2hp Modular introduces Swarm Hyper Oscillator, Lo-Fi Eurorack Modules


Eurorack maker 2hp has introduced two new modules, the Swarm Hyper Oscillator, and the Lo-Fi audio degradation emulator.

Here are the details:

The Swarm is a hyper-oscillator, capable creating super-saws, ‘tonal noise hurricanes’, and thick bass and lead lines.

Features:

  • Hyper-oscillator
  • Up to 88 stacked saws, and 55 stacked pulsewaves
  • Create super-saws, tonal noise, and more
  • Sawtooth and square waveforms
  • 1v/oct tracking

The 2hp Swarm Hyper-Oscillator is available now for $149.

The Lo-Fi module lets you emulate the sounds of old audio equipment.

What they have to say about it:

“Lo-Fi carries two degradation modes: Analog and Digital.

In the analog mode, you can control the amount of wow and flutter for anything from subtle to dynamic pitch fluctuations, tickle the sonic spectrum with ASMR hiss and crackles, and warm up the coldest sounds with tape compression and saturation. In digital mode, dial in bitcrush amount, sample-rate reduction, and the wildest distortion in 2hp to cover your sound in digital crunch, or emulate blown out speakers.”

Features:

  • Audio Degradation Emulator
  • Hi-Fidelity passthrough (48kHz, 32-bit internal) when effects are off
  • Analog and digital degradation modes
  • CV control over all parameters (mode dependent)

The 2hp Lo-Fi module is available now for $149.

Round Robin Synthesizer Hands-On Demo


Synthesist Stephen McLeod – In his latest video – takes an in-depth look at the Magpie Pedals Round Robin synthesizer.

The Round Robin is a digital synth that has four voices, each of which can play a particular waveform when it is triggered.

Voices are triggered in a “round robin” order from left to right. Rotating a Voice Knob changes the waveform for the respective voice.

Topics covered in the video include:

00:00 – Intro

02:30 – Design

03:50 – Controls + Interface

06:24 – Connectivity + Build

07:40 – A cool feature

08:37 – Sound

09:52 – Arpeggiator

11:22 – Looping modulation

12:09 – Final thoughts

14:13 – Outro track

The official overview video from Simon The Magpie:

Visit the Magpie site for more info.

Thereminator 2 For iOS & Mac Now Available


Yonac has introduced Thereminator 2, a major upgrade to the iPhone theremin, originally introduced in 2008.

Thereminator 2 is now an AUv3, for your iOS devices and Silicon Macs, and features a much more capable sound engine.

Features:

  • Touch-controlled Virtual Theremin
  • AUv3 instrument plugin included
  • Compatible with DAWs that are MPE friendly, including GarageBand, Logic, and Cubasis
  • Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and Apple Silicon powered computers
  • Over 50 factory presets
  • Sound engine:
    • 8 waveforms, including the original, unique Thereminator waveform
    • 8 octave frequency range
    • Special drive stage for fattening up the sound
    • Virtual-Analog resonant filter
    • Dedicated vibrato and tremolo operators with adjustable rate & amount
    • Portamento
    • Custom chorus / expander effect for big stereophonic sounds
    • Modeled tape delay capable of self-oscillation — plenty of vintage mojo
    • Vertical touch control for volume, filter, vibrato and tremolo
  • Built-in touch controller:
    • Horizontal pitch and vertical expression control
    • 51 musical scales
    • Selectable musical key
    • Note Snap feature that can dial in any amount of glide between adjacent notes
    • Lock feature to preserve above setting during preset changes
    • Scrollable control surface with adjustable key size
  • Other features:
    • MIDI Learn
    • MPE
    • Can be used with regular MIDI keyboards on MIDI channel 1 (channels 2-16 are optimized for MPE)
    • Save & share unlimited banks and presets
    • Standalone app includes virtual “Tapedeck” for recording & sharing your creations

Thereminator 2 is available now with an intro price of $3.99.