1. Partials & Discrepancies | Full Walkthrough of an Additive Synth
2. Partials & Discrepancies | Sound Examples
3. Geometry Delay | Full Walkthrough of a Multi-Tap Delay
4. Geometry Reverb | Walkthrough of a Geometry-Based Reverb
5. Binaural Modulator | Full Walkthrough of a Spatial Modulation Effect
6. Partials & Discrepancies | Extremely Long and Incredibly Offhand
Today marks the release of our second synth, a multi-tap delay, a reverb and a free spatial modulator for both Mac and Windows as AU/VST3.
Partials & Discrepancies is an 8 voice additive poly-synth. The goal was to make additive synthesis accessible through a much simpler abstraction model than what you usually get, and include lots of sonic motion capabilities within a simple interface without modulation matrixes or multi page layouts. As always, we want to build instruments and effects that makes it fun to make music and that won’t slow down the creativity. Partials & Discrepancies is available for 79 euros incl. VAT. Discounts and cross-grade offers may be available on the account page for earlier costumers.
"David Haberfeld — better known as Honeysmack — is a live techno improviser. That means the tracks in his sets are built and arranged in real time in front of an audience rather than pre-sequenced in a DAW. In this studio tour he walks through the hardware he performs with and puts a track together from scratch on the spot.
The rig spans vintage and modern boxes: the Roland TB-303 (the synth-with-a-sequencer that anchors a lot of his sound), Roland's TR-808 and TR-909 drum machines, a Mackie 16-channel mixer, a DJ mixer he's come to use as a performance instrument, Behringer's RD-8 MKII and RD-9 (clones of the 808 and 909, both of which he beta tested), the Behringer Syncussion SY1, a Pro-1 synth and a modular system. Along the way he gets into why the 808 and 909 ended up defining whole genres — and argues it had less to do with how they sounded and more to do with what was simply available at the time.
Honeysmack has a new Live Techno Masterclass coming up on Sunday 26 July at Collingwood Yards, Melbourne:
CHAPTERS
0:00 live techno improvisation
0:36 studio reveal
0:59 Roland TB-303
1:42 building a track from scratch
3:47 808/909
5:43 Performance
7:08 Synths, modular & sequencers
8:45 jam
GEAR FEATURED
Roland TB-303 · Roland TR-808 · Roland TR-909 · Behringer RD-8 MKII · Behringer RD-9 · Behringer Syncussion SY1 · Pro-1 · Mackie 16-channel mixer · DJ mixer · modular synthesizer
Noisegate is an Australian based collective of working musicians, producers, DJs, and live audio professionals dedicated to bringing you the latest music gear news, tutorials, interviews and more. We cover a range of categories including guitars, bass, synths, keyboards, pro-audio, DJ gear, live audio, industry news and all the ways we make and interact with music and sound."
early tests with Buchla Lightning + Max; once again, using a Buchla controller as a way of testing different parametric linkages / interaction strategies for what i hope will eventually become a standalone instrument. in this case, lightning is sending several position-related CCs to Max, which is running several simultaneous [gen~] patches. these patches were originally developed for several daisy-based modules i designed, namely:
2x Impulse Generator (a pulsar synthesis-based oscillator and nonlinear distortion feedback device)
1x Retention Mechanism (a granular sampler / multitap delay / pitch shifter)
1x Temporal Drag Processor (a multitap delay / resonator)
i only recently acquired the Lightning; here, i'm using it with the rings from a Buchla 222e Multidimensional Kinesthetic Input Port. the use here is quite basic, relying mostly on the Lightning "Ear's to MAX" factory configuration. no doubt i'll keep exploring more unusual ways to use it in the future
Elastic OSC is an 8 voices polyphone macro-oscillator synthesizer based on the open-source code of Mutable Instruments Plaits. Its core idea: powerful sound design, reduced to just four main parameters: Frequency, Harmonics, Morph, and Timbre.
Key Features
• 24 oscillator models (VA, FM, wavetable, granular, drums & more)
• 8-voice polyphony
• Expressive XY control for synthesis & effects
• 4 LFOs with a unique LFO mixer
• MPE support (polyphonic expression)
• 600+ presets by renowned sound designers
• Cross-platform: iOS, Android, macOS, Windows"
"This no-talking video explores 7 different methods of using the Novation Peak as a drum synthesizer, a drum machine or even a groovebox.
A soundbank for the Novation Peak (should also be mostly compatible with the Novation Summit) with all stuff from this video and some more, as well as the individual Peak patches, can be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...
00:00 - Intro 01:06 - Peak Drum Jam #1: Fake Trance for Drake Fans 03:13 - Kraftwerk — Autobahn throwback 03:36 - How to turn your Peak into a drum machine? The Autobahn beats 05:10 - Peak as a Groovebox: The Streets — Blinded By The Lights 06:22 - 'What if?' break: AFX mode for the Peak now! 07:02 - Simulating AFX mode by sending MIDI PCs to the Peak 08:32 - Surrogate Multitimbrality: Marvin Gaye — Sexual Healing 09:15 - 6 Methods for Peak beatmaking — Drummer from yet another Mother 09:55 - JMJ — Oxygène IV throwback 10:38 - 'Played' drums 11:28 - Arpeggiator 'played' mode — how it works 11:59 - Pink Floyd — On The Run throwback 12:08 - Feeding 'played' mode from an external sequencer 12:18 - Testing the limits of 'played' mode: Elbow — Grace Under Pressure 13:05 - Patch from scratch: Four-to-the-floor beat with rumble 19:24 - Changing the master tempo (impact on LFOs vs. Envelopes) 20:12 - Peak Drum Jam #2 (with the patch just made from Scratch) 22:39 - Making a drum template patch (with random Peak Spa Meditation background music) 26:02 - LFOs vs. Envelopes: Creating an early 80s beat from our drum template patch 36:14 - Final Peak Drum Jam #3 (1983/84 throwback)
All Peak Patches in this video were created from scratch. All Peak tracks were recorded through RME audio interfaces (Babyface Pro and Fireface UC) directly into Cubase stereo tracks. There are absolutely no effects on the individual Peak stereo tracks, not even panning, and levels are set to unity gain, to give an as-clear-as-possible impression of the Peak’s sonic potential and limits. On most parts (except intro), there is brickwall limiting on the stereo master, and on most multitrack parts also additional compression and EQ on the stereo master. Guitar parts recorded D.I. into the Fireface UC with a 1973 Stratocaster, several track and send FX on those.
Autobahn — written by Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider and Emil Schult Blinded by the Lights — written by Mike Skinner Sexual Healing — written by Marvin Gaye, Odell Brown and possibly David Ritz Oxygène (Part IV) — written by Jean-Michel Jarre On The Run — written by David Gilmour and Roger Waters Grace Under Pressure — written by Guy Garvey, Craig Potter, Mark Potter, Pete Turner and Richard Jupp
"Named for the closest solar system to our own sun, the Alpha Syntauri was a digital synthesizer that ran on an Apple II computer and also had some proto-DAW-like or at least workstation-like capabilities. It was probably created as a lower cost alternative to the likes of the Fairlight or Synclavier systems that would have been accessible only to institutions and to the most wealthy musicians. While not everybody had a personal computer in 1980, that was at least something that many people could save up to own if they wanted to.
Like many older electronic music curiosities, this Alpha Syntauri system hung around the shop here at Make Noise for a while and then made its way on to its next home. But this one was unusual enough that we thought it might be fun to briefly feature it in a video.
PatchRig FX Demo: Build, Audition, and Play Guitar Effects Rigs video upload by codefarmerRob
"PatchRig FX is a free music-effects app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It lets musicians start from curated boards, describe a sound, type a song-title-inspired request, or import a local reference, then create an editable playable rig from built-in DSP blocks.
Free users get curated boards, built-in audition sounds, prompt-based board creation/preview, and basic reference analysis. PatchRig Pro is optional and unlocks the full 500-board and 500-pedal library, 60 super-pedal style designs, pedal/amp/preamp/DSP designers, MIDI and instrument voices, unlimited saved boards/pedals/amps, export, sharing, and community publishing.
Current U.S. Pro launch price is $39.99 through July 9, 2026, then scheduled to move to $59.99.
The app includes synth/electronic-friendly workflows such as MIDI and instrument voices, DSP block design, stereo effects, spectral/experimental design surfaces, A/B comparison, and export. It does not claim exact artist, song, amp, cabinet, IR, recording, or preset cloning."
"Tape Fiasco 2 VST/AU PLUGIN for your DAW just got four new effects, unlimited modulation, and a lot more ways to destroy your audio.
New FX: Clang (Creative Ring Mod). Aether (Shimmer Reverb). Orbit (Auto-Panner). Tremor (Tremelo).
Morph, wreck, or mangle — one controller does it all. L/R channel locking, free and clocked FX rate, new presets.
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