The Ultimate SynthDB | Cheetah MS6

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Description	Towards the end of the eighties, the British company Cheetah released their finest, the MS6. It's a 6-voice polyphonic/multitimbral analog synthesizer in a single-unit rack module. It has two digitally controlled oscillators per voice (12 DCOs) to provide better stability, and they sound surprisingly warm and musical. It's got the same sound chips (CEM 3396) as the Oberheim Matrix 6/6R and Matrix 1000 but the MS6 is multitimbral! Get creative with layering patches for ensembles or Trance heaven! Hidden within this little unit are some wonderful string, bass, lead, voice and percussion sounds! The MS6 is a full-featured analog synth with 12 oscillators with PWM, noise and sync. There are 6 analog 24dB/oct filters which are warm and resonant! Programming from the front panel is possible but quite a bit tedious, so use of an editor is definitely recommended
Brand	Cheetah
Model	MS6
Device	Synth
Type	Rack
Engine Type	Analog
Engine	DCO
Voices (max)	6
Oscillators	2
LFO	1
Noise	Y
Engine Detailed	12 DCOs (2 per voice) with pwm, noise, sync
Filter (VCF)	six 24 dB/octave resonant low-pass
Envelope (VCA)	12 velocity and pressure sensitive envelopes
Memory	320 ROM sounds, 96 RAM sounds, 64 user
Keys	0
Key type	N/A
Velocity	N/A
Aftertouch	N/A
Midi	I-O-T
Produced:	1988 - 1988

Legend:		Obvious	Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable
VCO	Voltage Controlled Oscillator	DCO	Digital Controlled Oscillator
LFO	Low Frequency Oscillator	Sub	Sub Oscillator
VCF	Voltage Controlled Filter	VCA	Voltage Controlled Amplifier
Velocity	As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key.	Aftertouch	Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel.
Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise.

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