Dreadbox Typhon

Tiny footprint, massive sound.

If you can get past the interface which uses sliders in place of pots and the tiny screen, both of which aren't really an issue, then this thing will blow your socks off! It's very deep in application and you can spend ages just noodling around with it. + USB powered! Tiny footprint, massive sound, tough build quality, great effects (use it as a send effect for extra fun). - sequencing can be a pain, maybe something else.

Бесконечные возможн&

It’s just a crazy thing, although it’s a little difficult to learn and you have to delve into the menu, but it’s completely worth it with the possibilities of this synthesizer, which are almost endless. Unimaginable sounds, great presets. One of my favorite synthesizers when I want to find special sounds.

How phat is this beast of a synth?

My gosh this thing is amazing, the sound is so good phat rich analogue vibes what more do you want to fillin and run with your drums.

Feature packed, sounds magical.

There is no real downside to this nifty desktop module. It is easy to control, it sounds great, and its onboard effects are great. My only gripe is the menu-divey system of patching the LFOs onto parameters.

A little gem

Amazing and complete little analog synth.

I love that besides the perfect analog sound and extensive modulation options, it also includes a sequencer and some awesome effects that can also be modulated.

The only minor complaint is that it's usb powered only and some ground noise is very likely to occur, but there are many workarounds for this.

Good for what it costs, but let's put it in perspective

On the positive side, it's good for what it is, which is a small, sturdy, well built monosynth that's good for ambient and drone sounds in particular, and is a good sounding synth all around. The effects are OK too, not bad, although not comparable to say the Novation Peak. I think Dreadbox need to be acknowledged and praised for making a good monosynth at an accessible price - similar in form factor to, but way cheaper than, say a Moog Minitaur.

Negatives? The screen is tiny to the point of being unusable live. Or indeed even in daylight if your eyesight's Likewise, it's not a DX7, but as someone else pointed out, it has a fiddly interface - the sliders in particular are too small and fiddly for anyone without tiny hands. Also, comparing the Typhon to the Iridium, Argon8M or Wavestate isn't realistic in terms of both the much wider functionality and hands on, direct controls those synths provide - it simply does not compare to them (and arguably, they don't compare with each other, anyway). To claim that is to not know those other synths in any depth, and they are hugely capable - but progressively more costly too, to put it in perspective.

Overall, a good sounding well built synth that does what it does well. Personally though, I'll be selling mine because of the tiny sliders and impractical display.

Great sound and features at a relatively low price

The Typhon is an insanely versatile monosynth that sounds rich.

What brings even further are the great effects and modulation options.

However, what really made it stand out for me are the multifunctional knobs: the filter and amp time knobs increase or decrease all of the ADSR parts relatively to what you have set as initial values, which creates unique possibilities during live performances where you can shift the sounds drastically, but intuitively during live performances. Similar functions are packed into the tune know, which goes into detune territory when you are close to unison or octave up/down, but goes into clear semitones when you are further away, which makes it easy to create precise intervals even during a live performance.

Amazing analogue desktop by Dreadbox!

I'm glad about this amazing & affordable new analogue monophonic desktop synth from Greek Dreadbox (I'm Greek, too!)

Dreadbox managed to fit so many things into a mini desktop synth, like

32 Step note sequencer, 12 wonderful digital DSP effects, etc!

It even has a 128 x 64 display where you can manage 256 Presets with import-export function and with the latest firmware update (v.4.1) you can even also have midi & audio over usb!

In a few words, Typhon is an amazing little synth with BIG sound!

Very well done Dreadbox!

Highly recommended! :-)

Love it!

Lovely big sounding little synth

Easy to handle

Fantastic sounds on board this synth