• 2 analog VCOs
• 2 digital wavetables/samples - uploadable
• Analog x-pole filters with morphing
• Analog envelopes
• Digital LFOs
• Analog routing matrix, which takes 50% of the hardware space on each voice card.

You can picture routing elements as a modular system's cable, with two inputs (sources) and one output (destination). They are connected by an electronically controlled knob (modifier) to control the intensity.
The intensity itself can be modulated by any Midi-Controller (e.g. controller, velocity, aftertouch) or by an analog audio-signal from the SunSyn. So you create 'modulated modulations'.
Besides that, the signals of each voice can modulate among each other. Up to now, this was only possible with 'real' (and huge) modular systems.
Everything works of course in the analog domain. Therefore no operation is limited by fixed point calculation errors (as in DSPs), but instead offers full dynamic-range for chaotic effects which apear on many modulations.
Every modulation path is easy edited and understandable by one single view on the front panel.

An example:

Both VCOs are cross-modulated. This needs 2 Routing Elements, one for each voice. The intensity of the modulation can be controlled by e.g. key velocity. But this is just for starters.
At the same time, an external audio signal is mixed with noise and cutted into pieces by LFO1 and is mixed into the filter input.
Now there still remains one Routing Element to e.g. ringmodulate RCO1and RCO2, and let the result modulate the VCA amount (if RCO2 is the source and RCO1 the modifier, both signals get multiplied; the result is a ring modulation).
The final sound result should be spaced out in every sense of the word.

* Control Panel

There is a knob or lighted button on the control panel for every important function. All in all, there are 40 of them.

The SunSyn has a 48 character-LCD with 4 soft-controllers and 4 soft-buttons to handle several edit-menues in an easy way.
A three character LED shows programm number and the actual parameter value.

* Sound storage

The SunSyns internal memory can handle 256 single sounds, 128 multis and 7 wavesets.

* Midi

All knob movements and keypad events are sent and received as Midi controller data.
We will deliver editor templates for the best known software sequencer systems.

* In / Outputs

The SunSyn has a stereo-out. Stereo-panning can be modulated by an own LFO. There are also 8 freely routable individual outs. All out sockets are electronically balanced tip/ring on 1/4 inch jacks. The headphone-out has its own volume knob.
Besides that there is a stereo input to send external audio signals or control voltages into the SunSyns routing system.

* Power supply

The SunSyn has an internal power supply. It is a clean and computer controlled audio power supply, specially designed to avoid any unwanted effects to the audio circuits. The line voltage is switchable 230/110V and the power cable is removable.

* Casing

The SunSyn Mk2 is housed in a solid metal case with wooden side panels. 

It can be used as desktop unit or can be turned into a 19" rack unit by removing the end woods and turning around the metal sides underneath the woods.

The SunSyn Mk2 is available in white or black color with purple stripes. At your choice are standard black plastic knobs as well as fine metal knobs in gold, ruthenium or black with a shining surface.

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