ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Persephone Analogue Synth

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Analogue synthesizer, the Persephone reminds of the first electric keyboards from the 1950s. Nevertheless its ribbon virtual keyboard requires the most advanced sensor technology and allows all kind of glissando a Theremin or les Ondes Martenot would allow. The Persephone sound, created by a 100 % analog oscillator, is also inspired from these instruments and oscillates from human voices sonorities to cello vibrant tones. The oscillator waveform can be set between sine and triangle for a more or less brilliant sound. The two play modes - velocity sensitive or not - offer different styles of play. The Persephone can also be used as a MIDI controller. More functionnalities Scale : a scaling potentiometer allows to scale the Persephone's ribbon from 1, 2, 5 to 10 octaves. Tune Finetune Brightness : two waveforms Wave : from sinus to triangle Ergonomically speaking The front panel accessibility has been improved. The buttons are on the left side of the front panel, directly accessible with your left hand, while you keep playing with your right hand. Connections are located on the rear side of the front panel and protected from dust and other source of deterioration by the Persephone suitcase top when closed. The ribbon zone size can allow all kinds of play. Quality Wenge velocity key, birch table, vinyl cover, real analogue oscillator. Custom The Persephone is a handmade instrument. We decided to release two versions of the instrument : the classic version (black sky, violin polish, velocity wenge exotic wood key) and a punk-rock version, more colored, (with a red/black snake skin sky, a red table for example). This version may vary through time, taste, mood and perception of the day. The Persephone voice With its analogue oscillator, the Persephone can generate notes with a range of 10 octaves, which goes from a deep and resonant cello sound, sometimes it can sound nearly human. And on the highest pitches, it can reach very high frequencies. Play the Persephone Just like on a theremin, the way the Persephone is played will create the instrument personality. When scaled, the Persephone can be played like a regular keyboard. Guitars and bass players will certainly play it like a chord instrument and get sounds that are very closed to cello or violin, especially with the vibratos. Jazz players will enjoy slapping the Persephone's ribbon to get wonderful sonorities. Use the Persephone as a MIDI controller with an external source With its midi in, the Persephone can be a wonderful ribbon midi controller. Where does the name Persephone come from ? Persephone was the daughter of Demeter and Zeus. She was the personification of young, blooming life taken prisoner by Hades. Demeter's neglect of the world while she was searching for her daughter brought famine to the world. Demeter persuaded Hades to release Persephone but before she left Demeter's daughter ate the food of the underworld (accidentally swallowing a seed of a pomagranate or "apple of love") which meant that she could not leave. Eventually she was forced to spend only part of the year in the underworld and that time is what we know as winter, the season of death. Persephone is also known in classical mythology as Juno Inferna, Libera, Kora, Averna and Stygia.