Bruce Lee Spice - A Supercritical Neutron Flux piece

Supercritical Synthesizers

"'Bruce Lee Spice'

Couple times a year, we make this awesome chili sauce with Timo. I call it Lee spice. Or Lie spice of the Lie algebra of the Lie group, as Timo calls it. Ask him why. It has really hot and fine chili powder, some szechuan pepper and sesame seeds. First you heat some oil as hot as it gets (without setting everything on fire) and then roasting the dry ingredients with it. Pour and mix. Never gonna eat tacos without it.

This bassline is an ode to that spice. The Neutron Flux is set on Fat mode which is our take on the transistor ladder’s characteristic. The Model D is of course the best one there is for this use but we added a couple of interesting features.

The basic four pole mode has some traditional crunch and resonance but the one and three pole modes have some handy features. Left channel has a normal resonance (without bass compensation) but the right doesn’t. Halfway through, I’ve split a mono signal into both cores (normalled from the left jack) and then summed them back into mono. That’s the Thriller trick. Michael, Greg, Quincy and Bruce needed two Minimoogs in parallel to do that.

The clip features also the eight pole mode. That means two four pole ladders in series. A kick in the guts like Bruce Lee.

Oh yeah, go listen to KNOWER and Louis Cole. The weather report says that their funk is searing hot.

-Heikki"

http://supercriticalsynthesizers.com/neutronflux/

Low pH - Supercritical Neutron Flux Filter

Supercritical Synthesizers

"Have a look at my mini case! I built this 58hp 6U case by myself and tried to build as efficient setup as possible. Upper row is a greatest hits platter of self-built digital SMD excercises and the lower portion handles the Supercritical stuff.

Here I do some sour stuff. I’ve hacked some old Ornaments & Crime beta version to have the awesome Logarhythm 303 random sequencer. The envelopes for the filter are provided by a tiny Peaks, Kick by another one. Antumbra Knit has the hats.

The Supercritical Neutron Flux filter handles a single saw wave. It is first used in the regular Sour 3-pole mode. After that I patch it mono-in-stereo-out with the dual VCA. The stereo control is used for the spread effect. Then, I switch the 8-pole series mode and use the left half of the filter for filtering and the right half as a flat filter with the boost for distorting it.

Later I add some more waves from the demon core and set the filter to Mean mode. It has some different distorting characters in the pole settings.

Distort everything.

-Heikki"

Introducing SUPERCRITICAL Neutron Flux 8 pole Variable Character Filter

Supercritical Synthesizers

"The new Supercritical “Neutron Flux” 8 Pole Variable Character Filter is a 12hp skiff friendly Eurorack filter module with a stereo analog core and digital control over it. The digital control allows the core to be shaped almost endlessly, taking on the character of almost any classic filter, and gives the filter the ability to explore sounds that have never been heard before.

The controls are familiar filter module controls (cutoff, bipolar FM, mode, drive) with some added spice and no complexity. The new features come in with these controls:

Character: This control blends between five vintage influenced classic filter characters: Fat, Crisp, Liquid, Sour and Mean. Coming later in a firmware update, the Neutron Flux will also have two user banks for more specialized filter characters which can be replaced via audio update.

Overdrive: You can switch on the drive circuit for a +20dB boost and have the drive pot sweep from clean via warm saturation to extremely hard distortion.

Stereo: This control spreads the cutoff between L and R channels and induces drift. This way a mono signal can be split into wide stereo.

Two 4 pole filter cores: These can be run in stereo, mono to stereo or chained as a 8 pole mono filter for almost LPG-like steep slope. Both of them have their own drive circuits so you can have the overdrive stage in the front, in between or both.

The module can be used in many different ways. It can do classic LP/HP/BP filtering. It can self-oscillate with different waveforms. It can provide analog warmth and it can process audio from your DAW. It can act as a stereo distortion. It can spread your mono signal to a wide spatial stereo soundscape. It can do formants and other wild characters. It can do audio-rate deep FM (1V/oct and FM CV’s are all analog). It can behave nicely or get out of control.

It can do almost anything that an analog filter could ever do. Combined in a single unit.

The filter is priced at €495 and will ship in October.

The circular logo is designed by Tomi Leppänen http://tomileppanen.com

This project is a part of R&D project funded by European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund."


Additional details and audio demos at http://supercriticalsynthesizers.com/neutronflux/

Jupiter Clone - Sound Demo 2

tiergrinder

"Some Fat analog sounds from my home brew Jupiter 8 'inspired' synthesizer.

My friend Timo from Supercritical Synthesizers took the JP Clone for a test drive. if you like synthesizers and hardware, check out their website and youtube channel. They make really cool and awesome sounding gear :)

http://supercriticalsynthesizers.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI8356speG70sNPMCbdHoOg

ps. Don't mind the wobbly keybed. I did some last minute tuning before Timo started to play and in all the excitement I forgot to secure the screws :D

Superbooth 20HE: Supercritical Synthesizers Neutron Flux Filter

Published on Apr 26, 2020 sonicstate

"Supercritical Synthesizers released their Demon Core Oscillator last year at Superbooth, so we were keen to catch up with them at this years Superbooth Home Edition to see their new stereo filter the Neutron Flux Filter.

The Neutron Flux Filter is an analog, stereo, digitally controlled filter. It does not model but is can be adjusted to have the character of various vintage filters. In the future it will have user banks in which some more exotic filter responses can be uploaded to via audio files. The unit has a stereo in stereo out and or you can connect them in series and have a mono 8 pole filter.

This is the first working prototype. Some visual and feature changes might happen still. All sound that is heard is directly from the Demon Core Oscillator through the Neutron Flux Filter raw."

Supercritical Synthesizers - A Filter You Say?

Published on Apr 23, 2020 Supercritical Synthesizers

"(( in stereo - where available ))"

Supercritical Synthesizer - Demon Core Workshop @SchneidersLaden

Published on Dec 16, 2019 Alex4

"The most far-traveled guests of the 2019 autumn workshop season - Timo and Heikki from Supercritical Synthesizers. The new module builders from Finland have brought us the Demon Core Oscillator - powerful 16-VCOs in one module. After the wonderful and positively cheesy initial performance, the workshop continued with an exploration of the features and concepts behind the first Supercritical Synthesizers product. Also, Timo and Heikki revealed some of their favorite tricks!"

Superbooth 2019: Supercritical Synthesizers Demon Core Oscillator - 16 Analogue Oscillators In 12Hp!

Published on May 17, 2019 sonicstate

"New Finnish synthesizer manufacturer Supercritical Synthesizers were in the Alex 4 booth this year. We managed to grab some time with TImo to talk us through the design features of the Demon Core Oscillator."

Supercritical Synthesizers Officially Introduces the 16 voice Demon Core Oscillator & Expander

You might remember the teaser video for the Supercritical Synthesizer posted Demon Core Oscillator posted here.

The official announcement follows.

"Introducing Supercritical Synthesizers and the 16 voice Demon Core Oscillator eurorack module

A new Finnish synthesizer manufacturer Supercritical Synthesizers is releasing their first product, the 16 Voice Demon Core Oscillator. The eurorack module is essentially 16 analog oscillators with digital control packed into one 12HP module, with a number of ways to spread, stack and modulate the individual pitches. The companion 8HP module Demon Core Expander allows polyphonic control of the 16 voices via MIDI and CV, bringing versatile polyphony to the eurorack world.

The DCO module offers 16 oscillators with either sawtooth or pulse waveforms which can be stacked in unison or in octaves To give life to the oscillators the module features a static detune spread control ranging from subtle to extreme supersaw qualities and the Core Stability control which introduces VCO-like pitch drift and jitter, allowing the module to sound like 80’s big polyphonic VCO machines in unison at moderate settings, or like a collection of misbehaving oscillators at extreme settings. It also features a 1V/oct pitch input, a very intuitive concert pitch tuner, CVs for linear FM, spread, detune and PWM. Further, a time sync input synchronizes the whole stack of oscillators phases, which can be used with detuning to produce massive bass or brass synthesis.

The Demon Core Expander module introduces polyphonic control of the DCO. The stacks can be divided between up to 16 polyphonic voices via MIDI or four 1V/oct inputs with attenuator. The oscillator can be set in continuous streaming mode or in MIDI gating mode with an ADSR envelope for each polyphonic voice. The time sync can be also triggered via MIDI for each voice and the phase sync time can be adjusted from past to future. The expander provides a handy MIDI interface and some extra CV controls.

Main module tech specs:
12hp, skiff friendly with 25mm depth.
120mA +12V and 20mA -12V
16 configurable voices (octave, stacks)
Saw and pulse waves with PWM ranging from 0-100%
Coarse tune for 6 octave range with half-step increments
Fine tune for ± half step range
A blinking tuning indicator for finding C note in every octave and A440 fine tuning
1V/oct master pitch CV
Linear FM CV (±8V) with attenuator
Combined Spread / PWM CV (±8V) with offset function
Stability CV (±8V) with offset function
Trigger input for synchronizing the phases for all waves
Mono audio output
A function (shift) button to do magic for different controls!
Software updates via audio
Secure shrouded power connector with a supplied power cable


Expander module specs:
8hp, skiff friendly with 25mm depth.
Powers from main module, connects via supplied ribbon cable
Connected, the oscillator draws now 130mA +12V and 30mA -12V
MIDI interface with bipolar TRS-connector
MIDI thru, polarity set with jumpers on the back
MIDI channel learn function with pitch bend setting
Gate output, 5v 4ms trigger in retrig
Configurable polyphony, ADSR envelope for each voice
Four pitch CVs (±8V) with global attenuator
Control for phase sync timing

The 16 voice Demon Core Oscillator and Expander are available in May-June 2019 and pricing TBA soon.

www.supercriticalsynthesizers.com"

Supercritical Synthesizers Demon Core Oscillator Teaser - True 16 Voice Polyphonic Eurorack Module

Published on Apr 18, 2019 Supercritical Synthesizers

We have a new maker in town.

http://supercriticalsynthesizers.com

From the video:

The Demon Core Oscillator & Expander eurorack modules

16 Voice DEMON CORE OSCILLATOR

12 HP, Skiff friendly
16 stackable voices
Spread for static detuning
Core Stability for drifting
Time Sync
Saw & pulse waves with PWM
Octave stacking

Demon Core EXPANDER

8 HP, Skiff friendly
TRS MIDI in & thru
Four more FM CV's
Gage out with retriever
Stream or MIDI gate with ADSR envelope
Timing control for Time Sync
Blend between PWM and square
Extra CV control modes

...and 16 voice playable MIDI polyphony