Plankton Electronics Ants! Semi-Modular Analogue Desktop Synth

ANTS! is a semi-modular analog synthesizer in a desktop format. Pure analogue sound with more than 50 patch points, 19 knobs, thousands of combinations and infinite modulation possibilities.

FEATURES

ANALOG
100% PURE ANALOG SOUND AND CIRCUITRY

PATCHABLE
51 PACTH POINTS OF MODULAR MADNESS

PREPATCH
BREAKABLE NORMALLED SYSTEM INSIDE

TRI CORE
4 TRIANGLE CORE ANALOGUE OSCILLATORS

SYNC
SYNC INPUT FOR OUTSTANDING TIMBRES

PWM
PULSE WIDTH MODULATION ON OSCS AND LFOS

LFOS
2 TO 4 LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS

SOFT
SOFT TOUCH KNOBS

PORTABLE
REDUCED SIZE DESKTOP FORMAT

MIDI
BUILD IN MIDI-TO-CV CONVERTER

FILTER
RESONANT LPF/HPF VCFILTER

S/H
FOR RANDOM AND STEPPED VOLTAGES

LOGIC
LOGIC ‘AND’ GATE

VCAS
2 VOLTAGE CONTROLLED AMPLIFIERS

NOISE
WHITE NOISE GENERATOR

MIXER
3 INPUT MIXER WITH ATTENUVERTERS

ENVELOPES
TRIGGERED ‘AD’ + GATED ‘ASR’ ENVELOPES

V/OCT
INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR OSCILLATORS

VERSATILE
CAPABLE OF A HUGE PALETTE OF SOUNDS

COMPATIBLE
WITH THE EURORACK VOLTAGE SPECS

SPECS

MAIN

27 INPUTS, 24 OUTPUTS
ANALOG CIRCUITRY
EURORACK FRIENDLY (VOLTAGE)
MODULES

2 LFOs
4 OSCs (2 Switchable To LFO)
MIDI TO CV
AND LOGIC GATE
SAMPLE AND HOLD
2 VCAs
WHITE NOISE GENERATOR
LP/HP VOLTAGE CONTROLLED FILTER
1 TRIGGERED A/D ENVELOPE
1 GATED A/S/R ENVELOPE
1 MIXER WITH ATTENUVERTERS
POWER

12Vac 1A
INCLUDED POWER SUPPLY
MATERIALS

ROLLED STEEL CASE
PLASTIC SIDE COVERS
FR4 PANEL
SOFT-TOUCH KNOBS
LFOS

+/-4V OUTPUTS
TRIANGLE CORE
TRIANGLE, SINE AND SQUARE WAVES
RANGE: 19SEC – 30HZ
‘SYNC IN’ ON LFO·X
OSCILLATORS

V/OCT INPUTS
+/-4V OUTPUTS
TRIANGLE CORE
TRIANGLE, SINE, SQUARE, SAWTOOTH
AND PW WAVES
‘SYNC IN’ OSC·Y
2 SWITCHABLE TO LFO
PWM IN ON XTOSC·X
PWM KNOB ON XTOSC·Y
MIXER

3 INPUT
2 ATTENUVERTERS
AD ENV1

TRIGGERED ENVELOPE
MANUAL CONTROL
‘TRIG IN’
ATTACK: 0.9msec – 1sec
DECAY: 3msec – 5ec
ASR ENV2

GATED ENVELOPE
MANUAL CONTROL
‘GATE IN’
ATTACK: 5msec – 10sec
RELEASE: 1msec – 4Sec
MIDI TO CV

1-8 CHANNEL SELECT
GATE OUT (NOTE ON)
CV (NOTE) OUT
CV2 OUT (2nd NOTE OR VELOCITY)
VCF

RESONANT ANALOG FILTER
HIGH PASS / LOW PASS
2 INPUT MIXER WITH DISTORTION
VOLTAGE CONTROLLED FREQUENCY
VCAS

2 Voltage Controlled Amplifiers
‘BASE’ And ‘VOLUME’ ON VCA1
AND GATE

2 INPUT LOGIC GATE
0 TO 5V