Sonicsmith ConVertor

The Sonicsmith ConVertor is a semi-modular, audio-controlled analog synthesizer built in a pedal format. Instead of processing your signal the way an effect would, it uses what Sonicsmith calls Audio Controlled Oscillator technology to convert any analog audio into analog square and sawtooth waves and CV signals. As Delicious Audio put it when the pedal was introduced, "rather than being an effect, they simply transform any instrument into a synth!"¹

What it does

The core of the ConVertor is the Audio Controlled Oscillator. Feed it any analog audio, from a guitar or bass to another source, and it converts that audio into analog square and sawtooth waves along with CV signals. That makes it less like a synth pedal that layers synthesized sounds over your playing and more like a synth voice that your instrument drives¹.

Because it is semi-modular and produces CV signals, the ConVertor is built to connect to other gear. MusicRadar's reviewer highlighted "plenty of patch points for routing audio and control signals in and out of the synth," which lets players patch it into modular setups or pair it with other synth pedals².

Where it came from

The ConVertor was introduced alongside its sibling, the Sonicsmith Squaver P1+, with both pedals sharing the Audio Controlled Oscillator technology. Delicious Audio covered the pair in June 2017, listing the ConVertor at $419 USD¹.

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