NAMM 22: The West Pest Reaches Anaheim - Video

It was announced earlier in the week, but we made a b-line for it when we arrived, we spoke to Richard Nicol about the new companion for the East Beast launched just prior to Superbooth a couple of weeks back - busy schedule!

West Pest key features and other info:

• West coast style additive monophonic synthesizer
• Controllable via MIDI, CV, and integrated button keyboard
• Fully patchable - use West Pest's components as separate modules with external devices or reroute its internal patching. It's like having 8 individual modules (Oscillator, wave contour, dynamics controller, LFO, multi-mod tool, MIDI to CV converter, sequencer, and button keyboard).
• 32 step sequencer with up to 13 presets
• Generative sequencing mode
• Clock-synced arpeggiator
• Step sequencer can be manipulated & transposed via MIDI and the integrated button keyboard
• Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizer developed 100% analog oscillator
• Oscillator waveforms - sine, triangle, and saw - Waveforms can be combined
• Oscillator includes frequency modulation (FM)
• Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizer famous wave folder/shaper circuit - folds inputted waves back onto themselves to yield rich harmonic texture
• Pittsburgh Dynamics Controller - 100% modern circuitry designed to behave like a traditional filter, VCA, and envelope generator all at once.
• Dual range analog LFO with square and triangle wave outputs
• LFO Range - High: 2 Hz to 500 Hz Low: 41s to 5 Hz
• Digital multi-mod tool - modulation control via CV, random generator, and extra LFO and envelope generator
• Internal clock with tap tempo and can be clocked via an external source.
• Built-in clock divider
• Use standalone in its included case or removed to use as a eurorack format module
• Specifications for when used as a eurorack module
• Width when used as a module = 40hp
• Depth when used as a module = 25mm
• 213mA power draw when running +12V rail
• 151mA power draw when running -12V
• Input voltage range of oscillator = 0-10V
• Included in the box - 1x West Pest, 1x West Pest wall-wart power supply, 5x Amazing Nazca Noodles Patch Cables, 2x 3.5mm to 5 pin MIDI Din pigtails, and love (love's presence likely, but not guaranteed)
   

Pricing and Availability:
West Pest is imminently available with an estimated street price of $249.99 / €249.99

More information:

• WestPest

• Sonic LAB: Cre8audio East Beast and West Pest 28-Oct-22
• NAMM 22: West Pest - New Cre8Audio Semi-Modular 31-May-22
• Superbooth 22: Semi-Modular Desktop Analog Synth 12-May-22
• Superbooth 22: Cre8audio East Beast 11-May-22
• Nazca Noodles Are Back 29-Apr-22