Make Noise has never been afraid to reimagine what modular synthesis can be—and with MultiWAVE, they’re doing it again. The latest addition to the New Universal Synthesizer System (N.U.S.S.), MultiWAVE is an 8-channel dual wavetable oscillator that transforms polyphonic synthesis into something tactile, patchable, and unmistakably Make Noise.
Each channel packs two independent oscillators (A & B) with full control over pitch, modulation, and wavetable position—16 oscillators total, all sharing a single intuitive interface. Patch it into PoliMATHS and QXG for an eight-voice modular polysynth. No MIDI, no new protocols—just pure control voltage.
Founder Tony Rolando describes MultiWAVE as "taking the internals of a polysynth and bringing them up to the panel." Concepts like Modulation Dissemination and Spread let one LFO or envelope ripple differently across each voice, creating natural movement and analog-style variation. Turn the detune knob fully clockwise and it becomes a harmonic oscillator, ideal for lush, additive-style tones.
Under the hood, Make Noise crafted custom computed wavetables that stay rich and full across all octaves, with many modeled after the brand’s iconic analog voices like the DPO and XPO. You can also load your own WaveEdit-format tables, with smooth interpolation and room for eight banks of eight.
Even on its own, MultiWAVE delivers paraphonic power with A/B/odd/even outs, a polyphonic quantizer, modulatable glide, and a built-in MultiMod LFO. In a full N.U.S.S. rig, it becomes the oscillator core of a new kind of modular instrument—polyphonic, expressive, and endlessly patchable.
The Make Noise MultiWAVE is available for preoder now, with shipping to follow later this month and into December.