An 8-voice
polyphonic analog orchestral synthesizer with a 61-note
keyboard. Produced between
1982 and
1985.
Three
sections are featured on the Trident: programmable
synth with 32
memory locations,
bass and
strings. Each section has its own
volume controls and can be
split and
layered on the keyboard.
The
synthesizer section features 2
VCOs per voice. Available
waveforms for VCO1 are
sawtooth,
square and
pulse, while VCO2 offers only sawtooth.
The
filter is a 24
dB/
octave self-oscillating low-pass
VCF with controls for
cutoff,
resonance,
env intensity and key follow. It has its own
sine-only
LFO hard wired to
pulse width modulation with controls for speed and depth.
Two
ADSR envelope generators - one for the VCF and other for the
VCA - are also included.
The
string section has one VCO and a non-resonant low-pass VCF. An
AR enveope generator is included, as well as an
ensemble effect. There are controls for "
bowing" (simulating bow's
impact to strings), variable
attack and
EQ.
There is also one VCO and a single VCF in the
brass section, but with an ADSR EG with variable attack control.
The LFO is switcable between sine and square waveforms, and has controls for
speed,
depth and
delay. A self-oscillating
flanger effect is also available, with speed, depth,
manual, and
feedback controls. The Trident also features a
tape interface for saving sounds. Unfortunately the
instrument can't be controlled via
MIDI nor
CV/Gate without
modifications.
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