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    Review: PWM Malevolent

    May 11, 2022 5 minutes
    by Jan Wilking

    Features

    Analog synthesizer

    Monophonic

    2 VCO

    Multimode filter

    38 Patch sockets

    32 Mini keys

    Velocity sensitive

    Arpeggiator / joystick

    Facts

    Manufacturer: PWM

    Web: 1pwm.com

    Distribution: Hyperactive

    Price: 569 Euros

    ▲ Filter with character
    ▲ Flexible VCOs
    ▲ Semi-modular
    ▲ Compact and light
    ▲ USB power supply

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    Alternatives

    Behringer Neutron 279 Euros behringer.com

    Arturia MiniBrute2 489 Euros arturia.com

    Korg MS-20 Mini 509 Euros korg.de

    WM and British, with this combination connoisseurs must of course think directly of the colleague Nick Batt from Sonicstate. But he probably has nothing to do with the Malevolent, because behind PWM is the Brit Paul Whittington, who previously worked creatively for Novation and M-Audio, among others. To realize his own concept of a semi-modular synthesizer, he teamed up with the British Eurorack company Future Sound Systems.

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