Modbap Modular Meridian Dual Multi Mode Filter [Patch Demo] - It's Dope!

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"I've been testing out Meridian, the latest module from Modbap Modular. This joint sounds incredible and is super flexible. Check out the sounds I'm getting from the patch in this demo."

Prophet 5 with Universal Audio Golden Reverberator - UAFX Reverb Pedal

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"I like to have dedicated fx for my synths, I bought the UA Golden Reverb sometime last fall and it has remained a part of my chain. I was messing around with the Prophet 5 and this pedal and decided to record some of the sound. I dig it! Probably will end up with the other two pedals soon."

Sequential Oberheim OB-6 Module Quick Sound Demo

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"Just a quick demo of the OB-6 desktop to show some of the sound and why I dig it."

Knobcon 2021 - ASM Hydrasynth Deluxe & Explorer Interview with Flux

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"Had to catch up with my bro Flux to talk about the new Hydrasynth Deluxe and Explorer synths and Knobcon. They are really delivering some cool products!"

Knobcon 2021 - Modbap Modular OSIRIS Demo & Interview

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"Had to come out to Knobcon to support my bro Corry and Modbap Modular's announcement of the new OSIRIS wavetable oscillator! Go pre order yours today! at https://modbap.com/product/osiris/"

NEW!!! OSIRIS - Bi-Fidelity Wavetable Osc by Modbap Modular

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"Dope new module announcement from Modbap Modular! Osiris is a powerful and neatly packed 12hp bi-fidelity wavetable oscillator with 7+ timbre modes including FM and phase modulation, an independent sub-oscillator, LoFi processing, extensive cv modulation capabilities, a pitch quantizer, 4 banks of 32 wavetables each (total of 128 wavetables across four banks), the ability to load user wavetables via micro sd card (not included) and it's own free open-source wavetable editor (OsirisEdit)."

via Modbap

Osiris is a bi-fidelity wavetable oscillator with 4 banks of 32 wavetables each (128 wavetables in total). Each wavetable has 32 waveforms at 256 samples per waveform.

Osiris is designed to be used as a powerful bi-fidelity wavetable oscillator with an added sub-oscillator. The sub-oscillator has its own v/oct, mix knob, and mono output. If the sub-oscillator output is not patched, the sub-oscillator output is normalized to the mix out. Essentially, the sub-oscillator can act as its own independent oscillator allowing Osiris to be utilized as two separate oscillators.

The Sub Wave allows for the selection of the sub oscillator’s waveform. The waveforms are – Square, Sine, Triangle, -1, -2, offering basic waves at a lower frequency than the main oscillator that add weight to the main oscillator. -1 and -2 represent a copy of the wavetable at 1 octave below and 2 octaves below the main oscillator, respectively.

The built-in VCA and decay parameters allow for wide-open melodic fades as well as easy percussive plucks.

Timbre Modes are a set of selectable forms of waveshaping that vastly expand Osiris’ range in sound possibilities. All of the Timbre Modes live on one CV-enabled knob, allowing for smooth morphing between modes which makes for some very cool blended timbres between modes. Timbre Amount allows for dialing in as much or as little of the selected timbre as desired.

Timbre Modes (Waveshapers)

Unison – Layers a second oscillator that detunes from slight beatings up to an octave.
Bend – Compresses the waveform to a thinner shape
Fold – Introduces symmetric 2-stage wave folding by first mirroring the waveform and then folding it
Sync – Repeats the cycle count of the waveform within a Hanning window, making the edges soft
Noise– Adds window-synced noise to the waveform phase
FM x 1 – Applies phase modulation to the oscillator using the same waveform
FM x ….8 – The FM scans through a ratio of 1 up to a ratio of 8 smoothly, with mixed stages in between


As a bi-fidelity wavetable oscillator, Osiris runs at 96khz for high-quality sound output but it also has a classic, pleasing, and musically gritty LoFi flavor. The CV-enabled Lofi knob controls the fidelity of the oscillator allowing it to go from subtle degradation to complete destruction. The sound of the LoFi parameter takes inspiration from old amiga computer audio characteristics, introducing sample jitter, phase drift, and resolution reduction. Because it is not a simple on/off switch, dialing in just the right amount of LoFi texture is easy.

Osiris allows the use of user wavetables via a micro-SD card (not included). Users may create, edit and save their own wavetables using OsirisEdit, an open-source wavetable editor designed specifically for OSIRIS to create wavetables and WavPaks (groups of Osiris ready wavetables organized into folders) that are compatible with the Modbap Modular Osiris oscillator. More on Osirisedit here.

Osiris was developed in collaboration with Ess Mattisson of Fors (Fors.fm).

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Sequential Prophet 5 - How Does It Sound?

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"I've owned a Sequential Multitrak for many years and I've wanted to check out the new Prophet 5 for a while. Just playing a few sounds."

Sequential Prophet 5 Chord Memory Mode Demo

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NAMM 2015: AKAI Timber Wolf 4 Voice Analog Synth - Line In Audio

Published on Jan 27, 2015 SoundsAndGear.com

Line in audio comes in and out throughout the video.

"http://SoundsAndGear.com: Talking with Dan Gill about the Timber Wolf analog synth from AKAI, as well as what's up with all the animal names.

Street price: $499"

NAMM 2015 - Modal Electronics Modulus 002 part 2 - SoundsAndGear.com

Part 2 added here.

NAMM 2015 - Modal Electronics Modulus 002 - SoundsAndGear.com

Published on Jan 24, 2015 SoundsAndGear.com

The Modulus 002 constantly records what you are playing including all knob movements. They estimate it records about eight hours worth of heaving playing and none of it is lost when you turn it off. You can recall any point of time to see what you were playing at that time. The 002 also allows you to save patches to the cloud.

"http://SoundsAndGear.com: Checking out the Modulus 002 from Modal Electronics, this thing is CRAZY! Hybrid synth with digital waveforms and analog filter, tons of control and a very awesome interface. This is the second video I did, the first only has my camera audio but I will be uploading it as well

Street price: $5200"

NAMM 2015 - Modal Electronics Modulus 002 part 2 - SoundsAndGear.com

Published on Jan 24, 2015

"http://SoundsAndGear.com: This is another video I did with Paul from Modal Electronics on the Modulus 002. The direct audio recording was't captured for this one, but it's still a great video covering different aspects of this powerful synth. Very dope instrument."

Note I will be switching from the Modulus to the Modal Electonics label with this post. If you get to this post going through the Modal Electronics channel label, be sure to click on the Modulus channel label below for previous posts.

Nova Musik - Studio Electronics NAMM 2015

Published on Jan 24, 2015 Nova Musik

"Check out great deals on Studio Electronics gear and more at Nova Musik:
http://www.novamusik.com/studio-elect..."

OSCILLATION is new to 2015. The filters were introduced and just started shipping in December of 2014.

New systems: Sieto, Desciple, & Student. There is also a Sensei system.


NAMM 2015 - Studio Electronics ModStar Modular - SoundsAndGear.com
Published on Jan 24, 2015 SoundsAndGear.com

"http://SoundsAndGear.com: Checking out the new modular products from Studio Electronics, as well as two new complete modular systems."

Xils-lab PolyKB II Analog Morphing Synthesizer Plugin Review - SoundsAndGear.com

Published on Nov 20, 2014 SoundsAndGear.com

"http://SoundsAndGear.com: Checking out PolyKB II from Xils-lab, it's a plugin based on the vintage olyKobol analog synth from RSF syntheszers. It has a classic interface with morphable oscillators and a bunch of other modulation options. Most importantly, it has a very warm and vintage tone to it, I was definitely sleeping on this one. Excuse the extra blank space at the end of the video, forgot to remove it lol."

AudioWarp BOCS Vol 1 Boards of Canada Synthesis Review

Published on Nov 10, 2014 SoundsAndGear.com

"http://SoundsAndGear.com: Checking out a new product from AudioWarp called BOCS, which stands for Boards of Canada Synthesis. It's a collection of 10 pads created in the style of Boards of Canada, using the same design and recording techniques including analog synths, 4-tracks, valve amps, etc. The run in the full version of Kontakt 5.3 or higher.

Full reveiw: http://soundsandgear.com/review-audio...

Get the sounds: http://www.sampleism.com/audiowarpc"

UVI Workstation UVX-3P Analog Instrument Review

Published on Aug 13, 2014 SoundsAndGear.com

"http://SoundsAndGear.com- checking out the UVX-3P from UVI, it's a library based on the Roland JX-3P analog synthesizer. Has a custom interface ready to play in UVI Workstation or MachFive 3. Great analog sound, plenty of ways to tweak your sound and 168 presets.

Full review here: http://soundsandgear.com/uvi-uvx-3p-a...

Get the library here: http://www.uvi.net/en/vintage-corner/..."

Soulsby Atmegatron 8-bit hackable monophonic synth review - SoundsAndGear.com

Published on May 1, 2014 SoundsAndGear.com·643 videos

"http://SoundsAndGear.com - checking out the brand new Atmegatron synthesizers from Soulsby. It's a crazy little desktop synth with tons of waveforms, 15 filter types, the ability to upload your own waveforms, and even change or hack the OS to turn it into a totally different synthesizer! It has a very different front panel so we go through the layout as well as the sounds and I even show you a few of the unreleased OS versions as well as the official Atcyclatron OS which turns it into a wavetable cyclling synth!

Get the synth here: http://soulsbysynths.com/atmegatron-c...

Read the full review here: http://soundsandgear.com/soulsby-atmegatron-8-bit-synthesizer-review"

CL-Projects JD-850 synth library review - SoundsAndGear.com

Published on Apr 24, 2014 SoundsAndGear.com·640 videos

"http://SoundsAndGear.com - checking out the newest library from CL-Projects, the JD-850 which is a Kontakt library based on the Roland JD-800. Keys, pads, strings, brass, bass, atmospheres, strings, percussion and more all with a custom scripted interface ready to be tweaked. I preview the sounds then make a quick beat using Live, Push, and Maschine

Get it here: http://www.sampleism.com/cl-projects/...

Read the full review: http://soundsandgear.com/cl-projects-..."

Novation Bass Station II analog synthesizer review - SoundsAndGear.com

Published on Apr 9, 2014 SoundsAndGear.com·634 videos

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"http://SoundsAndGear.com - checking out the Bass Station II analog mono synth from Novation. It's a 25 key, 2 oscillator synth with sub oscillator, 2 filter types, arp, step sequencer and assignable aftertouch among other things. You can get some very deep and powerful bass as well as crazy leads and effects from this synth. I go through some of the features and put it to use making a quick track with in Maschine at the end.

Get the product here: http://global.novationmusic.com/hardw...

Checkout my full review also: http://soundsandgear.com/novation-bas...

Learn Maschine: http://MaschineTutorials.com

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Studio Electronics Boomstar 5089 analog synth review - SoundsAndGear.com

Published on Mar 24, 2014 SoundsAndGear.com·629 videos

"http://SoundsAndGear.com - checking out a monster analog desktop synth from Studio Electronics from the Boomstart line. This is the 5089, which is based on the 24dB Moog style ladder filter. If you want thick classic analog tones, this is definitely one to checkout. It has plenty of knobs and switches, with crazy modulation options as well as some modular style patch points. This is one of the current lineup of six Boomstar synths, each has it's own filter type. Stay tuned for more videos on the rest of the family!

Product info here: http://www.studioelectronics.com/prod...

Full review here: http://soundsandgear.com/boomstar-508...

Learn Maschine: http://MaschineTutorials.com

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Zer-G Epica synth library review - SoundsAndGear

Published on Feb 27, 2014 SoundsAndGear.com·617 videos

"http://SoundsAndGear.com - Checking out the Epica synth library for Kontakt player from Zero-G available at Time+Space. This is a HUGE library of presets created from various analog and digital synthesizers as well as hardware effect units. The concept is to create an instrument that is a synth in it's own right, with the knobs and controls that allow you to get in a tweak easily.

Get the product here: http://www.timespace.com/product/EPIC...

Checkout my full review also: http://soundsandgear.com/zero-g-epica-synth-library-review

Learn Maschine: http://MaschineTutorials.com

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Studio Electronics BOOMSTAR 5089 24dB ladder filter synth with Thesys sequencer app

Published on Feb 24, 2014

"http://SoundsAndGear - A video showing how beastly the Studio Electronics Boomstar 5089 synth is. This one has the 24db "Moog" style filter in it, and as with all the Boomstar lineup, some crazy modulation and other stuff that makes it a very powerful synth. I will be doing an actual review/overview of all the features, but this is just a video to get you familiar with the types of sounds you can make with it.

I'm sequencing it with the Sugar Bytes Thesys app running on my iPad. This is the raw output of the synth directly into my interface with no compression or anything. Be careful, it can get really loud and wild!

More info on the Boomstar here: http://www.studioelectronics.com/prod...


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iTunes: Thesys - Sugar Bytes GmbH