This podcast/videocast is so good that I enjoy it, and learn from it, no matter how little I am interested in the specific items covered. And you have so many great folks participating. (Obviously, of course I am interested in all of Robin's modules, though!)
The number one big thing about Melbourne Instruments' motorized knobs is in the live performance experience. In an normal hardware preset synth, you always have to choose between either Catch or Snap, and both these knob behaviours have big drawbacks: With Catch, you're literally searching for- or guessing at which value a certain parameter was stored in the preset, and so you might not get the sound change you're looking for right in time or on beat when you're tweaking. With Snap, values will instantly change as soon as you touch a knob, which can sound very shocking if the physical position of the knob is very far off from the value stored in the preset. I'm sure we've all had the experience of reaching for a filter and being instantly deafened, or the sound suddenly (almost) disappearing. With the motorized knobs, everything is always exactly where it should be. You're always in "panel mode", yet you're using presets (if you want). Every knob change is always smooth, instant, and happening exactly when you mean it to. Of course this is also perfectly possible with LED rings, but normal endless encoders often just don't really feel quite right, or different anyway. One thing that's very interesting and not as often mentioned about the Melbourne Instruments knobs - though they are also essentially endless encoders - is that they have variable resistance, and will for example physically stop at appropriate min and max values like real pots.
Value-scaling is the third model, and it feels the best, because you turn a knob and it always does what you wanted/expected. And the Nord Lead 3 and Moog Slim Fatty had the encoder rings..
Softube Modular is my favourite of the software modulars. Not too unwieldy, good preset system, easy automation, heavy on cpu but due to the great sound, it feels worth the compute juice.
QQ for next week's show, big prize to any of the guests that can explain the new Presonus studio one pricing model! And maybe a discussion about the best value for money (non subscription based) DAW for both windows and Mac... please.
Here's a question for all of you. I had the good fortune to work with the Haken Audio Eaganmatrix for a brief period, and really liked its approach to modelling physical stringed instruments. Then, one day I'm watching a video of a cello or violin player, and noticed that, when they quickly bow back and forth, the sound was a little different when pushing the bow *forward* , as opposed to pulling the bow *back* . That got me wondering if anyone makes a synth, plug-in, or module that accomplishes such a dynamic change. That is, if one quickly played a monophonic run, or even an arpeggio or sequencer repeating one, would it *alternate* the model applied on successive notes? Admittedly, a niche market, but one that would approach realism a little more.
This podcast/videocast is so good that I enjoy it, and learn from it, no matter how little I am interested in the specific items covered. And you have so many great folks participating. (Obviously, of course I am interested in all of Robin's modules, though!)
The number one big thing about Melbourne Instruments' motorized knobs is in the live performance experience. In an normal hardware preset synth, you always have to choose between either Catch or Snap, and both these knob behaviours have big drawbacks:
With Catch, you're literally searching for- or guessing at which value a certain parameter was stored in the preset, and so you might not get the sound change you're looking for right in time or on beat when you're tweaking.
With Snap, values will instantly change as soon as you touch a knob, which can sound very shocking if the physical position of the knob is very far off from the value stored in the preset. I'm sure we've all had the experience of reaching for a filter and being instantly deafened, or the sound suddenly (almost) disappearing.
With the motorized knobs, everything is always exactly where it should be. You're always in "panel mode", yet you're using presets (if you want). Every knob change is always smooth, instant, and happening exactly when you mean it to. Of course this is also perfectly possible with LED rings, but normal endless encoders often just don't really feel quite right, or different anyway. One thing that's very interesting and not as often mentioned about the Melbourne Instruments knobs - though they are also essentially endless encoders - is that they have variable resistance, and will for example physically stop at appropriate min and max values like real pots.
Value-scaling is the third model, and it feels the best, because you turn a knob and it always does what you wanted/expected.
And the Nord Lead 3 and Moog Slim Fatty had the encoder rings..
Softube Modular is my favourite of the software modulars. Not too unwieldy, good preset system, easy automation, heavy on cpu but due to the great sound, it feels worth the compute juice.
If Paulee decides to make a VCV rack module, it's going to need to be pauleephonic, surely? 🙂 Great show!
I always chuckle when Americans say "Polysynths" because it sounds like "Pauleesynths" :)
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I'm a big fan of Voltage Modular software! (it's really saved me thousands and thousands, scratching that modular itch in software)
QQ for next week's show, big prize to any of the guests that can explain the new Presonus studio one pricing model! And maybe a discussion about the best value for money (non subscription based) DAW for both windows and Mac... please.
Polybrute needs a whammy bar.
Here's a question for all of you. I had the good fortune to work with the Haken Audio Eaganmatrix for a brief period, and really liked its approach to modelling physical stringed instruments. Then, one day I'm watching a video of a cello or violin player, and noticed that, when they quickly bow back and forth, the sound was a little different when pushing the bow *forward* , as opposed to pulling the bow *back* . That got me wondering if anyone makes a synth, plug-in, or module that accomplishes such a dynamic change. That is, if one quickly played a monophonic run, or even an arpeggio or sequencer repeating one, would it *alternate* the model applied on successive notes? Admittedly, a niche market, but one that would approach realism a little more.
32:39 the HydraSynths and... the AstroLab, if we could use it as "proper" (i.e. fully programmable) Synth :)
@paulee, don’t you have a spring reverb? That classifies as an electro mechanical piece of gear, IMO.
You're right!
So far, the only people uploading Roland P6 videos are dudes making boom bap that sounds the same as it always sounds.
Obvious title: look dad no hardware!
I'm happy for that one to be the title, given that my wagon wheel thing didn't happen lol
Eric Bristow is dead.
Yes thats true