street priceThe Alesis Ion is a virtual analog synthesizer released by Alesis in 2003. It is a polyphonic synthesizer with two oscillators, two filters, two envelopes, two LFOs, and a modulation matrix. It also features a built-in arpeggiator, a step sequencer, and a 16-track MIDI sequencer. The Ion is capable of producing a wide range of sounds, from classic analog leads and basses to modern digital sounds.
| Usage area | |
|---|---|
| Synthesizer | |
| Usage Design/ Form Factor | |
| With Keys | |
| Archetype | |
| Analog Modeling (AM) | |
| Polyphony | |
| Voices | 8 |
| Multi Timbral Capacity | 4 part(s) |
| Tone Generator / Sound Synthesis | |
| Oscillator Type | Digital |
| Oscillators per voice | 3 |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Sine |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Square |
| Waveform/ Spectral form (main generator) | Saw/ Triangle |
| Programs/ Voices/ Timbres | |
| Patches | 512 |
| User-defined Multitimbral | 64 |
| Filter | |
| Multimode | |
| 2-pole | |
| 12dB | |
| Envelope Generator (EG) | |
| Pitch | ADSR |
| Filter | ADSR |
| Amp | ADSR |
| ADSR | |
| Effects | |
| Chorus | |
| Flanger | |
| Compressor | |
| Delay | |
| Distortion | |
| Vocoder | |
| Fuzz | |
| Insert Effects | 4 |
| Arpegiator/ Portamento | |
| Arpegiator | |
| MIDI | |
| General MIDI (GM) | |
| MIDI in/ out | |
| IN | |
| OUT | |
| THRU | |
| Keys | |
| Type | Synth Action |
| Velocity Sensitivity | |
| Size | 4 |
| Number of Keys | 49 |
| Built-in controllers | |
| Pitch Bend Wheel | |
| Modulation Wheel | |
| External controllers | |
| Sustain foot pedal | |
| Expression foot pedal | |
| Audio out | |
| Stereo | |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) | 4 |
| Analogue: 1/4" (6.35mm) headphones preamplified | 1 |
| Audio in | |
| Analog 1/4" | 2 |
| Case/ body | |
| Metal&plastic | |
| Color | |
| Silver | |
| Production start | 2003 |
| Production ended | |
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