Befaco New modules reveal @ Elevator sound EU

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"Presentation of five new (or maybe not that new) modules! Live streaming from Elevator Sound Barcelona"

Check with dealers on the right for availability.

Befaco - BANDIT

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"A spectral processing playground.
Bandit is a fun combination of band-pass filters, VCAs, and routing options.
It serves multiple functions including equalizer, crossover, multiband VCA, 4 band spectral mixer, and spectral external FX insert point.

It allows you to:
Cut or emphasize different frequency bands of a signal, acting as a voltage-controlled equalizer/isolator. Split a sound into four different frequency bands for external processing, and if needed, insert them back Mix four different signals with predefined tone placement in the mix.
Create four different sounds from one sound source by modulating the volume with four different envelopes. Create evolving timbres by modulating one or more frequency bands using LFOs or audio-rate modulation.

Patch notes:
The main melody comes from the Keystep
Even and Pony VCO go to Pony VCF
Percall trigs by Eloquencer in the percussive patch"

Befaco Oneiroi meet Octatrack - V/oct and audio input

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"Patch notes: The Octatrack's audio outputs are processed by the Oneiroi, it also receives notes, clock and some modulations via Midi Thing V2.

Oneiroi is an ambient and drone-like soundscapes full voice.

At his core, there is a Wavetable/Supersaw, Sine Wave Oscillator and a joyful Looper. This is followed by an FX section featuring a Multimode filter, a Resonator, a Delay, and a Reverb.
Its randomizer creates instant patches at the touch of a button.
The Looper can record the external input or the output for 'Sound On Sound' looping.

A full-stereo synthesizer that easily creates dense atmospheres for hypnotic music or cinematic sound design.
Featuring three oscillators, four effects, a looper, modulation with complex routing, and a randomizer."

H90 Modular Love: Quadravox Modulation

video upload by Oren Levy

"A synth patch using an ‪@EventideAudio‬ H90 to transform a sequenced sine wave into a chord sequence.
Various parts of the patch are modulated with analog CV from the synthesizer. Those CVs get converted to MIDI CC using the ‪@Befacosynth‬ CV thing and fed into the H90."

Befaco Oneiroi meet Octatrack

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"Patch notes: The audio outputs from the Octatrack are processed by the Oneiroi, recorded by the Looper and the MIDI outputs go to our Midithing V2 which synchronises the clock and sends CV to the Oneiroi resonator.

Oneiroi is an ambient and drone-like soundscapes full voice.

At his core, there is a Wavetable/Supersaw, Sine Wave Oscillator and a joyful Looper. This is followed by an FX section featuring a Multimode filter, a Resonator, a Delay, and a Reverb.
Its randomizer creates instant patches at the touch of a button.
The Looper can record the external input or the output for 'Sound On Sound' looping.

A full-stereo synthesizer that easily creates dense atmospheres for hypnotic music or cinematic sound design. Featuring three oscillators, four effects, a looper, modulation with complex routing, and a randomizer."

Soundtrack vibes - Plinky with Meska Presets

video upload by Making Sound Machines

"Channeling #soundtrack vibes in this slow-building Sunday jam, recorded late last night!

This is our second clip in a small series showing off the new #Plinky sound bank created by by @Meska_Statik. The Bank is a free download at https://plinkysynth.com/presets/ and works for all generations of #Plinky.

It contains 32 presets exploring lush #delay, cavernous #reverb, pitch drift and gnarly #saturation. For Meska's overview of all sounds, and a number of awesome patch from scratch videos, check out [this video].

Plinky is synched via MIDI clock to our #Stolperbeats drum trigger sequencer for #Eurorack, playing back a recorded note sequence. Stolperbeats is in extra sloppy "Kabuki" mode, suggested by our friend and expert breakbeat researcher @beatsbykabuki: Kick and Snare are super laid back, Hihats are a bit rushed, except when they play at the same time- creating this awesome push-and-pull #groove. In this patch, Enrica tweaks the sensitivity on Plinky to slowly build up a wall of sound.

Plinky's pitch CV feeds the lovely-sounding @Befacosynth evenVCO through their A*B+C VCA for a low-frequency, subby bass line.

The drum sounds are played back using the Samples II module by @soundforce_nicolas and processed through our #Farbshaper and #Farbhighpass modules. The shaper adds some extra dirt, the transistor ladder highpass is used with the kick envelope to get a ducking effect by modulating its cutoff.

The metering tool at the top right is a @vaskiembedded 2HP Lights Stereo Visualizer, an incredibly handy audio visualisation module. Our friends Stijn and Priscilla of #TiNRS @thisisnotrocketscience3942 made the one-of-a-kind Eurorack case from a #FenixIV enclosure.

Plinky is an #expressive #polyphonic #touch #synthesizer, designed by mmalex and available as a #DIY kit from @ThonkSynthDIY"

Befaco Oneiroi - Guitar + Looper

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"Patch notes: Guitar goes to Befaco Instrument Interface, then audio to Oneiroi Input.
Recording of a guitar loop and mangle it with reproduction speed, starting point and length. Then apply effects.

Oneiroi is an ambient and drone-like soundscapes full voice.

At his core, there is a Wavetable/Supersaw, Sine Wave Oscillator and a joyful Looper. This is followed by an FX section featuring a Multimode filter, a Resonator, a Delay, and a Reverb.
Its randomizer creates instant patches at the touch of a button.
The Looper can record the external input or the output for 'Sound On Sound' looping.

A full-stereo synthesizer that easily creates dense atmospheres for hypnotic music or cinematic sound design.
Featuring three oscillators, four effects, a looper, modulation with complex routing, and a randomizer."

Meska's 32 presets for Plinky

video upload by Meska

Here a sound demo of the 32 preset i have made for plinky, they are mostly on the 'noise' & 'wonky' side of plinky Plinky website : https://plinkysynth.com/
Linck to the preset : https://plinkysynth.com/presets/Meska... "

Explore the dark side of Plinky - 32 free presets by Meska

video upload by Making Sound Machines

"New sounds for your Plinky! This awesome new bank of 32 presets by @Meska_Statik draws focus to the "dark" side of #Plinky, exploring lush delay, cavernous reverb, pitch drift and gnarly saturation.

The bank includes the #preset file, 8 samples and individual links for the browser-based patch editor. It works for all generations of Plinky and is a #free download at https://plinkysynth.com/presets

We already gave a little sneak peek of these sounds at @superboothberlin, so for this little snippet we broke our #Superbooth setup back out to give you a little musical demo showcasing one of the sounds, Preset 4: Footstep. We recorded a couple of clips showing one sound each in musical context, as a companion to Meska's overview of all sounds at • My 32 presets for Plinky [Meska's video above]

In this patch, Plinky plays back a recorded sequence and is synched via MIDI clock to our Stolperbeats drum trigger sequencer for Eurorack. Enrica plays the touch surface to insert individual notes into the arpeggio, and tweaks the A knob to adjust sensitivity on the touch grid to get a grittier sound.

Plinky's pitch CV drives a @Befacosynth evenVCO through their clever A*B+C VCA for a warm, subdued bassline.

The drum sounds from the GRRL x Made of Oak Configuration sample pack on @splice - check out their EP GXM Inertia, and the 10 year @sylvanesso anniversary release for some amazing music.

The samples are played using the Samples II module by @soundforce_nicolas and processed through our Farbshaper and Farbhighpass modules. The shaper adds some extra dirt, the transistor ladder highpass is used with the kick envelope to get a ducking effect by modulating its cutoff.

The metering tool at the top right is the incredibly clever and beautiful @vaskiembedded 2HP Lights Stereo Visualizer #audio #visualisation module, engineered by our friend Lauri. The Eurorack case itself is a beautifully crafted FenixIV case made by our friends @thisisnotrocketscience3942 from Amsterdam.

Plinky is an #expressive #polyphonic #touch #synthesizer, designed by mmalex and available as a #DIY kit from @ThonkSynthDIY"

mylarmelodies' weird video about Superbooth 2024

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Synth rat at :26.

"Superbooth 2024 was amazing. This is a collage of all the strange, profound, interesting or funny moments I filmed as they happened to me. Includes some famous faces, and even some music gear! If you didn't make it this year, I hope this makes you feel like you did! Support on Patreon: / mylarmelodies

Watch out - it also contains the odd swear word!

Featuring:
@sonicstate @HANGINGOUTWITHAUDIOPHILES @RedMeansRecording @BoBeats @DivKid @tombola2004 @ArturiaOfficial @AshunSoundMachines @MoogSynthesizers @BodySynths @signalsounds7867 @Elevator-Sound @KorgOfficial @Befacosynth @melbourneinstruments @FredsLab @somasynths @enjoyelectronics6070 @NovationTV @busycircuits and many more.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Travel with me
01:10 Korg PS-3300
01:47 Heading Outside
03:08 Befaco Oneroi
03:50 Red Means Jamie Lidell
04:19 SECRET MUSIC THING
05:05 Melbourne Delia Poly
05:48 PolyBrute 12
06:16 Vlad Demos Soma Flux
07:43 Novation PolyBasstation 2
08:37 SoundForce, Mad Custom Mixer
09:33 Dinner & Drinks
10:17 Day 2 Begins
10:44 DINSYNC Jam
11:17 ALM, Freds Lab, Tubbutec, LPZW
13:39 Currywurst Moment
14:15 Moog Spectravox
14:50 MSL Drop = fun!!
16:00 Plinky Bib 1U Stereo FX!
16:54 Nick Batt's New Sticker, Beer with Steve
17:25 Lambda PolyPulse & Silver Troberg
18:00 Cuckoo Looking Beautiful
18:37 Street Beerz with Jeremy
19:07 Day 3: PWM Mantis
19:49 Gyros with Jason & Tom & Matths
20:04 Body Synths Metal Fetishist & Norand Mono 2
20:56 Youtube Meetup, Microrack, Wiggler
22:02 Korg Berlin Acoustic Phase8
23:29 Schlappi & the RetroKits Raffle
24:39 Enjoy Electronics Defeel
25:29 A final wander, a sound coffin
27:18 Eowaves Quadrantid Acoustic Vibes
28:06 Buchla in the woods vibes
29:15 UDO Super8 UberBliss Drones
30:06 Jason's Error Gift & Marco's Kiss
31:42 Finish our beers and go
32:27 It's been a long day
32:49 Sunday Morning in Berlin.
33:08 The afterparty
34:25 Let's go home."

Oneiroi Jam - Befaco

video upload by Befacosynth

"Oneiroi is an ambient and drone-like soundscapes full voice.

At his core, there is a Wavetable/Supersaw, Sine Wave Oscillator and a joyful Looper. This is followed by an FX section featuring a Multimode filter, a Resonator, a Delay, and a Reverb.
Its randomizer creates instant patches at the touch of a button.
The Looper can record the external input or the output for 'Sound On Sound' looping.

A full-stereo synthesizer that easily creates dense atmospheres for hypnotic music or cinematic sound design. Featuring three oscillators, four effects, a looper, modulation with complex routing, and a randomizer."

Oneiroi - Random instant hypnotic pads

video upload by Befacosynth

"Oneiroi is an ambient and drone-like soundscapes full voice.

At his core, there is a Wavetable/Supersaw, Sine Wave Oscillator and a joyful Looper. This is followed by an FX section featuring a Multimode filter, a Resonator, a Delay, and a Reverb.
Its randomizer creates instant patches at the touch of a button.
The Looper can record the external input or the output for 'Sound On Sound' looping.

A full-stereo synthesizer that easily creates dense atmospheres for hypnotic music or cinematic sound design. Featuring three oscillators, four effects, a looper, modulation with complex routing, and a randomizer."

See the Oneiroi announcement post here.

Befaco Introduces Oneiroi

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Details follows:

According to Greek mythology, the Oneiroi are dark-winged creatures that each night emerge from their cave to deliver dreams and nightmares.

Oneiroi is a live performance-oriented, multi-functional self-contained experimental digital synth focused on ambient pads and drone-like soundscapes.

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Befaco MIDI Thing V2 - Web Editor

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"MIDI Thing V2 is a flexible MIDI to CV converter. Allowing polyphonic notes handling, envelope and LFO generation as well as all available MIDI messages to be converted into CV.
This is a huge upgrade from our previous beloved MIDI Thing, which adds a screen for easy configuration, 12 assignable ports, TRS, USB Host and Device, MIDI merge OUT, a web configuration tool, and a VCV rack bridge counterpart."

Befaco MIDI Thing V2 features + VCV Rack Bridge

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00:34 Controls
01:08 Global menu
01:47 New Voice
02:26 Add a clock
03:28 Add to Voice
03:41 Control Chance (CCs)
04:55 Adding Gates
05:32 Drum Voices
06:33 Internal Oscilator
08:49 USB Host for external controllers
09:45 VCV Rack Bridge

"MIDI Thing V2 is a flexible MIDI to CV converter. Allowing polyphonic notes handling, envelope and LFO generation as well as all available MIDI messages to be converted into CV.

This is a huge upgrade from our previous beloved MIDI Thing, which adds a screen for easy configuration, 12 assignable ports, TRS, USB Host and Device, MIDI merge OUT, a web configuration tool, and a VCV rack bridge counterpart."

Befaco - Pony VCF

video upload by Befacosynth

"Space-conscious lowpass filter and volume processor.
A combination of VCF + VCA + Mixer that lets you mix three different sound sources, and shape their tone, and levels in a breeze.
The Pony Filter is built around the SSI2144 FATKEYS™ Chip. Has the elegant sound of the classic transistor filter without the associated distortions, due to Dave Rossum’s 'improved ladder' topology."

Update:

Also see DivKid's video here, and mylarmelody's Molten Music Technology video here.

Befaco - Octaves VCO

video upload by Befacosynth

"A harsh and funky take of an additive Oscillator.
Pile up multiplications of your frequency to get a lo-fi-retro wall of squared sound!
You get six doubled frequency pulses, or octaves, with common PWM and volume control for each of them.
The output of each is cascaded to the next one, so you can either have one output with all frequencies or break the chain and get several sums and modulate each independently!"

Update: and video from Divkid directly below. Also see mylarmelodies' Molten Music Technology video here.

A harsh & funky take on an additive oscillator // Octaves VCO from Befaco

video upload by DivKid

"Here we have what Befaco say is "a harsh and funky take on an additive oscillator" as it has individual harmonics or partials and VCAs to modulate them. However the idea of harmonics here is replaced with 6 octaves of square waves. It's an analog design with a triangle core oscillator that through frequency doublers give 6 octaves to work with, each turned into squares that respond to PWM. An onboard mixer allows for blending these squares, you can break out into new tones with self patching, or make multi-layered wide frequency spanning voices from the individual outs."

*TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS*
00:00 Hello & patch previews
01:10 Feature run down
02:44 Raw sound demo
03:43 Polymetric percussive octave riffs! (my favourite thing)
06:05 Self patched additive synth style sounds
08:13 Huge stereo drones
10:11 PWM at audiorate - tearing additive octaves
11:51 Exploring sync tones + upper octave overtones
13:42 Sub octaves, not just higher octaves
16:01 Noisy FM percussion
18:09 Randomised additives - modulating octave blends per note
19:24 Alarms, pacman & phone chirps - Octaves VCO as a modulator

Befaco Introduces VOLTIO voltage source and precision adder eurorack module

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"An accurate voltage source and precision adder. Voltio fits somewhere between a music tool and a piece of electronics lab gear.It generates voltages equivalent to all the notes on the 12-tone equal temperament scale throughout a ten-octave range, with an intuitive two-knob interface.The Precision Adder In, lets you sum Voltio’s Out with external voltages.Additionally, the front panel banana connectors let you plug standard multimeter probes for hands-free operation on electronics lab.Use it to transpose Oscillators and sequences in a musical way or as a reference to calibrate your analog gear.

Available in assembled and DIY Kit versions.

FEATURES
Easily adjust your oscillators in known intervals.
Transpose Musical phrases from sequencers, arpeggiators, or any other notes source.
Calibrate oscillators and filters on your DIY projects or during analog gear maintenance.

SPECS
Current needs: +12V: 35mA, -12V: 15mA
Width: 6 HP
Depth: 30mm including power connector
Designed, kits prepared and assembled in Barcelona."

via Befaco

Trolley Bus assembled - Set up

video upload by Befacosynth

"Ready to feed the most modern and power-hungry modules.
A 5A power solution, 28 slots powered by four high-quality DC-DC converters.
ON/OFF 4HP – 3U module with 2 USB-A charging ports and a Power Button.
Friendly Plug and Play, tools are not required."

Modular Day Barcelona #10 - 2023

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"Modular Day is the festival of Modular Synthesizers - Eurorack - in Barcelona. This year in its 10th edition with Manufacturers, Shops, Workshops, Conferences and Concerts. We wait for you on September 23rd at Hangar."

0:25 Xor Electronics
20:26 Making Sound Machines
36:06 Tesseract
51:56 AVID
1:11:47 Body Synths
1:26:27 Jolin Lab
1:39:38 Jonaralogue
2:04:42 Ginko Synthese
2:30:03 Befaco

Modular Day Barcelona #10 Concerts
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"Modular Day is the festival of Modular Synthesizers - Eurorack - in Barcelona. This year in its 10th edition with Manufacturers, Shops, Workshops, Conferences and Concerts. We wait for you on September 23rd at Hangar.

We are thrilled to present these artists and friends of our event."

7:00 - Preassure: Ambre Laparra Blumenfeld and Marlène Jöbstl
34:06 (Intermission)
40:33 - Hara
1:07:41 (Intermission)
1:20:59 - Thëm
1:58:38 (Intermission)
2:11:22 - f.l.i.t.d
2:48:17 (Intermission)
2:55:24 - Espinoza Espinoza

Modular Day Barcelona 2023 after party - HRTL

video upload by Befacosynth

"There are few in the Czech electronic music culture with a background as storied as HRTL, the performing alias of Prague-based synthesiser musician Leoš Hort. Iconically performing from the centre of the dancefloor, HRTL is a force of the wildest nature on his instruments of choice, a carefully curated setup of modular synthesisers and tabletop instruments. Infamously electrifying and always improvised, each of his live club performances is quite literally one-of-a-kind; generative breakbeat rhythms meet with liquefying acid, and synths sliced from the utmost peaks of euphoria."

Befaco - FX Boy

video upload by Befacosynth

"A Multi FX module based on game carts!

FxBoy is a multi-FX module designed in collaboration with several talented manufacturers.

This is an effect unit with CV control over the parameters and Dry/wet control, with a Built-in CV controllable four bands EQ.

Each effect is physically hosted in a hot-swappable game cart and designed by a different manufacturer: Touell Skouarn with Skuara a harsh fuzz with overdrive, Instruo with micro Phaser, a two-flavoured Phaser, Feedback modules with a vintage Flanger, XOR with FX-Girl, a digital double effect module: Delay + Granularizer, Making sound machines with an analog Wave folder, Tesseract with a bit crusher and Befaco Trash distortion"