HEXINVERTER VCNO & MINDPHASER NOW AVAILABLE

3 Patches for Complex Oscillators // Mindphaser from Hexinverter & Erica Synths (Eurorack demo)

video upload by DivKid

"In this video we’ll look at 3 patches that you can apply to the complex oscillators in your life. I’ll be using the new Mindphaser from Hexinverter, now made by Erica Synths (more on that below), but you can use any Buchla 259 style complex/dual oscillator to apply these ideas. Do let me know in the comments if you give any of these patches a try and share your favourite ways to patch complex oscillators too.

I’ll be working on a full demo on the Mindphaser in the future, so if you have questions or requests you’re welcome to leave those in the comments to inform future video too.

You may have seen the Mindphaser before, it was released by Hexinverter some years ago however … they couldn’t make many of them at the time and not long after closed up the company for good. The newly released Mindphaser is now made by Erica Synths, it’s still Hexinverter though and this is made under license and agreement with Stacy at Hexinverter. It’s great to see this module come back to life and it’s by all accounts the same module as it was, just with some minor tweaks for ease of manufacture and parts available. I’m looking forward to Erica Synths remaking some other Hexinverter modules too."

TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS

00:00 Hello and patch previews
00:46 What is the Mindphaser and what are we doing here?
01:31 Drones, Tones & Arpeggios - an exploration of phasing minds
04:03 Aggressive Techno Tones - random steps & bass!
07:05 Multi-timbral Melodies - layered patching for richer textures

See the dealers on the right for availability.

"Mindphaser is a next generation complex dual oscillator for the Eurorack modular synthesizer format. Its dual oscillator architecture builds on and advances principles developed decades ago, by pioneers of electronic music synthesis.

Mindphaser generates sounds through its dual VCO cores: the Carrier and Modulator, and in addition to these cores, a palette of intermodulation capability is offered through the Modulation Bus (ModBus) and a separate, supplementary through-zero phase modulation (TZ-PM) bus. The sound is further sculpted by a final set of tools contained in the Waveshaper, before reaching the final output."

"VCNO [demo video here] is a noise oscillator, capable of producing full spectrum white noise and various random signals. But that’s where its similarity to other noise generators stops. VCNO can be used like a VCO – you can modulate the pitch over CV and use its multiple outputs simultaneously, each with a distinct sonic character. As well, you can patch it into a VCA or use it to modulate and trigger other elements in your modular system.

Features

NOISE is the main LFSR output. With the pitch knob turned fully clockwise this will output pure white noise. As you turn the pitch down, the noise evolves into crunchy noise, reminiscent of vintage video game sounds

GATE is a DC-coupled output. This is perfect for supplying random triggers in your system


SCREECH features a dark, howling overtone to the main NOISE output

SIZZLE features a related control, which takes the output from pure white noise when turned fully clockwise to a vinyl-like crackle when turned anti-clockwise

TEAR sounds like the noise generator is broken and tearing itself apart

All outputs work simultaneously and are simultaneously affected by the pitch knob or CV

The frequency of VCNO can be modulated via CV – just patch any CV signal into this jack

A clock signal input bypasses the internal frequency generator. You can apply a clock from a trigger sequencer to create a pseudorandom drum trigger pattern synced to the rest of your drums."