Specifications

MALSTRÖM SYNTHESIZER
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Connecting the signal from the Malström itself
If you connect one or both oscillator outputs to the audio input(s), the internal
signal path from the oscillators to the filters is broken. In other words, no signals
will pass internally from the oscillators to the filters, and the three routing buttons
for the oscillators are ignored.
This may seem pointless at first, but there are several uses for this:
D When you play the Malström in this mode, the filter envelope will be
triggered for each note you play, affecting all sounding notes.
This is due to the monophonic “extra” filter described above. On older syn-
thesizers, this feature is called “Multiple triggering”.
D Since all notes you play are mixed before being sent into the filter,
the result of using the Shaper will be totally different (if you play
more than one note at a time).
This is similar to playing a guitar chord through a distortion effect, for exam-
ple.
D You can patch in external effects between the oscillators and the
filters.
Just connect an oscillator output to the input of the effect device, and the ef-
fect output to the Malströms’s audio input.
✪ You can use combinations of connections and routing. You could
for instance connect an external audio signal to one of the inputs,
one of the Malström’s oscillators to the other input and then use
the routing options on the front panel for the other oscillator. All of
these signals will then be mixed and sent to the Malström’s main
outputs.