Morphonium: Expressive Gestural MIDI Controller

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A 2025 MIDI INNOVATION AWARD entry

"The Morphonium Family is a 3-part MIDI controller used together to continuously shape sound in realtime. Consisting of the Alpha 'wheelboard' with a unique keyboard-like layout of over 100 wheels & switches, the Delta keyboard with a suite of novel gestural controls & the Omega pedalboard, allow the player to continuously shape and add nuance to sound. The beauty & depth of expression achieved is unrivalled in the world of MIDI controllers and provides a system to compose, perform, record, teach & notate music in the electronic domain."

The Morphonium consists of three parts:
Wheelboard (timbre control)
74 wheels and 30 buttons for MIDI notes and continuous controllers
Touch screen for programming and feedback
Keyboard (melody)
4 octave velocity sensitive keyboard
"Vibe bar" for vibrato and calibrated pitch bends
"Gliss strip" for up to 2 octave glissando
"Tron" for theremin-like continuous control of pitch and volume
"Pusher" (up/down) and "Spinitt" (rotary) expression controllers
"Transer" shifts octaves based on proximity of the hand to the back of the keyboard
Breath controller to articulate volume and brightness
Pedalboard
Continuous expression pedal for filter / brightness
Sustain pedal (continuous or digital)
4 digital pedals for loop control

See https://www.morphonium.org for additional details.

The Crow Hill Company Introduces POCKET STRING no-barrier-to-entry-styled string library plug-in

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Press release follows:

"The Crow Hill Company creates POCKET STRINGS as no-barrier-to-entry-styled string library plug-in produced without compromise… with added ‘synthy spice’

EDINBURGH, UK: having recently rebranded itself with an aesthetic that truly realises company co-founder and composer Christian Henson’s heartfelt dream of encouraging people to make music and help them on their journey, regardless of whatever point they were at and wherever their journey began, The Crow Hill Company continues its journeying into ‘Season Two’ as a producer of resources and tools to protect, inspire, support, and provide opportunities for music-makers the world over, believing that music is, and should remain, a wholly human experience, one that is by far one of the most powerful forms of expression, escape, comfort, and remembrance, of which its newly-created POCKET STRINGS — styled as a definitive string library plug-in that opens the doors to collaboration between anyone anywhere, creatively combining live cinematic orchestral recordings with some rarefied vintage synth classics made to measure for added body, depth, and character — readily represents the cornerstone of this ethos, as of July 10…

“A string library that’s accessible to all without compromise — a distillation of the last 25, nearly 30, years that I’ve been working as a media composer, which means that I write music for film, TV, and computer games, giving you the very basic necessities to write pro-end string arrangements. Whether that be adding to productions, songs, collaborating with others, or, indeed, creating professional film scores — whether that be to demo for an orchestra to play, or, indeed, to go to broadcast, there’s been no compromises here. But accessibility is the key — not just with the price point, but with usability.” So says Christian Henson himself, perfectly positioned — as The Crow Hill Company’s original founder, forging forward by building upon his extensive experience gained from founding Spitfire Audio to originally offer a palette of sounds he had created for his own use as a professional composer to his film world colleagues by invitation only, though the rest, as they say, is history — to proudly introduce POCKET STRINGS as a never-tried-before strings library plug-in that aims to bring broadcast-grade string possibilities to everyone.

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SCJS#59 GLITCHED DRUMS

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Small Case Jam Sessions #59 GLITCHED DRUMS

A modular drum loop from Anthony Baldino being mangled.

Nebulae: phase vocoding & grains
8bit cipher: stepped cv & lights
Beads: feedback & reverb
Gliss: LFO & data

Recorded live into Syntakt delay & reverb"

Patch Notes: Syncing To The Length Of A Gesture

video upload by Bela Platform

"Patch Notes is a series of instructional videos designed to help you get the most out of Gliss and provide a source of ideas for fuelling your own experiments and discoveries. Together we will explore possibilities opened by placing Gliss in the midst of a larger patch rather than directly to its final destination, by mixing signals to combine touch control with traditional modulation sources and connecting to unlikely destinations.

The updated Gliss firmware introduces the ability to sync events in your modular system to the length of a recorded gesture, and much more besides. Upgrade for free: https://bela.io/upgrade-gliss.html"

Introducing Monumatic - Polyphonic Synthesizer Module by Knobula

video upload by knobula

"An introduction to the sounds and features of our new synth voice module for eurorack.

• 16 oscillator Modes
• 6 Filter types
• 8 voices
• 24 bit stereo reverb
• 8 Chord Memories
• 4 CV inputs ( 2 assignable to anything)
• Adaptive intonation
• 12 hp

In this video we demonstrate Monumatic's capabilities alongside other modules and controllers, these include;
Intuitive Instruments Exquis
Knobula Chord Pilot
Knobula Echo Cinematic
Knobula Kickain
Endorphins Queen of Pentacles
Jasmine and Olives Water
Bela Gliss
Arturia Keystep"

Knobula Monumatic Synth Demo (no talking): 18 Patches

video upload by Limbic Bits

Monumatic is a fully polyphonic 8-voice synthesizer and a monophonic synthesizer packed into a compact 12HP Eurorack module.

It features16 selectable oscillator modes to provide a diverse range of both classic and futuristic tone generation using exclusively virtual analog algorithms.

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Minichord, Gliss, Plinky & friends

video upload by Grain Blanc

"This little combo is really cool!!
Since Benjamin Poilvé sent me the minichord (a smaller version of the omnichord) to test, I've been trying to find a place for it alongside the tiny rack, and the whole thing works well. The Gliss from ‪@BelaPlatform‬ through the Plinky, Buzzrito (+ Bib for effects) from ‪@bluespoonery‬ adds its variations.

Other modules used are the farbfolder from ‪@MakingSoundMachines‬ the disting mk4 from ‪@ExpertSleepersLtd‬ for reverb and mixer xoh from ‪@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC‬
All candycords cables come from ‪@myvolts1903‬"

Gliss Patch Notes: Slider and Touch

video upload by Bela Platform

"Patch Notes is a new series of instructional videos designed to help you get the most out of Gliss and provide a source of ideas for fuelling your own experiments and discoveries. Together we will explore possibilities opened by placing Gliss in the midst of a larger patch rather than directly to its final destination, by mixing signals to combine touch control with traditional modulation sources and connecting to unlikely destinations.

In this fifth installment, we check out Gliss Firmware v2 and some of the new range of possibilities for performance and control in your Eurorack system it opens up. See: https://blog.bela.io/gliss-patch-notes-5"

Minichord, Left Brain CV & modular friends

video upload by Grain Blanc

"New session with minichord, Left Brain CV and modular synth (bela Gliss, Plinky, Bib, farbfolder, disting mk4)"

Bela.io gliss as waveshaper

video upload by Meska (Meska)

"Quick demo of Gliss as an waveshaper

Thank you for watching.
My name is Meska of the statik collective . I've been making mostly 'dark and expérimental' music for more than ten years now, i'v learn so much online, now it's time for me to share my knoledge, my exploration and this channel is a place to talk about the tools, sound design and techniques to make music with.

You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/

If you'd like to support the channel​ consider buying music from bandcamp ;)
Contact/booking: meskastatik@gmail.com"

Bela.io Gliss as oscillator

video upload by Meska (Meska)

"Quick demo of Gliss as an oscillator

Thank you for watching.
My name is Meska of the statik collective . I've been making mostly 'dark and expérimental' music for more than ten years now, i'v learn so much online, now it's time for me to share my knoledge, my exploration and this channel is a place to talk about the tools, sound design and techniques to make music with.

You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/

If you'd like to support the channel​ consider buying music from bandcamp ;)
Contact/booking: meskastatik@gmail.com"

JAMUARY 2025 #30 - ZU SIDE

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Happy new modular year!

Amnis beat, clocked by Pamela and data from Gliss (free lfo reset by Pam)
Battering Ram is the kick and bass, AHH is the 808 hat and crazy tones by Noiswasp

Gliss
Pamela's new workout
Amnis
Battering Ram
Noiswasp
AHH, diff-rect, Quadratt, Line out
4U 50hp recorded live into Syntakt reverb and delay"

JAMUARY 2025 #29

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Happy new modular year!

Amnis beat, clocked by Pamela and data from Gliss (free lfo reset by Pam)
Battering Ram is the kick and bass, AHH is the 808 hat and crazy tones by Noiswasp

Gliss
Pamela's new workout
Amnis
Battering Ram
Noiswasp
AHH, diff-rect, Quadratt, Line out

4U 50hp recorded live into Syntakt reverb and delay"

JAMUARY 2025 #28

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Happy new modular year!

Amnis beat, clocked by Pamela and data from Gliss (free lfo reset by Pam) Battering Ram is the kick and bass, AHH & ASD are the 808 hat and snare, nRings and feedback by Dark Matter.

Gliss
Pamela's new workout
Amnis
Battering Ram
nRings
Dark Matter
AHH, ASD, Quadratt, Line out

4U 50hp recorded live into Syntakt reverb and delay"

JAMUARY 2025 #22 - Amnis FM Beat

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Happy new modular year!

Funky beat, thanks to the Amnis, clocked by Pamela and data from Gliss (free lfo reset by Pam)
Battering Ram is the kick and bass, AHH is the 808 hat and FM by 2OPFM

Gliss
Pamela's new workout
Amnis
Battering Ram
2OPFM
AHH, diff-rect, Quadratt, Line out

4U 50hp recorded live into Syntakt reverb and delay"

JAMUARY 2025 #20 - Jamming & Screeching

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Happy new modular year!

Amnis beat, clocked by Pamela and data from Gliss (free lfo reset by Pam)
Battering Ram is the kick and bass, AHH is the 808 hat and crazy tones by Noiswasp

Gliss
Pamela's new workout
Amnis
Battering Ram
Noiswasp
AHH, diff-rect, Quadratt, Line out

4U 50hp recorded live into Syntakt reverb and delay"

JAMUARY 2025 #18 - Liqej Gliqerg

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Happy new modular year!

Amnis and BTMX doing cool things to Rample (factory samples) finally corrupted by Dark Matter
Clocked by Pam and data by Gliss

Gliss
Pamela's new workout
Amnis
BTMX
Rample
Quadratt, Line out


4U 50hp recorded live into Syntakt reverb and delay"

JAMUARY 2025 #16 - 1rst AMNIS BEAT

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Happy new modular year!

Funky beat, thanks to the Amnis, a smart shift-register, clocked by Pamela and data from Gliss (free lfo reset by Pam) Battering Ram is the kick and bass, AHH is the 808 hat and FM plucks by 2OPFM

Gliss
Pamela's new workout
Amnis
Battering Ram
2OPFM
AHH, diff-rect, Quadratt, Line out

4U 50hp recorded live into Syntakt reverb and delay

#jamuary2025 #jamuary #jam #modularjam "

Patch Notes: Control Mode as Macro Controller

video upload by Bela Platform

"Patch Notes is a new series of instructional videos designed to help you get the most out of Gliss and provide a source of ideas for fuelling your own experiments and discoveries. Together we will explore possibilities opened by placing Gliss in the midst of a larger patch rather than directly to its final destination, by mixing signals to combine touch control with traditional modulation sources and connecting to unlikely destinations.

In this forth installment, we dive into Control mode and explore how it can be used as a macro controller by utilising the latching functionality. See: https://blog.bela.io/gliss-patch-note..."

Machina Bristronica 2024

video uploads by sonicstate

Playlist:

1. Bristronica 24: MyVolts The Silent Alchemist Nears Shipping

We caught up with Caroline who gave us the latest update to the *Silent Alchemist*, a versatile power hub designed for musicians. Featuring five isolated USB-C outputs and a high-wattage sixth output capable of delivering 100 watts, the device can power a Mac with the remaining outputs providing 20 watts each. Its independent circuits ensure noise-free operation, catering to a variety of devices including the Dreadbox module and Sysmo slope generator.

The Silent Alchemist uses innovative step-up power tips to convert USB-C input to the correct voltage for various devices. There's also new feature: an uninterruptible power supply allowing seamless transition between wall and power bank sources. Also introduced were updated cables, such as silver candy cords and floating ring TRS to TS cables, expanding connection flexibility. The Silent Alchemist is expected to be available in December with a competitive pricing strategy.

More Info:
https://myvolts.com/

2. Bristronica 24: Circuit Happy ML2M Clock Sync module updates

At Bristronica 2024, we caught up with the creator of the *ML2M*, who introduced us to the latest version. The ML2M is a compact Eurorack module with Wi-Fi capabilities, allowing seamless synchronization with Ableton Live, Bitwig Studio, and iOS music apps using Ableton Link without the need for cables. It either connects to an existing network or creates its own, ensuring robust sync even in environments with unreliable Wi-Fi. The module, which retains its 2HP size, now features MIDI integration through TRS jacks. Users can access a web interface to configure each output for different clock divisions and reset triggers, making setup straightforward and flexible.

Alongside the ML2M, there's also the Missing Link Junior. This desktop version offers the same functionality but in a box format, complete with MIDI and CV clock outputs. Both products are now accessible, with a starting price of $250.

3. Bristronica 24: Archaea Exchange Patching Module

At Machina Bristronica 2024, we caught up with Arran from ‪@archaea_modular_synthesis‬ who presented the *Exchange Module*. This programmable patcher, a year in the making, evolved from its early prototype stage to a fully functional module. Arran explained how the Exchange can route synth voices via a beam controller and three exchange modules installed within the skiff, allowing for versatile patching. Operating like a matrix patchbay, it enables users to select inputs and outputs with the push of a button, create presets, and chain multiple modules for synchronized patching.

Communication between the modules occurs over the Eurorack power bus as well as over MIDI via the USB-C connection. The Exchange maintains analog integrity, ensuring there’s no conversion latency. The forthcoming release expected in late November 2024, includes a USB-driven editor for enhanced control capabilities.

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Gliss 1U: Horizontal Touch Control

video upload by Bela Platform

"We're excited to announce the launch of Gliss 1U, bringing all the expressive power of our original Gliss module to the Intellijel 1U format.

Gliss, now available in 1U format, is a capacitive touch controller offering flexible modulation options across four modes. Generate control voltages, record and playback gestures, visualize and scale signals, or play tunable notes—all in a hands-on, compact module. Gliss 1U brings the expressive control of the original Gliss to performance racks without sacrificing versatility.

Looking for a module to fill your 1U row? Gliss gives you plenty of hands-on modulation options with a highly customizable and intuitive interface."