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Introducing Melu Instruments Freak (Eurorack Oscillator)

Published on Feb 3, 2017 Melu Instruments

Note this is the first Melu Instruments post. We have a new maker in town.

"Heidi demonstrates some of the things Freak can do. Freak is a phase synchronized dual oscillator module for Eurorack modular synths."

Some extra notes for the 2nd video: "External ADSR and LFO was used to modulate some sounds. Some sounds were tweaked by hand. No filters, distortion, effects, EQ or extra layering was used in these audio examples. Everything was recorded straight from Freak without any processing."

via Melu Instruments

"Phase Synchronized Dual Oscillator

Freak is a dual oscillator for Eurorack modular synthesizers. The two digital oscillators can be phase synchronised with each other and have dedicated audio outputs. This makes it easy to process them separately while resulting in sharp and well defined bass and lead sounds. The integrated audio rate modulator creates complex and interesting timbres in an instant.

Effortless Yet Powerful

Modern music production techniques often rely on layering instruments to build the final bass and lead sounds. Drifting phases between layers make the sound less defined and less sharp. If sharpness and definition is the goal, the challenge usually is keeping the sound layers phase synchronized. This can be cumbersome even on modular systems while modulating two oscillators in audio rates. Keeping the layers in sync could become impossible if different synthesis methods are used for each layer. Freak has been designed to address this issue.

Freak contains two oscillators. Oscillator 1 consists of 8 different waveforms and has a dedicated audio rate modulator. Oscillator 2 consists of 8 more complex sound generation algorithms. Both oscillators can be phase synchronized when needed.

Both oscillators have their own dedicated audio outputs. Mix Out provides an easy way to crossfade between the two oscillators.

Several different synthesis methods are used to create a wide palette of layered sounds: virtual analog, frequency modulation, phase modulation and phase distortion. The UI has been designed to make sound design workflow quick, easy and intuitive."

DEEPMIND 12 RHYTHMIC PAD PATCH SOUND DESIGN TUTORIAL ~ Synthesize This! Ep.11

Published on Feb 3, 2017 once upon a synth

"I make a rhythmic pad patch on the Behringer Deepmind 12 synth. This patch makes use of the mod sequencer and LFOs to modulate a few parameters. When you combine that modulation with a pad-like envelope shape you end up with a pad sound that moves around in a rhythmic way which is pretty cool!"

More Synthesize This! episodes.

New Alter/Ego NATA Voice Synth

Published on Jan 14, 2017 Vocallective Records

"A new English voice synthesizer. NATA functions with most DAWs, allowing you to make young adult, female vocals with an intuitive UI.

The whole English dictionary is at your disposal, as are multiple parameters that make the vocals more expressive (vibrato, legato, sibilance, phoneme speed, etc)."

http://nata.vocallective.net

Buchla CVT 3

Published on Feb 3, 2017 Todd Barton

"Live improv with Buchla Music Easels and Epoch Benjolins: Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard
better audio here: https://soundcloud.com/user7621213/bu..." [embed below]

A Digital Guy in an Analog World בחור דיגיטלי בעולם אנלוגי

Published on Feb 1, 2017 Izhar Ashdot

Click on CC on the bottom right of the player for subtitles.

"Israeli musician and record producer Izhar Ashdot talks about 35 years of working with synthesisers, moving away from them and their recent return to his creative process via the Eurorack Modular system.

Izhar talks about creativity, working alone and collaborating with other musicians, about fear and how to get around it.
יזהר אשדות מספר על 35 שנות עבודה עם סינטיסייזרים, ההתרחקות מהם והחזרה שלהם ליצירה שלו בשנה האחרונה. יזהר מדבר על יצירתיות, על עבודה לבד ובשותפות עם מוזיקאים אחרים, על החששות ועל ההתגברות עליהם.'

ANGLE - Tokyo Night

ANGLE - Tokyo Night from Angle on Vimeo.

“Night City is the old area between Port and City of Tokyo, and is an outlaw city, playground of criminals, merchants, pirates and whores.”

William Gibson

Buchla screaming for another soul

Published on Feb 3, 2017 Cray

Roland JD-Xi editor for Patch Base on iPad

via Coffeeshopped

"The latest update to Patch Base adds a fully-featured program/patch editor for the Roland JD-Xi, bringing the number of supported synths in Patch Base to 30! This new editor is the most complex yet in the Patch Base collection, including support for the JD-Xi's 2 digital synths, analog monosynth, sample-based drum machine, and on-board effects and mixing.

The hundreds of parameters that the JD-Xi uses are all here, allowing for a sound design experience far beyond what's available using the JD-Xi's built-in controls (unless you enjoy hours of menu diving!). All of this control is achieved via a 5-page layout for the editor. In addition to the individual controls, many aspects of your patches can be copied, pasted, and randomized. And as always, Patch Base allows you to store and organize these sounds on your iPad for later use, backup, and sharing."

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Modular Monthly: TipTop Audio Z DSP – Part 3: Shimmer

Published on Feb 3, 2017 Future Music Magazine

"In this series of special Modular Monthly tutorials, we're going deep in on TipTop Audio's powerful Z DSP processor. In this episode we take a look at its Shimmer mode."