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In the video, synthesist and sound designer Julian “J3PO” Pollack talks about his new album, A Brief Odyssey, an ambient synth album created using one synth, the Sequential FOURM, stock plugins and the free Valhalla Supermassive.

Pollack says that the project started as an experiment in creative limitation. He notes that it can be easy to get overwhelmed with options:

“By removing almost every option from my studio and focusing on one instrument, I found myself working faster, trusting my instincts more, and spending less time chasing ideas and more time actually making music.”

Along the way, Pollack talks about he finds that limiting options can sometimes be helpful to in getting you into a ‘flow state’ for music making. He also discusses sound design, poly aftertouch and more.

You can preview A Brief Odyssey below. It’s available via Bandcamp.

The J3PO Sequential FOURM presets are available at Pollack’s site.

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biyiblip shared this audio demo of the Blippoo Box Legacy – making the synth design available in Eurorack format for the first time.

Here’s what they have to say about it:

“Originally designed by Rob Hordijk, the Blippoo Box is a living instrument of interaction, instability, resonance and discovery.

The Blippoo Box Legacy Eurorack is not an imitation, not a replica and not a copy.

It is the continuation of Rob Hordijk’s official legacy through Biyiblip.

A musical language carried forward with respect, care and deep connection to its origin.

A circuit that reacts.
A sound that keeps changing.
A living form of musical chaos inside your modular system.

Each unit is handmade one by one in Mallorca by Biyiblip.

No mass production.
No generic module.
Just a living instrument with a soul.”

The Blippoo Box Legacy synthesizer is available in three versions:

• 1/4” Jack
• Banana
• Eurorack

Rob Hordijk (1958-2022) is best known to synthesists as the developer of the Blippoo Box, Benjolin & the Hordijk Modular System.

The Blippoo Box Legacy is a boutique synth, handmade in Mallorca by Biyiblip. It’s available in limited quantities via Noisebug, priced around $2,000 USD.

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Developer Matthew Fecher let us know that AudioKit Pro has  introduced PRO-A5, a new 10-voice analog-style synth for iPhone, iPad, and mobile AUv3 hosts.

It’s a virtual instrument that builds the design of the classic Sequential Prophet-5 keyboard. While it’s designed to recreate the original’s sound, it extends the design with double the polyphony, new synthesis options, classic and modern filter frequency response, hundreds of presets and more.

Features:

• 10 voices of polyphony
• Each note can be expanded to up to five unison voices
• Two filter models are included with distinct response characteristics
• The filter section supports self-oscillation
• A dedicated Tune Rez function automatically tunes filter self-oscillation
• Poly Mod routing
• Oscillator sync is available for harmonic and timbral shaping
• A bonus filter panel provides additional filter slopes and envelope inversion options
• Three LFOs are available as modulation sources
• LFOs can be routed to more than 60 modulation destinations
• LFOs can modulate other LFOs
• Aftertouch can be assigned to wide range of synthesizer parameters
• More than 400 factory presets are included
• Integrated effects

PRO-A5 Synth is available now for iPhone and iPad as a standalone application and AUv3 instrument. The app has an intro price of $4.99 USD (normally $29.99).

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