This video, via Bay Mud, explores the idea of creating ‘disintegrating loops’ using the Degenerator program card for the Music Thing Modular Workshop System.
The Workshop System is a small, self-contained Eurorack modular system. It includes a Computer module that is a multi-function module that can perform a variety of functions loaded from cards.
Degenerator turns the Workshop System’s Computer module into a self-overwriting audio looper, capable of everything from slow ambient decay to saturated noise and collapse.
The approach explored in this video is inspired by the tape loop degradation techniques used by William Basinski in creating his classic ambient piece, The Disintegration Loops.
You can find a directory of program cards for Computer at the project’s github site.
Lambda Synthetics shared this overview of Wavetable Designer – a browser-based tool for creating custom wavetables.
Wavetable Designer lets you create wavetables using a chain of generators. Sources add a new waveform and effects modify the signals created by previous generators.
To quickly create sonic changes in a wavetable for each parameter, a value can be set for the first and last wavetable: all cycles in between are then generated automatically.
A built-in audio preview lets you test your custom wavetable. Then you can export it for use in a variety of wavetable synthesizers.
Wavetable Designer is free to try, but you need a €15 license to enable exporting.
Today, Arturia has introduced Memory V, a software reimagining of the legendary Memorymoog.
Here’s what they have to say about it:
“Memory V captures the colossal analog character and triple-oscillator architecture of one of the rarest polyphonic synthesizers ever made, recreated with Arturia’s advanced TAE® technology and expanded with modern modulation, arpeggiation, effects and expressive workflow integration.
From towering brass and dense basses to evolving leads, cinematic pads and unstable analog textures, Memory V delivers the unmistakable weight of early-80s polyphonic synthesis in a reliable, production-ready instrument.”
Here’s the official Memory V overview:
Features:
Component-accurate TAE modelling of its oscillators, filter, mixer, drive and analog non-linearities.
Triple-oscillator architecture – Three free-running oscillators per voice deliver the harmonic depth that set the Memorymoog apart.
Legendary ladder filter – Shape sound with a modeled low-pass ladder filter per voice, complete with 24 dB and 12 dB modes, self-oscillation and Bass Compensation to preserve low-end weight at higher resonance.
Authentic “analog feel” – Use Vintage and Dispersion controls to introduce continuous analog drift, then fine-tune variation across pitch, pulse width, levels, cutoff, emphasis, modulation and envelope times.
Modern modulation and FX – Drag-and-drop modulation, a four-layer Multi-Arp and a 4-slot FX rack with 17+ effects bring contemporary sound design into the Memorymoog architecture.
300+ presets – Explore a library of brass, saturated basses, cinematic pads, evolving textures, expressive leads and modern electronic tones.
