I understand it saves manufacturing costs, but as users we actually benefit from the better specifications of internal power supplies. Also, no wall warts.
EDIT: to my pleasant surprise, it arrived today. I just played with it for an hour. All drone, no melody, and me seeing what I kinds of sounds I can just make with it.
100% this.
The interface is fantastic. Easy to get around on, well-spaced and fun to play with. The sound is amazing. You can tell they really spent time calibrating how everything works together. I love having a guitar tuner right on the synth. Great for weirdo FM sweeps and then getting everything back in tune fast. Between all the ways to add harmonics and the delay, there is a bit of a range of volume which might call for a compressor in performance (or a lot of dynamic range) but itās quite functional.
There are a few things I havenāt seen noted anywhere else. A plus and a minus. The plus is that the vibrato LFO goes up to audio rates, which means another source of audio-rate modulation. The minus is I think the balanced outputs might be over-engineered. Itās a cool idea, but the instrument canāt be exposed to phantom power, which nixes plugging it straight into the balanced inputs any mixer with global phantom power. And they say not to plug in unbalanced cables, so that means I need some TRS to TS cables (I found one with a 1/8" TS so I plugged it into the input of my modular).
This is not your usual demo. This is just me twisting knobs with the thing on drone. Itās pretty noisy, but it shows some of the less āfilter sweep technoā texture that it can do. Not that I have anything against filter sweeps. This does strangely have a bit of a SH-101 vibe at some moments even though it is not that.
Replying to myself. Integrating it into my setup. Still no sequencing, though I did have some fun plugging in Linnstrument via an Expert Sleepers FH-2 and sending CVs everywhere (no recording of that though).
This is Maths into Implexus, and then I ran it through a plate reverb in iOS and a Soma Cosmos. I am manually tweaking maths as a complex LFO, switching outputs at one point, and also manually tweaking Cosmos.
Why is the delay on this thing so good? I put a compressor after it to stretch the echos out for 20ā30 seconds, and I swear I spent the weekend just plucking sines on it. Sounds magical.
I keep wondering the same thing about the delay. I was playing the Implexus through my Space Echo in mono the other day. It sounded great, but decided that I liked the built in delay in stereo way more
Iāve been running in mono just because Iām using other stuff, but it does sound glorious in stereo. Very functional delay. I do wish I could choose whether or not to have pitch shifting when I switch the time.
Today I realized* since 1v/oct is exponential, if you have a precision adder, you can add exponential FM to a 1v/oct input. So I was able to FM the modulation oscillator on my Implexus, which I could then use to FM other things.
I had a few passes, like this one the best even though itās a bit more on the subtle side:
everyone else in modular probably already knew this.
Just in case someone wants to know, the Analog Cases Pulse Case for the Elektron Octatrack fits the Implexus. I even left my tendrils cables plugged in the back, and put the power cable in front. Itās a tight fit with everything but thatās pretty perfect for a case.
oh cheers ! this is really helpful : Iāve got an Implexus coming next month on a pre-order for the new batch, & Iāll be needing a case for gigs this year, so this is handy info.
Well the first steps have been made with this wonderful synthā¦ I was very curious to see where it would take me, as I never had a (hardware) synth with a complex oscillator. The syncable mod options for harmonics, wavefolder and bias (filter via patchbay), osc mod, super sweet delay sure look promising.
So first off, drone mode
which, of course, led to a lot more of drone mode.
Also, feed some arps!
That arp led to a basic ātrack-testā , can it do all ingrediĆ«nts?
Kicks:
Really great subtle variations:
Superb clap (imo):
Amazing tambourine (imo):
Shaker:
Percussion:
Well, spent half a day recording a lot of things, resulting in this short test track:
Also, the drone got a Koto-like top:
Sorry for the large quentity of audio at once, just having a blast. Iāll save the other drone material for another post. Thatās where I think the Implexusā greatest strenths shine most: rythmic, hypnotic, hands on movement.
Basslines next. This round Implexus is joined by some decor: some simple beats, a little sidechain when needed. Please note that every sound posted by me before this post was all unprocessed Implexus.
Wobbly Filth
Girthy Res
Simple, with sub and basic generator joining in later on
