What a strange labor of love. There's a ton of madness stuffed into that little box with some occasional gems interspersed. Thank you for the great video!
At least there are companies out there willing to push boundaries, rather than just clone everything in sight, it's cool, edgy and refreshing. Hope you had a good Xmas break and looking forwards to your new year videos!!
WOW! Amazingly well-done video, as usual. This time, the subject is a true marvel of engineering. This device is perfect for what I want to do and just the synth section alone sounds good enough to be sold by itself.
I have the original SPEAK & GLITCH, minus the touchscreen. It does things that nothing else on the market can do. The creator also does regular firmware updates & adds new functionality. Definitely will buy the NEW version.
Hahaha... Love it. Mental synth!!! Think you might be unlocking the new secret genre lol. Great stuff already brother. Just getting stuck in now! 🔥👊🧡👍🔥
seems like this is a 2nd version of a speech synth of his. maybe in a couple years, the technology will expand a bit so i can replace some of my circuit bent instruments. sounds like a few bugs to work out yet
Great overview. This is going on my want list. I have a couple of speak & ____s (fill in the blank). This is a really cool concept; nice to see a synth developer doing something this edgy and innovative. That LFO mix idea on its own is pretty interesting.
Well I don’t know which one but the $30 controller doesn’t do anything on its own, you see, there’s an actual human who spent years writing the code for the synth
After listening all the way through. It really sounds amazing. I will be saving my pennies. Definitely up my street. I think Richard did an amazing job. ❤
Yeah as a kid, i used to lick the expansion card and drop it in, which basically caused random circuit bends. 😂 not only do i have memories of great sounds, i also have a memory of the flavor of a Texas Instruments circuit board
@@sub-jec-tivHaha, yes exactly! I used to stick crumpled up bits of aluminum foil in the expansion slot, lmao. It is pretty amazing it never broke anything shorting stuff out like that. Very funny about licking the board. I don't remember the taste, but definitely the smell!
Bought almost no pieces of gear this year...one was a Plus3 for my birthday in August and the other a TallTimber crossfader pedal as a Christmas gift for my kid so she can cross fade between 2 drum machines or bass synths when we "jam". Happy Hanukkah Loopop
Thank you so much for this. I bought one a few months ago & quickly got completely lost. And the manual was NOT AT ALL helpful. After watching this I think you've confirmed my original feeling, which is that the drum part is kind of useless until/unless they decide to implement a more conventional pattern sequencer. But you've also made me more excited to dive into the synthesis settings!
this thing is the first synth in a while that really peaks my interest. i love it when people do synths that do sth different than the usual va/analog/fm/wavetable synthesis.
Honey I told you seventeen liters of eggnog is TOO MUCH but DO YOU EVEN LISTEN TO YOUR WIFE? Now next time you will NOT drink all the eggnog (and poor Jimmy was crying all night because he wanted some) Shame on you, Jay
strange and cool. love the fact that there is an integrated drum section that can be kicked off on any of the sounds.. I'm guessing there is not tempo setting on this thing, nor can it map to a tempo setting from an external instrument?
It does accept midi clock (and start stop). In fact, four sections of the synth (tempo, lfo, loop and drum) each have their own independent PPQN settings (per patch).
Please I cannot take another simple analog waveform gen, please no sawtooths... Maybe tell us how we can make fm sounds .. Or do synclavier style resynthesis?
@@AppleKid Yeah, the thing is, It’s not a vocoder, it’s a speech-synthesis chip from the early 80s. In those days, all the words and phrases (and sound FX) had to be hard coded into the chip. It wasn’t an AI parsing its own vocabulary like we have now, it was simple if-then logic playing back pre-recorded voice synthesis wave samples.
@@sub-jec-tiv Liked the loopop video. It explains the chip in depth. I like how when he slowed down, there was a pitch change. The video itself is almost as cool as the module.
Hey mr loopop any chance of getting a updated video on the synthstrom deluge it's pretty much a different device since your last video, things like audio stem export and extra filters for the fm synth and dexed amongst others have given it a new lease of life for me would love to hear your take
@@loopopJust main important topics: Software plugin, sync quality and latency, Usb audio/midi, direct automation (without cc). I mean for every review. I think its very important chapter.
I'm so curious to hear this through some external FX that soften the harsher frequencies - I imagine you could get something quite dreamy and otherworldly
@spdycar13 that and the stuff they do make is garbage and if you question why your RD-8 gets to 130°f on surface of unit within 30 mins of use on their FB the mods mock and laugh so their customer service is garbage as well.
You have no idea how expensive it is to develop and produce an instrument unless you’re Behringer. Behringer has insane economy of scale, and on top of that, overworks its low-paid employees until they get sick. Nobody is overpricing their instruments. Behringer is able to under-price their stuff for those reasons. Nobody owes anyone a cheap instrument. If you can’t afford an instrument not made by slave labor, don’t buy it.
Is it just me or has the synth market become “how much do we have to add to justify a $600 price tag” instead of “how much should this thing cost”? Seems like every little box is going for $600 these days.
@ well, it provided a consistent reference point as you went through all the different modulation options! Wonderful work as per usual - I enjoyed learning about this synth. I was more intrigued with the percussive and arp elements than the speech mangling, tbh. I would have marketed it as The Glitch Synth (with speech, rhythm, and mod matrix)
Thank you for this Amazing review , this supreme contraption would be my desert island synth along with soma terra…on a completely unrelated note Frank Zappa would LOVE this marvellous gadget.
@@xfghffhfg A lot of factors can determine its price (if a larger company was making this exact same product it could be cheaper given they already have infrastructure and partnerships, for example), but, the real question is: will the public agree that the features are worth the price, regardless of the reasons behind the price? If enough enthusiasts buy it, they are proven right, if it flops, they are aware the price is an issue, even if that's the lowest they could get it, and will have to recoup whatever they can.
Can't get down with it. In a traveling gig bag if I wanted to make these sounds I'm sure I could use an app on my ipad. If maybe just maybe if I really loved the sound of speak and spells but couldn't bend I'd buy one. I mean no disrespect it is cool but seems impractical to me. We need a good cheap sampling keyboard with these effects.
What a strange labor of love. There's a ton of madness stuffed into that little box with some occasional gems interspersed. Thank you for the great video!
Agree. It's magnificently eccentric.
At least there are companies out there willing to push boundaries, rather than just clone everything in sight, it's cool, edgy and refreshing.
Hope you had a good Xmas break and looking forwards to your new year videos!!
Thanks and same to you!
Lol wait until you find something called Eurorack.
There’s space for every aspect: people like clones, and people like innovation 👍
@@jocee2257 you mean *Eurocrack* ? Yes I heard it is very addictive.
@@jocee2257 Don’t remind me.. I haven’t bought any modules in a few years. I’ve been happy with my choices… oh no, *knocks on wood*
WOW! Amazingly well-done video, as usual. This time, the subject is a true marvel of engineering. This device is perfect for what I want to do and just the synth section alone sounds good enough to be sold by itself.
0:01 Must have!... 3:00 Maybe I want one... 5:00 ok, I'm over it already.
Me when I see any new shiny synth toy 😂
I’m still at the psychological state you were experiencing at 0:01 and I’m halfway through the video. Uh-oh…
RUN!!!@@ABC-bm7kl
Thinking about ordering one. Call it an experi-mental synth-order
Are you an ‘oarder?
I have the original SPEAK & GLITCH, minus the touchscreen.
It does things that nothing else on the market can do.
The creator also does regular firmware updates & adds new functionality.
Definitely will buy the NEW version.
Hahaha... Love it. Mental synth!!! Think you might be unlocking the new secret genre lol. Great stuff already brother. Just getting stuck in now! 🔥👊🧡👍🔥
This may be the coolest gadget ever!! ✨️👌
You buy it then.
@kingtrance307 it's next on my list of things I don't really need
It’s so weird. I’m in love.
This is just rediculous and brilliant at the same time. Merry Christmas!! 🌲
please make a eurorack version so we can put it in a rack..
It would be great if a European retailer carried this.
Thanks for the introduction!
seems like this is a 2nd version of a speech synth of his. maybe in a couple years, the technology will expand a bit so i can replace some of my circuit bent instruments. sounds like a few bugs to work out yet
What a beautifuly made machine!
I've been waiting for something like this! Super cute!
Brilliant video! As always! Merry Xmas, Loopop!
TI didn't realise what they had created when they bought out the S&S. I bet Florian Schneider would have loved this, may he rest in peace.
I love it! 😊
Great overview. This is going on my want list. I have a couple of speak & ____s (fill in the blank). This is a really cool concept; nice to see a synth developer doing something this edgy and innovative. That LFO mix idea on its own is pretty interesting.
Just thinking on some of the stuff you showed off in the intro, there seems to be a tilt towards drum and bass and IDM type genres…
That's amazing piece of kit😮, the ultimate circuit bending toy for your music set up😊. I'll have to try and get one 🙏🤞😁
I ❤ this synth. Really, very useful video. Thanks Loopop.
I own it and it’s the coolest thing ever.
Post a video of you playing some actual music with it then! I would love to hear it used in an actual song.
@kingtrance307 I don't think it's for playing songs. It's for having fun.
@@kingtrance307 everything must be musical arghhhhhh this is not musical argggghhh everything must be function argggggh this is not functional.
@@klonewavverr2909 Its not that it MUST, it's that most people dont just want utter madness -- they want to see if it can be tamed a little
@@annother3350klone was being sarcastic
One of my old friends bent a Speak & Math many years ago, and sent it to me.
What's inside there, a raspberry pi?
In this? A Teensy
@loopop Gotcha. So a $30 microcontroller does everything. Do you know if it's a 4, or 4.1?
Well I don’t know which one but the $30 controller doesn’t do anything on its own, you see, there’s an actual human who spent years writing the code for the synth
@@loopop Obviously. Take it from somebody who worked for years in both Reaktor, as well as in the Nord Mod G2.
I used to glitch my S&S when i got it back in the day. It's very cool to see something like this after all these years. Merry Christmas. 🎄
After listening all the way through. It really sounds amazing. I will be saving my pennies. Definitely up my street. I think Richard did an amazing job. ❤
Yeah as a kid, i used to lick the expansion card and drop it in, which basically caused random circuit bends. 😂 not only do i have memories of great sounds, i also have a memory of the flavor of a Texas Instruments circuit board
@@sub-jec-tivHaha, yes exactly! I used to stick crumpled up bits of aluminum foil in the expansion slot, lmao. It is pretty amazing it never broke anything shorting stuff out like that. Very funny about licking the board. I don't remember the taste, but definitely the smell!
@@jumpstar9000 I eventually broke mine, but it took years 😂
Bought almost no pieces of gear this year...one was a Plus3 for my birthday in August and the other a TallTimber crossfader pedal as a Christmas gift for my kid so she can cross fade between 2 drum machines or bass synths when we "jam".
Happy Hanukkah Loopop
🥇I am writing to inform you that you have been awarded the medal for the best UA-cam video title on synthesizers for December 2024. Kind regards
Interesting. Similar to the Synthesis Technology E950 Circuit Bent VCO + E951 Looping Expander eurorack modules, with lots of obvious differences.
Thank you so much for this. I bought one a few months ago & quickly got completely lost. And the manual was NOT AT ALL helpful. After watching this I think you've confirmed my original feeling, which is that the drum part is kind of useless until/unless they decide to implement a more conventional pattern sequencer. But you've also made me more excited to dive into the synthesis settings!
I think have to buy one. Its the maddest thing I have ever seen.
Putting a couple chase bliss pedals into the mix will likely alter the trajectory of the Universe for the better. I’m in.
Yeah, Chase Bliss is the only thing I can think of as mad as this.
I'm in❤
this thing is the first synth in a while that really peaks my interest. i love it when people do synths that do sth different than the usual va/analog/fm/wavetable synthesis.
*piques
How about chompy?
instantly gave me gastrointestinal distress
Honey I told you seventeen liters of eggnog is TOO MUCH but DO YOU EVEN LISTEN TO YOUR WIFE?
Now next time you will NOT drink all the eggnog (and poor Jimmy was crying all night because he wanted some)
Shame on you, Jay
Cool. I think I need to wake my modded speak & spell ASAP :) I love it, the only issue is that it hangs so often when I use the mods...
strange and cool. love the fact that there is an integrated drum section that can be kicked off on any of the sounds.. I'm guessing there is not tempo setting on this thing, nor can it map to a tempo setting from an external instrument?
It does accept midi clock (and start stop). In fact, four sections of the synth (tempo, lfo, loop and drum) each have their own independent PPQN settings (per patch).
Thanks!
very interesting and useful for electronic music and film score
Please I cannot take another simple analog waveform gen, please no sawtooths... Maybe tell us how we can make fm sounds .. Or do synclavier style resynthesis?
awesome !
It's cool but I'd rather have the Loupé. ;)
Joyeux Noël. Feliz Natal. 🎉
Sounds awesome. A bit $ but still tempting
Great Thats awsome!
Donna would love this. IYKYK.
is there a way to spell words and make sentences with the vocorder ability?
No
Casio ct-s1000v does that, you can import custom sentences with an app onto the keyboard
@@mostrengo thats cool but I was thinking of something that could do it with the speak and spell chip
@@AppleKid Yeah, the thing is, It’s not a vocoder, it’s a speech-synthesis chip from the early 80s. In those days, all the words and phrases (and sound FX) had to be hard coded into the chip. It wasn’t an AI parsing its own vocabulary like we have now, it was simple if-then logic playing back pre-recorded voice synthesis wave samples.
@@sub-jec-tiv Liked the loopop video. It explains the chip in depth. I like how when he slowed down, there was a pitch change. The video itself is almost as cool as the module.
Can you imagine this combined w the BASTL THYME? Ultimate glitch badge achieved. Aphex Twin mode unlocked. 🏆🏆🏆
Hey mr loopop any chance of getting a updated video on the synthstrom deluge it's pretty much a different device since your last video, things like audio stem export and extra filters for the fm synth and dexed amongst others have given it a new lease of life for me would love to hear your take
My take is that it's awesome :) there's a chance but I don't want to promise anything
Nice.
Owch, over CAD$800 😮 I'd have a lot of fun with this, but holy cow.
Agreed. Very cool, but pricey.
Same idea as the Gibber v3 by biyiblip, isn't it?
I wouldn't call it the same, but I wouldn't say it's totally different either
Very original performance device. Top!
Folks, I’m here to help you out. You don’t need this.
We don't need this, but we may want it, like we don't need your help but may want it?
But I want it.
@@xfghffhfg cry harder
@@401dB troll harder
Lol I like your humour!!
This seems nice for people who can't get their hands on a monomachine. 😇
How do you link stuff?
Yup, I was in glitchheaven till 42:00. But still love the idea. I prefer firmware updates like Arturia..😅
WOW!
Man, there is an idea - to add "DAW integration, sync & automation" chapter. Would be extremely useful.
What would you like me to cover specifically? What do you find difficult?
@@loopopJust main important topics: Software plugin, sync quality and latency, Usb audio/midi, direct automation (without cc). I mean for every review. I think its very important chapter.
@@n.l.541 noted. what’s direct automation without CC?
I am using external terrestrials
On the left hand side; Change the color of the chapter your at
Pretty cool.but i wonder if its nessesary to have it as hardware
There's no software version of this (it would be nice!)
@loopop yes it would be! I mean the software is inside. Would just need a digital interface or maybe just to be setup to a controller
I bet I can have UDIO dial in speak and spellwith a clever prompt..
Probably. Not sure you are going to get it to do what this does, but it would be cool to try. I am astounded by what Udio produces.
Its cool, but out of my price range atm
I COULD DO THIS WITH MPEG AUDIO FRAMES
I'm so curious to hear this through some external FX that soften the harsher frequencies - I imagine you could get something quite dreamy and otherworldly
that's exactly what i do with the MI Braids engine on my Dirtywave M8. Don't forget huge amounts of reverb and delay madulations.
Would be a cool collectable
This is nice, but can nobody make anything synth-related that isn't extortionately priced?
Go right ahead!
Behringer does, but you never actually get anything due to perpetual backorder.
@spdycar13 that and the stuff they do make is garbage and if you question why your RD-8 gets to 130°f on surface of unit within 30 mins of use on their FB the mods mock and laugh so their customer service is garbage as well.
You have no idea how expensive it is to develop and produce an instrument unless you’re Behringer. Behringer has insane economy of scale, and on top of that, overworks its low-paid employees until they get sick.
Nobody is overpricing their instruments. Behringer is able to under-price their stuff for those reasons.
Nobody owes anyone a cheap instrument. If you can’t afford an instrument not made by slave labor, don’t buy it.
Aphex Twin in a box.
Hi Loopop❤
JUMP TO 32:20 THE REST OF THE REVIEW CAN'T COMPARE
42:00 Thank You Mr. Hand... What you gonna do for the remaining 12 minutes?
Is this the TE-effect ? Fun, but horribly overpriced.
can you make one for cheaper?
I use bitspeek when i need this sound :)
Is it just me or has the synth market become “how much do we have to add to justify a $600 price tag” instead of “how much should this thing cost”? Seems like every little box is going for $600 these days.
I love seeing new gear that my current gear can’t do.
Now spell… now spell… NOW SPELL… Nowwww -boop- S P E L L -beep-
Stop - I’ll give you whatever you want! 😂
ha as I was editing the video I told myself that I'm going to get a hard time for not swapping phrases in the comment section...
@ well, it provided a consistent reference point as you went through all the different modulation options! Wonderful work as per usual - I enjoyed learning about this synth. I was more intrigued with the percussive and arp elements than the speech mangling, tbh. I would have marketed it as The Glitch Synth (with speech, rhythm, and mod matrix)
16:04 Kraftwerk's "Home Computer" intro
nice!
Getting some heavy AFX vibes! 🙌🎶
I love it, but $560 for a toy instrument 😳
Как продать Pi4 за 560 $
Well they sell Nano Lemondrops for not much less.
LCD Soundsystem bought twelve of them already
$600, holyfuq! better price, suggestion: $175
I would by for $300, but not $560.
Maybe I will get one next year, if I can get a deal on a used one.
I do like weird noise toys.
@@TheScreamingFrog916 or get a better job :)
And then import… it will be 800 euro to get it home. Naah thx
@@klinkske Complaining about the price of a product as an excuse for not being able to afford it. We get it, you are poor :)
You need really good toes for this Loopop❤❤❤
This looks so cool. I guess you have to pay $$ for innovations.
42:20 YAY!!!! PRESETS
For anybody into oddball soundscapes or soundtracking, I don't see how this isn't a must-have device.
life is short
interesting
Spell echo
New game for gear collectors it's called guest that price
still and always was the game of the poor
Kling Klang
🎉
NÔŴSPĒLL!!!!!
Nate wood type drum beats
Thank you for this Amazing review , this supreme contraption would be my desert island synth along with soma terra…on a completely unrelated note Frank Zappa would LOVE this marvellous gadget.
Man people keep sniping my ideas. I need to stop talking about them publicly lol.
More likely that people are influenced by the same things as you
The screen reminds of that new Synclavier
It's a nice toy with a hefty price. No thanks.
It does seem like more than a toy (though it does look like one), but I do agree; price is really high for what it is.
@@l1fef0rm can you make one for less?
@@xfghffhfg A lot of factors can determine its price (if a larger company was making this exact same product it could be cheaper given they already have infrastructure and partnerships, for example), but, the real question is: will the public agree that the features are worth the price, regardless of the reasons behind the price?
If enough enthusiasts buy it, they are proven right, if it flops, they are aware the price is an issue, even if that's the lowest they could get it, and will have to recoup whatever they can.
Waaay more than a toy!
Does tons of things that big synth makers synths don’t come close to.
In the right hands this is a beast for a decent price imo
Can't get down with it. In a traveling gig bag if I wanted to make these sounds I'm sure I could use an app on my ipad. If maybe just maybe if I really loved the sound of speak and spells but couldn't bend I'd buy one. I mean no disrespect it is cool but seems impractical to me. We need a good cheap sampling keyboard with these effects.
No
No chip, no circuit to bend. Speak had charm. Please don’t encourage drums to sound like that.
Interesting but no thanks way to out there for my liking... Cheers
Speak & Spell synth for $600. No thanks
maybe send them an email to stop production
Lol... 👊🧡👍
🫠🫠🫠