Isla Instruments S2400 is a modern sampler inspired by E-MU SP-1200.
Yes, you can create vintage, lofi and dirty Hiphop/House/Techno with it, but you can also compose modern stuff with neat sound quality. Before the review (i'm still working on it), i wanted to show how to perform a musique concrète-ish track without using the sequencer. Nothing is written before, all the sounds are performed live with pads, faders and filters.
S2400 only, with une pincée de OTO Machine BAM at the end, because there is no reverb in the actual firmware. But i hope it will change (This is a message for Brad and Vlad ^_^).
How it works :
Instead of using discrete and short sounds on each track, i like to use very long recording as a library of sounds, textures and ambiances. With the faders help, i can change playhead position, volume and pitch for each track. Pads are used to trigger and re-trigger sounds, filters to make room for frequencies.
As files bigger than 64MB can't be loaded in the S2400 editor, changing playhead position needs to be done blind, but that's part of the fun. You never know what you will trigger next, you need to improvise, and each performance is unique."
"The Rozzbox One V2 is a poly synth created by Kilian Leonhardt (LL Electronics). Released in 2008, only a few were made, and one year later, Kilian stopped the production to get back to his studies.
Ahead of its time, between digital and analog, this synth is perfect for making drones and pads.
No FX, only Rozzbox.
Not your typical poly synth : - 5x voices polyphonic synthesizer - 4x digital oscillators with 20 waveforms - Digital and analog filters on each voice + one tube filter. - FM mode with 7 algorithms - Ring modulator - Audio input - 4 completely independent sequencer lines per voice, each with its own running mode and synchronization settings - Complex 4-point modulation matrix with 16 sources and 16 destinations - Complex trigger matrix with unlimited connection count, for interconnection of LFOs, sequencers, envelope triggers, MIDI clock, - The switchable “Hacker” adds artificial analog aliasing (tunable) - Bit reduction / Sample rate reduction - Full MIDI control of every parameter
Includes 3 self-resonant Filter-Types: - Digital high pass/low pass filter with resonance and 24dB/octave (4 filter poles) - Analog low pass ladder filter with resonance and 24dB/octave (4 filter poles) - Completely tube-driven analog low pass filter with resonance and 12B/octave (2 filter poles)"
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