Future Sound Systems Cric Analogue Matrix-Patchable Synthesizer (Brunel Edition)

The Future Sound Systems Cric is a fully analogue, matrix-patchable electronic music synthesiser.

* BRUNEL LIMITED EDITION *
Keeping with the reclaiming the old to create something new philosophy, Future Sound Systems has released a new, limited-edition number of Crics featuring a black panel and wooden end cheeks supplied by Bristol based project: Steadfast (our very own Hamish!).

Steadfast uses craft to reconnect timber and technology to its human and natural histories. All materials used are recycled, reclaimed or responsibly sourced. Everything is handmade to stand the test of time. The wood for the Cric Brunel Edition end cheeks is Australian Jarrah and was reclaimed from the refurbishment of the SS Great Britain in 1970, when the ship sailed from the Falkland Islands to its current home in Bristol. The wood was supplied to Steadfast as salvage from the Bristol Wood Recycling Project, meaning that no additional trees have been felled to produce the Brunel edition.

Cric is far from yet-another-monosynth but the heart of an analogue electronic music studio. Rock solid VCOs give the user pitch precision and FM flexibility. A comprehensive filter section affords timbral sculpting from basic filtering to total transformation of incoming tones. Four cyclical function generators can be used as envelopes, LFOs or audible VCOs.

Pin matrix patching allows for the synthesiser to be configured as a traditional 3 * VCO mono-synth, a paraphonic synthesiser, a drum machine, a noise and drone box, and so the list goes on. Four inputs and outputs with a microphone preamplifier on input 1 allow for audio processing, external CV control, feedback routing and much more.

Cric. Old school circuits. New school synthesis.

Specifications

Dimensions: 550 x 310 x 80 mm, 5.3 kg
Power: +12VDC (centre positive, 2.1mm barrel jack connector), 2.5A, PSU included

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