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The initial idea for Blade was born out of the want to have more
"human input" into the sound. The classic synthesizer parts for
modulation are LFOs and Envelopes. The "human input" is the keyboard
we play and controllers like pitch bend or modulation wheel. A XY pad
is perfect for the human input, but it controls only the filter and
volume... We found this to be too limited. We wanted also to control
the "harmonics" of the oscillator...changing the waveform using the
XY pad.

Out of this idea, Blade was born...

At the heart of BLADE, lies the Harmolator. This special oscillator
system uses 9 global controls which change the harmonic content
(partials) of the waveform. The Harmolator allows oscillator
spreading, fattening the sound and also square / sine wave
sub-oscillator. What's more, the sound can be modified further by the
21 per-voice distortions types and 14 filter types.Blade offers total
control of the sound over time using an array of different modulation
controls. The most significant of Blade is the central XY screen.
Here you can either alter things directly by moving the cursor
around, or you can record paths which can be replayed.The recorded
path can be looped, bi-directional looped and tempo based as well.
Even the speed of the XY recording can be modulated for dynamic
changes! So the XY pad is also an incredibly advanced "human input"
modulation source. Furthermore, Blade has the full range of other
modulation sources, including a dedicated envelope, LFO and velocity
as modulation source for Harmolator controls. Two FX units featuring
all the FX from other Rob Papen products, plus the Arp / Sequencer
and an Easy page which allows you to easily control sounds, all add
up to an amazingly flexible and useful instrument at the cutting edge
of today's synthesizers!

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