Acid8 is a fun and easy to use hybrid digital/analog acid machine controlled by a powerful step sequencer.

The heart of Acid8 is an 8-BIT oscillator that can be manipulated to the extreme. You have 16 waveforms to choose from with per step waveform automation and you can even redraw your own!  

You can apply up to 5 DSP effects at once, invert bits of the digital signal for weird harmonics and effects, link the envelope mod to pitch for percussive sounds and more.

All signal beyond the oscillator is 100% analog offering a punchy VCA and gritty resonant low pass filter.

The built-in step sequencer has all the functionality you would expect from an acid machine and is very easy to use so you’ll be composing patterns effortlessly.

Edit, copy/paste & randomize patterns in real-time without having to stop the sequencer. 8 levels of swing are available to get your grooves going – swing and waveshape info are stored within the pattern, and chain patterns into songs!

FEATURES:

8-BIT OSCILLATOR

• 7 knobs, 1 Rotary Encoder, 22 Buttons and 40 subtle white LEDs with 2 levels of brightness.

16 WAVESHAPES (4 editable in software):

• Rectangle: Prophet, Distorted, SID and Perfect Rectangle
• Triangle: NES, Prophet, SID and 3-BIT Triangle
• Saw: Prophet, TB-303, SID and 3-BIT Saw
• Sine: Pure, Overtone Sine, Acoustic Guitar and Piano
  
• Pulse-Width modulation
  
• Arpeggiator
  
• Bit Crushing & Sample Rate Reduction
  
• Envelope Pitch Modulation
  
• Bit invert effect
  
• Slide effect with adjustable speed

ANALOG FILTER

• Cutoff, Resonance and Envelope Modulation knobs
  
• Accent with depth control knob
   

SEQUENCER

• 128 Patterns (1 to 16 steps in length)
  
• 5 Chains (up to 8 patterns)
  
• Rest, Accent, Slide per step
  
• Swing (8 levels)
  
• Tap Tempo
  
• Pattern Copy/Paste
  
• Pattern randomizer
  
• Sync via MIDI clock or 1/8″ jack
  
• Real-time pattern recording (REC MODE)
   

SOFTWARE EDITOR

• Visual representation and editing of patterns
  
• Hand-draw custom waveforms. Win, OSX, Linux. Download V2 here (updated Apr 16 2016)
   

CONNECTIVITY

• MIDI In & Out (MIDI Type A)
  
• Sync in & Out
  
• Audio out
  
• DC In (power supply suited for your shipping address provided)
   

PACKAGE CONTENT

• Power supply (suitable for all regions)
  
• 2 MIDI cables
  
• Quick guide cheat sheet

More info: Acid8 MKII