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video by UncertainMusicCorps

"A duet between MI Marbles and the Stochastic Inspiration Generator (https://www.stochasticinstruments.com...​). Two quite different approaches to achieve generative outcomes.

Marbles pairs with Plaits. SIG controls Disting EX Wavetable oscillator. SWN does drone duties"

The Stochastic Inspiration Generator was first posted here with a blue face panel by Omsonic Lab. This one appears to be re-branded under Stochastic Instruments, which technically makes this the first Stochastic Instruments post.

Info on the module:

"Each event the Stochastic Inspiration Generator creates has its pitch, octave, duration, onset, offset, portamento and ratchet set by probability controls. You can exert as much or as little control over what the next event will be as you wish. This could be very simple (e.g. raise C, E, G and 1/16 to 100% and you have a random arpeggiator kicking out constant 1/16 ) or something much more interesting…

The Inspiration Generator leverages tonal harmony by exploiting its statistical hierarchy of pitches: some notes turn up a lot, some not so much, some not at all. Being ‘in’ C Major means having lots of Cs, quite a lot of Gs and Es, a few Fs, some Ds, As and Bs, but no C#s, D#s, F#s, G#s, A#s. Set the note probabilities accordingly and Stochastic will spontaneously jam in C Major. Shift the probabilities, and you morph the tonality, key or mode they define into new tonal landscapes.

It knows all the musical parameters that shape a line: you can probablise the overall octave range over which it improvises (‘register’) and the octave offsets of each note. Bass notes define harmony and inversion, so you can imply a change of C Root to C 1st Inversion by initially dropping only the Cs by 2 octaves and then swapping to drop only the Es, all in live performance. You can even set the likelihood that melodies will be stepwise or more angular. It also knows about rhythm: you can set the likelihood that each subsequent note will be any value from an 8 bar drone to constant 1/16 pulses. And Stochastic can loop: if it suddenly strikes melody gold, hit Loop, define your loop length, release, and it will loop the phrase until you suspend loop. Hit Loop again to return to the saved loop, or hold to overwrite a new one."

Superbooth 20HE: DBS Music and Omsonic Introduce New Eurorack Module

Published on Apr 26, 2020 sonicstate

"DBs Music and Omsonic have collaborated on a new module that takes the idea of probabilistic voltage control and puts it into a eurorack module. It is part sequencer, part random voltage source. Drawing from the John Cage idea that the job of the composer is to create the situation where complexity can occur.

The idea is that every aspect of a note; pitch, duration, portamento, envelope etc is under probabilistic control. So the idea is that instead of programming it like a sequencer or playing it like an instrument you set up the constraints for it to make music and then let it do its thing. As it is creating sequences you can interact with it and loop certain phrases.

For a deeper understanding of the module Phin gives us a demo of how you would build a sequence."

omsonic & dBs Music - Stochastic and 3 track expander module ! 2020 Demo !

Published on Feb 14, 2020 omsonic

"Woooo ! Stochastic is done and its massive ! We are aiming to be selling the first batch by the end of Feb."

omsonic & dBs Music - Stochastic posts

omsonic & dBs Music - Stochastic probabilistic portamento (STILL COMING SOON !)

Published on Oct 9, 2019 omsonic

"Still working on the final touches and extra functionality, but here is a short demo of Stochastic probabilistic portamento function. Its also keeping perfectly in time with a DAW as it should."

See the Omsonic Labs label below for more.

omsonic & dBs Music - Stochastic Inspiration Generator - COMING SOON !

Published on Jul 28, 2019 omsonic

"COMING SOON ! The Stochastic Inspiration Generator ! Its a unique module that responds to your probabilistic musical direction but you don’t play ‘on’ it, you duet with it by starting with the fundamental musical atoms and controlling how likely different pitch, duration, octave and transition events will be using its controls."

via Omsonic:

"What Is It ?

not a traditional sequencer – it doesn’t repeat itself (unless you tell it to!)
not a probability sequencer – you don’t program fixed steps for variation
not a random source – you can control what it will do (within limits)
not a chaotic source – identical initial conditions don’t produce identical output

Stochastic is an Inspiration Generator ! Its a unique sequencer module that responds to your probabilistic musical direction but you don’t play ‘on’ it, you duet with it by starting with the fundamental musical atoms and controlling how likely different pitch, duration, octave and transition events will be using its controls.

Overview

Each event Stochastic generates has its pitch, octave, duration, onset, offset, portamento and ratchet set by probability controls. You can exert as much or as little control over what the next event will be as you wish. This could be very simple (e.g. raise C, E, G and 1/16 to 100% and you have a random arpeggiator kicking out constant 1/16 ) or something much more interesting…

Stochastic leverages tonal harmony by exploiting its statistical hierarchy of pitches: some notes turn up a lot, some not so much, some not at all. Being ‘in’ C Major means having lots of Cs, quite a lot of Gs and Es, a few Fs, some Ds, As and Bs, but no C#s, D#s, F#s, G#s, A#s. Set the note probabilities accordingly and Stochastic will spontaneously jam in C Major. Shift the probabilities, and you morph the tonality, key or mode they define into new tonal landscapes.

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omsonic DIY polysynth prototype demo (2018)

Published on May 13, 2019 omsonic

omsonic Triangulum VCO tuning arrangement.

Published on Jun 2, 2018 omsonic

"A short demo of how the tuning works on the omsonic Triangulum VCO. omsonic.co.uk !"

Omsonic - Triangulum VCO LTD Edition *Mini Demo*

Published on Mar 21, 2018 DivKidVideo

"This is the limited edition blue panelled Triangulum VCO from Omsonic. It's a triangle core analogue oscillator with a great sine wave, rich FM, thick square and PWM and a great saw wave. This is a "mini" demo as it's a single patch and quick feature run down as opposed to a fuller more comprehensive video. This was also filmed for the 12 days of DivMas so you may have seen a bit of this already :)"

A Tale of Two Filters: Intellijel Polaris & Omsonic RNF

Published on Dec 9, 2017 ngarjuna

"A Tale Of Two Filters
Two Cascaded OTA filters in the Eurorack format compared side by side in Low Pass mode:
Intellijel Polaris
and
Omsonic RNF

00:00 - 02:02 Open sweeps, high resonance
02:02 - 04:05 Rhythmic pattern sweeps, very wet
04:05 - 06:08 Pattern
06:08 - 08:11 Pattern +1 Oct

Patch Notes:
Audio Damage Sequencer One driving
single sawtooth from Intellijel Rubicon
Into each VCF both enveloped by Maths SUM (ch1 ACC ch4 GATE)
and modulated by AD SeqOne LFO (SIN & SAW @ 256 steps)
4-pole out to uVCA enveloped by Dual ADSR

Open sweeps are the same patch with the gates silent and the VCA bias cranked up

No effects

As each module features on-board attenuators for everything I did my best to match scaling and offset between the two filters. I also spent some time comparing input drive (COTA filters seem to be very sensitive to input levels).

On the open sweeps I was unable to get the resonance on the Omsonic to the full screech I wanted so I feedback patched some of the 2-pole into Input B and seasoned to taste"

Omsonic - Pixel Dust

Published on Oct 30, 2017 DivKidVideo

"Timing links and index below but this isn't that long ;) ... Here's the Roland TR-606 based hi hat module called Pixel Dust from UK based Omsonic. I've always loved the punch of a 606 so I dived at the chance to check this one out and it delivers the goods! :) Copied below is what Omsonic have to say about the module.

TIMING INDEX

00:28 Introduction, features, overview
03:26 Techno style beat
07:07 Wonky style hip hop beat"

via Omsonic

"Inspired by the Hi-hats section of the famous Roland TR-606 Drum machine.

The sweep knob lets you adjust the graininess as well as the filtering of the over all sound.

Sweep can also be controlled via the 0 to 5V CV input.

Control over the velocity of the closed hat can be achieved via the 0 to 5V (CH Vel) input.

Lots of harsh Hi-hat goodness in one small 6HP module.

Trigger indicator LEDs for both the open and closed hats.

Controls for the decay time of the open and closed hats.

8V Peak to average output level.

Built in the UK with quality parts.

And yes the om sign lights up.'"

omsonic 6110 VCA Demos

Published on Apr 22, 2016 omsonic

omsonic 6110 VCA Demo two.

Published on Apr 22, 2016

omsonic.co.uk

"A single clean and full sounding VCA with linear or exponential operation

CV and audio input attenuators for 2 audio inputs and 2 CV inputs

Initial gain level knob

Has a very useful CV input and initial gain indicator LED

Comes with a standard 10 pin to 16 pin eurorack power cable (24cm) and 2 screws.

Controls / Features
Initial gain knob
LIN / EXP select switch
Input A level knob
Input B level knob
CV A level knob
CV B level knob
CV input / INTl gain indicator LED
CV A input jack
CV B input jack
Audio output jack
Classic red backlit om sign

Physical info
12 mA +12V
12 mA -12V
0 mA 5V
31.5 mm Depth
8HP"

omsonic VCLFO

Published on Nov 15, 2015 omsonic

New omsonic VCF-1 MKII audio demo.

Published on Sep 28, 2015 omsonic

"available via omsonic.co.uk
novation bass station into The VCF-1 MKII into audacity"

"The VCF-1 MKII is an updated version of the original VCF-1

2 pole low pass OTA sallen key type filter

The VCF-1 MKII now includes a tone knob that lets you change the tonality and distortion characteristics of the filters resonance clipping signal path this means you can make it sound smooth and round or distorted and gritty or most things inbetween.

Will self oscillate when Q is high enough

Very nice black and gold face plate with red back lit om sign !

Comes with a standard 10 pin to 16 pin eurorack power cable and 2 screws

system requirements info -
17 mA +12V
13 mA -12V
0 mA 5V
30 mm Depth
6HP"

new omsonic odd wave

Published on Jun 20, 2015 omsonic

No audio in this one. Think of it as an animated image. Upcoming module from omsonic.co.uk.

omsoinc VCF-1 12db low pass filter eurorack module

Published on Apr 11, 2015 omsonic

via this auction

"This low pass resonant filter has been designed and a hand assembled in Devon. its essentially an OTA based sallen key type filter similar to the one found in the Korg MS-20 but with the edition of a selectable clipping stage.
the edition of a selectable clipping stage gives you 2 different filters sounds.
the hand etched copper front panel has been varnished to prevent corrosion.
Features ~

hand made copper front panel
filter cutoff knob
filter resonance knob
cutoff control voltage amount knob
clipping type selection switch
audio in / out
cutoff CV input
Red led back lit Om sine !

module info ~
17 mA +12V
10 mA -12V
0 mA 5V
58 mm Depth
6HP"

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New Eurorack Maker Omsonic Labs

Omsonic, know for their circuit bent creations, is entering the eurorack market. Pictured below is their first module, the VCF-1, a sallen key type vcf, followed by an LFO prototyping video.

More to follow...

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