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Sound designer Ian Dixon shared this video demo of his new Genesis Sound Collection for the Korg Modwave.

 

What Dixon say about it:

“From “Watcher of the Sky” to “Invisible Touch,” we’ve captured the essence of these classic tracks.

This collection features 36 performances inspired by legendary instruments like the Mellotron, ARP Pro Soloist, Quadra, Korg Wavestation, and DX7.

Whether you’re a Genesis fan or a synth enthusiast, there’s something here for everyone.”

 

The sound library is compatible with Modwave, Modwave Native, Modwave mkII, & Modwave Rack.

The Genesis Sound Collection is available now as a free download.

Demo timings:

00:00 Introduction

01:21 Abacab Organ

01:51 Alien Afternoon

02:47 Cinema Show

02:56 ARP Pro Soloist Trumpet

03:11 APR Fuzz Guitar

04:04 ARP Pro Soloist Telstar

04:32 In the cage

04:48 Bass pedals

05:11 Behind the lines

06:27 Domino

08:02 Invisible Touch

08:04 Marker 5

08:30 Fading Lights Split

09:10 Home by the sea live

10:00 Invisible Touch

11:10 Home by the sea

12:49 Mellotron strings

13:10 Watcher of the sky

14:07 Mellotron Choir

14:30 Mellotron Flute and strings

14:54 Abacab

15:02 Alone Tonight

15:30 Quadra Chorused Organ

15:51 Follow you follow me

16:34 Quadra Phased Organ

16:50 RMI piano

17:15 CP80

17:29 Live lead sound

18:04 Wavestation Minilead

19:29 Warm strings from Fading Lights

 

 

 

 

 

German synthesist Hainbach – in his latest video – demos the Analog Sweden Swenigiser, a modern clone of the Orgon Systems Enigiser.

The Orgon Systems Enigiser is a rare monophonic synth design, created by Geoff Waterston in 1996, designed for experimental dance musicians. Under 150 units are thought to have been made.

After decades of the Enigiser being a collector’s item, it was reissued in 2022 by Waterston, who also introduced a more advanced model, the Enigiser X in 2023.

In addition, two companies offer clones of the original design. Hainbach’s video demos the Analog Sweden Swenigiser, which is based on the original Enigiser design.

The Analog Sweden Swenigiser, is available now for $1,798.00.

*Note: Waterston’s website says that “While it could be seen as a compliment that people have made huge efforts to clone the enigiser, it has to be stated that the cloned copies do not sound or function in the same way an original enigiser does.” The original Enigiser is available for £1495 (about $1,875 USD) plus shipping.

 

 

French synth maker Cyma Forma has announced the ALT, an ‘analog soundscape synthesizer’ that they plan to release via a Kickstarter project starting May 22, 2024. The ALT features five analog voices, a stereo filter inspired by the Korg MS-20, patch-matrix editing, 4 modulation sources and more.

Features:

• ALT offers five voices, each with different waveform shaping possibilities, each offering stereo panning, enabling a rich, spatial audio experience.
• A harmonic quantizer lets you chose scales, and play beautiful melodies, either with the faders, or with quantized pitch modulation.
• Alter – sound alteration can be achieved with a stereo filter, inspired by the Korg MS-20, and a “wild stereo delay” with infinite feedback.
• Movement – the matrix has 4 adjustable modulation sources: 2 LFO, 1 random step generator, 1 envelope follower; and 17 destinations.
• Light and sound sensors make it react and evolve with environmental stimuli.

Pre-orders for the ALT synthesizer will be available on Kickstarter starting May 22nd, 2024.