Panda Audio Future Impact V4 Bass Synthesizer

• Latest version of the comprehensive Future Impact bass synthesizer
• Controls: Edit / Bank Up, Input Level, Parameter, Output Level
• Footswitch for or / Off & Program
  
• Three-part LED display (Bank, Prog, Data)
  
• Parameter controls: Note or Level, Note Off Level, Attack, Decay, Env Depth, Dynamics, Cutoff, Resonance, Balance, Level, Effect
• 99 presets
• All presets can be edited via PC (Windows / Mac) via MIDI connection
• 63 new flexi curves
• CV/gate output for using an analog synthesizer with 1 V/octave directly via the pedal
  
• Robust controls made of solid metal
• Oscillator synchronization: VCO2 can be synchronized with VCO1 to create more harmonically complex sounds
• On-pedal edits can be saved to patch data before uploading
• Superior Pitch tracking: Significantly reduced latency and increased sensitivity to the dynamics of the input instrument. Pitch detection can be set to prioritize speed or accuracy
• Octave transposition - Two new MIDI CCs for transposing the pitch and ±2 octaves
• Stable firmware update process - Now any MIDI interface can be used
• Firmware updates can be performed via any MIDI interface
• Onscreen Mod Wheel: Send MIDI CCs or Aftertouch directly from the editor
• midiBeam 4Control integration: MIDI signals from expression pedals and switches are automatically forwarded to the FI4 when it is connected to the editor (midiBeam 4Control is only available as an option and is not included)
• Operation via 9V DC power supply
  
  

Further new features of Future Impact V4

The following new features are also included in Future Impact V4: On-pedal edits can be saved to patch data before uploading, two new MIDI CCs for pitch transposition and ±2 octaves are included, and both oscillators can be synchronized together to create complex sounds. Also new is superior pitch tracking, allowing pitch detection to be set to prioritize speed or accuracy. The possibilities of the Future Impact V4 are almost limitless and will become even more extensive in the future with firmware updates, guaranteeing long-term use of the pedal.

The popularity of the Future Impact

Developer Andras Szalay developed the Deep Impact synth bass pedal for Akai in the mid-1990s, which became extremely popular over the following years. With the pedal still in demand after more than a decade, Andras Szalay developed a completely new version of the Deep Impact, which was to become known as the Future Impact. The new pedal gained great popularity, and over the years popular musicians such as Chris Wolstenholme (Muse), Doug Wimbish (Living Colour, The Rolling Stones), Alissia Benveniste and Bootsy Collins acquired a taste for the Future Impact. After the pedal gained great popularity since its launch at Release, further updates followed in the coming years until the third version of the bass synthesizer found its way onto the market with the Future Impact V3. Panda Audio explains that for a new version of the Future Impact, it was no longer possible to simply overwrite the last version of the V3 firmware of the pedal and they therefore had to insist on both new hardware and new firmware. The result: the Future Impact V4, which comes with numerous new features and has plenty of room for future updates thanks to a completely new firmware.