SOMA LABORATORY RoAT Rumble of Ancient Times 模拟 噪音合成器

DESCRIPTION｜产品描述

Rumble of Ancient Times (RoAT) is an 8-bit noise synthesizer and sequencer inspired by the clever programming of the early PC era when an entire video game would fit on a floppy disk. RoAT is capable of a wide variety of sounds ranging from dense noise scapes to diverse glitching rhythmic patterns. The compact and portable instrument contains many elements that can be combined into surprising musical results.

在个人电脑刚刚流行的年代，设计师们纷纷发挥巧思，创造出了许多高效的编程方案，其中令我深感启发的是使用一张软盘装下整套电子游戏的惊人操作。我们以此为灵感，设计了一款可独立使用的8-Bit噪声合成器及音序器——“Rumble of Ancient Times/远古之韵” (RoAT)。RoAT虽然小巧便携，内部却大有乾坤，包含多种音乐制作所需的元素，能够生成各式各样的声音并捏制别具一格的声效，可用于制作丰富的噪声氛围音乐亦或纷繁复杂的故障律动乐句。

The “heart” of the synthesizer contains 4 sound oscillators, each with a tunable waveform and an individual LFO, which can modulate the tone or volume of the oscillator. The modulated signal of each oscillator is mixed with other signals using 1,536 variations of complex summing algorithms that contain FM, ring modulation, bitwise logical operations and more.

这台合成器的核心部分是其内部的4块“声音振荡器”（Oscillator），每块声音振荡器都能够产生多种可调波形，并且每块声音振荡器都配备有独立的“低频振荡器”（LFO），可用于调制声音振荡器的频率或音量。多块“声音振荡器”（Oscillator）之间的信号均可相互调制并混合，RoAT充分运用了FM调制、环形调制、位逻辑运算调制等各种调制方式，总共可组合出1536种复杂丰富的信号混合算法。

The synth contains an 8-bit resonant lowpass filter with a distinct Lo-Fi character.

The built-in sequencer can be synced to an external device and also send clock out.

RoAT is battery powered and can work up to 130 hours on one set of AAA batteries.

RoAT内置一套具有明显Lo-Fi特色的8-Bit谐振式低通滤波器电路

RoAT内置一套支持与外部设备同步、支持发送时钟信号的音序器

RoAT采用四块AAA (7号) 电池供电，一组电池可持续供电130小时

Rumble of Ancient Times is built on a very simple 8-bit microcontroller similar to the ones used in the “brains” of old refrigerators and other simple electronic devices. Thanks to some very clever programming, it’s also able to drive a very capable synth with many features!

Rumble of Ancient Times/远古之韵(RoAT)合成器采用了一块非常简单的8-bit微控制器，类似于老式电冰箱及其他简易电子设备中使用的微控制器。但是，我们通过巧妙的编程方案，将这种微控制器改造为了一块拥有众多实用功能的高性能合成器！

In stark contrast to modern consumer electronics, this synth celebrates and emphasizes what can be achieved with efficiency of code and using chips considered obsolete by industry leaders. We live in an age where text editors can be 1GB or more and simple things like checking email require the latest OS and powerful processing, despite the core tasks being no different than 15 years ago with a fraction of the computational power.

RoAT合成器与现代消费级电子产品形成了鲜明的对比，该合成器旨在创新，采用被业界认为是过时的芯片搭配高超的编程技术，实现丰富的音乐合成功能。与之相比，现代消费级电子产品却走上了歧路，一个文本编辑器就要耗费1GB甚至更多的运存，而收发邮件更是需要最新的操作系统以及强大的处理器，然而这些工作的核心任务与15年前并无差别，只需少量的计算资源就可以轻松完成。

So RoAT proposes a new kind of ecological thinking with the innovative use of chips that were developed and produced decades ago, instead of turning them into millions of tons of trash. We can still use technology that the industry forced us to consider obsolete, with the added benefit here of extremely low power consumption. It’s an environmentally friendlier approach than galloping in the rush of planned obsolescence that damages our planet and wastes precious resources.

因此，RoAT提出了一种全新的生态环保理念：即使用几十年前研发并生产的芯片制作功能前卫的乐器，从而避免这些芯片沦为垃圾。其实这些被业界定性为“技术陈旧”的芯片依然能提供不俗的性能，况且这些芯片功耗极低，能够显著减少资源浪费与环境污染。相比之下，一些公司采用的“计划性淘汰”策略，表面上是在大力追求技术上更新迭代，却是在无形中浪费了地球上的宝贵资源。

Rumble of Ancient Times was designed and programmed by Kakos Nonos, a new creative mind who joined the SOMA development team. His very unique style of building electronic musical instruments combines quality craftsmanship, advanced programming and a love for medieval acoustic instruments such as gusli, wheeled lyre and bagpipes.

Rumble of Ancient Times/远古之韵(RoAT)合成器由SOMA开发团队的新晋创意人才Kakos Nonos设计并编程。Nonos开发的电子乐器总有其独特风味，RoAT也不例外。RoAT融合了高质量的制造工艺、前卫的编程技术以及中世纪原声乐器的音色特质（例如古斯里、轮式七弦琴和风笛）。

DISCLAIMER｜免责声明

RoAT uses a PCB as the top panel. The PCBs are produced in an electronics factory using standard production procedures. Due to this, the PCBs may have minor scratches and marks inherent to the manufacturing process. Such small defects will be almost invisible in most cases without a close inspection and will not be accepted as a reason for return or exchange of the product! Obviously, we discard all seriously damaged or defective PCBs and don’t use them for RoAT.

RoAT合成器使用PCB电路板作为顶部面板，这些PCB电路板均由电子厂采用标准制作流程制作而成。由于制造过程中可能会产生轻微划痕和磨损，因此PCB电路板上可能会有一些小缺陷。然而，这些所谓的“外观缺陷”几乎无法察觉，所以我们不认同由于“外观缺陷”引起的退换货。我们保证已经在制造过程中仔细检查了所有零件，弃用了破损严重或有缺陷的PCB电路板，以确保RoAT合成器的质量。

备注：SOMA对质量的把控非常严格，我们至今还没发现有“外观缺陷”的设备，您可以在购买后联系客服，由客服为您实拍即将发出的设备，确保万无一失。