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Thursday, June 15, 2023

Abyss Dreadbox Demo


video upload by Panu Savolainen

"Multitracked demo with internal and additional effects: Blackhole and Waves delay. Ps. Nice typo in the end texts (deadzonemusic.com)."

Saturday, June 18, 2022

Dreadbox Abyss Analog Polyphonic Synthesizer

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Thursday, December 23, 2021

Ambient jam with the Dreadbox Nymphes, Tasty Chips GR-1, Strymon NightSky, and Empress Reverb


video upload by Jay Hosking

"A live, semi-improvised track performed entirely on hardware.

Dreadbox was kind enough to send along the Nymphes a little early to me, and I couldn't have been more excited. While I have the Abyss, I've been hoping for a new Dreadbox polysynth that's more widely available for a long time.

And the Nymphes doesn't disappoint. It's unbelievably small but with a super sturdy build and great fader throw lengths. It has a lot of secondary functions but it's dead easy to navigate, and still feels more hands-on than the Dreadbox Typhon (another great small synth). And most importantly of all, it has a beautiful sound with tons of character and some great particular nooks and crannies in its timbres. A warm analog polysynth the size of a paperback book? I love it.

I've also got lots to say on the Tasty Chips GR-1, but I'm planning to do a video with it in the near future, so more then. Suffice it to say for now that I love it and that it's a perfect companion for ambient work.

Dreadbox Nymphes through Strymon NightSky — Main synth
Tasty Chips GR-1 through Empress Reverb — Ambient granular goodness
Arturia Keystep — MIDI controller for the Nymphes

Performed and recorded live, with EQ, compression, and limiting on the master."

Monday, October 11, 2021

Dreadbox Abyss - A few sounds in unison mode


video upload by transceive

Monday, July 12, 2021

New 8 Voice Dreadbox Abyss MK2, 6 Voice Nymph, & Semi-Modular in the Works



A few teaser pics floating in from Dreadbox on Facebook. A glimpse of the Nymph is pictured below. It's the NY synth first mentioned here.

Don't miss the recent Dreadbox office visit with ProckGnosis here. The new semi-modular is mentioned just after 14:45. The Nymph screengrab below comes in at 6:08.

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

New Dreadbox 6 Voice NY Synth Coming in September?



This one was spotted and sent in via Soviet Space Child.

It appears Dreadbox is working on a 6 Voice NY synth and it's coming at the end of September. Their previous synth with NY in the title was the 2 VCO paraphonic NYX. They also had the 4 voice ABYSS.

Note the 2nd image below is a vote for the color: Dark Blue or Black. I'm guessing the top half of the image is the blue and the bottom the black to give you an idea of the color scheme for each.

The pink font gives off the the 80s vibe of the Erebus V3 limited edition and the HYPNOSIS.

Update: you can find a glimpse of it and the new Abyss MK2 here.

Monday, May 31, 2021

HOW TO? Series / Dreadbox KOMOREBI: from Flanger to Chorus


video by Dreadbox

"How to set Komorebi in order to make FLANGER sounds and then turn it easily into CHORUS.

In this video we are using the discontinued Abyss, a 4-voice Analog Polyphonic Synthesizer."

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Jam w/ Zen Delay, Korg NTS-1, Abyss, Minitaur, and Empress, Strymon, Meris pedals


Published on Apr 28, 2020 Jay Hosking

"A live, semi-improvised performance, all on hardware, and inspired by the pleasures of tape. Most of the sounds here have tape-like effects applied to them, and for much of the song, I'm "playing" the tape on the Zen Delay by Erica Synths (with Ninja Tune collaborating). The Zen Delay is a real joy to perform with.

I'm also nicely surprised by the Korg NTS-1. It was a fun project to build, and while it's only a single-oscillator synth, you can get a variety of sound out of it (including a sub oscillator), and it has a ton of good options like filter sweep, and also a great collection of effects. Quite a lot of bang for your buck!

Novation Launchpad Pro MkIII — Sequencing, mutes, scenes
Korg NTS-1 + Empress Effects Zoia — Melody
Dreadbox Abyss + Empress Effects Reverb + Strymon Ola + Meris Ottobit Jr. — Pad
Moog Minitaur + Meris Polymoon — Bass
Roland SH-01a + Strymon Deco + Erica Synths (with Ninja Tune) Zen Delay — Melody 2 and arp and delay weirdness

Written and performed within a 24-hour period, and uploaded as is, with only a little compression/limiting on the master.

https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com/"

Friday, February 21, 2020

Dark ambient jam w/ Moog Matriarch, Dreadbox Abyss, ARP Odyssey, Empress Reverb, Big Sky, Timefactor


Published on Feb 21, 2020 Jay Hosking

"A live, semi-improvised performance, all on hardware, and inspired by grief. This track is something of a culmination of the ambient pieces I've been doing recently, taking advantage of three analogue synths with a lot of character. The Matriarch, Abyss, and Odyssey are all kind of dark and textural synths, and with some spectacular effects (thank you as always, Empress, Strymon, and Eventide), they immediately put me in a mood."

Follow-up to this post.

Thursday, December 19, 2019

Fugue Machine jam with Deckard's Dream, OB-6, Novation Peak, Dreadbox Abyss, Polymoon, Big Sky


Published on Dec 19, 2019 Jay Hosking

"A live, semi-improvised performance, all on hardware, and inspired by the maudlin moods of the holidays. This is something of a sequel to the last video, in that I'm using exactly the same hardware synths and have only swapped out the sequencer. My point: by simply changing how you sequence your music, you can radically change the kind of music you make. Fugue Machine's limitations (a single line of note data played in different ways by four different "tape heads") are really inspiring, and the constraints end up a major benefit to creativity.

Alexandernaut's Fugue Machine (via iOS) — Sequencing
Sequential/Oberheim OB-6 — Bass string thing
Novation Peak — Arp thing
Black Corporation Deckard's Dream + Meris Polymoon — High melody pad thing
Dreadbox Abyss + Strymon Big Sky — Fast arp

Written and performed within a 24-hour period, and uploaded as is, with only a little compression/limiting on the master.

https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com/"

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Ambient poly synth jam with the NDLR, Deckard's Dream, OB-6, Peak, Dreadbox Abyss, Polymoon, Big Sky


Published on Dec 12, 2019 Jay Hosking

"A live, semi-improvised performance, all on hardware, and inspired by winter looming. I've long wanted to make a couple of videos about how the sequencer really determines where the music goes, and I thought there was no better example of this than the NDLR, which is such a beautiful little inspiration device. In my opinion, I think the NDLR thrives at making interesting ambient explorations, and I hope I've demonstrated that here.

I've also wanted to make a "poly synth jam" and show each of the poly synths I currrently have next to each other. Some really interesting things revealed themselves here: 1) the Peak is the clear winner for bass; 2) I like the OB-6 a lot better for plucks or shorter decays than I do for pads; 3) the Abyss holds its own among these bigger names and is a real gem with lots of personality; 4) the Deckard's Dream isn't particularly rich or versatile, but adds the most beauty to the track, and it's a joy to make a patch from scratch.

Conductive Labs NDLR — Sequencing
Black Corporation Deckard's Dream + Meris Polymoon — Pad
Sequential/Oberheim OB-6 — Motif 1 (brighter arp)
Dreadbox Abyss + Strymon Big Sky — Motif 2 (mellower arp)
Novation Peak — Drone (bass monster)

Written and performed within a 24-hour period, and uploaded as is, with only a little compression/limiting on the master.

https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com/"

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

New Arturia Keystep update - New Sequencer tricks!


Published on Aug 21, 2019 Gaz Williams

"Here I take a look at the recently released v.1.1 free firmware update for everyones favourite midi and CV controller, the Arturia Keystep. I have it hooked up via MIDI to my Dreadbox Abyss to demonstrate some of the funky new features. I haven't fully figured out some of the new stuff especially the random modes within the arpeggiator so instead I focus on the new sequencer stuff."

Monday, July 29, 2019

Synth Jams by Jay Hosking


Published on Jul 26, 2019 Jay Hosking

Spotted the first video in the playlist above on discchord.com. The Playlist contains 21 videos. You can use the player controls to skip around. Descriptions for each are below. All videos feature various gear so you should be able to get an idea of some of the capabilities of each featured. You can check out Jay Hosking's music at https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com/.

Note, more will likely get added over time. The following playlist is as of this post:

1. Jam w/ Vermona PERfourMER MkII, Elektron Analog Rytm MkII, OTO Bam, Styrmon Big Sky, Fugue Machine
A live, semi-improvised performance, all on hardware, and inspired by some pretty tough news that has me sentimental.

I loved the Elektron Analog Four MkII so much that I picked up the Analog Rytm MkII. My feelings on the Rytm are mixed. On the one hand, it's missing that spontaneity and spark of units like the Arturia DrumBrute Impact and Teenage Engineering OP-Z, with no readymade performance effects, roller bar, or global randomization, and a slower workflow. On the other hand, I really like its analogue sound engines, any unused tracks can be converted into impressive analogue mono synths, it does beautiful things to samples, and like all Elektron boxes it integrates the effects into the sequencer really nicely.

As for the Vermona PERfourMER MkII, I'd been pining over it for ages, and it was fun to finally tinker with it. The Perfourmer definitely excels in the mid- and high- range, and I love how the independent voices making really interesting voices for chords.

Vermona PERfourMER MkII + OTO Bam — Three synths (left chord note, right chord note, melody)
Vermona PERfourMER MkII + Strymon Big Sky — Bass chord note synth
Elektron Analog Rytm MkII — Drums, samples, sample melody, punchy bass
Fugue Machine (iOS) — Sequencing
IK Multimedia iRig Pro Duo — MIDI out from iOS

Written and performed within a 24-hour period, and uploaded as is, with only a little sidechain compression on the Perfourmer (to emphasize the sound that the Rytm was already making), and compression/limiting on the master.

https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com/

Tuesday, June 04, 2019

Dreadbox Abyss thru the Hypnosis


Published on Jun 4, 2019 ProckGnosis

"Just demoing how stunning the Abyss sounds running through the Hypnosis. Not any extensive testing or knob twisting of either piece of gear. Just playing with sounds I thought were cool."

Saturday, May 18, 2019

DREADBOX ABYSS // GOODBYE DRONE


Published on May 18, 2019 LESINDES

"DREADBOX ABYSS goodbye now. Nice synth but......
I wonder why there is no dedicated master tune knob which I find in every analog synthesiser being monophonic or polyphonic. This is really annoying and I suspect this synthesiser being more digital inside than declared.
I liked the filters of Erebus and Nyx much more and they would be more adapted for poly than the built in vcf is.
I think the Fx units do an excellent job but I would have dedicated other parameters to their fat knobs.
AND: Why isn't it STEREO (with all these FX)????''
And, last not least, DREADBOX feature the PSUs (wall warts) with the shortest cables. This one comparably long with 1,20 m."

Thursday, April 18, 2019

DREADBOX ABYSS // FIRST IMPRESSION // DRONE ARPEGGIO


Published on Apr 18, 2019 LESINDES

"DREADBOX ABYSS, ARTURIA KEYSTEP is playing the arpeggio!"

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Doctor Who falls to the Abyss


Published on Mar 26, 2019 Mark Pigott

"Lower Keys
Waldorf Blofeld A Bank 019: Dr. Who (polychained)

Upper Keys
Dreadbox Abyss Poly mode

At finale I add in Vermona '14"

Wednesday, March 06, 2019

Ashes by Carbon111





Instruments used:

Yamaha VL1, Vermona '14, Dreadbox Abyss, Dreadbox Nyx, Acidlab Miami

released June 26, 2018


More from Carbon111:

https://carbon111.bandcamp.com

Saturday, February 09, 2019

Dreadbox Abyss: Glide Hand played Noodle


Published on Feb 8, 2019 Mark Pigott

"Just a Noodle showing the Dreadbox Abyss with some glide
in poly mode. No external effects, all generated in the Abyss."

Vermona '14 as the controller.

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Multiphonic Mahem Demo (Vermona `14 ARP + 2 Abyss + 2 Monotribes)


Published on Jan 31, 2019 Mark Pigott

"Vermona `14 as controller set to LFO clocked ARP (which you will see me changing LFO ((left)) and ARP type ((right)) on the `14.
`14 acts as MIDI controller for duophonic Monotribes + 2 Dreadbox Abyss in 4 VCO poly mode each.

Percussion: Waldorf Blofeld C118 Àrp Drums + 4 on the floor snares from TT-78."
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