Tiptop Audio Buchla 200t Sound Demo

video upload by Station 252

"Buchla and Tiptop Audio 200t series workout.

Exploring Dual Oscillator Model 258t and Quad Function Generator Model 281t sound capabilities while recording my new EP. I was curious how the sound and response of those two modules will fit into my music and at the same time going into territories I wouldn't normally go to out of curiosity.

I've used a bunch of additional modules as my patches grew to hear how 200t modules fit with other eurorack modules and to keep everything in context, those where:

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Modular Wild Presents Profile- TipTop Audio ZDSP- VC Digital Signal Processor

Published on Jun 16, 2014 Modular Wild·125 videos

A short overview of the Tiptop Audio ZDSP Voltage Controlled digital Signal Processor. Sound and Video by Raul Pena.

Modular Wild Presents SOUNDS-TipTop Audio ZDSP Basic Operation and Modulation

Published on Jun 23, 2014 Modular Wild·126 videos

"A short demonstration of the Basic operation of the TipTop Audio ZDSP. Also examples of simple modulation. Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

Modular Wild Presents SOUNDS- TipTop Audio ZDSP-Analog and Digital Feedback

Published on Jun 30, 2014 Modular Wild·127 videos

"A short demonstration of sound examples using Analog or Digital feedback with the TipTop Audio ZDSP. Also a short example of combining the two flavors of feedback."

Modular Wild Presents SOUNDS-Tiptop Audio ZDSP -Bat Filters

Published on Jul 7, 2014 Modular Wild

"A short examples of some presets from the TipTop Audio ZDSP Bat Filters. Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

Modular Wild presents SOUNDS TipTop Audio ZDSP with Halls of Valhalla By Valhalla DSP

Published on Jul 14, 2014 Modular Wild

"A walkthrough of the presets available on Valhalla DSP's Halls of Valhalla ZDSP card.Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

Modular Wild Presents SOUNDS- TipTop Audio Dual ZDSP Experiment #1- Feedback and Clock Modulation

Published on Jul 21, 2014 Modular Wild

"An extended audio Experiment with Dual Tiptop Audio ZDSP's and Dragonfly Delays card.A simple pulse waveform is fed into ZDSP# 1 on the left side of the screen. These outputs may be heard in the center stereo field throughout the video. Feedback out from ZDSP #1 is fed out to Audio in 1 and Feedback in 2 of ZDSP #2. A Sine wave is fed into audio input 2 of ZDSP#2 for effect. This creates an interesting and semi-evolving feedback loop.ZDSP #2 is heard in the far left and far right stereo field. Also a short example with clock modulation. Sound and Audio by Raul Pena."

Modular Wild presents SOUNDS TipTop Audio ZDSP with Broken Silicon Error Codes #1

Published on Jul 28, 2014 Modular Wild

"A short demonstration of the Tiptop Audio ZDSP with the Broken Silicon Error Codes #1 card. Examples using all the presets presented. Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

TIPTOP AUDIO RECORDS VARIOUS ARTISTS 0002 Double Vinyl and Digital Issue

Tiptop Audio Records - Various Artists 002 - Official Teaser from Tiptop Film on Vimeo.

ANGLE VS. JOAO CESER - Axolotl (Soundtrack free download)
soundcloud.com/tiptop-audio-records/angle-vs-joao-ceser-axolotl
tiptoprec.com
tiptopaudio.com

"Tiptop Audio was founded in 2009 when Gur Milstein started building his first electronic musical instruments in his laboratory in Hollywood, California.

His creations became popular immediately and the demand for the modular synthesizers produced by Tiptop Audio grew rapidly.

Today, in just over six years, many members of the international community of composers and electronic musicians create their own sounds and shape their own work by using Tiptop Audio’s equipment. In 2015, Tiptop Audio took a further step in its influential presence with the birth of Tiptop Audio Records. The label produces analog music manufactured from modular synthesizers with a dance-oriented vocation.

Tiptop Audio Records
The creation of the label consolidates a path that connects its instruments with the best electronic music composers of the moment. All projects that fit within the label are the result of direct experimentation of modules. The connection between the components creates sounds that are unique and unrepeatable.

'The modular synthesizer represents the possibility to build your own sound from a basic wave, up to the most complex chain of elements. The sound is alive. The sequence of loops are never identical as the approach to the machine is physical. Connections are visible and not obscured by a display. The user is preset free and is able to construct an original patch everytime.' Piero Fragola A&R Tiptop Audio Records

TTAR V.A. 002 (2016)
With: Matt Lange, Angle, Joao Ceser, Markus Fix, Black Shape, Drumcell & Luis Flores, Hubot, Florian Meindl, John Tejada, Scanner, M.O.T., Riemann.

The second issue of Tiptop Audio Records attests to the label’s attitude towards developing a nuanced sound set to become a standard for production. The line-up for Tiptop Records includes big names of a scene now described as ‘Modular Techno’, which consists of a fast growing group of artists interested in expanding their compositional techniques through modular synthesizer systems.

The vinyl format is a testimony to the label’s dedication to produce music in a physical form. The result is a four side, double LP packaged in original artwork (including a special poster) by Italian artist Matteo Giampaglia, with handmade lettering by Caterina Scardillo. It is an invitation to a territory of oscillations, and a trip of 10 (+ 2 extra digital) tracks that reconsiders the concept of sound design applied to electronic club music.

The teaser video samples the vibes of the new issue's inherent contagion. Videos for the individual tracks are set to follow by a fresh roster of new talent.

TIPTOP AUDIO RECORDS V.A. 2016

A side: Matt Lange - Qvcamx/ Angle - Time portraits
The first groove introduces Matt Lange’s track, an American producer who has joined up with DeadMau5 on Mau5trap. This intense 8 minute track is sustained by an immersion of rhythm full of atmosphere.
The Angle project is known for the development of audio-video combinations in their performance. They produced a club track rich in melodic sequences, perfectly balanced in a nonlinear fashion.

B side: Joao Ceser - System Failure/ Markus Fix - Texter
Joao Ceser is presently one of the leading figures in Italy of modular techno. His track, System Failure, builds an inevitable dance floor trap from which you can not escape.
The following track is Texter by Markus Fix of Sven Vath’s Cocoon. It takes us into a nocturnal atmosphere, reminiscent of ‘Blade Runner’.

C side: Black Shape - Doom Room/ Drumcell & Luis Flores - Submission of Thought/ Hubot - Riz 7
Black Shape makes its debut on Tiptop Audio Records with a track with an acid bass line featuring the dobro guitar played by Fabrizio Canale and vocals by Piero Fragola. The track exemplifies the theme and intentions of this project.

Drumcell (of Chris Liebing’s CLR) and Luis Flores pump out a distorted sound with an industrial flavour that drastically changes the atmosphere to a state of ecstatic proportions. Hubot takes us back to a club vibe with a groovy yet dark sound driven by a relentless sequence of beats.

D side: Florian Meindl - Operating Temperature/ John Tejada - Fourier Tranform/ Scanner - Valbor
Florian Meindl opens the last side of the release with a fast-paced rhythm and a syncopated sound texture defined by harmonic sequences.

John Tejada (artist of Germany’s Kompakt Records) turns the table with a melodic mind trip, keeping in focus the weaving of sounds and the bass line.
Lastly, Scanner closes the compilation with an avant-garde orchestration, endorsing the ambition of the label to seek new sonic territory.

The issue also includes 2 extra digital tracks:
M.O.T - Look inside/ Riemann - Riemann LIVE -1"

Modular Monthly: TipTop Audio Z DSP Tutorials

Modular Monthly: TipTop Audio Z DSP – Part 1: Chorus

Published on Jan 27, 2017 Future Music Magazine

"In this series of special Modular Monthly tutorials, we're going deep in on TipTop Audio's powerful Z DSP processor. In this first episode we take a look at what its chorus algorithms can do."

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Tiptop Audio Demos by Tomio Ueda

Theres a bit more in there as well.

Playlist (remember, you can use the video controls to skip through the videos that interest you):

Tiptop Audio Eurorack Modular Jam: Office Edition Published on May 1, 2013
"another day, another modular jam at the office!
Using Tiptop Audio's (currently) unreleased Trigger Riot for sequencing and for clocking all sources, triggers, events, and particle exterminators."

Tiptop Audio: Trigger Riot Drum and Bass Demo Published on Feb 2, 2013
"change of pace and doing a simple drum and bass rhythm with the Trigger Riot....lots of shit going on here but basically everything is being clocked by the TR's internal clock and its 8 outputs in matrix mode."

Tiptop Audio Trigger Riot Techno Published on Feb 1, 2013
"Showing off how you can make basic techno patterns and rhythms with Tiptop Audio's up-and-coming Trigger Riot!"

Modular Jam 4 Published on Oct 30, 2012
"bloooooop"

Modular Jam 2 Published on Oct 18, 2012
"blooooop"

Tiptop Audio Demo at Noisy By Nature, Los Angeles Published on Aug 10, 2012
"Tiptop Audio Demo showcasing the fully analog 909 Clap and 808 Cowbell as well as the new Z-DSP Broken Silicon and Error-Codes chips."

Tiptop 808 + Z3000 Jam Published on Mar 22, 2012
"www.soundcloud.com/nonbot
simple techno jam using the bd808, sd808, hats808, and the z3000mk2"

NAMM 2012 Tiptop Audio Modular Patch 1 Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012
"www.soundcloud.com/nonbot
Messing around with Doepfer clock dividers, z3000 mk2, 3 x z8000, BD808 kick, SD808 snare, OHCH808 closed and open hihats, and the prototype of the analog polyphonic modular VCO (PVCO), and Cwejman ADSR."

NAMM 2012 Tiptop Audio Patch 2 Uploaded on Jan 24, 2012
"www.soundcloud.com/nonbot
Messing around with Doepfer clock dividers, z3000 mk2, 3 x z8000, BD808 kick, SD808 snare, OHCH808 closed and open hihats, and the prototype of the analog polyphonic modular VCO (PVCO), and Cwejman ADSR."

minipatch with z3000, Korgasmatron, Maths, ADSR-VC2, and a simple LFO.mp4 Uploaded on Aug 18, 2011
"www.soundcloud.com/nonbot
seeing what I can do with 1 stack cable and 9 wires :)
featured modules here are:
Tiptop z3000mk2
Intellijel Korgasmatron
Make Noise Maths
Cwejman ADSR-VC2
Doepfer a145 LFO
Doepfer a160 Clock Divider
Pittsburgh Audiomixer Attenuator"

unts unts unts Uploaded on May 28, 2011
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Silent Way + ES-3 with Fireface 400 Uploaded on Apr 30, 2011
"After much fumbling, I've finally got Silent Way to work with my ES-3 and my RME Fireface 400 audio interface! It's insane how well it works once you get the hang of things.
As far as modules go, I'm using Silent Way to control my RS-60, Piston Honda, and Polivoks VCF which are all routed into HexVCA and finally into Mutagen.
Thank you os on muffwiggler for helping me! I'm very excited to see what this is capable of!"
Frequensteiner Demo at Big City Music Uploaded on Apr 12, 2011
Roger of Big City Music was kind enough to let me test out Livewire's awesome Frequensteiner in the store before buying it! I don't think anybody else in LA would even allow that, let alone letting you mess around with every other module they had there (including a bomb cwejman modular!). The oscillator was coming from Wiard Anti-Oscillator and routed through an Analogue Systems Modular.
http://www.bigcitymusic.com/"

Buchla & Tiptop Audio - Series 200

video upload by Tiptop .Audio

"The Buchla analog modular synthesizer has been around since the early 1970s yet very few people ever had a chance to play one or even to see one in person. Buchla and Tiptop Audio have joined forces to resume the production of these wonderful rare pieces of gear."

SUPERBOOTH 2021 - TipTop Audio/Buchla Eurorack 200 Series
video upload by sonicstate


Update: press release followed by pics:

Planet Earth, Solar System September 2021

Buchla Announces collaboration with Tiptop Audio on Eurorack versions of classic 200 series modules.

Buchla has chosen to partner with Gur Milstein and his Tiptop Audio team to lead a reissue of Don Buchla’s legendary 200 Series modular synthesizer system in Eurorack format. The two companies have been working together closely on bringing Don’s 70’s synthesizer modules back to life while making the previously rare circuits affordable and accessible to the current generation of musicians and artists.

Eric Fox the CEO and co-owner of Buchla says “When the opportunity presented itself to work with such a reputable company as Tiptop Audio to help reimagine the original 200 series in a new form factor, I jumped at the chance. I knew they had the talent and infrastructure to bring eurorack users for the first time ever an official and genuine sense of the classic Buchla experience at a price anyone could afford. Gur’s enthusiasm and passion towards these designs is very infectious and clearly points to a long and creative partnership for years to come.”

Gur Milstein the head designer and CEO of Tiptop Audio states: “ I’m excited about the collaboration with Buchla. Working with Eric, Joel and the rest of their team gives us additional access to original documents and knowhow that Don shared with his close colleagues who worked with him in the 70s and recent years before he passed away. These designs require a full understanding of the how and why the circuits should work in order to reach that specific sound and workflow. My team and I are excited to bring Don’s work from those early days of synthesis back to life knowing we are doing it as accurately as it can be done. Our goal is to recreate as much of the original 200 series as possible and have the full line available through our dealer network with the full customer support Tiptop has built for over a decade.”

The modules will be branded as Buchla & Tiptop Audio, and the series will be called the 200t. Information and prices on each module will become available close to their release dates.

*The corona pandemic is causing severe damage to the supply of electronic parts and is currently delaying parts for the project. However, the current timeline is for the first set of modules to be available by the end of 2021.

Buchla & Tiptop Audio
www.tiptopaudio.com/buchla/

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New Tiptop Audio - VCA

Tiptop Audio - VCA from Tiptop Audio on Vimeo.

via Tiptop Audio

"The Tiptop Audio VCA is a full featured, precision calibrated, analog Voltage Controlled Amplifier. At its heart is a novel design of a control circuitry—a function that lets you sweep continuously through three different response curves: Logarithmic, Linear, Exponential—giving you all three shapes in a single module. This special control circuitry design by Mr. Osamu Hoshuyama was adopted into the VCA module to make it a great sounding synthesizer VCA with flexibility to address all duties: level control for both audio and CV modulation, gating audio into silence, and amplitude modulation effects.

A VCA, Voltage Controlled Amplifier, sometimes referred to as an audio gate, is an essential module to any Eurorack and no system is complete without one. The concept is an input, an output and a control that sets how much of the input signal passes through to the output.

A great VCA means minimum feedthrough of the control signal bleeding into the passing signal and minimum distortion applied to the passing signal. An excellent audio gate means minimal leakage of signal from IN to OUT when the control tells the VCA to fully close. These are the most critical conditions for a good sounding, good responding VCA and are what the Tiptop Audio design carefully addresses. 2 LED peak indicator lights on the front panel light up with incoming CV or audio signals. While a clipping indicator for audio is expected, clipping of CV is often overlooked and it’s included here to visually maintain the full dynamic range of an envelope driving the VCA.

The Tiptop Audio VCA lets you concentrate on creative uses rather than figuring out the module’s anomalies. The result is an excellent sounding synthesizer VCA that’s a joy to use and pleasing to hear."

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ANGLE - TRAPPIST-1

ANGLE - TRAPPIST-1 from Angle on Vimeo.

ANGLE - TRAPPIST-1

VCO: Tiptop Audio - Z3000, Endorphin.es - Furthrrrr Generator, Buchla/Verbos - 258J, J3RK - Mirror Core VCO, Neutron Sound - Orgone Accumulator.

LFO: Tiptop Audio - Z3000, Random Source - Serge DSG.

VCF: Tiptop Audio - Z2040, AJH - MiniMod VCF, STG - LPF, Random Source - Serge VCFS, Malekko - Dual Borg

ADSR: Tiptop Audio Z4000, Intellijel - dual adsr, Frequency Central - System X Envelope, AJH - MiniMod DCG.

VCA: L-1 - Quad VCA, AJH - MiniMod VCA.

WAVE FOLDER: Toppobrillo - Triple Wave Folder

SEQUENCER: Tiptop Audio - Circadian Rhythms, Tiptop Audio - Z8000

SAMPLER: Tiptop Audio - ONE

QUANTIZER: Tiptop Audio - QuantiZer

EFFECTS: Tiptop Audio - ZDSP

A COLLECTION OF EURORACK MODULAR JAMS ~ Make Noise, TipTop Audio, Mutable Instruments, OTO Machines

Published on Jun 28, 2017 once upon a synth

"Jamming and improvising on my eurorack modular synth. There are few different jams in this one. I ran the whole thing through an OTO Machines BAM for delicious reverb. The main sound sources are the TipTop Z3000 and One. I then feed those through the 2040 and VCF-74 filters. The Z3000 is also run through the Fold Processor. The main sequencer is the Z8000 which is first quantized with the Quantizer before being fed to control the Z3000. The Make Noise Tempi is driving the Z8000 and the Z4000 envelope generator which is turn is modulating the Z2040. The Make Noise Maths also helps to modulate the Fold Processor parameters. The drums and percussion sounds are a combination of the Peaks in drum mode and the One sampler.

~~~ AUDIO GEAR USED ~~~
• TipTop Audio One
• Vintage Synth Lab VCF-74
• TipTop Audio Z8000
• Make Noise Tempi
• TipTop Audio Z4000
• Make Noise Morphagene
• Make Noise Maths
• TipTop Audio Quantizer
• TipTop Audio Z3000
• TipTop Audio Fold Processor
• TipTop Audio Z2040
• OTO Machines BAM
• Mutable Instruments Peaks
• Intellijel 7U Eurorack Case"

Ivo Ivanov - Tiptop Audio Trigger Riot

Ivo Ivanov - Tiptop Audio Trigger Riot - 11.15.13

Published on Nov 15, 2013 Ivo Ivanov·4 videos

"Second patch with the TipTop Audio Trigger Riot.

Basically a variation on the first patch example in the owner's manual.

This patch features the Tiptop Audio Trigger Riot, Z8000, Z-DSP, BD808, SD808, HATS909.

My second day with the Trigger Riot - still a lot to learn/read, but things are starting to click more and more. Love this module beyond words!

Additional modules used in this patch:

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Tiptop Audio Records - Various Artists 002 - Official Teaser

Tiptop Audio Records - Various Artists 002 - Official Teaser from Tiptop Film on Vimeo.

"ANGLE VS. JOAO CESER - Axolotl (Soundtrack free download)

https://soundcloud.com/tiptop-audio-records/angle-vs-joao-ceser-axolotl

www.tiptoprec.com

www.tiptopaudio.com

TIPTOP AUDIO RECORDS VARIOUS ARTISTS 002

Double vinyl and digital issue

Tiptop Audio Records, Tiptop Audio’s label, consolidates a path that connects its instruments with the best electronic music composers of the moment. All projects that fit within the label are the result of direct experimentation of modules. The connection between the components creates sounds that are unique and unrepeatable.

The second issue of Tiptop Audio Records attests to the label’s attitude towards developing a nuanced sound set to become a standard for production.

The line-up for Tiptop Records includes MATT LANGE, ANGLE, JOAO CESER, MARKUS FIX, BLACK SHAPE, DRUMCELL & LUIS FLORES, HUBOT, FLORIAN MEINDL, JOHN TEJADA, SCANNER, M.O.T., RIEMANN; the names of a scene now described as ‘Modular Techno’, which consists of a fast growing group of artists interested in expanding their compositional techniques through modular synthesizer systems.

The vinyl format is a testimony to the label’s dedication to produce music in a physical form. The result is a four side, double LP packaged in original artwork (including a special poster) by Italian artist Matteo Giampaglia, with handmade lettering by Caterina Scardillo.

It is an invitation to a territory of oscillations, and a trip of 10 (+ 2 extra digital) tracks that reconsiders the concept of sound design applied to electronic club music."

MEFF Modular Synthesizer Exhibition Fair Set for April 6th & 7th 2019

Tiptop Audio, Lattexplus & Synth Café present MEFF Modular Synthesizer Exhibition Fair

April 6th & 7th 2019 Impact Hub Florence, Italy

Featuring:

ARTURIA - BASTL INSTRUMENTS - BEHRINGER - CLANK - DIY SYNTH ITALIA - ERICA SYNTHS - ERROR INSTRUMENTS - EXAGONAL - FRAP TOOLS - GARRET LABS - GINKO SYNTHESE - GRP SYNTHESIZER - JOLIN LAB - L-1 - LIVESTOCK ELECTRONICS - MARTIN PAS - MIDIWARE - MILK AUDIO STORE - MODAL ELECTRONICS - MODULAR AUDIO DEVICES - MOOG - NOVATION - PURRTRONICS - QOSMO MODULAR - ROLAND - RTFM - SOMA - TANGIBLE WAVES - TEENAGE ENGINEERING - TIPTOP AUDIO -  WALDORF - YAMAHA

Modular synthesizer fair, workshops and performances with the best manufacturers and artists in the industry.

The press release:

March 2019, Italy - Tiptop Audio, the Californian modular synthesizer brand, in partnership with Lattexplus leading event organisation in Florence since 2010 and Synth Café the Italian synth web community are proud to announce the third edition of MEFF at the Impact Hub Florence and BUH! Circolo culturale urbano on the 6th and 7th of April 2019. The fair will involve more than 30 International synthesizer brands and distributors with workshops and performances in an event free to the public.

MEFF returns to Impact Hub coworking in Florence and BUH! Circolo culturale urbano to set up its event, which will include an Exhibitor area where attendees can explore, learn, interact, demo and purchase instruments. The Performance area, called the Auditorium, part of BUH! Circolo culturale urbano is a room acoustically designed by the sound designer and engineer Donato Masci. In the evenings, the location will host workshop and performances including a soldering workshop by Brno brand BASTL Instruments.

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Modular Wild Presents PROFILE-Tiptop Audio Z4000

Published on Jan 26, 2014 Modular Wild·98 videos

"A short description of the TipTop Audio Z4000 VC-EG. Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

Modular Wild Presents SOUNDS-Fast Transients With TipTop Audio Z4000

Published on Feb 3, 2014 Modular Wild·99 videos

"A short demonstration of the TipTop Audio Z4000 working with Short Envelopes. Envelope is used to modulate the FM input of the TipTop Audio Z2040.Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

Modular Wild Presents SOUNDS-TipTop Audio Z4000 Long Envelopes and Deviater

Published on Feb 9, 2014 Modular Wild·100 videos

"A short demonstration of the TipTop Audio Z4000 VC-EG. This time we look at long envelopes and the Deviater.Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

Tiptop Audio's Z8000 Gets a New Look and Output Range Adjustment

TIPTOP AUDIO Z8000 MATRIX SEQUENCER from Tiptop Audio on Vimeo.

Tiptop Audio: Z8000 Basic Patches from Tiptop Audio on Vimeo.

Update: videos above added.


via Tiptop Audio

"The Z8000 Matrix Sequencer is a modulation source like no other: The 16 knobs of the Z8000 are accessed by ten sequencers with their own clock, direction and reset inputs. The ten sequencers are as follows:

Four 4 step CV sequencers on the horizontal.
Four 4 step CV sequencers on the vertical.
One 16 step CV sequencer on the horizontal.
One 16 step CV sequencer on the vertical.

The Z8000 can simultaneously modulate up to 10 CV parameters poly-rhythmically, with unprecedented motion complexity. One knob affects all 10 CV outputs! Imagine modifying 10 parameters from one knob. With it’s 30 gate and clock inputs and 10 CV outputs one can only imagine the possibilities, and all clock inputs can even be driven at audio rates. The Z8000 pairs well with the Trigger Riot and Circadian Rhythms and using it with the QuantiZer extends its capabilities as a high precision 1V/Oct note sequencer.

Introduced in 2017, a new version of the Z8000 maintains the original circuitry but adds output range adjustment switches on the back and Tiptop’s new colored look which help highlight the sections."

Tiptop Audio Launches New Record Label - Tiptop Audio Records

Tiptop Records presents Various Artists 001 - Official Teaser from Tiptop Film on Vimeo.

http://www.tiptoprec.com
http://www.tiptopaudio.com

"Tiptop Audio is proud to introduce a new project for 2015: Tiptop Audio Records.
In the recent years musical productions have seen a remarkable return to the use of hardware through analog synthesizers and digital control interfaces. This trend has proven so strong that it prompted a rebirth of modular synths in a new format (eurorack). Tiptop Audio has made a name producing sophisticated but easy to use modules, designed to form a complete system that is especially effective for dance-oriented productions and live sets.

Tiptop Audio Records selected for its first issue some of the most groundbreaking artists using such systems, to present a range of artists who, through their tracks, explore the landscape of dance music in a very fresh perspective. These are the artists who inspire the Tiptop team to make more innovative devices, which in turn make new music (a nice feedback loop).

ANGLE, BLAWAN, CHRISTIAN BURKHARDT JOAO CESER, JOHN TEJADA, JOSEPH FRAIOLI, MOE ESPINOSA (DRUMCELL), KINK, RICHARD DEVINE and SURGEON each contribute a track stamped with their own style and vision. Tracks range from Surgeon’s trademark hard minimal beat, to Kink’s gauzy dreamscape, while Richard Devine and Joseph Fraioli explore the outer reaches of beat based music. The Phase VI team (John Tejada and Moe Espinosa AKA Drumcell) produces an endlessly shifting set of percolating rhythms, Christian Burkhardt and Joao Ceser put some 21st century twists on classic dance floor patterns, ANGLE lay down effortless, sophisticated Continental style and Blawan adds some industrial toned menace.

The release will initially come as a double vinyl edition, with a cover painted by the artist Matteo Giampaglia, and a digital download version will follow.
An original video teaser will introduce the compilation, then other videoclips of the individual tracks will be realized by exciting new visual artists."

Tiptop Audio: Z2040 LP-VCF Gets a New Look

Tiptop Audio: Z2040 LP-VCF from Tiptop Audio on Vimeo.

"Tiptop Audio: Z2040 LP-VCF (4-Pole Voltage Controlled Filter)

http://www.tiptopaudio.com

Music by ANGLE

http://www.angleproject.net

The Z2040 is our redesign of the most famous analog filter from the poly synths of the 80’s and features Tiptop Audio’s signature lush, big and creamy sound. Its frequency sweeps make thick bass lines and leads with great dynamics.

When modulated with audio frequencies through its various inputs, the Z2040 gets quite colorful and is capable of creating so many new sounds and textures as the forces of the incoming waves and their harmonics all blend through the filter’s non linear circuit.

When set with Resonance feedback fully up, the Z2040 transforms into a pure sine-core VC-Oscillator, great for making snappy percussive elements and whistling sounds.

A look under the hood will find that the heart of the Z2040 is a discrete design 4-Pole Low Pass filter with a similar core to that of the SSM2040 Filter chip used in the 80’s Prophet 5 Rev 2 synthesizer, and its brother the SSM2044 used in the famous early EMU samplers and PPG synthesizers of the 80’s. Both filters are considered by many as 'the best sounding filter ever.'

The Z2040’s four modulation inputs are built to handle CV and audio signals, enabling deep modulation of the filter core and passing signals.

A VC resonance input is provided to modulate and even clip the sine wave produced by the filter feedback loop.

A Frequency Modulation input (FM) provides dynamic filter sweeps and the unique VC-FM index allows modulation of the incoming FM signals.

On top of that, the Z2040 comes with an audio VCA that can be configured to act upon the input or the output of the filter."

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Tiptop Audio and Konstantin Gervis @SUPERBOOTH17

Tiptop Audio and Konstantin Gervis @SUPERBOOTH17 from HerrSchneider on Vimeo.

"Tiptop Audio product specialist and artist Konstantin Gervis played a Gesprächskonzert at SUPERBOOTH17. Konstantin is long time Tiptop Audio user and composed his live rig almost entirely with Tiptop Audio modules. The pretty complete product line with VCOs, envelopes, sequencers, effects, sample players and the mighty drum modules Tiptop offers a suitable range of modules for playing techno and most other styles of electronic music live.

In this video Konstantin explains his live rig, how it is composed, which modules he uses, explains the signal flow and why he made certain decisions about his (almost) all-Tiptop-System.

To find out more about the current line of Tiptop Audio modules come to SUPERBOOTH18 - you can find them at Booth #0308."

New Tiptop Audio Forbidden Planet Eurorack Analog Filter

Tiptop Audio - Forbidden Planet Analog Filter from Tiptop Audio on Vimeo.

Two user videos from once upon a synth & Sound Provider (note the filter design is influenced by the Steiner-Parker but it is not a copy):

Details via Tiptop Audio:

Tiptop Audio has a new multimode analog filter Forbidden Planet. The Forbidden Planet filter adds 3 new filter options to the Tiptop Audio family of Eurorack modules: High Pass, Bandpass and Low Pass, all inspired by The 1975 Steiner-Parker Synthacon model.

Features:
• Multimode Analog Filter with a great sound
• High Pass, Bandpass, Low Pass: can be used individually or at the same time
• Two VC inputs, one with attenuator
• Self Oscillating up to saturation
• High Pass section is this module’s signature sound
• Bandpass is clear and useful in isolating and sound design
• 12db two-pole Low Pass analog slope
• Smooth-to-whistle-to-aggressive resonance control
• Output volume control
• Size: 8HP – Depth: 30.5mm
• Low Power Consumption: +12V 10ma / -12V 10ma
MSRP: $120"

Tiptop Audio TG ONE Special Edition: Throbbing Gristle Commemorate Eurorack Module

via Tiptop Audio

"TG ONE is a special edition of the Tiptop Audio ONE module designed to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Throbbing Gristle’s groundbreaking ‘Second Annual Report’. Few bands have staked out such on original space in music that proved not only immediately provocative and illuminating, but filtered into almost every corner of electronic and popular music in the succeeding decades.

Collaborating with the band and MUTE records, the Tiptop Audio team tailored the features of the popular ONE to the sound and aesthetic of Throbbing Gristle.

Decked out in a TG color scheme of red and white on black, the design incorporates the iconic TG ‘flash’. Even the packaging sports classic cover art from ’20 Jazz Funk Greats’.

Working with long time beta-tester Chris Carter, the Tiptop R&D tweaked the ONE firmware creating two new modes: the first a random file selection on each trigger input; and the second, looping playback that randomly seeks in a sound file with each trigger. Both of these functions take TG ONE into new sonic territory.

TG ONE includes two exclusive cards of Throbbing Gristle samples curated by Chris Carter from his archive of the original Throbbing Gristle recording sessions. The files have been further reworked and revised, modified and mangled by Carter to give the user a unique Throbbing Gristle sonic palette to work wonders with while retaining the spirit of the original sources. Card one consists of 128 percussive sounds and audio snippets with the second card featuring 128 longer samples, pads and loops.
Tightly coupled with the firmware these cards are only available with the TG module.

Tiptop Audio would like to thank Paul Taylor, Daniel Miller and all at Mute for their support; and Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and the late Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson for their inspiration."

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NEW TIPTOP AUDIO - Z-DSP VC Digital Signal Processor (24 bit/variable clock) Details

TIPTOP AUDIO - Z-DSP from Tiptop Audio on Vimeo.


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'Tiptop Audio’s Z-DSP is a cartridge-based open source digital sound processing and effects generating platform for your modular synthesizer. Lush audio processing, greater stereo depth and a unique set of digital synthesis is what the Z-DSP is all about.

The Z-DSP has a stereo digital sound processor with 24-bit sampling, 15kHz of bandwidth, voltage-controlled parameters of stereo feedback, program switching, DSP parameters, equal power crossfading dry/wet mixing, as well as sequential program control switching and a clear display – all in Eurorack format. A dedicated clocking input for the DSP chip does wonders to passing sound by bending the algorithms in an unexpected way, a hardware technique computer plugins can’t do and is unique to the Z-DSP.

In a recent update, the Z-DSP (NS) got an all new design of its analog circuitry, contributing to a lower noise signal path, clearer sound of the entire frequency range, lower distortion and better immunity to noise emitted by other modules sharing the same power supply. A new analog dry/wet circuit has been implemented to remove the 3db gain drop when the mix knob passes through the center of the dial making the use of this function more practical in a live application. A reverse polarity protection has been added as well. The new front-panel matches Tiptop’s colorful design, and a single printed circuit board and surface mount technology improve reliability during production and use. The powerful Z-DSP engine remains the same as the original Z-DSP module and all cards are compatible across both versions."

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