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All in all, this is such a dope product. oscillators this flexible, with a filter and the dynamics controller immediately the sound palette crosses so many conventional boundaries. I am hooked on the idea of getting multiple voices out of this as a self contained unit, but even without patching this just slaps.
Pittsburgh has got a banger on their hands.
0:00 Intro
1:56 Hands on Demo begins
3:26 Oscillators & Wavefolding
10:03 Filter
13:51 Dynamics Controller
17:15 Delay Module
21:10 Pre-release reflection / Tangent
24:19 Mixer Flexibility Highlights
28:05 Mixer / Splitter Highlights
31:03 2 Voice Example
33:25 Wild & Noisey Example
34:11 3 Voice Paraphonic Example
37:09 Conclusions
POST UPLOAD
I can hear some digital artifacting in the upload, most present with isolated filter and wave shaper sweeps this has happened once or twice before and I cannot ever figure it out. Not present in editing, or the rendered file, just when I get to youtube. Extremely frustrating, and so hard to test through all of the steps it takes to get a video rendered and uploaded. If you're familiar, any help there would be appreciated.
EDIT : seems to be a known Davinci resolve AAC codec bug, working around by exporting in MOV and Linear PCM codec. Disappointed that I didn't notice it earlier. - เพลง
I’m glad someone said it - in a sea of never ending clones and re-issues, something unique and with its own character is extra welcome 🙏🏻
🙏Truly
Are you talking about Behringer and Roland?
@@gz625 don’t forget “we painted it red… because red means bass” and “lol, only 4 operators and 32 patch storage because f-you”
@@gz625 I mean, lots of the synth market is reissues or clones, either completely, or module by module. moog reissued the model D again, the trigon 6 is all about the ladder filter, obx8, isenin, behringer, etc etc etc.
Not that i dont get excited by all of these, there's a place for those too, but its refreshing to have something that's so much its own thing.
@@JorbLovesGear when TE’s big announcement was OP Field, it signalled to me that innovation was going to die for a while. Even Volcas are getting sequels, now. But I think stuff is cyclical. Once consumers are bored of things that sound like DX7’s and Juno’s again, the big manufacturers will come back to trying something new. I think it’s risky to invest R&D in new products and the economy isn’t doing the best ever, so I can forgive them playing it safe while regular folk don’t have the same levels of disposable income to lay down on musical fun.
G.A.S! Wow this is such an attractive synth. It's really refreshing to see a company innovating and making original instruments that sound and look unique. Btw I came to your review before loopop. That says a lot to me.
Thanks for the kind words! I think that says we have different styles, hes got all my respect.
Thanks for this product review, much appreciated! This product looks and sounds GREAT!
Love Pittsburgh Modular, your videos inspired me to sample my Microvolt 3900 with the MPC One and it has been a dream, being able to create really harmonically rich pads down to the perfect little plucks for polyphonic patches has been a godsend in the studio. Thanks for a rad demo
Always look forward to the uploads! hope today is amazing :)
I really like the way you went through the "modules" one by one, showing off the functionality of each knob along the way. It really shows the quality that went into each individual element, which helps me appreciate the entirety of the package. After all the hype I've heard around this synth, this video is the one that made it finally click!
I just discovered your channel recently, and you've quickly become one of my fav synth channels. Great stuff. Good thorough reviews, good sounds, succinct and practical, with a good attitude.
Suuuuuubbed.
Really appreciate that, all of it. Thanks for watching!
Glad you were on the review list. Thanks for this, watching now
high key, me too
Hard not to like this synth after your breakdown. Nice!!
12:02 the filter having no dead spots is pretty great. There are a lot of synths where you really only can use maybe half or less of the filter range, depending on what you're feeding into it.
it felt like just something to say, the first time i heard it, but no ; its totally true. all settings sound good
Fantastic description of the instrument, thx!
Awesome review! glad I discovered your channel. It's been a long time since I had GAS for a new synth, but this one sounds like it could be a great addition to the collection...
Played with it for hours today. Lost track of time it was so fun!
What a great alternative sound signature to Moog's semi-modular offerings in the
I got an East Beast and its quickly become one of the only synths I feel I need to include in my work because of how unique the workflow and sounds are. Looking forward to getting my hands on one of these.
hey man glad you got to get in on this. this is the only video i'm going to watch about it.
Cheers Suit, really appreciate that. Nice to know you're watching 😅
A Taiga arrived today :) Incredible variety of timbres without cables. Thank you, it's really something!
Beautiful dynamics controller
This hit at just the right time. I'd commented on another one of your videos that I was looking at trying out semi-modular. I ended up picking up a Moog Mavis and Werkstatt-01 since I got a good price on them. I was eyeing up the East Beast and/or West Pest as the next logical additions, but now the Taiga looks like it would be a way better option.
When I was first researching eurorack the Lifeforms was very nearly my introduction as so many people had told me to start with semi modular, but it seemed just a little too limited for me and a wanted to try less conventional things that I couldn’t easily recreate with the VSTs I already had. Now after 3 years and far too much money spent I have a couple different breakout cases that can be self contained for a certain approach or used together for the full eurorack spaceship experience. My latest purchase being the NiftyKeyz as soon as I watched loopop’s video on the taiga I knew it wanted to be placed inside. With your video here further selling me on the taiga as a whole I kinda feel like I’ve come full circle to something far better than I expected when starting out. ❤
I like that the 'triangle' looks like a sine with a little tooth on one side of the wave to give it that bite and extra harmonic. It's cool if it isn't a true triangle but fills the same purpose! I like weird stuff.
Great sound⚡⚡
I ordered the Taiga based on the Loopop review, but yours has me truly drooling over its arrival.
High praise, cheers
Love Pittsburgh Modular and always. May first voyage into Eurorack was a Pittsburgh System 10.1. Then started expanding it from there with a lot of the same older modules. The ones that look like something you would see in some synth lab in the 60s with the fake label maker labels. The lifeforms stuff was great. I've always really liked their stuff. Mae Noise is great too, but for some reason Pittsburgh is my main go to.
You were quick on the draw with this one!
I've had it since maybe september! This video was scheduled right for release haha
@@JorbLovesGear figured as much since half of synth tube released reviews seemingly at once. But this is the channel I trust for modular walkthroughs and Wurlitzer dissections.
Great review Jorb! Taiga seems wonderful. Would definately be at the top of my list for a semi-modular. I feel like Taiga is both able to be pretty and gritty, which is great, and that's why I find, just from the videos, that the delay is the weakest point, because it seems to just be super gritty all the time, and doesn¨t lend itself to pretty, which I think is a bit of a shame. I share your concerns about envelope knob travel/range as well. But it sure seems like a sweet sweet sounding synth!
I have some Pittsburgh modular ADSRs for eurorack and they all have that same thing regarding the attack taper
Dang that patch through the athra delay sounds amazing!
yeah high key that thing has some sauce
Mine is on its way and I'm beyond exited!
I always wanted a Buchla style Synthesizer but it was out of my budget since they are extremely expensive and I didn't knew what to expect since I'm used to substractive synthesis, until I got the West Pest! What a great compact machine and how organic can it get!
I needed then something more complete and complex and I think the TAIGA will be perfect!
Hope you enjoy it, its still one of my favorites
Great to see the bubble letters back
😅😅😅Just for you
Thank you for this greatly narrated presentation. I'd be interested in your thoughts on how to expand this to 80hp/104hp with a few modules if one wanted to add more "west-coast" functionality. I'm eyeing alternatives to Buchla 266t as in Wogglebug and maybe a Maths? How would you expand it for more west-coast synthesis?
You're looking at exactly the right stuff, with a little more randomness, function generators, and maybe some other utilities it would be super west coast capable. 266 I would get for sure, past that im not so up to date on the west coast euro landscape.
Man, you are a synth wizard explaining this stuff. It's like you can remember every single possible thing you can do with it by heart
😅🙏🙏 Appreciate that, thanks. It is unscripted, I just make sure I know something well before I sit down
To be specific, everything in the top down camera is unscripted
@@JorbLovesGear wait, really?! genuinely surprised by that, you always seem to cover all the important parts
@@ongoing_chrisis often I'll have the manual at hand for reference, or maybe I'll write down the order of what I'm going to cover in really complicated stuff, but yeah, moment to moment is 90% off the dome.
This video I had the manual, but no outline for the hands on parts.
@@JorbLovesGear so good! You run through product descriptions like nobody else, this is what the public wants. This is the kind of review/instructional video I've been looking for. No BS for five minutes before you get going. Brass tacks. Let's do it, and do it with amazing detail and knowledge. Best channel ever mate.
@@JorbLovesGear that's absolutely awesome. demoing gear isn't easy but you make it seem that way. thanks for what you do!
Great analysis 🙏💚🧡👍👌
Have you had time with a Pittsburgh SV-1?
I currently own one and love the sound and wonder if this can make similar sounds?
I may have to get a Tiaga and find out for my self!
Once, briefly, at a shop years ago. Similar filter design, but there is so much character in the oscillators here, the bounds stretch a lot further out
Great vid. Great sounding synth too! Could you add an attenuator (from external) set to +5v for example into the delay time CV input to extend the delay times? Just a thought!
You sure could but clock noise would be really present.
Just worth pairing it with another delay!
@@JorbLovesGear yes. Much easier! 😁 ♥ 🎶 🎹
Great demo. Thanks Jorb!
This things sounds so good.
I'm curious about a UX quirk. Something always nice if there, but not always present.
Can you perhaps say:
*Whether the soft buttons that change things, save their state between runs* ?
(e.g. seed shape, lfo "mode" button. .. do these save / restore from last-setting on power-down / re-power-up?
Long shot, but one can hope. :)
They do! Paraphrasing the manual, but the digital settings save 3 seconds after any updates
Many thanks@@JorbLovesGear
Really great work here. Both the synth and the review.
Top shelf all around.
.. must-buy gear.
.. must-watch channel.
glad a company scooped in and bought all of mutable instruments left over knobs
very cool synth i give it A+
S+ knobs tho
The knobs are custom, designed by Richard Nicol, manufactured only for Pittsburgh Modular.
@@soysos.tuffsound true knobheads know...
And this is right into my "need it, want it, will buy it" list.
Please post a video with this synth when you will buy it to prove. I will check your channel EVERY day. I'm serious.
@@gz625 If its available in the UK by May, I'll be treating myself to it for sure. So check back late May for me noodling on this.
@@Demoulous cool waiting! Will think about this one too - it's really looks very unique
That is a beautiful looking thing.
Underrated plus side tbh, it's got great vibes
Damn. The patch at about 18 minutes sold me on it completely
Cheers, i loved that one too
great video, thanks, positive, do you find one needs to open the unit up and do tuning/calibrations frequently?
Never have needed to
@@JorbLovesGear good news, on the Pittsburgh website/downloads they have a manual dedicated to opening the unit up for owners to do their own extensive tunings/calibrations with Phillips screw drivers, etc. But it’s good that you say you’ve never had to do that? Guess an exclusive analog instrument has those sensitivities, affected by temperatures, etc. thanks again for great video!
I keep hearing a scratching noise when the synth is playing. Is it noise bleed or your microphone picking up something? Either way, great video! (Edit: I just popped over to loopop for a second and I think it’s the microphone)
definitely not the synth, ive had this happen in videos before....only shows up after upload.
Thanks for calling it out
@@JorbLovesGear no problem! Thanks for taking the time to respond (and thank you for making the video!)
Would be open to doing a video about using multi effects unit with synths? I feel like you're a traditional pedal lover but the convenience of multi effects is so very tempting
Grab a Zoom CDR. The reverbs are a bit tinny, but very useable once you get familiar with them. You can also sideload overdrives, distortion, etc from the rest of their pedals in this line via third party software.
You won't regret it for the price.
Maybe not the absolute best quality effects, but definitely very good and a great place to start. I used one in a band with my microbrute for 4 years and just used a simple patch, but with different effects for each song, and every song sounded quite different. Even the chorus effects work to make a single osc synth sound like a detuned multi oscillator synth.
If you're limited on budget I can't recommend it enough.
It was in the backlog for awhile, but I couldn't come up with any really compelling ways to make it work that wasn't focused on a specific product, other than something like another "do you get what you pay for?" / "Does more money mean better?" for multi effects... on the radar!
@@JorbLovesGear Just jumping in here. I think you'd be great at doing a general "Using delays with a synth" or "Using reverbs with a synth." You can use more than one VST or pedal with each. And give us your thought processes on how and why you choose different delay sounds/patches. How they match up with different synth sounds. When they are needed in the mix (and which ones don't work). I suspect you have a lot of good decision making processes with this which would provide insight to many of us 🙂
The delay would be great for comb-like effects
The issue you have with the early stages of the attack control seems a common one with modern analog synths. I have the same issue with my Matriarch. I wonder if there’s some way to change the knob behavior in firmware?
I believe the envelopes here are analog, so no way to update with firmware. Not sure about the matriarch!
Very cool! I still probably prefer to have a grandmother. This would probably beat a Neutron if I was choosing a new piece. I like the 3 osc, but would not replace the neutron with it. I have my eye on the grandmother.
I feel like this, in a Nifty Keyz case, would be a really compelling Grandmother alternative. Maybe bordering on a Matriarch if you can use the Nifty Keyz to paraphonically play the oscillators individually. Grandmother would definitely feel less cramped.
I get ya, but the Grandmother is about 3 times the price where I live.
That's a ridiculous amount of patch points very curious
tons, ready to be integrated into a eurorack system
This seems like a great companion for my beloved Behringer Neutron. Just something different
i'm considering this. Can you tell me if i can actually break up the normal flo signal and patch every single item through the patch bay? is that possible? that to me would be the ultimate experience of modular synth for me to patch everything myself...
nice one...
Jorb, between buying both the West Pest and the East Beast or just buying the Taiga, what do you think would be the best move?
totally depends. It really is more than just the two stuck together.
If you want two separate voices, are more into the simplicity of those boxes, or want to figure out if you want more east or west coast style stuff, get the pair.
if you are interested in the taiga, as a whole, its gonna keep its value for awhile. but be ready for some potentially dense patching, of course
dammit. this thing rules.
High key it does
is that an Opsix I spot in the back? Video eventually?
It is! One of the many long lost jorb videos is an opsix first impressions video. Eventually I will find the drive to investigate FM, and that sucker is perfect for it
Thank U Jorb this video is great. 🙌🏻
But something in the audio is wrong, like very hard digital artifacts on voice and synth sound. It sounds like a bad mp3 format- still in comparison to other yt videos.
Mentioned in the description, I'm currently trying to sort that out. Only present in the upload, not the render making it a huge pain to test for.
Thanks for letting me know!
@@JorbLovesGear ah sorry didnt read the description. 🙌🏻🙌🏻keep on with your channel love your vids!!! And let us know what the problem was.
@@johnnyraphaell appreciate it, cheers for watching!
Very clever design! I feel like a takaab 2lpg or similar cheap passive lowpass gate would be a great way to split this into 3 voices if you wanted with only 3 pitch cv & gate pairs needed. With the wavefolder on each oscillator they all feel like they could be sufficiently complex voices standalone
A slewed sample and hold can make the delay very tape wow & fluttery.
what is that Oscilloscope he has in that corner there, its so cool
he has this th-cam.com/video/ghfMBVU_6tQ/w-d-xo.html
Do you need the extra adsr and the vca/mixer to play triads on the taiga?
Not really, you can address the oscillators individually with cv, so a keyboard > midi to cv converter is enough.
Only, you don't have the modules to patch up individual articulation of the amplitudes or volumes just on the taiga.
I was debating between Strega and the West Pest, now that taiga is out, i'm even more conflicted. Any opinions?
if you think youd use all of the taiga, its really really good. if you are curious about west coasty stuff, the strega or wp both would scratch that for a lot less
I prefer filters that don't self-oscillate. Self-oscillating to me is a gimmick I only care to use once in a blue moon.
MOTHERJORB ! you got some nerve ....👨🎨
I am looking at dipping a toe into modular synthesis and this seems like a good way in…do you agree?
If you're already comfortable with synthesis, absolutely.
Some of what's available here is pretty esoteric, might be a lot to start with.
Check this out : th-cam.com/video/XWmNaEqq-90/w-d-xo.htmlsi=q09Eo_Iva3LGe76A
Does look like an SSL product.😊
The weird envelope ranges were my main hang up with the East Beast and I ended up returning it. In all other respects, it was a perfect, simple mono synth. It’s a shame to see they’re here as well.
Definitely not a world ender for me, but is something i notice.
They function generators from both the microvolt and voltage lab were chefs kiss.. I'm really not sure why they couldn't include atleast one of those.. even two, and forget the envelopes.. the envelope is easily my least favorite part of the microvolt. At least they are analog though...I guess..
mmm I want this rly bad but the attack & low pass gate ranges would ruin it for me I think =( alas
does sound amazing tho
cool
What scope is that?
th-cam.com/video/ghfMBVU_6tQ/w-d-xo.html
Nice thing! The young Jean Michel Jarre would be happy with it :-)
Noob question... I see u twisting the shape knob a lot. Is that knob able to be modulated over a fixed range? By lfo, velocity, tf ever? Thx!
Yup! By default they are all modulated by the lfo, but because this is semi modular, I can patch in whatever I'd like in its place.
@@JorbLovesGear thx man.
@@cthulholmhastur5317 depending on how beginner you are, my minilogue video is really beginner friendly!
No USB? So how would you do firmware updates in the future?
You know, there isnt actually a firmware update method described in the manual, but I might guess it could happen over midi / sysex.
@@JorbLovesGear I believe there is a USB socket but you need to take the unit out of the case to connect to it!
Kick it. Great name!! P B M Rulez!!
Pitch. Do it in backards/ reverse !
BITCH I'M A STAR, LOOK AT THE PAINT ON THE CAAAARRRR
why do I hear MP3 artifacts even in HD?
In the description, resolve export bug
I can't get my bastard to work properly. Out of the box it's shocking to get going. Well, has been for me anyway. It's behaving super weird with MIDI keyboard connected. I'm stumped! Quick start guide help a little. But still acting crazy 😕
The best advice I can give, the dynamics controller's midi trigger & offset level can be sort of tricky
@@JorbLovesGear Yeah, I'm seeing that in other posts about start-up issues with Taiga. I need to play some more. Frustrating as it sounds so good on the demos. And I can barely get a useable sound out of it at the moment! :-/
Karplus?
the delay doesnt feel clean enough to accomplish it in earnest, but admitedly i didnt try. Although you can get lots of karplus-esque timbres from the wavefolding.
What’s the HP size of this please?
60!
Uh oh 💵
Safe travels, wallet
Am I the only one noticing some weird crackling/scratching when he uses the wave folder?
Mentioned in the description, video exporting issue. Apologies
a goddam magician at work , here
Oh no, my wallet.
😅😅😅keep an eye on it
Your Reverb link brings a 0 results found page just fyi.
Oh I'm shocked that none are listed yet, but as soon as any are posted they should be there.
Thanks!
@@JorbLovesGear I figured as much. No worries!
might want to put a mouth declicker on your VO track (or drink lots of water before you record)
But mouth noise is something my audience expects now
@@JorbLovesGear lol fair enough
Honestly this wooden side panels not looking premium enough for me.
no idea if mine is pre-production or not tbh
Luckily a trip to Lowes and $15 can fix that 😜 I'd go dark walnut. Someone is going to make them on Etsy.
Its unfortunate that the delay is such a weak point on this module I guess for me using it in my eurorack its not a big issue, just a missed opportunity.
You're wrong, they chose to use a real analog bucket brigade delay instead of a typical digital delay. The limited delay time is a consequence of using the BBD. The digital delay would have cost less and been more flexible. But digital delays are a dime a dozen and way too easy to come by, this is far more unique and useful.
@@zyxyuv1650 Please make your self aware of the concept of "opinions based on personal preferences", it will save you time on the internet. Good day.
The New King lol more like the emperors new clothes
Loopop beat you by one minute posting. Coincidence?
😅 I scheduled for 8am, that's all I know
So sad that you cant control the 3 osc over midi….
You mean separately? If you had a 3 channel midi to cv converter you sure can, like I did in the 3 voice paraphonic example
@@JorbLovesGear i know. I meant the built-in midi-interface. I wonder if they can fix that by a firmware update. I think there must to be a physical connection inside for it to work…
Apart from this lack, this synth seems to be amazing.
@@AnnesYarak it does 2 voice paraphonic all on the unit! One patch cable i think
Too much Jorb hand, not enough 'scope, good sir!
Tough angles*, my bad!
That's pretty cheap setup for the given market :/. I think it'd be hard to get this config for less than a grand in a modular format.
I can't tell if it's TH-cam or the actual instrument: there's a terrible chattering while you're folding?
I believe that's youtube, high key no clue what I did 😅
@@JorbLovesGear It's a very "digital" sound so TH-cam was my assumption. Great video!
They should of made it a little bigger, some fingers are fat. Lmao.
I bought one of these, now I'm selling, in fact the same day I got it I knew it was going out the door ASAP Taiga could have been a great synth... its a door stop for me, sounds cheap and characterless, Combing the best of East and West coast designs and failing! it is so far from sounding analogue, the Osc sound like they've been dipped in a synthetic plastic wrap, super controlled harmonics. just dull, the filter has no character, essentially a tone control, LPG dynamics uff! and what the F is that turd of a delay about, really it is literally useless a waste of parts and space and money. FYI the "B" 2600 for the money is far a better choice and the Taiga is not a modern replacement for the 2600 hell no. there is an abundance of patch points and other features that make it standout, however most synths stand on the legs of two features VCO's and VCF's, Taiga needs crutches ;)
this synth doesn't sound that great.... someone has to say it. the sound sits in the midrange and its not rich sounding.
got mine today. unfortunately, you're hard to understand, swallowing vocals on technical terms. Even at 0.75 speed... will come back after checking out some others.
Nice, but you talk too much!
Watch someone else thanks
I enjoy the 3900
makes me want to sell my minibrute2s 😭🥲🥴
use em together tho