KOMA Elektronik has released Sensei, a new Eurorack module that’s designed to let you connect your modular system to the physical world.
With dual inputs for both triggers and continuous signals, it’s designed to let you use sensors – for light, temperature, motion, or touch – with your synth.
Sensei translates environmental changes into control voltages, letting you control and modulate your sound in new ways.
KOMA offers a range of sensors that you can connect to the module, ranging from buttons to microphones to temperature sensors.
Visit the KOMA site for examples of Sensei in action.
Host Ziv Eliraz – in his latest loopop video – shares a hands-on review of the new Orchid, an advanced chord-generating hardware synthesizer that they say was “developed for songwriters, producers and musicians to expand the possibilities of songwriting and musical exploration”.
The synth combines a variety of tools most readers will be familiar with – including synthesizers, sequencers, arpeggiators, chord organ and loopers – into a single device, designed specifically for developing musical ideas.
In his review, Eliraz discusses the Orchid’s capabilities, digs into its sound and performance features, and offers his take on its pros and cons.
Topics covered:
0:00 Intro
2:20 Overview
7:20 Build
8:50 I/O
9:55 Sounds
11:05 Bass
12:10 Effects
12:30 FX lock
14:30 Perform
15:30 Arp
16:50 Pattern
18:15 Perf lock
18:40 Key mode
21:50 Looper
23:40 Settings
24:45 Pros & cons
29:35 Some ideas
Check out the review and share your thoughts on the Telepathic Instruments Orchid in the comments!
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