https://reverb.com/item/20707002-gnomik-w-box-manual-soviet-vintage-analog-toy-synthesizer-made-in-ussr-80s
is this the coolest-looking synth ever
― na (NA), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 19:04 (five years ago) link
of course not, but look how cool it looks
― na (NA), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 19:06 (five years ago) link
that is very cool
if we're posting attractive synths from reverb then https://reverb.com/item/18493509-jomox-resonator-neuronium-rns-n6
― adam, Wednesday, 10 April 2019 19:42 (five years ago) link
I'm just waiting out this whole modular thing until VCV Rack 2.0 comes out
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 10 April 2019 20:08 (five years ago) link
daaaaaaaaaamn that jomox
― 2 Markov Chainz (haitch), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 00:57 (five years ago) link
really wasn't interested in the microfreak...cheesy promo vid, questionable name and design etc, but these videos have me more intrigued.
http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2019/04/20/arturia-microfreak-synthesizer-review/
― dan selzer, Monday, 22 April 2019 01:59 (four years ago) link
That's a very comprehensive video. Certainly sells the Microfreak a lot better than the other demos I've seen. I'm not interested in the keyboard mechanism, but if they made a desktop module version I'd be more likely to pick one up. However although there are a lot of the oscillator engines, each one feels kind of limited in what it can do and how much it's sound can be varied. The Microfreak has some of the code from the Braids module, but the module would be part of a larger modular system. When it's more isolated like it is in the Microfreak, the limitations of each engine become more apparent. I like the filter though, it's nice to hear a filter that seems to have been designed to be usable when the synth is used in a track rather than make the most obnoxious screaming sound possible. I guess the nearest synth, both in size and price, is the Modal SKULPT, but that seems more firmly routed in being a VA synth rather than multi-engine like the Microfreak. I suppose one way of comparing them would be that the SKULPT has deeper programming but the Microfreak has a broader range.
― just another country (snoball), Monday, 22 April 2019 10:14 (four years ago) link
A friend of mine finally released the modules that he's been working on for the last few years. I'm not a modular person but having been able to play around with them and see them develop, they're pretty unique and cool imo:
https://starling.space/via
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 22 April 2019 14:32 (four years ago) link
Nice quick demos here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BwVrOaylb0V/
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 22 April 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
into that gateseq. i also appreciate the kit coming with the smd stuff already attached, might pick one up.
― adam, Monday, 22 April 2019 22:35 (four years ago) link
I am v much down for the freak. love the randomizing stuff in the sequencer.
maybe it could be a keyboard and digital osc for the minibrute!
― 2 Markov Chainz (haitch), Tuesday, 23 April 2019 01:16 (four years ago) link
Synthi, CZ and Mellotron now added to Arturia V collection. I didn’t upgrade to 6 but will now, I think.
― ShariVari, Friday, 26 April 2019 00:09 (four years ago) link
i just bought an ipad to sequence hardware via a midi-to-cv module (and to entertain my daughter on a long flight). anyone done this? i hope to give it a shot during naptime or later tonight.
― adam, Friday, 26 April 2019 12:48 (four years ago) link
I haven't used it much but Lemur seems excellent for that.
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
i ended up returning the expert sleepers fh-2 i was going to use for midi/cv as it seemed like a tremendous drag to configure. lemur into a less feature-rich module might be the way to go.
the ipad itself is a fuckin synth goldmine--been running a whole mess of softsynths and effects through AUM and having a great time for cheap (compared to say eurorack).
― adam, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 19:33 (four years ago) link
Yes. There are so many tremendous iPhone/iPad synths one hardly knows where to start the list.
Have you got Korg Odyssei and Arturia iSEM? Sunrizer and Volt also incredible. And and and
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:38 (four years ago) link
I've been having fun with BeatMaker 3 on the iPad, which will also host soft synths. Don't forget about Moog's amazing Animoog!
― DJI, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:51 (four years ago) link
animoog is so good! i made kind of a corny planetarium patch and ran it through fugue machine (a very fun if gimmicky sequencer) for a couple hours the other day.
― adam, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:57 (four years ago) link
so many good ones to get
i had iVCS3 on my phone but it's actually usable on the ipad. and it looks amazing.
― adam, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 20:58 (four years ago) link
iVCS3 is wonderful, even on phone
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 1 May 2019 18:33 (four years ago) link
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1009010446/bitty-a-pocket-drum-machine?ref=thanks-tweet
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Sunday, 5 May 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
Ooh, that is very appealing, at least as a sample generator.
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 6 May 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
Novation Summit looks sick.
http://cdm.link/app/uploads/2019/05/novation_summit.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRvaSrstxQM
Some patches from Patricia Wolf
https://soundcloud.com/patriciawolf_music/summit-multi
― DJI, Friday, 10 May 2019 23:04 (four years ago) link
good joke was they didn't have the legal permission to call it Twin Peaks
― dan selzer, Saturday, 11 May 2019 04:24 (four years ago) link
i cant stop looking at that guy's watch
― adam, Sunday, 12 May 2019 01:17 (four years ago) link
LOL
― DJI, Thursday, 23 May 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
http://warmplace.ru/soft/ans/
"software simulator of the unique Russian synthesizer ANS – photoelectronic musical instrument created by Evgeny Murzin"
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 11:18 (four years ago) link
ooh nice
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 14:44 (four years ago) link
Bought! Looks very cool.
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 14:51 (four years ago) link
Yeah it’s been out for years as a great standalone app but this is the new AUv3 version with some other exciting enhancements.
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
i never got around to making the ipad talk to my modular stuff but man do i love AUM and Audio Damage and Bram Bos iOS stuff. so much fun.
gonna get this tonite for sure
― adam, Tuesday, 11 June 2019 19:27 (four years ago) link
Anyone have experience with VCV Rack? The whole modular thing is completely confusing to me but this is very cool for free.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Friday, 21 June 2019 05:00 (four years ago) link
I downloaded it in beta ages ago and played around a bit and thought it was super cool then stopped. Just downloaded the v1.0 and yeah, it's awesome. One-time (sometime?) ILXor Jon Williams I don't even remember what names he went by I think has developed modules for it. There's a user group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/vcvrack/
fyi put up a new track on my soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/newyorkendless
synths include Analog 4, Prophet 600 and Minilogue. Drums are Machinedrum and samples.
― dan selzer, Friday, 21 June 2019 05:04 (four years ago) link
VCV Rack is amazing. The main issues is that it doesn’t integrate easily with a DAW at the moment but they’re fixing that. I’ve gone down the hardware modular route this year but VCV honestly gives enough of the same experience for zero cost that it is practically a miracle. I use it to experiment with modules I might want to get irl and it is perfect for that too.
― ShariVari, Friday, 21 June 2019 06:01 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaI_TuISSJE
It took me a minute to figure out that using the same builders' mini-synth (Pilot) uses a different operator ; instead of :
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Friday, 21 June 2019 07:44 (four years ago) link
I have become lost in the Youtube synth world since I started researching samplers. These people have way more fun than guitartube.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Friday, 21 June 2019 07:46 (four years ago) link
Video tutorials for hardware synths are often incredible - particularly as it's so rare to get actual manuals these days.
Talking of modular, i've finished the first two rows and have another Rackbrute on order.
https://i.postimg.cc/BZTcWWwy/IMG-0682.jpg
― ShariVari, Friday, 21 June 2019 08:15 (four years ago) link
beautiful. which bastl modules are those? i built their kastl synth and really like their approach
― adam, Friday, 21 June 2019 11:33 (four years ago) link
Very boring ones, i'm afraid - a six-channel mixer and the Ciao! audio output. I'm going to get some of their drum / noise modules when i expand.
― ShariVari, Friday, 21 June 2019 11:47 (four years ago) link
So did anyone go for the MicroFreak? I found a good deal on craigslist and I'm extremely tempted. I might even swap about my MicroBrute, which I haven't been using much (only for the occasional faux-808 bass and for LFO lasers, but I made a lot of samples anyway).
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
Played a microfreak at a guitar center a couple weeks ago, loved it
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 26 June 2019 18:00 (four years ago) link
I did it, I'm a microfreak. I'm excited! My partner was not excited that I brought a new friend home, but now I'm motivated to clear out some synths and pedals that I haven't been using much.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 28 June 2019 14:48 (four years ago) link
buying the synth is always the right choice
― adam, Friday, 28 June 2019 17:21 (four years ago) link
I bought a Synthstrom Deluge. Pretty amazing piece of kit.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 2 August 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
Any tracks we can hear? It looks really fun. Like a Circuit++
― DJI, Friday, 2 August 2019 18:35 (four years ago) link
Nothing recorded yet as I haven’t had much time to play with it. Dabbled with its groovebox stuff last night and found it fast and intuitive. But that’s barely scratching the surface of what it can do
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 2 August 2019 19:01 (four years ago) link
Looks really cool if you want a DAW replacement.
I haven't plugged in my Microfreak yet but I've looked at it many times with satisfaction, and I'm confident that it's going to do work this fall/winter.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 2 August 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
I was debating either the Deluge or the Octatrack as my “hardware DAW/rig brain” but after borrowing an Octatrack for a little while I found out my mind doesn’t connect with the Elektron workflow. So far the Deluge makes sense to me .
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 2 August 2019 19:13 (four years ago) link
Excellent! I recently bought Live 10 so I’ve been deep in software fun. It’s pretty awesome to have endless options, but also intimidating.
― DJI, Friday, 2 August 2019 19:54 (four years ago) link
The Lyra-4 was a poor choice of first synth, traded it for guitar pedals a while back but I'm finally in for hardware round 2 with a Behringer Model D and a Keystep.
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 3 August 2019 00:15 (four years ago) link