SOFTPOP SPII: OVERDRIVE

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"SPII's preamp can sound pretty tasty!"

SOFTPOP SPII: AUDIO SLICER

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"Our new video series will show you how you can use your SPII as an audio effect! Here is the effect we call slicer."

BASTL SOFTPOP SP2 WITH THE MPC AND GRANULAR PROCESSING

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"SOFTPOP SP2 IS AMAZING with other instruments too. Do you want to process it with the MPC? Let's go!

SOFTPOP SP2 is available now"

See the dealers on the right for availibility.

BASTL SOFTPOP SPII Now Available

via @bastlinstrument

"We bring you our traditional Czech SOFTPOP SPII. We recommend enjoying it with Czech bread, butter, and pickles.⁠ ⁠

Now for real. Go check our list of retailers and get your piece of czechness right now.⁠"

Check with the retailers on the right. See a demo here.

A Bastl Softpop 2 Demo Where Red Means Recording Don’t Talk and There Are Hands

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"The Bastl Softpop 2 can definitely be said to be a synthesizer. I checked the manual and it confirmed this. If anyone tells you it's not a synthesizer, don't listen to them. They're wrong and they're lying to you. I'm so tired. I don't even like doing this anymore. I want to sleep until I don't have to worry about anything anymore. YouTube takes what you love, makes it a job, and then makes you hate it. I'm not going to check the analytics for this video. I never do, anyways. I'm throwing away my phone and my computer.

00:00 flixpebg
01:43 glbnglbglhb
04:43 whoopsie
07:40 voidbele"

Bastl SoftPop SPII // Modular synth and sequencer

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"The @Bastl Instruments Softpop II demo by Patrik at Superbooth 22. Forgive the hectic location, and enjoy Patrik's enthusiastic demo of a really cool little synth/sequencer. It's got a few tricks up its sleeve. Lovely."

Bastl Softpop SP2 & Pizza Module: First Look at Superbooth 2022

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"Softpop SP2 is a radical subtractive synth that combines an analog modular heart with unconventional digital control and a plethora of performance features. Watch as Fess gets the rundow on the SP2 as well as Bastl's new Pizza oscillator."

Superbooth 22: Bastl Instruments Pizza

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"Vaclav shared his new Pizza module with us, and it was very tasty indeed.

Pizza is a compact digital oscillator with powerful wave shaping applied to FM synthesis.It's built around 3 internal oscillators - the Main Oscillator, which can be phase modulated (FM) and wave folded, and two modulating oscillators. It allows for CV control and shaping of FM, waveshaping and additive synthesis. Softpop 2 also gets an update, giving it an additional, stable digital oscillator.

Pizza is available to pre-order now. Price: 245.45 euros

Shipping end of May."

Superbooth 2022: Bastl Softpop II & Pizza

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Bastl Pizza and Softpop 2 - #superbooth2022

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"I'm at Superbooth 2022. Bastl just introduced their new module, Pizza. Also talking about Softpop 2. I love this stuff!"

See the Bastl label below for more.

Bastl Instruments Introduces Pizza and Softpop SP2

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"In the beginning, there was... Pizza. Listen."

Pizza FM & Wave-shaping Oscillator

We are very excited to finally introduce our first dedicated eurorack oscillator module called Pizza!

Pizza is a compact 8HP digital oscillator with powerful wave shaping applied to FM synthesis. Pizza offers a ton of flavor in a compact form, and it grants superb access with the assignable CTRL knob and CV, while its 3 different outputs allow for high patch flexibility. The unique take on FM synthesis combined with waveshaping offers a vast sonic palette while staying intuitive. Pizza is perfect for hybrid synthesis! Waveshaping on MAIN output gives you the world of additive techniques, while the PULSE and OSC OUT speak the subtractive language where mixing the outputs into a filter will sound massive!

Because of its digital nature, Pizza does not have to be tuned, and its approach to tuning is different. You only go to the Tune mode when you actually need to. Otherwise, the PITCH knob serves as either octave transpose or detune. Bastl's own VCO was brainstormed ever since we started producing modules, but Pizza has been in active development for the past 3 and a half years. It was developed by a team centered around our junior developer Martin Klecl, coded by Florian Helling, and supervised by Václav Peloušek, with contributions from Lennart Schierling and the whole Bastl team.

The first batch of Pizza preorders (300 units) starts: Wednesday 11th May 2022 at 20:00 CET Shipping in early June 2022. Price is 297 EUR including tax and 245 EUR excluding tax.

Softpop SP2

At the beginning of 2022, we introduced the desktop modular synthesizer Softpop SP2 – a collaboration between Casper Electronics a.k.a. Peter Edwards and Václav Peloušek of Bastl Instruments. Softpop SP2 is a radical subtractive synth under the influence of unconventional digital control. It’s a rare beast that excels at both melody and noise in equal measure.

There is a free major update coming to all Softpop SP2 users! There is a digital VCO hiding inside the SP2: users can switch a jumper inside the unit and update firmware via an audio file to access it! The digital oscillator has several new waveforms (generated on the original analog Triangle output) and gains the tuning precision and stability of a digital VCO! The firmware update will be available as a free download when the second batch, which is currently produced, will be available in the summer of 2022.

Live Looping the Bastl Softpop 2 with the Elektron Octatrack MK2

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"In this video Matthew Piecora (aka EZBOT) uses the the Elektron Octatrack Mk2 to live loop the Bastl Softpop 2. Video also includes a tutorial on the Bastl Softpop 2.

Softpop SP2 is a radical subtractive synth under the influence of unconventional digital control. It’s a rare beast that excels at both melody and noise in equal measure. SP2’s favorite sounds include bassline bangers, angelic chord progressions, distorted beats, and water droplets. Softpop also has an external input with enough gain and saturation to process any sound thru the filter and VCA.

The heart of SP2 is an analog, modular synth replete with lush tones and a chaotic disposition. Its brain is a complex digital sequencer and quantizer that brings (some) order to the chaos. The analog heart and the digital brain support each other while also pushing their behaviors out of normal routines in surprising ways.

Learn more about the Bastl Softpop 2 here: https://bit.ly/bastl_softpop2
Learn more about the Elektron Octrtack MK2 here: https://bit.ly/octatrack_mk2_blk

https://patchwerks.com/
Video by: Matthew Piecora (aka EZBOT)
https://www.ezbot.live"

ALM MFX : Eurorack Multi-Effect Module : FX Test with Guitars, Drum Machines, Synthesizers & more

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"Perfect Circuit explores ALM Busy Circuit's newest Eurorack module, MFX with drum machines, guitars, and modular synths. The MFX is a versatile multi-effect module with 14 different effects programs, including delays, more delays, reverb, distortions, bit crushers, compressors, and chorus.

👉Grab your ALM Busy Circuits MFX Stereo Multi-Effects Processor-https://bit.ly/3werd8S

🤓 Other gear featured in this video:
Roland TR-08 Boutique Rhythm Composer-https://bit.ly/3weomNd
BASTL SoftPop 2 Semi-Modular Synthesizer-https://bit.ly/3Ji9nFB
Strymon Iridium IR Amp + Cab Simulator Pedal-https://bit.ly/3i9xnij
Boredbrain Injectr Audio Input + Cab Simulator-https://bit.ly/3MW7TTG
WMD 4TTEN Quad Attenuator-https://bit.ly/3KQwtDV
Empress Effects Compressor MKII Pedal-https://bit.ly/3MTJTkb
Arturia KeyStep 37 MIDI Controller + Step Sequencer-https://bit.ly/3tfXies
And a ton of Modular-https://bit.ly/3CMoq8f

Learn all the things about the MFX in the Signal article -https://bit.ly/3CJtI4r"

Patch Pals Drop Analog Acid with the Softpop 2 Semi Modular Synthesizer

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"Check out even more Soft Pop goodness : https://bit.ly/3Kf43mw

Grab a SP2 for yourself : https://bit.ly/3I00100

Patch Pals Jacob and Wes explore the sound and functionality of their favorite new semi-modular synth ; the Softpop 2 from Bastl & Casper Electronics !

Check out our video tutorial on the SP2 here."

Bastl & Casper Softpop 2 : Analog Acid Groove Synthesizer : Features, Fun, and a Full Tutorial

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"@Bastl Instruments and @casperelectronics synthesizers Softpop 2 is finally here, and it's a ferocious and fantastically fun little friend !

Join our pal Wes for an overview of the unit and it's features, functions, and what makes it such a unique and interesting semi-modular synthesizer

https://bit.ly/3Kf43mw"

Bastl - Softpop SP2

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https://www.noisebug.net/

"Softpop SP2 is a radical subtractive synth under the influence of unconventional digital control. It’s a rare beast that excels at both melody and noise in equal measure.

SP2’s favorite sounds include bassline bangers, angelic chord progressions, distorted beats, and water droplets. Softpop also has an external input with enough gain and saturation to process any sound thru the filter and VCA.

HEART AND BRAIN

The heart of SP2 is an analog, modular synth replete with lush tones and a chaotic disposition. Its brain is a complex digital sequencer and quantizer that brings (some) order to the chaos. The analog heart and the digital brain support each other while also pushing their behaviors out of normal routines in surprising ways.

BEYOND 8 STEPS

SP2’s sequencer is built around simple 8-step loops of notes, gates, and slides called PATTERNS. These PATTERNS (8 per BANK) can be played and chained in any order (and in real-time) to create longer sequences. Softpop's sequencer expands on this classic format by adding 8 SCALES of user-definable quantization, 8 playback modes, and 8 performance FX, all of which can be independently chained and looped!

Use the SCALE chaining to build chord progressions or reach for playback modes to browse the 8 steps in different ways. Add randomness and modulation to the pitch with the PITCH MOD fader and transpose the sequence with the PITCH fader. Temporary FX can be played on the fly to help you build transitions or looped for yet another degree of sequenced complexity.

SOFTPOP SP2 IS A POWERFUL ANALOG SOUND PROCESSOR!

Plug any external audio signal into the SP2 to radically transform its sound with the built-in filter, VCA, and overdrive. Create stepped modulation with the sequencer and auto-wah style effects with the input-tracking envelope follower. Randomize it all with the sample & hold and use the 37-point patchbay to dive into the modulation madness.

Here are a few possibilities for SP2 signal processing:
Modulated overdrive, stepped filter, auto-filter (auto-wah), random filter, audio-rate modulated filter, resonant distortion, feedback distortion, MIDI-synced slicer, sequenced ring-modulator, MIDI-controlled ring-modulator, compressor/expander, and plenty more to be discovered.

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SOFTPOP SP2 WITH DELUGE AND AUDIO PROCESSING

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"SOFTPOP SP2 is also an amazing audio processor!
You don't believe us? Look at this amazing clip! We are syncing Deluge and the SOFTPOP with MIDI. Bass guitar is then processed rhythmically and tonally for this amazing bass tone in the performance.

Performance by Patrik Veltruský
https://patrikveltrusky.bandcamp.com"

Also see New Bastl Instruments SOFTPOP SP2 Released - Demos & Overview

New Bastl Instruments SOFTPOP SP2 Released - Demos & Overview

Follow-up to this post. Overview video futher below. See the dealers on the right for availability.

"The wait is finally over. The most radical, jazziest little USB-powered analog bass synth is finally here and you can enjoy it in its full glory."
Demos by Bastl Instruments

BASTLxCASPER: SOFTPOP SP2
SOFTPOP SP2 WITH A DIRTYWAVE M8. A BATTERY POWERED STUDIO!!!
SOFTPOP SP2 WITH A MODULAR SYNTH SETUP
SOFTPOP SP2: RECORDING THE SEQUENCE FROM THE BEGINNING
SOFTPOP SP2 WITH THE DIGITAKT AND SAMPLING
SOFTPOP SP2 WITH A MIDI KEYBOARD

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Bastl Softpop 2: The Jazziest Little Radical Synth Is Coming SOON

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"The long wait is almost over. Softpop 2 the radical, friendly, the jazziest little bass synth is coming soon."

That was quick!

New SoftPop from Bastl In the Works

We are working on the next version of our fan-favorite synth SoftPop. Here is the first peek. No release day yet. It's done when it's done but we are already excited about SoftPop 2 sonic capabilities we have to share it with all of you. We hope you are also excited. pic.twitter.com/6c3hFGMmbp

— Bastl Instruments (@bastlinstrument) July 14, 2021

"We are working on the next version of our fan-favorite synth SoftPop. Here is the first peek. No release day yet. It's done when it's done but we are already excited about SoftPop 2 sonic capabilities we have to share it with all of you. We hope you are also excited."