The Tiptop Audio ONE brings organic sound and super low latency sample playback to the modular. It differs from other sample players in that it handles the digital audio bits as a continuously manipulated electrical flow, a feature inspired by our analog knowhow. This unique core makes ONE truly integral within the Tiptop percussive modular ecosystem thanks to a lightweight and responsive digital circuit with a very analog feel. ONE brings a world of colors to the modular right out of the package.

Tiptop Audio have invited some of the best sound designers in the Industry to create professional sound libraries with content tailored to the unique sonic framework of the modular synthesizer and that fully takes advantage of ONE’s unique qualities. To start with, ONE comes with a SD card loaded with a free set of 60 sounds designed by Glitchmachines. More cards are available to purchase separately each containing carefully selected material with up to 256 sound files.

Using your own sample libraries or recordings is easy too, just copy 16 or 24bit mono WAV files onto the SD card, pop the card into ONE and go.ONE offers several modes of operation, with the primary being the super low latency Trigger mode that retrieves audio data off the SD card adding no artificial processing such as click removal, crossfading, eq or gain normalization. In this mode, it’s a highly transparent player up to 24 bit 96kHz with no interpolation of the audio data: what you put in is what you get out. With a delay as low as 0.25ms from the moment the trigger hits, ONE offers harmonically dense, clear and detailed audio with a great rhythmic feel.

ONE includes a card called VCTRS featuring 60 carefully chosen sounds from the 5 sound banks developed by Glitchmachines. We have included some of the most compelling material from each bank in order to showcase ONE’s strengths and demonstrate the broad range of sounds available on the PERC, SBSTRT, KERNL, HYBRD and BENT cards which are available separately from Eurorack retailers.VCTRS and the other Glitchmachines cards include the entire sound set sampled at 48kHz, 64 kHz and 96kHz. The 48k rate allows for easy pitching up of one octave, 64k offers some upward pitch while maintaining much of the 96k fidelity and full 96k source and full 96k offers the purity of the source as well as the lowest latency possible for great performance.

Key features:

• Sample playback module for Eurorack, with SD card and SD card adapter
• Comes with 60 cutting-edge samples created by Glitchmachine
• Extremely transparent playback quality, with no extra processing or interpolation of samples
• Plays back WAV files up to 24-bit/96kHz resolution
• Ultra-low latency is perfect for drum and percussion samples
• Play button makes it easy to audition the samples on your SD card
• Free Pitch mode gives you continuous CV control over sample playback pitch
• Quantize Pitch allows you to play samples melodically, mapping the CV signal to the 12-tone system across 3 octaves
• Gated playback, looping, and triggering with fade ins/outs allow for extensive creative potential
• Can play back LFO and CV signals stored on the SD card to modulate your other synth modules
• 4HP wide, 43mm deep
• Power Usage: 80mA (+12V), 8mA (-12V)

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