Softpop2 - Bastl Instruments

Softpop 2 - A portable and experimental synth

Bastl Instruments

SP2’s favorite sounds include bassline bangers, angelic chord progressions, distorted beats, and water droplets. Softpop also has an external input with enough gain and saturation to process any sound thru the filter and VCA.

General features:

• Modular synth with integrated digital control
• Patchbay with 37 eurorack compatible patch-points for ultra-flexibility
• Light orb for psychedelic inspiration
• Digital oscillator with several waveforms and waveshaping 
• Automatic oscillator tuning and octave-wide fine-tune control (for analog VCO)
• Quantized V/OCT semitone transpose
• State variable resonant filter with lowpass, bandpass, and highpass modes
• POP control for unique subtle and distorted timbres
• Flexible attack-decay cycling Envelope with a ton of control inputs
• Drone or envelope mode switch for the VCA
• Musical sequencer with a lot of tricks
• 8 step sequencer with pattern chaining to extend the length
• Sequenceable scale quantizer with 8 user-editable scales
• 8 patterns per bank, 8 banks (saved on demand)
• Envelope gates per step
• Slide option per step for that acid feel
• Playback modes will turn your simple patterns on their head
• Temporary FX section (ratchets, arps, noise, and more)
• CV, gate, and clock outputs from the sequencer
• External input for processing audio with dynamics analyzer 
• Analog sync Input
• Tempo section with divider/multiplier
• MIDI input for sync and musical control
• XY crossfader utility section and 4-way multiple for advanced patches

Specifikations

• power: 5V via Micro USB
• power consumption: <250mA
• dimensions: 173 x 112 x 41 mm
• inputs are capable of receiving eurorack signals
• 16-pin protected eurorack power connector requires 5V from busboard: <250mA
• eurorack size rail adaptors available as open-source files
• all outputs are 5Vpp except for PULSE, EDGE, ENV, BP, and DYNAMICS that are 4Vpp

User Guide and manual for Bastl Thyme+ PDF (bastl-instruments.com)