Subdecay PixelWave 2024

The PixelWave is a 3 oscillator guitar synth. It uses a phase distortion synth engine that bridges the gap between vintage digital and analog sound. Tracking is extremely fast and can be easily set up for guitar or bass.

Phase Distortion Synthesizer

Take a trip back in time to the underappreciated 12bit era of synthesis. A time of experiments built for mass appeal. Finally, synthesizers were available to the everyday musician. One new idea was phase distortion synthesis.  Casio sold it as the answer to Yamaha’s FM synthesis. Ultimately, Casio discontinued the CZ phase distortion synthesizers, but these synthesizers garnered a cult following for their versatility and relative affordability.

The PixelWave covers a wide range of synthesizer sounds. From string ensembles to filter sweeps and resonant noise. Oscillators can be offset over four octaves by half-step increments and fine-tuning. Use this to create massive 80s unison leads or modern one key dance chords.

Customize Your Sound

The PixelWave includes 3 de-tunable oscillators, 1 sub oscillator, 2 LFOs, envelope controls and more. In all there are 31 parameters and 11 savable presets.