Left Brain

modular synthesizer

What is Left Brain?

Left Brain is a modular analog synthesizer that I designed with the intention of bringing the capabilities of a traditional analog monophonic synthesizer to a modular setting. This means that each part of the synthesizer is separated and must be patched together to function as a unit. This allows you to route audio and CV signals in unique ways that you could not normally achieve with a standard hardwired synthesizer. Left Brain utilizes subtractive synthesis, meaning you start with a waveform rich in harmonics and shave it down to obtain musically useful sounds. Left Brain contains every feature an analog subtractive synthesizer needs:

• 1V/Octave tracking VCO

• Voltage controlled low pass filter

• Voltage controlled amplifier

• Gate triggered ADSR envelope

• Low Frequency Oscillator

• 3 Channel op-amp mixer with distortion

• Filtered noise generator

• MIDI to CV converter(external keyboard control)

• CV step sequencer

• Buffered 4x signal multiplier

• Passive attenuators