ALM Busy Circuits - ALM011 Akemie's Castle
The ALM Busy Circuits - ALM011 Akemie's Castle is a Yamaha FM synth reborn as a eurorack module. Actually, everything from sweet FM mayhem to lovely house chords can come out of this voice. A perfect and upgraded remake that had never been available in any form earlier.
ALM Busy Circuits - ALM011 Akemie's Castle
‘Akemie’s Castle’ is a dual voltage controlled oscillator with authentic 4 Operator digital FM using ‘new-old-stock’ Yamaha IC’s for audio signal generation. Each of the 4 operators feature independent waveform selection, frequency multiplier and level control via direct panel operation and voltage control. Operators can be combined in various ways across both oscillators, which together with independent feedback control on each VCO, offer an extremely wide palette of sounds.
Oscillator A also features a chord mode providing a range of up to 5 voice chords and voltage controlled inversion.
Features
Authentic digital FM sound for Eurorack with never before seen levels of control
Dual independent and combine-able outputs
4 Operator / 6 Algorithm / 8 Waveform / Feedback FM
Rich Chord mode producing up to 5 voice chords with inversion also
Reverse polarity protection.
Skiff friendly.
Designed and Made in the UK.
‘Akemie’s Castle’ pairs well with multiple Pip Slopes & 0/A/x2 (They were consieved to support Akemie’s Castle!). Also consider Beast’s Chalkboard & Tangle Quartet.
TECHNICAL SPECS
Supply: +/-12V
Current Draw: ~120ma
Size: 38 HP
Depth: 32mm (including power header)
MANUAL
The latest PDF version of the manual is available for download here.