SOMA Laboratory Announces Pulsar-23:1984

The Pulsar-23: 1984 is a special edition instrument born from a collaboration between The Midium and the SOMA US Division.

PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT

In an age where every signal is monitored and every voice risks being flattened, new tools are required for artistic originality. Only 84 numbered units of the 1984 PULSAR-23 have been made available in the United States, with more units becoming available for Europe and other regions in the near future. 

The new edition of Pulsar-23 carries its own identity, both sonically and visually. At its core is an entirely new Bass Drum architecture, designed by Noah Jolly, which introduces a new fresh sound. Also, the Bass section is shaped by a filter inspired by the legendary Polivoks circuit, unrefined yet very much alive. 

PULSAR-23 1984 is not a mass-produced object but is rather a personal instrument in a standardized world. It is a simple reminder that sound can still be handmade and unpredictable.

Sonic architecture

• New oscillator design for the basic design that produces an asymmetrically clipped triangle wave that can be overdriven to a square wave with the Drive knob.
• An expanded Tune knob range 
• OMG pin is now an AC coupled FM input
• New filter for the BASS section based on the Polivoks filter