"The Extend-o-Matic is an intuitive instrument that merges your favourite vintage synthesizer and electric piano sounds with an innovative chord trigger system, enabling you to play complex and soulful chords across a range of genres without years of training.
Sound Engines
Subtractive digital synth engine and electric piano engine
Able to produce warm vintage tones as well as modern sounds
12dB/oct and 24dB/oct Resonant Lowpass Filters
Chord Functionality
Innovative chord trigger system
Chord bank tailored to genres like Jazz, Neo-Soul and Funk
Ability to program custom chord formulas
Effects and Modulators
Comes loaded with 9 effects - chorus, reverb, phaser, EQ, etc.
Arpeggiator with customization options
Modulation sources like LFOs, envelopes
Controls and Workflow
Clean, minimalist interface
Unique features like a single-knob design and LED status bar
The most expressive synth of its time, redesigned.
The authentic sound, interactions, and performance of three famed Japanese hardware units from 1977 A redesigned, intuitive new interface for an improved and modern workflow Three versions included: the instrument, seven modules for Modular, and two modules for Amp Room Model 77 Dual Layer Synth gives you one of the most influential sounds of our time. It is the iconic sound of Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire, Billie Jean, Africa, and Human Nature — among countless others. Softube modeled and accurately articulated every detail of the circuits of three legendarily expressive Japanese synthesizers from 1977 and put them in one user-friendly plug-in. The sound, interaction, and performance remain as close to the hardware as possible, while the complex interfaces of the original instruments are enhanced with an intuitive redesign. Finally, your most-coveted synth has the workflow you deserve.
The Art of Rock & Roll Science
Softube's reputation for creating tools that enhance workflow and offer superior sound quality is rock solid. Their partnerships with premium brands like Tube-Tech, Solid State Logic, Chandler Limited, Weiss Engineering, and Trident have spanned decades.
They built Model 77 Dual Layer Synth on this legacy of passion, expert modeling, and attention to detail. Because to create synth plug-ins that innovate and elevate, you have to have heart, soul, and Rock & Roll Science.
Time for a redesign
When designing Model 77, Softube took great care to create a more efficient user interface that makes the plug-in easier to navigate. Two layers are accessible directly from the front panel, but the focus stays on one layer at a time. This improvement enables you to adjust your sound quickly and confidently. Softube also redesigned the position of the sections to communicate the instrument's proper signal flow. A change that helps facilitate sound design. Now, the Ring Mod section on the interface corresponds to its location in the signal flow. The balance slider is between the upper and lower layers so that you can self-assuredly move between the layers while adjusting parameters for each layer.
"Moog Music is excited to announce the release of firmware update v1.2.0 for Muse, Moog's latest flagship synthesizer. This update introduces key improvements that elevate the creative possibilities for Muse owners, reflecting Moog’s ongoing commitment to responding to user feedback and enhancing the overall functionality of its instruments.
HIGHLIGHTS
Firmware update v1.2.0 for Muse adds the ability to save multiple different key maps for use with the KEY mode of the CHORD module. With KEY mode the CHORD module allows you to index up to an eight note chord on to any of Muse’s 61 keys, letting you store 61 unique chords across the keyboard. Key maps you create will now be saved in the CHORD module (persisting after power cycling) and via the MORE menu you can switch between eight different key mappings."
"'StopContinue' was composed using only the Prophet-5 and Poly-Sequencer. All the sounds, including the drums and the upper sounds, are Prophet-5. The Poly-Sequencer was overdubbed using the trigger signal from Doepfer's MSY-2. The multi-track recorder was Roland's VS-1880."
And a few pics of the Poly-Sequencer manual plantssystem:
"I’ve been playing Ann Southam’s exquisite pieces on the piano for a few months, and have been discovering lots of ideas in them that could be applied to a modular system.
This video is also a tribute to a composer who should be a household name like Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and Terry Riley.
0:00 Introduction
1:07 Rivers 1st set
4:22 Rivers 2nd set
7:18 Rivers 3rd set
Previous video in this series: [posted here]
Earlier video on polychords on the Subharmonicon: [posted here]
A great starting point for those curious about Southam is Christina Petrowska-Quilico’s recording – amazingly, the only recording – of Rivers:
"Euclidean sequencers are fun, but nowhere near as much fun as polyrhythmic clocks. Turns out every track on the Modor DR-2 has three clocks. Here I demonstrate some very tame examples sticking mainly to time signatures that won't disrupt the metabolism. Truly strange options abound, the vast majority of which could turn any simple pattern into a jazzified moosh worthy of an opening night of free-form interpretive dance at a modern art gallery.
If my examples here aren't too horrendous I may have another go at some more challenging. For example, mismatched time signatures partially sticjed back together with delicately timed flams and tuplets.
Also demoed here is the Euclidean sequencer. This is a more common feature of many drum machines. What makes this one a little different is that you can have up to 64 steps and hits in each track.
0:00 Activating the clocks
2:15 Assign a clock
2:48 Simple example
4:47 Warping a basic pattern
5:54 Warping a complex pattern
11:03 Euclidean sequencer
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My other channel 'IntraCosmos' of long-play dark ambient textures: / @intracosmos"
Today I'm auditioning my original patches made for the Kawai K1m. A very limited digital synth from the 90s. And yet after digging into the architecture was able to harness some very powerful and unique features that are really, I mean, REALLY surprising. You'll hear some cheesy things, some pads, basses. And then there's fat poly action, swirling digital synth soundscapes. And alive motion things that are frankly astounding for such an unassuming little black box. Try to keep in mind when you hear the Mesmerized patch - the K1m has no sequencer nor arpeggiator. No freely assignable LFOs, just a fixed vibrato and that's it. And NO filter ha! Be sure to watch the whole video, lots of my favorites are on the 2nd half starting @3:19. My favorites are Head East, LA Sunset, Liquide and Mesmerized...which ones did you like?
"The Extend-o-Matic is an intuitive instrument that merges your favourite vintage synthesizer and electric piano sounds with an innovative chord trigger system, enabling you to play complex and soulful chords across a range of genres without years of training.
