Powertran Transcendent 2000 Synthesizer

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The Transcendent 2000 is a monophonic analog synthesizer with VCO, VCF, LFO, envelopes and a three-octave keyboard. It was designed by engineer Tim Orr. The synthesizer was sold as a kit.

The VCO offers a choice of sawtooth and square waveforms for the fundamental tone and can be transposed +/- 2 octaves. The Shape control can be used to change the sawtooth wave continuously up to a triangle wave and to shift the pulse width of the square wave. This modulation process can also be automated via the LFO using the shape control (saw-width or pulse-width modulation). The pitch of the VCO can be changed using Noise or Sample & Hold, the ADSR envelope (for autobending) as well as the sine wave and pulse wave of the LFO. The filter offers Resonance, Frequency and the modulation sources Sweep (LFO modulation) and Ad Sweep, a “half” envelope assigned to the filter. Modulation can also take place via random using a small switch. The ADSR envelope can be triggered via LFO using the Repeat switch. (Source: Amazona)