The Kick Lancet is a handy analogue percussion synthesizer with priority to kick-drum sounds – you might have expected this.

Sound Generation

The heart of the Kick Lancet’s sound structure is an analogue oscillator that produces sine- and square waves, which can be blend seamless from one to the other. Two independent envelope generators with a decay/release phase can modulate the oscillator’s frequency and the VCA. Additionally the VCO pitch can be modulated by the fast LFO (3Hz to 3kHz, triangle). Noise and a pulse signal can be added in the MIXER section. And we have a BALLS controller for making it really big.

Trigger

The Kick Lancet can be triggered by MIDI but beside that there are three different trigger inputs:

• GATE: A gate impulse can trigger the Kick Lancet in normal way, with additional accent or completely dynamical depending on the incoming voltage.
• SWITCH: Simply short current trigger (i.e. momentary foot switch).
• AUDIO: Offers the possibility to trigger the Kick Lancet by an audio signal – static or dynamically. Also drum pads can be connected here.

Controller

• DECAY – controls decay time of VCA
• PITCH – oscillator frequency
• BEND – envelope intensity (pitch)
• TIME – BEND envelope speed
• FM FREQ – LFO frequency
• FM INT – LFO intensity (pitch)
• ATTACK – adds a pulse to the signal
• NOISE – adds noise to the signal
• WAVE – mixes between sine- and square waveform
• BALLS – more fatness!

Trigger

• MIDI (note number an channel can be assigned freely)
• SWITCH Trigger
• AUDIO Trigger
• GATE voltage (dynamically)

Measurements & Weight

• width: ca. 210 mm
• depth: ca. 145 mm
• height: ca. 55 mm
• weight: ca. 600 g

Patch sheet for "storing" your favorite Kick Lancet sound

Demos by Oli Rubow

In his blog about electronic beat culture Oli Rubow posted some demos using the Kick Lancet.