Paul Schilling, sound designer shared this no-talk audio demo of his factory presets for the Synclavier Regen– a new hardware synth that offers the power of the Synclavier II DSP engine, enhanced and optimized.
What Schilling shared about the sound demos:
“A selection of my factory presets for the Regen, with the Hydrasynth set to MPE mode. I was thrilled to be able to work on this wonderful machine.
Plenty of examples of MPE poly-aftertouch. A couple of movie references are thrown in. (At 5:40 the “Principal’s office” arp sound from WarGames, originally programmed by Anthony Marinelli on the Synclavier II. At 6:08 a nod to Wendy Carlos’ Ending Titles from Tron.)
I like the ease with which you can throw together additive, subtractive and sample layers with this interface, and mold them in various ways. The Regen can sound very warm and organic, as well as having a wide digital-sounding spectrum.
All reverb in this demo and other things that sound like FX (chorus etc.) are coming from the Regen.”
Mensla has introduced MS-2, a freeware FM synthesizer instrument for Mac and Windows.
The 3-operator synth includes controls for the multi-mode filter and LFO, modulation options (phase, frequency, pan, amplitude, and filter), built-in effects (distortion, delay and reverb), arpeggiator & chord mode, a Lissajous display and more.
MS-2 is available now as a free download for Mac and Windows, in VST3 and AU plugin formats.
AI Synthesis has introduced the AI018 Eurorack Stereo Matrix Mixer, available now with both built and guaranteed and kit options.
AI018 Eurorack Stereo Matrix Mixer is a compact 8-in, 8-out matrix mixer. A matrix mixer is used to route audio or CV signals from multiple sources to different destinations. There are sixteen potentiometers, with each potentiometer controlling the amount a given stereo input pair (1-4) will be sent to a given stereo output (A-D).
A common usage for the AI018 would be as an effects send, with one or more inputs, and one or more effect inputs and outputs. Using the AI018 Stereo Matrix Mixer in this way, inputs can be sent to multiple effects, and the effects can be sent to each other, and even back into themselves, expanding the depth of the effects.
