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Gamechanger Plasma Voice

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⚡ PLASMA VOICE: Synth Wizardry From Another Dimension

Meet your next obsession: Plasma Voice by Gamechanger Audio. This bonkers Eurorack module isn’t just a synth — it’s a controlled lightning storm in a box ⚡💥

 

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You might remember Gamechanger’s original Plasma Pedal — the one that literally zapped your audio signal with high-voltage electricity? Well, this is the next evolution: a fully playable synth voice built around real electrical discharges. Not metaphorical sparks — literal plasma arcs inside a xenon tube that you can see and hear in action.

⚙️ What the hell is it?

Plasma Voice is a complex synthesis module powered by a unique high-voltage transformer. It ramps your audio signal up to over 3,000 volts, then fires it through a Xenon tube, creating a visible spark between two electrodes. That arc generates electromagnetic energy, which is picked up by an antenna and transformed back into a rich, harmonically juicy audio signal. 🤯

But it doesn’t stop there. Gamechanger took this idea and turned the plasma discharge system into a resonating oscillator with digital control, letting you shape wild, expressive synth tones using their internal engine — and all in real time.

🎛️ 49 Synth Engines, 7 Banks

Plasma Voice ships with 49 different engines, split into 7 themed sound banks:

  • Bass

  • Lead

  • Pluck

  • Drum

  • Metal

  • Static

  • Spark

Each bank has 7 unique sounds, and you can switch between them on the fly. Need thunderous kicks? Go Drum. Want glitchy noise pulses? Hit Static. Industrial lead lines? Metal has you covered. 🤘

The front panel includes six sliders for parameter tweaking, a built-in drive and EQ section, and an encoder for 7-octave jumps (great for performance).

🎚️ Trigger Modes for Days

Plasma Voice isn’t just a tone machine — it’s a performance beast. It includes five trigger modes:

  1. Trigger – Classic envelope mode with decay control.

  2. Gate – Hold the note as long as you send a signal.

  3. Loop – Auto-retrigger mode for rhythmic textures.

  4. Oscillator – Turns the whole thing into a full-time oscillator.

  5. On/Off – Triggers act as a toggle.

Need more flair? Add accents using the multimode accent input, which has seven distinct behaviours for live jamming or sequencing 👇

🎵 Glitchy stabs
🎵 Rolling pulses
🎵 Gated noise bursts
🎵 And heaps more sonic chaos

🧠 CV Control = Total Mod Power

With CV inputs, attenuverters, and assignable modulation targets, you can:

  • Control pitch

  • Modulate drive, EQ or filter

  • Trigger envelopes

  • Or even scan through entire sound banks using control voltage 😵‍💫

In one demo, Ilia even maps an incoming voltage to the pitch slider while a sequence runs — and yep, it sounds killer.

⚡ Final Thoughts

Plasma Voice is one of those rare synth modules that actually brings something new to the table — or in this case, to the rack. It’s explosive, expressive, and gloriously unpredictable.

Whether you’re building textured drones, glitched-out percussion, or screaming plasma leads, this module’s got the juice. Literally. 🔌🧨

👉 Click here to learn more or zap your local modular dealer.

Want a follow-up on how Plasma Voice plays with other modules? Let me know and we’ll dive into some rack combos and patching chaos 😈

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