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We can collect your return for a small fee, or you can send it back to us yourself. The collection fee can be found in the returns information on each product's page on Gear4music.
In the unlikely event that any item in this order is faulty, damaged or incorrect on receipt, notify us within 14 days and we'll arrange a free collection.
When returning an order please ensure products are appropriately packaged and protected, to prevent them from getting damaged.
This table provides an overview of your statutory consumer rights, compared with our standard returns policy and optional extended money back guarantee and warranty.
| UK & Europe | EU Standard | Gear4music Standard | Gear4music Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 30 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Upgraded delivery charges refunded? | Standard costs only | Standard costs only | Standard costs only |
| Free collection on cancellation | No | No | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Free collection if defective, delivered damaged or incorrect item | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 30 days |
We are unable to accept returns of any custom made items designed to work together as a unique package and some items are only eligible for money back guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging. For full information on our returns policy, please refer to our returns and refunds information guide.
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Key Features
The Pittsburgh Modular Taiga is a fully analog, paraphonic, desktop Eurorack synthesizer with a deep and complex sound palette. The Taiga is versatile synthesizer comprised of many features and functions that you would expect from a full modular setup. It has three signature components developed by Pittsburgh to make it stand out: three oscillators with complex waveshaping abilities, a sonically accurate bespoke Pittsburgh filter and Dynamic control VCA and low pass gate. The oscillators feed into an intricate waveshaping engine, producing up to four waveforms that can be combined and folded by a unique six-stage wavefolder. The Pittsburgh filter sweeps the entire frequency range of your audio signals with a warm and full curve without dead spots or low frequency roll off.
The Dynamic controller replaces the VCA found in most conventional synthesizers, utilising innovations based on traditional low pass gates to add physical world properties to your sounds. It has three modes: VCA, low pass gate and plucked low pass gate. Echoes is an analog delay effect of the Taiga, employing two analog BDD chips with over 4000 capacitors each, producing a voltage controlled analog delay signal. The Taiga has its own signal routing preset which means you can use it straight out of the box, it also has extensive mapping capabilities with 60 CV inputs and outputs. Taiga also features other really useful and fun features such as an arpeggiator, MIDI to CV inputs, an LFO, a preamp and a mixer. It's a compact and powerful synth with endless sound-shaping ability.
Product Ref: 250012
Taiga is the sub-arctic boreal forest climate, situated around the crown of the world. The Pittsburgh Taiga Paraphonic Modular Synthesizer is so named because it is a vast and diverse desktop synth, with a creative palate as wide as the northern global ecosystem. It produces traditional sounds you would expect from an analog synth as well as immersive warped waveforms with a complex nature. The Taiga's unique voice is characterised by three Pittsburgh modular innovations that synergise to create intricate and melodic sounds.
Pittsburgh Modular developed a three-oscillator system with in-depth waveshaping and folding properties, a signature Pittsburgh filter tailored to the Taiga, and the Dynamics controller VCA to give the taiga its charisma. It also has a huge range of patching abilities and almost limitless customisation and integration properties.
The taiga generates pitch with three oscillators, each with an independent waveshaping engine that produce contemporary waveforms beyond standard geometric shapes. The oscillators are controlled by three white dials on the top left of the control panels and the wave shaping parameters sit below them. Each waveshaper can produce four traditional waveshapes: sine, saw triangle and pulse, which can be combined offering more sound design options.
The waveforms can then be folded with the six-stage wave folding shape control voltage, deepening the sonic complexity of the Taiga. The wave folders intricately manipulate the waveshapes, they fold them back through the circuit to broaden the harmonic content. They use proprietary chips to fold previously unfoldable waveforms, giving you the ability to create contemporary and immersive sounds.
The Pittsburgh filter is a sound-defining feature of the Taiga that the Pittsburgh Modular team has developed to perfection. The signature Pittsburgh filter sweeps the entire frequency range with a rich and smooth curve, leaving no dead spots and preventing low-end roll-off. This generation of the Pittsburgh filter is designed to smoothly co-operate with the Taiga oscillators, giving you a serene filtration of your oscillations.
Two analog ADSR envelope generators smooth the shape of incoming gates and triggers. You can use the envelope output to control oscillator amplitude, filter cut-off and any other feature of the Taiga that accepts control voltages. The envelopes of the Taiga are based on the snappy and percussive ADSR of the Pittsburgh Lifeforms SV-1. You can easily decrease the sharp attack time by adjusting the Attack knob.
The Dynamics controller of the Taiga is a unique, cutting edge VCA and low pass gate system. It controls harmonics and amplitude creating a more organic sonic profile than one VCAs. Dynamics uses a bespoke processing circuit that simulates physical world sound properties. It has three processing modes to choose from: VCA, low pass gate and plucked low pass gate mode. Using the low pass gate mode reduces the harmonic content of your sounds as the volume decreases This is authentic to the response of physical soundwaves, giving your sounds a warmer and refined tone.
Echoes is the analog delay section of the Taiga. Consisting of two BDD chips that produce a voltage controlled analog delay signal, the delay gives your audio signals a pristine harmonic echo effect. BBD stands for bucket brigade device and works like a chain of people passing buckets down a line. The chips each have over 4000 capacitors, an audio signal is passed between these within the BDD chips once per clock step. Slower clock times produce a longer delay and a faster clock creates a shorter delay. Clean delay time varies between 16ms and 250ms.You can increase the maximum delay time to a peak of 500ms with the Echoes time CV input, however, longer clock times will degrade fidelity and result in HF clock noise bleed.
The Taiga produces a traditional signal path so you can generate sounds with the oscillators straight away without patch cables. The pre-set signal path is designed to create the most used route through the Taiga circuits, but you can completely customise the signal path with patch cables. MIDI to CV conversion, an arpeggiator and digital modulation tools are organised in the control section. The Taiga also features a mixer, an LFO a preamp, and an internal clock with tap tempo. Utilising Taiga's versatile routing in your music will give you endless sound-shaping abilities. There are endless connectivity possibilities with the 60 CV inputs and outputs. This Pittsburgh Modular Synth is a groundbreaking desktop machine that can be used for both fun and professional music production, ideal for anyone looking for a compact analog synth with almost unlimited potential.
