SOMA laboratory / Enner Red

ENNER is a unique analog synthesizer that allows you to create sounds by touching a sensor with your finger or palm and allowing the signal to pass through your body as if it were part of a circuit, changing mixing, volume, tone, feedback, and other parameters.

Overview
ENNER is a highly expressive sound tool capable of generating bits, pads, FX, noise, clicks, and glitches. It also doubles as a cool vocal mic with built-in analog FX. Musicians with imagination and experience playing ENNER can play exciting gigs with this synth alone.

As an instrument, ENNER is a unique analog synthesizer with the basic principle that all sound-generating signals pass through and are controlled by the body. The hand is the center of the circuit. Touching various contact pads with different parts of the fingers and palms, applying different pressures, allows signals to pass through the body, which determines mixing, volume, timbre, feedback, and other synthesis parameters. Human skin has much more complex electrical properties than we think. Our skin has not only resistance, but also several capacitive properties, nonlinear dependence of conductivity on current, direction of current, and even the time the current is applied. All of these factors affect the SAW? All of these affect the SOURCE and are an important part of the synthesis process.

All ENNER pots are made of metal and can act as inputs or outputs. Touching a pot not only allows you to change parameters, but also to patch audio signals.

ENNER Configuration
Array of filters with fixed frequency response (center triangle): stereo high-pass filter (HPF), stereo bandpass filter (high-mid ? BPFH), stereo bandpass filter (low mid ? BPFL), and stereo low-pass filter (LPF). Stereo means that the filter has separate inputs and separate outputs for the left and right channels. By sliding your finger across the pads of the filters, you can create a rich stereo image that allows you to set individual volume characteristics as well as tonal characteristics for each channel. The outputs of the filters are mixed and connected to the main outputs. The triangle also has a stereo direct input (DIR) that allows the filter to be bypassed.
Modulated Stereo Delay: The delay inputs are the two pads (DLY blue) on top of the triangle. The output of the delay is mixed with the filter output and connected to the main output. There is also a delay output connected to the pads (DLY orange) located left and right from the top of the triangle to create feedback and other interesting effects. The delay has two independent lines (left and right) with separate TIME controls (ВРЕМЯ pots), a common FEEDBACK, and a common pot (BIZZARE) that sets the amount of self-modulation. The ENNER is also a touch input for delay time modulation.
To the right of the ENNER is a 5-voice synthesizer with individual frequency adjustment for each voice (TUNE knob). The pitch of all voices can also be changed simultaneously (PITCH knob). The TUNE knob is also the output of the voices, so by touching the knob, the voices can be patched to the input of the filter. The synthesizer has a separate output pad for each voice (OUT 1-5 pads), a separate modulation input (MOD 1-5), and a ring modulation output (the numbers RING 12, 23, and 34 indicate which voice is the ring modulation source). Connecting the MOD and OUT pads of one voice with your finger raises its pitch. The fifth voice has a MOD 5- pad for additional modulation, which can lower the pitch of the fifth voice (connect to the +12 pad or any pad with a positive signal, including the output of the fifth voice).
To the left of ENNER is a second synth with one master generator. Its output is divided into six parts by two, with a separate output for each stage of the division (PULSE 1-6). This synth is intended to create rhythmic clicks, basses, and octave tones. The frequency of the master generator is set by the TEMPO knob. The & 1, 2, & 3 output pads allow for more complex rhythmic combinations with logical multiplication of the various PULSE outputs.

External inputs (EXT sockets and EXT pads) allow you to send external audio signals to ENNER for processing through filters, delays, and other ENNER functions.
All of these features make ENNER a simple yet powerful sound source and FX kit, providing a rich and diverse palette of sounds. ENNER is operated by touch, allowing you to quickly change parameters and control the sound using a variety of playing techniques.

ENNER was inspired by and developed in collaboration with Danish sound artist SiSTOR (Dalin Waldo). She created the front panel design (pad layout and hand-drawn engraving) and came up with the name ENNER.

Specifications
Filter Arrangement

DIR pad ? Direct input (no filter)
HPF pad ? High-pass filter input
BPFH pad ? Bandpass filter high-mid input
BPFL pad ? Band-pass filter low-mid input
LPF pad ? Low-pass filter input
(L ? Left channel, R ? right channel)
Pink noise generator

NOISE ? Noise output
DELAY ?

DLY pad (blue) ? Delay input
DLY pad (orange) ? Delay Output
(L ? left channel, R ? right channel)
ВРЕМЯ pot ? Delay time (L and R) and time modulation input
UROBOROS pot ? Feedback (both channels)
BIZZARE pot ? Delay and self-modulation
PIEZO

PIEZO OUT pad ? Piezo output
PIEZO GAIN pot ? Piezo gain amplification (piezo output)
5 Voice Synth

OUT 1-5 Pad ? Voice output
MOD 1-5 Pad ? Modulation input for voice (try connecting to OUT)
RING 12, 23, 34 pad ? Ring modulator outputs that multiply the outputs of the various voices
MOD 5- pad ? Additional modulation input for the fifth voice (try connecting it to +12)
TUNE 1-5 pots ? Voice frequency (also voice output)
PITCH pot ? Transpose all voices at once.
Rhythm/Bass Synth

PULSE 1-6 Pad ? Binary divider outputs
& 1, 2, 3 pads ? ADD 9 outputs which are logical AND of different PULSE outputs
TEMPO pot ? The source generator frequency ENNER V2.0 has an additional 3.5mm jack next to the TEMPO pot.
This is an external clock input that can drive a rhythm synth (requires 7 volts 0 to peak or higher).
External

EXT socket? External Input
EXT pad ? Connects to the end of the EXT socket.
Power Supply

+12V 0.2A center plus ENNER requires a power supply with good stabilization and filtering capabilities.
We recommend a modern switching power supply with a wide input range.
A power adapter is included with the product.