Under the hood, Mono hosts a uniquely designed analog synthesis engine. Discover a wide palette of sounds in a minimalistic, two oscillator, one filter set-up.
Oscillator block
From soothing detuned sinewave to heavily modulated sawtooth, Mono’s sound source is versatile and full of character.
- Thru-zero analog frequency modulation - Continuously variable waveform - Fine-grained detune control - Hard-Sync
"Using the Gate Math as a clock divider to drive the Moon Modular 569. Each of the 4 rows are going at a different speed.The ribbon controller does its thing with 2 oscillators in a ladder filter going in Ventris Dual Verb"
"Challenged myself to get some ambient tones out of a minimal setup: Only using the #Po32 loaded with some nice tones provided with #microtonic going into an iphone with #velvetmachine, #stratospherecloudreverb and #spectrumgranular. Initially i wanted to place the whole jam outside in nature but it was rainy, cold and dark, so i took some footage i shot the day before and placed it on top to brighten up this autumnal late-night-jam. Enjoy!"
The above is a playlist featuring videos of Mike Perkowitz's custom sequencer running on a custom Yaeltex controller. You might remember Hachi from this previous post of it running on a Novtion Launchpad pro. You can find some additional info on Hachi there, and here's a post of it controlling a Nord Modular rack, a Morphing Terrarium, and a Fantom XR. You can find info on Yaeltex custom controllers below.
Playlist for the above:
Hachi Sequencer Running on Yaeltex Controller (1st 2 videos)
Hachi UI mockup
First sound from the new Hachi
And some info on Yaeltex: the following is an image from Yaeltex's website featuring their custom controllers. Note the Hachi is top center. According to Mike, his might be the only one with the Hachi branding, although he believes Yaeltex is set up so you can order controllers that other people design. You can also design and buy your own custom controller online through their site.
"Yaeltex // Custom MIDI controllers made in harmony between humans and machines in Buenos Aires, Argentina."
Note this is the first Yaeltex post on the site.
Below is a video of their configuration editor, KILOWHAT, followed by some user performance videos.
Yaeltex
Configure your device with our web-base tool
– Per component configuration
– Keystrokes for controlling any app
– Send Notes, CC, NRPN, RPN, Pitch bend, Program change
– Up to 8 banks
– Multiple encoders modes: double CC, remote feedback, shift to bank x, velocity to color, VU mode, etc.
– Integrated value scaling or pick up
Playlist:
THYLACINE - Lockdown full Live set
Paula OS - Buenos Aires Live Set
Quick demo of Yaeltex Niklou
Maqueta - Intro + Nadie + Espero Aca [En vivo @ Proyecto Exilio 160619]
Sidartha shit Sesion 362 x Mambogratis
I-O InstrumentoOptico "heka Ω" Live Chela 2018
THYLACINE - Live set @Château de Versailles
Pulse
Ambient Synth Jam - Enveleau
"Eminent Solina String Ensemble synthesizer keyboard - pre ARP (RARE series 5). Quintessential for seventies prog OR seventies Disco yet sounds fresh again and SO MUCH BETTER than the samples out there. This string box has been in a climate controlled storage closet for 20 years. I took it out twice to use on sessions and then right back in its case. Although a bit crackly at first move of the levers and when depressing some keys, it soon cleans up with use and works perfectly. This Solina wants to be played! The chorus button transforms you into the 'Dream Weaver." The quirky horn sounds are like no other. Complete with a road case (previous owner may have had this custom made) and expression pedal. The pedal doesn't do much so i have never used it. Serial Number: 224808"
I always want to put new gear/software/sounds into actual music to see how it performs. This piece started as a demonstration of the PolyVision sounds, but quickly evolved into this musical journey. Somewhere on that journey I decided that I wanted a themed video for it...something that would loosely be Halloween-ish and would be a slight of retelling of the Hero's Journey (see Joseph Campbell's work on the subject), albeit in an incomplete and very abstract way.
I've been a musician for a long time, but I am definitely no film maker! :) I used free video from several websites, for which I am grateful. The most important part is the music, but if you enjoy metaphor, ancient near east symbolism, and being mildly entertained by low budget films (a serious topic no doubt diminished by my amateurish attempts at video), then sink into the music.
The track features a number of patches from PolyVision and nearly the entire track is the Prophet 6, save some drums from EZDrummer2, a few Telecaster parts, and the heartbeat sample at the beginning. All other sounds including the obvious synths, piano, cellos/violas, sound effects are all from PolyVision. It has quite a number of parts to the song...evolving and trans-versing the sonic realms much as our heroine does.
I truly hope you will enjoy it and I thank you for watching. -Cryss
00:00 the escape 02:43 the unknown 04:20 the chaos 06:15 the haunting 07:30 the death 08:48 the resurrection 11:31 the freedom"
