Telepathic Instruments has announced the global availability of Orchid, Tame Impala’s ‘Idea Machine’.
Telepathic shared a wonderfully weird intro video, featuring Matt Berry (IT Crowd) and Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords).
Last year, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker set up a synth company called Telepathic Instruments and announced a debut product: Orchid.
A compact digital polysynth with a focus on chord generation, Orchid has only been released in limited quantities across a handful of territories thus far, and the second drop sold out in just two minutes. The good news is that the company has now set a date for its official worldwide release.
According to Telepathic Instruments, Orchid was first envisioned by Parker over 10 years ago. The design of the instrument itself has been developed by company co-founder Ignacio Germade.
“Orchid isn’t just about how much you know or don’t know – it’s about shaking up your creative process,” says Charl Laubscher, another of Telepathic Instruments’ co-founders. “It’s a tool for anyone who wants to step outside their musical comfort zone, to experiment and to find what’s on their mind.”
Orchid will be released on Friday 10 October at 10am local time in two time zones: CET for UK, Europe and the rest of the world, and PST for the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The synth is priced at $649 including shipping.
Orchid will be available from the Telepathic Instruments website on 10 October.
Waldorf has released OS Update 3.3.0 its Quantum & Iridium synthesizers, an update that adds MIDI 2.0 compatibility and more.
The update is compatible with all Quantum and Iridium variants, including Quantum (original & MK2), Iridium Desktop, Iridium Keyboard and Iridium Core.
New in OS Update 3.3.0:
MIDI 2.0 compatibility with high-resolution data support
Improved MPE polyphonic pitch-bend
Expanded favorite sets & authors
Release velocity as a modulation source
Additional macros and other refinements
The update is available now as a free download via the Waldorf site.
Make Noise has officially introduced two new Eurorack modules, PoliMATHS and QXG.
Here are the details:
PoliMATHS is an eight-channel CV and Audio event generator for the New Universal Synthesizer System or any Eurorack modular synthesizer.
It uses a single set of controls to generate complex functions at eight independent channel outputs. PoliMATHS’ functions are made up of two components:
First, the well-known Rise-Fall envelope with variable Curve (familiar from the original MATHS and Function and 0-Coast Slope); and
A variable-Shape Oscillation whose amplitude is controlled over time by the Rise-Fall envelopes. This oscillation can be either low frequency for the creation of complex control functions, or audio frequency for native generation of audio events/notes with optional tuned pitch control via 1v/oct control voltage.
PoliMATHS also includes output headers for creating pre-patched connections to the control inputs of QXG.
Features:
Part of the New Universal Synthesizer System
Eight channel function generator with a single set of controls
Create simple or complex functions
Activate channels in many possible patterns using Channel Index, Round, and Parallel Modes
Modulate parameters across channels with Spread or Modulation Dissemination
Designed to work with MultiMod and QXG and future NUSS modules
Chain to QXG for immediate eight channel amplitude control
The Quad Stereo Gate (QXG) music synthesizer module is a Four Channel Stereo Low Pass Gate and Mixer.
Like the DXG before it, the QXG utilizes a new low pass gate circuit that does not use vactrols. This circuit is 100% analog and its response was arrived at after many months tailoring it to meet or exceed the expectations that have been set by all the vactrol low pass gates that Make Noise has created over the years.
Additionally the QXG adds a Vactrol button to select between a Slow, low-pass-gate-like response emulating the decay time of a vactrol (Vactrol button ON), and a Fast precision response that still maintains the gentle filtering characteristic (Vactrol button OFF). Fast response can be especially useful when patching QXG with complex and quickly-changing functions such as those generated by PoliMATHS with the OSC circuit in use.
The QXG also includes a Stereo Sum Output with voltage controllable Stereo Spread to quickly route all four channels across the stereo field. Each channel also has an individual output that removes the channel from the Sum when patched.
In addition, QXG includes signal and control input headers for creating pre-patched connections from the outputs of PoliMATHS and MultiMod.
Features:
Part of the New Universal Synthesizer System
Four channel low pass gate
Vactrol-free design for classic Low Pass Gate sounds
Vactrol button to select Fast or Slow response
Xpread parameter for spreading the four channels across the stereo field
Summing stage with Stereo AUXiliary IN allows for chaining of multiple units, creating larger mixes
Individual channels can be removed from Sum by patching to their respective outputs
Designed to work with MultiMod and PoliMaths
Chain two QXG units to a PoliMaths for immediate eight channel amplitude control
