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Torso Electronics Introduces S-4 Sculpting Sampler

"Explore malleable sound. Mold, carve, bend.

The S-4 is a sculpting sampler designed to capture and transform sounds. Merging tape-era workflows with cutting-edge technology, the S-4 redefines sound mangling by providing a futuristic platform for crafting unique soundscapes and compositions, using samples and real-time audio processing.

S-4 is a tool made for sonic explorers. It has four parallel stereo tracks, each with an audio engine featuring a chain of audio devices including samplers, live granular processing, morphing resonators, and a range of audio effects. A novel modulation system allows anything and everything to be modulated with 4 modulators per track."

The S-4 is a versatile powerhouse, capable of serving as an effects processor, transformative sound designer, tape machine, live looper, classic sample player, or textural synthesizer.

Audio engine
Push the creative boundaries and transform audio into uncharted depths. S-4 has four parallel stereo tracks, each of which contains a chain of five audio devices tailored to cover specific sonic areas and applications. Create everything from glittering textures to broken soundscapes or evolving synth sounds.

Together, the devices form a playful toolbox for sculpting sample material and live audio.

Material
Stereo tape and sample players with live audio and looping capabilities.

Granular
Live granular processing with time-warping and pitch-shifting algorithms.

Filter
Morphing resonator: 48-band tuned filter bank with animation, tonal control, and classic filter functions.

Color
Collection of destructive effects including bit crushing, drive, and compression.

Space
Combined reverb and delay with pitch-shifting and shimmer.

Noise Engineering Introduces Nive Grad Level Shifter Eurorack Module

video upload by Noise Engineering

"Nive Grad is available now on our website or at your favorite retailer: https://bit.ly/47wxHiP

0:00 Overview
0:43 Panel review
1:37 Synthesizer to Eurorack
2:00 Euorack to pedal, back to Eurorack

Nive Grad is a high input impedance stereo or dual-mono level shifter in 4 HP. With a simple-to-patch interface and a compact size, Nive Grad is an easy and straightforward way to integrate Eurorack with the rest of your gear!

When we released our Xer Mixa in August, we got questions about using line-level instruments with it. We decided to make that easy with Nive Grad. Bring guitars, external effects, or line-level synths up to Eurorack levels, then bring the Eurorack signals back down to line and pedal levels. In just 4HP, it gets you two channels of step up and step down by 12 and 24 dB.

More on the Xer Mixa: https://bit.ly/3YZFvXx"

Press release follows:

Noise Engineering debuts Nive Grad, making it easier than ever to integrate a Eurorack system with the rest of your studio.

It’s easier than ever to integrate your Eurorack system with the rest of your gear.

Los Angeles, CA — Noise Engineering, known for their hybrid approach to modular synthesizer design, has announced Nive Grad, a compact and inexpensive level-shifting utility designed to integrate Eurorack systems with other gear.

Designed for simplicity and straightforward patching, Nive Grad has two sections, each with two channels, for stereo or dual-mono use. The top section is designed for amplification, adding +12dB or +24dB to a signal—values designed to take line-level or guitar-level signals up to Eurorack levels respectively. The input is high impedance, making it suitable for use with passive guitars. The bottom section attenuates signals by -12dB or -24dB to connect Eurorack sources to pedals, recorders, or line-level effects. According to Noise Engineering, these fixed gain adjustments work well for most external gear, which allowed them to keep the design simple—it’s just 4HP—and, in turn, the cost low.

The team says the inspiration for the module came from users, including themselves. Earlier this year, Noise Engineering released Xer Mixa, their take on a comprehensive system mixer. Nive Grad was designed to be the simple piece that would allow users to mix external synths and drum machines into Xer Mixa, as well as to integrate pedals into an FX send. Although designed with Xer Mixa in mind, Noise Engineering is quick to point out that it can be used with any Eurorack setup.

Nive Grad is available now at https://noiseengineering.us and at retailers globally.

Availability and pricing:
Nive Grad: In stock in black and silver. Shipping from Noise Engineering and retailers starting November 16th, 2023; MSRP US$160

Nive Grad: https://noiseengineering.us/products/nive-grad

Let's make a synth brass sound with our CUNSA filter in the style of Steve Porcaro

video upload by Frap Tools

"Let us take a step back with the CUNSA filter and try to create some classic sounds. Probably the most iconic is the synth brass, and since we don't like reinventing the wheel, we'll rely on the excellent instructions by Steve Porcaro."

00:00 Introduction
01:38 Getting two sawtooths out of BRENSO
03:34 Envelopes, VCF, VCA
08:34 Adding the "blip"
10:41 Filter tracking
11:09 Filter ping
12:33 Character "blip"
14:05 Input VCA
15:03 Final result and closing remarks.

Tech Thursday | Resetting Orbit 3

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"It's Tech Thursday! In these concise videos, we bring up some overlooked and advanced features of our modules.

It's Thursday, which means that Joran is back with another easily overlooked feature on one of our modules. This week we take a closer look at the reset input on Orbit 3, which allows you to craft sounds you might not expect from a Chaos Oscillator!

The reset input also features Schmitt action, meaning it can be driven by just about any signal you can throw at it—there's no need to limit yourself to trigger pulses only.
Happy patching!"

Additional Details on Upcoming Synth East 2024 Event

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Moog Mavis + Doepfer Mini Synth + AJH MiniMod - Eurorack setup test

video upload by DreamsOfWires

"Testing a new setup idea for most of my synth gear, here with 3 synth voices: Moog Mavis, Doepfer A112-5 Mini Synthesizer Voice (the synth guts of a Dark Energy Mk1), and just 1 AJH Synth MiniMod VCO / Transistor Ladder Filter voice, since the other 2 synths are also single oscillator instruments. All 3 synths are dry - no FX/reverb etc.
Also a backing drone using 2 MiniMod VCOs, Ring SM and Gemini 2412. The Erica Synths Black Sequencer is running the 3 synth voices, in various playback modes and step probability settings. Mixed using Cosmix, FX Aid on aux send for drone sound only, and mix out recorded on a Disting Mk4.
There's no serious music here, just experimenting, but it might give people some useful ideas regarding gear and layouts, which I tend to struggle with myself.
Some of these modules will change (be sold, or are intended for other purposes eventually) as I try to fine-tune the setup, but it's a starting point so that I can get on with making music.

My music is available here: https://tomorrowthecure.bandcamp.com"

Moog Grandmother Patches: Generative Seqs & Complex Arps

video upload by Anton Anru

"Welcome to the soundset for the semi-modular synth Moog Grandmother.
«Evolution» is a collection of 20 advanced patches: 10 Generative Sequences and 10 Complex Arpeggios. The bank covers a wide range of tones: warm, deep, bright, metallic, mallet, soft, expressive, dreamy, dark, evolving, detuned, inharmonic, noisy, distorted and others.

🗳 Get the soundset: https://antonanru.sellfy.store/p/gran...

Generative-style patches have complex modulations and movement, featuring both long and short steps, dark and bright tones, as well as tempo variation, unexpected and unpredictable splashes of sound… Generative timbres may be a good addition to (or a lead part of) ambient or techno tracks, jams and performances. You may also record fragments into your DAW or sampler, slice it to one-shots or make loops - you’ll get a unique material for further processing.

The soundset is presented in the form of PDF-Document. Each page contains notes that explain how the patch works, what parameters are worth tweaking during playback, and how to develop the timbre during a performance. If you make all the settings consciously and try the things mentioned in the notes, you will learn a lot about the synth and discover its true depth.

Each patch has an audio example, it helps to understand how a patch is supposed to sound.
To recreate these patches you need up to 9 patch cords.
You should also install firmware v1.1.3 or higher to have access to all settings used in this soundset.

The sequences don't include information about notes. You should record your own sequences from scratch.
I've added third-party delays and reverbs to the demos.

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Best of Roland SH-101 Synthesizer ~ RetroSound Demo

video upload by RetroSound

"(c)2007-23 by RetroSound
supported by UVI: http://bit.ly/retrosound-uvi

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Best of Roland SH-101 Synthesizer
all synthesizer sounds: Roland SH-101Synthesizer (1981)
drums: Boss DR-55, Korg KR-55B, Roland TR-808, Roland TR-707, Linndrum, Simmons SDS-8

Setlist
0:06 Intro
0:14 Therapy
0:41 Red Devil
1:04 Gate Off
1:47 XOX
2:21 Sample/Hold
2:28 Meditation
2:51 Elektropolka
2:29 Filter Kaffee
3:40 Alarm
3:47 On Tour
3:54 On Video
4:04 Classic Sequences

The Roland SH-101 Synthesizer from the year 1981 is a classic monophonic analog synth. Here can you find the full SH-101 playlist with single sound demos and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The SH-101 playlist :"

42% Off KORG ARP 2600M

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via Korg Reverb

"While supplies last, yous can snag an ARP2600M for 42% off (an $850 price drop) via the Dream Deals on Reverb page.

Arguably the most iconic and recognizable synthesizer of all time, the ARP2600 has been used in countless records, film scores, TV shows and game soundtracks since its first appearance in the '70s. The new ARP 2600M, which is roughly 60% smaller than the gigantic original, delivers the sound admired around the world in a more compact and portable format, along with added features that make it the ideal incarnation of this historic synth."