As the newest member of the popular COBALT series, Modal Electronics has introduced the COBALT5S portable VA synthesizer in a compact housing. Its sound generation makes use of 40 algorithms. This is supposed to invite lush basslines, spherical sound carpets, playful sequences and crisp analog sounds.
The MPE-supporting 37-key keyboard is playable in five voices. Other controls include an X/Y/Z touchpad and 16 endless knobs. The filter unit is a four-pole morphable ladder filter. In addition, there are eight assignable modulation slots and four fixed modulation routings.