Studio Electronics Carson's Boom*s Sound

"For your listening pleasure, the Boom* Psycho and Hum of Mr. Carson McClain, Sales Engineer and Sound Designer extraordinaire; recorded at Sweetwater's 2014 Gearfest.

Of course I threw a few switches around ;)

Enjoy,
MSR

S.E. 24 bit 48k .wav links—some seriously ugly data compression happenin'—uploaded here:
studioelectronics.com/assets/Audio/b…chle-n-Hum.wav
studioelectronics.com/assets/Audio/b…d-Pregnant.wav
studioelectronics.com/assets/Audio/b…ental-Work.wav
studioelectronics.com/assets/Audio/b…n-my-Mines.wav
studioelectronics.com/assets/Audio/b…e-Times-Up.wav (MSR edit)
studioelectronics.com/assets/Audio/b…Dali-Grind.wav
studioelectronics.com/assets/Audio/b…Show-Blues.wav"

The Talking Booms of Mario Capretta

Published on Dec 20, 2014

"Copy from https://soundcloud.com/studio-electro...

(Band in a Boom* Box, the Final Chapter)

Raw files for supreme, artifact-free, listening joy:
http://studioelectronics.com/assets/A...
http://studioelectronics.com/assets/A...

The foundation for this distinctly Analogian adventure is the Boomstar 3003 crunch 'n chunk sound, warmed-up nicely by Slate Digital's "Virtual Tape Machine." I intended to accent it merely with the ATC-1-ish cross-mod vocal sound lead work (way back in early Sept.), which re-interprets my uber-talented friend Grecco Burrato's rich and rootsy guitar solo at 2:29 in my CODE-filtered Theriot offering (http://studioelectronics.com/assets/A...), but I kept getting pulled back into the power and poetry of the B*s circuits and smashing performance-centered feature set.

The jazzy polyphony heard at the beginning after my Uncle Mario's chuckles (more from him later, much more), is all Boomstar 5089, arranged on piano and tracked one note at a time—credit DP8's split notes feature; patience and persistence make pretty, and we are off to the races: the twin herculean pillars of 3003 rhythm and lead making friends along the way with slidey, glidey, echoey, multi-tracked B* 5089 / 1970's slippery, synthy goodness, B* 4075's punchy percolated arpeggiations, square-waved octaved finger bass, B* SE-80's rim shots, tablas, claps, 70's and 80's session snares, tuned "Tubaleans" kicks-basses, major toms, SEM hi hats and crashes, all of which thins out dramatically at 3:06 for the 5089/SE80/4075/SEM bass and beats break—picked up by those 5089 faux muted guitars—commencing the beginning of the culmination, or so it seems. Really, the show is just getting started with the 5089 holding court with its sweet and foxy leads on the run—love that "The Sweet" joint, a radio rediscovery one schoolday morning which revitalized and repurposed the back nine of “The Talking Booms,” called again upon the ARP-peggiations, Glam Synth drive, and clearing the mind for the late 99 year Oracle at Cleveland, Uncle M.

What are we learning? What are we storing up inside?

Thanks for the listening and read,
Marc A. Theriot St. Regis - Thanksgiving-ish 2014

p.s. Apart from DP and various audio plugins—my DAW was my friend—everything is Boomstar, apart from a backwards piano snippet from a rejected short film score of mine, and the snappy kick drum, hit by our Fox mic pre, and wrapped with several 4075 and SE80 kicks, when things get Marley. Oh yes, and brilliant cousin Eve (Capretta) Rouveral does the marvelous Mario mining."

Studio Electronics Boomstar Videos Featuring Drew Neumann

Studio Electronics 4075 3003 Boomstars Featuring Drew Neumann

Published on Feb 1, 2013 StudioElectronics·3 videos

"As stated in worthy elsewheres: 'A 4 hour tour of Boomstar 4075 and 3003 sounds from top to bottom, tracked in DP7.24. No EQ, compression, or plugins, other than a gate sequencer on a freeform "NAMM iphone" recording/track to tempo match it, and one or two delays on certain lead tracks. No mixing, no mess--just a faders up affair with a few soundbite fades: all pillows removed. Component/construction kit tracks will be uploaded to SoundCloud as well.

In the composer's own words: "This is done ONLY with the 2 Boomstars--all noises, drum tracks, everything is the 4075 and 3003, overdubbed like crazy in Digital Performer. Most tracks are dry and raw, just delays on a few channels. There is just a final mastering limiter bounce on the mix file, that's it.'

Matching sounds on both synths was a snap... pretty key.
4075: Hi-Hats, kicks, resonance saturated kicks and kick loops.
3003: Lead sound doubles, hard bass line doubles, snare, "Ringo" tom fills."

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Studio Electronics Grainy Clampit Shop Demos

Published on Nov 19, 2015 StudioElectronics

"Panasonic Blaster Amplified, S4 recorded, El Segundo Special, Take 1

A few refining software/hardware revisions shy of the production floor."

Grainy Clampit Shop Demo 2

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Cometary Waves Electric - Featuring Drew Neumann, Marc St. Regis and the SE Boomstar 3003

Published on Feb 17, 2013 StudioElectronics·11 videos

"Boomstar 3003 Production Unit Demo.

wav file:
http://studioelectronics.com/assets/A...

Alt. wave:
http://studioelectronics.com/assets/A...

Produced and Edited by Marc St. Regis"

Boomstar 4075 Demo

Published on Sep 30, 2012 by StudioElectronics

"Studio Electronics Boomstar 4075 - ARP Filter Sneak n' Peak (Take 2)

Get the .aif.zip here: http://studioelectronics.com/assets/Audio/boomstar/Boomstar-4075-GSR-1.aif.zip (for you listening pleasure only).

Greg St. Regis' clever twists and turns launched the first 4075 Boomstar past "the surly bonds of earth," via a cheap audio interface that happened to be around. More Boomstar filter type demos, live footage and markedly superior D/A Converters to follow.

Headphones mandatory. Production units are mere weeks away!

MSR

Greg St. Regis comments:

We've spent the last month debugging the prototype pcbs and perfecting the analog circuits. At this point, I felt it was good enough to give you all a sneak preview of the sound. It has about 90% of it's hardware functional. Still to be implemented is the software LFO. This is raw BoomStar recorded though a Focusrite Scarlett interface (nothing special), into Reason with a Macbook Pro. We did this in about 20 minutes, one take. I played a small Akai controller with a built in arpeggiator with my left hand and turned knobs with my right. It's "kinda cool.

It was originally about 11 minutes long; Marc did a small amount of normalizing and edited it down to 8 minutes 30 some seconds.

Put some decent headphones on and listen to huge low booms end and searingly crisp filter sweeps. I tried to take it though a full compliment of waveforms, xmod, rmod, oscillator sync, feedback looping, resonance squeals and overdrive. There is quite a bit more to come when the LFO gets in on the action.

The chassis are getting screened this week. We'll post more demos in the days to come with video included. And no, this is not an SE1X or ATCX! They sound quite good, but there is nothing like the clarity and impact of pure discrete analog with hardware envelopes.

Enjoy!
GSR

p.s. Expect to see these in the shops in about 30 days... we're in love with this little beast.

Previous MSR comments:
'Four Boomstar hardware circuits: crossmod, ringmod, feedback, AND distortion are at play here at one time or another. The idea was to stretch out... and let things get greasy and messy.'

'The "feedback" feature (a la the Minimoog) is employed throughout this track so that distortion is an effect. If you are attempting to listen to this through your laptop speakers they will be overwhelmed quickly.'"

MIDIMINI V30 Oscillator Demo

Published on Mar 21, 2020 StudioElectronics

"This demo is an attempt to capture the raw power and fatness of the Studio Electronics Midimini V30- High quality monitors or headphones are recommended. We do recommend hearing it 'in person' if at all possible. However if you can not, and are curious to know what the raw oscillators sound like- This video is for you Starting with a single oscillator, various filter and resonance settings, and envelope settings. As the video progresses the sounds get a little more complex and wild."

Midimini V30: Monosynth Polysynth #2

Published on Mar 21, 2020 StudioElectronics

"A Bass Odyssey was planned (and promised) yet a more salient inspiration was followed. And it was/is good. Built on the same shell of our mid-80s ST. REGIS tune, “You Lover Lost,” this vid features a near punishingly poppin’ bass response to the initial backstage band effect, and then drifts purposefully into organy, multi-tracked lead slides; a dreamy Fm gathering of heavenly, ethereal eternals focus and fire a Quadnic-like pulse, after that haunting “Sound in my Head” patch made the way straight for its duality. Earthy Taurus-like pedal vibrations praise and present reprise tonalities, and wise culminating paraphonic conversations. Revelations ensue.

OK, THAT was fun. In short, the MIDIMINI V30 makes sounds you like—well beyond the typical; the patchpoints, gain-staging, ringmod, triangle wave #1 wrapped around the filter, crossmod, and Boomstar LFO see to that. 🎧 or better per favore.
SoundCloud audio available.

MSR 2.26.20"

Studio Electronics Boomstar 5089 by Drew Neumann

Before I Don't Have Anything Left - Studio Electronics Boomstar 5089 by Drew Neumann
Published on Feb 13, 2013

"The very first Boomstar 5089 production unit demo here, or to parrot my favorite hackneyed "Beltway" phrase: "that's out there." 100% natural, except for the third arm. Amazing that this box can make (of all things) FM sounds - listen for 'em @ 00:00:34:17.

Filter title sequence corrected.

An alternative audio take for your unfiltered listening pleasure? Why not.

http://studioelectronics.com/assets/Audio/boomstar/Before-I-Dont-Have-Anything-Left_Alt-Take.mp3
http://studioelectronics.com/assets/Audio/boomstar/Before-I-Dont-Have-Anything-Left_Alt-Take.wav

SoundCloud it: https://soundcloud.com/studio-electronics/before-i-dont-have-anything"

New Roland Polysynth Based on the Studio Electronics CODE8 / Omega8 in the Works?

This one is in via Soviet Space Child.

Studio Electronics posted this image of the inside of a CODE8 with the following on Instagram:

"studioelectronicsThrough-hole SE style. Current #CODE8 Black #omega8 build in the shop... Dreamy #Rackmount #Analog sounds, after a good Greg St. Regis directed calibration or two, and burn in, of course. #studioelectronics #synthesizer #polyphonic"

Some one asked them to bring it to a wider audience like they did for SE02 with Roland. Studio Electronics's reply? "There’s a pretty good rumor that that’s happening."

via the Instagram thread:

vincewizz: Please bring it to a wider audience like you did for the SE02
studioelectronics: @vincewizz There’s a pretty good rumor that that’s happening.

Tonestar 2600 - St. Neumann's Bump Bass in Fm

Published on Jun 23, 2016 StudioElectronics

"An almost MSR quality bassline does its level best to get across the deep and diverse tonality of this premium quality euro synth voice.

Additional right hand (and DP8 patience & smarts) support from Drew Neumann. Nice room! Nice room!

.wav file for your purest listening pleasure: http://studioelectronics.com/assets/A...

p.s. The phrases were played in fm; the tuning of the T* was likely not at concert."

New Studio Electronics Boomstar SE 80 & SE 700 Product Sheet

Click the image for the full size shot.

studioelectronics.com

Musikmesse: New Items at the Superbooth

In case you didn't click through earlier.
via SchnedersBuero:

Tisch 1:
Doepfer / D-München www.doepfer.de
NEW: matrixmixer, dsp-fx, quad midiconverter, etc

Tisch 2:
Manikin electronic / D-Berlin www.manikin-electronic.com
NEW: Vintage3, Prototype X
The Harvestman / USA www.theharvestman.org
NEW: Stilton adapter, Evin 209
Make Noise / USA www.makenoisemusic.com
NEW: Quad MultiMode Gate, WOGGLEBUG
Tiptop Audio / USA www.tiptopaudio.com
Bubblesound / USA www.bubblesound-instruments.com
NEW: SEM20 VSF
Cwejman / SE www.cwejman.net

Tisch 3:
MFB / D-Berlin www.mfberlin.de
NEW: 522, Modul Drum 07 + X
Studio electronics / USA www.studioelectronics.com
Future Retro / USA www.future-retro.com NEW: ORB
SND / D-München www.s-n-d.com

Tisch 4:
Sherman / Belgium www.sherman.be NEW: Restyler DJ tool
Schippmann / D-Berlin www.schippmann-musik.de

Tisch 5:
L.L.Electronics / D-Kaiserslautern www.rozzbox.de
NEW: Rozzbox V2
EOWave / France www.eowave.com

Tisch 6:
JoMoX / D-Berlin www.jomox.de NEW: M-Base11
Moonmodular / D-Berlin www.lunar-experience.com NEW:
big modular trigger sequencer, quad quantizer, reversible mixer, etc..
Curetronic / D-Dresden www.curetronic.com
NEW: Midi-interface, 3HE modul adapter
Metasonix / USA www.metasonix.com
NEW: Assblaster KV100, R-51, R-52 and 53 prototypes
Flower electronics / USA www.flowerelectronics.com

Studio Electronics SE-02 / Ext Box Demos

Published on May 23, 2019 StudioElectronics

Playlist:
SE-02 / Ext Box: Cutoff Sweeps
SE-02 / EXT BOX: Drive & Hipass Filter
SE-02 / EXT BOX: Bassline Drive & HP
SE-02 EXT / BOX: External Input Crashing
SE-02 / Ext Box: Cutoff Sweeps w/Waveform Screen

Studio Electronics Introduces SE-1X Standalone Editor

"A standalone app is now available for the SE-1X persuasion. SE Sound Designer and Coder Emmanuel Santoul has delivered yet again. Like the OmegaCodeEditor/ATCeditor/SE-02, it also floats an expanded virtual synth above your actual and venerated SE-1X.

Plug-in Highlights
1. Complete front panel implementation.
2. Extended panel for full patch review and edit.
3. 4+4+4 banks landscape (4 ROM, 4 RAM, 4 on your hard drive).
4. Alpha-numeric patch naming/renaming.
5. Deep and detailed Patch and Bank exploration modification made easy.
6. Visual Patch edit and compare of all parameters.
7. Bank saving/loading made easy.
8. Tone Wizard functionality for quick and weird patch generation.
9. Crazy useful random patch name generator.

Note: The app does not generate sound; it only address MIDI and SysEx data.

Prerequisites
Mac: OS X 10.7 (Lion) and higher, 64bits app.
PC: Win7 and higher 32bits app. No Plug-in planned at this time.

Licence
$29"

https://www.studioelectronics.com/products/synths/software/se-1x-editor/

Studio Electronics Tonestar 2600 - Full Tutorial by Chris Morgan

Published on Sep 11, 2016 StudioElectronics

Roman Bayou's Cinq: SE80 Beats 'n Band in a Boom* Box, in 5 (or so) Movements

Published on Jul 15, 2014 StudioElectronics

"Studio Electronics' SoundCloud (http://tinyurl.com/oq6c5sd) Copy:

What happens when one disappears into the wilderness road of one's mind (and mighty-mighty DP8) with a Boomstar SE80, a little help from its friends: Boom*s 4075, 5089, SEM, 3003, no fixed deadlines, the power and elegance of Kontakt, and a desire to inspire and be inspired? This piece "right there"—my two and a half year old daughters' go to phrase.

The Boomstar SE80 got the party started early with its remarkable capacity to generate very warm, acoustic sounding drum sounds, in addition to the emblematic, voltage-flavored fare. Hundreds of samples later—some put through "Waves" paces—I dragged my favs into a new sequence window at bar 1, with a fixed tempo, sans bar lines, and no particular key signature in mind.

Very non-random, if avant garde sounding patterns and melodies emerged, preparing me for an immersion headlong into West African rhythms, and demanding an extended vacay to the Isle of Dub. Once those pillars were in place all of the Stevie, Gino, Duke, Cameo, Zap, Monte Moir, and St. Regis (the band yo) chords, leads, and turns—produced by both the 4075 and SE80 Boomstars—colored and kept pushing until the Roger "vocalisms" of the dual resonant SE80 filters sat atop the throne, playing the solo diva, wowing the key Dub backbeats, and hitting the combo-organy voicing stretches. It was with great difficulty that I backed away the '80s knobs and switches, because of that intoxicating "vocality and warmth."

The drums, excepting one distorted fill which I enjoyed complimenting and co-opting with synthiness, the triangle (Drew Nuemann's brilliant 3003 creation recorded at 3% of unity—it's true Drew!), a crisp D. Neumann tom design (4075), a very Mike Neuble-ish 16th note triplet figure (SEM), an open hi hat (SEM), the crash cymbal (SEM), and the "Bonham" room mic kick drum from "Boomstar the Beguine" (SEM), were generated by the SE80; I made far more samples than I could press into service, but it was most enjoyable slipping and sliding them in whenever I could.

All of the leads are single sample stretches in Kontakt, or sampled performances (some of which went under the knife and tune); the chords are a mix of the same and individually tracked single note performances, which were in turn repurposed/retuned in various places spectrally in DP. The more percussive and filter driven polys represent the latter. It was amazing how good the "stretches" sounded—kind of reminded me of working with valve instruments and their gradually lower register, longer and slower envelopes ramps.

A bit of Boomstar 5089 begins supporting the last half of the Dub groove with a bass double, figure, and slide or two, snapping once in the 1st Movement (a pull from the "Shootout at the Boomstar Corral" YouTube vid for those still awake). The B* Moog filter also supplies the sub in the rejected "Simon Says" soundtrack moodiness in Movement 5. The piano and synth patches are from GarageBand, ported in via that .aiff stripping trick.

Boomstar 4075 gets its Gary Wright/Rene and Angela 2600 bass groove on, above the 5089 sub fray, yet under it's own classic lead sound; a bony redux of Movement 3's "Moir-ish" charm brings the effort to a conclusion.

Boomstar 5089 boomed both the intro bass and 1:53 breakdown.

Lest I forget, the SE80 freeform synth jazz dance of the 4th Movement (3:03), grinds into "that perfect machine voice like ELP's, "I am perfect are you!" Directly following it is my friend Dan's "kind of atmospheric, distorted, Tomita-esque mood till 4:51 whence come the mysterious morse code signals from the nether reaches of outer space." All of which follows the sub movement (small m) of the SE80 Beat/Glitch Boxing: the punctuation for the preceding micro Glam Synth beatdown.

Final Note: The ambient, "spooky sound starting at 0:43 which weaves underneath awhile," following the 1st Movement (really another sub movement...), is an SEM lead subjected to generous Paulstretching in Audacity.

And do c.f. tinyurl.com/nmk7rfx for your purest listening pleasure!

Special Thanks to David Bowie whose fascinating, multimbral life and entertainment genius distracted and reinvigorated me near project's end; throw Gino Vannelli into that motivational kettle as well—THAT VOICE! Well, as my beloved mother Maria Therezia was wont to say without undue emphasis: "He's an Italian."

Enjoy near responsibly, preferably over some worthy Genelecs or Audix speaks,
Marc Alexandre Theriot St. Regis 6-24-14

(Quoted commentary by Peri O'Meri)"

Pittsburgh Modular Partners with Studio Electronics

via Pittsburgh Modular

"Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers is excited to announce a collaboration with Studio Electronics! Together we are designing and manufacturing a new line of high-end Eurorack format modular synthesizers. The new product line will build off of the time-tested designs of Studio Electronics, manufacturers of Premium Quality Analog Synths and Class-A Audio gear since 1985.

We will be giving a sneak preview of the new line at NAMM later this month with pictures, sound, and video to follow.

Studio Electronics (www.studioelectronics.com) manufactures Premium Quality Analog Synths and Class A Audio gear, featuring the Boomstar 4075, 5089, 3003, and SEM, Orion Galaxy, the Slate Pro Audio Dragon and Fox, along with our Discrete Sound Engine Analog Synths: ATC-X, ATC-Xi, Omega 8, CODE, CODE OD, CODE Blu and SE-1X: Redeye and Angel Dust. Since 1985, Studio Electronics has shaped and maintained the continuity and vibrancy of Analog Synth by creating potent Analog sound, enduring value, establishing brand recognition, and allowing for meaningful individual expression for our customers, and business partners; nothing less than a transformational and wonderful experience.

Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers is a Eurorack modular synthesizer company located in Pittsburgh, PA USA. In a few short years Pittsburgh Modular has grown from a small basement business to an internationally recognized brand by partnering with acclaimed designers, taking advantage of new technologies, staying on top of trends in synthesis, and listening to the feedback from our core customers. Our full product line, which includes over twenty individual modules, and eight complete voice synthesizers, can be found on our website. (www.pittsburghmodular.com)"

New SE-02 Videos from Studio Electronics

Published on Dec 21, 2018 StudioElectronics

Playlist:
Monte Neuble and Marc St. Regis "studio-tan" the SE-02
Ext Box Chimey '58 by Marc St. Regis
Ext Box Crowder

NAMM 2013: WNAMM13: Boomstar Modules - Video

Published on Jan 27, 2013 sonicstate·366 videos

"WNAMM13: Boomstar Modules - Video Studio Electronics show the first production modules"

http://studioelectronics.com

Found Nick: Quadnic, Tonestar, Toolbar

Published on Mar 21, 2020 StudioElectronics

"Quadnic patched through the Tonestar8106 sharing the ever elusive Toolbar. Stumbled upon the right cord to drone and process, and Kyle Kilpatrick and I @vco_usa managed the same for the baseline/lead line on the Tone*, sequenced beautifully by the polyendseq.


Somehow the emotional content of this piece foreshadowed where we now find ourselves in this realm, at this moment.


Peace to all. MSR 3.20.20"