Torso Live Session #5: Ctrls

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"Torso Electronics presents the fifth live session recorded at our office space in Copenhagen.

In this episode, Copenhagen-based artist Ctrls presents a live set built entirely around the S4, using the samples he created for the factory sound library.

Ctrls: “It's composed without any sequencing, only looping and modulation, which is a totally new way of working for me, but which the S4 makes really fun and engaging. The Ableton Push 3 and Intech midi controller act as a my mixer and finalizer, and I'm triggering and effecting some drones and fx sounds from its launch grid. It was a great experience and I'm happy I got to exercise a less clubby side to my music. Big thanks to the Torso team for the opportunity.”

About Ctrls
The Ctrls project was founded In 2012. From the first release the presence of a highly individual sonic style was apparent and his fast paced and futuristic techno based sound has now been well established with a stream of respected music on labels such as Token Records, Earwiggle, Micron Audio, Mechatronica and Key Vinyl. A lifelong devotee of electronic dance music, DJ’ing and live performance are central for the project. This has resulted in many involved sets at globally notable venues such as Tresor, Berghain, Khidi, Fabric, Kit Kat, Fold, Basement NY, and Club Drugstore as well a residency at Copenhagens purest electronic venue: Den Anden Side. The future holds a wider scope as electro, breakbeats, noise and audio visual components are folded into the distinctive Ctrls sound palette."

Yan Cook — Studio Jam [March '26] #techno

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"Cooking another track, kinda funky one, mostly Syntakt, S4 for SFX and a ride sample in Ableton."

Meet the Akuto Studio Chord Machine AKT-0.1: first jam with Torso S-4

video upload by Freaky Tweaky



"SWITCH BETWEEN 3 DIFFERENT KEYBOARD MODES TO PLAY CHORDS AND MELODIES (TONNETZ, ACCORDION, PIANO)

ADD DEPTH TO YOUR TRACK BY USING THE SCREEN TO MIX UP TO 4 MIDI EFFECTS SIMULTANEOUSLY AND PLAY NOTES IN DIRECT, BIMANUAL OR STRUM MODE

USE THE ROTARY KNOB TO SEAMLESSLY NAVIGATE THROUGH SEMITONES, OCTAVES AND CONTROL THE PITCH TO TRANSPOSE ANY TYPE OF CHORD"

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Getting Started with the T1: Overview

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"In this series of videos we focus on getting started with the T1, while creating music in the now.

In this 'Getting started' video we get an overview of the core features of the T1.

0:00 - Introduction
00:22 - Steps & Pulses
00:56- Random
01:04 - Step edits
01:13 - Pitch, Scales & Root
01:49 - Voicing & Style
02:05 - Range & Phrase
02:28 - Accent & Groove
02:47 - Retrigger step
03:03 - Cycles
03:35 - Mute
03:40 - Temp"

Getting Started with the S4: Overview

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"In this series of videos we focus on getting started with the S4, while creating music in the now.

In this video we get an overview of the core features of the S4.

0:00 - Introduction
00:36 - Device Chain
00:48 - Granular
01:10 - Filter
01:36 - Color
01:45 - Space
02:00 - Starting and Stopping Tracks
02:39 - Temp
02:56 - Scene
03:15 - Perform"

Programma900 Probe 9 / Vasty Bedroom (with Torso Electronics S-4)

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"A sparse 3 note sequence of Programma900 with dense realtime granular processing by Torso Electronics S-4"

#destinyplus #modularsynth #ambientmusic #experimentalmusic

E FUN!WLK FILTERBANK // CLEAN vs. DISTORSION // TORSO S-4 // EMPRESS Zoia // No Talking

video upload by LESINDES

"The WLK FILTERBANK is used on SPEECH, a NARRATION LOOP explaining the WLK and the SND filterbanks in ENGLISH and GERMAN. Extreme use of the frequency bands and also the distosion/saturation settings demonstrate the ability of the units und explore its/their boundaries.
SND FB-14 speech demo will be uploaded soon.

HAVE FUN!

The humming noise in the background is a crane that has been working for hours on the street to repair a water pipe of a neighboring building. I tried to remove it but I wasn’t entirely successful. To cut a long story short: Since the units dramatically compress the signal they push it but they are not generating it!"

Torso S-4 • Sculpting An Ambient Soundscape • Autoharp

video upload by Nate Connelly Music

"Torso Electronics S4 Sculpting Sampler

Torso S-4 • Sculpting An Ambient Soundscape • Autoharp

Equipment Used:
• Torso S-4 Sculpting Sampler
• Strymon Big Sky
• Gold Mike SPL Pre-Amp
• Pro VLAII Compressor

Recorded into:
• Cubase PRO 11

Very minimal EQ post processing.

#ambientmusic #torsoelectronics #electronicmusic"

Torso Electronics S4 Sculpting Sampler

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Torso S-4 • Shifting Divisions

video upload by Nate Connelly Music

"Torso Electronics S4 Sculpting Sampler

Last night I was experimenting with the Torso. I have only a pad running on track 1 and a kick on track 2. I set-up 6 scene instances and changed the rate divisIons for the pad on each one - I then created some variation in terms of effects etc and set the sequences to run in a chain with the sequence order set to randomize. It runs at 95bpm, then 50, then 180.

Thanks for listening."

WLK FILTERBANK // CLEAN vs. DISTORSION // TORSO S-4 // EMPRESS Zoia // No Talking

video upload by LESINDES

"FEEDBACK LOOP OVER MACKIE 1202 VZ Pro MIXING DESK
The WLK-Audio Inductive Filterbank is a stunning SILICON TRANSISTOR based FILTERBANK with 14 fixed Q band pass filters. LISTEN + WATCH how is reacts and how PLAYABLE it is!
The Loop is generated by TORSO S-4 SCULPTING SAMPLER + FX added to the mono signal by EMPRESS ZOIA and the final shimmer by NEUMANN PEV."

Torso Live Session #4: A. Dixen

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"Torso Electronics presents the fourth live session recorded at our office space in Copenhagen.

In this episode, A. Dixen takes a minimalist approach to his live setup, using the S4, T1, Elektron Octatrack, Elektron Model:Cycles, Eventide Space and Boss DD-500 Digital Delay.

With the S4 being the newest addition to the setup, A. Dixen focuses on exploring and utilising it as much as possible, while relying on the T1 as the creative centrepiece for structuring and sequencing the instruments connected.

About A. Dixen
A standard bearer for the fusion of Copenhagen’s latent experimentalism with a more club-forward sensibility, A.Dixen - the moniker of Copenhagen’s Anders Dixen - is a project neither rigid nor bound, expressing instead a path of development which follows that of his own mental intrigue. It is an effort in condensing years experienced at a wide vantage and spectrum of musicality, to refine it into something delivered with measured intent.

From driving u.k. techno and bass-weighted percussive tek to liminal dub abstactions and a kind of obtuse psych-minimalism, there lies in Dixen a freedom of movement and play expressed like currents in his mental wind. Whether via the introspection of scattered polyrhythms paired with dense atmospheres or through straight 4-to-the-floor thump, there is a coherent sonic thread which strings these diverse modes together, one bound oft in modular synthesis and analogue experimentalism. Despite this headsy proclivity, he is just as likely set to rights by the weather, the time, the space; sun beams through rafters calling forth an early tech-house attitude, a deep-house swagger, a steppers inclination borne out in more recent radio outings and club sets.

Through A.dixen we find entire multitudes, a reservoir channeled through an adaptive seekers sentiment into something singular. Forward, ever beyond.

See more:
Artist (https://linktr.ee/a.dixen?utm_source=...)
Website https://torsoelectronics.com/
Instagram ( / torsoelectronics )"

Modular vid #331

video upload by Phisynth

"Here’s the Max/MSP interface I’ve built to control the awesome Destiny+ Model Q-2. The amount and variety of sounds you can get out of this little device is totally insane. All sounds are coming from the MQ2, with a little delay/reverb from the Eventide Eclipse. The patch is almost done — I still need to build a proper preset management system…
#destinyplus #modelQ2 #eventideeclipse #torsoT1"

Programma900 Probe 8 / The Wall (with Torso Electronics S-4)

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"Torso Electronics S-4 plays 4 layers made from the same p900 drone notes: it's so easy to create various textures, and phrases on a broad register from a single audio source.
bass melody of p900 is my improvisation on the fly.

#destinyplus #modularsynth #ambientmusic #experimentalmusic"

S4 & T1: Track in 10 - Using the Novation Peak

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"An empty project and 10 minutes on the clock. In an uninterrupted one take we explore ideas, sculpt sounds, and let the S4 and T1 guide the moment. 'Track in 10' is about staying in the flow and creating without overthinking.

In this “Track in 10” we are using the T1 to sequence the Novation Peak, and utilizing the looping and processing capabilities on the S4 to transform the recorded audio into lush, ambient pads and melodies."

Torso Live Session #3: Lorenzo Colombo

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"Torso Electronics presents the third live session recorded at our office space in Copenhagen.

In this episode, percussionist and sound artist Lorenzo Colombo presents an electroacoustic concert featuring the T1 and S4 in a hybrid setup combining metal percussion instruments and solenoids.

The performance is driven by the T1, used as both sequencer and live MIDI keyboard. It controls the SOMA Pulsar-23 and a set of dadamachines solenoids. The solenoids hit a set of Kolberg percussion bell plates, which function simultaneously as acoustic instruments and conductive metallic surfaces. Through body-resistance and circuit-bending interactions, these plates influence electrical signals and directly modulate the Pulsar-23 as well as generates MIDI that control the same instrument . All audio is routed into the S4, used as the sole sound-shaping and modulation unit.

About Lorenzo Colombo
Lorenzo Colombo is a Copenhagen-based percussionist, performer, and sound artist dedicated to contemporary and experimental music. He teaches percussion and post-instrumental performance at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he earned his Soloist Diploma in 2023. A recipient of the Léonie Sonning Talent Prize and Musikanmelderringens Kunstnerpriser, Lorenzo was also part of Statens Kunstfond’s Den Unge Kunstneriske Elite program (2023–24)."

Erica Synths Steampipe + Torso S4 // DAY 17 #jamuary2026

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"Perfectionism almost killed this video, and for a second, I forgot about the point of #jamuary I recorded, and recorded, and re-recorded, and a few days have passed, back and forth, because I care so much about this sound, this vibe, this balance.
I am not 100% satisfied, but I have to let it go, because otherwise I know for sure I will start to hate these chords, I will have to tweak the sounds once again, I will change the video, and so on.
But I do love the resulting vibe, and I will try my best to bring variations on this theme in some live scenario, maybe with a different controller instead of the OPXY (which I am only using because it has midi via 3.5mm jack and... an audible metronome, I am looking at you, Torso)
I hope you'll like it, now this jam is free to run wild on the internet 🧡"

Torso S-4 + • Textural Ambient Cinematic

video upload by Nate Connelly Music

"Track title : Winter Signal

Equipment Used:
• Torso S-4 Sculpting Sampler
• Sequential Prophet REV2
• Moog Sub 37
• Strymon Big Sky
• Gold Mike SPL Pre-Amp
• Pro VLAII Compressor

Recorded into:
• Cubase PRO 11

Very minimal EQ post processing.

Thanks for listening.

#ambientmusic #electronicmusic #synth"

Bugbrand Chirper Study 37 / Obfuscation (with Torso Electronics S-4)

video upload by takao_kurokawa

"A pursuit of the depth of sonic texture using 4 independent layers (2 bugbrand's + 2 Torso Electronics S-4's)

Voice:
Bugbrand Chirper System, DRM2
Torso Electronics S-4

Effects:
Chase Bliss Lossy

#bugbrand #modularsynth #ambientmusic #experimentalmusic"

S4: Track in 10 - Bird samples

video upload by torso electronics

"An empty project and 10 minutes on the clock. In an uninterrupted one take we explore ideas, sculpt sounds, and let the S4 sculpting sampler guide the moment. "Track in 10" is about staying in the flow and creating without overthinking.

In this 'Track in 10' we are using the sound of four different birds to create a strange ambient soundscape.

Recordings used:

Alpine Swift by Esperanza Poveda
[https://xeno-canto.org/433619](https://xeno-canto.org/433619)

Downy Woodpecker by Joseph Morlan
[https://xeno-canto.org/547321](https://xeno-canto.org/547321)

Northern Mockingbird by Richard E. Webster
[https://xeno-canto.org/1035190](https://xeno-canto.org/1035190)

Red Rumped Parrot by Marc Anderson
[https://xeno-canto.org/578563](https://xeno-canto.org/578563)"