It's an updated version of the French company's popular analogue bassline synth.
French firm Norand is set to release its next synth.
The MK2 is the successor to Norand's MONO, which came out in 2020 and won fans for its ability to emulate a Roland TB-303 while offering far more modulation and flexibility.
The new synth adds pressure-sensitive keys that can detect velocity, aftertouch, pitch bend and vertical modulation. The buttons that control the sequencer are also now pressure sensitive and allow you to morph between patterns. There's a new overdrive circuit for adding distortion to the output, and the resolution on the knobs has been upped to 1024 PPQN.
Other improvements on the original MONO include an aluminium body, multicoloured LEDs, microSD storage for patterns and sounds, a duophonic mode and USB-C connectivity. The rest of the features are like the original MONO—two analogue oscillators, each with four continuously variable waveforms; an analogue filter; 14 envelopes; 20 LFOs; and a 16-step sequencer with slides and accents.
Norand is also releasing a new firmware for the original MONO, which will add the duophonic mode, plus velocity, aftertouch and pitch-bend sensitivity, though you'll need an external controller to make them work.
No videos are currently available on the MK2, but you can watch a demonstration of the new firmware on the original MONO.
Norand's MONO MK2 will go on sale on May 10th for €839.