MUSEWIRE – Music Tech News: This week, UK-based eurorack modular synthesis innovator, Knobula, announced its latest creation, Monumatic – a fully polyphonic 8-voice synthesizer and a monophonic synthesizer packed into a compact 12HP eurorack module. It features16 selectable oscillator modes to provide a diverse range of both classic and futuristic tone generation using exclusively virtual analog algorithms.

OSCILLATOR MODES INCLUDE:
Roland super-saw
Polymoog vox humana
Casio phase distortion
Solina string synth
Percussive drawbar organs
“noisy cassette” strings
pulse width modulation
asymmetric sync saw
sync square

All modelled oscillators are analog modeled without samples and each one of these is adjustable in timbre using the Detune control. Each oscillator mode providing the foundation for further signal processing though the filter and effects sections.

6 powerful filter types are provided:
Vowel filter for vocal effects
Low Pass Butterworth 24db/oct
Low Pass SVF 12db/oct
Dual peak notch filter
Phase shifter
High pass and SVF

Each filter can be overdriven by the drive setting.

Like its sibling module Poly Cinematic, Monumatic is designed to be simple to use yet versatile, offering minimal controls to access a wealth of sounds, avoiding the need to scroll through 1000s of complex presets.

Monumatic supports full analog control of every parameter, using two instantly assignable CV inputs as well as additional CV inputs for Gate, V/Oct and Filter cutoff, with additional digital control using comprehensive

Midi CC and MPE implementation.

An altogether unparalleled potential for expansion and integration into the eurorack universe.

As well as full midi capability, the 8 built-in chord presets can be custom programmed to provide polyphonic stabs and pads and using a single CV/Gate input. CV Gate

arpeggios can be also layered polyphonically or “plucked” using long release times as Monumatic distributes extra voices where necessary. The mono/poly function allows the Monumatic to switch between a fully capable poly synth or a legato mono synth at the touch of a button.

In polyphonic mode Monumatic introduces an advanced micro-tuning system to modular synthesis, it can replicate the organic drift of vintage analog oscillators or it can apply realtime tuning temperaments to enhance harmonic authenticity using adaptive ‘just’ intonation, this parameter can even be assigned to CV control.

Learn more at: https://www.knobula.com/product-page/monumatic

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ABOUT KNOBULA:
Knobula is born from a lifetime of music production and a family legacy in electronics manufacturing. A deeply rooted passion for polyphony, intuitive ease of operation and tactile engagement are at the core of every invention from Knobula. No screens, just big-screen sounds.

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This article first appeared on Musewire.com and is copr. © 2025 Christopher Simmons.