Product Features
- All-analog audio path with 2 VCOs with continuously variable waveshape, noise generator, resonant multimode VCF and VCA
- 2 independent analog VCOs with Saw, Triangle and Pulse waveforms with continuously variable shape including PWM of the square wave and a separate white noise generator
- A 2-pole multimode OTA-based sweepable analog resonant multimode filter with LPF, HPF, BPF
- LFO with Sine, Triangle, Square, Up Saw, Down Saw, Random and Sample-and-Hold to modulate Pitch, Filter and Amp
- AD (Filter) + AR (Amp) envelopes (full ADSR control available via MIDI CC or software editor)
- 40 onboard controls and LED display
- 100 onboard presets
- 10 mode, 4-octave arpeggiator
- Real-time and step edit 16-step sequencer with 20 automatable parameters
- Onboard multi-touch 27-note chromatic and scale keyboard with 13 scales
- Sync Delay audio effect and 5 performance effects
- Self-tuning with auto-tune calibration
- USB MIDI and 2.5 mm jack MIDI IN/OUT (cables included)
- Audio In to daisy chain other audio devices with no need for a mixer
- Mac/PC/iOS Editor
- Complete MIDI implementation with all parameters and clock can be controlled via MIDI CC
- Battery (4xAA Alkaline, Ni-Mh) or USB powered
- Ultra-portable and lightweight
- Overview
- Tech Specs
True analog synthesizer. Easily programmable. Ultra-portable.
UNO Synth is the ultimate portable, monophonic, true analog synthesizer and IK Multimedia’s entry in the hardware synthesizer world.
We combined our two decades of experience in software and hardware development with the expertise of Italian boutique synth-maker Soundmachines and IK’s synth guru, Erik Norlander (one of the brains behind acclaimed synths like the Alesis Andromeda). The result is a no-compromise instrument with massive analog sound that’s also easy to use with hands-on programmability and advanced features at an unbeatable price.
Ease-of-use with powerful programming
UNO Synth comes with 100 grab-and-go presets (80 fully rewritable), making it ready to play right out of the box. Each preset not only includes the sound programming, it also includes an associated arpeggio and sequence for even greater musical expression and portable sonic power.
This makes it easy for everyone to find the perfect sound, and beginners and professional producers alike will have great inspirational starting points to make working with the UNO Synth faster, more productive and more enjoyable.
Ultra-portable, battery-powered, to make music everywhere
UNO Synth’s ultra-compact dimensions make it among the smallest monophonic synth available. With its light weight (only 400g) and its battery-power supply (4xAA included) or USB power-supply (for battery power banks), UNO Synth gives musicians of all kinds the freedom to make music everywhere without being tied to a location! Fully untethered, it’s the ideal analog synth to carry around all the time
Use it standalone, live with your keyboard or with your DAW
Electronic music lovers or DJs can make music with UNO Synth whenever and wherever the inspiration strikes. The built-in audio input also allows for daisy chaining other external audio device (like drum machines) so they can be used together with UNO Synth without the need for an additional mixer, keeping the set up at minimum for the greatest portability.
Keyboard players and producers can connect it to their preferred master keyboard or any MIDI gear using the built-in MIDI In and Out ports and integrate UNO Synth into their live or studio rigs as a very powerful and versatile analog synth sound module. With the built-in USB MIDI port, UNO Synth also integrates directly with a DAW or other audio tools running on Mac/PC computers or mobile devices, without needing additional hardware such as MIDI interfaces.
| Synthesis Method | Type: Analog Polyphony: 1 x voice Synthesis Structure: 2 x VCO, Noise generator, 1 x VCF, 1 x VCA, 2 x EG, 1 x LFO VCO Variable Shape Waveforms: Triangle, sawtooth, pulse with variable pulse width VCF: 2-pole resonant multimode filter with cutoff, resonance, ENV amount, drive LFO: 7 x shapes (sine, triangle, square, saw up, saw down, random, sample & hold), rate Modulation Destinations: Amp, pitch, filter, PWM, waveshape (PWM and waveshape via MIDI CC) EG: Two for filter and amplitude (full ADSR is available via MIDI) |
| Preset | 100 x presets (20 factory non-writable, 80 user) |
| Keyboard & Controllers | 7 x knobs (4 matrix, 3 fixed) 15 x selectable scales |
| Sequencer | 16-step sequencer Real-time and step recording with parameter recording Real-time parameter recording per-step Directions: Forward, backward, forward and backward Selectable length between 1 and 16 steps |
| Arpeggiator | Arpeggiator: 10 modes Range: 4 octaves Hold control |
| Effects | Delay Dive, scoop, vibrato, wah, tremolo |
| Connections | Audio Out: Mini-jack 1/8" / 3.5 mm stereo (mono summed) Audio In: Mini-jack 1/8" / 3.5 mm stereo (mono summed) 2 x MIDI 2.5 mm mini-jack to DIN cables (In/Out) 1 x micro-USB |
| Power | 4 x AA Batteries micro-USB connector |
| Dimensions (W × H × D) | 10.1 x 8.9 x 1.9" / 25.7 x 22.6 x 4.9 cm |
| Weight | 14.1 oz / 399.7 g (battering excluded) |
Great sounding true-analog audio path
Beneath its miniature exterior, UNO Synth packs a powerful, fat and rich-sounding synthesis engine with a full analog audio path on par with professional synthesizers costing much more.
- All-analog audio path with 2 VCOs, noise generator, resonant multimode VCF and VCA
- 2 independent VCOs with Saw, Triangle, Pulse waveforms with continuously variable shape including PWM of the square wave plus a separate white noise generator
- A 2-pole OTA-based analog resonant sweepable multimode filter with LPF, HPF and BPF
- Custom-designed, dual-stage overdrive that provides filter input overdrive for classic synth saturation tone, from subtle warming to aggressive distortion
- LFO with Sine, Triangle, Square, Up Saw, Down Saw, Random and Sample-and-Hold to modulate Pitch, Filter, Amp and continuous oscillator wave shapes including PWM
