SUPERBOOTH 2024: Knobula - Echo Cinematic FX Module

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"At Superbooth 2024, Jason from Nobula introduced us to their latest module, the Echo Cinematic*. This module, which has been in development for about three years, combines EQ, delay, reverb, and a knob recorder in a compact 12 HP unit. Inspired by the dub Echo machines of old, *Jason aimed to replicate the unique sound he experienced in studios by bringing the Echo back through the desk and EQing it to create a feedback loop that adds character and depth to the sound.

The Echo Cinematic features a range of filter options including low pass, high pass, peak, notch, and comb filters, providing users with a versatile array of sonic possibilities. With fully syncable delay times, a built-in reverb, and a knob recorder for capturing performances, this module offers is ideal for creating those classic, almost out of control dub delays.

Echo Cinematic Available: June 2024. Price: 320-390 USD"

Knobula Introduces Echo Cinematic - Eq + Delay + Reverb Stereo Effects Eurorack Module

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"Introducing Knobula's new stereo effects module, taking dub style performance echo to the next level with multiple modulation sources including a 30" knob recorder."

Press release follows:

"Knobula selects SUPERBOOTH24 to introduce Echo Cinematic as fully-featured, practical stereo effects Eurorack module inspired by influential dub culture

LONDON, UK: electronic music innovator Knobula is proud to introduce Echo Cinematic as the latest Eurorack module to embody its no-screen, no-preset philosophy — presented as a fully-featured, practical stereo effects unit that draws its inspiration from the influential dub music culture that emerged from Jamaica and made its mark on the London music scene in the early Eighties — at SUPERBOOTH24, May 16-18, FEZ-Berlin, Germany…

Actively appreciating Echo Cinematic as a fully-featured, practical stereo effects Eurorack module — as alluded to by its front panel- positioned descriptive (Eq + Delay + Reverb) wording — that draws its inspiration from the influential dub music culture that emerged from Jamaica and made its mark on the London music scene in the early Eighties surely benefits from fleetingly digging deeper into what, technically, made that scene sound so unique. Ultimately, then, analogue tape delays were routinely connected to mixing consoles via a spare channel strip in those iconic recording setups, so engineers were able to manipulate the resultant sound using EQ and effects send controls to create ever-evolving rhythm textures from feedback loops delicately balanced on the brink of self-oscillation. On the face of it, Echo Cinematic clearly eliminates the need for a complex mixing console; instead, it expands on those early- Eighties-developed dub music principals by beautifully integrating a versatile resonant filter with five distinct sources of automation. As such, Echo Cinematic consists of two independent LFOs (Low Frequency Oscillators) for both Eq and Delay modulation; looping 30-second Knob Record functionality, capable of simultaneously controlling every knob on the module’s clear-cut front panel; and two external CV (Control Voltage) inputs — CV A and CV B — for instant assignment to any control upon insertion of a patch cable.

Creatively, Echo Cinematic’s Eq section boasts three selectable filter types — namely, Shelf (high-/low-pass), Peak (peak/notch), and classic Comb; each can be patched into the Fback (feedback) loop (in so-called Dub Mode), Delay (output), or All (entire signal path), including the self-explanatory Dry or Effect signal. Simultaneous to that, the Delay section offers up to two seconds of stereo delay time, complete with Tap delay and grid Snapping functionality to ensure precise synchronisation with the beat or clock signal, while Reverb duties are handled by the same, lush-sounding 24-bit stereo processing found in Knobula’s other cinematic- sounding Eurorack modules — think: no screens, just big-screen sounds!

Says Knobula Technical Director Jason Mayo: “Before Knobula was founded, even, Echo Cinematic was intended to be our Eurorack debut. Duly envisioned as the ultimate dub-style echo module, its development was paused due to Poly Cinematic’s unexpected success; Echo Cinematic nonetheless now represents the culmination of a meticulous three-year developmental journey, the result of which has turned out to be even better than my original concept, so I’m immensely proud to finally introduce it to the Eurorack community.”

Anyone attending SUPERBOOTH24, May 16-18, FEZ-Berlin, Germany is invited to swing by Booth Z365 where Knobula is introducing Echo Cinematic as the latest Eurorack module to embody its no-screen, no-preset philosophy, proudly exhibiting and demonstrating it alongside its Poly Cinematic (8 Voice Polyphonic Synthesiser), Kickain (Kick Drum + Sidechain), Chord Pilot (Midi Chord Expander + Arpeggiator), and Pianophonic (Polyphonic Wavetable Synthesiser) siblings.

Set to ship in June 2024, Echo Cinematic will be available to purchase — priced at £320.00 GBP (including VAT)/€350.00 EUR (Net)/ $399.00 USD (MRP) — through Knobula’s growing global network of dealers"

Check with the dealers on the right for availability.

LondonSXPO-24

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Playlist:

LondonSXPO-24 Manifold Research Centre : TMINTT

Well this looks pretty interesting - you can patch 'The Map Is Not The Territoire' matrix mixer using magnets

LondonSXPO-24 Knobula: Pianophonic updates

Jason from Knobula had some firmware updates to the rather impressive 'Pianophonic' module, plus a shiny new mirrored faceplate for 'Kickain'

LondonSXPO-24 Enjoy Electronics GODFATHER rides again

Martin from Enjoy Electronics, makers of The GODFATHER demonstrated the latest updates to Nick

LondonSXPO-24 Rides In The Storm: BOC module

Uwe George from Rides In The Storm runs us through the new BOC module

LondonSXPO-24 Gamechanger Plasma Voice Modules

Last time we caught up with Ilya from Gamechanger Audio he was in our studio showing us the MotorSynth - the Plasma Voice Modules were almost ready, but not quite finished.
At the show we were able to see - and hear them for the first time, and get another quick peek at the new pedal too.

LondonSXPO-24 Erica Synths: BullFrog Accessories

It's always a pleasure to see Ģirts at a show, and here he was showing some updates and accessories for the education oriented Bull Frog synth

LondonSXPO-24 PWM: Latest on MANTIS Quad Mode

Always interesing hearing what Paul has been up to with his Malevolent and Mantis models - news is that Mantis is about to ship, and has some interesting new updates to the 'Quad' mode

LondonSXPO-24 Z-RAY: Wireless Lights in a briefcase

This is right up our street - cool portable battery powered wireless stage lights - oh yeah! Dominik had a briefcase full of prototypes for his latest project - to find out more, head to his website at thinkrad.io

LondonSXPO-24 Joranalogue Dim 2 is quite bright actually

In a slightly confusing naming incident, Joranalogue decided to call the latest module 'Dim 2'' - and it is definitely not dim at all. Quite the opposite ;-]

LondonSXPO-24 Apollo View: Rabbit Hole +more

Can't recall coming across Apollo View before, but Jon-Mark was showing some lovely looking modules including the Rabbit Hole - we took a look

LondonSXPO-24 Bastl Intruments channel The Matrix with Neo-Trinity?

Okay, tell me someone hasn't been watching re-runs of The Matrix
... Neo...Trinity..
come on, surely? ;-]

LondonSXPO-24 Vertice Analogue Filterbank from Euterpe

Stefano reckons you should spend a month with his rather splendid 'Vertice' filterbank - a beautiful if brutal instrument. And if his smiles are anything to go by, it should be a fun time :-]

Modular Synth Christmas 2023

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"Poly Cinematic meet strymon magneto"

Christmas Eve 2023 Eurorack session

Making Modular Breaks and Builds With Some Special New Additions

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"Its November, it's freezing outside and I'm getting my case ready for some performances next week. New additions to the case are Jasmine and Olives's Water, and a Knobrecorder from Flame. Both providing much needed CV polyrhythms and twisted CV loops for the cause."

Lost Woods - Zelda Ocarina of Time - Modular Synth - Stephen Black

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"I programmed my synths to play The Lost Woods theme from Zelda. Most of the work is done with the , Korg MS-20, Moog mother 32, Knobula Poly Ciinematic.. If you like my work and wish to collaborate or contact me, the best place to do so is through my instagram @supertramp162.
https://linktr.ee/supertramp162"

Pianophonic Piano Presets Only

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"Demoing just the piano sounds on the Pianophonic module, with the controls set to neutral for a natural tone. Going from Preset 1 to Preset 7 we explore the core sounds behind the module that are based on various types of Piano: Grand Piano, Upright Piano, Bright Piano, Felt Piano, Toy Piano, Wurlitzer EP200a Electric Piano, and DX7 Electric Piano."

Pianophonic Piano Presets

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"Demoing just the piano sounds on the Pianophonic module, with the controls set to neutral for a natural tone. Going from Preset 1 to Preset 7 we explore the core sounds behind the module that are based on various types of Piano: Grand Piano, Upright Piano, Bright Piano, Felt Piano, Toy Piano, Wurlitzer EP200a Electric Piano, and DX7 Electric Piano."

Knobula Pianophonic - Poly Wavetable Synth review by MATTHS for Sonic LAB

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"Another polyphonic module from Knobula, who are making a habit of this sort of thing. Pianophonic is an 8 voice Wavetable multi-sample player with a unique mix of multisample front end (Hammer portion) and a wavetable sustain/release portion (Sides). These can be blended and controlled and mixed and matched from the 24bit/48kHz samples stored on the front panel mounted microSD card.

And yes you can created your own samples using their own Waveslicer utility.
There's also Unison and detune with three oscillators cloned per voice, compress/overdrive and a delightful Reverb.

@matthsmatthsmatths gives us his take on the unit.

Available now priced at £420/$449

http://knobula.com

00:00 Start
00:43 Intro and Overview
08:56 Sound Components
15:24 Sounds
18:42 Connections
19:54 Examples
26:20 CV modulation
28:15 Conclusion"

Kokiri Forest - Zelda Ocarina of Time - Modular Synth - Stephen Black

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"I programmed my synths to play The Kokiri Forest theme from Zelda. Most of the work is done with the , Korg MS-20, Moog mother 32, Knobula Poly Ciinematic.. If you like my work and wish to collaborate or contact me, the best place to do so is through my instagram @supertramp162.
https://linktr.ee/supertramp162"

Water, Chord Pilot & Pianophonic

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"Generative Arpeggios From Chord Pilot & Pianophonic with quasi-random voltage sequences generated by Jasmine & Olives Trees's Water sequencer"

Pianophonic Quick Start Tutorial

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"Jason from Knobula introduces you to the Pianophonic with a Quick Start 10 minute tutorial in which he explains what each control does and how to get the most out of the module."

Circadia - Live - Octatrack & Eurorack Modular, LXR, Kickain, Ghost

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"Live hardware jam with Eurorack modular synth & Octatrack.

Circadian Rhythms - from sleep/dream to wake to the waking day back to sleep/dream

138bpm synth tech-noise industrial doom house

Eurorack: Knobula Kickain, Endorphins Ghost & SQWRK Dirty, 4MS Spherical Wavetable, Qu-Bit Scanned, Erica Synths LXR, 2hp Verb & Noise Engineering Basimilas Iteritas Alter & Terci Ruina

Elektron Octatrack as performance mixer (thanks EZBOT)

Video processed live through Resolume

Shot with GH5 MKII

Dark ambient audiovisual stuff: https://abreojos.net
Noisy layered drone techno: https://dronskot.net"

Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal - Modular Synth - Stephen Black

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"I programmed my synths to play Michael Jacksons Smooth Criminal. Most of the work is done with the Erica Synths tube VCO, Korg MS-20, Moog DFAM and mother 32, Knobula Poly Ciinematic and a Doepfer VCA. If you like my work and wish to collaborate or contact me, the best place to do so is through my instagram @supertramp162."

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody - Modular Synth - Stephen Black

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"I programmed my synths to play Bohemian Rhapsody. Most of the work is done with the Erica Synths tube VCO, Korg MS-20, Moog mother 32, Knobula Poly Cinematic. If you like my work and wish to collaborate or contact me, the best place to do so is through my instagram @supertramp162.
https://linktr.ee/supertramp162"

Knobula Pianophonic Sound Demo (no talking)

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Superbooth 2023: Knobula - Pianophonic

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"We spoke to Jason from Knobula at Superbooth 2023, who showed us their new 8-voice polyphonic wavetable and sample playback synthesizer Pianophonic. Based on the concept of a piano with three strings and a hammer, the synthesizer offers piano-esque and other extended piano sounds. The piano sound is wavetable-based with 16 different slots and multi-sampled wavetables across the keyboard, from high sounds to low sounds, and 256 waves in each wavetable that you can morphed through. Pianophonic also features three oscillators, where two can be assigned to a different sound, and chord memory. It has MIDI, CV, and gate control options, making it versatile and suitable for various applications.

Pianophonic will be available in September. Price: around £350, €400, $440"

Superbooth 2023: Knobula Pianophonic

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00:00 - Interview
02:25 - Demo

Knobula's new Pianophonic module generates interesting sounds from piano samples.

Pianophonic Module Extended Demo

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"In this demo we morph from Grand Piano to doom drone and back, then into some house style piano chops. Along they way we incorporate pure Piano wavetables and real hammer samples later combined with synthesiser waveforms as a side layer as we demonstrate the "piano not a piano" and "synth like a piano" duality of Pianophonic. Audio is direct out from the module with a bit of compressor/limiter to prevent overloading Youtube."

Follow-up to this post.

Introducing the Pianophonic wavetable and sample module from Knobula

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"Pianophonic is an 8 voice polyphonic wavetable synthesiser that takes its inspiration from the piano’s string and hammer mechanism mixed with a bit of 90s digital keyboard charm..

Featuring 3 wavetable oscillators and a single sample playback engine per voice, Pianophonic generates rich and complex evolving sounds as well as extraordinary hard hitting piano-like sounds. With simple direct controls for all the parameters that matter, no confusing menus and all squeezed into 12hp of concentrated eurorack module. Featuring midi to Gate Out, Gate In, V/Oct, Chord Select and Wavetable morph CV inputs. Its a fully featured versatile polyphonic oscillator module that can sit at the core of your eurorack system."