SOMA Laboratory Enner Expressive Sound Tool, Night Frog - Secondhand

Full Description

Your body becomes the circuit

ENNER is built around a simple but unusual principle: your body shapes the sound. Every signal flows through touch points that respond to the electrical properties of your skin. Resistance, capacitance, and even subtle nonlinear behaviours all influence the result.

Press lightly for one response, apply more contact for another. Slide across pads to alter stereo balance and timbre. Because there are no traditional keys or fixed routings, you move quickly between textures using nothing but your hands. It feels immediate, responsive, and highly personal, making each performance distinct.

Five voices ready for deep interaction

On the right side, a five-voice analog synthesiser gives you individual frequency control via TUNE knobs, plus a global PITCH control for instant transposition. Each TUNE control also acts as an output, so touching it lets you patch signals directly into the filter array.

Dedicated OUT and MOD pads per voice encourage hands-on routing, while ring modulation outputs combine selected voices for more complex tones. The fifth voice even includes a downward modulation option for added pitch movement. You can create shifting harmonies, unstable drones, sharp glitches, or layered textures with fast physical gestures.

Stereo filters and delay for spatial depth

At the centre sits a stereo filter array arranged in a clear triangular layout. High-pass, high-mid band-pass, low-mid band-pass, and low-pass filters each provide separate left and right inputs and outputs. By sliding across pads, you shape not only tone but also stereo image, blending channels with different levels and colour.

A direct input lets you bypass the filters when needed. Feeding into this is a modulated stereo delay with independent time controls for each channel, shared feedback, and a self-modulation control for more unpredictable repeats. Touch-sensitive delay time inputs invite further live manipulation.

Electro-acoustic textures and external control

ENNER also works as an electro-acoustic instrument. A built-in piezo pickup captures vibrations from the ash enclosure itself. Tap the panel, stretch rubber bands, interact with the metal spring, or sing over the surface and route the signal through filters and delay. With careful gain setting and speaker placement, you can generate controlled acoustic feedback effects.

Alongside this, a rhythm and bass section divides a master generator into multiple pulse outputs, creating clicks, octave tones, and complex patterns. An external clock input on version 2.0 keeps it in sync with other gear, and an external audio input lets you process outside sources through ENNER’s signal path.

Features

• Expressive analog sound instrument capable of creating beats, pads, effects, glitches, noise textures, and experimental tones
• Functions as a performance microphone with built in analog effects for vocal and acoustic processing
• Touch controlled signal path where your hands become part of the circuitry shaping volume, tone, feedback, and modulation
• Metal control knobs that act as both parameter controls and audio patch points
• Stereo filter section with high pass, high mid band pass, low mid band pass, and low pass options for detailed tonal shaping
• Direct stereo input that bypasses filters for clean signal routing
• Modulated stereo delay with independent left and right time controls, shared feedback, and self modulation control
• Delay feedback routing pads for creating evolving echoes and experimental textures
• Five voice analog synthesizer with individual tuning, global pitch control, modulation inputs, and ring modulation outputs
• Touch patching between voice outputs and modulation pads for dynamic pitch manipulation
• Additional downward modulation option for the fifth voice
• Rhythm and bass synth with master generator and six binary divided pulse outputs for complex rhythmic structures
• Logical combination pulse outputs for advanced rhythmic variations
• External clock input on version 2.0 for syncing the rhythm section
• Built in piezo pickup that captures panel vibrations, scratches, springs, rubber bands, and even voice for electro acoustic sound design
• Adjustable piezo sensitivity and flexible routing through filters and delay for feedback experimentation
• Static pink noise generator for additional texture layering
• External audio input for processing outside signals through filters, delay, and synthesis sections
• Handcrafted ash wood enclosure designed for both visual appeal and acoustic resonance
• High quality PCB top panel with gold plated conductive pads
• Powered by +12V 0.2A supply with included stabilized power adapter
• Requires proper grounding to eliminate electrical hum during performance

Specifications

• Pads Dir: Direct Input (No Filters)
• Pads Hpf: Highpass Filter In
• Pads Bpfh: Bandpass Filter High Mid In
• Pads Bpfl: Bandpass Filter Low Mid In
• Pads Lpf: Lowpass Filter In
• Channels: L – Left Channel, R – Right Channel

• Noise: Noise Output

• Pads Dly (Blue): Delay In
• Pads Dly (Orange): Delay Out
• Channels: L – Left Channel, R – Right Channel
• Pots ?????: Delay Time (L And R) Also Time Modulation Inputs
• The Uroboros Pot: Feedback (Both Channels)
• Pot Bizzare: Delay Self-Modulation

• Pad Piezo Out: The Output
• Pot Piezo Gain: Piezo Amplification (Also Piezo Output)

• Pads Out 1-5: Outputs Of The Voices
• Pads Mod 1-5: Modulation Inputs Of The Voices (Try To Connect Them With Out)
• Pads Ring 12, 23, 34: Outputs Of Ring Modulators That Multiply Outputs Of Different Voices
• Pad Mod 5-: An Additional Modulation Input For The Fifth Voice (Try To Connect It With +12)
• Pots Tune 1-5: Frequency Of The Voices (Also Voices Outputs)
• Pot Pitch: Transposing All Voices At Once

• Pads Pulse 1-6: Output Of Binary Dividers
• Pads &1, 2, 3: Additional Outputs That Are Logical And Of Different Pulse Outputs
• Pot Tempo: The Frequency Of The Source Generator
• External Clock Input: Enner V2.0 Has An Additional 3.5mm Jack Next To The Pot Tempo That Can Drive The Rhythm Synth (7 Volts 0-To-Peak Or More Is Required)

• Socket Ext: External In
• Pad Ext: Connected To Ext Socket Tip

• Power Requirement: +12v Center + 0.2a
• Power Supply: Enner Requires A Good Stabilized And Filtered Psu. We Recommend Contemporary Switching Mode Psus With A Wide Input Range. The Psu Is Included.