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Electronic Music Works (EMW) | WCS-1

Description

The WCS-1 is a MIDI synthesizer module that utilizes a digital oscillator followed by all discrete analog circuits in order to produce unusual and very "fat" sounds. The exclusive wave addition resource together with a dual input VCF and a lightning fast VCA ensures its powerful sound generation capabilites, being an ideal instrument for any electronic music production. 

A large number of waveform combinations can be generated by the WCS-1. It contains most the classic waveshapes like Square, Saw, and Triangle, along with many other combination waves, making this synth a powerful timbre palette.

The resonant filter of the WCS-1 increases the final sound volume and when it is set to values higher than 80%, a filter overload is expected to occur and consequently cause distortion. For certain musical styles, this type of filter overload may be welcome because it brings a more aggressive characteristic to the sound.

BrandElectronic Music Works (EMW)
ModelWCS-1
DeviceSynth
TypeDesktop
Engine TypeAnalog
EngineDCO
Voices (max)1
Oscillators1
LFO1 Square, Triangle
Engine Detailed1 Digital OSC, Saw Up, Square, Sub Oscillator, Triangle
Filter (VCF)1 18dB Slope, Band Pass, Low Pass, Resonance
Envelope (VCA)ADSR
Keys0
Key typeN/A
VelocityN/A
AftertouchN/A
AudioMono out
MidiI
Produced:2012
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.

Manuals, patches etc.

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