Description | The Quasar from Quasimidi is a rack-mounted digital synthesiser module which was released in 1993. A synth that was satisfying to the Techno crowds of the day and also General MIDI friendly.
The presets and drum sounds eschewed the typical General Midi specification, which was in vogue at the time, in favour of electronic and trance techno styles. The Quasar included an arpeggiator, which was an unusual feature in 1993.
Largely a sample based machine with limited editing capabilities but enough to play with among it's 1,000 samples available for tweaking.
The synthesizer also features a robust set of effects from Chorus, vibrator to delays, reverbs, and vocoder effects. |
| Brand | Quasimidi |
| Model | Quasar |
| Device | Synth |
| Type | Rack |
| Engine Type | Digital |
| Engine | PCM |
| Voices (max) | 21 |
| Multitimbral | 16 |
| Oscillators | 2 |
| Engine Detailed | 2 osc: M.A.S.S. 64 MB Samples |
| Filter (VCF) | 1 High Pass, Low Pass, Resonance |
| Envelope (VCA) | ADSR |
| FX | Chorus, vibrato,delays, vocoder, filters, reverbs |
| Memory | 1000 patches, 100 multi |
| Arpeggiator | Yes |
| Keys | 0 |
| Key type | N/A |
| Velocity | N/A |
| Aftertouch | N/A |
| Midi | I-O-T |
|
Produced: | 1993 |
| 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. |
