LIVEN MEGA SYNTHESIS is a retro game music groovebox developed with the famous composer “Yuzo Koshiro” and allows a complete reproduction of the legendary sound of the world’s first 16-bit game console! 

Liven Mega Synthesis enables the creation of complex and unique grooves on six tracks by combining three well-known sound engines from the early 80s.

In the Mega Synthesis the sounds of the famous YM2612 chip meet the incomparable sounds of the SN76489 used by Texas Instruments, which was also used in many game consoles of the early digital era and is known from numerous retro games. This combination is completed by the simulation of a first-generation sampling engine that can be switched from 8 to 4 bits – and for a maximum sampling time of 8 seconds – optionally at 48, 24 or 12 kHz. 

The combination of these three original and unique sound generators with the proven sound shaping possibilities of the Liven series (filters, envelopes, sweep function), a powerful sequencer, a flexible arpeggiator and a large effects palette, which are available for individual tracks as well as for mainsignals, means that there are no longer any limits to creativity.  LIVEN MEGA SYNTHESIS – Back to the future!

SPECIFICATIONS

Synthesizer 

• 1st engine: FM sound module [tracks 1, 2, 3]
• 4 operators – 8 algorithms (6 voices)
• Sound editing in FM Edit mode
• 2nd engine: PSG sound module [tracks 4, 5]
• 11 different basic waveforms incl. noise (4 voices)
• 3rd engine: PCM sound module [track 6]
• 8bit – 12/24/48kHz (switchable) linear PCM sampling (mono) (3 voices / 1 voice in one-shot mode)
• Up to 8 seconds sampling time per sample (12kHz), 4 seconds (24kHz) or 2 seconds (48kHz) 
• 96 sample memory locations (16 x 6 banks) 
• Sound & pattern bank by Yuzo Koshiro, renowned composer, from “Ys”, “The Streets of Rage” and “Etrian Odyssey”.

Effects

• Send Delay, Insert Delay, Reverb, Crusher, Distortion, Compressor, Low Pass Filter, High Pass Filter, Isolator, Remix Performance Effect 

Sequencer

• 6 tracks, up to 128 steps, 128 patterns, parameter lock functions

Connections 

• I/O : MIDI IN/OUT
• SYNC IN/OUT 
• LINE IN/OUT
• headphone output

Dimensions & Weight

• Size : (W) 297mm x (D) 176mm x 48mm (H) 
• Weight: 790g

Accessories: 

• Overlay film for FM synthesis processing

Power supply:

• AA batteries x 6 / 9V DC output AC adapter (1A or higher, EIAJ3 standard inner diameter 1.7mm outer diameter 4.75mm, centre +)

*The AC adapter is not included in the scope of delivery.