Exploring the Hexinverter / Erica Synths Mindphaser | Drone Sound Study

video upload by synthetic theory

"Yesterday was Drone Day and technically I'm one day late, because I didn't finish the post-processing in time. But anyway: this felt like the right moment to share something a little different.



I'm currently expanding my rack and learning how to operate a few new modules properly. One of them is the Hexinverter / Erica Synths Mindphaser. At first, I honestly wasn't completely convinced. I tried it, struggled to find the right tones, packed it back into the box and was already planning to send it back.



But then I gave it one more evening.



Instead of judging it too quickly, I tried to understand how it actually works. I slowed down, explored the interaction between the oscillators, the modulation paths, the waveshaping, and the strange areas between tone and chaos. And then the potential suddenly became clear.



Some modules simply need more attention. They have a learning curve and they don't always reveal themselves immediately. But once you reach that point of understanding, they can turn out to be real powerhouses.



So this is not one of my usual performance videos. It's more of a slow exploration: a drone-focused sound study with the Mindphaser at the center, sometimes shaped by effects, filtering, gates, and modulation.



I also uploaded the audio track to Freesound as a 24-bit WAV file, free to download for everyone who wants to experiment with it. Use it, sample it, process it, destroy it, turn it into something completely different. Do whatever you want with the audio file.

Used gear:
Hexinverter Électronique / Erica Synths Mindphaser
Dnipro Radiant
Steady State Fate Steady State Gate
Bastl Ikarie
Squarp Instruments Hermod+
Squarp Instruments XP32

Recorded on 1010music Bluebox.

Download the 24-bit WAV on Freesound: https://freesound.org/people/syntheti..."

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:58 Examples
02:14 Basics
05:06 Drone through Radiant FX
06:35 Function Generator Modulation
08:34 Self-Patching
11:48 Stepped Voltages
14:34 Gradual Fall Response
15:36 Low-Pass Gate
18:26 Patch Example 01
19:00 Patch Example 02
19:20 Patch Example 03
21:47 Patch Example 04
25:12 Patch Example 05
27:41 Patch Example 06
28:54 Patch Example 07
32:03 Patch Example 08
33:47 Patch Example 09
34:13 Patch Example 10
35:40 Patch Example 11