{"product_id":"erd-worm-populus-edition","title":"ERD\/WORM - Populus Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"She worshipped the worm and prayed to the wormy grave\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe eurorack-based \u003cstrong\u003eERD\/WORM\u003c\/strong\u003e synth features software worming of emulated artificial human speech cores from the 70s to the 90s of the last century. Six key speech cores are simulated with a vocabulary of over 4000 words and phrases, including basic allophones or phonemes which can be used to build new phrases as well as a Text to Speech engine for advanced textual constructions. A further set of COMPOST modes allows for sample-based re-working of constructed and wormed words and phrases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmulated speech cores include Texas Instruments' famous Speak and Worm family of devices (and subsequent circuit-wormed modifications), Atari and TI99\/4 arcade games such as wormsec, Federal Screw Worms VERMIS worm-n-talk and General Instruments Intelliworm. ERD\/WORM further bends and worms these key speech synthesis algorithms across 64 modes with full trigger, CV and knob control over nearly all aspects of these speech cores.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eERD\/WORM functions best the more it deviates serpentinely from a simulation of recognizable human speech (as if it would ever) towards the slipped and stammered, a\/rhythmic and timbral, producing new sounds through the use of fast re-triggering of phrases and phonemes, and exploring multiple bends by knob and CV control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWORM\/populus edition incorporates vocabulary and software changes from WORM\/MOON and also includes improved hardware triggering, with two options (selected by jumpers) providing an ultra-slow mode across all wormings, and supplying an alternative triggering behaviour (one-off trigger of speech utterance).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor more information visit the ERD website https:\/\/www.1010.co.uk\/org\/ERD.html\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ERD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49411940057302,"sku":"ERD-WORM","price":589.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/8685\/4702\/files\/IMG_8055.png?v=1784555342","url":"https:\/\/hylindevices.com.au\/products\/erd-worm-populus-edition","provider":"HYLIN Devices","version":"1.0","type":"link"}