Haken Audio EaganMatrix Micro: All the Fantastic Power of the Osmose’s Synth Engine in a Tiny Form Factor
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Like the sound of the Expressive E Osmose but don’t need the fancy keyboard – or the hit to the bank account? Haken Audio EaganMatrix Micro puts all that synth power into a small and affordable box.
Haken Audio EaganMatrix Micro
It’s time for a little honesty. I’ve always wanted an Expressive E Osmose not because it’s a revolutionary way to play music (which I freely admit that it is) but because it sounds so incredibly amazing. That’s all down to the beauty and genius of EaganMatrix Sound Technology, the digital synth engine at the heart of the Osmose. You can now get all of that power in a single tiny box in the form of the Haken Audio EaganMatrix Micro.
What Is the Haken Audio EaganMatrix Micro?
The EaganMatrix Micro is the company’s smallest product ever. Until now, if you’ve wanted access to the engine, you’ve had to buy either an Osmose or one of Eagan’s own products like the Continuum or EaganMatrix Module.
The EaganMatrix Micro is not a cut-down version but the full, eight-voice synth engine, and contains all of the Matrix Modules such as the five oscillators, five multimode filters, two filter banks, shape generators and delays. You can read more about the engine here. And of course, the new Micro has all of the same gorgeous sound quality as the other instruments that use the engine.
Additionally, you can use the computer-based Haken Editor to edit, create and save presets on the Micro.
MPE Control
On the website, the company states that the EaganMatrix engine is based on a fundamental observation: “how you control a sound algorithm is at least as important as the quality of the sound algorithm.” In that sense, the EaganMatrix Module also delivers. It features a robust implementation of MPE and MPE+ MIDI. As well, it also pairs well with the Warbl Wind Controller, with presets customized to take advantage of the Warbl’s specific sensing technology, as seen in the video below.
Connectivity
The small, black box form factor of the Haken Audio EaganMatrix Micro includes three ports: 3.5mm TRS stereo audio out, a 3.5mm TRS external connection jack for a foot pedal or for use with Haken Audio’s Control Voltage Converter (and presumably other CV devices), and a Mini USB connector. The latter allows for bidirectional connection to MPE devices and your computer.
Haken Audio EaganMatrix Micro Price and Availability
Haken Audio EaganMatrix Micro is available now through the Haken Audio website or other distributors for $449.
More Infromation
- Haken Audio EaganMatrix Micro product page
- All about Haken Audio
- All about synthesizers
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2 responses to “Haken Audio EaganMatrix Micro: All the Fantastic Power of the Osmose’s Synth Engine in a Tiny Form Factor”
The EaganMatrix is the worse part of the Osmose, IMO. Expressive E should have used Noisy 2 as the synth engine instead. EaganMatrix is an example of what not to do in a synth interface, and it sounds very flat and lifeless to me. There’s no way I’d spend $449 for an EaganMatrix box with an even worse interface.
USB Mini! Are you kidding me?
Also it’s a MIDI device. So that means you will need a separate MIDI host like a computer in order to connect it to an MPE controller.