Microvolt 3901: Pittsburgh Modular finally went software, and it is gloriously patchable

So Pittsburgh Modular finally went software, and they did not mess around. The Microvolt 3901 is a component level emulation of their old Microvolt 3900 semi-modular, except it is bigger, meaner, and fully patchable inside your DAW. You get the original 3900 voice plus a pile of their classic Eurorack modules, all wired together with virtual patch cables. If you like building a sound from scratch instead of scrolling presets, this is your kind of toy.

The oscillator section alone is worth poking at. You get the Microvolt oscillator, the Lifeforms SV-1 oscillator, the Primary oscillator from the Voltage Lab mini, a weird one called Generator, a second VCO based on the Microvolt core, and two digital lo-fi wavetable processors called Double Helix and DNA Symbiotic Waves. That is a lot of very different flavors to throw at a filter, and the lo-fi digital ones are exactly the kind of thing that sounds filthy over an industrial beat.

Modulation is where it gets properly fun. The 3901 packs in VILFO, Dual LFO, Function Generator, Game System, Sample and Hold, Ring Modulator, and a Three Stage Envelope, all patchable. Then there are 19 effects you can drop at the end of the chain or patch right into the middle of a sound, including Lo-Fi Tape, BBD Delay, 2399 Delay, Fuzz, Bit Crush, and a bunch of reverbs. Six voice polyphony or six voice unison in mono mode, a built in touch plate keyboard and 16 step sequencer, 200 factory presets, a built in oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer, and a full manual built into every module (just tap the question mark). It runs standalone or as VST3 and AU on Mac and Windows, with an iPad version coming soon.

Price: $69 for the full version, with a 7 day free trial. The iPad version will be $24 when it lands.

Check it out here: Microvolt 3901 by Pittsburgh Modular