{"id":376587,"date":"2026-10-19T02:30:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T02:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/376587\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T02:30:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T02:30:25","slug":"brooklyn-expo-2026-soma-enigma-pulsar-1984-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/376587\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn EXPO 2026: Soma Enigma, Pulsar 1984"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brooklyn EXPO 2026: Soma Enigma, Pulsar 1984 US<br \/>\nLatest romantic engineering \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a018\/10\/26<\/p>\n<p>We spoke to Noah from Soma about the Pulsar 1984 Voice Card, then Philippa gave us a look at Enigma.<\/p>\n<p>The Pulsar 1984 edition includes a redesigned kick drum circuit based on an asymmetrically clipping triangle wave, with drive taking it into square-wave territory. It also includes a fuller ring-out and longer decay. The same replacement card adds a new bass synth filter based on the Polyvox filter, while the oscillator remains the same. The card fits the original Pulsar 23 with no soldering required; installation involves removing the back panel, unplugging the old sound card and plugging in the new one. It is available now for $250 US or \u20ac220.<\/p>\n<p>Enigma is a synthesizer controlled by the position and movement of metal objects. Its buttons change algorithms and algorithm parameters, with melodic shifts including major\/minor changes. Pitch changes wait until the end of the bar. 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