omniverse xSynth is a digital instrument written in ChucK programming language, as a digital modular synthesizer. To gain the tactile sensibility of an analogue synthesizer, the Novation SL MKII and Novation LaunchPad were used as an interface.

The xSynth was developed during a sound programming workshop CAAD ETHz thought by sound artist Johannes Sistermans, Nikola Marinčić and Jorge Orozco, and took part in the Probabilistic Orchestra, a laptop orchestra of digital or electronic instruments at the Honggerberg ETHz campus.

xSynth Features:

• 3 Digital Oscillators – sin/saw/triangle
• 3 LFOs, hardsyncable
• 2 FM oscillators
• Noise generator
• Low Pass Filter
• Arpeggiator
• Patch matrix
• 5 note polyphony
• Remote OSC functionality
• Step sequencer

Video editing: Demetris Shammas
Sound recording & mixing: Achilleas Xydis

Chair for CAAD ETHz / 2014