Massive Modular: Arturia, Metasonix, Waverazor, Make Noise, Volca, Sensel Morph, Qu-Bit, 4ms, More

CatSynth TV

"A massive modular match that also crosses into standalone synthesizers and hardware controllers.

Arturia MicroFreak
Arturia MiniBrute 2
Korg Volca Modular
Metasonix R-54 (VCF) and RK5 (LPG)
MOK Wavewazor
Sputnik Dual Oscillator
Expert Sleepers FH-2 Factotum and ESX-8V
Sensel Morph
Life Is Unfair Joystick
Rossum Electro-Music Morpheus
Strymon Magneto
Qu-Bit Prism
Make Noise Tempi, Rene, Maths
4MS Spectral Multiband Resonator
Malekko Noisering
E350 Morphing Terrarium
Mordax DATA
Pittsburgh Modular VCA and Mixer
2hp VCA
IntelliJ I/O utility modules
Circuit Abbey ADSR-Jr

Sensel Morph (Buchla Overlay) controlling Waverazor and 4MS SMR
Joystick controlling Metasonix R-54 pitch and Sputnik timbre

Please check out our CatSynth shop for T-shirts, shot glasses and more https://shop.catsynth.com/"

Mono Lake

Published on Jun 1, 2020 CatSynth TV

"Scenes from Mono Lake in California, set to original electronic music by Amanda Chaudhary.

'Mono Lake is a saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake. These salts also make the lake water alkaline...
...Mono Lake is a highly alkaline lake, or soda lake. Alkalinity is a measure of how many bases are in a solution, and how well the solution can neutralize acids. Carbonate (CO32-) and bicarbonate (HCO3−) are both bases. Hence, Mono Lake has a very high content of dissolved inorganic carbon. Through supply of calcium ions (Ca2+), the water will precipitate carbonate-minerals such as calcite (CaCO3). Subsurface waters enter the bottom of Mono Lake through small springs. High concentrations of dissolved calcium ions in these subsurface waters cause huge amounts of calcite to precipitate around the spring orifices.[8] The tufa originally formed at the bottom of the lake. It took many decades or even centuries to form the well-recognized tufa towers. When lake levels fell, the tufa towers came to rise above the water surface and stand as the majestic pillars seen today'

Synthesizers used:
Arturia CMI V
Arturia Pigments
Vintage Minimoog Model D
MOK Waverazor
EastWest RA"

Dirty sound design & sequencing with the MOK Waverazor // #JAMUARY2020 DAY 27

Published on Jan 27, 2020 DivKidVideo

Fun to look at.

"Let's get the week kicked into touch and off to a banging start. Here's some nasty and dirty sounds out of the MOK Waverazor Eurorack module. There's TONNEs (how many eurorack CV inputs constitute a tonne?) of modulation inputs so I thought I'd throw lots at it, jam with envelopes, VCA offsets, sequences and muting drums in and out and get lots of sounds and sequences flying by. Love it.

Full and detailed patch notes exclusively on www.patreon.com/divkid"

Mutato Muzika Meets The Waverazor Dual Oscillator Module

Published on Nov 23, 2019 MOK

"In August 2019, MOK traveled to Mutato Muzika, Mark Mothersbaugh’s music production company. Among a treasure trove of Devo’s most precious musical instruments, Taiho Yamada demonstrates the Waverazor Dual Oscillator module from MOK and 1010music.

Thank you Mutato Muzika! http://mutato.com/

Mark Mothersbaugh
John Enroth
Albert Fox
Ray Plaza
Ethan Obbema

And
Adam Barber

Thank you Aaron Higgins of 1010music! https://1010music.com/

MOK is Rob Rampley, Taiho Yamada and Chris Compton.

For more information, visit the MOK website at:

https://mok.com/"

Alpha Quadrant "The Synthesis Principal" Waverazor Performance at NAMM 2019

Published on Nov 20, 2019 MOK

"Alpha Quadrant performs 'The Synthesis Principal', a song made using MOK’s Waverazor synthesizer plugin, live at NAMM 2019.

Written, programmed, and produced by Casey Baldwin and Kayla Bee

“The Synthesis Principal” is available as a pay-what-you-want digital download here:



The Waverazor synthesizer plugin (Mac, PC, Linux / AAX, AU, VST) is available for purchase through Tracktion:

https://www.tracktion.com/products/wa..."

MOK's Taiho Yamada filming in the background.

Eureka and Samoa [Episode 200]

Published on Nov 18, 2019 CatSynth TV

"Our 200th Episode! A new experimental music piece featuring scenes from Humboldt Bay, the Samoa Peninsula, and the town of Eureka. Many scenes feature the distinctive dolosse along the north and south jetty of the inlet to the bay.

Music and film by Amanda Chaudhary.

Synthesizers used:
Arturia EMS Synthi V
Arturia CMI V
Arturia Pigments
MOK Waverazor
Tracktion BioTek
East West Orchestra Gold

Video synthesis via Max/MSP/Jitter."

https://www.catsynth.com

Death Valley [Episode 190]

Published on Oct 11, 2019 CatSynth TV

"From the depths of Badwater Basin to the heights of the Amargosa mountains, we explore and celebrate the beauty of Death Valley with original music by Amanda Chaudhary.

For more adventurous music, please subscribe to CatSynth TV and visit www.catsynth.com

Software instruments:
Tracktion BioTek
Arturia Mellotron V
Arturia Pigments
Arturia CMI V
Arturia Prophet VS
Arturia Piano
MOK Waverazor
Kontakt (John Cage Prepared Piano, Grindhouse, World Impact)
EastWest Orchestra Gold

Hardware Instruments:
Vintage Minimoog Model D
Sputnik Modular Dual Oscillator
Qu-Bit Prism module

Additional foley and sound effects via samples."

Amanda Solo Performance at Center for New Music (Compton's Cafeteria Series)

Published on Sep 4, 2019 CatSynth TV

New performance from supporting site member, Amanda Chaudhary of www.catsynth.com!

"Amanda Chaudhary's full solo performance from the Compton's Cafeteria Series show at the Center for New Music in San Francisco. She performed two extended pieces: White Wine (solo version) and Donershtik, using Arturia MiniBrute and MicroFreak, Nord Stage EX, Novation controller, MOK Waverazor, Strymon Magneto, and more.

To see excerpts from all three sets please check out our previous video: [below]
For more new and adventurous electronic music, please subscribe to this channel and visit www.catsynth.com.

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Amanda Chaudhary’s live performances bring theatricality and flare to the sometimes staid world of experimental electronics. She combines sophisticated modular synthesizers and software, with conventional instruments and even toys and DIY electronics for a unique experience that moves effortlessly between experimental noise, jazz and funk, ambient abstract landscapes, and more. She has been performing solo and with various groups in the Bay Area, New York, and beyond for many years and is deliberately difficult to pin down to a particular style or practice, except to say that her work is always fun to experience. Amanda is also the founder of CatSynth.com and CatSynth TV, which covers music, synthesizers, art, and culture through the prism of a love for cats. The feline sometimes works its way back into her music."

Compton's Cafeteria Series (Amanda Chaudhary, Rusty Sunsets, Pitta of the Mind)

Published on Aug 31, 2019 CatSynth TV

"The Center for New Music in San Francisco presents the inaugural show of Compton's Cafeteria Series, commemorating the Compton's Cafeteria Riot of 1966 and transgender visibility.

0:20 Rusty Sunsets: rustysunsets.bandcamp.com
1:51 Pitta of the Mind (Amanda Chaudhary and Maw Shein Win): www.facebook.com/pittaofthemind
3:16 . Amanda Chaudhary: amandachaudhary.com
5:15 Gratuitous shot of Amanda's rig for the evening featuring Arturia MiniBrute and MicroFreak, Novation controller, MOK Waverazor, Strymon Magneto, and more.

For more adventurous music, please subscribe to CatSynth TV and check out www.catsynth.com"

Check out the MOK WAVERAZOR DUAL complex oscillator

Published on Sep 2, 2019 Ken Flux Pierce Fluxwithit

See the MOK label below for more.

LiveStream Exploring the MOK WaveRazor Dual module

Published on Aug 31, 2019 Ken Flux Pierce Fluxwithit

"Here I am trying out the WaveRazor (and a new streaming client as well) join the live chat and lets check it out."

MOK Wavewazor Eurorack Module

Published on Aug 20, 2019 CatSynth TV

"We explore the new Waverazor Eurorack Module from MOK. The module features the same patented waveslicing oscillators found in the Waverazor software plugin, complete with a multitude of controls for manipulating the waveslices via the touch screen, knobs, or CV inputs.

We discuss the concepts of waveslicing synthesis, explore the interface, check out some presets, create our own sliced waveform, and go wild with the CV inputs, culminating in a performance with CV sequencers and external drum machines.

00:40 About Waveslicing Synthesis and The Razor
01:34 Exploring the module's controls and various presets
05:50 Editing your own waveforms
08:08 Clock-based wave slicing
12:15 Going wild with CV
12:45 Putting it all together with CV, sequencers, and external drum machines!

External CV via the Arturia MiniBrute 2, and Make Noise Rene and Tempi.
Drum accompaniment for the final section provided by a Korg Volca Beats and Mutant HiHats from Hexinverter.net.

External audio: "Proportional Fish" by Amanda Chaudhary, available at https://amandachaudhary.bandcamp.com/...

For more information, please visit mok.com. Full press release below.
For more synthesizer reviews, please subscribe to this channel and visit www.catsynth.com.
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Waverazor Dual Oscillator Introduction

Published on Aug 13, 2019 MOK

"The Waverazor Dual Oscillator is now available! This complex and innovative oscillator module’s patented wave-slicing synthesis presents a novel approach to sound generation that splices waveforms into twisted and aggressive new timbres. Visit MOK.com for more information."

MOK Waverazor demo and patch programming

Published on Aug 13, 2019 CatSynth TV

"We explore the Waverazor, a unique and powerful software synthesizer from MOK. Each oscillator generates sound from one or more waveform slices that can be changed and modified in real time, with the oscillators feeding into multiple filters and finally to a mixer and effects section.

We demo several of the factory presets (including a second bank created by Richard Devine), and give a short tutorial on basic programming of the oscillators, filters, and modulation matrix."

proaudio.tv EN SUPERBOOTH 19 Videos

Published on May 11, 2019 proaudio.tv EN

Playlist:

New Doepfer Modules at SUPERBOOTH 2019
Erica Synths at SUPERBOOTH 2019
4ms Spherical Wavetable Navigator
Xaoc SUPERBOOTH 2019 News
1010music Blackbox at SUPERBOOTH 2019
MOK WAVERAZOR at SUPERBOOTH 2019

MOK Waverazor Dual Oscillator Module Preview

Published on Mar 25, 2019 MOK

"We're so excited to share this preview of the upcoming Waverazor Dual Oscillator module, which brings MOK's patent-pending, wave slicing algorithm to the Eurorack modular world. It features XY macro control from its touchscreen display, an external audio input to the Razor for slicing up your own oscillators, and 22 CV inputs for extensive modulation."

See the MOK label below for more.

Catsynth TV Winters [Episode 122]

Published on Feb 16, 2019 CatSynth TV

"A video poem for Winters, California. Winters is a town in Yolo County, east of Sacramento. Scenes include the Putah Creek, Main Street, Rotary Park, and the Putah Creek Cafe.

Hardware Synthesizers [Eurorack]:
Strymon Magneto 4-head tape-delay simulator
2hp Pluck
Epoch Modular Benjolin

Software Synthesizers:
MOK Waverazor
Tracktion BioTek
Kontakt running Grindhouse from Big Fish Audio"

www.catsynth.com

MOK Waverazor Sound Demo (no talking)

Published on Feb 8, 2019 Bonedo Synthesizers

MOK Waverazor Dual Oscillator Eurorack Module

Published on Feb 1, 2019 Synthtopia

"At the 2019 NAMM Show, MOK introduced the Waverazor Dual Oscillator Eurorack module."

See the MOK label below for more.

NAMM 2019 MOK Waverazor As A Eurorack Module

Published on Feb 1, 2019 sonicstate

"Two Waverazor wave slicinf oscillators in a Eurorack format - built on the 1010 Music Module with touch screen and MIDI control, - mmmmm....."

NAMM 2019: MOK Waverazor Innovative Eurorack Oscillator Module

Published on Jan 30, 2019 SYNTH ANATOMY

"Taiho showed me at NAMM 2019, it's new innovative Eurorack oscillator Waverator which is based on a modified 1010music Toolbox platform."

Kind of reminds me of the rotors on the John Bowen Solaris. Taiho Yamada was one of the lead designers at Alesis and M-Audio. He brought us the Alesis Andromeda and the M-Audio Venom. You can find posts featuring him in the archives (by date or by relevance).