SONICWARE / deconstruct MINIMAL

The definitive choice for minimal techno and house production! Featuring three FEEL functions that recreate the “imperfect beauty” of legendary machines, along with a workflow that lets you intuitively strip down your sound. This next-generation groove box lets you build hypnotic basslines and drum patterns that make your heart race—all with an 11-track setup that requires no PC.

Product Specifications

An 11-track configuration featuring a drum machine with a built-in sampler and a bass synth

[Drum Machine]
・Reproduces the characteristic rhythmic and pitch fluctuations of legendary drum machines
・9 tracks
・16 drum kits
・Instruments: 10 banks – 130 sounds
・Sample-based engine with dedicated edit parameters for each bank
・BD1 and SD each feature their own dedicated synthesis engines
・HH reproduces the characteristic sound variations of analog drum machines
・Versatile groove editing: Accent, random velocity, swing, sub-steps, and more can be set per track
・Supports real-time input via pads and high-speed input via step buttons
・Equipped with an isolator that enables everything from bold boost/cut to subtle tonal adjustments

[Sampler]
・Supports sample import/export and sampling (via LINE input or USB)
・4 tracks: Selectable on drum machine tracks 7–9, plus dedicated loop track 10
・Preset samples: 3 banks – 48 sounds

・S2 Bank: 32 slots (2-second mono samples)
・S4 Bank: 16 slots (4-second mono samples)
・48 kHz/16-bit linear PCM sampling
・Includes “Repitch To Tempo” function to sync samples to the tempo

・S8 Bank: 12 slots (8-second stereo samples)
・48 kHz/16-bit linear PCM stereo sampling
・Switch between loop and one-shot playback—crossfade settings available
・Equipped with a Time Stretch function that allows you to adjust tempo and pitch without changing the sample length
・During loop playback, you can set crossfade durations from 1 to 4 seconds and specify the retrigger position

[Bass Synth]
・Newly developed analog modeling engine based on a legendary bass synth
・1 track
・4 modeling waveforms + Alternate Synth mode
・Models an acid-style ladder filter

・SAW
・SQUARE
・TRIANGLE
・RECTANGLE
・Low-frequency boost? Sine-wave sub-oscillator (range: -2, -1, UNISON; filter/send bypass)
・S01 mode: Adjustable mix balance between SAW and SQUARE; equipped with a square-wave sub-oscillator

・4th-order low-pass filter with resonance
・Envelope Amount

・Decay (Synchronized with amp envelope in S01 mode)
・Decay curve adjustment

・Monophonic
・Step input for glide, with glide time and curve adjustment functions
・Filter-synchronized accent input
・Adjustable gate time
・Dedicated overdrive

[Sequencer]
・11 tracks
・16 steps x 4 variations (up to 64 steps via continuous playback of A, B, C, and D)
・128 patterns
・Step length: 1–16; note length: 1/1–1/32 (configurable per track)
・Real-time & step recording
・Versatile mute functions and solo mode
・Insert fill playback for variations
・Copy & paste function for variations
・Phrase rotation function to shift patterns and phrases
・Parameter lock function to record knob movements step by step
・Pattern chain replay function
・Configurable pattern BPM / global BPM
・Transpose function

[Effects]
5 types of master effects for performance
・Sweep Filter
・Phaser
・Distortion
・Snip Loop
・Ducking Compressor
3 types of send reverb
・Room
・Hall
・Plate
Tape-echo-style send delay with BPM sync and ping-pong functionality

[MIDI]
・ Note, Control Change, and Clock I/O

[Unit]
Matt black finish body

・ 27

・ 12 control knobs
・ 2 encoders
・ 16 micro knobs
* SCALE (dynamically adjusts knob position and parameter values), LATCH (knob position remains unchanged until the parameter value is reached), and JUMP settings