ImpulseDie – Patchable Drum Synth & Looper | Out Now (inspired by SOMA Pulsar-23)

video upload by Diego Capoccitti

"ImpulseDie is out: a drum synthesizer you patch with cables, inspired by SOMA Pulsar-23. In this video: the hardware that inspired it, a quick look around, and a techno groove built from an empty panel, one cable at a time.

Four voices (kick, bass, snare, hi-hat), four tape-style loopers with a piano-roll view, a clock divider, the SHAOS random generator, an LFO, delay, reverb, distortion and 122 pins: any output can go into any input.

▶ Desktop plugin – €9.99
macOS and Windows · VST3, AU, AAX
Pay once, use on 2 computers · Free 15-day demo, all features
https://www.diegocapoccitti.it/shop.p...

▶ iPad + iPhone – €5.99
Standalone app + AUv3 instrument and AUv3 effect · Pay once, no subscription
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/impulse...


Manual (PDF): https://www.diegocapoccitti.it/INSTAL...
Chapters
0:00 Inspired by SOMA Pulsar-23
0:20 A look around
1:07 Build a patch from scratch
2:35 Out now: prices and links

The patch in this video
CLOCK 4 → BD TRIG · BD ENV → BD MOD (AMT up a little)
CLOCK 16 → HHT TRIG
CLOCK 2 → INV → PULSE CONVERTER 1 → SD TRIG
CLOCK 16 → SHAOS CLK · SHAOS 2BIT DIR → ATTENUATOR 2 (about 0.48) → BASS CV IN
BASS in CV mode · CLOCK 16 → BASS TRIG · BASS ENV → BASS MOD (LPF)
LFO triangle → HHT MOD (HPF) · SD and HHT FX sends into the delay, parallel distortion
Then flip SHAOS to 16 when you hear a phrase you like.


Pulsar-23 photos: SOMA Laboratory.
ImpulseDie is an independent product inspired by SOMA Pulsar-23. It is not affiliated with, licensed by or endorsed by SOMA Laboratory. SOMA, SOMA Laboratory and Pulsar-23 are trademarks of their owner. Algorithms, code and graphics are property of Diego Capoccitti / 34Audiovisuals."

ImpulseDie // SOMA Pulsar-23-inspired drum machine, desktop & iOS, Diego Capoccitti // Walkthrough
video upload by Gavinski’s Tutorials

"This is a walkthrough of the ImpulseDie plugin for iOS and desktop by Diego Capoccitti, a four-voice drum synth (kick, bass, snare, hi-hat) with a tape-style looper and a set of small utility modules that you connect with virtual cables. This is an unofficial emulation of the Soma Labs Pulsar-23 hardware. Soma Labs know about this release and have no issue with it, btw. This video explains most of ImpulseDie’s important controls, and will teach you how to use the app much faster than going through the manual will.

You can go very experimental here, but you can also make much more conventional drum grooves, and early in the video I demo both styles.

Note that although you can go very deep with your cable patching, you can also use ImpulseDie in a much simpler way, focusing on dialing in the sounds of the main voices and recording your drums manually, as in the hardware, or using the looper page of this app which even allows you to draw your hits in, something that is not possible with the hardware but which is very very useful indeed.

Thanks to Diego for sponsoring this video. Sponsorships pay for my time, not my opinions, and I only do sponsored videos on apps that I like.

iOS price: €5.99 / $4,99
Desktop price: €9.99 / $9.99

Requirements: iOS 15 / macOS 12.0 Monterey / Windows 10 (64-bit)

AppStore Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/impulse...

Desktop link:
www.diegocapoccitti.it/shop.php

ImpulseDie is an independent product, inspired by SOMA Pulsar-23. It is not affiliated with, licensed by or endorsed by SOMA Laboratory, and contains no code, circuit designs or samples from SOMA Laboratory. SOMA, SOMA Laboratory and Pulsar-23 are trademarks of their owner. All algorithms, code and artwork are the property of Diego Capoccitti / 34Audiovisuals."