{"product_id":"cre8audio-west-pest-desktop-modular-analog-synthesizer","title":"Cre8audio - West Pest Desktop Modular Analog Synthesizer","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"Cre8audio West Pest\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/1983\/4140\/files\/cre8audiowestpest.jpg?v=1784609381\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eCre8audio West Pest\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eFully analog West Coast Style semi-modular desktop synthesizer\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"page-6036db9e317c497d6eee4b8d\" data-type=\"page\" data-updated-on=\"1659719047425\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-74717cf3d4a8862326e6\" data-block-type=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe too hip for school cousin of our very own East Beast desktop synthesizer, West Pest is a pesty cornucopia of simple complexity. What?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe West Coast folks couldn’t be like everyone else. They had to go all yoga mat, kale smoothie, and alfalfa sprout on the synth world. West Coast style is typically characterized by additive derived, rich and complex sounds. Often more traditional user interface elements are replaced by the abstract and experimental. Perfect for you sophisticated folks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll that said, West Pest is actually not a deep dive into the abstract. It provides a wide array of sonic capabilities while maintaining a quick and easy workflow. You’ll make fresh \u0026amp; inspiring sounds in a flash without having to think about kale smoothies, unless that’s your thing, in that case, yes tons of kale smoothies, pitchers full of them. Anyway, West Pest’s huge sonic capabilities emanate from its modest bento box-sized (sprout-free) exterior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf eurorack is your thing, feel free to pop West Pest out of its enclosure and transform it right into a 40HP eurorack module, or keep it in its case and use it anywhere for your West Coast style pleasure..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_93\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"West Pest OSC.PNG\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a75277929f18771404d3112\/1614208920936-GW8K7QI1LFLOWCYFAILR\/West+Pest+OSC.PNG?format=750w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a75277929f18771404d3112\/1614208920936-GW8K7QI1LFLOWCYFAILR\/West+Pest+OSC.PNG\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a75277929f18771404d3112\/1614208920936-GW8K7QI1LFLOWCYFAILR\/West+Pest+OSC.PNG\" data-image-dimensions=\"\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.6473419840937631,0.07144186046511625\" data-parent-ratio=\"22.6\" data-image-resolution=\"750w\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-width-percentage=\"27.3\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eAlmost too fat to be buzzing around…\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-width-percentage=\"27.3\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWest Pest’s oscillator, designed in partnership with the ultra-serious people at Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers, stems from 10 long years of stoic commitment to a continuous development of analog oscillator research and development (sounds fun right?).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts beautiful buzzy circuitry is not a clone or based on any outside designs. It is made with 100% modern components. This keeps it very stable, and giving it a super rich, and unique sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo animals we harmed in the development of West Pest’s oscillator (except some of the pests that work at Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers, but ehh, they had it coming).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e \u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_128\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"page-6036dbde534d3c62164b77ce\" data-type=\"page\" data-updated-on=\"1614285556653\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_127\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_126\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_125\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_124\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-ec448dd1675420337974\" data-aspect-ratio=\"99.72640218878249\" data-block-type=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_123\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_122\" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_120\" data-animation-role=\"image\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_119\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"West Pest wavefolder.PNG\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a75277929f18771404d3112\/1614209443618-ORW34AHN4QK0AD6MTVFJ\/West+Pest+wavefolder.PNG?format=750w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a75277929f18771404d3112\/1614209443618-ORW34AHN4QK0AD6MTVFJ\/West+Pest+wavefolder.PNG\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a75277929f18771404d3112\/1614209443618-ORW34AHN4QK0AD6MTVFJ\/West+Pest+wavefolder.PNG\" data-image-dimensions=\"884x880\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.4881889763779528,0.1845409729327504\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"6036e1a3f3297b30ec77c009\" data-type=\"image\" data-image-resolution=\"750w\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-fdc4b05d0fb0a4b8b719\" data-block-type=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e \u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eFolding waves, space, time \u0026amp; laundry?\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur not-so-very wacky colleagues at Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers love to drone on and on about wave folding\/shaping, you’d think they’d invented or something. Seriously, never ask their founder Richard Nicol about wave folding, that is unless you are looking for a fast track lulling to sleepytime. That said, what wave folding does to your sound is super interesting. So we’ll give you just the short important bits…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWest Pest utilizes a custom wave folder to shape the sound. It adds additional dimensions to West Pest’s already unique sounding oscillator core.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wave folder shapes sounds differently than a filter. Instead of removing harmonics, the wave folder increases the harmonic content of the oscillator by folding the wave in on itself to create sonically rich waveforms. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWest Pest’s wave folder takes what traditional wave folding circuits have done for years and ups the ante, allowing the user to fold previously unfoldable waveforms. We’re not gonna get into the how’s and why’s. Richard would feel the need to jump in with too many boring facts. We’d frankly rather go on a juice cleanse than listen to another lecture on wave folding\/shaping, so just suffice it to say, it’s super cool and we’ll leave it at that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to being able to send all of West Pest’s waveforms through its wave folder\/shaper, you can also input external sound sources. So go ahead, get weird with it. We do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_149\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"page-6036dbee4b1ff234873ff3d2\" data-type=\"page\" data-updated-on=\"1653444430897\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_148\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_147\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-d56f9d7e53a39bddd212\" data-block-type=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_146\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_144\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_143\" data-animation-role=\"image\" data-description=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_142\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"West Pest Dynamics.PNG\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a75277929f18771404d3112\/1614210539144-8O7COF0PG473BVA4A18I\/West+Pest+Dynamics.PNG?format=750w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a75277929f18771404d3112\/1614210539144-8O7COF0PG473BVA4A18I\/West+Pest+Dynamics.PNG\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a75277929f18771404d3112\/1614210539144-8O7COF0PG473BVA4A18I\/West+Pest+Dynamics.PNG\" data-image-dimensions=\"912x1112\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" data-parent-ratio=\"22.6\" data-image-resolution=\"750w\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-width-percentage=\"27.3\"\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e \u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eSculpt west-coast style\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-width-percentage=\"27.3\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn continuity with the whole West Coast synth vibe, West Pest has a dynamics controller as well as an LFO to further sculpt its sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Dynamics Controller is a fascinating invention from the folks at Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers. It combines the functionality of an envelope generator, VCA, and a low pass filter. When a note is triggered, the Dynamics Controller opens with a sharp, percussive attack. Once the note is released, the Dynamics Controller adds a magical, voltage controllable, ringing decay as the amplitude drops and harmonics are rolled off. The result is a completely unique round and musical texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_170\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"page-6036dbfdb9a4593b759f6a46\" data-type=\"page\" data-updated-on=\"1651015271959\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_169\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_168\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-e43f51e5febb4c2905b9\" data-aspect-ratio=\"148.22222222222223\" data-block-type=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_167\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_166\" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_164\" data-animation-role=\"image\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_163\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"West Pest patch points.PNG\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a75277929f18771404d3112\/1614210774960-8OBT4JLDNZOAEY70DTJ4\/West+Pest+patch+points.PNG?format=750w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a75277929f18771404d3112\/1614210774960-8OBT4JLDNZOAEY70DTJ4\/West+Pest+patch+points.PNG\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a75277929f18771404d3112\/1614210774960-8OBT4JLDNZOAEY70DTJ4\/West+Pest+patch+points.PNG\" data-image-dimensions=\"788x1180\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"6036e6d6f7bb0b6ffb06bc96\" data-type=\"image\" data-image-resolution=\"750w\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-7156b81e848987e4a69f\" data-block-type=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e \u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eGo patch yourself\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSemi-modular means that the West Pest will work without any patch cables. But what’s the fun in that? Who doesn’t want to build a magnificent web of patch cables flowing in and out of their synthesizer? Brewing up sounds the old fashion way like unwavering generations before you, one patch cable at a time is where the real magic happens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWest Pest provides access to basically 8 different modules (Oscillator, wave contour, dynamics controller, LFO, multi-mod tool, MIDI to CV converter, sequencer, and button keyboard) worth of functionality with a whopping 18 Eurorack compatible patch points to plug into itself and your other gear. Rewire West Pest’s signal flow, or share your favorite elements from West Pest with any other compatible synthesizers and vice versa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e \u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eYes MIDI!\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMIDI MIDI MIDI, we’ve often got MIDI on our minds. So we seem to put it on a lot of our non-junk. Why? Because we can, that’s why. Our good friend says MIDI is for people who have no friends. We think he couldn’t be more wrong. All of our imaginary friends love MIDI! There’s really no better way to get West Pest integrated into a daw environment or connect to a controller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo yeah, it’s got MIDI in, and MIDI through. Connect to a DAW, controller, daisy chain, or not. West Pest has you covered, at least, MIDI-wise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the way, did we mention we like MIDI?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe like MIDI.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMIDI.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_193\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"page-6036dc0ccbbaca4b956c4f04\" data-type=\"page\" data-updated-on=\"1653445206000\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_192\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_191\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-d44f94400ec8c5d0443f\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-block-type=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003e \u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eGet your performance on.\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut wait, there’s more! West Pest includes quite a few additional performance features. Why not get extra pesky-like by getting serious like our friends at Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers (they have to buy us lunch each time we include their full name on our website) and dive in with its built-in tap tempo clock, arpeggiator, and sequencer. There’s a lot of opportunities to inject in some randomness too. Tacos! Was that random? We think not, ‘cause that’s what we’re getting for typing Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers just now again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_190\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_189\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-2b90d56f5656488a1014\" data-aspect-ratio=\"21.23050259965338\" data-block-type=\"5\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_188\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_187\" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_185\" data-animation-role=\"image\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1675992209612_184\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWEST PEST FEATURES\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWest coast style analog monophonic semi-modular synthesizer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eControllable via MIDI, CV, and integrated button keyboard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eFully patchable with 20 patch points\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e32-step sequencer with up to 13 presets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eGenerative sequencing mode\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eClock-synced arpeggiator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eStep sequencer can be manipulated \u0026amp; transposed via MIDI and the integrated button keyboard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePittsburgh Modular collaboration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e100% Analog, unipolar oscillator with sine, triangle, and saw which can be combined\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eOscillator includes frequency modulation (FM)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePittsburgh Modular's famous wave folder\/shaper circuit that folds inputted waves back onto themselves to yield rich harmonic texture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePittsburgh Dynamics Controller with 100% modern circuitry designed to behave like a traditional filter, VCA, and envelope generator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDual range analog LFO with square and triangle wave outputs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eLFO Range - High: 2 Hz to 500 Hz Low: 41s to 5 Hz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDigital multi-mod tool - modulation control via CV, random generator, and extra LFO and envelope generator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eInternal clock with tap tempo and can be clocked via an external source\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eBuilt-in clock divider\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eUse standalone in its included case or removed to use as a eurorack format module\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e40 HP wide when racked as a module\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"690\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wrR4jJ9Mi2A\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Cre8audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54332551823644,"sku":"westpest","price":249.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/1983\/4140\/files\/cre8audiowestpest.jpg?v=1784609381","url":"https:\/\/jrrshop-3235.myshopify.com\/products\/cre8audio-west-pest-desktop-modular-analog-synthesizer","provider":"jrrshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}