UDO Audio Super Gemini - 20-Voice Polyphonic, Bi-timbral Analog-Hybrid Synthesizer [Three Wave Music]

 

TAKING YOUR SOUND TO A
WHOLE NEW LEVEL. 

The Super Gemini is a 20-voice polyphonic, bi-timbral analog-hybrid powerhouse. Employing an unprecedented dual-layer design, the Super Gemini gifts you with immediate comprehensive control over both timbral layers — allowing you to tweak, mold and transform your performances on a synth with unparalleled sonic possibilities.

Stacked with up to 20 voices of polyphony, each performance is an entire spectrum of sonic opportunity in which voices and timbral layers can be split, dualled, sequenced all at the touch of a single control. Unique spectrally rich digital hardware oscillators, decorated with expansive tonal features such as wave morphing, cross & ring modulation, bi-directional sync and more, all feed into an all-analog signal path inspired by the classic vintage instruments of our past.

Matching sonic innovation with tactility, the Super Gemini is equipped with a 61-note semi-weighted keybed with polyphonic aftertouch, in addition to a custom engineered ribbon sensor for individual note articulation and a gestural way to explore your sound. With 256 performance and patch slots, 64 interchangeable waveforms and 16 sequences, you can safely store and edit your sounds without concern.

As the second synth in the ‘Super’ series, the Gemini represents a quantum leap in UDO’s technology – building on the acclaimed rich sound pioneered by George Hearn and the Super 6. Adopting a true-stereo Binaural signal path with dual FPGAs and twin effects processors, Gemini will take you on an adventure of spectral dynamics, of glittering frequency and shattering subharmonics, of comfort and discord, expectations and surprises.

01. DUALITY IN CONTROL

Equipped with dual synth-control levels, the Super Gemini gifts you with comprehensive and immediate control over multiple patches/timbral layers, calling out for you to tweak, mold and transform your performances in an unprecedented real-time form. This is a synth that opens new heights of powerful and immediate play.

02. THE POWER OF PLAY

With a total of 20 voices, the option to split and stack patches, each with its own individual arpeggio or sequence, and an uncompromisingly powerful sound engine, the Super Gemini allows you to push sonic boundaries and to explore the acclaimed UDO sound to the fullest.

03. INSPIRED BY THE CLASSICS,
BUILT FOR TODAY

Super Gemini fuses a state-of-the-art FPGA digital architecture with archetypal voltage-controlled synthesizer technology. This harmonious marriage of old and new encompasses all that is great from the era of classic analog polyphonic synthesizers, yet in an unparalleled form factor which is immensely powerful, flexible, and reliable.

04. BINAURAL SYNTHESIS

Employing a true-stereo signal path, the Super Gemini twins its 20 voices to form 10 ‘super voices’. As a result, the left and right channels, and each of your ears, are assigned a complete synthesizer voice. This empowers UDO's championed warm analogue tone, and enables you to create extremely dynamic spatial sounds.

05. UNLIMITED EXPRESSION

Featuring a custom-designed ribbon controller and a 61-note semi-weighted keyboard with polyphonic aftertouch, the Super Gemini will enhance your musicianship from the first touch, opening up new ways for you to explore and express your sound.

06. TRUE NO-COMPROMISE BUILD QUALITY

Forged entirely from aluminium and steel, the Super Gemini is undeniably robust. Equipped with an array of superior quality mechanical controls, the Super Gemini is engineered for reliability and service. As a loyal workmate and companion, this instrument is designed to stand the test of time.

OVERVIEW THE UDO SUPER GEMINI IS A 20-VOICE POLYPHONIC, BI-TIMBRAL SYNTHESIZER BASED ON A HYBRID OF ANALOG AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES. BY COMBINING THE AESTHETICS AND SONIC CHARACTER OF VINTAGE-ERA CLASSICS WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART SYNTHESIS TECHNOLOGY, IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE FLEXIBLE, POWERFUL AND, ABOVE ALL, IMMEDIATE – PROVIDING YOU WITH GORGEOUS SOUND TIMES TWO!
          INDIVIDUAL SOUND SHAPING CONTROLS FOR EACH OF THE TWO LAYERS ALLOW FOR SIMULTANEOUS PATCH PROGRAMMING IN DUAL AND SPLIT MODES WHILE THE PERFORMANCE CONTROL SECTION TO THE LEFT OF THE KEYBOARD CONTAINS PERFORMANCE-RELATED ELEMENTS SUCH AS A BENDER, TRANSPOSE AND PORTAMENTO CONTROLS AS WELL AS A SECOND LFO. TO FURTHER INCREASE THE EXPRESSIVENESS OF YOUR PERFORMANCE, THE SUPER GEMINI IS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH A CUSTOM-DESIGNED RIBBON CONTROLLER AND A 61-NOTE KEYBOARD CAPABLE OF POLYPHONIC AFTERTOUCH.   DDS 1 (OSCILLATOR 1)   FPGA-BASED SUPER WAVEFORM OSCILLATOR CORE FEATURING A CENTROID OSCILLATOR AND SIX ‘SISTER’ OSCILLATORS USING SAMPLED WAVEFORMS THAT CAN BE DYNAMICALLY DE-PHASED IN THE STEREO FIELD TO PRODUCE WIDE AND THICK SINGLE-OSCILLATOR SOUNDS IN ONE OF TWO ‘SUPER MODES’ WAVESHAPES: SINE, SAWTOOTH, SQUARE, TRIANGLE, NOISE AND UP TO 64 ALTERNATIVE WAVEFORMS   DDS 2 (OSCILLATOR 2)   FPGA-BASED OSCILLATOR CORE RUNNING AT A VERY HIGH SAMPLE RATE WITH AN ALGORITHMIC CORE WAVESHAPES: SINE, SAWTOOTH, SQUARE, TRIANGLE, VARIABLE NOISE (PINK, WHITE, BLUE), PULSE WITH VARIABLE PULSE WIDTH CAN BE HARD-SYNCED TO DDS 1 LFO MODE RING MODULATION MODE SQUARE WAVE AND SINE WAVE SUB-OSCILLATOR MODES   MIXER
  CONTROLS THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE AUDIO SIGNALS FROM DDS 1 AND DDS 2 OR DDS 1 AND THE SUB OSCILLATOR IN SHIFT MODE, THIS PARAMETER BECOMES A PAN CONTROL, ALLOWING YOU TO POSITION A LAYER WITHIN THE STEREO FIELD   VOLTAGE CONTROLLED FILTER
  4-POLE, 24 DB PER OCTAVE, ANALOG RESONANT LOW-PASS FILTER THAT USES A CLASSIC POLYSYNTH FILTER DESIGN BY SOUND SEMICONDUCTOR (SSI) 1-POLE, 6 DB PER OCTAVE, ANALOG HIGH-PASS FILTER, PRECEDING THE LOW-PASS FILTER TWO OVERDRIVE SETTINGS SELECTABLE KEYBOARD TRACKING MODES MODULATION BY ENV 1 AND/OR ENV 2, LFO 1 AND DDS 2   VOLTAGE CONTROLLED AMPLIFIER
  ANALOG VCA WITH SELECTABLE VELOCITY SENSITIVITY MODULATION BY ENV 2 OR ONE OF TWO FIXED ENVELOPES, LFO 1 AND DDS 2   ENVELOPES
  ENV 1: 6-STAGE ENVELOPE (ATTACK HOLD, ATTACK, DECAY HOLD, DECAY, SUSTAIN, RELEASE) FEATURING INVERTED AND LOOP MODES WITH SELECTABLE KEY TRACKING ENV 2: 5-STAGE ENVELOPE (ATTACK, DECAY HOLD, DECAY, SUSTAIN, RELEASE)   LFO 1
  FREELY ASSIGNABLE MAIN LFO WITH LOW AND HIGH-FREQUENCY MODES CAN BE USED AS A STANDARD LFO, A THIRD OSCILLATOR, AS A DRONE, OR FOR AUDIO RATE MODULATIONS WAVEFORMS: TRIANGLE, REVERSE SAWTOOTH, SAMPLE & HOLD AND SQUARE AS WELL AS ANY WAVEFORM DDS 1 IS CURRENTLY SET TO FEATURES CONTROLS FOR DELAY AND LEFT-RIGHT PHASE OFFSET FOR BINAURAL MODULATIONS FREE-RUNNING, RESET AND ONE-SHOT MODES CAN BE SYNCED TO THE ARPEGGIATOR AND SEQUENCER OR AN EXTERNAL CLOCK SOURCE   DDS MODULATORS
  LFO 1 AND ENV 1 PITCH MODULATION (DDS 1 AND/OR DDS 2) SELECTABLE ‘SUPER MODES’ AND DETUNE SPREAD CONTROL FOR DDS 1 WAVE MODULATION ALLOWS FOR MORPHING BETWEEN TWO DDS 1 WAVEFORMS, MODULATABLE BY LFO 1, ENV 1 OR MANUALLY PULSE-WIDTH CONTROL FOR DDS 2’S PULSE WAVEFORM, MODULATABLE BY LFO 1, ENV 1 OR A DEDICATED PWM LFO CROSS AND RING MODULATION BETWEEN DDS 1 AND DDS 2   EFFECTS
  24-BIT DUAL-MODE STEREO CHORUS PER LAYER WITH THREE SETTINGS CLOCK-SYNCABLE AND MODULATABLE 24-BIT STEREO DELAY PER LAYER FEATURING A DELAY FREEZE FUNCTION THAT ENABLES YOU TO CREATE SOUND-ON-SOUND LOOPS WHILE YOU ARE PERFORMING   PERFORMANCE CONTROL SECTION
  TWO-AXIS BENDER WITH LFO 2 TRIGGER AND DEDICATED CONTROLS FOR DDS1/2 PITCH AND VCF MODULATION VARIABLE PORTAMENTO PER LAYER PLAYABLE SPRING-LEVER KEYBOARD OCTAVE SELECTOR LFO 2 WITH RATE AND DELAY CONTROLS, SELECTABLE TRIGGER MODES, SIX SELECTABLE WAVEFORMS (SINE, REVERSE SAWTOOTH, SAMPLE & HOLD, SQUARE, SAWTOOTH, SAMPLE & GLIDE) AND DEDICATED CONTROLS FOR RATE, PITCH, VCF AND VCA MODULATION   EXPRESSIVE CONTROLS
  61-NOTE, SEMI-WEIGHTED, VELOCITY-SENSITIVE KEYBOARD WITH POLYPHONIC AFTERTOUCH CUSTOM-DESIGNED RIBBON CONTROLLER FOR EXPRESSIVE MODULATION CONTROL, FEATURING AN ADAPTIVE DOWNBEND BEHAVIOUR THAT ALLOWS YOU TO PITCH BEND NOTES DOWN SEVERAL OCTAVES ACCORDING TO THE PITCH OF THE NOTE YOU PLAY MPE SUPPORT FOR EXTERNAL MPE CONTROLLERS   OVERARCHING CONTROLS & PARAMETERS
  MASTER VOLUME, TEMPO AND LOWER LAYER DETUNE CONTROLS INDIVIDUAL HOLD MODES FOR EACH LAYER SELECTABLE KEYBOARD MODES FOR SETTING UP A PERFORMANCE: SINGLE, DUAL AND SPLIT INDIVIDUAL LAYER SELECT BUTTONS   MODULATION MATRIX
  INTUITIVE 8X8 MODULATION MATRIX WITH PRE-DEFINED SOURCES AND DESTINATIONS UP TO 25 MORE DESTINATIONS CAN BE MODULATED USING THE DIRECT PARAMETER MAPPING METHOD LEDS GIVE CLEAR FEEDBACK ON MAPPINGS AND MODULATION AMOUNTS   VOICE ASSIGN MODES
  FOUR SELECTABLE VOICE ASSIGN MODES INCLUDING TWO MONOPHONIC AND TWO POLYPHONIC MODES EIGHT DELECTABLE UNISON MODES INCLUDING VARIOUS STACKED VOICE MODES AND TWO VARIANTS OF FILTER SEPARATION PER VOICE, USEFUL FOR CREATING VOWEL-LIKE SOUNDS DYNAMIC VOICE ALLOCATION WHEN UNISON IS ENABLED IN BOTH POLYPHONIC MODES BINAURAL OPTION ALLOWS FOR CHOOSING BETWEEN 10 TRUE STEREO ‘SUPER VOICES’ OR 20 NON-BINAURAL MONAURAL VOICES IN SINGLE LAYER MODE FRONT PANEL CONTROL TO DISABLE BINAURAL AND ENTER FULLY TRUE-MONO AUDIO OUTPUT   ARPEGGIATOR & SEQUENCER
  MIDI-SYNCABLE MULTI-MODE ARPEGGIATOR WITH SMART HOLD OPTION MIDI-SYNCABLE 64-STEP SEQUENCER WITH PROGRAMMABLE STEP, SLIDE, ACCENT, REST AND SEQUENCE LENGTH TRACKS CLOCK PARAMETERS FEATURE EASY ADJUSTABLE CLOCK DIVIDER SETTINGS AND SWING PER LAYER   MEMORY & FILE MANAGEMENT
  256 PERFORMANCES (EACH CONTAINING 2 PATCHES), 256 PATCHES, 64 ALTERNATIVE WAVEFORMS FOR DDS 1 AND 16 SEQUENCES FILES CAN EASILY BE COPIED TO THE INTERNAL MEMORY OR BACKED UP USING THE USB PORT QUICK FIRMWARE UPDATES VIA USB CONNECTION   CONNECTIONS
  AC POWER CONNECTOR FOR WORLDWIDE USE WITH A STANDARD, GROUNDED IEC POWER CORD (90-250 VOLTS, 50-60 HZ) USB PORT MIDI IN, OUT AND THRU PORTS ON 5-PIN DIN SOCKETS PEDAL INPUTS: VOLUME, EXPRESSION, SUSTAIN PER LAYER AND DELAY FREEZE PER LAYER STEREO MIX OUTPUT FOR SUMMED LAYER SIGNALS (UNBALANCED 1/4 INCH JACKS) INDIVIDUAL UPPER AND LOWER LAYER STEREO OUTPUTS FOR INDIVIDUAL MIXING AND PROCESSING (UNBALANCED 1/4 INCH JACKS) EASY TO REACH HEADPHONE OUTPUT ON THE FRONT SIDE WITH BOTH ¼ INH AND 3.5MM STEREO JACK SOCKETS   SIZE AND WEIGHT
  DIMENSIONS (CM): 104 × 44 × 11 WEIGHT: 14.5KG