Sequencing Made Differently -SOFTPOP SPII // TUTORIAL

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"Václav will show you the deeper meaning of the SPII sequencer in all its glory. Why it is a songwriter's synths and why is there anything like it on the market."

Bastl Instruments SPII Digital Waveforms - Guided Tour

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"SOFTPOP SPII is a powerful synthesizer in a compact form factor. With our latest firmware upgrade, we've revolutionized how waveforms are created and what you can do with them. Our lead developer, who came up with the concept for SOFTPOP SPII, will guide you through the intricacies of the eight different waveforms that we've included in this impressive instrument."

8 PATCHES FOR AIKIDO! /W PATCH NOTES DOWNLOAD!

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"8 PATCHES FOR AIKIDO! /W PATCH NOTES DOWNLOAD!

We've enlisted the help of the talented YouTuber and music educator, AUDIORIAL, to create 8 patch ideas that are out of this world!🚀 You won't believe what this guy can do with a few knobs and some cables!🤯

https://www.patreon.com/posts/8014939..."

Basil LUNCH BREAK - Top Secret Banger

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"If you are our fan for some time you will probably get what that thing on the left is. But What can be that new module on the right?!"

Modular Synth and Acoustic Guitar: Emily Dickinson's Poetry Set to Music. Sing: Natalie (Synth V)

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"In this video, electronic and acoustic fusion. I explore the sonic possibilities of my eurorack modular synthesizer, using Erica Synths' Graphic VCO modules and the Ikarie analog filter module from Bastl Instruments. To create melodic patterns, I employed the essential Behringer 182 sequencer module from their 100 series. Along with my Martin acoustic guitar, we set music to Emily Dickinson's 'A cloud withdrew from the sky', with the vocals performed by Natalie using the Synthesizer V software. I hope you enjoy this unique blend of analog and digital sounds, and let me know what you think in the comments!"

12 VERY COOL PATCH w/ PIZZA OF BASTL INSTRUMENTS (only sound)

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"Hey gals 'n guys,
Pizza of Bastl Instruments is one of my favorite sound generator which can play in a lot of style. Before to publish the video manual, here is a few example of things we can do with the oscillator from Bastl Instruments. Timetable below

TIMETABLE:
00:00 intro
00:13 Dronosphear
03:11 Berlin School
06:20 Running Arpeggio
09:30 Many Iteritas
12:25 Chord Osc
17:43 Highway to Bell
19:52 The New Wave
22:23 1 Million FM Basses
26:47 Kick+Snare I
28:47 The New Beat
30:38 Kick+Snare II
32:28 Ambient Lane"

CASPERxBASTL - AIKIDO

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"Aikido: the Japanese martial art of nonviolent self-defense, of redirecting your opponent’s momentum and using it against them, and mixing VCA signals for creative and nuanced performance with Eurorack modular synths.

Bastl Instruments have been hard at work in the dojo with our favorite sparring partner, Casper Electronics, and now emerge with a new Eurorack module demonstrating our newly developed techniques in the ancient art of the Voltage-Controlled Amplifier: Aikido is a 4-channel performative VCA mixer with flexible submix routing and two styles of integrated envelope followers — and, natural element, a whole heap more…

The Way of the Single Palm

Neatly compact, Aikido is a perfect tool for single-hand operation: independently mute each channel using stealthy, clickless mutes, and flex your sound using a single finger to control crossfader action, smoothly adjusting signal input strengths up to +6dB volume gain.

A holistic discipline, students of Bastl Aikido will develop their mix prowess by mastering the pulse of CV, via premium attenuverters on the CV input channels; stealthily adjust the strength of the CV's parameter automation in true (positive) or inverted (negative) directions, allowing for deceptively simple or richly complex variations in sound, controlling all by a gentle twist of the wrist.

Dynamic Style: the Art of Compression

Grappling with both audio and VCA signals is simple even for beginners with Aikido: take your skills to the next degree with Aikido's dual spectral analysis and envelope-following techniques!

The envelope follower found in other Bastl/Casper modules, such as the Ikarie dual-peak filter, makes a repeat appearance, allowing you to route audio signals into the chain to affect overall output volume and strength, or take the internal audio's envelope and patch it out to impact the behavior of your other modules.

Spectral Processing joins the fray, allowing you to take a magnifying glass to the high, mid, or low frequencies in your mix. Flick between frequency isolation for enhancement, de-essing, compression, even parallel side-chaining audio (can we get a "hai—ya"!?) that ascends Aikido well above the typical territory of Eurorack mixers.

No-one Fights Alone

Need more than 4 channels of this wizardry? Stack two Aikido modules together with jumper cables to bring the total to 8 channels. Or, take the mix output of Aikido and patch it through to your Bastl Buddy with the same jumper wires, opening up possibilities of parallel processing and much more. Switches on the back of the module allow users to customize the mute functionality between Pre- or Post- VCA settings.

Where would we all be without feedback play? Self-patch Aikido's outputs back into the inputs to get that BVVRRR goodness, or take advantage of the cascading internal routing to play with the mixed audio signals, layering and bulking your sound, or direct specific channels to FX units.

Discipline in training brings rewards, and the strength of the alliance between Bastl & Casper has yielded some of our best playability techniques to date. Aikido - your one-stop control shop for Eurorack in just 11hp."

Bastl Discontinues the Dude

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And teases a new stereo mixer, the Bestie?

Tom Leclerc - Moss Explorers

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- Skis 2 as envelope for Pizza
- Magneto as an effect for Pizza sequenced by Hermod
- Ensemble Oscillator for bass, Surface for strings, and Sample for drums

"« Tom Leclerc is part of Moss Explorers which is a multidisciplinary cultural and artistic association, between laboratory and exploratory discovery of new forms of dissemination and artistic expressions. This French collective of artists explores nature, mountains, and forests through sound and image. They hike and capture the beauty of wild nature in analog photography. Armed with their equipment, they film ambient sound performances that combine recordings of the natural environment where they take place and improvisations with a modular synthesizer. This is what we can see and hear from their excursions into the splendid untouched nature.
This association also includes a real laboratory of arts and techniques, questioning new forms of cultural diffusion. Transmission and awareness are also at the heart of this particular facet. Real efforts are being made to popularize and document these techniques: production of light scenography, energy autonomy, printing, production, etc. Many areas are addressed by the collective. Keeping in mind systemic and ecological issues, the collective also sensitizes cultural actors.
It is through this multidisciplinary approach that this project mixes the arts and can forge links between musicians.ne, photographer, visual artist, poet.sse and other artists as well as various craftsmen or public. Leaving free their imagination this collective allows the incubation and realization of the eclectic and conscious project.
In this changing world, we need to systematically change the arts, productions, and broadcasting. Many concepts are addressed by the collective, especially in terms of digital and new ways of designing devices for live performances, installations, and performances. This comes in large part through a low-tech approach to digital art. Given the climate emergency, it is important for artists to be at the forefront of new techniques requiring sensitivity and accessibility. Awareness of the impact of art and digital technologies is also a point of honor, as is the knowledge of equipment and material choices. Beyond the technical aspect, there is a new way of living and creating. We can talk about 'project infusion' with the idea of soaking up a place in the long term in order to better understand the social fabric of these territories and to do the best for them."

Lunch Break - Fun with Timber, Waver and Braids

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How to modulate the waveshaper of Softpop2

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"How to modulat the waveshaper, of the digital oscilator, on the Soft pop 2 via midi CC
You can modulate other parameter like Glide time, juste RTFM :) : https://bastl-instruments.com/content...

Thank you fwor 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.
i'm tattooist at day jobs and you can found my work here : www.meska.fr

You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/

If you'd like to support the channel​ consider buying music from bandcamp ;)"

Jams From Bastl HQ - SPII guitar processing

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"In this series, we are bringing you us. Yes. End of description. Go watch the video!

Now for realzies. We just want to have fun too so we figure out why not to show you how we are using the instruments we build around here.

The first one is Milan, our tester with his SPII

Guitar drone mixed with a wavetable sequence with effects (tremolo, slide, noise). Patch: mix TRI into X. Guitar audio into Input. AMP into Y. XY into Filter In. Modulation: ENV into OSC MOD (wavetable mod). Dynamics into Rate. Switches: VCA= ENV, Filter= BP, Cycle ON. OSC: wave number 3 (Animated Fractal Triangle)"

Bastl X Casper Soft pop2 quick demo/review

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"quick demo review of the Soft pop2 , little monophonic synth with some tricks
RTFM: https://bastl-instruments.com/content...
sound demo of the digital oscilaotr : [posted here]

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.

You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/

If you'd like to support the channel​ consider buying music from bandcamp ;)"

BASTL Instruments Midilooper

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You can find demos of the Midilooper in prevoius posts here.

LAST BASTL JAM (for now) - Freiwaldau

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"Our last BASTL JAM for some time was full of new faces and music.

Check out the last album by Freiwaldau here: https://freiwaldau.bandcamp.com/album..."

SOFTPOP SPII: OMEGA dB x BASTL Instruments (with patch notes)

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"We collaborated with OMEGA dB on some audio samples for our SPII.
You can have a look at his patch notes at our blog here: https://bit.ly/3CsR92i

Few words from Omega dB and patch download: https://bit.ly/3CsR92i

I’m very excited to collaborate with such an innovative brand as BASTL Instruments, which helps many artists to achieve very special and unique sounds. ​​I was lucky to explore in-depth at the amazing SPII Softpop Synthesizer. I've tried a lot of synthesizers. But I've never tried anything like it before. It's a small but mighty sound design tool. As BASTL says: “Softpop SP2 is a radical subtractive synth under the influence of unconventional digital control. It’s a rare beast that excels at both melody and noise in equal measure.” I totally agree with these words.

In this video, I made some patches to make it sound in different ways, in it sounds raw, with its character, using the native sequencer, slide, and scales. In others, I've added external processing with some of my favorite FX pedals, which gives it another kind of character. I also sequenced it with OP-Z's sequencer via midi, receiving clock, and pitch.

The video was recorded before the firmware update. The new firmware makes it an even more powerful tool, with new oscillator waveforms, and more features. So even more creative.

From Barcelona to Brno with love.

OMEGA dB"

BASTL Instruments Kastle V1.5 Mini Modular Synthesizer W. 3D Waves Stand/Case!

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via this auction

Looks like a little crate stand.

You can find demos of the Kastle V1.5 in previous posts here. It was introduced in 2017.

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SoftPop 2 new digital oscillator sound demo

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"how to upload the digital oscillator: [posted here]
RTFM: https://bastl-instruments.com/files/s...

Quick sound demo of the new digital oscillator for the softpop2

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.

You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/

If you'd like to support the channel​ consider buying music from bandcamp ;)"

Bastl's Microgranny Gets a Facelift

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Microgranny Monolith - The Final Form of the Microgranny

"Granny’s back with a brand new lid: our classic desktop granular sampler gets a facelift, bringing her into the modern age with enough usability upgrades to last another lifetime, rehomed in sleek black PCB-material to help it look the part amongst the latest in the Bastl range.

Music by the one and the only:
Bogdanraczynski.com
instagram.com/bogdanraczynski
@bogdan"

"Granny’s back with a brand new lid: our classic desktop granular sampler gets a facelift, bringing her into the modern age with enough usability upgrades to last another lifetime, rehomed in sleek black PCB-material to help it look the part amongst the latest in the Bastl range.

The Microgranny 2.0 that you know and love is still there under the facelift: lo-fi sound full of character packed into a hands-on monophonic desktop sampler that is a joy to experiment with. Plug in your microSD card loaded with 8-bit samples, or record them live through the in-built mic or line input, and jump into play with 6 samples right under your fingers, or instantly recall up to 60 saved presets."

Playability is paramount
The two-tier menu lets you dart between editing grain size or warping the playback speed, and the new-look tactile knobs grant better control than the previous model. The hazy plastic case is gone, and the PCB case’s sharper text makes the modes under the new and improved buttons more enticing – delve into Randomized mode, Legato playback, or the Instant Loop function to extend the virtually limitless possibilities of the surface controls yet further.

MIDI Control? Yep: play specific grains with keys, control the CC values remotely, even clock-sync loops and grains. Take your Granny for a walk in the park with the battery power, or run it through a wired 9V supply.

Granny comes with gifts
To celebrate the revival of one of our most loved instruments, we pestered Rephlex Records regular and modern-day Synthfluencer Bogdan Raczynski for a custom sample pack full of his trademark weird and wonderful sounds. Granny Reloaded comes with it pre-installed, giving you a fun and formidable toolset from the moment you power up.

Features
monophonic mono sampler
microSD card (storing + recording samples, storing presets)
6 sounds with full adjustments storable in a preset at once
60 presets in 10 banks (6 preset per bank), stored as .txt files on the microSD card
wav sample playback from microSD card (mono, 22050 Hz, 8 or 16 bit, two letter file name)
8-bit 22050Hz wav recording via line input or onboard microphone
hold button
sample rate (tuned or free run)
crush
start, end position with repeat, instant loop
granular settings: grain size and shift speed (positive or negative)
amplitude envelope attack and release
MIDI Input – responds to note, cc, and clock (synchronize loop and grains)
MIDI sidechain envelope restart
copy, paste
input & output volume knob
power switch – plug/battery
hackable – arduino based

Jim Franklin and his 3 Kastle 1.5

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"Let's have a look at Jim's way how to use his setup featuring 3 Kastle 1.5 and OG SoftPop

More about Jim:
www.bambooheart.com
Buy his music here: https://neos-music.com"