Sequential Prophet 5 Desktop, Torso Electronics T-1 & Empress Effects Echosystem

video upload by Nightlife Electronics

"Here we have some beautiful chord progressions and arpeggios being coaxed out of the Sequential Prophet 5 Desktop by the exquisite Torso Electronics T-1 Algorithmic Sequencer. Some lovely spacial delays have been added with the Empress Effects Echosystem.

The sound of the Prophet 5 is instantly recognizable; lush and woozy 1970's vibes, dreamy chords and sizzling leads. Finally available again with the same vintage sound but in a modern build!

The Torso T-1 takes the reins when it comes to arranging and sequencing complex, musically interesting chord progressions and rhythms. A new approach to sequencing that is based on sculpting a set of parameters more than tediously entering individual events and notes.

All three devices available at Nightlife Electronics: https://nightlife-electronics.com/

Nightlife Electronics is a shop based in Vancouver, British Columbia that specializes in the sale and service of the world's finest drum machines, synthesizers, eurorack modules and samplers. Visit our online shop to see what we have in store or if you are in the Vancouver area please stop by and try some amazing synths in person!"

Torso Electronics S-4 sculpting sampler – OS 2.0 Update

Overview video upload by torso electronics

"The biggest update to the S-4 yet. Introducing new key features and workflow improvements such as macro controls, scenes, varispeed recording, unlimited sample length playback, and new dynamic modulation options.

Download the update here: https://torsoelectronics.com/pages/su...

00:00 S-4 OS 2.0 Overview
00:03 disk device
00:22 enhanced tape
00:54 modulation update
01:12 envelope follower
01:19 perform
01:45 temp
01:54 scene"

Torso S-4 OS 2.0 | Exploring the killer new features

video upload by Signal Sounds

"Torso Electronics have released the long-awaited OS 2.0 for the S-4 – the biggest update to their desktop granular sampler since its launch. The new firmware introduces features and workflow improvements such as macro controls, scenes, varispeed recording, unlimited sample length playback, and new dynamic modulation options.

Luke has been using the 2.0 beta for a few weeks already, and in this video, he covers some of his favourite new features.

The Torso S-4 is available here:
https://www.signalsounds.com/torso-s-...

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:36 Envelope follower modulation source
05:50 Perform menu
11:01 Temporary button
12:17 Internal mic improvements"

New Torso Hardware Sequencer by Torso Electronics

Published on Sep 10, 2018 torso electronics

via Torso Electronics

"Create percussive polyrhythmic sequences or explore endless melodic variations. T-1 is an algorithmic MIDI sequencer which offers vast set of creative composition tools

About T-1

We set out to design a machine that can go beyond the limitations of a traditional sequencer, while maintaining a simple and user-friendly interface with no menu diving.
Focusing on fluid live performance and the possibility to modulate every parameter with random sequences.
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The T-1 brings a completely new methodology for sequencing and many new avenues for musical inspiration and creativity.
With 16 polyphonic tracks, 16 rhythmic and melodic parameters, random modulation features, and live performance tools, the T-1 brings new inspiring content for your music making.

Main features

Euclidian rhythms
The core of T-1 is based on the euclidian algorithm, which lets you generate and explore a vast variety of rhythmic patterns

Play together
Wirelessly connect to other devices with our integration of Ableton Link. This will make sure that T-1 is playing in time with your DAW and all Link supported apps

Randomize
We have added pseudo-random modulation to every parameter, for creating endless musical variations. The randomness can be locked into loops, giving you more control
‍Keypad display
The multicolor keypads is used as a display showing parameter values and the state of the device

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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"

Torso Electronics T-1 update 2.0

video uploads by torso electronics

Playlist:

1. Torso Electronics T-1 update 2.0

"We’re excited to announce the biggest update to the T-1 firmware yet!

Important features in the new update 2.0 include an extension of the sequencer engine with per-step editing (parameter locks), FX tracks, and many more.

Find a detailed changelog and updated user manual via the link below.

Update your device via the T-1 config tool. Happy sequencing!⁠

https://torsoelectronics.com/resources"

2. T-1 - performing is composing

"The T-1 is an instrument designed to be played in the here and now. Whether you are working in a studio or on stage, the path between musical inspiration and performance has never been shorter. Make relative parameter changes on one or multiple tracks simultaneously, save the changes or return to the starting point. With the T-1, your music-making process is a constantly evolving flow."

3. T-1 - not your average sequencer

"T-1 is a 16 track algorithmic sequencer at the center of your studio. The T-1 offers a generative workflow with focus on immediacy and playful exploration. Whether on stage or in the studio, the T-1 will inspire you with fresh ideas and help you push the boundaries of your music.

In short, this is a fundamental rethinking of the sequencer as a modern, fun, and inspiring instrument."

Surgeon artist talk - live techno setup + approach to live performance and improvisation

video upload by torso electronics

"Techno legend Surgeon (Anthony Child) joined Torso Electronics for a talk about gear, his live setup, and his approach and techniques for creating live improvised techno sets.

The talk took place in Proton Records and was the first in a series of events that we will co-host together with our friends from Proton.

Setup:
Torso Electronics T-1
SOMA Pulsar-23
Norand Mono
1010music Blackbox
OTO Machines BOUM"

Torso Electronics Introduces S-4 Sculpting Sampler

video upload by torso electronics

via Torso Electronics

"Explore malleable sound. Mold, carve, bend.

The S-4 is a sculpting sampler designed to capture and transform sounds. Merging tape-era workflows with cutting-edge technology, the S-4 redefines sound mangling by providing a futuristic platform for crafting unique soundscapes and compositions, using samples and real-time audio processing.

S-4 is a tool made for sonic explorers. It has four parallel stereo tracks, each with an audio engine featuring a chain of audio devices including samplers, live granular processing, morphing resonators, and a range of audio effects. A novel modulation system allows anything and everything to be modulated with 4 modulators per track."

The S-4 is a versatile powerhouse, capable of serving as an effects processor, transformative sound designer, tape machine, live looper, classic sample player, or textural synthesizer.

Audio engine
Push the creative boundaries and transform audio into uncharted depths. S-4 has four parallel stereo tracks, each of which contains a chain of five audio devices tailored to cover specific sonic areas and applications. Create everything from glittering textures to broken soundscapes or evolving synth sounds.

Together, the devices form a playful toolbox for sculpting sample material and live audio.

Material
Stereo tape and sample players with live audio and looping capabilities.

Granular
Live granular processing with time-warping and pitch-shifting algorithms.

Filter
Morphing resonator: 48-band tuned filter bank with animation, tonal control, and classic filter functions.

Color
Collection of destructive effects including bit crushing, drive, and compression.

Space
Combined reverb and delay with pitch-shifting and shimmer.

Torso Live Session #1: IDRA

video upload by torso electronics

Torso Live Session #1: IDRA - Top Down Camera


"Torso Electronics presents a new series of live sessions recorded at our office space in Copenhagen.

The first episode features IDRA, guiding us through ambient textures and cinematic explorations, blending noise and melodic collages. Performed on the S4 sculpting sampler and the OP-1.

Enjoy

About IDRA
IDRA , Francesca Pavesi, is a musician, producer, and sound artist from Milan. Her work explores the intersection of ambient and experimental electronic music, where organic textures, modular synthesis, and acoustic elements merge into immersive sonic worlds. Guided by attentive listening, she uses sound as an introspective space for deep, focused listening and a sense of timelessness.

See more at
https://www.idrasound.com/
https://torsoelectronics.com/
/ torsoelectronics

Video by Spektrals
kontakt@spektrals.dk

Soundsystem: Panda Sound"

Torso Live Sessions

Torso Live Session #2: Mike Sheridan

video upload by torso electronics

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

This episode features Mike Sheridan, unfolding a 14-minute meditative dronescape of slow, evolving resonance. Subtle layers of frequency drift and intertwine, forming a weightless sonic field that invites for deep attentive listening. Performed on the Pin Portabella MK IIIe, the Z.Vex Instant Lo-Fi Junky Vexter, the Boss GE-10, and the S4 Sculpting Sampler.

About Mike Sheridan
Mike Sheridan has been a part of the Copenhagen electronic music scene since the mid 00’s. He entered the scene, barely in his teens, with his landmark debut album I Syv Sind (In Two Minds, 2008). Sheridan traced an ambient and dreamy approach, and with limited tools at hand, he constructed a teenage masterwork that few could have predicted. Among the first in his generation, Mike Sheridan launched his career to high acclaim, effectively crossing over to mainstream audiences.

See more at
www.mikesheridan.info
www.torsoelectronics.com
www.instagram.com/torsoelectronics

Video by Spektrals"

Torso Live Sessions

Torso Live Session #5: Ctrls

video upload by torso electronics

"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."

Torso Electronics T 1 feature overview

Published on May 15, 2020 torso electronics

"T-1 is an expressive algorithmic MIDI sequencer that challenges traditional step sequencing, applying a more fluent way of creating musical structures.

By using a set of parameter driven algorithms with musical constraints, T-1 allows for dynamic hands-on control on every aspect of the composition, and lets you dive deep in musical exploration.

Out on Kickstarter soon"

See the Torso label below for additional posts.

Torso Live Session #4: A. Dixen

video upload by torso electronics

"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 )"

SUPERBOOTH 2024: Torso Electronics - S4 Sculpting Sampler

video upload by sonicstate

"At Superbooth 2024, Sonic State caught up with Mathias from Torso Electronics to showcase their newest product, the S4 Sculpting Sampler*. According to *Mathias*, the *S4 is a versatile device that can function as a tape player, polyphonic sampler, and real-time effects processor. With features like a granular device, 48-band filter bank, modulation system, and more, the S4 offers a range of creative possibilities for musicians and producers alike.

The S4*'s ability to transform sounds in advanced and musical ways was evident in the demo, where *Mathias showcased its granular device, filter device, modulation system, and live effects processing capabilities. With eight notes of polyphony per track, the* S4* is now available for purchase on their website and through select retailers worldwide.

S4 Sculpting Sampler Price: 899 Euros"

See the Torso label below for more.

Torso Electronics T -1 piano

torso electronics

"Algorithmic MIDI sequencer"

See the Torso label below for more.

Torso Live Session #3: Lorenzo Colombo

video upload by torso electronics

"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)."

We wish you a wonderful Christmas 🤘

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"From all of us at Torso Electronics, we wish you a wonderful Christmas.
Happy Holidays 🤘🎄🎅🏾"

Torso Electronics T-1 Tutorials

Collection of tutorials covering the workflow and interface on the T-1 by Torso Electronics

Playlist:

T-1 basic user interface
T 1 tracks, patterns & banks
Private? Wait for it to skip or manually skip it.
T-1 euclidean rhythms
T-1 cycles
T-1 note repeater
T-1 tonal shaper
T-1 groove section
T-1 tonal section
T-1 random modulation
T-1 setup section
T-1 performance buttons
T-1 update v1.1 walkthrough
T 1 CC tracks
T 1 repeats and voicing update

T 1 Explorations: Laptop, Digitakt and D-05 | OP1 and Eurorack Jam

Published on May 8, 2020 torso electronics

T 1 Explorations: OP1 and Eurorack jam.

Published on May 8, 2020 torso electronics

"T-1 with Teenage Engineering OP1 + Mutable Instruments Elements + Mutable Instruments Clouds + Mutable Instruments Yarns + LS1 lightstrips."

Granular Synthesizer Comparison (ish) 1010Music Bento, Torso Electronics S-4, Polyend Synth.

video upload by jtn.project

"Ooooo wow. These 3 little baddies are having a Granular Synth Comparison… but true to form I veer off course and make some weird hybrid monster. Lets take a look at these 3 fancy cats and see what that can grain up/out/in... I don't know, but let us explore it all together!

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🛠️ Gear Used in This Video
• 1010music Bento Groovebox
• Torso Electronics S-4
• Polyend Synth
• Zoom LiveTrak6
• Aiaiai TMA-2 Headphones
• DJI Mic II • Recorded all directly into the iPhone 15 via USB (Wild)

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📲 Connect with Me
Instagram: @jtn.project
TikTok: @jtn.project
Spotify: Haulm https://open.spotify.com/artist/6a0Kn..."

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

video upload by takao_kurokawa

"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"