At its core, Yellowjacket is an emulation of the Wasp synthesizer, originally released by the British synth company Electronic Dream Plant (EDP) in 1978. Principally created by legendary synth designer Chris Huggett, the intention was to create a compact and affordable instrument for the European market. To achieve this, it made use of transistor-transistor logic (TTL) chips and a flat-panel keyboard that used capacitive copper plates in place of standard mechanical keyboard action. Among its other unique features were a small built-in speaker, a proprietary system predating MIDI that allowed multiple Wasps to be chained together, and a distinct blazing yellow and black "colour" scheme.
Many fledgling young English musicians started out on a Wasp, notably one "Nicholas James Bates", better known as Duran Duran synthesist, Nick Rhodes. The Stranglers' Dave Greenfield used four of them at live shows!
Cherry Audio's Yellowjacket faithfully emulates all aspects of the Wasp, particularly its quirky oscillators and raunchy CD4069 logic chip-based filter. And in the inventive spirit of EDP, we've added several modern features including 16-voice polyphony, a full complement of effects including a Wasp speaker emulation, diatonic scales, a uniquely innovative arpeggiator, multiple filter modes, aftertouch control, polyphonic aftertouch, as well as a distinctive four-layer multi poly mode allowing subtle (or not subtle) voice-to-voice variation.
Manual Layout
This manual will detail each section of Yellowjacket; the order of the chapters follows the signal flow (as opposed to the physical layout of the front panel).
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