Pittsburgh Modular Documentary Films Presents Denali Part 4 with Taiga Soundtrack

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"Part 4 of the Denali series. Soundtrack showcasing the Pittsburgh Modular Taiga synthesizer."

And parts 1 -3 with the Lifeforms SV-1b:



"Teaser tracks showcasing a Pittsburgh Modular eurorack format Lifeforms SV1-b modular synthesizer."

Synergy // Moog Subharmonicon and DFAM, Modular Synthesizer

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"Moog Subharmonicon and DFAM are on main voice and percussion, respectively. Subharmonicon is being processed by Mutable Instruments Clouds and DFAM by Endorphin.es Milky Way."

As a Rorschach I'm seeing amoeba crabs.

One more:

Constellations// Modular Synthesizer, Pittsburgh Modular SV-1b, Make Noise 0-CTRL

The Mystery of the East Beast Fully Analog East Coast-Style Semi-Modular Synthesizer by Cre8audio

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Superbooth, Berlin, May 10th, 2022, Cre8audio today announced East Beast, a new semi-modular desktop synthesizer.

Designed and developed in partnership with Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers, East Beast is a powerful monophonic full voice with many unique sound-shaping tools and deep performance capabilities.

Beware the beast!
East Beast’s massive sound has been heavily influenced by Pittsburgh’s highly successful SV-1 and SV-1b synthesizers.

At its core, you’ll find its 100% analog, Pittsburgh-designed oscillator. The oscillator features sine, saw, triangle, and square waveforms that can also be used in combinations. Rounding out its sonic core is FM and pulse width modulation (PWM).

To shape the sound, East Beast includes an analog envelope generator, VCA, LFOs, and a Pittsburgh “Zero Dead Spot” multi-mode filter. The “Zero Dead Spot” filter is the product of years of research into analog filter design by Pittsburgh’s founder Richard Nicol, and Chief of R&D Michael Johnsen. Unlike more traditional ladder filters, the PGH “Zero Dead Spot” filter does not distort as readily and features no sonic dead spots. The result is a fully sweepable frequency range that produces a rich velvety sound throughout each of its lowpass, high-pass, and bandpass modes.

In addition to the analog sound-shaping tools mentioned previously, East Beast also includes a deep new digital multi-mod /multi-function tool concept to add more options. The multi-mod lets the user select between an additional envelope, clock synced LFO, MIDI CC control, and random voltage generator modes.

A semi-modular synthesizer, East Beast has basically 9 different patchable modules (Oscillator, filter, envelope, VCA, LFO, multi-mod tool, sequencer, MIDI to CV converter, and button keyboard) with a whopping 18 Eurorack compatible patch points to plug into itself and your other gear. As a starting point, East Beast comes intuitively patched internally to create a bold and flexible full synth voice. Using the patch points enables the users to reroute internal signal flow as well as use with external eurorack format modules and synthesizers. To help facilitate experimentation, Cre8audio has included a set of premium Nazca Noodles patch cables.

East Beast’s playing and performance capabilities are as strong as its powerful sonic core. East Beast can be controlled via MIDI, control voltage (CV/Gate), and its function keys double as a keyboard controller. Additionally, included is an integrated sequencer & arpeggiator that can also be controlled via MIDI and is externally clockable.

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Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV-1b Blackbox Desktop Modular Synthesizer w/ Original Box

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"The Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV-1b Blackbox is a complete, standalone desktop format modular synthesizer. A full compliment of analog tools for sonic experimentation stuffed into a portable, powered steel enclosure. Two patchable oscillators and our legendary Pittsburgh Filter are paired with a perfectly curated set of synthesis tools. The Lifeforms SV-1b Blackbox provides absolutely everything you need to create gigantic and iconic synth sounds, in the studio or on the go.

Synth is in great working condition, includes original box and power supply."

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Castle #20210929 (Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV-1b, Sequential PRO 3, Take 5, Elektron Octatrack)

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Instruments:
- Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV-1b
- Sequential PRO 3
- Sequential Take 5
- Elektron Octatrack

Wind Synth Eurorack Demo

Jeff Hopkins

"Alright... putting together my first Eurorack setup.... These Fricko modules are amazing. Here's a short demo, with a saxy-ish patch.

00:00 - Start of demo
00:48 - Low register demo
01:13 - Mid/highish register demo
01:36 - Talk through of the setup

From left to right I have:
-OWP Custom module (instrument interface and power)
-Tiptop Audio MISO (Mix Invert Scale and Offset) utility
-Fricko Blip! (Pulse waveshaper)
-Fricko Shell (odd harmonic waveshaper thing)
-Pitsburgh SV-1b (Oscillators, Filter, mixer etc)
-Fricko Splice (Filtered combiner, takes highs from one source and mixes with low from the other)"

Impressive! Some additional notes:

* it uses his non-MIDI analog wind controller (very smooth!)
* it explains his rig
* it use my Fricko modules so the emphasis is on the cohesive variation of tone over the range of notes:

# Blip! waveshaper (constant breadth waves, like Variophon),
# Shell wavershaper (gappy waveshapes whose harmonics don't monotonically decrease in level),
# Splice combiner (36db/8ve reverse crossover, to give effect found in many wind instruments).

Pittsburgh Modular Documentary Films Presents the Lifeforms SV-1b Episode 1 Part 2

Part 2 added here.

Pittsburgh Modular Documentary Films Presents the Lifeforms SV-1b Episode 3

Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"Teaser track showcasing a Pittsburgh Modular eurorack format Lifeforms SV1-b modular synthesizer.
The soundtrack to this video was created using a collection of Pittsburgh Modular eurorack modules."

Pittsburgh Modular Documentary Films Presents the Lifeforms SV-1b Episode 2

Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"Teaser track showcasing a Pittsburgh Modular eurorack format Lifeforms SV1-b modular synthesizer."

Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV-1b Walk-Through

Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"Richard Nicol walks through all the features of the Lifeforms SV-1b and answers questions from the live chat."

You can find additional posts on the SV-1b here.

Introducing the Pittsburgh Modular SV-1b Modular Synthesizer

Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"Richard's psychedelic fever dream product ad for the Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV-1b modular synthesizer.

The original Lifeforms SV-1 eurorack format synthesizer module is legendary for its deep, analog sounds capable of pumping out everything from roaring bass and cutting leads to absolute chaos. The SV-1b shares this same bold, powerful core while fine tuning the details. We have made a countless number of small tweaks and adjustments to the original SV-1 synthesis engine to improve the stability and functionality of the SV-1b. The sound is what matters, and this is still the East Coast analog monster to beat."

The Pittsburgh Modular SV-1b was first introduced at NAMM 2020, and was recently featured in this animated short.

Pittsburgh Modular Documentary Films Presents the Lifeforms SV-1b Episode 1

Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"Teaser track showcasing a Pittsburgh Modular eurorack format Lifeforms SV1-b modular synthesizer.
The soundtrack to this video was created using a collection of Pittsburgh Modular eurorack modules.

The beautiful animation is from Celles et Ceux des Cimes et Cieux by Gwenn GERMAIN and used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Changes have been made to the original content and a new soundtrack has been added."

Pittsburgh Modular Documentary Films Presents the Lifeforms SV-1b Episode 1 Part 2

NAMM 2020: Pittsburgh Modular Cascading Delay Network

Published on Jan 15, 2020 sonicstate

"Its day one at NAMM, Pittsburgh Modular were just set up at their booth and we caught up with Richard Nichol to take a look at their new modules. First of all we took a quick look at the Lifeforms SV-1b and then a deeper look at the Cascading Delay Network.

The Cascading Delay Network is basically four individual delay lines that can interact in lots of different ways. They can be used individually or routed in and out of one another to create smudgy delay textures that can almost resemble reverb, with some modulation you can also create flanging, chorusing and more."

Pittsburgh Modular Cascading Delay Network