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MASK1
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Designed & Assembled in FranceThe Kodamo MASK1 is a keyboard synthesizer which provides groundbreaking innovations to the musical world: the unique Bitmask synthesis, and the expressive play modes.
Play modes allow to vary articulation and sound behavior depending on how you press the keys. Unlike most synthesizers that simply create a sound on key press, the Mask1 detects if you're playing legato, staccato, the number of notes you are playing, the distance between them... and use that information to make the sound respond in a musical way.
For live and studio players
With its compact size and light weight, the MASK1 will easily fit in your studio and is ideal for gigs. It remembers settings between sessions. With its unique sound, premium keyboard and MIDI connectivity, it can become the main keyboard of your setup.
Explore the sounds
The MASK1 invites you into a zen and relaxed sound exploration. Press a button, turn the knob and listen how the sound changes. The MASK1 is designed to have very few parameters, but well-thought ones. The Bitmask synthesis engine makes rich and warm sounds ranging from classic analog tones to voice-like formants, glitchy 8-bit noises and ethereal pads. Sounds are fully editable and can be stored in one of the 400 user memory slots. They can be transferred to your computer and shared with other people.
What is Bitmask synthesis?
Bitmask synthesis is the method the MASK1 uses to generate its sound. Internally, oscillators do only have one waveform. Various tones are created by applying what is called a bitmask. This is a technique inherited from computing, which alters a number by masking some of its digits. Here we adapted this technique to make sound. Bit-masking creates complex wave shapes that are full of harmonics and give the MASK1 its sonic character.
