![]() The Dual Filter has the usual Filter and Resonance dials, but the first of Nyx 2’s small controls that can make a big difference comes in the form of the Offset dial. You get +/- 12 semitone tuning with the middle position for transposing over three octaves. A couple of sync’able oscillators sit top left, selectable between saw and pulse (1) and saw and triangle (2). With that in mind, I’m half dreading and half looking forward to trying to explain it in as simple a way as possible. Although like the original, the genius comes in the design, where a quick flick here or nudge there can dramatically alter what your signal is doing and where it’s heading to or from. The architecture starts out looking simple, with few controls to go too crazy with. These allow Nyx 2 to modulate and be modulated, to send audio out and receive it from, well, just about anywhere and anything you care to, so there’s clearly a desire to see it as part of your larger modular collection. It comes festooned with lots more connections, not least that host of Eurorack patch points, some 30 ins and outs in total. Nyx 2 looks similar in terms of functionality to the original Nyx, but actually borrows more of the features and looks from Dreadbox’s Erebus 3, so really does now look like its sister synth. I guess it proved that you need to work hard for the best things in life… On the face of it It also had complicated routing that took a while (or a degree) to master, but when you got the machine doing its thing, then, boy, what a sound. That original Nyx was a stunning-sounding machine that, with a massive reverb, was also an ambient-producer’s delight. Its older machines include the Hades, Erebus and original Nyx – all names of Greek gods of the dead, darkness and the night respectively (you might see a theme here). Many of these, of course, make smaller units for the burgeoning modular market but there’s an increasing number of all-in-one synths and semi-modular machines out there, too and Dreadbox’s Nyx 2 fits well into the latter camp.ĭreadbox is a Greek company and makes striking-looking gear.
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