Audrey II by Synthux Academy

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"The Audrey II is not a eurorack module, but it's 3U and it fits perfectly. It's line level but I had no problems using it in the modular case. Audrey refers to the man-eating plant in the Little Shop of Horrors, but it doesn't sound horrific at all. If you love the sound of feedback. It's advertised as a Horrorscape synth so it can easily score a scary movie. If you're a channel regular you may know I love feedback patching and I have a 'cybernetics' series.

Audrey uses a complex structure of noise, feedback, filters, possibly a bit of physical modelling or resonating, more feedback and finally a pitch shifting filter that can also self-oscillate. So it basically creates self-oscillating harmonies. Personally, I think it sounds just beautiful and I can listen to it for hours.

But after 24 hours you may want to take it a few steps further and the modular is just the perfect enviroment to do just that.

The Audrey is made by the Synthux Academy. I't a non-profit foundation with a mission to build unique instruments, to help them play, build and code them yourself, to provide online masterclasses and beginner's courses, etc. It doesn't come cheap when you order it built, but the DIY kit is super easy to solder (anyone can do it) and it's great fun to play. Obviously all revenue goes back into the foundation and Audrey II is an important step towards a future. So it's been an honour to support it. Audrey II is not for everyone but if you're aspiring to program your own DSP modules or just 'borrow' other people's code and hack a few lines of code, Synthux offers great resources to get started. This video is sponsored, but it's sponsored by me because I believe in this stuff. It helps me to make special videos.

I will definitely explore the buidling blocks of Audrey and try to find out if it's possible to 'make' one with existing modules or VCV. I'll also investigate bit of Daisy Seed programming, and maybe I'll succeed in porting a Versio firmware into something I've always wanted. The Reversio..."