JMT Synth - JMT Synth - VDR-2
€279.00
Net: €234.45
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JMT Synth VDR-2 — Compact Percussion Synth, Strike-Sensitive and CV-Friendly. Now Updated, Refined, And Full of Character!
JMT Synth's VDR-2 is a small drum synth from Japan that you can play in two ways: by tapping the enclosure (a piezo mic inside picks up the hit) or by sending it a trigger from a sequencer. The new version lets both work at once, so you can program a steady pattern and slap accents onto it by hand — a really nice way to bring some looseness and feel into electronic percussion.
The sound itself is built around an oscillator going into a self-oscillating filter, with a strong SWEEP control that drops the pitch on each hit — the classic kick and tom shape, but pushed harder than usual. There's a built-in LFO for adding wobble, and CV inputs for the oscillator and filter so you can patch in modulation from the rest of your setup. Tweak the controls and the VDR-2 moves easily from clean tuned drum hits to noisier, more chaotic territory. Good for studio percussion, for live tactile playing, or as a small, characterful voice next to a modular system.
Features:
- Self-oscillating VCF drum synth voice, hand-built by JMT Synth
- Wide-range oscillator, switchable triangle / sawtooth
- SWEEP creates a falling pitch envelope on the VCO (re-routed from VDR-1, where it also affected the filter)
- LFO routable to both VCO and VCF
- CV inputs for VCO and VCF modulation
- Internal piezo mic for playing by striking the enclosure
- 3.5mm TRIGGER IN for external sequencers or piezos
- Internal trigger stays active when external trigger is plugged in (new in VDR-2)
- SUSTAIN — envelope decay time
- SENSITIVITY — adjusts response of internal piezo and external trigger
- LFO.F — LFO amount to filter
- LFO.O — LFO amount to oscillator
- COARSE — oscillator pitch
- FINE — finer pitch adjustment, re-ranged for more precise tuning
- RESONANCE — self-oscillates at maximum
- CUTOFF — sets pitch when the filter is self-oscillating
- Powered by 9V battery or center-negative 9V DC
- No power switch — unplug output jack to turn off