Sisyphus is organized around a granular engine and a palette of eight original filters. Its granular system allows several grains to coexist in a single stereo sound stream that combine with each other.
This filter is based on a global granular design of the sound: it is not a granular engine followed by a filter but a real integration of filtering in the process of establishing the grain. Each grain generated carries the filtering characteristics defined by the musician and will be combined with the other grains according to evolving and configurable patterns.
The filters have been the subject of a completely specific development and are not from the usual libraries: they will therefore have a specific color that we let you explore!
Filters → Lowpass Attenuates high frequencies beyond the cutoff frequency. Filter at 12 dB/octave.
→ Highpass Attenuates low frequencies below the cutoff frequency. Filters at 12 dB/octave.
→ Bandpass Let a band of frequencies around the cutoff frequency pass. Filters at 12 dB/octave.
→ Notch Widens around the cutoff frequency and lets the rest pass.
→ Peak Boosts the band around the cutoff frequency, while letting the rest of the spectrum pass without cutting it drastically.
→ Comb Creates a series of cancellations and resonances, based on an internal delay and feedback.
"Alan R Pearlman was responsible for some of the greatest sounding and most intuitive synthesizers of the modern age, many of which are still highly sought after or emulated to this day. Inspired, as so many were, by hearing Wendy Carlos’s 'Switched on Bach', he founded Tonus in 1969, a company that would soon become ARP Instruments, and began producing synthesizers such as the legendary ARP 2500, 2600 and Odyssey.
Since his passing in 2019 at the age of 93, his daughter, Dina, has been building the Alan R Pearlman Foundation, an organisation that seeks to preserve her father’s legacy and enable as many people as possible to get hands-on with his inventions.
As with all not-for-profits, Dina has faced numerous challenges, but with the help of the likes of Jean Michel Jarre, Herbie Hancock and many other fans of Alan’s work, the Foundation is beginning to realise its objectives with great success.
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:18 - The Alan R. Pearlman Foundation
06:52 - The Main Aims Of The Foundation
09:12 - Women In The World Of Pioneering Synthesis
12:45 - Childhood Memories During The Early Days Of ARP
14:54 - Unearthed Footage Of The ARP Factory
23:27 - About ARPS For All
30:23 - The ARP Paradigm
34:27 - Collaborating With Bjooks
38:55 - Google Arts & Culture: Music Makers & Machines
40:47 - The Future For The Alan R. Pearlman Foundation
Dina Pearlman Biog
Dina is the only child of Alan and Buena Pearlman and grew up with ARP Synthesizers as a backdrop for her childhood, travelling extensively and being exposed to innovative and cutting-edge technology. In her early years, she spent time playing in rock and roll bands, as well as dance and theatre. For the past thirty years, she has worked as a versatile visual arts and design professional, creative director, and educator. She has also worked extensively in photography, graphics and web design for several decades, and has a broad understanding of visual communications media.
In the last few years before his illness, Alan Pearlman started to re-examine the brave new world of synthesizers that exists today, many decades after his iconic and groundbreaking 12 years as the inventor and founder of ARP Synthesizers. During this time, he brought his daughter into the conversation. After his death in January 2019, Dina realised the need of keeping his legacy and passion alive, and with the help and encouragement of many of his former colleagues as well as the wonderful Michelle Moog-Koussa, she started the Alan R. Pearlman Foundation and ARP Archives.
"Meet Herman Gillis, the inventor of the Sherman Filterbank, one of the most aggressive and unique filters in electronic music history! In this exclusive interview, Herman reveals how he employed Switched-Capacitor Filter (SCF) technology to create an analog powerhouse that shaped the sound of artists like The Orb, David Bowie, Human League, Ziggy Marley, and more...
What makes the Sherman Filterbank so special?
Herman takes us through the evolution of his designs, from his teenage years building guitar pedals and drum machines to his legendary Filterbank 1, Quad Modular Filter, Filterbank Compact, and the latest 500 series module, the Rodec/Sherman Minirestyler.
I’ll be performing on a Minimoog and laying down grooves with a TR-909 drum machine throughout the video—bringing Herman’s filter madness to life with some face-melting musical examples! You won’t just hear us talk about this screaming filter—you’ll experience it in all its glorious, growling, and gut-punching sound!
If you’re into synths, sound design, and legendary instruments, this deep dive into one of the most extreme filters ever built is a must-watch!"
"I show some workarounds I've been using with my Novation Circuit Rhythm and Tracks live setup to be able to drop bass house, dubstep, and more intricate techno than I normally make on the Circuits.
Get my $5 sample pack: https://gabemillermusic-shop.fourthwa..."
"Patch download link & table of contents below. I’ve been really enjoying these string sounds on the Sonicware Liven Ambient Ø lately and I thought I’d share them. By the way, I’m looking for new ideas for videos, so if you have requests, questions, topics, etc. you think I could cover, please let me know in the comments! I can't guarantee I'll cover all of them because I've making videos at a snail's pace lately, but it would really help me to know what people are actually interested in!
0:00 - Preview of sounds
0:52 - Setting up the core sound
4:58 - Fine tuning it in various ways
10:13 - Adding another finishing touch to the sound
12:19 - Making it more orchestral
16:53 - Making it a little more synthetic sounding
19:14 - Other voice mode options
24:24 - Micro-looping
"Video manual/soud demo of the filterboard i have devlope the last past month (years) , compatible with gotharman's instrument.
Please remenber i have no afiliation with gotarman's instrument
muff thread: https://www.modwiggler.com/forum/view...
Thank Flemming for the help and tips during the process.
Thank you for watching.
My name is Meska of the statik collective . I've been making mostly 'dark and expérimental' music for more than ten years now, i'v learn so much online, now it's time for me to share my knoledge, my exploration and this channel is a place to talk about the tools, sound design and techniques to make music with.
The Akai MPC 3.4 software operating system. A simplification of the MPC workflow with a few new features. Why did I upgrade? Am I digging it? What still needs improvement? Am I going back to version 2? Just my honest opinions and experiences with my MPC One+.
0:00 | Intro
0:49 | Going into the MPC world from Cubase
1:52 | Why I upgraded to MPC 3
2:50 | Main Page
3:44 | Arranger and Grid Windows
6:20 | In Summary, and Will I Use MPC 3?
