MODAL COBALT8: review, demo walkthrough and tutorial

Starsky Carr

"Review of Modal Electronics Cobalt 8 synth: walking through the main functions and some sounds only demos at the end. It's quite an interesting and powerful little synth - with a great interface and sexy design :)

0:00 intro
2:18 editor/librarian
2:54 interface
5:07 oscillators
11:30 filters
17:18 envelopes
19:40 modulation
20:28 LFOs
22:52 arp & sequencer
25:27 FX
28:04 all together
30:25 final thoughts
32:40 example sounds"

iOS 14.2 Breaks Patch Base

via Coffee Shopped:

"Hi, I have an important update to users of Patch Base on iPad! The latest version of iOS (14.2) appears to have a bug in it that causes crashing when sending MIDI data. This is a bug in iOS itself, not Patch Base, but it means Patch Base crashes when using it at all on 14.2.

I'm currently trying to find a workaround for this bug, but it might not be possible soon. So, I recommend NOT updating to iOS 14.2 if you need Patch Base to work for now. Hopefully Apple will be publishing an update to iOS soon that addresses this bug. I will be monitoring that.

All previous versions of iOS should still work fine though!"

You might want to check your apps as well before updating.

Prophet 10 rev 4 Demo – [No FX + No Talking]

"Here I demo some presets on the new Sequential Prophet 10 rev 4 Synthesizer. This synth is a Prophet 5 rev 4 (which is a reissue of the original Prophet 5) but with another 5 voices! This means lots of polyphony and boy does it sound amazing!

In this video, I have captured audio through Ableton Live, but and no external FX used, and no processing has been done. I did level match in post-production some of the quieter patches but was only a volume bump in Adobe Premier. The Prophet 10 rev 4 is a polyphonic analog synth with a mono output and no onboard FX."

SOUNDMIT 2020 Day 3 - Exhibitor Vidoes

Update: Vermona added to the playlist. Check back for more throughout the day.

Use the player controls on the top right to select videos in the playlist, or the player controls on the bottom left once started.

Playlist:

SOUNDMIT 2020 - Exhibitor - Insurance4Music - Intervista a Carmine Capone
SOUNDMIT 2020 - Exhibitor - Showcase Meyer EMI M700
SOUNDMIT 2020 - Exhibitor - MakePro X - Showcase
SOUNDMIT 2020 - Exhibitor - MakePro X - Interview
SOUNDMIT 2020 - Exhibitor - Showcase - Playtime Engineering BlipBlox
SOUNDMIT 2020 - Exhibitor - Vermona - Melodicer Italian review

See the SOUNDMIT label below for more.

Gotharman's SpazeDrum Gets a Major Update

Gotharman's has released a massive update for SpazeDrum today featuring the following:

-4 Extra digital voices, for a total of 8 voices (4 analog and 4 digital)

-25 new filter types for a total of 41 different filter types!

-ReSampling function with number of bars and auto-chop added

-New metallic noise waveforms for Analog Percussion modulation

-New asymmetrical distortion effect
-Sample loop function added

-LFO’s one-time mode added

-Preset change confirm function added

-Song/Pattern mode change: Song button now has to be held for a couple of seconds

-EFX buffer clear between pattern changes, can now be switched off"

http://www.gotharman.dk

Audiothingies Introduces the MicroMonsta 2

audiothingies

"The Audiothingies MicroMonsta 2 is a dual polyphonic synthesizer"

MicroMonsta 2 is a dual polyphonic synthesizer featuring :

2 x 6 voices of polyphony
3 oscillators, 1 multimode filter, 3 envelopes, 3 LFOs, 10 modulation slots and 2 operators per voice (lag and mult)
12 « analog » oscillator types + 4 FM-able oscillators for OSC1
12 « analog » oscillator types + 8 multisampled wavetables for OSC2 and OSC3 (FM source)
8 filter types with FM
Per voice and per oscillator detuning options for analog character
Deep modulation matrix
Delay + reverb (per program)
MicroMonsta (R)evolution

MicroMonsta 2 is a brand new synth design based on our critically acclaimed MicroMonsta synthesizer.

Despite the fact they share the same name, they are different in every way: brand new hardware with much more powerful dsp, upgraded switches and encoders, new low profile sexy aluminum enclosure, different internal architecture and updated algorithms. Everything has been re-done from scratch. It is also USB powered and the output can drive a pair of headphones.

In the end, we believe it’s better in every way, it looks better, it sounds better, has more sound shaping possibilities and is easier to use.

Rossum Electro-Music Announces Mob of Emus Multifunctional Harmonic Sextet

Rossum Electro-Music

(Santa Cruz CA, November 16, 2020) — Rossum Electro-Music has announced the introduction of their Mob of Emus eurorack synthesizer module.

Mob of Emus is a powerful music and sound design tool that packs an enormous amount of creative power into an amazingly compact 16HP module.

Mob of Emus provides six channels of oscillators, noise sources, cyclical and 1-shot modulators (including LFOs, envelopes, and various other shapes), sample and hold waveshapes, slow random modulators, triggers, rhythm patterns, and quantization (of both internal and external signals) in pretty much any combination.

In addition to being able to independently program the function of each individual channel, Mob of Emus’ Hex Mode provides a macro control layer that allows you to control all of its channels simultaneously (while maintaining the relationships of each channel’s independent programming).

What’s more, Mob of Emus’ “harmonic” control structure makes it extremely easy to combine its oscillators into rich additive timbres, to combine its LFOs into stacked harmonic low frequency modulation waves, and to create modulation sources and triggers with intricate polyrhythmic patterns.

With an external trigger input, six CV inputs that can operate in six different control modes, six independent outputs, and an assignable mix output, Mob of Emus can operate as the heart of an almost unlimited variety of patches. And its 8 real-time controls give immediate hands-on access to a channel’s (or all six channels’) key parameters, inviting (and rewarding) exploration and improvisation.


Mob of Emus features include:

• Six channels that can function independently or can be further controlled by a Hex Mode macro layer that lets you control all six simultaneously.

Channels can be:

- Wide-range digital oscillators
- Noise sources
- Cyclical and 1-shot modulators (including LFOs, envelopes, and various other shapes)
- Sample and hold waveshapes
- Slow random modulators
- Triggers
- Rhythm patterns
- Quantizers (of both internal and external(!) signals)

• Six CV inputs that can function in six different control modes

• Eight real-time controls for immediate access to key channel parameters

• Six individual channel outputs and an assignable mix output

• The ability to store and recall 12 user presets

• And much more…

Mob of Emus is 16HP wide and 25mm deep.

Power requirements (max): 130mA +12V, 25mA -12V. Reverse polarity protected.

Mob of Emus will be available in late November from Rossum Electro-Music dealers worldwide at a suggested retail price in the US of $399.00.

More Mob of Emus information can be found at the Rossum Electro-Music web site: http://www.rossum-electro.com/products/mob-of-emus

See the dealers on the right for availability.

Benge's Emu Modular

zack dagoba

"A nice vintage Emu modular system at Memetunes Studio. Random stutterings today!"

Ultra Rare Quasimidi 309-Groove-X! (Klaus Schulze Edition!)

Electronisounds Audio

"FIRST sound examples of the *ULTRA-RARE* Quasimidi 309-Groove-X Klaus Schulze Edition!
On first inspection, the only differences I can find between this edition and the original Rave-O-Lution 309 are these patterns. The sounds appear to be the same in both units.
More videos to come on this wonderful rarity!
Thanks for watching!"

You can find additional posts featuring the Klaus Schulze Quasimidi 309 here, including a rough demo here. There was also a non Schulze edition black Quasimidi 309 you can find in previous posts here.

Elektron Performance Step-By-Step | Resampling Technique OT, DT, A4 ep.1

EZBOT

"In this video I narrate step-by-step my Elektron performance so you can see exactly what I am doing and what I am thinking as I perform with Octatrack, Digitakt, and the Analog 4MK2. The performance is my "Remixer" technique which I constructed using various developed methods that I gleaned from artists I admire. I have a tutorial for the "Remixer" concept here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVyal..."

Song title: Independent Stasis

Lyrics:
"Not afraid of you
or anyone
that you thought I would be,
I am free."



If you want more and feel inspired to support me, please visit my Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/ezbot
https://www.ezbot.live/
https://soundcloud.com/ezbotmusic
https://www.modbang.com/"