PWM are a new British electronic instrument company, and they've just released an impressive debut synth: the Malevolent. A dual-VCO semi-modular monosynth, the Malevolent sports a 2.5-octave mini keyboard, a multi-function (pitch, vibrato and portamento) joystick, and no fewer than 38 jack patch points.

In addition to its traditional modular credentials, it incorporates a built-in USB MIDI-CV converter, meaning you can trigger and control it from your DAW, with MIDI messages being converted to standard Gate and 1V/oct CV signals.

There's a six-mode arpeggiator present too, and this can sync either to its internal clock or to an external one, via either USB, MIDI clock or an analogue pulse. Usefully, you can power the Malevolent via USB alone, making it a perfect partner for compact or live setups.

 

Modular Pure Analogue Synthesiser

* Pure Analogue signal path designed by Future Sound Systems
* Pure VCOs

    * 19 Outputs and 19 Inputs for 3.5mm mono jack cable patching
* Normalised signal path for immediate sound Malevolence
* Additional rear panel line out
* Additional headphone out

* 2 Voltage Controlled Oscillators
* Saw / Triangle / Pulse outputs plus Mix for each oscillator
* 1V/Oct pitch control input
* Shape control / pulse width modulation input
* 2x Frequency Modulation inputs
* Coarse / Fine tune control
* Shape mod amount control
* FM1 and 2 mod amount controls
* Shape control
* Selectable waveforms for the mix output
* Individual osc level control

* LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator)
* Triangle / Square wave outputs
* Rate control

* 2x Envelopes
* Individual ADSR controls for each envelope
* Individual gate inputs
* Individual envelope outputs

* Multi-mode 2 pole VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter)
* Low pass / Band pass / High Pass individual inputs
* 2x Frequency Modulation inputs with amount controls
* Filter cutoff
* Filter resonance

* Mixer
* Noise w/level control
* Aux input w/level control

* VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) with overdrive control

* Compatible with Eurorack standard 1V/Oct gear

* Monophonic and patchable allowing individual pitch control of each VCO and gate control of each envelope

* USB bus-powered

* MIDI In / Out

* Headphone out

* Line out

* Analogue clock in & out

* USB-MIDI to 1V/Oct CV & gate conversion
* All pitch and gate control is fully analogue
* Analogue clock In / Out

* Multi-function Joystick control
* Left / right for pitch bend
* Performable portamento
* Performable vibrato
* This is in addition to the analogue LFO
* Latching hold mode

* Arpeggiator
* 6 arpeggiator types
* Up, Down, Up/Down 1, Up/Down 2, Played & Random
* Auto clock sync
* Detects analogue / MIDI or USB-MIDI clock and synchronises the arpeggiator automatically
* Selectable sync rates when clock detected
* Rate / sync control
* Latch
* 6 Octave range
* Analogue / MIDI / USB-MIDI Clock output when arpeggiator is running

* Keyboard Control
* 32 Velocity-sensitive mini-keys
* Octave shift +/- 4 octaves
* Pitch output
* Velocity output
* Gate output

    * Local Off mode for DAW use

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Includes:
* 5 Patch cables

* Power Supply (9V 600mA)
* USB C lead

* Getting Started Guide

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Weights and Dimensions:
Product (unboxed):
* 490 x 250 x 80 mm
* 2.61 kg

Product (boxed with contents):
* 690 x 320 x 160 mm
* 3.70 kg