"The unit sounds amazing and has extraordinary capabilities to match. There are some small cosmetic blemishes above the low pass gate, filter, and noise module sections (can't always be seen except in certain light) as well as the barrel edge of the headphone jack, so I took extra close ups of these areas for your inspection. These are cosmetic only, functionality is 100%! The unit comes with the optional bamboo stands, double count pack of TiNRS custom cables, soft carry case, pin, cable ties, power supply, manual, and 19" rack rails.
A couple features that stood out to me on this unit, besides its pleasing warm sound, are the digital system behind the scenes that allow for highly programmable midi to CV conversion for associated jacks as well as system synchronized triggering, at divisions or multiplications of the system clock, including customizable time signatures for easy made polyrhythms. Also, behind the scenes, there are 3 separate quantizers - one for the digital osc, one for digital filter, and one for the sequencer. And they're as easy to use as just selecting which keys in an octave you want enabled individually for each one. This really allows one to use its extensive modulation capabilities to affect those modules in ways the user can shape to be very melodically pleasing, if desired. And speaking of modulation, the wobbler lfo has many exotic shapes and behaviors, and offers two outputs of itself, one of which has cv controllable phase shift from the other. And finally, the triple lfo was also a favorite due to having two phase cv able copies of itself for shifting synced modulations."
"Here we have a one of a kind custom PAiA built into an old suitcase built By Steve Alcorn the vice president of engineering at Linn, the synth is an expanded 2700. It inludes original 1/4" patch cables, suitcase has a key and there is another key to power the synth on. Comes with every pamphlet for each module used. Steve also signed the outside of the suitcase.
Steve pre-wired it up like an Arp Odyssey It is still completely custom-patchable as well. Modules include:
Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (3)
Voltage-Controlled Amplifier (2)
Voltage-Controlled Bandpass Filter
Voltage Controlled Low Pass Filter
Envelope Generator
Control Oscillator / Noise Choice
Power Supply
Glide Retro Fit
Envelope Follower / Trigger
Sine Converter / Pulse Width Modulator
Balanced Modulator
Envelope Generator
In addition, all the original manuals are included for the above modules, plus a few other of PAIA's products.
The unit is designed to be easily ported to gigs, where in a few seconds the keyboard can be lifted out of the case cover and the case cover detached, giving you a Moog-like setup. It was a fun performance instrument. I remember generating the crashing waves for Riders on the Storm during a gig in 1973!
This unit has not been powered since the late 70s. Prudence would suggest a thorough inspection of all the electrolytic capacitors, for starters. But this would be a dream project for an electronics tinkerer, and gives you a very large collection of very rare PAIA circuits as your starting place."
"We can't get enough of Nathan's incredible live performance recorded entirely on his Studio-66 modular synth! Sound features include drums, bass, lead-synth with vibrato and pitch bend, polyphonic major/minor chords, arpeggiator, dual sequences, ratcheting, panning, and reverb 🎹🎶"
"Combining unusual suspects today, the #syntakt and the #lightpadblock loaded with the lovely #pentagome script. With the help of a little midi app called #polythemus running on a nearby iPad, i‘m distributing all incoming notes from the lightpadblock over the first 8 channels of the Syntakt in a round robin fashion. Also added an additional #mozaicscript for all passing notes adding random velocity and mapped a few parameters on the Syntakt to be velocity dependent."
"In this patch, we're using twinVCFilter as the sole sound source to demonstrate its versatility and sonic richness.
FourMative CONTOURS is used as the pinging source for both filter sections. The envelope itself is triggered by randomRHYTHM.
One of the filter sections is sequenced by the 1V/OCT out of meloDICER.
All CUTOFF frequencies and the MIX function of twinVCFilter are modulated internally and by a fourMULATOR and a uniCYCLE."
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Two Tribes One of my favorite tracks from the 80s. by Frankie Goes To Hollywood Produced by Trevor Horn
All parts made with the E-MU Emulator II (1984)
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Its a rock solid oscillator, which yes there are a ton of them, but this needs to be if its gonna compete. And the waveshaping from the transform circuit gives it enough of its own character to stand out.
I think its priced competitively, it does all the things other up-market "standard" oscillators do (built-in attenuators for modulation, hard and soft sync, built in sub) and it has so much of its own character.
If there's any downside, its kind of a lot of HP? But not really when you consider the sum of its parts.
On all fronts, we got a banger.
0:00 Intro
2:19 Oscillator Section Starts
4:40 Transform Circuit
9:58 More Complex Transform Inputs
12:08 Introducing a 2nd Oscillator
17:00 Syncing to 2nd Oscillator
20:19 Surprise Techno Break
21:37 Really Specific Soft Sync Patch
23:37 Brief MPC demonstration
25:18 Conclusions"
See Perfect Circuit on the right.
Update: DivKid video added:
Complex Morphing VCO, Subs, FM & more // The Wave Transformer by Earthquaker Devices (Eurorack Demo)
video upload by DivKid
"Well this was a surprise! Earthquaker Devices (makers of fine pedal FX) making a Eurorack oscillator. Yes they made the Afterneath module, but as that was a modular version of a pedal I didn't expect they come guns glazing with a big, bold VCO!
I first saw The Wave Transformer by Earthquaker Devices at Knobcon, where they brought it along for an early look and sat playing with it at the show I knew they were onto something that sounded great. Well now it's released here we are with a demo.
The Wave Transformer is a 20HP Eurorack oscillator, it's analog, with onboard complex, transforming wave shaping, sub generators with unique shapes, FM, sync, LOTS of precise tuning control and options to wave shape external sources, saturate audio and track subs from your other oscillators. I've had lots of fun with this one!"
*TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS* 00:00 Hello & patch rreviews 01:36 Feature run down 04:04 Novel transform/complex circuit 06:37 Complex transforms & Shape Insert-ing waves 08:48 Thick & rich PWM + bulbous stereo sub bass 10:58 Weird & wonderful audio rate PWM 13:14 Harmonic Gate / VCA - turning it into a full voice 14:55 Shifting tearing sub textures 16:15 Hard sync & how to make it act like a filter 17:56 Soft sync - classic sync tones under modulation 20:36 Exploring linear & exponential FM 23:02 Kick drum transformed - from classy saturation to glitchy fuzz 25:13 Cosmic FSU with death mangled guitars & subs 26:36 Sub accents - what are they and a simple way to add them 28:08 Harmonic shifting subs for external oscillators
"The Wave Transformer Eurorack Transfiguration Oscillator $199.00
The Wave Transformer is an analog, vintage-voiced, voltage-controlled oscillator with over 8 octaves of accurate pitch tracking. It has 7 simultaneous wave outputs, including a unique Complex output.
The Transform control morphs from a basic waveform through many strange iterations into a complex, gnarled mass of audio mutations at the Complex output. You can yield countless variations on these permutations by combining this novel circuit with Hard Sync, Soft Sync, Linear FM and Exponential FM. Additionally, you can mute the source waveform to use the circuit as a harmonic gate/VCA, rendering The Wave Transformer a voice unto itself. If that is not enough, there is a Shape Insert that allows you to transform external oscillations and modular-level audio sources."
