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MASK1
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Designed & Assembled in France
The Kodamo MASK1 is a keyboard synthesizer which provides two main innovations to the musical world:
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.
Bitmask synthesis is a special kind of digital synthesis based on computer programming, that takes simple sine wave tones and mangle them to create complex new waveforms. Here are 5 examples to show the process. The Mask1 let you choose from a pool of 512 different masks.
Once combined with the filter and enhanced through the built-in effects, it can create impressivly rich and warm sounds.
Explore and create new sounds
The MASK1, with its minimalistic interface, invites you into a zen and relaxed sound exploration. Press a button, turn the knob and listen how the sound evolves. The MASK1's engine works with very few parameters, but very well selected ones, to maximize the sound design possibilities while making sound creation quick and satisfying. The front panel is designed to allow to switch and edit parameters with a single hand. Sounds are fully editable and can be stored in one of the 600 internal memory slots. They can be backed up or loaded from your computer and shared with other people.
For live and studio players
With its compact size and light weight, the MASK1 will easily fit in your studio and is easy to carry around for gigs.
It remembers settings between sessions and offers a built-in looper that allows sequences (up to 10000 notes) to be recorded and played back while you are improvising.
With its quality Fatar keyboard and MIDI capabilities, it will also be a great controller for your other gear. All the sound parameters are CC-mapped and react in real-time.
