Audrey II by Synthux Academy | The Beauty of Controlled Feedback
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ธ.ค. 2024
- The Audrey II is not a eurorack module, but it's 3U and it fits perfectly. It's line level but I had no problems using it in the modular case. Audrey refers to the man-eating plant in the Little Shop of Horrors, but it doesn't sound horrific at all. If you love the sound of feedback. It's advertised as a Horrorscape synth so it can easily score a scary movie. If you're a channel regular you may know I love feedback patching and I have a 'cybernetics' series.
Audrey uses a complex structure of noise, feedback, filters, possibly a bit of physical modelling or resonating, more feedback and finally a pitch shifting filter that can also self-oscillate. So it basically creates self-oscillating harmonies. Personally, I think it sounds just beautiful and I can listen to it for hours.
But after 24 hours you may want to take it a few steps further and the modular is just the perfect enviroment to do just that.
The Audrey is made by the Synthux Academy. I't a non-profit foundation with a mission to build unique instruments, to help them play, build and code them yourself, to provide online masterclasses and beginner's courses, etc.
It doesn't come cheap when you order it built, but the DIY kit is super easy to solder (anyone can do it) and it's great fun to play. Obviously all revenue goes back into the foundation and Audrey II is an important step towards a future. So it's been an honour to support it. Audrey II is not for everyone but if you're aspiring to program your own DSP modules or just 'borrow' other people's code and hack a few lines of code, Synthux offers great resources to get started. This video is sponsored, but it's sponsored by me because I believe in this stuff. It helps me to make special videos.
I will definitely explore the buidling blocks of Audrey and try to find out if it's possible to 'make' one with existing modules or VCV. I'll also investigate bit of Daisy Seed programming, and maybe I'll succeed in porting a Versio firmware into something I've always wanted. The Reversio...
Amazing videos, I really love it all - both visually (footage, text) and sonicly! Probably went through 20-30 last few days and as a modular synth enthusiast yours are my favourite so far!
Wow, thanks!
Good to see the Daisy being picked up and used as a basis for so many projects. The amount of I/O on that little module is eye-watering. They have a great t-shirt, too. My own coding motto is, "I teach stupid tricks to smart rocks."
Smart Rocks should be a genre
Well, I’m way too dumb to code, and cannot solder to save my life. However, this may be the first time I’ve been jealous of those who can.
I think I could have soldered this one and save 100 euro. Maybe next year :).
I picked up an Audrey 2 kit a few weeks back. Simple to build, and gorgeous to play with. So far i have only been scratching at the surface, running it and a Befaco Oneiroi to produce some lush drone scapes.
Oneroi is also a great match for this module with all those resources. I wanted to test the Stardust but using my Oneiroi would have been an even better choice.I regret I didn't take the opportunity to build it, but then I would not have this super handy euro connector :). I visited the office yesterday and they're building something really cool.
Great video as usual! I noticed that you have changed the knobs on your Desmodus Versio. What are the knobs you have installed? The original knobs are cool but I find it's difficult sometimes to see the positions because of the light reflections on them.
Totally agree about those knobs. I fitted replacement knobs from Endorphines.
How does this compare in your experience with using the Mimeophon as a voice, using feedback and the micro tuning input (as Loopop demonstrates in his tutorial on the Mimeophon). It seems like the two cover very similar territory, except the Mimeophon has CV inputs and critically a v/oct function that you can use with the voice. Is there anything this can do that the Mimeophon can’t? I’m very curious about this instrument but don’t want to get something that’s redundant with what I already have (especially if it’s less versatile than what I have)
First of all, I am a HUGE fan of the Mimeophon and setting it to feedback mode is one of my favorite workflows. If you're interested in something like Audrey II, you REALLY need to love that workflow because that's all it does. It does it really well. The Mimeophon can do a million other things really well. But if you'd compare that feedback part, I must say that Mimeophon feedback is completely out of control and ear piercing ugly. You'll need to figure out how to control and tame it and you'd probably need more modules. Audrey is gentle, beautiful and controlled. It has all kinds of harmonics and textures. It 'sings'. On extremes, it sounds like a guitar solo. When Mimeophon is on feedback, it can't do delay anymore. You can add 'halo' to the feedback, but it's not in the feedback path itself. The Color only takes out the high. You can search my channel for 'mimeophon feedback' or 'feedback' in general. This will give you a decent idea of what to expect.
@@CinematicLaboratory Awesome, thank you! This is very helpful. I had been carefully avoiding Eurorack for a long time because of the (completely merited) cautions about the slippery slope of massive expense that it usually takes people on. It was that demo of the Mimeophon's feedback mode on Loopop's channel that broke me and convinced me to take the plunge. The Mimeophon was my first module, and I got it specifically for that feedback mode. I've loved the sound of feedback since the first time I heard it. It sounds like the Audrey II has enough differences that it will provide me with a whole other sonic landscape in the realm of feedback to explore. That's exactly the information I wanted to know.
Do you have any other favorite modules or synths for exploring feedback sounds - anything from the harsh uncontrolled end to the textured and beautiful end or anywhere in between?
Also, I'm excited for the tip on searching your channel for videos with feedback patches! With all the videos of your that I've watched, I don't know how I managed to miss that whole category of videos entirely. Thanks!!
@@nevadamac8608 Definitely. The ultimate feedback module, which turns it into an art, is the Serge Resonant EQ I also used in the Audrey II video. The non-CV controlled is fine. I am planning a video about it, coming soon. Also, check my 'deep fried filters' video if you wish.
@@CinematicLaboratory Thanks! I will definitely check those out!
Great video [as usual]. Out of interest, what software do you use to generate your incredible video imagery?
Not sure what you mean. I edit in Adobe Premiere Pro, I use stock videos from Envato Elements, I render occasional AI in Adobe Photoshop (no artists get robbed). But most important, I shoot with a Canon EOS R6 mirrorless camera and a 35mm F1.8 fixed lens. I absolutely love my footage. I shoot in 4K and scale down to HD so I can still zoom and move. Occasionally I use Luma Dream Machine to make a still image move in 3D. But I always make sure I know where the starting frame comes from (my own images, art, or Adobe renders).
@@CinematicLaboratory Wow, that's a lot of production work, and it shows in the quality, bravo :)
When you said no CV, only hand control and rubber bands, What about using mechanical equipment like Lego to control knobs? And thinking about it, it would probably be a bit like the 19th century French automata, or automatons as they are called in English. Totally silly, but fun to think about.
These thoughts and the sounds here in the beginning made me think about the horror music of Mark Koeven (The music in The Witch among others), and this machine he commissioned from guitar maker Tony Duggan-Smith.
The Apprehension engine: th-cam.com/video/1lTYPvArbGo/w-d-xo.html
Sounds like this, just as the film mentioned, is horror, but also somehow beautiful.
Here is a link to a strange incomprehensible and the most beautiful horror short I've ever watched:
Portrait of God:
th-cam.com/video/BI9fKfX5V68/w-d-xo.html
Interesting short. The sound track reminds me a bit of György Ligeti. I've seen a number of "noise boxes" used as effects for sound tracks.
@@ChainsawCoffee Interesting you say Ligeti because I never experienced getting much from his music except as soundtrack to films or as recently, to a Norwegian ballet named Stigma that I liked very much. : )
I also seen noise boxes used with more or less luck in performances and such, but this one made for Korven I find especially special
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That short was really nice! I've seen the Apprehention Engine video a long time ago, which inspired me to get my noise boxes. I still need to get a bow that works :).
@@CinematicLaboratory I also want a bow, and an instrument to go with it : )
Thinking about the one stringed Dvina from Soma Laboratory.
Glad you like the short. I try to promote it as much as I can, mostly live, like at work on in Bars : D