"An ambient lofi machine on 64 of its author's own pedal recordings: three synths, each with a piano roll, eight patterns, its own reverb, delay or tape echo and motion; huge shared reverbs, colour and old media over the whole mix; a chord machine and an arpeggiator, sixteen scenes, a song mode"
"Out Soon.
Back with another 128 Patches for the fantastic Oberheim OB-X8. While Vol 1 covered some Classic Sounds, Vol 2 is more about Synthesis and leaning into new Shapes and Textures. I've since created my own Multi-FX Plugin (GEOSpace) which has EQ, Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Delay and Reverb and have created 128 Presets to go with all 128 OB-X8 Patches, just add as an Insert to your Host/DAW and select the same names. That's it.
You can find GEOSpace at the following, these 128 FX Presets will be included with Obsession Vol 2 only.
In terms of Sounds, I've concentrated a lot on Pads and Strings and unusual tones, going further with Page 2 Functions and as always, all 128 are demonstrated over 4 Videos. When the 4th is Live, they will be released. V2 Firmware for the OB-X8 needs to be installed.
"I don't even know anymore. I haven't written anything in over a month, and that was after losing my dog. We adopted a new dog, Coco. She's a nut... But I don't feel like me. I don't want to write music or write my book. I think I just know it'll never be heard/read/seen/etc... maybe just shallow, you know?
And then, my kids... I feel like our lives are just passing us by and I'm barely conscious for it. Everything is moving too fast and I can't catch it, I can't hold it.
I want to slow down, to be there with them, to connect, but it all happens so fast.
Well, anyway, I did a trade - I traded my SK-30, Prophet 600, and OB-6 for my old PEK (I traded this for some other gear too)... and I think I'm glad I did. I really like the Poly Evolver Keyboard. And playing this confirmed it for me. It's a really nice synth. I think I connect with it more than I ever did the OB-6. Maybe that's weird? I don't know. I have been absent from my music for so long, I don't even know what any of it means anymore.
Dave from Kraft Music gives a detailed walkthrough on the Legend '70s MKII and each of the sound modules.
00:00 Intro
00:32 The Legend '70s Concept
01:18 Module Installation
01:36 Original Legend '70s at NAMM 2020
02:00 Cosmetic Updates for MKII
02:30 Models and Included Modules
04:01 Check Out Dan Trudel!
04:47 Acoustic Piano 2GB Module
10:38 Legend '70s App with A. Piano Module
12:22 Electric Piano Module
20:17 Legend '70s App with E. Piano Module
23:48 Clavi Module
29:36 Sound Collection Module
50:50 FM Synth Module
1:01:15 Legend '70 App with FM Module
1:06:04 SYNTH-8 Module
1:15:08 Legend '70s App with SYNTH-8 Module
1:17:42 External Module
1:22:57 EQ Section
1:24:10 Reverb Section
1:28:16 Effects Section
1:32:38 Program Section
1:37:02 Legend '70s App with Programs
1:39:08 Back Panel Connections
1:39:37 Accessories
1:40:00 Signing Off
Viscount Legend '70s MKII modular stage pianos take a genuinely original approach to the instrument category, allowing players to build and expand their sound engine over time by installing modules directly into the front panel. At its core is a dual-DSP main circuit, giving each installed module ample headroom for rich, detailed sound generation. The Artist-W is aimed at pianists who want an 88-key acoustic grand piano-style action; it ships with the A. Piano 2G module installed and four empty slots ready for expansion. The 73-key Compact is built for keyboardists whose focus is electric pianos, synths, and vintage keyboards, with the E. Piano module installed and three expansion slots available. Designed and built in Italy, Legend '70s MKII is for players who want a professional-grade foundation with room to grow.
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A melodic and ambient performance, live with a eurorack case.
Fair warning: Play All Day sent the PlayFader over for free for me to try. There was no explicit discussion of a deal beyond that. Take that as you will. I will say that it's an extremely nice-feeling piece of gear, much heavier and sturdier than I'd expected. Its idea is quite limited—just two mono sequencers, and limited to 64 steps (though you can set it to unusual step counts)—but I can imagine it as a fun controller to complement a setup with a more traditional sequencer. For me, its use will be limited, as I tend to like unusual sequence lengths for the mono synths over top of standard sequences. But I like the feel of the hardware so much that I'm looking for more excuses to use it.
Beyond that, this was an excuse to put together a case with a lot of sound-shaping potential. Vhikk X was doing bass drone, Eowave Domino was the melody / lead synth, and Rample Turbo was playing some samples that I think were kalimba. But the Qu-Bit modules—Stardust for a separate tape reel, Nautilus on delay for Domino, and Mojave on granular for the Rample Turbo—radically transformed the sound. Those Qu-Bit modules are really growing on me: each unit does way more than you'd expect, with Stardust having filter/tape effects/reverb/bitcrushing/glitch, Nautilus having delay/reverb/saturation, and Mojave having granular/reverb; and each unit is decently sized so that they're easy to play.
Altogether this created a sort of sonic landscape that I couldn't have achieved through exploration in another setup. That's the joy of eurorack.
Thanks for listening.
Performed and recorded live, with EQ, compression, and limiting on the master.
"This thing is anything but a one trick pony. The sound engine is very versatile, yet surprisingly intuitive and easy to patch. It's right up my alley - lots of clever modulation, lots of FM, waveshaper, procedural features, as on- or off-grid as you want it to be, anything from sweet or clean, to noisy and harsh, lush modulation reverb... Yeah, there's a lot to love and explore."
"Sounds I like, made with the Normal Devices Decay Cascade"
This appears to be the first post to feature Decay Cascade. Check with dealers on the right for price and availability.
"Blend reverb and cascading analog amplification stages to create complex and abrasive textures. Expanding on the idea of running reverb into distortion, the Decay Cascade can produce lo-fi subtlety or slabs of disintegrated noise. Or both.
Dial in reverb ranging from a light bounce to saturated drones, with a maximum decay time of about 20 seconds. The reverb mix is sent to a versatile drive circuit with a voltage sag gate for extra deterioration. Combine dry, reverb, and distorted reverb layers into your desired textural mix. The entire mix then passes through a preamp stage inspired by 1960s era research amplifiers that can add another boost of raw gain and gated tails, with an optional low pass filter. Add a little dust and murk, or create the sound of amp death. Thankfully, there is a volume control."
