NAMM 2019 : The thread

There’s rumors of another announcement by elektron...

  On 1/24/2019 at 12:53 PM, D4M0 said:

There’s rumors of another announcement by elektron...

Apparently not

  On 1/24/2019 at 4:18 AM, sheathe said:

 

  On 1/23/2019 at 4:48 PM, Taupe Beats said:

 

  On 1/23/2019 at 3:10 PM, sheathe said:

 

  On 1/22/2019 at 5:20 PM, Taupe Beats said:

I was quietly hoping they'd do an additive synth in the Digitone/Digitakt form. Obv. the demo made it clear that wasn't happening.

Uh, digitone is an additive synth.

I've always seen it advertised (including from Elektron) as an FM synth. FM and Additive are not the same thing.

Additive is an umbrella term that includes FM.

no, it isn’t

  On 1/24/2019 at 1:13 PM, xox said:

 

  On 1/24/2019 at 12:53 PM, D4M0 said:

There’s rumors of another announcement by elektron...

Apparently not

Don’t know much about this, was a rumor on the elektronaut forum and TBH I can’t believe the only thing they will show is this pathetic sample player

  On 1/24/2019 at 12:52 PM, xox said:

^ right! Thatz why im so curious about it. That synth could be mother of all mothers, reverend mother helen gaius mohiam, fakn kwisatz haderach maaaan

 

 

I too want a synth with UsuLPF and Bene Gessertillators. I  hope the Harkonnenvelopes are snappy as fuck though.

  On 1/24/2019 at 1:15 PM, Taupe Beats said:

 

  On 1/24/2019 at 4:18 AM, sheathe said:

 

  On 1/23/2019 at 4:48 PM, Taupe Beats said:

 

  On 1/23/2019 at 3:10 PM, sheathe said:

 

  On 1/22/2019 at 5:20 PM, Taupe Beats said:

I was quietly hoping they'd do an additive synth in the Digitone/Digitakt form. Obv. the demo made it clear that wasn't happening.

Uh, digitone is an additive synth.

I've always seen it advertised (including from Elektron) as an FM synth. FM and Additive are not the same thing.

Additive is an umbrella term that includes FM.

no, it isn’t

There’s 2 schools of thought. I’m talking about additive vs subtractive. Where you are either adding or subtracting harmonics.

OK, the Kyra looks potentially amazing.  Out of my budget by a lot but still a good sign of things to come if FPGA catches on for this stuff.

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2019/01/24/arturia-microfreak-an-inexpensive-experimental-synth-with-polyphonic-aftertouch/

 

New digital analog hybrid from arturia with multiple synthesis methods and collab from mutable instruments

Edited January 24, 2019 by D4M0

  On 1/24/2019 at 5:04 PM, TheBro said:

 

  On 1/24/2019 at 5:59 PM, D4M0 said:

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2019/01/24/arturia-microfreak-an-inexpensive-experimental-synth-with-polyphonic-aftertouch/

 

New digital analog hybrid from arturia with multiple synthesis methods and collab from mutable instruments

Interesting.

Yes, hyped.

  On 1/24/2019 at 5:59 PM, D4M0 said:

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2019/01/24/arturia-microfreak-an-inexpensive-experimental-synth-with-polyphonic-aftertouch/

 

New digital analog hybrid from arturia with multiple synthesis methods and collab from mutable instruments

Interesting. Not sure I heard many sounds there that I liked but on paper that could be a unique(ish) little instrument

 

Edit for ^^ synchronicity

Edited January 24, 2019 by auxien

would like a version of that arturia thing without the keyboard

  On 1/24/2019 at 7:57 PM, chronical said:

would like a version of that arturia thing without the keyboard

 

I want the same with the new Minibrute

  On 1/24/2019 at 8:10 PM, Taupe Beats said:

 

  On 1/24/2019 at 7:57 PM, chronical said:

would like a version of that arturia thing without the keyboard

 

I want the same with the new Minibrute

 

 

https://www.thomann.de/nl/arturia_minibrute_2s.htm? ?

  On 1/24/2019 at 8:18 PM, user said:

 

  On 1/24/2019 at 8:10 PM, Taupe Beats said:

 

  On 1/24/2019 at 7:57 PM, chronical said:

would like a version of that arturia thing without the keyboard

 

I want the same with the new Minibrute

 

 

https://www.thomann.de/nl/arturia_minibrute_2s.htm? ?

 

 

Sorry, I should have clarified, I *just* want the synth and patchbay, no keyboard or sequencer. The Minibrute 2's specs for just the synth are really nice.

lol arturia video teaser ffs can’t wait to see a good demo of it, at 299 euros it looks like a no brainer IMHO

  On 1/24/2019 at 8:21 PM, Taupe Beats said:

 

  On 1/24/2019 at 8:18 PM, user said:

 

  On 1/24/2019 at 8:10 PM, Taupe Beats said:

 

  On 1/24/2019 at 7:57 PM, chronical said:

would like a version of that arturia thing without the keyboard

 

I want the same with the new Minibrute

 

 

https://www.thomann.de/nl/arturia_minibrute_2s.htm? ?

 

 

Sorry, I should have clarified, I *just* want the synth and patchbay, no keyboard or sequencer. The Minibrute 2's specs for just the synth are really nice.

 

 

Ah, right makes sense now.

 

The microfreak sounds pretty good to me in that absolutely appalling teaser video. I like the touch keyboard plus it has cv/gate out and polyaftertouch. Plus there's some parameter sequencing possible? Modulation matrix looks good as well, the osc wave is one of the standard destinations and there's three  assignable destinations. Clock in so you could actually get the sequencer to run tightly if the internal clock doesn't have any arturia weirdness going on. Only 300,- fuckin hell.

 

I swore off any arturia products a couple of years ago but everyone deserves a second chance...    

 

Oh, apparently arturia just used the mi plaits code because it's open source and mi isn't too happy about how they handled it but in the promo they make it sound like it's an actual collab. Damn. 

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/synthesizers/comments/ajdxul/arturia_announces_microfreak/

Edited January 24, 2019 by user

  On 1/24/2019 at 3:36 PM, sheathe said:

 

  On 1/24/2019 at 1:15 PM, Taupe Beats said:

 

  On 1/24/2019 at 4:18 AM, sheathe said:

 

  On 1/23/2019 at 4:48 PM, Taupe Beats said:

 

  On 1/23/2019 at 3:10 PM, sheathe said:

 

  On 1/22/2019 at 5:20 PM, Taupe Beats said:

I was quietly hoping they'd do an additive synth in the Digitone/Digitakt form. Obv. the demo made it clear that wasn't happening.

Uh, digitone is an additive synth.

I've always seen it advertised (including from Elektron) as an FM synth. FM and Additive are not the same thing.

Additive is an umbrella term that includes FM.

no, it isn’t

There’s 2 schools of thought. I’m talking about additive vs subtractive. Where you are either adding or subtracting harmonics.

 

 

 

FM is another completely different approach to either one of those. Additive synthesis is basically just adding more and more oscillators that do not modulate each other. FM requires that one signal (modulator) changes another (operator).

 

Also, some synths can do all of them. For instance, you can do FM/additive/subtractive with the FM8, but the Digitone is only set to do FM.

Re: microfreak: looks interesting. I'm a big fan of digital oscillators into analog filters.

 

Too bad it's only paraphonic, though at this price point that's to be expected.

 

I'm sure it'll be fun and capable of great sounds. I have a Shruthi and a Braids, so I'm all set for MI sounds through analog filters otherwise I would be all over this thing.

 

Speaking of MI: the source code was released with a very permissive open source license, so it's to be expected it ends up in strange places. Calling it a collaboration is stretching it, but, hey, there's both MI work and Arturia work in this thing so, you know ...

  On 1/24/2019 at 9:58 PM, Braintree said:

the Digitone is only set to do FM.

 

and subtractive!

  On 1/24/2019 at 11:13 PM, rhmilo said:

I'm a big fan of digital oscillators into analog filters.

same, I haven't looked at the videos yet though.. will have to give it a go today

  On 1/24/2019 at 8:26 PM, D4M0 said:

lol arturia video teaser ffs can’t wait to see a good demo of it, at 299 euros it looks like a no brainer IMHO

Yeah terrible video. Sounds like a Prodigy D side lol. 

Microfreak looks fun but the whole lifting MI code and calling it a collab is kinda icky. Now that I've talked myself out of it and saved $300, I think I'll lift it myself for use with SC...