{"id":28581,"date":"2004-08-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=28581"},"modified":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-27T00:00:00","slug":"motu-mx4-features-specifications","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/motu-mx4-features-specifications\/","title":{"rendered":"MOTU MX4 Features and Specifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Multi-architecture synthesis engine &#8211; wavetable, frequency modulation (FM), amplitude modulation (AM) &#038; analog emulation.<br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>Unlimited voices, polyphony and instantiations (as many as your host computer allows).<br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>Sample-accurate playback (with host applications that support this OS X feature).<br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>Plug-in convenience &#8211; all settings are saved with host software projects for instant recall.<br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>Modulatable effects &#8211; built-in chorus and delay effects are integrated into MX4&#8217;s modulation architecture and are saved as part of the patch.<br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>Three wavetable oscillators &#8211; choose from dozens of wavetables or create your own.<br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>Audio input &#8211; process any audio signal with MX4&#8217;s flexible synthesis engine in real time. <br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>Modulatable waveform symmetry &#8211; create and automate dynamic changes in harmonics.<br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>Oscillator sync &#8211; create hard sync effects, just like the legendary Sequential Circuits Prophet Five&#8482; and other classic polysynths. <br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>Frequency modulation (FM) &#8211; oscillator 3 serves as an FM source for oscillator 1, oscillator 2 and the filters.<br \/>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>Two resonant multimode filters &#8211; use low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and notch filters with 4 slope settings for a total of 16 different filter types. 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