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Gee, real nice to hear @nobodysrage ! ☺️☺️

You’re quite welcome… enjoy!😊

dan zou de sequenceklank nog iets meer TD kunnen maar thanks!!!! :-)

Dankjewel!! 🤭

Thank you @nobodysrage !! Ya well.. there’s a whole lot going on at the same time.. I’m glad that computer processors run so fast nowadays to handle that kind of stuff… we think of 48000 Hz sampling rate as fast but with processors running at several gigahertz, it can run loops around the 48kHz… so doing all this together is still an easy job for the computer 😀

Hey thanks!!! Great to hear! I don't know if you also discovered my F-SYN bundle? A set of modules based on the late 70s Formant synthesizer... There's a separate playlist to show some of its possibilities... th-cam.com/video/RB0V7YHnmj0/w-d-xo.html

Hey thanks!!! Thanks to Rolf Kasten I discovered generative music, and with his input this came about... Really enjoying it myself :-) And great if others do as well!!!

@@hansholema4740 I should have got it at the intro price. Kicking myself now lol. I am going through Rolf’s book and trying to be more methodical and intentional in building and reassembling patches. I really appreciate both you and Rolf putting out these tutorials.

@@userX1999-x2f hi, if it's mostly the generative stuff you're after... there is a smallerxsplit bundle underway for GENR8 and FADR.. there will be more modules added later. It is def not as cheap in comparison, but at least a lower amount to start off with, and you could later then upgrade to the full bundle if you like...

@@hansholema4740 Definitely on my list thank you.

Thank you so much!!!

Thanks Arjan!!

Hey @maltas22 - yep - very Dutch!! :-) Ya the Lumi looks and plays great!! Using vibrato by moving the keys sideways feels very instinctive..

@@hansholema4740 so am i, leuk een medelander tegen te komen :)

@@maltas22 hehe preciessssssss!!!! 🙂

yes - i noticed... have tried to do something but will try to to do postprocessing on new ones.. can't change these though..

Thanks!!! I have also created templates that are set up to mimic a Minimoog, and a CS80 (monophonic then of course) and an ARP2600... I'm sending the video straight out from OBS to TH-cam now... I think I'll have to take them through Premiere to do that, I have tried raising the volumen in OBS but this is it... Working on it..

Oh the CS-80 is fun too! And yes normalizing the audio would take an extra pass through a video editor as it will look at the entire recording to find the loudest part. Raising volumes in OBS has bitten me a few times, it can easily clip, so I rather do it after the fact.

@@rayderrich will try on the next video maybe I'll do a video just to show some of the patches..

Great… looking forward to hear your response! 😉

Well, the point is, minutes and seconds have something sync to, according to the clock, but what would the milliseconds have to sync to exactly? not to a second unless you want that... What I switch the presets for is, that when a presets 'starts', all counters in there are reset and they all start at the same time... I might have a look and see if I can put some button in there to reset, don't know if I'll have enough space to put extra inputs in there... at some point it's a question of fighting with the amount of space everything takes... But so RFM in itself creates a connection huh ?? :-D

I would really expect a reset button on the Time module itself, yes.

@@rayderrich still, if you would have 2 or 3 TIME modules running at the same time, then a button would not work.. then with one input on each you could hook up a cable and send a gate/trigger to all of them to then reset all together... so I'll see what I can do :-)

Yes a Reset output and input on each would solve the issue. I mean do what you like, but I am sure people will give you negatives for this one issue, and we would not want that.

@@rayderrich hehe thanks for thinking with me 😀

Great to hear that Tom!!!

Thank you!!!!! Glad you like it!

Thanks!!!!!!! 🙂

@@hansholema4740 looks like a complicated set up

@@urzathehappy72 as a matter of fact it is not so bad... I start with a sequencer that's driving the pitch of a VCO and the gate for an ADSR that can open a filter.. VCO to the input of the filter and create a bass for instance. Then copy that part and go on to the next section, like a sequence running on top of the bassline... It's mostly a matter of thinking in the separate layers that will together create the 'background music' - then in the end a couple of modules that I can use as a lead line and all od the stuff goes through a panner into delay and reverb and that's it.. It's a matter of creating a couple of building blocks.. And I have started working with modulars a long, long time ago..

@@hansholema4740 sounds simple when u break it down like that but definitely tricky for me figuring out all the different modules. I have a moog subharmonicon n love messing with that but have no understanding of what I im doing.

The Subharmonicon is quite a complex synth as well.. I don’t know if you’ve watched this video? th-cam.com/video/ns0Zu5HjShY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=nruehM9dJCbW-wFi In my F-syn I think I could recreate quite a lot from what’s happening in the subh by using more of my modules.. and using separate modules for tasks can maybe give more insight into what actually happens…

Thanks!!! Nice to hear!!!! I built an analog Formant modular back in 1977/78... For Voltage Modular I programmed this set of modules because you don't have restrictions (except processor speed) anymore... if I need an extra oscillator or filter etc, I can just 'plug' it in... And if something else misses, I now program that myself... Yes my bundle is for sale for Voltage Modular (VM). You can start with the free VM even: cherryaudio.com/products/voltage-modular#pricing My F-SYN bundle is available at an intro price of $ 75.00 until may 1st, then it becomes $ 95.00 store.cherryaudio.com/search?q=f_syn Cheers, have fun!!! Hans

Hey Golden Creeper - thanks!!! Well if you're going to have a play in Voltage Modular you're in for a treat... using combinations of modules to build your own modular is great fun!! And using Voltage Modular Designer you could program your own modules in Java as I've done with all of the modules that you hear in the video...

Thanks @dmtaudio !!!!!!!!!!

Hey @rayderrich, glad you like it!!!! Absolutely!!! Being very Dutch here :-)

Always nice to find fellow Dutch nerds ;-)

@@rayderrich hehe - I wouldn't have got that from your name ... NetherNerds :-)

"NetherNerds", hmmm nice title for a future jam :)

@@rayderrichhaha and it could be a full series 🙂

Thanks @rayderrich! I remember back then listening to all those great Klaus Schulze textures in my room lit with blacklight only... and then wanting to recreate such sounds on my Formant... That's what made me recreate it... And to program in Voltage Modular Designer in Java is more forgiving than doing that for VCV rack (C++) and also because the sales model felt like a better choice for me.. But I'me convinced VCV is great too!!!

Yeah C++ is a challenge but so is every programming language in the end, you have to be very precise and be able to debug well. I always loved my programming job (and hobby). Now I enjoy what others create.

@@rayderrich true - and I do some stuff in C++ as well, but Java seems to suit me better :-) (lazy/efficient)

Thanks Greg!!!! 🙂

Hey Greg - great to hear!!! Thanks!!!! Ya I was hoping to be complete'ish'.. there might always be more to say but hoped indeed to have covered as much as I could think of 🙂 I will consider creating 'split' bundles, although at the moment I'm only focusing at the full bundle... And all of the extra modules were created because I needed them while creating patches, sound and music... I will actually start working on 2 synth percussion modules, because I need too many separate modules to create those sounds so I want one module with kick, snare and hihat and another one with toms and cymbals. I am also working on separate tutorial videos that will focus on each module (while still using the other modules of course) Thanks again!!!!!

@@hansholema4740I downloaded the demo of your Formant bundle. I will study it all thoroughly. Great that you grant me 14 days to do so. After trying out the oscillator, filter and ADSR I already know that I will defintely purchase those 3 modules. ADSR is snappy and has no clicks like most envelopes do have. So that is great! I also like your reverb's sound. Like a plate but different, not great but very charming and at short settings it turns out to be a very charming chorus as well. However I am fronsing my eyebrows a bit when I try to understand the relation between the time setting (1 ms max?) and the reverb tail. There's no relation at all. So I reckon the time knob probably relates to size? Same goes for your offset knob in the delay module: there is no relation between what I hear and what I see although the knob is about the offset between left and right. Are you planning to make some changes to this? That would be nice. All in all my first impression on this bundle is very positive. It's great to have this poly module and the MIDI split thing. Haven't tried those out yet. I have similar modules already by CA, Andrew MC.... and Weevil but in the end it's also nice to have a rack with modules that come from the same family. Brings me into some virtual space where everything looks nice and organized. So yes! This could be a good reason to keep the bundle as it is. Compliments!

@@hansholema4740 Is there a demo of the modules available yet? If not any news of a timeline?

@adrimathlener8008 Thanks for your interest Adri!! yes - 14 day demo - store.cherryaudio.com/bundles/f-syn

@@hansholema4740It's not your code? I didn't recognize the reverb though. Sounds nice! I saw the Formant live on stage during a concert of a school band (back in 1978) and I loved its sound so much. And the guy who played and built the synth was my hero. I was a brugpieper back then and the guy was in his last year at school. But his little brother was my classmate so I did get a chance to visit the guy and his Formant. A year later I got my first synth: MS-20 and I loved that one too but it didn't sound as gorgeous like the Formant did. Even the Mini Moog didn't come close to what I remembered from that evening. He played a solo in C minor, very pentatonic, so the rest of my younger years I only played in C Minor until I started playing in bands where everything was in A or E and sometimes D Minor. So if I wanted to play a solo I asked everyone if we could transpose to C Minor, hahahaha. Never really happened I am afraid until I got my own band.

Thanks!! Glad you liked it!!

..ehh.. is that a good thing??....

@@hansholema4740 oh! it definitively is 👍 👍 👻

@@MarcoPolux ah cool!! 😂😜

that was what I was aiming for 🙂

Thanks!!!

Hi, I'm afraid at the moment it is cosmetically and function-wise.. I do own a Formant myself but have not dared to power it on because it has been switched off for at least 20 years... The modules are not for sale yet but as soon as everything is up and running I will sell the complete bundle on the Cherry Audio website - the bundle is created to be used in their Voltage Modular.. although it is 'only cosmetically built as a Formant I find that the way of creating sounds works the same way so I tend to get at least comparable sounds... Apart from that, adjustments for my system could easily differ from yours which would affect sounds... Even two mini moogs don't sound the same 🙂

And I love Tomita so thanks!!! I'm thinking of making some mp3s with classic music in styles of Wendy Carlos and Tomita... I built my Formant in '77... so in the middle of that type of music - it's really suited for that... so will try if I can do something like that...

@@hansholema4740 Ik heb destijds de nodige cd's van Tomita geleend bij muziekweb in Rotterdam. Met een collectie van 30.000 cd's is er altijd wel wat leuks te vinden

Thanks! Good to read!😉

Thanks!!!😊

Hi Damian - the idea of the movie was not to show HOW to make some sound, but as a 'proof of concept' to show that the Formant that I am trying to rebuild as a software synthesizer is indeed working... and to give some samples of its sound...

When the series is ready and available for sale in the Cherry store, I will make tutorial movies... If at some point people need a movie to explain how to create a specific sound, I can always try to create such a movie that shows what sort of modules to use.. Some sounds can be 'predicted' in the sense of knowing what waveforms and effects etc to use...

Not yet.. still working on the modules 😉

Thanks Arjan!

hehe good to hear Temme, but normally I would be (at least ia bit) more structured in my music or soundscapes.... This felt quite messy 🙂

i fully agree with Temme!

And that was intentional.. 😊

Thanks Henk, blush.. blush..

Thanks Henk!!!!

Hahaha ja zeker!! Ach ja dat krijgen we er nooit meer uit🤣🤣

Man man. De Formant. Ik leende in de bieb vam Groningen vroeger dat Elektuur boek met al die bouwschema’s om er verlekkerd doorheen te bladeren. De resulterende geluiden moest ik er zelf bij bedenken, maar het sprak zeker tot de verbeelding. Jullie hadden er ooit eentje gebouwd? 😮