MOOG Spectravox Semi-Modular Analog Spectral Processor
The Newest Member of the Moog Family
Spectravox, the newest member of the Moog semi-modular family, is a groundbreaking tool for sculpting sound. An analog spectral processor based around a 10-band filter bank, Spectravox creates lively drones and colourful tonal sweeps on its own and adds resonant depth and psychedelic spectral movement to any external sound. Hook up a microphone and Spectravox becomes a 10-band analog vocoder with innovative integrated modulation of all of its filters.
In fact, Spectravox is an exploration and expansion of the topology of the vocoder and filter bank. Also, it’s a highly flexible instrument and signal processor with a comprehensive patch bay for integration into studios of all sizes.
A Groundbreaking Tool for Sculpting Sound
Synthesists have delighted in playing with the spectrum of sound since the Moog 907 Fixed Filter Bank appeared in the 1960s, creating lush vowel tones and multicoloured timbral animation with hands-on level control of each frequency band of a sound.
Unlike earlier fixed filter banks, however, the unique filters of Spectravox are no longer fixed in place and will jointly shift around the frequency space, allowing for the creation of otherworldly voltage-controlled spectral animation and vibrant phaser-like sweeps.
With 10 filters whose variable resonance can morph from soft precision to shimmering choral effects, Spectravox reshapes the sounds you love into surprising new forms and brings a new world of sonic possibilities to your studio.
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10-Band Analog Vocoder
Spectravox is a fascinating standalone sculptable synthesizer voice thanks to its built-in carrier sound source of a thick analog Moog oscillator and white noise generator. With its combo XLR/jack program input, Spectravox becomes a fully featured 10-band vocoder with a secondary filter bank for analyzing the spectral makeup of incoming sounds.
In VOCODER mode its 10 analysis filters map the timbral characteristics of any external sound onto any other sound you can imagine. Shape the warm analog oscillator of Spectravox with the dynamics of your voice, or use a drum machine to animate guitar chords in a mesmerizing broadband percussive space.
Electronic Instruments for the Musician
Spectravox uses the pioneering vocoding work of Bob Moog and Wendy Carlos in the late 1960s as its inspiration. This work was based on Homer Dudley’s original designs from the 1930s. It was used to prominent effect in Stanley Kubrick’s 1972 film A Clockwork Orange.
Innovating further from these early designs, Spectravox uses 10 state-variable filters for its filter bank. All 10 of which are capable of being shifted with its internal triangle wave LFO or external control voltage.
Spectravox is both a major step forward for analog filter banks and a loving exploration of early music technology history. This is thanks to its ability to emphasize vowel sounds. It does so via the Hiss and Buzz functionality of the Moog 16 Channel Vocoder.
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Scramble the Frequency Spectrum
Scramble the frequency spectrum and create wonderfully unpredictable textures. It’s easy with patch points for each filter in the filter bank and includes patch cables. Add analog warmth and subtle phasing to digital synthesizers and sound sources. Integrate Spectravox with other Moog semi-modular instruments or Eurorack modules. This is possible with the extensive patch bay providing control over almost all of its parameters.
Lastly, Spectravox is a boundary-pushing instrument that invites you to explore creative new ways of shaping and sculpting sound.
Spectravox Key Highlights:
- Semi-Modular Design
- Dynamic 10-Band Filter Bank
- Extensive Connectivity
- Innovative Modulation
