The Ondes Martenot ( literally ‘Martenot Waves’) was invented by Maurice Martenot in 1928. The original tube-based design, dubbed unreliable, was refined and later models remained in production until 1988.
An overview of the instrument can be seen here:
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PRODUCT DETAILS
Ondes Main Panel
- Send level faders for each of the Ondes Martenot speakers, + line out level
- Faders for each of the 7 oscillators + 'Tutti’ switch
- ADSR envelope control ( optional, depending on Setup)
- Brightness control – switchable to 12db Filter with resonance
- Detune, Width and Saturation faders
Ondes Speaker Edit Panel
- Convolution modelling of each speaker
- Close, Far and Room stereo mic positions for each speaker
- 4 different original settings from D2 Spring reverb
- AMP and DECAY settings for each IR processor
Ondes Performance Setup
The Setup Panel is a custom scripted MIDI control matrix. Depending on your playing ability and available MIDI controllers, you can configure the Ondes instruments realtime control options in a number of different ways. See ' Ondes Performance Setup Demo ' video in the Video tab.
- Custom Glide ( Ring) Scripting – realtime control of portamento time
- Control pitch and volume independently using Aftertouch, XY pad or any MIDI cc
- 'Exclude Key ' function – emulate touche d’intensité
- Save User control setups and load to any preset
The Poly-Ondes
The Poly-Ondes is a bonus instrument: a polyphonic synth using the Ondes Martenot oscillators and speaker modelling : it is designed to let you create pad sounds with LFO and filter modulation, detune all 7 oscillators and play them back through the speakers. There are 50 Poly-Ondes presets showing the sound design possibilities.
Pricing & Availability
$129
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