You know what would be a crazy idea? Making a polysynth out of analog BBD (bucket brigade delay) chips. Well, Morphor has been doing just that with the polyphonic Echon 6, building on their work on modules like the ultra-lovely Plectrum. And it’s worth just listening to the music flowing out of this device — now shipping.
Morphor’s stuff sounds good enough to get my attention on the Superbooth floor, which you can normally only do with free coffee. I’m very tempted by the Plectrum, just for its flexibility. Morphor, like a lot of manufacturers, showed the Echon 6 way before it was ready to ship, debuting the instrument last year. But this year, they’re getting these out into the world. And they were an instant hit both at Berlin’s Superbooth and France’s SynthFest.
Let’s just listen to the sounds of the Echon 6, which gorgeously illustrates what this can be as a polyphonic instrument. Morphor has their own sound playlist, but I adore Winterdagen’s musical demos. Here are all three they’ve shared:
CatSynth TV did a nice walkthrough of the instrument with the makers:
Their modular stuff was also set up and doing plucky things that make me happy, anyway.
CatSynth also detailed Plectrum a couple of years back; adding their Echo seems a natural.
Morphor company site
All their stuff is available from Perfect Circuit. Now, I don’t exactly have three grand burning a hole in my pocket, but be careful — $209 for demo stock of Plectrum starts to get impulse-y.
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