M.A.S.F POSSESSED, Shallow Water and Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

video upload by Takeyuki Hakozaki / Pollypraha

Featuring
M.A.S.F POSSESSED
http://masf.figity.com/pedals/possessed

Fairfield Circuitry Shallow Water
https://fairfieldcircuitry.com/products/shallow-water

4ms Company Spherical Wavetable Navigator
https://4mscompany.com/SWN

Otomachines BAM
https://www.otomachines.com/product/bam/

Alessandro Sgobbio w/ 4ms - Spherical Fledge

video by 4ms Company

"In another beautiful composition, Alessandro Sgobbio explores the 4ms Spherical Wavetable Navigator with his Fazioli F 278 concert grand piano.

Composer, Pianist, Producer: Alessandro Sgobbio
Recording, Mixing and Mastering: Stefano Amerio at Artesuono Recording Studios (Italy)
Video: Soukizy"

TFoM2020 ONLINE / 5 Exclusive Interviews

Playlist:
Tony Rolando / Make Noise TFoM2020 exclusive interview（full length）
Dan Green / 4ms Company TFoM2020 Online exclusive interview（full length）
Joshua Holley / Malekko Heavy Industry TFoM2020 Online exclusive interview（full length）
Richard Devine interview for TFoM2020 ONLINE
Anthony Baldino Interview for TFoM 2020 ONLINE

Tokyo Festival of Modular 2020 ONLINE

Playlist:

1. TFoM2020 ONLINE

Tokyo Festival of Modular 2020 ONLINE
TFoM 2020 online
11月14日（土）　20:00 ~
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Patch the World for Peace !
Featuring Exclusive Interview :
Richard Devine
Anthony Baldino
Tony Rolando | Make Noise
Joshua Holley | Malekko Heavy Industry
Dan Green | 4ms Company
Émilie Gillet | Mutable Instruments
and more !!
live:
Julia Bondar | ENDORPHIN.ES
※イベントの内容は変更になる可能性があります
※番組は事前収録し、編集した番組として放映いたします。

Tokyo Festival of Modular
Dave Skipper
HATAKEN
Hiroto Takeuchi / SARAAM
Roberto / Ipnoteca

Clockface Modular Rintaro
FiveG Hirai
Meeting of Modular Z_Hyper

撮影 Ayako Mino
翻訳 Wakaba Kimura 他

2. DOEPFER demonstration by Dieter Doepfer
3. Endorphin es QUEEN OF PENTACLES Master new
4. Kilpatrick / Neon Captain Radiator demo
5. Looptrotter Radek demonstration TFOM 2020

4ms Percussion Interface (PI) & Expander - Teaser

4ms Company

Note the Percussion Interface made its first appearance at SUPERBOOTH 2019 and 2020.

"The Percussion Interface (PI) and PI Expander are a pair of Eurorack modules that generate gates and envelopes from acoustic drums, samplers, drum machines and virtually any audio source. Converting microphone, instrument, line and modular signals into CV and clock/gate signals, the PI and PI Expander are suited for synchronizing sequencers or other modules to the rhythm of an audio track or live percussion. The modules can simultaneously be used as a pre-amp for microphones or line-level signals, while generating inverted envelopes useful for side-chaining. The PI module contains all the core functionality and can be used without the Expander to conserve space. The Expander requires the main PI module and adds three gain stage options, a modular-level audio output jack, a 1/4” (6.35mm) input jack, and envelope attenuation capabilities.

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Percussion Interface and PI Expander features:

Sensitivity knob, Low/Medium/High gain switch, and clipping LED
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Sustain control to prevent misfires, increase gate length, and control the envelope
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Envelope decay control
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Non-inverted and inverted envelope outputs, useful for side chaining
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Four envelope outputs: two attenuated with independent attenuators, and two non-attenuated
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Envelope following or generation modes
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Gate output for clocking sequencers or any unit with a clock or trigger input
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Compatibility with drums, samplers, microphones, drum machines, etc.
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1/4" input jack (6.35mm)
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4HP each
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$165"

4ms Ensemble Oscillator (ENOSC) - Learn Mode

4ms Company

"The Ensemble Oscillator allows users to create their own custom scales. Here we have a CV keyboard inputting notes, and a QPLFO used for modulating waveforms and Root control. Make sure to listen in stereo when possible. Sound is straight from the Ensemble Oscillator with no processing or effects.

Learn Mode Patch Notes:
Keyboard CV output - Pitch CV jack
Keyboard Gate output - Learn Trigger jack"

Ensemble Oscillator (ENOSC) - Sound Demo

Published on May 19, 2020 4ms Company

"Here we see the Ensemble Oscillator (ENOSC) is also capable of harsher, more aggressive tones. This is a simple patch using a QuNexus CV keyboard to set both custom scales and Root note transposition. Modulation sources are provided by the QPLFO."

#4MSENOSC Ensemble Oscillator #modbap Jam 2

Published on May 16, 2020 BBoy Tech Report

"The Ensemble Oscillator is a unified polyphonic voice of sixteen complex oscillators combining additive, FM, phase-distortion and wave folding synthesis techniques in new unorthodox ways. By quantizing the oscillators to scales or series of harmonics, the Ensemble Oscillator allows you to explore the sonic boundary between musical chords and rich evolving textures. Easily create a wide variety of sounds ranging from aggregates of pure sine waves to pulsar synthesis or pristine harmonic tones and lush wide chords to rich dirty drones and rumbling glitches. Custom scales can quickly be “learned” and saved using a CV keyboard or by manually entering notes with the controls.

The Ensemble Oscillator is designed by Matthias Puech and 4ms Company.


Cheers
Bboytech"

NAMM 2020: 4ms Ensemble Oscillator - Sixteen Complex Oscillators!!

Published on Jan 16, 2020 sonicstate

"4ms company always seem to push the boat out with very interesting designs and this years NAMM show was no different. The Ensemble Oscillators takes 16 complex oscillators and combines them in interesting ways, giving you access to many different synthesis types including additive, FM, phase-distortion and wavefolding synthesis."

4ms Ensemble Oscillator posts

New 4ms Ensemble Oscillator Euroack Module

Published on Jan 13, 2020 4ms Company

"The Ensemble Oscillator from 4ms Company and Matthias Puech is a unified polyphonic voice of sixteen complex oscillators combining additive, FM, phase-distortion and wavefolding synthesis techniques in new unorthodox ways. By quantizing the oscillators to scales or series of harmonics, the Ensemble Oscillator allows you to explore the sonic boundary between musical chords and rich evolving textures. Easily create a wide variety of sounds ranging from aggregates of pure sine waves to pulsar synthesis or pristine harmonic tones and lush wide chords to rich dirty drones and rumbling glitches. Custom scales can quickly be “learned” and saved using a CV keyboard or by manually entering notes with the controls."

Spherical Wavetable Navigator (SWN) - Visually Exploring Waveforms

Published on Oct 16, 2019 4ms Company

"A deeper dive exploring the wavetables of the SWN. The Mordax Data and Vectrex allow us to visualize the act of sound shaping, leading to greater creative possibilities."

VELOCITY SYNTH MEET Coming to Seattle October 5th

Details here: https://www.velocityseattle.com

Exhibitors

4ms 4mscompany.com

4ms Company offers alternatives to traditional instruments with our poly-rhythmic clock modules that create evolving complex mathematical beat patterns, a resonator that can cast pop music into micro-tonal keys, a multi-channel wavetable oscillator, a routing matrix that's played like an instrument, and many more innovative devices. Rather than replicate concepts from the past, we strive to turn unique ideas into playable musical tools that expand the possibilities of music. We also offer Do-It-Yourself kits, and many of our designs are open-source.

Acid Rain Technology acidraintechnology.com

Acid Rain Technology is a manufacturer of music hardware out of Seattle, WA. We believe hardware instruments enable a unique connection between human and machine, and seek to improve this interaction through interface design for maximum playability.

After Later Audio afterlateraudio.com

After Later Audio is a boutique audio company located in Seattle, Washington. We make high quality Eurorack modules at accessible prices and we pride ourselves on responsive customer service. You can find our products for sale on our website, at various synth shops (Patchwerks, London Modular, Chuck Levin’s, and Modular 8), and on all of the major ecommerce sites.

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Spherical Wavetable Navigator (SWN) - Exploring LFOs

Published on Aug 2, 2019 4ms Company

"A detailed exploration of the SWN's LFOs. Global and individual manipulation of channels are covered, along with a more in depth look at this section's parameters.

Table of Contents:
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00:27 -- Intro
00:51 -- LFO to VCA
01:08 -- Shapes
01:44 -- LFO Speed
02:42 -- Internal LFO Control
03:55 -- External LFO Control
04:33 -- Sync
05:33 -- Phase
09:19 -- Resetting & Global Clock Divider
11:19 -- Setting the Downbeat

https://4mscompany.com/SWN

The Spherical Wavetable Navigator (SWN) is a six-channel synthesizer that makes it easy to create slowly morphing drones, polyphonic melodies, evolving sequences, and rich textures. The SWN features six wavetable oscillators with independent pitch, level, and waveform controls. Six LFOs (Low Frequency Oscillators) can be used as modulation sources and/or envelopes, making it easy to add dynamic motion to your patch. Each channel is a full voice and can be “played” using the top row of buttons, the internal LFOs, or note-change detection on the 1V/oct jacks. The SWN ships with 12 three-dimensional (spherical) wavetables and an easy interface which allows you to record and edit custom wavetables from live audio. Open-source software for Mac, Windows, and Linux called SphereEdit can be freely downloaded and allows you computer to create, edit, and convert .wav files into Spherical wavetables to transfer into the SWN with an audio cable."

4ms - Dan Green @ SUPERBOOTH 19

Published on May 12, 2019 Superbooth Official

"Explore the rich sonic possibilities of the Spherical Wavetable Navigator, a new six-voice playable instrument from 4ms Company. Starting with chords, melodies and drones, and working up to recording new wavetables from your own audio sources, Dan Green from 4ms Company showcases beginning and advanced techniques in a live performance that clearly demonstrates the principles at work."

How to DIY Properly (how I prep for successful builds)

Published on May 7, 2019 LeoMakes

"Have you ever messed up a DIY build? Maybe you made a synth or pedal that didn't quite work right? I've gotten questions about this so in this video, I'll walk you through how I prepare for a build and set myself up for success. (Hint: it's mostly down to organization.)

NOTE: This video is mostly about preparation and organization. For detailed tips on the actual soldering (with lots of gorgeous close-up shots) I made a whole separate video for that: [posted here]

I'm certainly not the world's best DIYer or anything so tell me... How do YOU prep? Please share your tips below!

Thanks to the people of 4MS (www.4mscompany.com) for providing the QPLFO (Quad, Pingable LFO). This module is awesome because it packs a lot of functionality (4 LFOs!) in only 12HPs of space--perfect for smaller/portable rigs! This video ran long so I'll have to show this product in-use in a future video.

Here is a link to that product:
https://4mscompany.com/qplfo-kit.php?...

When not making videos I run Strange Science Instruments,

a modular synth company based in Sweden & California:
http://www.strangesci.com

If you enjoy these videos please consider supporting this channel on Patreon! Even a $1 a month goes a long way :)
www.patreon.com/leomakes"

Spherical Wavetable Navigator (SWN) - SphereEdit

Published on May 7, 2019 4ms Company

"SphereEdit is software for Mac, Windows, and Linux for creating, editing, and exporting wavetables to be used with the Spherical Wavetable Navigator (SWN) Eurorack module from 4ms Company. The SWN can store up to 108 user-created Spherical Wavetables, and SphereEdit is a powerful tool for designing Spheres and loading them into the SWN (scope shots are from a modified Vectrex).

SphereEdit is fork of the Synthesis Technology WaveEdit project developed by Andrew Belt. Both SphereEdit and WaveEdit are open-source under the GNU GPLv3 license.

Download links:
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Mac: https://4mscompany.com/SWN/SphereEdit...
Windows: https://4mscompany.com/SWN/SphereEdit...
Linux: https://4mscompany.com/SWN/SphereEdit..."

4ms Listen Modules & Battery Powered Pod Setup

Published on Feb 19, 2019 4mspedals

"Create a small but ultra flexible system for music production using Pods and Listen modules from 4ms Company.
The Listen IO module is your interface between Eurorack and external gear. Here we use the Listen IO to connect a KORG Volca Beats and Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator into our Eurorack system made of two Pod32's and a Pod20. Two headphone jacks on the Listen IO let you and a friend listen along in stereo.
At the end of the signal chain is a Listen Four, which mixes up to four signals in stereo and outputs to headphones and line level. A bigger version of the Listen Four is the Listen Four Quarters, which has 1/4" (6.35mm) balanced TRS outputs.

The entire setup is being powered directly from a Krisdonia laptop battery using our standard DC barrel cables, and offers hours of continuous low-noise use."

Listen Four

The Listen Four is a four channel stereo mixer with line, modular, and headphone outputs. Two mono channels with Pan knobs and two stereo channels with dual inputs provide optimal compatibility with both stereo and mono signals. The Listen Four can be daisy-chained to other Listen modules to create a larger mixer with sub-mix outputs.

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4ms SMR DIY Workshop Saturday November 3rd 2018 at Patch Point Berlin

This one is in via Todd Barton.

via Patch Point:

"4ms SMR DIY Workshop. Saturday November 3rd 2018
from 100.42
€119.50 incl. 19% VAT
We are happy to host a special DIY workshop with our portland buddies 4MS.

THIS WORKSHOP IS FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS, and shouldn’t take more than 1.5 hours to finish!

Allissa from 4MS and founder of the Synth Library Portland will guide the workshop.

Limited to 20 spaces, You can sign up and either pay 50% deposit (119) and the rest in cash 120 at the workshop, or pay 100% in full up front. The choice is yours.

Please select the time you will come and start. Patch Point is a relatively small space, so we are staggering the start times! Please be on time!

'The Spectral Multiband Resonator from 4ms Company is an innovative resonant filter which can process audio like a classic filter bank, ring like a marimba when plucked/struck, vocode, re-mix tracks, harmonize, output spectral data, quantize audio to scales, and much more..."

PATCH & TWEAK - Exploring Modular Synthesis Book on Kickstarter

via Kickstarter:

"The new book about modular synths, their makers, and masters. Patching secrets, performance tips, history, modules, and techniques.

'Hello!

My name is Kim Bjørn – welcome to the PATCH & TWEAK Kickstarter campaign! Following our book PUSH TURN MOVE about electronic music instruments - we are now creating a book on modular synthesis.

We want PATCH & TWEAK to provide an opportunity for new and experienced users to become true masters of their modular systems. In the style of its predecessor, PATCH & TWEAK contains inspirational interviews with significant creators and major artists who all share their passion for modular. Explore their systems, philosophies, patching secrets, and performance tips.

Besides a comprehensive introduction to synthesis and its history, the book covers systematic sections on concepts, purpose and creative possibilities of specific modules. Enjoy colorful diagrams, presentations of both popular and rare modules, semi-modular and software, as well as techniques for patching and how to get started.

PATCH & TWEAK has a foreword by Suzanne Ciani, is written by Kim Bjørn and Chris Meyer, and edited by Paul Nagle.

So what exactly is PATCH & TWEAK? Watch the video, take the tour below, and please support the book by selecting a reward if you like the idea.'

Kim Bjørn, Copenhagen, May 2018

About the book

Meet the makers, and artists

Apart from systematic sections and general subjects PATCH & TWEAK features interviews with the passionate makers of modules and systems, and the artists who use them, and influence them. We have already started interviewing - and when more artists are confirmed, we will keep you updated!

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PATCH.CV - Dan Green - 4ms Company - “Pretty Things”

PATCH.CV - Dan Green - 4ms Company - "Pretty Things" from Patch: Controlling Voltage on Vimeo.

See this post for all videos in the PATCH.CV series.