After watching some of the recent videos on this, my GAS has flared up more badly than its been in a long time. I put my email in on the waiting list in case. This has some sound qualities I really appreciate, and looks very flexible. Love the form factor + multitimbrality. It calls to mind some of the Fred’s Lab stuff but I could see this going a lot farther.
My only issue is the display. While it’s unique, creative, and I appreciate the thought that went into it, I’m concerned about immediacy and readability and I dont know where this will fall once it’s in front of my eyes.
"In this noisy and deep track, I use all four tracks from Kaleidoscope.
Tracks 3 and 4 are two bass sounds, tuned to a common MIDI channel to work in unison. Their frequencies are shifted by a fifth and an octave. I change this interval as the track progresses. These sounds FM-modulate each other and themselves. They also have different glide values so that when the frequency is changed, the FM synthesis produces more fat and dirt. I also added distortion after the comb filter to make the sound as thick as possible. I was inspired by LORN.
Track 1 is a kick drum built on pitch modulation of a sine wave. This sine wave can be mixed with noise from a wavefolder. The modulation envelope increases the distortion level. The kick drum also has a very high feedback value of the comb filter, so we hear multiple echoes that act as a source of FM modulation for this kick drum. The comb filter’s delay length is adjusted so that the echoes are precisely timed. The kick drum’s filter is slightly closed to reduce the noise level.
Track 2 is a solo lead that has no internal modulations—just a sawtooth. However, it does have a cyclical volume envelope, which adds dynamics. This volume envelope also opens the kick filter on track 1, letting noise into the mix that feels like percussion. Track 2 experiences the FM modulation of track 3, which significantly complicates the timbre. I use this track for melodic movement—I play around with the transposition and try to keep the sound from becoming too dissonant.