Deckard’s Dream synthesizer

As seen in:

Director: Ridley Scott

Deckard’s Dream is an 8-voice polyphonic analogue synthesizer inspired by the cinematic sound of the late 1970s and early 1980s, represented so memorably by the Vangelis Blade Runner soundtrack.  Using technology available today (and in the near future), you will be able to play the Deckard’s Dream with stunning expressive control.

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SPECS

Synthesizer features

8-voice polyphonic analogue synthesizer / Fully analogue signal path / 2 synthesis layers per voice / 256 presets

Layer architecture

VCO with square, saw and sine waveforms / PWM with sine-wave LFO / Manual PW (50-90%) / 12dB HP and LP discrete filters with separate resonance controls / ADSR filter envelope with adjustable initial and attack levels / ADSR VCA envelope / Velocity and aftertouch controls for filter brilliance and volume levels

Master controls

Global coarse/fine tune / VCO2 detune / LFO with sine, saw, ramp, square and stepped random waveforms / LFO destinations: VCO, VCF, VCA / Crossfade between layers 1 and 2 / Global filter brilliance and resonance control for additional resonance / Polyphonic aftertouch destinations: LFO speed, LFO to VCO amount, LFO to VCF amount, filter brilliance, volume level / Keyboard tracking adjustment for VCF and VCA

Controls

MIDI/MPE with polyphonic aftertouch / Polyphonic pitchbend / Unison / MIDI over USB / 128 factory and 128 user presets / Alternate scales and tunings / Software editor by Spektro Audio

Display

128×64 OLED display

Connectors

DC input jack (9-24V) / External modulation input jack (1/4″) / Expander jack (DIN5) / USB jack (type B, device/host) / MIDI IN jack (DIN5) / MIDI THRU jack (DIN5) / AUDIO OUT LOW jack (1/4″) / AUDIO OUT HIGH jack (1/4″)

Physical specifications

19″ 4U rack-mount / Width: 483mm / 19″ / Height: 178mm / 7″ / Depth: 200mm / 7.8″ / Weight: ~ 4.8 kg / 10.6 lbs incl external PSU brick.

Free worldwide shipping with Japan Post International Priority. 

Approx £2,354.17 Inclusive of VAT (eg UK) if applicable / $3700