Arturia’s new Pure Sub is a synthesizer designed specifically for creating modern bass sounds, from clean 808-style subs to distorted Reese basses, wobbles and more experimental low-end textures.
Its architecture separates the sound into three independently controllable stages — sub, harmonics and texture — allowing producers to shape the fundamental, harmonic content and additional noise or texture separately.
The instrument combines synthesis, filtering, distortion and dynamics processing in a single environment, with extensive modulation and support for MPE expression.
Features:
Three independent sound stages: Sub, Harmonics and Texture
Dual-mode synthesis engine
40+ filter modes
Dedicated Sub Processor for bass-focused processing
Integrated FX rack with distortion and filtering
Maximiser with loudness, pumping and clipping modes
Sub Regen for restoring the fundamental after processing
Three envelopes and six customizable modulators
Modulation of modulation amounts
MPE and full keyboard expression
Noise and texture processing for improved bass audibility
Preset randomization and resampling capabilities
Pure Sub is available now for $49 USD (normally $79).
In this mini-documentary, mechanical engineer and industrial metal artist Author & Punisher (Tristan Shone) shares his perspective on why he thinks so many electronic music performances are boring, and how he’s trying to change this.
The behind-the-scenes interview was filmed during his recent European Summer tour in Krakow, PL.
“I’m not interested in your costumes and extreme stage presence, running around in the crowd. I’m more interested in you being able to perform the songs you wrote in a live capacity and that being captivating and powerful,” explains Shone. “What is gained and lost by the lack of risk in a live performance? If it is perfect and the same every night with backing tracks and auto tune (or some variant thereof), then it loses something.”
“I love to see folks work within a set of limitations that they can play live,” he adds. “It may take years to perfect, but show us what you practiced and developed over 100 shows, not what you recorded last week and augmented with costumes and makeup. “
Patternflow is an open-source LED ‘light synthesizer’ that you play with four knobs.
It does not make any sound, but it speaks OSC (Open Sound Control) bidirectionally, so you can control it with music or us it as a music controller with compatible software.
Patternflow features 8,192 LED pixels, in a 128 × 64 matrix, that respond to your control in realtime. Nothing is pre-rendered – every frame is computed live on the device as you play.
It runs on a power bank; setup is one trip to a computer to join your Wi-Fi, and everything after that happens in the browser: patterns, decks, even firmware updates arrive wirelessly.
Patternflow speaks OSC over Wi-Fi. Send values from Max, TouchDesigner, or anything else that speaks OSC, and they land on the virtual knobs; turn a physical knob, and the value goes back out to your session. There is no cable and no audio interface in the path. The device joins your network and shows up as an OSC endpoint.
Patternflow is available as a DIY project via Githu. You can also try a virtual version in your web browser.
A crowdfunding project is also in the works for assembled Patternflow devices. Note that crowdfunding projects involve risk, which is discussed at the site.
