Radikal verbreedt hun productportfolio met een 'nieuw' synthesizer-concept. Hybrid elements is een synthesizer die kan worden uitgebreid met modules die gebruik maken van de hardware interface van de hoofdmodule.
The Hybrid Elements will run with up to 4 different Hybrid engines at a time. The user can decide if he wants wavetable synth with stereo multimode filters or for example a sample engine with drum programming functions. The different synthesis hardware modules can easily be exchanged and the user decides which kind of engines he wants to use in his desktop module. Another 19'' frame will become available that can hook up the synthesis modules as well without any editing elements. Sounds and sequence patches can be exchanged with the desktop version with a memory flash card or via MIDI dump.
That allows for example to built up a polyphonic version of the hybrid engine by putting multiple similar modules into the 19'' mainframe and controlling them via MIDI. So your system can grow and you pay only one time for the user elements. Adding a second synthesizer engine will be very affordable because you simply don't need to pay for a second limited user interface the user interface will simply adapt the new engine. The basic parameters can all be accessed directly with the knobs and the grafic display allows editing all the more specific parameters.
The basic unit with the Hybrid Wavetable engine will sell for below 1000€ and the modules will be around 400€ or less each. This solution allows to sell Hybrid-engines at a price point, where you usually can get native DSP engines only.