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Sunday, May 10, 2026
BOARDS OF CANADA - Sundown (Synth Cover - Sequential Prophet REV2)
video upload by nicola neeco
"This is my cover of Sundown by Boards of Canada, from Tomorrow’s Harvest (Warp Records, 2013).
This piece has always felt deeply emotional to me. Before studying it, I assumed it would be quite complex, but it turns out the core idea is surprisingly simple and elegant.
The key lies in the tuning of the oscillators: setting them in a perfect fifth interval (for example, Osc 1: C, Osc 2: G) creates that characteristic BOC sound.
For the sound design, I started from a patch I originally built for Corsair. The two tracks share a similar foundation, especially in how the dual oscillators interact through that fifth interval tuning.
The patch is played on the Sequential Prophet Rev2, with (a lot of) Valhalla VintageVerb and Delay"
ASM Hydrasynth Presets Demo (No Talking). THEY SOUND AMAZING!!!
video upload by How To Synth
"Here are a few of my favourite factory presets of the Ashun Sound ASM Hydrasynth. I love how expressive this synth is."
#hydrasynth #leviasynth #wavetable #digitalsynth #fmsynthesis #synthmusic
Saturday, May 09, 2026
New Modal Elements One Performance Synth Monster | SUPERBOOTH 2026
video upload by MusicStoreTV
"Small but mighty!
Christian shows us the Modal Electronics Element One Performance Synth. Perfectly tailored for the stage – with direct access to all the important parameters. What's really exciting is that you can also port your presets from Modal's flagship synths to the Element One. Virtuoso Philipp demonstrates how it all sounds. Hats off to him and thanks for your impressive demonstration!"
Thursday, May 07, 2026
Modal Electronics Introduces Element One
video upload by Davide Puxeddu
"Put on your headphones š§. This is a pure, no-talking sound demo of the brand new Modal Electronics ELEMENT ONE synthesizer, an 8-voice virtual analog powerhouse.
I had the incredible honor of participating in the development and sound design of the Element One (created alongside the Hartmann Design team). In this video, I am jamming with the factory presets—which are actually the very patches I designed for this synth! I’m exploring random sounds, tweaking them on the fly to show you the true sonic potential of its 64 oscillators, morphable filters, and stereo FX. Everything is played live using the 37-key aftertouch keyboard and 4-axis joystick."
Modal Element One: a sophisticated synth 'repackaged' in an accessible keyboard – Sound demo
video upload by MusicRadar Tech
THE SYNTH FOR PEOPLE WHO JUST WANT TO PLAY
You’re a musician, not a computer programmer. Whether you’re a keyboard player who wants to fire up a searing solo, a guitarist looking for that perfect atmospheric pad, a drummer wanting to trigger massive electronic textures, or a vocalist needing a lush harmonic bed, you shouldn’t have to learn “synth science” just to get a great sound. Meet ELEMENT One—the 8-voice virtual-analog synthesizer designed to feel like an instrument, not a science project.
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LABELS/MORE: Modal Electronics, New Synths, News, Superbooth
LABELS/MORE: Modal Electronics, New Synths, News, Superbooth
The Classic 80s Sound of a-ha - Train of Thought | Vintage Synth Recreation
video upload by RetroSound
"In this new video I recreate the sound of “Train of Thought” by a-ha from the album Hunting High and Low. Written by PĆ„l Waaktaar, this track is one of the standout examples of 1980s synth-pop production, combining melodic hooks, layered textures, and distinctive Scandinavian pop atmosphere.
For this vintage synth recreation I focused on capturing the character, tone, and arrangement of the original recording using classic hardware synthesizers and samplers. My setup includes the Yamaha DX7 II FD and the Roland Juno-106 for the main synth parts and signature textures.
The bass, flute sound (Fairlight) and selected drum sounds were created with the E-mu Emulator II. I also used the PPG Wave 2.2 for additional digital bass layers, digital textures, and atmospheric effects.
My goal was to explore how the classic a-ha sound was built — from analog warmth and FM synthesis to early digital sampling and wavetable synthesis.
If you enjoy vintage synthesizers, 80s synth-pop, classic a-ha productions, and deep dives into iconic keyboard sounds, this recreation is for you."
Behringer Edge+Grind Combo Patches, Patterns, Samples. Demo
video upload by Anton Anru
"šŖš« Welcome to the soundset for the analog semi-modular synthesizers Behringer EDGE + GRIND.
It is a collection of 50 combo patches (+50 GRIND patterns) that include basses, drums/percussion, leads, plucks, textures, FXs.
There is a wide range of sound colors inside the pack: massive and gentle, aggressive and soft, bright and dull, melodic and inharmonic tones, straight and polymetric patterns.
š¦ The link to the soundset: https://antonanru.sellfy.store/p/edge...
⚙️ The main point of the soundset is the high level of interconnection, not just syncing the two synths with independent timbres (individual patches for EDGE and CRAVE are also available on my website).
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LABELS/MORE: Behringer, MATRIXSYNTH Members
LABELS/MORE: Behringer, MATRIXSYNTH Members
Bastl Introduces Kalimba - Physical Modelling & FM Kalimba Synth
video uploads by Bastl
Playlist:
1. Bastl Kalimba: An Expressive Instrument for Intuitive Electronic Music Exploration
2. Bastl Kalimba - Demo Overview
3. Bastl Kalimba is such a fever dream - HAINBACH
4. WTF did they make? Bastl Kalimba! - ANDREW HUANG
Press release follows:
Bastl Instruments are very proud to announce the release of their new instrument - Bastl Kalimba, a unique desktop instrument that combines microphones, touch sensors, and an accelerometer, with a user interface inspired by the traditional kalimba and its main interaction element: the tines.
We believe that this combination of features and physical interface leads to intuitive creativity and easy musical expression.
Just play it, you already know it.
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LABELS/MORE: Bastl Instruments, New Synths, News, Superbooth, Updates
LABELS/MORE: Bastl Instruments, New Synths, News, Superbooth, Updates
Wednesday, May 06, 2026
Buchla Ziggy - SuperBooth 26 - Stromkult
video upload by Stromkult
"Ziggy is more than just another mono synth; it's a direct route into the experimental "weirdness" of Don Buchla and early electronic music. It brings those classic concepts into a standalone format, complete with preset saving, an online editor, and FX, MIDI, USB, and CV."
0:00 Introduction
0:20 Sound demo 1
0:45 Whats Ziggy?
1:10 Sound demo 2
1:33 Signal Path
2:09 Sound 3emo 3
2:19 Connectivity
3:23 Sound demo 4
3:30 How to use it?
3:47 Sound demo 5
4:37 No Patchpoints?
5:08 Shipping / Preoder
The synth that shapes SCALER’s sound
video upload by Novation
"*This video contains flashing images that may affect photosensitive viewers.*
We caught up with Bristol-based band @SCALERBAND to find out more about their sound and the workflow behind their live session.
We collaborated with SCALER to bring you performances of Broken Entry, Mirage, and Cold Storage from their latest record; watch via the link below.
But after the band’s live session, we spoke with Alex Hill and James Rushforth about their live electronic setup. In this video, the band explain in depth how they brought together this live setup and how it all works in unison, blending electronics, metal inspired guitars, and dreamy vocals. Featuring Peak as the beating heart of their live synth sounds, alongside the Launch Control and Launch Control XL they take you through their unique live session setup.
Watch the live session here: • Scaler - Endlessly Live Session" [below]
Discover the Peak: https://novationmusic.com/products/pe...
Explore our Launch Control range: https://novationmusic.com/launch-cont..."
Chapters:
0:00 - Introducing SCALER
0:23 - Alex from SCALER's Electronics rig
1:57 - Cold Storage Synth Sound
3:38 - How the Cold Storage arpeggiator line is made
4:46 - How the Novation Peak's Animate drives the performance in Broken Entry
6:47 - Using the Peak's oscillators and effects for Mirage's sound
8:47 - Blending the Peak with the Oberheim TEO-5
10:10 - Building SCALER's live rig
Scaler - Endlessly Live Session
video upload by SCALER
"This video contains flashing images that may affect photosensitive viewers.
Scaler live in session performing tracks from their second full length, Endlessly.
Tracklist:
00:00 Cold Storage
05:08 Mirage
08:46 Broken Entry"
Morphor ECHON 6 #2 | Winterdagen
video upload by Winterdagen
"This is one of the most beautiful synth sounds I've ever heard.
For this patch on the amazing ECHON 6 synthesizer by Morphor, I'm not using its exciter/synth section at all. The sound comes from its 6 BBD delay lines feedbacking indefinitely. The fact that the people at Morphor got to make BBD delay chips track pitch this well is already wild, but how they also managed to implement the super special glide you're hearing in this patch is beyond me. It sounds so alive!
I made use of ECHON 6's super intuitive and extensive mod section to give this patch some movement; with some LFOs I'm slowly opening and closing the filter in the feedback path and moving the voices in the stereo field. I applied keytracking to the LFO speeds making sure that each voice has different movements and a different place in the stereo field. I love that you can route keytracking to anything on ECHON 6.
I did use a fair bit of Valhalla Vintage Verb for this patch as the synth doesn't have an internal reverb. A gliding patch like this really benefits from some time based effects.
Every time I sit down with ECHON 6 for a bit, a new sound that I've never made on any other synth arises, it's so cool! I've made a lot more music with it and I'm super exited to show you.
I'm off to Superbooth now, I''ll be back with a new video next week! If you happen to be at Superbooth as well and want to say hi, feel free to shoot me a message on Instagram."
Monday, May 04, 2026
Genki's CEO On How The €4990 KATLA Synthesizer Was Made
video upload by mylarmelodies
"Here's how KATLA was made - recorded at the Synth & Pedal Expo London (plus sounds at the end!). Katla is a unique synth - inspired by a titanic volcano in Iceland, with a huge gritty vibey sound. It literally has volcano in it(!) And after this interview, I thought about it a lot. Because behind the scenes, I've been working on a product and so much of what Ćli said here resonated with my own experiences. I was really struck by how open, candid and frank Ćli was, and I think there's huge value in learning from their journey. Hope you find this interesting!
Note that there was the Hackney half marathon happening in the background with people shouting and whooping constantly throughout the chat - but Izotope RX to the rescue!"
MORE ON KATLA
▶︎ It's since sold out, but there is a waitlist! https://genki.is/katla
VISIT THE LONDON SYNTH & PEDAL EXPO NEXT YEAR?
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CHAPTERS
0:00 A Volcano In A Synthesizer?
01:03 Depression, Iceland & A Big Idea
02:11 Nobody Knew What They Were Building
04:31 Fake Deadlines & Soccer Moms
06:09 The Godfather Of The Project
08:00 How Do You Sound Like A Volcano?
09:32 Spending Big & Hoping It Works
11:20 Linux, ARM Chips & Why Digital?
12:45 Who Actually Has Final Say?
15:50 4:30am Hack Sessions In Iceland
18:16 Trusting Creatives When Life Hits
21:28 We Were Beginners. We Didn't Know.
23:48 The Secret Ingredient: Grease
26:16 Where Does The Lava Come From?
29:23 Why Does This Cost £5,000?
34:11 Two Years, 100 Units, A Baby
36:50 Mylar Playing Katla Afterwards
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LABELS/MORE: Genki, Interviews, London Synth n Pedal Expo
LABELS/MORE: Genki, Interviews, London Synth n Pedal Expo
Thursday, April 30, 2026
SEQUENTIAL FOURM: 4 voces analógicas para recrear un clÔsico
video upload by Hispasonic
Click CC for subtitles at the bottom of the player once the video starts.
Video descpription in Googlish:
Instead of a traditional review of the Sequential Fourm, we decided to take a different approach: putting it to work on a specific track. And not just any track: "Fade to Grey" by Visage—an absolute classic of 1980s British synth-pop. Every melodic and accompanying track you’re about to hear was created exclusively using the Fourm, starting from factory sounds (drawn from the approximately 300 initial presets) with only minimal tweaks. The only element not provided by the synth is the drums: an AI-generated Roland CR-78-style pattern, occasionally reinforced with a kick and snare from Logic’s sound library.
Along the way, Pablo demonstrates how to truly harness the power of a modern polyphonic analog synthesizer: polyphonic aftertouch (key for the lead vocal line, where some notes come alive while others fade out completely), intense mixer feedback (ranging from subtle thickening to nonlinear behavior with "ghost" harmonics), audio-rate filter modulation from Oscillator 2 (adding anything from brightness and vocal-like character to total sonic breakdown, depending on the intensity), glide for creating transition sweeps, and the LFO in random mode feeding the filter to ensure every note sounds unique.
We also cover specific recording techniques: layering basslines via MIDI using two different sounds and panning them; doubling hand-played pads so that the two takes aren't identical; and recording a MIDI pattern to free up both hands, allowing you to perform real-time timbral tweaks—adjusting the filter, resonance, and modulation intensity—during the actual audio recording.
š A quick refresher on the Fourm: a compact 4-voice analog synthesizer featuring two VCOs per voice, a 4-pole low-pass filter derived from the Prophet-5, one global LFO, two ADSR envelopes, a mixer with feedback capabilities, no internal effects, a mono output, a 37-key "slim" Tactive keyboard with polyphonic aftertouch, and a modulation matrix—inherited from the Pro-1—that is directly accessible right on the front panel. 00:00 Original vs. Fourm Version
00:24 Intro
01:35 Fourm Features
03:34 Polyphonic Aftertouch
04:57 "Fade to Grey" Intro
07:07 Bass
08:34 Chords
10:17 Sweep
12:32 Melody
18:50 "Clavi" Sound
19:34 Drums
20:39 Full "Fade to Grey" Version
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Patching Exciting Modulation for Filters // FIRST PATCH with Swell from Bartola Instruments
video upload by DivKid
"Here we have the new Swell Eurorack filter and valve gain stage from Bartola Instruments. We'll be exploring this in the usual in depth DivKid demo style in the future but wanted to share our literal first patch playing around with saturating, character oozing valve distortion and filtering ... and in doing so, share some modulation tips about how we like to patch modulation, mixing sources and making things feel exciting and dynamic. I hope the patch notes below are useful and let us know what you'd like to see more of with Swell."
"*PATCH NOTES*
The simple bit first - AUDIO PATH - two saw wave oscillators, changing the octaves between them at points, mixed into 'Swell' and then output into some stereo FX for background ambience.
The modulation is where this gets exciting going into the FM input (which modules filter cut off frequency) is my main envelope, a simple decay envelope. Resonance is modulated by a step sequence (external attenuation is the key here). Then the v/oct input is used as a place to input a mix of modulation. The first is an accent envelope, patching a less dense gate rhythm into a second envelope and patching that into a mixer. Then outputting the mixer into the v/oct input of the filter. The second is then the same step sequence as the resonance.
So with the mixer into the v/oct and the FM input I have 3 modulation sources modulating the filter frequency - main envelope, accent envelope & step sequence.
Modules used - Thonk Synth VCO, Joranalogue Cycle 5, TINRS Next Tuesday, Making Sound Machines Multiplikand, Bartola Instruments Swell, WMD + Infrasonic Audio Cosmis Debris, Vostok Instruments Fuji, Apollo View IOU, Thonk Synth dual VCA.
THIS VIDEO IS SPONSORED BY BARTOLA INSTRUMENTS* they have funded the creation of this first patch video and future demo video with Swell. Any questions just ask."
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LABELS/MORE: Bartola, eurorack, New Makers, New Modules, News
LABELS/MORE: Bartola, eurorack, New Makers, New Modules, News
Monday, April 27, 2026
Bob Moog's First Keyboard Instrument Ever Built Added to BMF Archives
via The Bob Moog Foundation
Meet The RENSITRON!
"Bob Moog's First Keyboard Instrument Added to the Bob Moog Foundation Archives
Bob Moog’s earliest known keyboard instrument, the Rensitron, now resides in the Bob Moog Foundation Archives! Bob built this small electronic organ in 1951, at only 16 years of age. His Bronx High School of Science teacher, Hymen Rensin, bought the instrument from Bob for $10 ($120 when adjusted for inflation)!
The Rensitron is a two-octave electronic organ, featuring vacuum tubes, hand-carved wooden mini-keys, and a built-in 5-inch speaker with a hand-made, stylized 'R' speaker grille, all encased in a slanted wooden cabinet. If you're wondering how someone so young could have designed this, Bob had already been dabbling in electronics since age ten! The 'chicken head' knobs on the front panel for volume, tone, and pitch are the same as those used on classic R.A. Moog synth modules, whispering hints about the world-changing instruments yet to come. Similarly portentous are two top panel labels, which read 'Rensitron' and 'Electronic Organ Made For Mr. Rensin By Robert Moog May 1951,' both of which use the same black Dymo Labeler tape as the early R.A. Moog modular systems.
Most notable up top are hand-crafted wooden keys with spring action, most likely made by Bob's father, George Conrad Moog, an engineer and woodworker. Some of the keys have less 'spring in their step' than others, but most still retain a very playable feel!
To learn more about the Rensitron and see more pictures, check out our blog post on moogfoundation.org!"
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LABELS/MORE: BMF, MOOG, New Old, News, synth museums
LABELS/MORE: BMF, MOOG, New Old, News, synth museums
Plugging the Orchid Into EVERY Synth in the Studio
video upload by Noisegate and Tom Cosm
Note the clear/transparent opaque case.
"What happens when you plug the Orchid MIDI controller into an entire room full of synthesizers? We find out.
0:00 – Intro: What is Orchid?
0:35 – Origin story: How Orchid went from Ableton rack to hardware
1:10 – MIDI features breakdown: 16 channels, chord, arpeggio & bass outputs
2:10 – Studio setup: Connecting Orchid to multiple synths via MIDI thru
3:03 – Jam session begins"
Friday, April 24, 2026
These Leviasynth Hacks Will Instantly Improve Your Sound Design
video upload by Scott's Synth Stuff
"Unlock the hidden power of the Leviasynth with these must-know shortcuts and workflow hacks! In this video, I walk through powerful tips like Shift functions, rapid patch navigation, mod matrix tricks, copy/paste workflows, randomization, and more—everything you need to speed up sound design and get the most out of this incredible synth.
Whether you're just getting your Leviasynth or want to master its deep engine, these shortcuts will completely transform how you create sounds."
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
MOON Passive Analog Drum/Synth
video upload by Landscape
"MOON ordering is open. Please visit https://www.landscape.fm/moon for lots of audio, a manual, and to order if you’d like. Moon is a *passive (*CV powered) analog 4 channel drum/synth. These examples get progressively more intense and then there’s the ending. Moon sounds different from the 8 channel Noon. New circuits, new liquidness, new sub-bass, new vocal tones, new filtering, new drones, new heaviness, but smaller with many blue knobs + input and cross-channel-modulation attenuation. When I use it I enjoy how it rhythmically breaths with the voltage. Thank you to @MysticCircuits for helping to make this happen! Special thanks to Erin vanZandt, Emily Brandt and Emily Poole for visual and ear support!"
Monday, April 20, 2026
Introducing Plinky 12 Blocks, Chords and Toadstep
video upload by Making Sound Machines
Additional videos below.
"We are super excited to introduce 3 new instruments today! Plinky 12 is a family of expressive polyphonic touch synthesizers. The three instruments are built around a shared synth engine. Designed by mmalex, it evokes the unmistakable melancholic sounds of the original Plinky. https://plinky12.com
Each instrument is designed in collaboration with a different synth maker, lending each panel a distinct playability and unique character.
Plinky 12 Chords is a harmonic inspiration machine. It lets you improvise melodies and chords, with expressive control over voicings, progressions, and immediate musical play. Created by Making Sound Machines, Chords is the panel for finding beautiful harmonic movement quickly.
Plinky 12 Toadstep is a 4-track step sequencer built for super funky riffs, experimental self-generative melodies, and good ol' Acid. Created by Toadstool Tech, the designer behind the Ectocore Eurorack module, Toadstep is fun, immediate and easy to jam with!
Plinky 12 Blocks is an open panel built for experimentation, with monome-grid compatibility, Plinky style touch synthesis, and a browser-based coding environment just a click away. While it comes with a fully playable design out of the gate, creator mmalex invites you to build your own adventure with this panel. If you can imagine it, you can make it!
In this video, Enrica and Roland from Making Sound Machines explore the three new Plinky 12 instruments: Blocks, Chords and Toadstep from left to right.
The track builds on a repeating loop created with the built-in sequencer on Plinky 12 Toadstep. The short sequence uses rhythmic step repeats, track step length and animated synth parameters to create an ostinato that keeps sonically evolving over the length of the track.
As the piece continues, Roland plays a progression of harmonies from the rainbow chord palette on Plinky 12 Chords, before launching a sequence that reharmonizes the loop heard from Toadstep. Enrica joins in playing sparkling arpeggios with her fingertips on Plinky 12 Blocks, the surface with the sunset colour-fade print.
As the track progresses, Roland plays a melodic line on Chords, then Enrica takes over with a melody on blocks. The Plinky 12 polyphonic play surface reads both play position and pressure of the touch. It enables bends and glides on the horizontal axis, while allowing for discrete arps in the vertical direction.
They end the piece with a tempo transition showcasing the septuplet feature on the internal sequencer."
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LABELS/MORE: Making Sound Machines, New Controllers, New Synths, News, Plinky
LABELS/MORE: Making Sound Machines, New Controllers, New Synths, News, Plinky
Animal Factory Dirty Mirror × Korg Monologue // Fuzz Synth Jam (No Talking)
video upload by Animal Factory Amplification
"Use headphones for this one! Animal Factory Dirty Mirror dual parallel fuzz pedal running a Korg Monologue analog synth — no talking, no post-processing, just raw tone. This was recorded in one take to bring out how the Dirty Mirror becomes an instrument in itself.
A love letter to shoegaze, noise, and harsh textures, the Dirty Mirror pairs a modified Shin-Ei Superfuzz (the "Burn" channel) with a heavily modded Big Muff Pi (the "Churn" channel), plus a pre-fuzz delay modulated by an internal LFO and envelope follower. Hand-built in Mumbai by Animal Factory Amplification and debuted at Superbooth 2025.
Here it's sculpting the Korg Monologue's aggressive analog voice into fuzzscapes, drones, seasick vibrato, and pitch-shifted square-wave chaos. Recorded dry — no EQ, no reverb, nothing but the pedal and the synth. Drums from an MFB Tanzmaus (not processed)
š SIGNAL CHAIN
Korg Monologue → Animal Factory Dirty Mirror → interface"
Animal Factory Dirty Mirror Fuzz on MFB Tanzmaus | Dual Distortion Delay Jam
video upload by Animal Factory Amplification
"Use headphones or speakers with good bass! Dual fuzz chaos meets beat-driven synthesis! Watch the Animal Factory Dirty Mirror transform the MFB Tanzmaus drum machine with creative distortion and delay manipulation. This is pure experimentation—no tutorial, just sonic exploration.
Gear featured:
Animal Factory Dirty Mirror Dual Fuzz Pedal
MFB Tanzmaus Drum Machine
Not just a shoegaze and noise rock machine - the Dirty Mirror is the perfect fuzz for musicians exploring wall-of-fuzz sounds, experimental synthesis, drum machine effects processing, and unconventional gear combinations."
"The Dirty Mirror takes these two behemoths of sonic perversion and adds an extra layer of nasty – using the core circuit of our Coma Reactor Eurorack module.
This three footswitch, 15 knob pedal looks complicated – but it’s not:
The BURN Channel (left side) is based on our Chemical Burn circuit, a nastier FY-6 variant.
The CHURN channel (right side) is based on a heavily modded Big Muff Pi.
There is a short delay circuit before the fuzz circuits.
Both the fuzz circuits can switch between the input sound, 100% wet delayed sound or a blend of wet and dry.
The fuzz circuits are then mixed in parallel into a high-headroom output section.
For added sickness, the delay time can be modified by an envelope follower or LFO.
Choose your filthy reflection – from straight dual parallel fuzz textures, to seasick vibrato to long slow quasi-chorus phasey apocalyptica.
The delay can be used on its own for slapback, chorus and vibrato effects.
Yes, it can get very noisy.
No, you can’t do anything about it - so weep in pain and pleasure, and submit to the swarms of square waves that joyfully fill your room."
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LABELS/MORE: Animal Factory, Korg, MFB, New Synth Effects, News
LABELS/MORE: Animal Factory, Korg, MFB, New Synth Effects, News
Saturday, April 18, 2026
A Demo of mods driving the TastyChips Integral dual convolver pedal
video upload by ParadisoModular
"As I recently finished modifying my 'Integral' dual convolver pedal by TastyChips (https://www.tastychips.nl/) to accept control from multiple external CVs and gates, here's a quick demo video. After a few minutes of showing the Integral's front panel being driven by my external CVs, I switch to showing more detail on my mods and the patch that runs it. This patch also gave me a chance to explore my TipTop Matrix Sequencer, where you dial in 16 pitches from which you can extract 10 sequences that traverse the note matrix in different ways. I crossfade periodically between these 10 lines driving different tone sources (reversing them occasionally to give a bit of variety) - this provides a dynamic and harmonically-rich base upon which to run the Convolver, which produces all of the effects that you hear.
My mods let me turn essentially all of the knobs with external voltages (I also have a gate input for the 'shift' button so I can get at the secondary functions of these knobs too), and indeed, I do that here. All of the knobs are being turned constantly by different LFOs. This pedal sports two convolvers - the panel's knobs affect the one that's displayed, but also I provide a periodic pulse to the 'select' knob (which I gated in the pedal so it doesn't hit when 'shift' is active to avoid going into a menu), which toggles control to the other convolver. So this patch, simple as it is, spans a lot of sonic space...
The Integral is a wonderful box - it sports two convolver chains, and you can select from circa 100 different impulse responses (plus add your own via a USB stick). Convolution is a general operation that spans across reverb, echo, filtering, etc. - you essentially inherit the character of the chosen impulse in the driving waveform. It's not a real-time operation in principle (the convolution integral for each sample goes across the entire impulse) although there are ways of speeding and breaking the operation up to approach real time (plus this pedal allows you to window the integration over the stored impulse). It's a very deep pedal - and in using it, I saw right away how turning several of the knobs at once can get you to interesting modulations and textures while they are moving (the expression input gives access to only one parameter - I use it now for the convolution cross-fade, as I couldn't get to that input with my mods). TastyChips used to make a Eurorack module giving some of this flexibility, but it only included one convolver. The Integral pedal has 2 and is a current product, hence reinforcing my decision to acquire one and essentially 'turn' it into a versatile synth module.
My sequences here are a bit major-key/unsophisticated (all notes have to work potentially on top of each other and in whatever sequence it picks), and the pedal occasionally gets briefly into strange territory - hence this demo only hints at where this beast can go (every impulse response has a different character too). And turning all of the knobs can occasionally push it into instability - I will probably use fewer when I take it out for a real spin. More coming with this one in future patches, but in the interim, here's this trial demo..."
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LABELS/MORE: DIY, Paradiso, Tasty Chips
LABELS/MORE: DIY, Paradiso, Tasty Chips
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