"The SX-240 is an 8 voice analog polyphonic synthesizer released in 1984. It features 2 DCOs, 1 Sub Oscillator, 1 LFO, a 24 dB/oct four-pole resonant Lowpass filter, 2 ADSR envelopes, a ring mod setting called Brass, and a multitimbral Dual/Split setting. It's design also includes a sequencer with 1,500 note capacity, MIDI in/out/thru, Tape Memory in/out, Clock in/out, and pedal control inputs for Sequencer start/stop, Program up, and Release.
The interface is designed around a menu with arrow navigation, a jog wheel, and digital character display, and it is capable of saving 48 patch memory and 8 sequences."
"Another testdrive using #musikraken for handtracking, using the opening of the hand as indicator for note pitch height and the hand tilt as midi cc for the filter cutoff. The midi notes are send to #steppolyarpunit triggering an arpeggio with quite low step probability, sequencing #isem and spiced up with #k7d delay. Served with audioreactive particle projection."
"Here is a quick tutorial on setting up your external MIDI-enabled devices to work with the Polyend Play.
The Play has a versatile yet uncomplicated MIDI feature set. Send clock, start and stop sequences, and send note, CC, and PC changes on a per step basis. Map custom CCs and send MIDI out via USB or 1/8" TRS ports.
"Graindad is a realtime granular FX which offers high quality audio manipulation at extreme levels. Freeze, texturize or reorganize incoming audio material, controlled by transients, clocks or MIDI notes. A well thought out modulation system with intelligent randomizers ensures surprising results. Filters, reverbs, delays, and the mass manipulating harvester system round up to the best granular fx you can buy.
Playlist:
Graindad Trailer
Graindad Tutorial
Graindad Harvester and Settings
Graindad Embrays Designs Presets Demo
Graindad and Friends
Explore the many faces of granular
Graindad is a granular effect for high quality realtime audio manipulation. Freeze, texturize or reorganize & slice your audio, triggered by transients, clocks or MIDI notes. A complex modulation system with intelligent randomizers provides astonishing results. Filters, reverbs, delays and the all-at-once manipulating Harvester complete the package.
Key Features
Grain Engine with up to 64 grains
12 main controller for easy handling
Harvester: Innovative modulation system
Freeze, Stutter, Glitch, Texturize
Multiband transient detector
Host sync and transient clock
16 step trigger sequencer
LP, BP, HP, Band Reject filters
HQ reverb, spring reverb, shimmer, delay, flanger, chorus
Complex dry/wet envelope
Modulation system with countless random functions
Morph between Harvester and modulation
What Graindad can do
With up to 64 grains Graindad offers extensive possibilities to define your sound in realtime. With 12 main parameters, quick and powerful access to granular synthesis is provided.
There are basically 2 modulation systems: a classical system with modulators like step sequencers, lfo, & envelope, for familiar access. And a modulation system called Harvester, which provides an easy and playful way to control multiple parameters at once in a visual manner. These two modulation systems can then be mixed for uniquely complex results.
Randomization is a big part of Graindad - varying amounts of randomization can be applied to nearly every parameter. Furthermore, there are dedicated functions to define when randomization should be generated, for example, a transient in your audio signal can trigger a randomizer.
"Yassine Hafdane, better known to most as Yes'in, steps up for the newest addition to Electronic Beats Tech Talk series. The Casablanca, Morocco born producer and DJ has been on a never ending path of musical discovery since his early years, embracing a broad spectrum of musical styles from funk, disco, and afro-pop through to house, techno, and electronica. Nowadays his sound oscillates between African groove and European electronic sounds with a minimalistic aesthetic at its core.
Yes’in’s production career began in 2010 and has seen him releasing material for the likes of Casablanca's Cosmo Records and a number of projects on his own Afterbeats and Notonlabel. Here we see Yassine guide us through his studio workflow and share with us some of his favourite production tools found in his studio."
Patchbase with the FB-01 gets some coverage followed by the original Korg Electribe.
