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Native Instruments Introduces New MASSIVE X Virtual Synthesizer

Introducing MASSIVE X | Native Instruments Published on Jun 27, 2019 Native Instruments

"What does the future sound like?

Rethought, rewired, and reincarnated – MASSIVE X is the successor to an iconic synth that helped spawn entire genres. Designed and built from scratch, the new instrument builds on its heritage to rethink and redefine the possibilities of a virtual synth."

First Look: Massive X From Native Instruments

Published on Jun 27, 2019 sonicstate

"We got a late Beta of Massive X, last week and have been playing around with it. The all new synth is not a replacement for the original and well loved Massive, but rather a more complex and flexible synthesizer - a sound designers dream.
We had a play through some sounds and took a look at some of the features."

"NEXT-GENERATION FLAGSHIP SYNTHESIZER

Immaculate sound and complete sonic freedom for advanced sound design
Create with a new level of dynamic, shifting sound, with truly flexible routing and extensive modulation
Based on the DNA of MASSIVE, built for a new decade and designed to evolve

MODULES

Dual wavetable oscillators form the core of MASSIVE X’s sound. Choose from over 170 wavetables and 10 different oscillator modes – each with their own sub-modes. These determine how each wavetable is read, with unique controls to shape the resulting sound, which can – of course – be modulated. Dial in two additional phase-modulation oscillators, assign them to the primary oscillators to introduce movement, or even use an external sound source to do the same.

Two noise modules – with sources ranging from synthesized sounds to rain, choirs, voices, and machines – make MASSIVE X a powerful engine for textures and left-field sound design.

FILTERS

Sculpt your sound in different ways with all-new filters – including the acid-perfect Asimov, aggressive and distorted Creak, formant and flange-style Groian, series and parallel dual filters, a comb filter, and more. Each filter type has its own sub-modes, and all controls are included in the flexible modulation framework

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WORNG Electronics Soundstage // 3D stereo mixing + more in Eurorack

Published on Jun 27, 2019 DivKidVideo

"Now this is something I was genuinely very excited for when I first saw it announced. Having used and enjoyed both the LRMSMSLR and Vector Space from WORNG Electronics a new module in itself was excited, but Soundstage ... YES PLEASE, I'll have a bit of that! Morgan from WORNG talks about creating a 3D soundstage based on standard mixing techniques in terms of both stereo placement and frequency placement. It's a very powerful tool from a technical mixing point of a view and very creative one from an artistic approach. It's 21 inputs and 20 analogue filters with CV-able blend and depth control between the dry and wet (filtered "fully deep!") sound and you've also got a stereo VCA (prime target for animation, dynamics or audio rate AM synthesis!) on the output. It's all analogue so it clips pleasantly with a warm saturated clipping and with the finely tuned filters it will do nice musical feedback too. Lots of patches below, skip around and check out the other WORNG Electronics videos below too!

More info, website and manual - http://bit.ly/WORNG

LRMSMSLR - https://youtu.be/PYj-WK7cGjs
Vector Space - https://youtu.be/f-qB50NA-rY

TIMING INDEX / SECTIONS

00:07 patch previews

00:49 What is soundstage? Feature run down

02:16 TECHNO! Patching percussion, bass, synths + FX - creating 3D soundstages and stereo audio.

04:17 Soundstage for a single sound and FX - THIS IS THE BIT TO WATCH if you’re not sure what the Soundstage does.

06:57 Sidechain! Wonky drunk hip hop rhythms with swung drums, FX + synths and using the VCA control to side chain a 3D stereo mix. Gotta love some ModBap & Afrorack action!

08:52 Cleaning up dense mixes/sounds and creating a WALL OF SOUND. Dense drone sounds, AM synthesis + audio rate overtones + the LRMSMSLR for mid / side processing and stereo imagining.

11:39 WEIRD FILTER - using the depth control to blend dry to wet with the 20 analogue filters for phase effects and strange filtering.

14:13 Using soundstage as a stereo front end for further patching to create movement and stereo spaces.

15:46 FEEDBACK - patching feedback (two ways) for musical tuned feedback of analogue saturation of clipping.

Thank you to WORNG Electronics for sponsoring this video. By sponsoring a video they are receiving a service which is a demo video. WORNG's support made this video happen but what I've said, patched and recorded is entirely of my choosing."