Anyma Phi - Phenomenal synth powers, itty-bitty interface // Physical modelling review and tutorial
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- Опубліковано 20 лип 2024
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TIMELINE:
0:00 Intro
1:40 Overview
4:50 Workflow
7:15 Connectivity
8:00 Deep dive
10:30 Patch from scratch
12:55 Mod mapping
15:05 Macro matrix
16:55 Physical modelling
20:15 Exciters
22:15 Rings & Clouds
22:50 FX & chains
23:20 FM operator
24:15 Odd mods
25:40 Sequencers
26:55 Macro morph
29:10 Reverb/buses
29:50 Exp/VelEnv
31:25 Para/Polyphony
33:20 Arpeggiator
34:45 Settings/tuning
35:15 Pros & cons
41:25 Checking out 20+ Presets
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Hi! I got a few questions about this, so to clarify - the instability (crashes every few hours) are in the companion software, not the hardware. Not that it's ok for the software to crash, but it doesn't affect the sound coming out of the hardware - the synth itself never crashed for me, with or without the software.
Thank you!
Mutable ports seem to be becoming the go to for interesting oscillator types. It continues to amaze me the impact Emilie Gillet has had on modern synths, especially as a one company.
I have followed this kickstarter for a while now, and I'm so glad to see you put out this review. As always, a fantastic level of depth and amazing creativity in experimentation and demonstration of the feature set in your reviews. Glad to see the volca measurement scale back in use too.
I got an Anyma Phi a few days ago and love it for its flexibility.
Your review has shown me some features I had overlooked.
Thank you !
I have noticed something about my habits over the years. I tend to buy based on sound, but I keep based on usability. The synths that have nice well-thought-out interfaces that are a pleasure to use get played and become part of my workflow. The ones that don’t, where I need to remember a bunch of shortcuts or page through a bunch of screens or get out my tweezers or fire up an app to use them, sit around until I sell them.
Spot on! I do exactly that too. You need to be able to ‘live’ with the synth, not get frustrated with it, no matter how nice it might sound.
This right here was a lesson I learned the hard way as well.
That's why I tend to favour all my old style analogue beasts of the 70s (including when I look for new machines on the second hand market). Never grew accustomed to menu diving and one encoder- one screen-multi button interface (like the infamous dx7)
Yeah, I agree, the 70s style interface has'nt been improved on yet, IMO. Even some of the most useable softsynths have a "slider" per function interface.
Same. To be a good instrument, it needs to be playable. If the interface is more programming than playing, I end up just using presets, and then stop using it entirely.
My mind is officially blown, I think I need this in my life! Amazing review as always
wow this sounds really good
🤪
Your reaction warmed the cockles of my heart. I look forward to your explorations in your next videos.
I also had a fault with one of the encoders, and the fault was repaired fairly smoothly. Things to note.
* It was a repair, (not replacement) I got the same unit back with my own patches still on it.
* They arranged, at my prompting, pickup and return, taking care of customs issues, nothing to pay as a warranty repair. (Even taking into account crossing EU borders)
* The repair was not speedy, but they're a tiny company, so I didn't expect it to be. I think I had to nudge them once or twice on the forums before the unit was returned to me. I made a point of thanking them via the forums.
What an amazing set of features in such a small enclosure. It sounds very good as well. Thank you for showing this to the public Ziv!
I will give this an immediate thumbs up for sheer originality.
Been waiting for this one!
Thanks Loopop!
This is great stuff, halfway through I learned it's not for me, but I love your detailed analysis that let's the viewer come to an educated decision.
I’ve had this synth for many months. Have not had any issues with power or encoders. I have run into CPU issues with heavy patches. Where this excels is in the performance aspects. Using morph and changing encoders really makes it amazingly fun to play in a larger setup. The piezo makes it even more flexible for performance with all the mappable parameters. One of the coolest synths I’ve played. Yes programming can be hard at first but I think that you get quite quick with it as you play with it. I forced myself to program on the synth as I strayed away from computer and DAW a while ago. Thanks for the review, as usual amazingly thorough and enjoyable.
Oh and btw the 1.0 was released and there are many more presets now.
Yoooo I was just looking for videos on this a couple weeks ago. Loopop always comes through 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
just wanna say thanks always. really enjoy these, and I always look forward to your jams at the end. always a treat.
That's great to hear :) much appreciated
wow...another must watch vid...you never scese to amaze me with all the kit out there and your vast knowledge..
Always interesting to see this news synths from companies I never heard of!
I agree, great to see a new synth, but I was a bit - meh with this unit.
Nice sounds but I already have a modular rig with braids and rings - can't see what this unit would add for me.
I sincerely hope the maker has success though
Since they are ripping off and using mutable instruments code-- you have heard of this!
Since the number of synths being released has slowed down, I miss having tons of vids from Loopop. Maybe you could do some jam videos after you release a review?
Thanks so much for your interest! I do have to admit that I kind of enjoy taking my time with every synth these days - so that's one upside of the semiconductor shortage. That said, I still have quite a bit in the queue, so not a dull moment for many weeks to come. Noted about the jams! I'll try and include more in the videos I do release.
@@loopop I hope m8 is in that queue
@@loopop yes
@@loopop Will you cover any soft-synths in future?
@@stephanrewind We should leave him alone. He has enough on his plate trying to get that unreleased synthstrom/polyend collaboration groovebox review out on time.
I was thinking today about the lack of physical modeling desktop synths, and lo and behold this video arrives. I just wish the UI wasn’t…this.
Wondered when some dude on UA-cam would review this thing...glad it was you.
OK, this just blew mi mind! I've seen it before, didn't think much of it...but your videos tend to open eyes. Considering the price, this thing screams serious GAS! :D
Your explanations are excellent. 👍
Really interesting tones and options on this.
Some of the sounds reminded me of my KORG Prophecy!, Great review 👍
Yummy! I want it! Thank you Loopop 👌🏻
This video is therapy for me 🤖
Great review as usual, and a super interesting instrument. But the UI… Physical modeling begs for a more tactile experience, both for programming and performing. After toying with Korg’s latest offers with rich control panels (I have the WaveState and OpSix), it’s hard to settle back for much menu diving. I might wait and see if Korg re-issues the Z1 in their new format, as PhyZone or something ;-)
I have a phi as well, the only issue I had was a low grade hum on certain patches, which resolved with the right kind of editing / tweaking. Once I found a power supply that fit the requirements it was no problem. however the wire is a little wiggly in the back of the unit.
Like you mentioned, the screen is small, but the software is pretty nice - and until this video I had no idea how to get 3 note chords to happen, so thanks for that !
The main thing is the sounds are great, and I have no regrets there. If I could spend some time I may figure out how to do some strictly hardware-based editing, because that tends to be my preference on most of the synths I play. From a bit of experimenting I did manage to figure out how to access all the different controls. It just was hard to remember how I did it [so far].
hoping for some more preset updates too
Wow this thing rules! Oh damn its like someone made it for me ;D
I love it, but having to think about the cpu limitation is exactly why I usually dislike software synths.
I mean no different to thinking about voicing on any other synth tbh
Yeah my thoughts exactly, just buy a raspberry pi and make your own , absolute nonsense these things are
@@maquettemusic1623 sure, 'no different'....
.... until fx and i/o buffers cause voice-stealing and/or glitching. Virtual is called such for a reason.
@@shaft9000 Fx/I/O has nothing to do with voice stealing lol. i was referring to the fact hardware is still limited in voices.
@@maquettemusic1623 If you buy a 3 osc,8 note poly synth you know what you're getting. With this it feels like your mind would imagine new fantastic presetsv but the cpu quickly says no. Its a shot in the dark
Oh no, loopop is making me all wanty again!
Always thought about getting MI modules one day maybe, but refrained from entering the dangerously expensive modular territory. This synth does all that for a reasonable price...
Yes, it has a bunch of modules based on the mutable modules, but note, as I mention in the video, some of the versions are slimmed down and if you run them at full power you'll run out of CPU quite quickly. Still, it packs quite a bit of power if you're OK with the interface
If you are mostly looking for MI oscillators, better take a look at minilogue XD. It's polyphonic.
@@Sx107music Thanks for the tipp!
Boy, that Nymphes interface looks great.
you do a good job on this channel...
good work!
be safe, be happy, work hard
peace \m/
Really nice! Ages ago I had Yamaha SW1000XG with PLG100vl virtual acoustics board. So, I expected some progress in sound density and resonators complexity after 22 years of innovations, but I cannot see any. Ah, now it costs 5x as much as PLG100VL cost))
Now I want one! 😎
I was reminded of my home planet with some of these sounds
Looks and sounds great. If they added assignable CV inputs then it would be perfect
Mmh...I...kind of have mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand it's rad people are making more physical modeling synths, there's a LOT of really ambitious and interesting algorithms in here, and I love how they gave a stereo input for an exciter. On the other hand, why just ONE stereo exciter? I feel like you'd need more than that for like...a *satisfying* physical actuation interface. The unreliable names on the panel seem like they didn't really have the time to think the hardware interface out, and the three-voice limit plus the...shall we say, "easily overwhelmed" CPU feels a bit disappointing to me.
I do hope whoever made this stays in business, though, because this seems like a good prototype for a potential, more fully-featured PM synth in the future. Best of luck to them.
Yes it feels a little underpowered with that cpu
Sounds good, but I am sort of glad I didn't buy it on pre-order, though, which I almost did. For me, the cons easily outweigh the pros. I hope we'll see more new dedicated physical modelling synths. It's been 30 years since the Yamaha VL-1 now...
Thanks for the review. Very interesting. One question, maybe I overlooked that here, sorry: Can you use a controller for most/ all of the parameters shown in the software for live tweaking after assigning them?
I’ve had mine for a bit now, couple things I’ll throw in: only build issues I’ve run into was a hum, but that was resolved by getting the power jack more firmly in the socket. Also have noticed an odd behavior where if I’ve been walking around with slippers a bunch and built up some static electricity, if it discharges while touching the Phi the encoders stop responding and I have to turn it on and off. Not sure if that an error or some sort of safety override,
As far as patch ideas: one interesting thing with the synth is if you remove the first default mod mapping for expression, it will generate a steady tone. Then you can use LFO’s, envelopes, and the advanced modulators on oscillator amp and pitch levels, the pitch shifter effect, and the sequencer to turn the Phi into a generative synth.
Thanks for the comment!
Electric cigarette lighters also affect it the same way
jeez this is great
I seem to recall having to watch CPU load on the Nord Micro Modular. While that is an understandable limitation, I find resource management in general a bit of a hassle. That said, this thing sounds SO GOOD that it might be worth the minor inconvenience.
I was an early adopter of this, looks like it's time to update and download the software!
I should say, my model had no issues
Do that ... they added insane amount of stuff since the original firmware.
A VSTi Version would be really nice, I don't need the hardware. Also the video says that the CPU isn't the best, so the VSTi on a PC can have more complex sounds maybe. But the synths sounds very interesting, better than all this "we have 2 OCS with 3 waveforms and noise going into one filter" vintage-like-synths.
that is insane. like.. wow.
ive got a few modelling vsts that do similar stuff. although its impressive form factor wise i dont know if the 499 euro price tag is inviting enough. the screen size is an issue to make this a worth while purchase for live performance.
I really want to love this synth, but for me the whole point of hardware is to have a purpose built interaction that does more than what a plugin can do. Managing an underpowered CPU is a drag.
The thing is they were so close with the analog piezo element. Add in some analog filters and resonators and you’ve got something that justifies being another box on your desk. So much yet unexplored in digital-analog hybrid physical modeling.
I'm not loving the trend of more companies offering companion software that is not VST compatible and hence not friendly with DAW automation. Virtual MIDI channels are cumbersome enough that I rarely bother with them, and some software can't even be opened at the same time as a DAW at all *cough*ArturiaMCC*cough* Although to be fair, usually the actual synth CAN be fully automated over MIDI, you just have to grab the manual and figure out the right CC. I have not yet finished the demo here, but I don't see any mention of standard MIDI control of the many parameters of this synth in the video index. But given the form factor, I have to assume that one could use a Faderfox or Twister to compensate for the knob embargo clearly on display here. No crisis in the knob supply chain in MY studio lol.
But regardless, thanks again for the great review/demo, as always! You are a synthesis treasure! We appreciate you!
Thanks very much for the kind words! Yes, full MIDI/NRPN support here
Hey loopop, I was wondering if you would do a video revisiting some of your favourite gear, gear you've kept and learnt new tricks and tips to, or gear you would like to see made in the future?
Not to sound salesly... ;) but my book is really the summary of all the tricks I've ever learned/shown. I occasionally revisit gear if there's a really cool upgrade or if I figured out an exceptional trick, so always open to that. Fave gear is a problem because there's so much of it but I want to make a setup video soon so you'll see a bit of it! Gear I'd like to see is an interesting one... I'll give it some thought. Thanks!
@@loopop Thank you, keen to see the set up!
my experience with synth companion softwares, when im sending midi from ableton (my main way of recording synths) I cant use the companion software because it will stop me from being able to use midi. Idk if this is true for every synth, but its definitely something you should look into if you want to use your ableton push as part of your workflow
I assume you're on a PC since on a mac this isn't an issue? If so consider free MIDI routing software or one of the paid ones like the excellent Bome MTP
can you show us something like taking the physical modeled synths from pianoteq and playing them through physical synths?
physical modeling is a broad name for doing things in many different ways - pianoteq's engines are their own and can't run on anything but their software - you can multisample them though and play a limited version on samplers
Seems that polyeffects Beebo with some plugins is a better option for physical modeling... WIth polyphony...
Do the CPU limits lend themselves to pleasing or at least interesting glitches or does it just crash or not play?
lovely thing ... thanx
I like it, sounds like the engine that comes with Continuumini
Wow... it's like all of Ableton's instruments in one box. Fascinating! And thank you, as always.
Thanks! I have to correct you on this, even though this does contain many forms of synthesis, it's very far from doing everything Ableton's instruments can
@@loopop agreed. I just mentioned that it is like all of them (tension, electric, collision, etc). Certainly not do everything they can do. Perhaps my wording could have been different.
Thanks for the rewiew. It´s a bit sad there is no vsti available at the moment for it. You can´t make your own envelopes in a DAW, which is very essential in my opinion.
Chromaphone is a fantastic physical modeling vst
Hi, do you know the audio outputs are balanced (TRS) or unbalanced (TR)?
I'd love to spend more time playing around with physical modeling synthesis, but I really don't understand these hardware synths that effectively require a computer. If you're already working on your computer, wouldn't you rather just be using soft synths in the DAW?
Yeah we need battery power options for stuff like this. Standalone! Getting so tired of synth makers requiring computer tethering
Big potential here, hoping for a better hardware interface & a more powerful CPU to transform it to an even more exciting instrument!
Sounds AWESOME, but it looks like a possible black hole of a menu dive.
And dang! That is some small display text!
I remember Logic and Fl studio came with a software synth like this. They were very hard to use lol
Sounds like a large OLED screen showing everything as it actually is, would have been smarter. I use ZOIA, and Empress Effects idea would have also made more sense.
Wow, holy tiny psytrance machine in a box! Amazing, thank you for reviewing.
Great review/demo as always. With it being around the same price as Beebo and Beebo seeming to be far more powerful. How do you think this fits? (I own Beebo. )
Thanks! hmm I don't know how to answer that in a way that isn't a full vs. video... CPU wise I think Beebo is more powerful though
I wouldn’t trade my Beebo for this, but this does have some nice sound
I've never had vertigo from a video before, but that angle pointing diagonally down at the keyboard with the laptop on the right is making me dizzy lol. Great review, but I need a dramamine
lol noted to chill with the wide angle lens :)
I may have missed it in the video, but is MPE supported? The reason I ask is that Eagan Matrix in the Continuumini covers most of the ground here plus some I think.
No, it doesn't support MPE because it's not really polyphonic (see the paraphony part of the video for exceptions)
there needs to be term for a synth controlled vocoder vs a vocoder that needs a mic input to function....naming them the same thing will lead to confusion when some think a microphone is always necessary...why not just make it something simple like a "Vocoder-S" for synth controllable and "Vocoder-M" for mic controlled?
Seems it will be nice as a VST with a MIDI programmer...
I don’t need another synth voice. I don’t need more effects. But man those modulations. I’d pay cash money for a Microcosm sized stomp box with 4 channels of modulation output, each with 16 slots of all of these wonderful mods. Does a thing exist?
I had the Anyma Phi for about 2 or 3 weeks but I sent it back because it had developed some weird Software/Screen bug after a while making it unusable. But after all, I decided to not get a replacement since it just had too many other issues. So as a summary:
Pros:
- unique sounds with lots of potential
- nice idea of a contact mic
- great connectivity for such small device (standard MIDI ports, USB host and Audio In should be the standard on every synth)
Cons:
- no real polyphony is just a bad idea in a ph. modelling synth and severly limits its real-world usecases (I would have loved to try some pads for example)
- the UI / programming is unnecessarily complex with too many layers and "dead ends" (patches that don't really correspond to the hardware) at every corner; I also have arguably more complex synths like the Hydrasynth or the Vector which are MUCH easier to use
- the lack of presets really makes it hard to start somewhere, explore the synth and understand its functions
- the contact mic and/or audio in seem like a mere gimmick since you have to basically design your whole patch around that idea to make use of it
- the software is messy and convoluted while being the only usable way to programm a patch, which defeats the point of having a hardware synth
- the display is too small and overcrowded
- as loopop said: the processor is rather weak (and this is one of the few synths where I actually recognized this as a problem)
(- as mentioned before: some bug bricking the system completely)
Overall: Yeah, they should get together with some more experienced company like ASM, Arturia or Novation. They have some great ideas for a synth and it would be a shame if such unique and creative attempts wouldn't be implemented in a better way.
Honestly, I think the price is amazing!
I do think people are willing to pay a bit more for a version with a more powerful CPU. The Anyma Phi reminds me a bit of the ARP 2500 in that it simply refuses to process sounds when you slid in too many patches. ;)
c'mon it must be some Arduino board costs 30 bucks) in a fancy box.
@@SolarReannex lol, best of luck!
thx
Is the TubeOhm Jennie any good?
That cpu could be more powerful tho and I would buy for it right now, we’ll depends on price (I didn’t get that far yet in the video)
How is the MIDI implementation? It could be a good pairing with the Digitakt.
There's a chapter in the manual about it: downloads.aodyo.com/anymaphi/anymaphi-manual.pdf
Seems like an Adrenalinn made into a synth with a Zoia screen and software interface...
Reminds a bit of the DSI Mono interface
I have both the Mopho and the Anyma Phi and for me about the only similarity in UI is that you have 4 multipurpose encoders. How they're applied is totally different ... to the point that I can happily do sound design on the Anyma Phi itself (in preference to the editor) whereas the Mopho is, to me, impossible to use for sound design without using an editor.
it is a pity that the granular effect was not yet, at the time of recording this video. Interesting feature
I love the idea of this but it looks quite fiddly to use, and I find the interface uninspiring. I'm sure it will please some people though!
For programming, there is a tone of software. The company started with Sylpho, electroning wind instrument, but abandoned that project working on Anyma Phi. A pity, cause Sylpho had unique features, but it needs samplers (like DynaSample or Ketron SD1000, much simpler to use), not the mini-moog like features to create new sounds. As an Omnisphere user I do not see much advantages of using such complex synths.
Just when Reason released Objekt with more usable interface .
Am I odd in thinking that once every few hours is extremely excessive crashing for a hardware synth?
first to clarify it's the software you use to program the synth, not the hardware synth itself, and no you're not odd, if it was normal or acceptable I wouldn't mention it
@@loopop definitely should add a note on the video, as that something that jumped out at me quite a bit, and I didn't realize you meant the software.
Also, always nice to see your videos.
@@marcosantacruz9086 thanks for the feedback - added a pinned comment!
Will you be reviewing the new 1010music synths ?
No, it's my silent protest until they make the firmwares interchangable...
@@loopop interesting take which I agree with totally. Thanks !
@@loopop While it is certainly your choice, this saddens me to hear this. Why would you protest reviewing a piece of gear over something like this - a business decision to develop and sell 2 products vs giving away the IP for half of the price? What if you could get the second firmware for $349 and load either or? Would that be sufficient? My guess is no. How about severely discounted? My guess is it would have to be free to appease people. Why not just state your opinion like you do at the end of your reviews as you have done in the past? You have stated on other products where you felt the price was high or what not. This seems like the most sense to me. I have nothing to do with 1010 and have no skin in the game, but this seems rather odd as there are so many companies that make whole product lines based on common platforms around the same DSP chips with little hardware differences, yet running different software. Does that make them "bad guys" too? No one seems to complain about that. I am sorry but this type of attitude comes off as bit entitled to me. I say this with great respect for you, Ziv. You are someone that I think has become a trusted and go-to source by many for your honest and thorough reviews. I just feel this 'boycotting' for this type of reason seems odd and a mistep. I hope you reconsider as I think you would provide a great review - including comments that you feel that the firmware should be interchangable.
@@michaelkoehler7441 first, thanks for the kind words and expecting good things :) 1010music are very far from being "bad guys", that's for sure. I don't think we're entitled to *free* interchangeable firmware. I've reviewed plenty of hardware in the past where content or a synth plugin was paid (e.g. Kontakt for Maschine+ (a $200 to $400 upgrade!), Instruments for MPC, etc). Regarding companies that use the same DSP, I know - but usually, at the very least, they have differently labeled knobs/buttons so there's a meaningful difference in the user experience. Ultimately, whenever we buy a digital hardware synth these days, we're just buying a plugin with a custom MIDI controller, usually using the same chip.... But to sell the same box, essentially running a different "app" seems wasteful in these days of semiconductor shortage and an unnecessary expense for users. Anyway, "protest" was just a cheeky term, it's not like I sat at home doing nothing, or picketed their office - I just preferred to spend my limited time that week covering a free firmware update to a 10-year-old product (QuNexus), which I thought was pretty cool of the company to do, as opposed to artificially locking existing users out of what is essentially the same hardware in just a different color. KMI already made a different red enclosure, I'm sure locking out existing Black QuNexus users would have been easy.
@@loopop If that's the case, I'm curious why you've featured TE Pocket Operators? Seems like they mostly have the same hardware to me.
I spotted and picked up a second hand unit of this at Thomann this summer, before the Kickstarter was even completely fulfilled. Unfortunately this unit has the issue that it forgets it’s firmware when you turn it off. So it was no fun to use, and I completely missed the announcement of the 1.0 firmware, so I’ll be retesting this soon!
Have you considered sending it back? I sent mine back to Aodyo, via the shop I bought it from, due to a different problem. It took a while, but I got a replacement in the end. I wish I'd sent it back sooner, really.
I put off sending it back figuring it might take a long time, but I ended up not using it much until I did, because the fault was bothering me.
They were actually quicker than Behringer, by about a factor of two - I had to ask for the right wall wart adapter plate for my Crave, when I first got it. That took approximately one season... spring, I think it was.
@@TooSlowTube I will if the firmware doesn’t fix this. I like the synth, I find the navigation easy. Physical modeling is hard though, it tends to sound a bit too metallic every time I try it.
@@jantuitman I hope it does, but I haven't had that problem with my original, or the replacement. It sounds like a hardware fault, to me. The firmware is meant to be written to Flash memory, so that just shouldn't happen, if it's working properly.
Yes, I like it too. I have two Elements (one genuine, one clone), for immediate knob tweaking (e.g. used layered, or one per ear), but I can never get exactly the same sound again, once I've moved a few knobs.
It does take some tweaking. Metallic sounds tend to come from lots of modulation. I mostly just use one oscillator/exciter, and one filter, resonator or similar, but different modulation from the Expression Envelope. If you try to get it to do too many things at once, that's when it gets out of hand :)
There's more external control by CCs and NRPNs in the new release too, which interests me but I haven't got around to trying it yet. E.g. an Akai MidiMix is cheap, and can be set up for 32 CCs on knobs and faders, so you should be able to have all of the matrix controls at once, making it more like using an Elements.
Here's a thought - there was a problem with the arduino core for an Adafruit board, called ItsyBitsy... something, which seems similar to your problem. It was possible to upload a new program to it, and run it, but it didn't survive a reboot.
It turned out they'd had a batch of boards made with a slightly different version of the Flash chip, and it needed to be treated differently by the bootloader. I guess the program was also written to RAM, to be copied into the Flash chip, then it ran from RAM.
That was fixed by a change to the arduino core - so it's possible that a similar problem is happening with your anyma phi, which _could_ be fixed in firmware. The problem is whether or not they realize that, or know how to.
For the Itsy Bitsy, it came down to just allowing a slightly longer delay to wait for the Flash chip to initialise itself, before using it.
Feel free to copy/paste some or all of this to their support forum. I can find the details again if you need them, but YT would block my post, if I tried to give a link.
@@TooSlowTube ok, thanks a lot for sharing this! I will be trying the firmware update this weekend so then I’ll know if I still have the problem.
Is there a VST version of this meanwhile?
I dont see why to buy the hardware when the processor is so limited
I don't think there's an exact one and you can't VST a piezo mic, but there are plenty of physical modeling VSTs and Braids module clones in various software modular synths
How much are these units?
Habitually, you are a model of pedagogy, but this time, I don't understand anything to this synth structure and its operating system... Too bad. Yet its sounds are awesome !
can this sound like a cello?
Pretty neat device, but the need to curb one's enthusiasm due to inadequate DSP horsepower is a big minus. Also, like many cool boutique efforts (Plinky, which I was very interested in, is essentially impossible to buy, likely for years), I see this dying on the vine because of the semiconductor shortage.
Actually, we've already faced the semiconductor shortage last summer and got around it by redesigning some of the electronics to get around unavailable components.
@@AodyoInstruments Glad you all have been planning ahead!
Korg Z1 was a polyphonic, physical modelling synth released in 1997. It had 12 note polyphony (expandable to 18). Anyma Phi is monophonic, and the interface is'nt better than the Z1. The price too is very high! As much as I'd like to see small synth companies do well, this just aint even remotely competitive. The sound though is really good though, so its s pity!
Its like a modern take on the Korg Prophecy minus keyboard and performance controllers. Sounds brighter, but won't ever replace my Z1, which, along with the Oasys and WSA1, are the only polyphonic AM synths ever made.
@@ozoneau I had the Z1 for 17 (!) years, loved it, great board. But apps have caught up and exceeded it now IMO. I love Sampleson Suit73 Electric Piano, blows the Z1 one away. Similarly, the (free!) Sampleson B3 CollaB3 is much better than anything in the Z1. Synth VSTs in 2021 blow the Z1 away too, especially love the TAL synths!
It would be so much better if they had made IOS or Android versions so you could bluetooth your phone or tablet as a larger screen even if the screen wasnt interactive.
Using a tablet as a larger screen seems an obvious choice unless Im missing something important like CPU usage - but I think Behringer did it with the Deepmind.
well it did it once, and since then it never updated the app and it is abandoned now so it will not even start on modern iOS...
@@SolarReannex I've given up on iOS, for that reason. Either you have to keep queuing up (figuratively) for the latest made by children in a Chinese sweat shop model, or sooner or later, the app you want won't run.
I have three older iPads, all now only ever used as a large tuner, running ClearTune. I recommend them for that purpose, and pretty much that purpose only.
Who said the eurorack people have all the fun ❤
To put it bluntly, this synth sounds amazing, but it doesn't matter since there's no way it would be a fun instrument to program. I would rather stick with software, of which there are plenty of alternatives (Reaktor, Abelton, & many VSTs)...
How do you make the visual graph of audio you have in your videos? Always great tutorials thanks 👍👍
Hi, I use MOscilloscope and MAnalyzer by a company called Melda - they’re free with some limitations in the MFreeFXBundle. Occasionally I’ll use scopes by VCV
Only 3 voices in paraphony mode, it's a shame
Why isn't this polyphonic ? Seems like a relatively cheap arm processor would have the power to run at least a couple voices 🤔
Turns out it doesn't! If we stuck with traditional osc waveforms and a very simple engine it would have been possible, but not with the physical models and the tons of stuff there is in there. We had to do lots of optimization for all this to run in there.
However, a future hypothetical, more expensive version would definitely have polyphonic!
@@AodyoInstruments is it a processing power, or expense with the chip shortage? In the future would it be possible to have a polyphonic synth @ 500 euro, or is this purely a limitation of processing power available in this chip price range?
@@SinclairSound Even some of the chips we're currently using have driven their price wayyyy up due to the current shortage, but the problem is related to the chip's processing power. Even the largest microcontroller chips, e.g., from ST, don't have enough processing power for more than 4 or 5 Anyma voices, which isn't that fun for a polysynth. It would need something more like DSPs or smartphone/SBC SoCs, which have their own limitations and would drive the price up.
@@AodyoInstruments I mean I think that answers my question. I want y'all to make a profit but I also know how powerful cheaper smartphones chips are ;)
@@AodyoInstruments Late but 5 voices would be plenty considering the complexity of sounds... Anyma Phi but Model:Cycles form factor would be too lit. Piezo's instead of pads :-)
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Dog bark?
Scratch?
Police whistle?
Choir?
... I think its a bingo
umm I don't think it does any of those in my video - maybe a scratch