u/Estebanmoss

the main element of this piece was inspired by 2000's raster noton records, trying to get that old timey yet futuristic/sci-fi interface sounds that i really like. it was made with mutable instruments plaits, sequenced by digitakt 2 with the help of maths function generator for those sharp transients.
every other sound came from the sample pack i've been working on for the last couple of months, which i think we'll be ready for early next month!
everything is fitted within one pattern with lots of conditionals and parameter locks, audio is routed via overbridge to ableton but it's mixed completely inside the digitakt aside from a saturator and a limiter. chroma console is being run affecting everything besides kick and bass with ableton's external audio effect.

I made an ambient/electronica jam inspired by early-2000s electronica, blending rhythmic textures, glitchy beats, and environmental sounds like birdsong and wind.

This was created using four hardware instruments: Bastl Instruments KASTLE DRUM, Torso S-4, SONICWARE LIVEN EVOKE, and Elektron Digitakt.

The idea started when I was experimenting with the KASTLE DRUM running through the Torso S-4 and stumbled upon an unexpectedly immersive groove. It was initially very minimal and abstract, so I gradually added more layers and instruments until it became a complete piece.

Hope you enjoy it. 🎶

Have reduced to this. Very focused and fun.

Ever since getting a Roto-Control, I’ve been enamoured with MI’s motorised knobs. I tried Nina and while it’s wonderful, it’s also very pricey here in its native land of Melbourne, Australia (about A$5K). So when I saw an excellent deal on the Delia pop up (44% off), I decided to shake things up and take the plunge.

I’ve only had it for about a week and have mostly been preset surfing/tweaking so far to get a bit of a feel for its capabilities and sounds, and I absolutely love it. The layout and flow makes so much sense, the sound is bright and clear and the build quality/feel is excellent. It complements my two other hardware synths (Sub 37 and prologue) perfectly.

Dialling in modulation is the most fun I’ve had on any synth: hit the MOD button and all knobs immediately jump to the 12 o’clock position. Pick any source and destination and modulate them positively by turning the knobs clockwise or negatively by turning them the other way...and then you can see the knobs move as they’re being automated - like a hardware version of Pigments or Massive.

Favourite features (apart from the motorisation):

1. The Morph knob. Each patch can be bi-timbral and you can seamlessly morph between them. If you find a sweet spot in the middle, you can also save that to a new preset. And turning the morph knob also turns any knob that’s in a different position between layer 1 and 2 - fun to watch!
2. the phrase looper. A basic MIDI looper that can store up to 2048 notes. you can play in a phrase, loop it, quantise it and overdub. Only wish it had undo :)

So far I haven’t really found anything about it I dislike. I’m tempted to make some wooden side cheeks for it to go with the other two, but I guess the metallic look goes with the digital oscillators vs its analog roommates :D

TL;DR:

Delia is a gorgeous synth that offers the convenience of a VST (knobs always in the actual position of the patch) with the satisfaction of a well crafted hardware instrument. I’d choose it over pretty much any other poly synth.

More experiments with the Serge TKB sequencer.

This one is a set of three notes on each vertical column (clocked from a looping slope generator) playing an arpeggio, but I've also used the envelope follower and scope out from the Syntrx to get enough signal from the guitar, so that louder strums will trigger the TKB's horizontal step.

In practice what this means is I can have (say) 3 verticals slices on the TKB playing a G chord, Bb and C, and it'll stay playing G until I play something loud - at which point it'll move into Bb... where it'll stay until I play something loud at which point it'll move onto C... etc

Added bonus is the Syntrx is also 1v/o CV so I can run another output from the TKB in for more low notes. 🤘