knob.
Your probably saying to yourself, hey this thing doesn't have any LFO's or built in effects. When really you
can get every thing from tremelo effects, to chorusing, phasing, to massive distortion. It all depends on the sound parameters.
Users will find that the oscillator cross modulation can produce an extreme amount of new sounds and effects. Remember this
keyboard doesn't fit well in the norm of features givin on most synthesizers, it goes beyond those limits to complete new
possibilities.
The sequencer in the 777 is one of the easiest to use you will ever find, yet still packed with unique features.
There are 256 recordable patterns available. Each recording note duration, pitch, accent , glide, loop point, and time signature.
If that's not enough, all editing and recording can be done while the sequencer is running, and it will automatically save all
your edits so you don't have to stop creating! There are 16 songs to arrange the patterns in, each recording it's tempo, the
bank/pattern for each step, the transposition of each step, and the song loop point. Each of the 16 songs can contain up to
3580 measures which is alot!
The 777 also comes with midi for all you people who like to communicate with machines. You can
syncronize via midi to an external clock or have the 777 act as a master device, sending clock signals to external sequencers,
plus send and receive midi note data, and velocity. And we wouldn't want to leave
out our brothers the firm believers in analog, so we included control voltage in/out, gate in/out, accent in/out, filter in,
and audio out 1/4" jacks on the back panel.
You can also use the 777 as a midi to control voltage converter with CV, Gate, and Accent outputs being controlled by midi.
777 SPECIFICATIONS
AUDIO SOURCES
- OSCILLATOR A: control voltage internal/external, range, waveform (continuously variable from sawtooth to square wave), level
- OSCILLATOR B: control voltage internal/external, range, waveform (continuously variable from sawtooth to square wave), level
- EXTERNAL AUDIO IN: level
- SUB OSCILLATOR A: level
- SUB OSCILLATOR B: level
- WHITE NOISE: level
- FILTER: when set to self oscillate
FREQUENCY MODULATION
- GLIDE: time variable
- WAVEFORM B: continuously variable from sawtooth to square wave to modulate oscillator A's frequency
- AMOUNT A: amount of effect oscillator B has on oscillator A's frequency
- WAVEFORM A: continuously variable from sawtooth to square wave to modulate oscillator B's frequency
- AMOUNT B: amount of effect oscillator A has on oscillator B's frequency
- ENVELOPE DECAY: adjustable decay time for the frequency modulation envelope
- ENVELOPE AMOUNT: amount of effect the modulation envelope has on the frequency of oscillator B
FILTER - GAIN: amount of prefilter gain
- SLOPE: selectable 3pole or 7pole lowpass filter
- CUTOFF: adjusts filter cutoff frequency
- RESONANCE: adjusts lowpass filter feedback (capable of self oscillating)
- RESONANCE MAXIMUM: adjusts the maximum amount of resonance the filter has
- ACCENT: amount accented notes effect the filter's cutoff frequency
- HIGHPASS: adjustable cutoff frequency for the highpass filter
FILTER MODULATION - CV TYPE: normal/warp (selects how the sequencer's control voltage effects the filter's cutoff frequency
- CV AMOUNT: amount of effect the sequencer's control voltage has on the filter's cutoff frequency
- WAVEFORM B: continuously variable from sawtooth to square wave to modulate the filter's cutoff frequency
- MODULATION AMOUNT: amount of oscillator B to modulate the filter's cutoff frequency
- ENVELOPE DECAY: adjusts the decay time for the filter modulation envelope
- ENVELOPE AMOUNT: amount of effect the filter's modulation envelope has on the filter's cutoff frequency
AMPLIFIER
- ACCENT DECAY: adjustable decay time for accented notes
- ENVELOPE DECAY: adjustable decay time for non-accented notes
- SHAPE: select gate or envelope to control the amplifier stage
- BASS: select normal or boost for bass response
- OVERDRIVE TYPE: select normal or phase for the overdrive stage
- ACCENT: amount of effect accented notes have on a sounds volume
- VOLUME: level of audio output
SEQUENCER BACK PANEL FEATURES - INPUTS: midi in, control voltage in, gate in, accent in, filter in, 12v AC adaptor input
- OUTPUTS: midi out, cv out, gate out, accent out, audio output
- POWER SWITCH: on/off
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