SugarBytes Introduces Transfigure - Sonic Manipulator

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"Transfigure is your creative partner in sound. With just a few clicks, it turns any track into a living, breathing sonic landscape full of depth, motion, and emotion. Its clean, intuitive interface makes complex processes feel effortless. Whether you’re refining details or creating entirely new textures, Transfigure gives you the freedom to shape sound your way. The central XY pad allows for simultaneous parameter control and expressive automation, perfect for performative sound design and evolving texture.

Runs on macOS & Windows (AU, VST2, VST3, AAX, Standalone)"

2nd video timestamps:

00:00:00 Overview
00:09:02 The Modulators
00:32:09 The Sound Processors
01:08:58 The Effects

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Dimensional Patching - Exploring Sumu's Space Module

video upload by Madrona Labs

"Today we're breaking down the Space module—Sumu's advanced panner and mixer section. With 64 partials per voice and individual control over each one's placement in the stereo field, Sumu opens up some serious spatial possibilities. By patching any partial output to the x, y, or z axis, we transform our spectral data into a dimensional landscape we can navigate and manipulate. We'll also explore home and field patterns, and how modulating the field pattern's speed generates spatial movement directly from our partials.

Chapters
Intro 0:00
Module overview 0:49
Patching 2:58
Intermission 5:47
Patching 7:45
Outro 9:30

Cam's Dimensional Sumu Patches:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/fo...

Theory Partials for Sumu:
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/fo..."

Vongon Introduces Solarfaze Stereo 3-band Saturator and Detune/Chorus Pedal

Demo and Sounds Samples video upload by Matt Lowery

"Grab a sample pack and support the cause: https://otakusound.gumroad.com/l/boke...

Today we've got the Solarfaze on the bench, by Vongon. It's a stereo saturation and detune (aka chorus) effect. Here's how it works and what it sounds like.

00:00 Intro
01:43 Chorus
05:23 Saturation
09:45 With Subharmonicon
11:40 With Pulsar 23
14:10 Multiband Guitar Loop"

Burning Softly // Vongon Solarfaze

video upload by OoraMusic

"Warmth. Movement. Glow.
This is the new Vongon SOLARFAZE — a stereo chorus fused with saturation.
Joined by Replay, Ultrasheer, and Polyphrase, here’s how it dreams.
Enjoy."

00:00 Jam
02:36 Intro
03:59 How to support me
04:30 Overview of SOLARFAZE
05:45 Saturate
08:15 Detune
10:04 Bringing in the other pedals
11:15 A different effect chain
15:13 Bonut tip : Transposing arpeggios with Replay
16:10 Solarfaze on Pads
20:05 Conclusions

Vongon Solarfaze is beautiful (harp, guitar, synth, drums)

video upload by Harp Lady



Pics and details via Perfect Circuit

The Solarfaze from Vongon is a stereo 3-band saturator and detune/chorus pedal that gives you exacting control over the frequency landscape of your signal. Whether you're adding a bit of undulatory warmth and saturation or assaulting the frequency spectra of your choice, Solarfaze as you covered, often surprising you with its tonal complexity. The heart of the pedal is a 3-band Bass, Mid, and Treble saturation mixer with each section offering three levels of gain: Soft, Boost, and Hard. Each band can be finetuned to one of five different frequencies, making this pedal as versatile as you are.

The Detune section offers a simple interface for adding movement and interest to your signal, affecting the stereo field, as well for a satisfying binaural experience. Adjust the Amount and Mix to your taste and turn up the Envelope control for dynamic expression that is based on your playing. Size can be adjusted as well to create a smoother or tighter detune effect. Other features include a built-in Noise Gate and an effect rerouting option. Indeed, the Solarfaze is a wonderful addition to the already incredibly Vongon lineup and is sure to find a use in any pedalboard.

SOLARFAZE FEATURES

Stereo multi-band saturator and chorus
Soft-clipping waveshapers for smooth transition from subtle warmth to heavy breakup
Bass, Mid, and Treble drive sliders
Selectable gain level per band: Soft (0dB), Boost (+6dB), Hard (+12dB)
Each band has 5 different frequency options
Stereo detune chorus with independent left/right pitch shifts
Envelope modulation of detune amount for dynamic stereo animation
Route Saturation into Detune and vice versa
Built-in Noise Gate with adjustable threshold
MIDI Input for parameter control and 9 preset storage

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Stereo Field 皮肤感应噪声盒，入驻合成少数派！

video upload by 合成少数派 Synthesis Minority

"Stereo Field 来自于非常有想象力和崇尚乐器美学的品牌 landscape.fm 它是一个基于触摸的混沌电子乐器，可以用来发出噪音、做效果器处理外部音频，还可以给你的模块合成器做 CV 控制源。Stereo Field是首款入驻合少的代理乐器，我们非常开心把它介绍给你！"

"Stereo Field comes from the imaginative and aesthetically pleasing brand landscape.fm. It's a touch-based chaotic electronic instrument that can be used to generate noise, process external audio as an effects pedal, and even serve as a CV control source for your modular synthesizer. Stereo Field is the first instrument to be featured on Heshao, and we're thrilled to introduce it to you!"

Whimsical Patching

video uploads by Whimsical Raps

Playlist:

1. Whimsical Patching // 1. Audio-Rate Modulation

from Dani:
"One of my favorite aspects of modular synthesis is that signals we can hear are made of the same basic building block as signals which provide control and modulation -- they're all just voltage moving at different rates!

When we use an audio signal in the place of control voltage, we're touching into a technique broadly known as audio-rate modulation. Using audio-rate modulation in the Whimsical Raps ecosystem is incredibly rewarding, as it can unlock unexpected behaviors in familiar and new modules alike.

Here, Mangrove (our formant oscillator) modulates Silhouette's (our new 'signal combiner') SPOT, which is mixing six audio channels from Just Friends (our six-voice digital oscillator). I noticed that sending Mangrove into SPOT bleeds Mangrove's audio signal into the mix, so I tuned Mangrove to harmonize with Just Friends. This endowed FORMANT changes with new power, adding harmonic depth to the chaotic modulation -- notice the sizzle around 0:30 as FORMANT is cranked up.

Once INTONE adds distance between the ratios of Just Friends' oscillations, I reduce FORMANT to a low-frequency grumble -- I particularly enjoyed Silhouette's delayed vocalizations of these changes across the stereo field. Manually scanning SPOT offsets the input channels we're highlighting, which reveals the new INTONE-spread pitches. Increasing FORMANT introduces audible discontinuities as Mangrove regains its pitch, which are unique in the left and right channels. A final INTONE adjustment is added for performative spice, which is caught by the bucket-brigade device for a muted splash of stereo color."

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Teenage Engineering EP–133 K.O. II, Op-1 Field and TX-6 Field

video upload by Luca Longobardi

"People Are Oblivious To Reality. They Only See What They Want To See
(Henry Simpleton, 1899)

Landscape FM Stereo Field sampled on EP–133 K.O. II track A;
Modern Audio Pluto sampled on EP–133 K.O. II tracks B and D;
Soma Lyra-8 sampled on Op-1 Field."

Flower feedback using the Stereo Field

video upload by Landscape

"Using the Stereo Field feedback instrument/processor/controller with a flower in place of human skin. The shape of the flower allows for different feedback paths within the instrument providing different results based upon where the flower is touching and how much the petals are making contact. Different flowers will provide different results. You could even process external audio through the flower itself."

TR-606 ✺ into touchable stereo feedback ✺✺


"By patching a mono input into the rear of the Stereo Field while patching across the interface you can turn a mono signal into stereo feedback. Both audio and voltage will be routed through your skin when touching the interface creating many audio responsive feedback paths. The response changes based upon your skin's moisture content, where you decide to touch and how much skin is touching the interface."

https://www.landscape.fm

EML ElectroComp 101 EML-101 w/ Seq Mod

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via this auction

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Manhattan Bridge Subway Ride (N & Q trains) with original music

video upload by CatSynth TV

"The view looking south from an eastbound subway train over the Manhattan Bridge in New York, with original music. The southern side of the bridge carries tracks for the N and Q lines of the New York City subway.

Filmed in January 2023

The music is built around the original sound from the subway rides. Instrumentation includes:
Arturia EFX Fragments
Tracktion KULT
Cherry Audio Mercury 6 and Stardust 201 delay
Jaymar toy piano
Landscape Stereo Field
Strymon Starlab
QuBit Prism
John Cage Prepared Piano from Big Fish Audio (Kontakt)
EastWest Hollywood Orchestra Solo Cello"

Landscape Stereo Field

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You can find demos featuring the Landscape Stereo Field in previous posts here. Hit next when you get to the bottom of the page for additional demos.

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TEST SERIES Landscape Stereo Field Electro Faustus Blackfly Benjolin V2

video upload by Outsider Sound Design

"WARNING!!! This video has fast flashing lights which can cause problems for some viewers.


Sound design experiments with Landscape Stereo Field, Electro Faustus Blackfly, and Benjolin V2.

The purpose of 'TEST SERIES' is to focus on the sound design possibilities of various gear combinations. This series is not musical nor does it serve as an instructional video. It is all about sound potential. Please consider supporting this channel by purchasing a sample pack or music download from www.outsidersounddesign.com"

12- The UDO Super 6- Envelopes Part A

video upload by AutomaticGainsay

"Here is part one of a two-part exploration of the sound and functionality of the UDO Super 6 Envelopes.

The theme for this demonstration was recorded by multitracking the UDO Super 6 in order to provide the various parts necessary. No external equalization or effects were used. The drums were created through programming the Korg Triton LE and processing the results through the Landscape Stereo Field.

This video was funded by the Patreon supporters of Automatic Gainsay. Support the creation of this video and all of the Automatic Gainsay videos that have helped you by becoming an Automatic Gainsay supporter on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/automaticgainsay"

AutomaticGainsay UDO Super 6 posts

Landscape Stereo Field

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via this auction

You can find a demo of one here. See the Landscape label at the bottom of this post for more.

"Awesome desktop analog modular synth and processor. Great on Guitars and other synths, drums, etc. CV in and CV out. Touch sensitive and expressive. Cross modulation and FM synthesis!"

06- The UDO Super 6- DDS Modulator

video upload by AutomaticGainsay

"Here is part one of a two-part demonstration of the DDS Modulator found on the UDO Super 6.

The theme for this demonstration was recorded by multitracking the UDO Super 6 in order to provide the various parts necessary. No external equalization or effects were used. The drums were created through programming the Korg Triton LE and processing the results through the Landscape Stereo Field."

AutomaticGainsay UDO Super 6 posts

05-The UDO Super 6-DDS2 (2nd oscillator)-Part B

video upload by AutomaticGainsay

"Here is the second part of a two-part demonstration of the second oscillator (DDS2) found on the UDO Super 6.

The theme for this demonstration was recorded by multitracking the UDO Super 6 in order to provide the various parts necessary. No external equalization or effects were used. The drums were created through programming the Korg Triton LE and processing the results through the Landscape Stereo Field."

AutomaticGainsay UDO Super 6 posts

02-The UDO Super 6-Introduction

video upload by AutomaticGainsay

"Here is an introduction to the structure and unique concept of the UDO Super 6.

The theme for this demonstration was recorded by multitracking the UDO Super 6 in order to provide the various parts necessary. No external equalization or effects were used. The drums were created through programming the Korg Triton LE and processing the results through the Landscape Stereo Field."

AutomaticGainsay Super 6 posts

01-The UDO Super 6-Performance Video

video upload by AutomaticGainsay

"Here is a compositional demonstration of the UDO Super 6, wherein all synthesizer sounds come from the UDO Super 6, and are shown individually in each section. The song is an original composition, with most parts improvised.
After the song, each individual part is demonstrated so that the listener can hear the unique and desirable tone in its binaural context.
The drums were programmed on the Korg Triton LE, and processed in realtime with the Landscape Stereo Field."

Teenage Engineering OP-Z, Landscape FM Stereo Field and Strymon BigSky

video upload by Luca Longobardi

"Étude n.331

(better with headphones on)"

PPG wave 2.3 cold winter soundscapes

synthlegends

"By pure chance I got a PPG wave 2.3 for a very fair and decent price. The appearance was not very nice, a lot of scratchs on the cover and dirt inside. But I cleaned it and made some paint work, so now it looks beautiful again.

Also the keyboard was broken. I played my PPG via Midi with a master keyboard. That is why I decided not to shot a video while playing. Sorry that I show only some personal footage of winter shots of our beautiful landscape riding with a friend on my bike or walking with kids in with a lot of snow to describe the coldness of the PPG, Of course I added a lot of cool pictures of my new blue baby.
Now the PPG is in service, gets a new fatar keyboard, refurbishment and a new power supply unit plus new display from synthtaste (www. Synthtaste.com).


I never thought that I will ever purchase a PPG and now I am so happy to own one. Most of my favourite albums in the 80ies consisted this undistinguishable sound, like Power Windows from Rush, Worlds Apart from SAGA, Welcome to the pleasuredome from FGTH.

The PPG 2.3 was the latest of all PPG wave (produced from 1984 until 1989). Around 400 units must have been built. The forerunners were the PPG wave 2.0 with only one oscillator and CEM filter chips (1981), after that the PPG wave 2.2 with two oscillators and SEM Filter chips. The wave 2.3 is with 16 bit sample rate instead of 12 bit and is also multitimbral with midi.


The PPG is really one of my favourite synths beside my beloved Sequential Circuits Prophet VS and my Modal Electronics 002 which imitates the PPG quite well.

I have also a John Bowen Solaris with alle waveforms form the PPG, but it isn't the same thing of course. The PPG has its own unique sound because of its decent filter and musical aliasing.
This demo is just recorded, when my PPG arrived. I just tweaked the sounds, went through some wavetables and played everything life without any fx or mastering directly with two audio mono outs to generate a stereo track in my DAW. Please notice that I also used the stereo knob to enhance the stereo field.


I will surely make more videos from my PPG as soon I get it back refurbished.

Cheers and take care, Rüdiger"

Gestures on Sidraw

Meng Qi

"Sidraw is an experimental electronic instrument, based on Ciat-Lonbarde Sidrazzi circuit board, and my interface experiments.

There is a way to design electronic musical interface, which is not to consider sound parameters, but to think from the angle of circuit interference, I call it 'Circuit Expression'.

It can be seen on various experimental electronic musical instruments. From the Crackle Box by Michel Waisvisz back in 1970s, to the new Landscape Stereo Field and Martin Howse Dark Interpreter. UK synth designer Tom Bugs also had been utilizing them in the Weevil series of work. I've commissioned a special version of Chirper from Tom Bugs, which may have pushed the release of Board Chirper model a year later.
This method has a lot to do with circuit instability, touch and feedback. by touching selected circuit nodes, new connections are made, circuits behaviors are affected.

On sound output, it may result in a complex change on a combination of sound parameters (loudness, pitch, timber), and expressive reactions can be found.

I've found expressive behaviors from touching specific parts in Sidrazzi circuit, thus Sidraw is born.

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Sidraw 是一台实验电子乐器。

它基于 Ciat-Lonbarde Sidrazzi 电路板，还有我在演奏界面上的一些实验成果。

有一种设计演奏界面的思路，并不考虑通过演奏来改变声音参数(例如通过滤波的参数改变谐波能量， 或者通过控制增益改变响度)，而是考虑电路的干扰。我把这种做法叫做“电路表达”。

这种思路在历史上有不少实验乐器进行了实践。从上世纪七十年代 Michel Waisvisz 的 Crackle Box，到新的 Landscape Stereo Field 和 Martin Howse Dark Interpreter。英国合成器设计师 Tom Bugs 也曾经在 Weevil 系列中使用了这种思路。我本人曾经从他那订制过一台特殊版本的 Chirper，带有触摸点。这件事可能也推动了一年后 Board Chirper 的诞生。

“电路表达”利用了电路的不稳定性、触摸和回授。通过触摸一些电路节点，新的连接产生，改变电路 的反应。在声音上，这通常会导致声音参数的一些复杂变化。也可能会找到富有表现力的反应。

而 Sidraw 之所以诞生，就是因为我找到了一些 Sidrazzi 电路的良好反应。

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The Sidraw made its first appearance back in December of 2019.