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The
Wasp was a quirky little synthesizer that, despite its toyish
look was quite capable of funky analog types of sounds. Under
the hood the Wasp was a real surprise! It was actually a very
early DIGITAL synth that also happens to sound great! With ANALOG
filters, envelopes and controls, the Wasp offered flexible and
traditional synthesis of cool bass, synth, and other useful
monophonic sounds. It was used by 808 State, Dave Holmes, Vince
Clarke, WhiteHouse and Add N to (X). It's designer, Chris Hugget,
also designed the Oxford Synthesizer Company's OSCar Synthesizer.
More
details on this item can be found at www.vintagesynth.com/misc/edp_wasp.shtml
Schematics
of the WASP are currently being re-generated and are presented
below.
Please note that copyright ownership of the original schematics
belong to Chris Hugget.
The
Pixie is a clone of the WASP that
keeps the salient features of the WASP but replaces the
keyboard circuitry with a MIDI interface to provide a more flexible
product. Also, to improve the stability of the design, the two
555-based VCOs and associated decoding ciruitry have been replaced
with a dual-digital oscillator built on the Mitsubishi M16C.
Links
to other WASP related sites
PCB and Component
Kits available now
MIDI
retrofit kit now available
Latest
Software (V1.6) and installation
software
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