Future Sound Systems has introduced the Portland modular percussion synthesizer, described as a “sandbox” for percussion and drum synthesis.

The system offers several different analog sound generation and shaping elements in a patchable unit. The elements are normal led together on the patchbay, allowing for minimal patching to arrive at a kit of drum sounds, but this can be overridden for more complex drum sound synthesis. Courtesy of http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2...tems-portland-modular-percussion-synthesizer/

Features:

• Bass Drum semi-linear resonator
• 2x Twin-T resonators
• “Ring” generator, formed from 6 XOR’d oscillators
• Noise generator
• Dynamic hi-hat shaping circuit
• 2x decay envelope generators
• 2x discrete audio VCAs
• Four channel audio mixer with Baxandall tone circuit
• Portland is compatible with modular synthesizers and standalone sequencers.