Now this is the groovebox I can get behind, it’s absolutely my style, sleek yet fully accessible. Oh lord, I’m drooling 🤤. The functions are much more thoughtful and organic than a few of the others contenders. And honestly, I looked at this and expected a ridiculous $1200 or something. $630ish for the synth engines and external routing possible, among all the utilities. Very impressive.
Sounds pretty cool , but I can't be the only one lured in by the idea of a drum machine that specializes in blast beats :P dammit , had me going for a moment there .
Would Love a reboot of there sid chip device. With added granular sampler capabilities and mod destinations and FX for total deep destruction and sound design. Think what you created with evolver meets monomachine except with sid chips you would have a legend.
Surely that chip is 16 bit, not 8? Huge difference, but purely academic, of course. Whether you like the sound or not is the only thing that really matters.
@@twisted-electrons No problem. It's a great synth and an absolutely lovely sounding 16-bit chip, though, with some of the sounds definitely having a bit of that bit-limited noisy edge to them that has such a huge retro appeal. Excellent work.
@@twisted-electrons Would Love a reboot of your sid chip synth device. With added granular sampler capabilities and mod destinations and FX & sequencer for total deep destruction and sound design. Think what you created with evolver meets monomachine except with sid chips you would have a legend.
Twisted Electrons have on their website a new revision of TherapSID coming soon, so was hoping to hear about that. It was listed as "in April 2022" until recently, but looks like they've changed it to Summer 2022 now
The new TherapSID just looks like an internal redesign due to the microcontroller not being available? although they might develop it more? I'm happy with he Mk2 though.
I am probably wrong, but perhaps the YM2612 chip used by the MEGAfm just allows for more control of the operators than the YMF262 chip that the Blast Beats uses. I spent a little time looking at some data sheets but that should get you started if you really want to know.
@@HazeAnderson I'm not so familiar with the chips used. i'm coming from the ipad software synth FM4 which is a TX81 z emulation www.primal-audio.com/img/img_fm4front_large.jpg. it has "those" waveforms. When i decided to go after a hardware synth i was rather disappointed that most of the attainable devices (reface dx, mefgafm, digitione) didn't have them. Well, that's how i ended up with the Opsix.
I really don't get the name... A blast beat is a really fast drumbeat, used in extreme forms of metal. Kind of strange to name a device like this after such a thing.
Fair to play for making something like this and I hope he makes some money but there’s some really stiff competition in the drum machine market atm and I’m not sure this stands up against them. But good luck.
Meh....I was hearing massive drift and honestly if that was the best "demo" tune they could come up with not really the greatest example. I'm not trying to chase an instrument, the instrument should chase me.
you don't understand this company. You should check out the rest of Alex's hardware catalog. It's clearly not targeting your "expensive sounding sounds" market tho.
Really lovely sounding piece of kit. The demo here has a Four Tet-esque vibe.
I can definitely see this being a favorite for some specific IDM producers
Now this is the groovebox I can get behind, it’s absolutely my style, sleek yet fully accessible. Oh lord, I’m drooling 🤤. The functions are much more thoughtful and organic than a few of the others contenders. And honestly, I looked at this and expected a ridiculous $1200 or something. $630ish for the synth engines and external routing possible, among all the utilities. Very impressive.
whoa i wasn’t even gonna check price assuming it was 2 grand lmao. i will actually buy this for 660.
Now that sounds like nostalgia right there, love it
Sounds pretty cool , but I can't be the only one lured in by the idea of a drum machine that specializes in blast beats :P dammit , had me going for a moment there .
I don't want this about as much as I don't want a Rhythm Wolf. Yeesh!
Can't wait to pair this with a tracker for the authentic doswave setup of my dreams.
One of my favorite companies, I have the AY3 and MEGAfm just waiting to be controlled by this. :)
I have an AY3, love it!
What a lovely device.
I unexpectedly want this now
Have Nick, Gaz or whoever at Sonicstate ever done Soniclab reviews of any Twisted electron grooveboxes?
Would Love a reboot of there sid chip device. With added granular sampler capabilities and mod destinations and FX for total deep destruction and sound design. Think what you created with evolver meets monomachine except with sid chips you would have a legend.
AFX in a Box!
Some neat ideas in this box. Nice.
The latest IDM monster arrives! 🤖🐲 (want to see the sliders in more usage!)
Surely that chip is 16 bit, not 8? Huge difference, but purely academic, of course. Whether you like the sound or not is the only thing that really matters.
Hi Hakon you're absolutely correct, the sound signal the FM chip produces is 16bit, thanks!
@@twisted-electrons No problem. It's a great synth and an absolutely lovely sounding 16-bit chip, though, with some of the sounds definitely having a bit of that bit-limited noisy edge to them that has such a huge retro appeal. Excellent work.
@@twisted-electrons Would Love a reboot of your sid chip synth device. With added granular sampler capabilities and mod destinations and FX & sequencer for total deep destruction and sound design. Think what you created with evolver meets monomachine except with sid chips you would have a legend.
This is wonderful I want it today
What a fun little beastie...nice.
Some day I hope someone will do this with the OPNA chips they were always my favorite of the old fm chips.
What machines was that chip used in?
@@devondetroit2529 mostly the pc98
@@profgravy7509 nice
i love that thing and i love firmware updates
Twisted Electrons have on their website a new revision of TherapSID coming soon, so was hoping to hear about that. It was listed as "in April 2022" until recently, but looks like they've changed it to Summer 2022 now
The new TherapSID just looks like an internal redesign due to the microcontroller not being available? although they might develop it more? I'm happy with he Mk2 though.
@@6581punk yeah, I think you're right and it's mainly a redesign to work around chip shortages. But still would have been nice to hear something on it
Very attractive device, especially at that price.
does it do black metal?
Why didn't they include the waveforms here seen left of the algorithms on their MegaFM ?
I am probably wrong, but perhaps the YM2612 chip used by the MEGAfm just allows for more control of the operators than the YMF262 chip that the Blast Beats uses. I spent a little time looking at some data sheets but that should get you started if you really want to know.
@@HazeAnderson I'm not so familiar with the chips used. i'm coming from the
ipad software synth FM4 which is a TX81 z emulation www.primal-audio.com/img/img_fm4front_large.jpg. it has "those" waveforms. When i decided to go after a hardware synth i was rather disappointed that most of the attainable devices (reface dx, mefgafm, digitione) didn't have them.
Well, that's how i ended up with the Opsix.
@@hermask815 The TX81Z that FM4 is based on uses the OPZ chip, and the MegaFM uses the OPN chip (same as Sega Genesis), which uses only sine waves
how idm is that
It looks good and a decent price.
Great price point
The music going womb when he said the price. 😂
bc i know it will sell out and i don't have the money, I selfishly wish no one knew about this lol
I really don't get the name... A blast beat is a really fast drumbeat, used in extreme forms of metal. Kind of strange to name a device like this after such a thing.
They used SoundBlaster chips in it, hence the blast name.
True. Maybe it is a reference to Sega "blast processing", just thought of that! Or because it can do "snare rushes" and such
@@jeffkent6886 That makes more sense then :) Thanks for clearing that up, even though I still don’t think of it as a fitting name.
At least they didn’t randomly call it pizza like bastl…
Definitely a sound blaster 16 reference.
should have programmed some blast beats on it...
I sense some jank here
Might be cool going thru a sherman or something equivalent, x-drive, anlong heat. kombinat or ohmicide.
Just why??
if its anything like their Crazy 8 sequencer, i'll pass on this one. that thing was plagued with firmware issues.
thats not a bad price although australians would probably pay 2 or 3 grand
Fair to play for making something like this and I hope he makes some money but there’s some really stiff competition in the drum machine market atm and I’m not sure this stands up against them. But good luck.
this isn't for the normies in the market.
No oled is a deal breaker for me.
Meh....I was hearing massive drift and honestly if that was the best "demo" tune they could come up with not really the greatest example. I'm not trying to chase an instrument, the instrument should chase me.
to each their own. You should hear gotharmans demos.
Wow, make a groovebox based on the crapiest soundcard 30 years ago
you don't understand this company. You should check out the rest of Alex's hardware catalog. It's clearly not targeting your "expensive sounding sounds" market tho.
Total genius, I love it.
How do you connect this to a computer /DAW ?