The Strangest, Most Interesting Synth He's Played This Year (Morphor Echon6)

video upload by Starsky Carr

"The Morphor Echon6 is the world's first analog modal polysynth — a genuine departure from the wall of subtractive synths flooding the market right now. In this review and demo I dig into its Karplus-Strong-based exciter and resonator, six voices you can split into six independent monosynths, and a modulation system so intuitive it doesn't need a menu. Full raw demo at the end so you can hear it completely unprocessed.

WHAT IS MODAL SYNTHESIS?
Modal synthesis uses a Karplus-Strong oscillator — an exciter (like a pluck, bow, or hammer) run through a resonator (like a string or instrument body) — to fake physical, plucked/struck sounds. First proposed by Kevin Karplus and Alexander Strong back in 1982, you'll recognise the concept from modules like Mutable Instruments Plaits, Rings and Braids, and digital oscillators in synths like the Arturia MiniFreak and Korg Minilogue XD. The Echon6 takes that same idea and builds it entirely in analog circuitry — as far as I know, the first synth to pull that off.

CHAPTERS
0:00 What's coming up
1:43 DEMO JAM #1 - glitchy ambient
5:40 What is modal synthesis? (Karplus-Strong explained)
6:53 Front panel overview
7:52 Six voice groups patch demo
9:53 DEMO JAM #2 - as an FX unit on drums
12:20 SIx voices in unison - CHORD MODE?
13:06 DEMO JAM #3 - 6 unique voices
13:48 Exciter section deep dive
21:15 BBD resonator deep dive
25:47 Modulation section deep dive
36:22 Building a musical patch from scratch
41:16 DEMO JAM #4 - A Love Story ;) IYKYK
43:15 Echon6 vs Erica Synths Steampipe
45:00 Final thoughts
45:40 Patreon & website
46:13 DEMO JAM #5 Intro raw (maybe a little reverb at the end)

MY TAKE
The Echon6 is a genuinely fresh alternative to the current glut of subtractive synths — your Jupiters, Junos, Prophets, and OB-style clones. It felt natural within minutes, the modulation is some of the cleverest I've used on any hardware synth, and the build quality is excellent. Compared to the Erica Synths Steampipe (digital modal synthesis), the Echon6 is easier to learn, while the Steampipe can get more chaotic, faster, thanks to its distortion and reverb. Both are worth a look if experimental modal synthesis is your thing — but the Echon6 gets a big thumbs up from me.

GEAR MENTIONED
Morphor Echon6 (analog modal polysynth, reviewed here)
Erica Synths Steampipe (digital modal synth, comparison)
Mutable Instruments Plaits / Rings / Braids
Arturia MiniFreak
Korg Minilogue XD

MORE PATCHES, SAMPLES & TUTORIALS
Patreon: www.patreon.com/starskycarr - patches, samples, tutorials and more
www.starskycarr.com - patches, samples, free and cheap goodies"

Erica Synths and Moritz Klein DIY Compressor module.

video upload by Music with Synths and Modular

"An impression of the Erica Synths and Moritz Klein Compressor module. This is the most fantastic module in My Modular. The compressor works great and the Sidechaining input makes it a very valuable module.

The module is a great module to make with the explanation of Moritz. Very nice done.

As Reverb I use also a Spring Reverb from Doepfer.

All is synced from the Arturia Drumbrute to the 960 sequencer. The Sidechain comes from the Rim shot of the Drumbrute which triggers the Sidechain input of the Compressor.

For more information on my Synths see my site: https://synthsmod.rensstam.nl/"

Erica Synths Steampipe Desktop Physical Modeling Synthesizer

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Erica Synths Bassline DB-01 Analog Bass Synthesizer

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Erica Synths Hexdrums tutorial - Part 1: Essentials

video upload by Richard DeHove

"Erica Synths Hexdrums drum machine is easy to use. That's the usual wisdom, and it's true. If you already know the basics of drum machines then you can get started in seconds. Yet there are still around 20 performance functions to master and some crucial configuration options. The way accents work, for example, is not as obvious as it seems, just check 17:39

So this is a video manual to all the essential sequencer operations. It contains absolutely nothing about programming sounds. Part 2 will cover all the remaining function such as live performance options, samples and song mode.

Apologies in advance for the somewhat fuzzy appearance of the display characters - in reality of course they are crisp :/ At least the front panel text is sharp.

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0:00 Intro
0:40 Specs
1:00 Make sounds
2:00 Accents
3:20 Patterns & banks

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MYSTIC FREQUENCIES - SPACE [Featuring an Atari 2600 w/ Mini Keys]

video upload by Mystic Frequencies

MYSTIC FREQUENCIES - SPACE
Random Dawless playing.
Gear used:
Kawai SX-240
Arturia MatrixBrute
Arturia PolyBrute (x2)
Atari VCS MiniDexed
Erica Synths Steampipe
Novation Summit
Oberheim OB-X8
Synthstrom Deluge oLED
Polyend SEQ
Irijule Theoryboard
Roland TR8S
Elektron Digitakt
Effects - Digitech DSP256XL (x4)
Mixer - Roland M-480
Recorded on - Tascam Model 24

Reliq Review & Demo: The Ultimate Hybrid Control Surface?

video upload by Starsky Carr

"Gear featured in this patch:
Reliq hybrid control surface/sequencer/mixer
Erica Synths Black Wavetable VCO
Erica Synths PolyVCF (multi-mode filter)
[Knobula] Drum Farm percussion module"

"Reliq review & full demo: the hybrid control surface that's a 16x16 analog patch matrix, mixer, sequencer and two-way Ableton/Bitwig controller all in one box. Here's exactly how I use it in my rig.

Reliq calls itself a "hybrid control surface" because it's really four or more machines built into one unit: a 16-in/16-out analog audio & CV patch matrix, a mixer, a deep polyphonic sequencer with per-track LFOs and envelopes, and two-way DAW integration with Ableton Live and Bitwig. On top of that there's Song Mode, which lets you snapshot entire patch/matrix/sequencer states into blocks and chain them together for a full arrangement.

Rather than trying to cover every single feature (it's genuinely as deep as trying to demo all of Ableton or Logic in one video, and it keeps getting free updates - v1.8 just dropped), I'm showing you how I've actually used it to build the patch and track in this video, so you can see how the pieces fit together in a real-world workflow.

Timestamps:
0:00 What is Reliq?
2:46 How I'm approaching this review
3:24 Hardware tour - screen, encoders, joystick, I/O
6:11 The 16x16 patch matrix
9:28 The mixer
11:00 The sequencer (tracks, automation, ratchets, probability)
17:08 Chord mode deep dive
21:00 Clip follow-up modes
21:38 LFOs & envelopes (128 per track)
24:41 DAW control mode (Ableton/Bitwig integration)
28:50 Song mode - blocks & snapshots
33:26 Settings menu
35:09 Full Demo Performance with Description"

Erica Synths Bassline DB-01 Analog Bass Synthesizer

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Testing the “final” arrangement of this little Eurorack Modular ;-)

video upload by John L Rice

"Vermona meloDICER being clocked and 'diced' (randomized) by an Erica Synths TRIGG while I play with the melody range. The voice is a Happy Nerding HM VCO pulse wave out into an Erica Synths MODulator module (EG and VCA). The VCO’s pulse width is being modulated by a 2hp Seq sequencer module that is also stepped by the TRIGG module. All in a 4ms Company Pod48x case and reverb from the external Yamaha MG 10 XU mixer.

#eurorack #eurorackmodular #modularsynth"

UDO DMNO into Hologram Microcosm + Erica Synths Hexdrums - Late Night Jam

video upload by Pork Chop Synthesizers

Annika Lanka & Emīls Vizulis // Live @ Erica Synths Garage

video upload by Erica Synths

"Annika Lanka and Emīls Vizulis perform live at the Erica Synths Garage, weaving together the Elektor Formant, Pērkons HD-01, and more in an improvised journey that shifts from minimal motifs to dense rhythmic passages and back again.

Learn more about artists: https://garage.ericasynths.lv/perform..."

Echolocator: How to patch generative darkness

video upload by Richard DeHove

"The recent 1.04 firmware update with the new frequency shifter has made creating genertive soundtrack-style material reasonably straightforward. In short you put the delay into feedback, dial in some delay time fluctuations via the modulation controls and orbit, adjust the frequency shifter pitch to taste, then let it run.

It helps of course to have a little more processing downstream which is where the Zen delay comes in (it's even on the noisy and hated 'vintage' mode). But for a very close and dry feel the Echolocator by itself can still do a good job. Interesting and sometimes wild things also happen around the "0" value of the pitch shift knob.

For extended twiddlings it's all about modifying the root pitch. There's lots of places this can happen: the frequency shifter and delay time, and likewise delay time on the Zen. Then there's all the little flavorings which comes from the filters, feedback amount, modulation amount, reverb and Zen drive. Plenty of things to tweak if you prefer to ride the controls rather than let it run.

Warning: There are some big pitch variations here including sub-bass.

0:00 Setup and settings
1:28 Controls
3:15 Low and lower
4:42 Enter the Zen
10:25 Low drone

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"Thunder Jam" with the Perkons HD-01, Bassline DB-01, and Echolocator

video upload by Aurélien Vieira Lino

"Finally jamming with the huge (in sound and size!) Perkons HD-01from ‪@EricaSynths‬ . Love the rawness of the machine, and sound exploration super power! A perfect match to the DB-01 bassline, and a dream to jam along."

PERKONS HD 01 LIVE JAM 🔥🔥🔥 #ericasynths #drummachines

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Sound banks available for purchase at: https://gumroad.com/smvproducer

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Erica Synths Xenodrive & Nightverb

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Erica Synths Razornator 5 Tuned Stereo Delays - Sonic DEMO

video upload by sonicstate

"​@matthsmatthsmatths takes a look the @EricaSynths. Erica Synths Razornator, developed with 112dB, its an effects unit built around five stereo, chromatically tuned resonating delay lines.

We look at how the Razornator turns rhythmic, unpitched drums into pitched, harmonic textures. A resonant filter shapes the input, while decay, damping and an envelope follower control the length and tone of the resonance.

A shift control can move the pitch by up to two octaves, a central dial sets the root note, with four further pitches set by hand or via MIDI for chords and sequencing.
Razornator shares its form factor with the Echo Locator and Nightverb, offering stereo I/O, MIDI, USB, up to 25dB gain and extensive MIDI CC control.
Matt runs presets on drums, synths, arpeggios and vocals.

Priced at around 490 euros, expect firmware updates to follow."

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:41 What the Razornator does
00:01:00 Five resonating delay lines
00:02:55 Compared to Echolocator and Nightverb
00:04:22 Signal path and filter
00:06:05 Envelope follower
00:08:55 Pitch control and MIDI chords
00:12:30 Menu, presets and morphing
00:20:29 Arpeggiator and synth patches
00:32:18 Vocals
00:36:28 Wrap up and price

How does the Crystal Dagger sound? (Buchla Music Easel & Erica Synths Echolocator)

video upload by PanicGirlVids

"I had a lot of fun with this one 🫶

I imagined how the Crystal Dagger from the Princess Mononoke movie could sound… does it sound mysterious or clear and bright? Does it have a spirit of its own? Could it be connected with the sea and its waves because of its bluish colour?

All sounds were made with the Buchla Music Easel and the Erica Synths Echolocator."

Erica Synths LXR-02 ⚪🔴⚪ SOUNDCHECK minimalhouse

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ESK - Guitar + Erica Synths Steampipe

video upload by Metunar

"Feedback effect session. Guitar through an Erica Synths Steampipe physical modeling synthesizer.
Direct recording with soft mastering."

http://www.metunar.ch

Echolocator firmware 1.04: The new frequency shifter

video upload by Richard DeHove

"Got to love these unexpected little enhancements that keep old friends fresh. Even better when the firmware update procedure is so simple. Here I show how to update the firmware and then immediately give the new frequency shifter a test run. And what a glorious mode it is. Sounds somewhere between a wavefolder and a cross modulator. Pretty sure I'm going to keep it as the default rather than the pitch shimmer version. I'll explore the strange depths of the shifter in a more considered video very soon but in the meantime thought this first twiddle may be of interest.

0:00 Checking the version
0:28 Updating the firmware
2:40 Shifter twiddles
9:22 Dirty mode

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