Rob Papen Quad Introduction

Published on Oct 22, 2014 Rob Papen

"RE synthesizer for Propellerhead Reason 7.1 or higher.

QUAD is the first Rack Extension synthesizer built from the ground up for Reason by the Rob Papen team. It features two oscillators with a seemingly simple arsenal of classic waveforms. The sonic palette is huge though, through the vast modulation possibilities that QUAD has to offer.

The oscillators can be combined through many cross modulation functions – generating a wide range of harmonics. The next steps in the sound sculpting are the Phase Distortion and Wave Shaper. These tools are brought to life by four XY-Pads, which can be moved through an extensive modulation matrix. The movements can be recorded as automation directly into Reason’s sequencer.

QUAD’s oscillators are complemented by two top notch analogue modelled filters, an arpeggiator and two high quality effects processors.

Welcome to the new refreshing synthesizer QUAD – only in Reason!"

Reminds me of wavetable synthesis but instead of using pre-existing wavetables, they are generated on the fly.

Update: and the official press release:

"Rob Papen produces quick-fire QUAD as its first RE release built from the ground up for Reason


ECHT, THE NETHERLANDS: virtual instrument and effects plug-in developer Rob Papen Soundware is proud to announce availability of QUAD, its first Rack Extension synthesizer built from the ground up for Propellerhead Reason, as of October 28...

When Swedish music software application, interfaces, and technology standards specialist Propellerhead Software first unveiled its revolutionary Rack Extension — an ever-expandable, freely-routable rack of instruments, effects, and sounds — for its well-received Reason music-making and recording studio software solution, namesake company founder and synthesizer developer Rob Papen promptly pronounced it as being “...a brilliant concept.” Continuing, he then summarised its advantages as follows: “What we face as a developer is having to have a PC version and a Mac version, and if you run them in your regular host, you can crash your host. That’s a real big battle. People, if they use Reason, learn that things are connected. It’s cross-platform; everything works. It’s a major leap forward for Reason, and productions coming out of Reason will sound totally different. Reason remains Reason, but, now, it’s open.”

Open to the likes of Rob Papen to develop distinctive and desirable third-party Rack Extensions (RE) for Reason. Little wonder, then, that Rob Papen was amongst the first wave of developers to do just that, starting by porting over its popular ‘phat’-sounding soft synth Predator as Predator-RE, rapidly followed by its SubBoomBass-RE dedicated virtual bass synth, self-explanatory PR-Verb RE and PR-Distort RE virtual effects, plus PunchBD-RE, a versatile and easy-to-use bass drum synth.

Soft synths have always been at the core of Rob Papen’s productive business model, so it’s hardly surprising that they put some serious time and effort into porting some of their most popular products over to Propellerhead’s popular Reason platform. Yet what distinguishes QUAD from its aforementioned admired RE predecessors is that this time the company has chosen to build a Rack Extension synthesizer from the ground up. Why? Well, according to Rob Papen’s namesake founder, it “...offers a different and refreshing synthesis for your rack!”

Really? Really. “QUAD is still ‘subtractive synthesis’ like you know from Predator and so on, but the oscillator part has some interesting new features that vastly expands the sound options and makes QUAD very different from any other regular ‘subtractive synthesizer’,” reasons Rob Papen.

Put simply, QUAD has two oscillators (OSC 1 and OSC 2) at its sonic core, each endowed with a seemingly simple selection of classic waveforms (Sine, Triangle, Saw, White Noise, and Pink Noise), together with a SPREAD function (adding multiple oscillators with slightly higher and lower pitch to the main oscillators to fatten up the sound), and a SUB oscillator tuned one octave below with two selectable waveforms (Sinus and Square). Straightforward-sounding so far? Arguably yes. Yet those oscillators can be combined with many cross modulation functions, generating a wide range of harmonics. How so? “This is arranged inside OSC 1, where we also have several interesting modulation types. Also, OSC 1 can be shut down for going into the filter, so it can be exclusively used as a modulator for OSC 2.”

These already stunning sound sculpting tools are all brought to life by the four XY pads that dominate the main screen, giving OSC 1 and OSC 2 their distinctive PHASE DISTORTION and WAVE SHAPER capabilities — and also giving rise to the QUAD name. Notes Rob Papen: “For each we have several distortion or wave-shaping types. With the XY dials or XY field you can change this dynamic. The very cool thing is that with minimal effort you can quickly create a new sound and preset.”

Of course, Rob Papen himself is an internationally recognised sound designer of considerable standing, so it should come as little surprise to learn that QUAD is packed with wide-ranging Rob Papen-designed presets so you don’t have to (if you don’t want to). Those that do, of course, can delve deeper courtesy of an extensive MODULATION matrix; two effects processors (FX 1/2) that can be automated within the MODULATION matrix or via the ‘back panel’-positioned ‘external’ CV; LFO 1/2 and ENVELOPE 1/2 that can be tempo-synced; AMP section for controlling the volume contour; and more.

Moreover, QUAD offers no fewer than 28 filter types via two top-notch analogue-modelled filters (FILTER 1/2) with various routings, as well as an artistically-inspirational arpeggiator (ARP) with several playback modes. Maintains its co-creator: “It’s a big synth with many features!” For Reason users it really does offer a refreshing and different approach to synthesis, so why not extend your Rack right now?


QUAD can be purchased and directly downloaded for €99.00 EUR/$119.00 USD from the Propellerhead Shop here: https://shop.propellerheads.se/product/rob-papen-quad-instrument/ (Propellerhead operates a try-before-you-buy service for those wishing to test Rack Extensions.)"

Deconstructing beats with the KOMA Elektronik pedals

Published on Oct 22, 2014 KOMA Elektronik

"In this video the Master output of the Acidlab MIAMI is being processed by the KOMA Elektronik BD101 Gate/Delay and FT201 Filter/Sequencer effect pedals creating a dub techno drum sequence.

The Acidlab Miami is synced to the KOMA pedals via the RH301's Din Sync Output. The RH301 is the masterclock of this setup.

The signal runs into the BD101 with the Delay Time knob almost fully open. The LFO CV Out of the RH301 is modulating the Delay Time CV In of the BD101 with a synced square wave signal while the tempo-synced Inverted Envelope CV Out of the RH301 is patched into the Cycle (Feedback) of the BD101, creating drony overtones.

The signal runs then into the FT201 in Low Pass mode (all three outputs can be used at the same time). The internal sequencer of the FT201 is synced to the Clock Out of the RH301, making sure all the filtersteps of the unit are in time and on the beat.

More information: http://www.koma-elektronik.com

All Rights Reserved - 2014"

デイヴ・スミス（Dave Smith）氏から日本のユーザーへ！新作「PRO2」の解説

Published on Oct 22, 2014 スタジオねこやなぎ

Dave Smith Pro 2s on eBay

"Prophet-5など、名機と呼ばれる数々のシンセサイザーを世に送り出し、MID­I規格への貢献でグラミー賞も受賞したデイヴ・スミス氏が、日本のユーザーに向けて新­作「PRO2」の特徴を解説しています。

この映像は「ナニワのシンセ界」に続く、スタジオねこやなぎ制作のシンセサイザー映画­第二弾に向けたインタビュー時に収録されました。1時間以上に及んだインタビュー本編­は、2015年公開の映画に収録される予定です。続報は下記サイトでチェックを！
http://modularsynth.jp/"

App Sound ZMors Live Demo

Published on Oct 22, 2014 APP SOUND

"That's a cool iOS Synth App by developer Sven Braun from Berlin. I made some new presets for it. Thanks for watching!"

iTunes: zMors - mobile only

Duet for Brett Balogh

Duet for Brett Balogh from Peter Speer on Vimeo.

"Make Noise Erbe Verb in a duet with the AM band.

Radio is processed through a 5-band resonator. Nanokontrol faders 1-5 control the levels of each band; fader 6 is the resonator's wet/dry mix; fader 7 is the Erbe Verb's level, fader 8 is the radio's level.

Brett: http://www.brettbalogh.com/bio.html

www.diode-ring.com"

Kitchen Sync

Published on Oct 21, 2014 Mike Kiraly

"Preview of a new project...."

Roland TR-606 Drum Machine with Original Box & Gig Bag

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receiving radio program with Boss DR-55 and soldering iron :D

Published on Oct 21, 2014 RetroSound

"no comment :D"

That's pretty funny.

KORG PROPHECY 【SYNTH DEMO】 - Favorite Patches / Walkthrough Part 2

Published on Oct 21, 2014 David Hobson

"KORG PROPHECY Synth Demo, Part 2 of a 2 Part video series on my favorite patches, and a 'walkthrough.' of programming changes. Be sure to watch for a Part 2 of a deeper video series on programming soon to follow.

I will provide a download link, upon request, to the Korg Prophecy Parameter Guide & The MOSS-TRI User's Guide, which is the manual for the Prophecy board for the Korg Trinity "Plus"...not the V3 Z1 MOSS-TRI Board (they are different synths):

The KORG PROPHECY was among the first 'Virtual Analog' synthesizers from the mid to late 90s, and is one of my favorite synths due to it's truly extensive architecture. It remains one of the more complex and unique sounding 'Physical Modeling' Synthesizers ever made."

Part 1 here.

SunVox Compo 10.2014 Votepack Preview

Published on Oct 21, 2014 Alexander Zolotov

"Full version is here: http://warmplace.ru/forum/viewtopic.p...
Created in SunVox and Pixilang."

iTunes: SunVox - Alexander Zolotov

If you are new to SunVox check out SolarLune's tutorial videos here.