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UDO Audio Super Gemini 20-Voice Polyphonic Digital/Analog Hybrid Synthesizer

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UDO Audio Super Gemini 20-Voice Polyphonic Digital/Analog Hybrid Synthesizer
Key Features
  • Polyphonic Bi-Timbral Hybrid Synthesizer
  • 20-Voice Mono, 10-Voice Binaural
  • 2 FPGA-Based Oscillators per Voice
  • 2 Analog VCFs per Voice, LPF and HPF
Merging the classical with the cutting edge, the Super Gemini from UDO is a bi-timbral polyphonic digital/analog hybrid synthesizer that sports two FPGA-based algorithmic oscillators, two analog SSI-based VCFs with both a 4-pole LPF and a 1-pole HPF, two VCAs with selectable velocity sensitivity, two envelopes, two LFOs, and a comprehensive modulation matrix, to attain virtually any sound you can imagine. With a 61-key Fatar keyboard with polyphonic aftertouch, portamento, and octave shifter, support for up to four separate performance pedals, and a custom ribbon controller that can expressively control almost any parameter, Super Gemini puts no limitations on your creativity, allowing you to craft complex sounds that move and morph as you play.
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UDO Audio SUPER GEMINI Overview

Merging the classical with the cutting edge, the Super Gemini from UDO is a bi-timbral polyphonic digital/analog hybrid synthesizer that sports two FPGA-based algorithmic oscillators, two analog SSI-based VCFs with both a 4-pole LPF and a 1-pole HPF, two VCAs with selectable velocity sensitivity, two envelopes, two LFOs, and a comprehensive modulation matrix, to attain virtually any sound you can imagine. With a 61-key Fatar keyboard with polyphonic aftertouch, portamento, and octave shifter, support for up to four separate performance pedals, and a custom ribbon controller that can expressively control almost any parameter, Super Gemini puts no limitations on your creativity, allowing you to craft complex sounds that move and morph as you play.

The list of features packed into the Super Gemini is exhaustive, but highlights include true stereo binaural output (kicking polyphony down to 10 voices), versatile LFOs that can double as a third oscillator, numerous per layer settings, four selectable voice-assign modes (two mono and two polyphonic), fully featured MIDI functionality, 512 patches (256 performances), 64 alternative oscillator waveforms, and 24-bit chorus and delay effects, just to name a few. The Super Gemini includes a 1/4" stereo pair mix output, four per-layer 1/4" outputs (two Lower and two Upper layer), MIDI DIN 5-pin In, Out, and Thru, and USB connectivity, supporting any workflow.

Duality in Control
Equipped with dual synth controls for every voice parameter, the Super Gemini gifts you with comprehensive and immediate control over multiple patches and timbral layers, calling out for you to tweak, mold, and transform your performances in an unprecedented real-time form.

  • 24 knobs, 28 switches, 59 sliders, and 42 buttons
  • Per layer controls with full bi-timbral operation
  • Ribbon controller and dual-axis bender joystick for extra expression
  • 61-key Fatar keyboard with velocity sensitivity, polyphonic aftertouch, and a semiweighted action
  • Spring-lever octave selector
  • Variable portamento per layer
The Power of Play
With a total of 20 voices, the option to split and stack patches, each with its own individual arpeggio or sequence, and an uncompromisingly powerful sound engine, the Super Gemini allows you to push sonic boundaries and to explore the acclaimed UDO sound to the fullest.

  • 20-voice polyphony in mono mode, 10-voice polyphony in binaural mode
  • Various polyphonic, monophonic, and unison voicing modes
  • Singe, dual, and split keyboard modes
  • Individual hold modes for each layer
  • Lower-layer detune control
Inspired by The Classics, Built for Today
Super Gemini fuses a state-of-the-art FPGA digital architecture with archetypal voltage-controlled synthesizer technology. This harmonious marriage of old and new encompasses all that is great from the era of classic analog polyphonic synthesizers, yet in an unparalleled form factor, which is immensely powerful, flexible, and reliable.

  • Oscillator 1: Super waveform oscillator core with a centroid oscillator and six sister oscillators using sampled, single-cycle waveforms that can be dynamically dephased in the stereo field for wide, thick sounds up to two super modes
  • Sine, sawtooth, square, triangle, noise, and up to 64 alternative waveforms for Oscillator 1
  • Oscillator 2: Oscillator core running at a very high sample rate
  • Sine, sawtooth, square, triangle, variable noise (pink, white, blue), and variable PWM for Oscillator 2
  • Oscillator 2 features hard sync, LFO mode, ring-modulation mode, and square or sinewave suboscillator mode
Binaural Synthesis
Employing a true-stereo signal path, the Super Gemini pairs its 20 voices to form 10 super voices. As a result, the left and right channels, and each of your ears, are assigned a complete synthesizer voice. This empowers UDO's championed warm analog tone, and enables you to create extremely dynamic spatial sounds.
Analog VCF and VCA Section
The Super Gemini sports SSI-style analog VCFs and VCAs for an unmistakably warm, organic sound. With loads of settings, limitless modulation, and dual envelopes, you have tons of options for sculpting your synth sounds.

  • Two VCFs per voice (one per layer)
  • 24 dB per octave LPF with resonance control
  • 6 dB per octave HPF  
  • Two drive settings and four keytracking selections
  • Three modulation destinations (Envelope, LFO 1, and Oscillator 2)
  • Selectable velocity sensitivity on the VCAs
  • One six-stage envelope (attack hold, attack, decay hold, decay, sustain, release) and one five-stage envelope (attack, decay hold, decay, sustain, release)
Versatile LFO Architecture
Super Gemini includes two assignable, programmable LFOs that greatly enhance your sound creation possibilities. LFO 1 is freely assignable, with low- and high-frequency modes, and it can be used as a standard LFO, a third oscillator, a drone, or for audio-rate modulations.

It also features controls for delay, delay with left/right phase offset, as well as a selection of run modes (free running, reset, and one-shot) and syncing modes (arpeggiator/sequencer or external clock). LFO 2 sports rate and delay controls, selectable trigger modes, and dedicated controls for rate, pitch, and VCF/VCA modulation.

  • LFO 1 Waveforms: triangle, reverse sawtooth, sample and hold, square, and any waveform selection for Oscillator 1
  • LFO 2 Waveforms: sine, reverse sawtooth, sample and hold, square, sawtooth, and sample and glide
Modulation Matrix
The intuitive 8x8 mod matrix sports predefined sources and destinations for easy and immediate sound creation. LEDs give clear feedback on mappings and modulation amounts. If you want to get really deep, you can get access to 25 more modulation destinations using the direct parameter mapping method.
Arpeggiator and Sequencer
Create epic grooves and patterns with the powerful onboard sequencer and arpeggiator section. The arp features five MIDI-syncable modes with a smart-hold option, while the 64-step sequencer sports programmable step, slide, accent, rest, and sequence length tracks. Clock parameters feature easily adjusted division and swing settings per layer, and you can store up to 16 patterns total.
Memory and File Management
The UDO Super Gemini can store 256 performances (each containing 2 patches), 512 patches, and 64 alternative waveforms for Oscillator 1, including custom-made waveforms. Files can be copied to the internal memory or backed up using the USB-B port.
Professionally Built Quality
Forged entirely from aluminum and steel, the Super Gemini is undeniably robust. Equipped with an array of superior quality mechanical controls, the Super Gemini is engineered for reliability and service. As a loyal workmate and companion, this instrument is designed to stand the test of time.
UPC: 860009821965

UDO Audio SUPER GEMINI Specs

Key Specs
Sound Generation
Analog/Digital Hybrid
Keyboard
61 Full-Size Keys with Semi-Weighted Action
Touch Sensitivity
No
Expression Controls
1x Ribbon Controller
1x Joystick
1x Pitch/Modulation
Number of Sounds, Kits, or Samples
512x Factory Sound Preset
Maximum Polyphony
20 Voice (Mono) / 10 Voice (Stereo)
Performance Functions
Arpeggiator, Dual Zone, Layer, Octave Shift, Sequencer, Split
Audio I/O
2x 1/4" Unbalanced Summed-Mono Line Output (1 Stereo Pair)
4x 1/4" Unbalanced Mono Layer Output
1x 1/4" TRS Stereo Headphone Output
1x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Stereo Headphone Output
Pedal Support
1x 1/4" TRS Volume
1x 1/4" TRS Expression
1x 1/4" TRS Sustain
1x 1/4" TRS Delay Freeze
MIDI I/O
1x DIN 5-Pin Input
1x DIN 5-Pin Output
1x DIN 5-Pin Thru
USB I/O
1x USB-B (Host Connection, MIDI)
General
Item Type
Keyboard Synth
Sound Generation
Analog/Digital Hybrid
Keyboard
61 Full-Size Keys with Semi-Weighted Action
Touch Sensitivity
No
Aftertouch
Polyphonic Aftertouch
Expression Controls
1x Ribbon Controller
1x Joystick
1x Pitch/Modulation
Display
No
Sounds
Number of Sounds, Kits, or Samples
512x Factory Sound Preset
Number of Rhythm Pattern Presets
16x User Pattern
Maximum Polyphony
20 Voice (Mono) / 10 Voice (Stereo)
Multitimbrality
2-Part
Built-In Effects
3x Modulation: Chorus (3 Selectable Levels)
1x Delay: Stereo (Adjustable with Freeze Mode)
Performance Functions
Arpeggiator, Dual Zone, Layer, Octave Shift, Sequencer, Split
Built-In Speaker
No
Synthesis
Oscillators
2x Variable (Noise, Sawtooth, Sine, Square, Triangle, Wavetable)
1x Variable Sub (Sine, Square)
Mixer
Oscillator, Sub-Oscillator, Oscillator 2, Ring Modulation (Level, Panning)
Amplifiers
2x VCA per Voice
Envelopes
1x VCA/VCF Envelope Generator per Voice: Attack, Hold, Decay, Sustain, Release (Loopable, Invertable)
1x VCA/VCF Envelope Generator per Voice: Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
Filters
Number of Filters: 2 per Voice
Characteristic: Analog
Type: Low-Pass, High-Pass
Slope: 4-Pole/24 dB (LPF) / 1-Pole/6 dB (HPF)
Key Tracking: Yes (Off, Half, Full)
Controls: Cutoff, Resonance
LFOs
Number of LFOs: 2x Polyphonic per Voice
Waveforms: Sine, Sawtooth, Reverse Sawtooth, Square, Triangle, Sample & Hold
Controls/Modes: Clock Sync, Rate/Frequency, Amount to VCO, Amount to VCF, Pitch, One-Shot
Destinations: VCA, VCF, VCO
Modulation Matrix
64-Slot per Patch (8 Sources / 33 Destinations)
Glide/Portamento
Yes
Sequencing & Recording
Sequencer
Number of Steps: 64x Step
Number of Sequencer Patterns: 16x User
Tempo Range: 30 to 3000 BPM
Input/Record Modes: Real-Time Record, Step Record
Playback & Features: Accent, Active Step, Slide, Swing Setting(s)
Arpeggiator
Number of Steps: 64x Step
Number of Arpeggio Patterns: 16x User
Range: Up to 2 Octaves
Modes: Up, Down, Up & Down, Random
Features: Accent, Glide, Swing Setting(s)
Connectivity
Audio I/O
2x 1/4" Unbalanced Summed-Mono Line Output (1 Stereo Pair)
4x 1/4" Unbalanced Mono Layer Output
1x 1/4" TRS Stereo Headphone Output
1x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Stereo Headphone Output
Pedal Support
1x 1/4" TRS Volume
1x 1/4" TRS Expression
1x 1/4" TRS Sustain
1x 1/4" TRS Delay Freeze
MIDI I/O
1x DIN 5-Pin Input
1x DIN 5-Pin Output
1x DIN 5-Pin Thru
CV/Gate I/O
No
Patch Points
No
Sync I/O
No
Network I/O
No
USB I/O
1x USB-B (Host Connection, MIDI)
Media/Memory Card Slot
No
Compatibility
Included Software
No
Mobile App Compatible
No
Power
Power Requirements
AC Input
AC Input Power
90 to 250 VAC, 50 / 60 Hz
Physical
Color
White
Included Accessories
No
Dimensions
40.9 x 17.3 x 4.3" / 104 x 44 x 11 cm
Weight
32 lb / 14.5 kg
Packaging Info
Package Weight
43 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
45.5 x 23 x 10"

UDO Audio SUPER GEMINI Reviews

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Is there a desktop version?

Is there a desktop version?
Asked by: Philipp
The UDO Audio Super Gemini 20-Voice Polyphonic Digital/Analog Hybrid Synthesizer is currently not available in a desktop version.
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Date published: 2024-12-03
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