Melbourne Instruments
DELIA
Current
- Engine
- Hybrid (digital oscillators, analogue filters)
- Keys
- 49
- Voices
- 12
- Key action
- Semi-weighted
—2024
Melbourne Instruments NINA
CurrentReleased 2022
Twelve-voice analogue polysynth module whose knobs are motorised: load a patch and they move to it, morph and they sweep, record automation and they play it back. Four-part multi-timbral with a four-track polyrhythmic sequencer, discrete VCOs, a ladder filter, wavetables and the full Mutable Braids engine.
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Specifications
General
- Manufacturer
- Melbourne Instruments
- Status
- Current
- Released
- 2022
Sound engine
- Engine
- Analogue
- Voices
- 12
- Polyphony
- 12 analogue voices
- Oscillators
- 2 discrete analogue VCOs + wavetable + Braids macro oscillator (45 models)
- Filter
- 4-pole transistor ladder (analogue)
- Multi-timbral parts
- 4
- Sequencer
- 16-step polyphonic, 4-track polyrhythmic
- Effects
- Chorus, Delay, Reverb, Distortion
Format
- Format
- Desktop module
- Motorised knobs
- Yes
- Features
- Motorised knobs, Patch morphing, Automation playback, 4-part multi-timbral, Stereo VCA, infinite panning, Mutable Braids engine, Rack-mountable, Open-source (Elk Audio OS)
Connections
- MIDI ports
- DIN in, DIN out, DIN thru, USB
- CV / Gate
- Yes
Size & weight
- Colours
- Black
- Dimensions (W × D × H)
- 446 × 230 × 71 mm
- Weight
- 5.5 kg
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