Archive for category: Synth

The fourth Moog semimodular eurorack-compatible module I got. Fits nicely with its three pals into a Behringer Go enclosure. During the past year or so I have taken an interest in generative music, and a number of my eurorack modules have similar generative features like the ones that can be found in this one. Compared to those, though, this is a standalone unit with both the generative features as well as the actual sound engine. We’ve got something that looks like a Turing Machine / shift register type of random rhythm & pitch generation, where the pitch can be restrained by forcing it to selected scales. Lovely, huh? And there is not one single Moog synth I’ve tried that does not sound absolutely wonderful, and I don’t see why this would be any different. It is different, though: the oscillator is not the typical setup of waveforms but rather a sine wave with a wave folder, which is pretty radical for Moog. So it doesn’t really sound like a classic Moog, but I’m not worried.

The local synth store had a sale. Quite retro to just go to the store and ask if they have one and then go home with one. Anyways, a compact and seriously beefy thing. Nifty sequencer and a kickass sound. Sits nicely on the desk, while I sit nicely in front of it, behind the desk. Sonically, as a bonus, on top on the standard Moog waveforms we get a wavefolded triangle wave to get into the grittier territory. Apparently you can teach old dogs etc. Also see the Labyrinth, don’t remember which came first.

Another Behringer vintage synth clone, and these are so dirt cheap it boggles the mind. Behringer really delivers, these things pack such a punch for the price it’s amazing, and they are constantly pumping out new ones.

Oh no I didn’t…? Yep, I did…

Rev 4, to be exact.

There it is, with its pal. I didn’t actually get two; the first one had a broken USB chip, or something, so I returned it and got another one, but not in that order.

Here it is with its other pal.

This is something that is so different from anything else ever. It will most definitely require a lot of experimentation and me wrapping my head around subharmonics instead of just the usual stuff that’s present in every other synth ever made but this one. Even if it definitely is a machine that goes “Pinnnnnngg”, it also definitely does it its own way. I think the happy accident-route is something I’m going for with this one as well.