UDO Super 6 Desktop

UDO Audio present the Super 6 Desktop, a 12-voice analog hybrid synth that keeps all the sonic power of the Super 6 in a more compact and portable form. It combines FPGA digital hardware oscillators and voltage-controlled analog technology. Its wavetable engine at its core allows for infinite sounds possibilities, that can be modulate with a state-of-the-art binaural analog signal path and flexible modulation. The Super 6 Desktop is a real sound design dream for synth lover who want to have the best of both synth realms.

Key Features

• Full-featured Super 6 in a more compact and portable form
• 12-Voice polyphonic synthesiser with FPGA digital hardware and voltage-controlled analog technology
• Additional features such as drift control, independent control of analog Highpass filter, pan spread control and advanced envelopes and polyphonic aftertouch
• Arpeggiator/sequencer MIDI-syncable & sequencer with programmable note, rest, slide, accent and length tracks
• Polychain option with the full-sized Super 6
• Optional rack ears (7U) and robust flip-up feet offering versatile integration into your studio.

A Sound Designer's Dream in Compact and Portable Form

UDO Audio developed the Super 6 Desktop to give you the same experience of his full-sized companion, at a more affordable price point and in a smaller footprint. Nothing changes in the Desktop version's sound engine: the main oscillators feature FPGA technology and Direct Digital Synthesis and downloadable waveforms to make your sound more unique than ever.

The Super 6 Desktop keeps the acclaimed Binaural mode, featuring a true stereo signal path in which the instrument’s twelve voices are twinned to form six stereo ‘super’ voices. Consequently, the left and right channels — and each of the player’s ears — are assigned their own complete synthesizer voice. Parameters for both channels of each super voice may be independently controlled, letting you create rich and unique stereo images. The effect ranges from subtle to extreme stereo movement, creating an enhanced sense of spatial positioning relative to “conventional” monaural signal-chains panned at their output.

Moreover, the Super 6 Desktop features an arpeggiator/sequencer, chorus I and II, stereo delay and an intuitive modulation matrix with pre-defined destinations and also mapping to a wide range of front panel controls.

Specifications 

DDS 1 (Oscillator 1)

• FPGA-based Super-wave oscillator core sampled at 50MHz with a centroid oscillator and six sister oscillators that can be dynamically de-phased in the stereo field
• Waveshapes: sine, sawtooth, square, triangle, noise and 16 user downloadable alternative waveforms
• Alternative DDS 1 waveform format:
• Normalized, single-cycle waveform with 4096 points
• 16-bit signed integer format samples
• Bandlimited at sampling frequency/8 (Nyquist/4). If 4096 Hz is your sampling frequency, then 512 Hz is the upper limit of your passband.
• Binary file with no header data and file extension .ws6

DDS 2 (Oscillator 2)

• FPGA-based algorithmic oscillator core sampled at 50MHz
• Waveshapes: sine, sawtooth, square, triangle, noise, pulse
• Can be hard-synced to DDS 1
• LFO mode
• Sub oscillator mode (can be activated when in LFO mode)
• Pulse waveform with variable pulse width and PWM

DDS Modulators

• LFO and envelope modulation of DDS 1 & DDS 2 pitch
• Selectable ½ Super or full Super mode for DDS 1
• Sister oscillator detune spread control for Super waves
• Pulse-width control for pulse waveform
• LFO and/or ENV 1 can modulate the sister oscillator detune spread for the Super waves and the pulse-width for the standard waves
• DDS 2 to DDS 1 cross-modulation for deep FM Sounds

Keyboard and Controller Section

• 49-key Fatar mechanism with velocity and aftertouch
• Two-axis bender with LFO trigger
• Voice modes: Poly 1, Poly 2, Solo, Legato, variable size and type Unison
• Keyboard-adjacent dedicated controls for bender DDS 1/2 pitch
• and VCF cutoff modulation
• LFO 2 with rate and delay controls, selectable triggered and always-on modes
• Variable portamento
• Expression pedal and sustain pedal inputs
• Playable spring-lever keyboard octave selector
• MPE MIDI compliance with response to note on and off velocity, polyphonic aftertouch, polyphonic pitch bend and polyphonic expression

Effects

• Dual-mode stereo chorus using 24-bit 192 kHz processing
• Syncable and modulatable stereo delay with 24-bit 192 kHz processing

Performance

• 128 rewriteable patch memories with 64 factory patches and 64 empty slots for user patches
• Superior build quality, easy access buttons, sliders, knobs and a menu-free interface