2020 THE SEMI MODULAR BEAT-MACHINE

2020 is the PAST?

NO WAY! Movie buffs know that 1984 and 2001 are still in the future, and so is 2020, right? Anyway, check out this knob-filled screen. It's the console of a spaceship thatjumps into other dimensions. Once you load up some sound files and take off, you'll be blasted off into the unknown. WHOOOOOSH!!

To BEAT, or not to BEAT, that is the question.

2020 is a BEAT-MACHINE. Just imaginesmashing German DAW software, a Swedish hardware beat machine, and a cable-tangled modular synthesizer system into one, then shattering it and picking up a single fragment.That's exactly what 2020 is!Sounds complicated? Don't think, BEAT!

FEATURES

2020 is a SEMI MODULAR BEAT-MACHINE. It doesn't offer a traditional timeline view but instead lets you manipulate, randomize, wire, process, and perform beats in real time, all in a single window. With 2020, you can explore millions of beat patterns on the fly.

Instruments

Sample Slicer
Higurashi Generator
3x Various Loopers
12x Various Samplers
Kick Synth
2x FM Synths

Most instrument modules come with versatile filters built in. Load a sound file, tweak the pitch, envelope, and LFO, season it with the filters, and a new sound is born.

Sequencers

4x Grid Sequencers
- Sequence length can be set from 1 to 32 beats.
- Trigger, accent, and volume can be sequenced at each step.
- Resolution of each beat can be set to 1/4, 1/8, 1/12, 1/16, 1/20, 1/24, 1/28, or 1/32.
- Chance of each step playing, and of extra hits being added, can be set.
2x Pitch Transposers
- TRP1: Scale-based transposer that randomly modulates pitch based on the selected scale and probability settings.
- TRP2: Step sequence transposer that steps through a sequence of up to 64 notes, one step per hit.

Wiring Modules

Route each instrument module to 6 mix buses, 3 FX buses, and a send bus. Signals sent to the FX buses can then be processed by 14 patchable effects with freely configurable routing. Each patchable effect can also receive trigger information (CV) from connected instrument modules and use it for modulation.

14x Patchable Effects, plus 3x LFOs
- High-pass / Low-pass Filter
- Flanger
- Phaser
- Ring Modulator
- Bitcrusher
- 2x Granulator
- Spin Effect
- Glitch
- Repeater
- 2x Level
- 2x Sender
- 3x LFO
3x Send Effects
- 2x Delay
- Reverb

Randomization

Modules that respond to trigger events can also randomize their parameters. By adjusting the randomization range and probability, you can generate many variations of a sound on every trigger.

The feature called "Dejavu" turns ALL parameter randomizers into generative sequencers. It remembers up to 32 generations of random values and replays past ones at a set probability and length. If you are a heavy Eurorack user and have built CV sequences with things like shift registers or a module called "Turing Machine", imagine a parameter control chain built with more than 350 of them! BEAT is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get!

Mix and Mastering

You can mix signals across 6 buses and route them to 2 master buses. Both masters have an equalizer, a bitcrusher, and a filter; MST1 adds performance effects applied in the order you press them, and MST2 adds a reverb. Each then ends in a master chain of drive, multiband compressor, stereo width, bass enhancer, tilt EQ, maximizer, and transient enhancer.

Perform with Controllers

You can control almost all parameters via MIDI, OSC, and keyboard shortcuts. Controllers can be assigned in Learn mode, giving you even greater control over your performance.