New Flame Mäander Desktop Synthesizer & Filter Bank

Update:

Higher-res pic above, specs and demos in via Flame. Click the image to read the labels.

"4-voice synthesizer with dynamic controllable analog 12 channel filter bank
including live sequencer with 12 filter channel tracks and polyphonic note track
wavetable sound synthesis, compatible with 4VOX wavetables
individual filter/amp envelopes, morphing filter types
full midi-usb functions... and more
metal case 300x195x60mm
release date: april/may 2019

SOUND EXAMPLES (mp3)
All sounds and sequences come exclusively from the MÄANDER. No effects and drum machines were used.

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Original post via Stromkult:

"Flame showed a prototype of their first desktop synthesizer, the Mäander, at the NAMM show 2019. Calling this instrument extraordinary is almost an understatement. Thanks to its digital oscillator, which comes equipped with parameters like Contour and Unisono, the Mäander is capable of generating an astonishing spectrum of sounds. Huge basses, velvety soft to metallic leads and pads as well as a wide range of effect sounds can be created in no time. Highlight of the instrument, however, is its flexibly controllable, fully analog filter bank with twelve bands and eight filter types. In detail, there are high-pass, three band-pass modes, notch, low-pass and LP / BP as well as LP / HP combinations. The most impressive sounds that were heard at the NAMM show had a strong vocal-like character. Other synthesis features include two LFOs with variable shape as well as sync, re-trigger and one shot modes, an ADSR envelope plus a nifty live sequencer. The latter is not exactly made to notate melodies, but more of a complex, yet easy to handle arpeggiator. All in all, the Mäander appears to be a highly innovative instrument. – We can’t wait to give it a proper test drive!"

Flame MÄANDER Synth Shortcuts & Demos

Published on Jan 25, 2019 flameampere

Preview of the upcoming Synthesizer MÄANDER from Flame
4-voice Wavetable Synth including 12 channel analog filter bank

Playlist:

1. Flame MÄANDER Synth shortcuts
2. Flame MÄANDER Synthesizer sounddemo 1
3. Flame MÄANDER Synthesizer sounddemo 2

New FLAME MÄANDER Demos

Published on Feb 14, 2019 flameampere

Previews of the upcoming Synthesizer MÄANDER from Flame
4-voice Wavetable Synth including 12 channel analog filter bank

Playlist:
FLAME MÄANDER unisono envelopes
FLAME MÄANDER chord filter sequencing
FLAME MÄANDER raga with voice effect wavetables

Flame Mäander ... by the water // Wavetable Synth Drone and Arpeggiator Jam #TTNM

Published on Jun 6, 2020 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"Two Flame Mäander synth jams in one with a little bit of percussion and reverb.

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We’re camping at a lake now, so here’s a little video from the side. A Flame Mäander wavetable drone starts the video off and is then accompanied by a second Mäander sequencer and arpeggiator performance. Later on the Ruismaker drum synth makes an appearance again. Reverb is from the Audio Damage EOS 2 AUv3 iOS plugin."

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Flame Mäander - Dark Riverside Meditation (Wavetable Synth Jam) #TTNM

Published on May 23, 2020 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"Dark and gloomy meditation music with the FLAME MÄANDER wavetable & filterbank synth. MORE INFO BELOW :)

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It has been raining last night and this morning outside of our roof top tent. To capture this mood, here is a slow jam session with a powerbank-powered Flame Mäander, augmented by an ambience recording full of birdsong.

The only thing that was added to the one take recording of the dry Mäander was some Audio Damage EOS2 reverb."

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Flame Mäander ... in the Sun // Outdoor Synthesizer Jam #TTNM

Published on May 25, 2020 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"Flame Mäander Synthesizer, Bram Bos Ruismaker Drum Machine and Audio Damage EOS 2 Reverb.

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Finally some good weather on our camping trip. My 9V + USB power bank is all charged up so here’s another jam session with the Flame Mäander wavetable and filterbank synth. I played it for a bit in my camping chair, making gratuitous use of the noise shot beat repeat feature and wavetable morphing. Later on my iPad Pro then, I added a kick drum and additional percussion in Steinberg Cubasis 2, with Bram Bos Ruismaker AUv3 drum machine iOS plugin. Of course I also threw some Audio Damage EOS 2 reverb on the Mäander’s audio track there, because those two just sound so beautiful together :)"

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LYRA-8 through MÄANDER // Filterbank Synthesizer Drone Music #TTNM

Published on Jun 2, 2020 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"SOMA LYRA-8 drone music processed by the FLAME MÄANDER synthesizer’s filter bank. MORE INFO BELOW :)

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Cameron Entzminger sent me an audio file of a Soma Lyra-8 performance to run through the Flame Mäander’s filter bank.

You can listen to the original Lyra-8 audio file here:
https://soundcloud.com/cambot_music/l...

In this video I first fade in the various filter bank channels. Then I morph to the filter bank’s 12-track envelope sequencer, which adds rhythm to the drone and introduces stereo panning effects. The 10 filter bands above the bass frequencies are split between the left and right channels when you plug cables into both audio output sockets.

Later on, I add sequenced white noise shots from the Mäander and additional percussion from Bram Bos’ Ruismaker iOS drum machine, turning the Lyra-8 drone into some kind of dark industrial beat music.

Cameron’s music releases:
https://soundcloud.com/cambot_music/s...
https://cameronentzminger.bandcamp.co..."

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Flame Mäander - Sunny Electro Blues // Outdoor Synth Jam #TTNM

Published Jun 4, 2020 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"Experimental Blues on the Flame Mäander synthesizer, plus iOS Jim Audio Pure Acid drums and Audio Damage Dubstation delay and EOS reverb. MORE INFO BELOW :)

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Another great day to chill with the Flame Mäander in the sun! I prepared a simple 128 step backing track with the internal sequencer, locked it and then played on top of it in Shots mode (beat repeat) with the little button keyboard. The notes were quantized live into the same blues scale as the backing track and I’ve used the keyboard transpose encoder heavily to throw in some higher pitched notes.

I chose one of the new Mäander 2.0 B wavetables, containing electric organ and piano waves, which can create dramatically morphing swells when modulated with a slow triangle LFO. There is also the Mäander’s noise oscillator playing a simple rhythmic four on the floor pattern. Tweaking its decay adds some fun variation to the track.

In postproduction on my iPad Pro, I added additional drums with Jim Audio’s PURE ACID iOS drum machine in the Cubasis 2 DAW. For effects I stuck to my trusty Audio Damage AUv3 plugin suite with Dubstation 2 delay and EOS 2 reverb.'

Flame Mäander & Friends // Ambient Synth Jam with Ruismaker, Kosmonaut & EOS2 #TTNM

Published on May 24, 2020 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"Another camping synth jam! This time the FLAME MÄANDER brought some iOS friends :) MORE INFO BELOW.

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For this jam I played with the Mäander for a while and then added a kick drum and additional percussion from Bram Bos Ruismaker iOS AUv3 drum machine in Cubasis on my iPad. The noise snare is still the original Mäander though. Of course there was also a bunch of Kosmonaut delay and Audio Damage EOS2 reverb involved."

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Flame Mäander 2.0 - Wavetable Synth Lullaby Jam #TTNM

Published on May 15, 2020 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"Here's a first mellow jam with the new Flame Mäander 2.0 firmware. MORE INFO BELOW :)

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The Flame Mäander is a 4-voice paraphonic wavetable & FM synthesizer with an analog resonant filterbank. It features a live performance friendly step sequencer and arpeggiator and it even lets you sequence the individual filter bands, as well as an additional noise oscillator for percussion sounds. Of course you can upload your own oscillator wavetables too and play and control it extensively via MIDI.

In this jam session I'm using one of the new 2.0 wavetables as well as the new detune feature and pitch quantizer (so good for stand-alone live use!!!). All sounds directly from the Mäander, recorded in one take, with just a little bit of reverb added in postproduction."

FLAME MÄANDER 2.0 Workflow Demo // MIDI Looper, Step Sequencer & Arpeggiator #TTNM

THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"Here's a demo of the Flame Mäander workflow, starting from a cleared patch.
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TIMECODES:
1:00 Initializing a Patch
1:20 Step Sequencer Mode
3:14 Tweaking the Sound
4:36 Adding & Transposing Steps
5:42 Tweaking the Sound some more
6:57 Filterbank recap
7:51 Filterbank Sequencing
11:20 Playing more than one Bar
11:37 MIDI Looping on Bar 2
12:45 Chaining Bars
13:40 Overdubbing across Bars
14:50 Musical Scale Quantizer
16:18 More MIDI Looping on Bar 3
17:05 More Bar Chaining
18:06 Locking Tracks with Hold Mode
19:24 The Arpeggiator

The Flame Mäander 2.0 offers fun and very hands-on sequencing features, which are very well suited for live play. Chaining Bars and working with Step Sequences, MIDI Loops and Arpeggios is quick and always possible on the fly, while the Mäander is playing. You can lock tracks you don't want to change and still play notes non-destructively on top of everything. There is also a Note Quantizer to always keep your music in a certain musical scale."

FLAME MÄANDER 2.0 - OVERVIEW & TUTORIAL #TTNM

Published on May 19, 2020 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"Here is an overview and 'getting started' tutorial for the FLAME MÄANDER wavetable & filterbank synth.

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TIMECODES:
0:03 Introduction
0:33 Connectivity
1:34 Front Panel Mode, Menu & Keyboard Buttons
2:02 Wavetable Synthesizer
4:15 PWM Pulse, Saw and FM Oscillator*
4:48 Other Synth Parameters
6:29 ADSR & LFOs
7:48 External Audio Input
8:04 Noise Oscillator
8:24 Analog Filterbank
10:36 Stereo Filterbank Effect
11:46 Sequencer
13:05 Shots Panel
15:36 Analog Filterbank Part 2
18:12 Envelope Mode
18:37 Random Mode
19:10 Track Mute
19:35 Upcoming Video & See You Soon :)"

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Flame Mäander Synthesizer // Rain Drop Drones #TTNM

Published on May 27, 2020 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

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"Recorded the sounds of rain drops falling on our tent and added a slow drone synth jam with the Flame Mäander, running on a 9V power bank. In Cubasis 2 on the iPad Pro, I added Audio Damage EOS2 reverb, a little bit of Grind distortion and QuatroMod phasing to the mix. Video edited in LumaFusion."

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FLAME MÄANDER 2.0 - FM Synth Sound Demo (no talking) #TTNM

Published on May 19, 2020 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"The Flame Mäander got a new FM oscillator in the 2.0 update. Here is how it sounds! No external effects or processing, just the Mäander alone :)

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FM stands for frequency modulation, a synthesis technique in which an audio-rate oscillator’s pitch is modulated by another one at a different frequency. Of course those are just the very basics for an FM sound and things can get a lot more complex. FM synthesis is great for metallic sounds like bells and gongs and the MÄANDER’s detune & colour knobs let you tune in those timbres with ease."

Flame MÄANDER Synthesizer simple arpeggio like p.floyds"on the run" (beta test)

Published on Feb 20, 2019

-simple monofon squarewave (without wave modulation)
-16th noise track
-test run of OSC filtermodulations
- mix between filter sequence and arpeggio filtering

Flame MÄANDER Synthesizer dark slow arpeggio with white noise (beta test)

Published on Feb 20, 2019

-simple note arpeggio with wavetable modulations
-mix between filter sequence and arpeggio filtering
-white noise sequence with envelope control

Previews of the upcoming Synthesizer MÄANDER from Flame
4-voice Wavetable Synth including 12 channel analog filter bank

Superbooth 2019: Flame MÄANDER 4-Voice Desktop Synthesizer

Published on May 17, 2019 sonicstate

"Flame have been around making interesting eurorack modules for quite a while now, the MÄANDER is I believe their first desktop synthesizer."

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Meander & Chill // A Flame Mäander 2.0 Filterbank Synth Jam #TTNM

Published on May 15, 2020 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"A calm and airy music jam with Flame’s wavetable and filterbank groovebox!

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In this Video I’m switching between four MIDI loops (bars) and the arpeggiator. There’s also a bunch of transposing going on. Of course the twelve filter bands are being sequenced as well for rhythmic filter effects. The ten bands above the bass frequencies are divided equally between the left and right audio output channels by the way, giving the sound a nicely stereophonic quality.

Again, the only thing that was added to the one take recording of the dry Mäander was a little bit of reverb."

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Flame Mäander - Old Axolotl Dreams // Sunset Synth Jam #TTNM

Published on Jun 1, 2020 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"Two Flame Mäander synth recordings in an auditory twirl between dreams and reality. MORE INFO BELOW :)

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I’ve been reading “The old Axolotl” recently, which is quite different than the Netflix series “Into the Night”, but still a very cool experience for a moderate sci-fi nerd like me.

The description of the robots‘ dream plugin inspired me to create this jam session. The two Mäander recordings create harmony and dissonance and one is never quite at ease nor fully engulfed in darkness. The stuttering sunset through the net structure is a nod towards the robots’ once-human souls, which are trapped behind digital sensor interfaces insufficient to accurately represent the reality they knew.

Anyway, enjoy this weird music videos ;-)"

FLAME MÄANDER - Feedback, Vocal Processing and Drone Experiment #TTNM

Published on May 21, 2020 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"This is an experiment with audio feedback loops to create resonances and self-oscillation. MORE INFO BELOW :)

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Setup:
- Headphone stereo output to mixer/recorder
- Mono/Left audio output into high-z audio input
- Control feedback with Main Out knob
- Control overall volume with Phones knob
- iPhone with NPR Podcast into line audio input

Slide the filter band faders down first. Let the external audio input through then, by looping some long triggers and then slide the band faders up slowly to make certain frequency bands resonant or self-oscillate. Self-oscillation can be reached abruptly though which might get loud, so try this at low volumes. The Main Out knob lets you adjust the overall feedback amount."

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Flame MÄANDER Wavetable Filterbank Synthesizer

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"Flame MÄANDER provides an analog 12 channel band pass filter bank, which are controllable by an internal pattern sequencer. Sound sources can be the internal polyphonic wavetable oscillator, the analog white noise channel and an external audio input source.

There are one polyphonic note track (up to 4 voice chords) and 14 mono tracks for the audio input, the white noise source and for each filter channel. Each channel include a VCA with individual envelope control. All tracks are accessible via MIDI notes.

Create your own patterns, save them in the internal pattern sequencer as a PATCH and play them on the fly. With the internal arpeggiator and the keyboard scaler function you can jam very well live. Software updates, loading of wavetables and saving/loading of patches can be easily realized via MIDI sysex.."

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