Polyend Medusa gets a limited edition, minimal makeover

A major firmware upgrade to v3 brings new modulation possibilities

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Polyend Medusa Black

Superbooth 2020: Polyend’s collaboration with Dreadbox birthed Medusa, which you can now update to v3.0, along with a Limited Edition Black model that will be available from 1 May.

Medusa is an analogue/digital hybrid synth and sequencer, built with Polish-based Polyend’s sequencing expertise, and Greek synth god Dreadbox’s demonstrable knowledge of noise. Initially launched in 2018, Medusa now gets a 2020 refresh. The official release of a new Limited Edition Black Medusa will take place on the 1 May 2020, which makes cosmetic changes to the knobs, text and overall style of the graphics. The front panel is matt black anodized aluminium, with a much less busy approach to the controls thanks to an intentional minimalistic layout.

Polyend Medusa Black

However, the biggest news to come from Polyend is the availability of Medusa v3.0, with a firmware update available from its site now. The new version brings the following features:

  • New random wave for LFOs
  • MIDI Local Off as a MIDI config option. Medusa MPE pads can play another instrument, and play the internal synth engine with an external controller simultaneously.
  • Both LFOs and envelopes can send out their native values as CC, which can be set up from the MIDI config menu
  • Each synth parameter is now displayed with the assigned CC number.

Polyend told us: “With all the LFOs and ENVs being sent out as MIDI CC communicates and the Grid controller working in the MIDI Local off, Medusa becomes a much more potent modulation source/external sequencer/MPE controller. Especially bundled with our Poly2 for Eurorack systems”

We caught up with Polyend at last year’s Superbooth to see what was in store from Medusa 2.0:

Medusa Limited Edition Black will be available for 699€/$799 as of 1 May 2020.
Medusa v3.0 is available to download now from polyend.com

More Superbooth 2020 news here.

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