The story of CRIC with Future Sound Systems

video upload by DivKid

"It was a pleasure to first see CRIC with Future Sound Systems back in October 2023 around a trip to Bristol that was extended around the event Machina Bristronica. Fast forward a year, past Spinal Tap mini stone henge vibe portrait prototypes to the final Renault Twingo coloured thing ... we have CRIC in its final form. It's signal path is based around the unique features and control of the Recombination Engine and Timbral Sculpture eurorack designs heavily extended around a large pin matrix and powerful modulation section, lots of routing, lots of integration. I'm really excited for CRIC, as a mega synthesiser or centre piece for a whole electronic music studio."

*TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS*

00:00 Intro
00:18 JAM // my first patch with a cric prototype
00:40 Origins of CRIC
01:16 PWM malevolent
01:55 Recombination Engine & Timbral Sculptor
02:36 Portrait CRIC - doesn’t work!
03:26 DX tones in analog & modulation
04:35 CRIC is meant to patch in and out of anything
05:26 JAM // fuzzy arps
05:43 The beauty of a pin matrix
07:03 not an EMS clone & performable connectivity
08:26 JAM // Finlay’s drum machine-ing
08:50 beyond Eurorack size restrictions
10:14 JAM // Flubby bass riffs
10:48 Heading to the release
11:20 Time travel
11:35 CRIC in final form & the Renault Twingo!
12:05 What is CRIC?
12:55 JAM // panel pan & resonant sequencing
13:12 “Old school circuits - new school synthesis”
14:14 “Analogue technology is not dead”
15:03 JAM // Layered ambience, percussion and riff
15:38 CRIC doesn’t sound like anything else
16:52 Design philosophy
18:34 JAM // Musical clangs
18:58 CRIC is out now! BUY A CRIC! :)
19:33 JAM // Aggressive cric-ery