echophon - makenoise <> soundhack module on it's way

itijik · Post by **itijik** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:32 pm

Strictly aesthetics when I talk about "flow" here, btw. Not even a concern for most, I know.
...Back to the "awesome"

This thing sounds awesome!

asterisk · Post by **asterisk** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:49 pm

i like the new panels and the new knobs. a little more plain and straight forward which i like. and a good size for playability.
where are the video demos of all these namm modules? cmon people! haha!

bleeps · Post by **bleeps** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:01 pm

Yeah, I am wanting the signature Makenoise demo vids. I agree about the panels too... they're downright minimalist compared to the earlier models.

richard · Post by **richard** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 8:06 pm

raulsworldofsynths wrote:I'm really digging the panel graphics too. Much clearer. But still classy.

yup, if scrawling on the back of an envelope is classy

looks even worse than usual to me, but hey, the module itself looks very interesting

pulse_divider · Post by **pulse_divider** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:26 pm

Has anyone actually said that the panel design is final?
Those look like proto panels to me... I could be wrong, but wouldn't be at all surprised if the final ones look different.

raulsworldofsynths · Post by **raulsworldofsynths** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:23 pm

richard wrote: looks even worse than usual to me, but hey, the module itself looks very interesting

The audio demos are what peaked my interest. Reminds me of my favorite bbd delay but crazier. From the panel I'm liking what I see too. I'll be curious to see the price.

tomerbe · Post by **tomerbe** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 10:49 am

the panel designs are prototypes - done just in time for the show... there will be revisions for echophon - and most likely (though i can't speak for tony) for DPO as well.

craque · Post by **craque** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:04 pm

it sounds awesome tom, fantastic, cannot wait to add this to my burgeoning modular - the pitch shifting is wildly awesome.

headed back over to NAMM soon myself for a final day of oogling...

tomerbe · Post by **tomerbe** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:32 pm

mrcharles wrote:
p.s. Tom... I'm loving the Soundhack plugins I got the last day of 2011... how close is the Echophon to the plugin?

lot's of little differences that make it quite a different beast:

+pitchdelay is just the pitch shifting section, but has more delay time (10 seconds vs. 1.7 seconds).

Echophon has a separate fractional delay and pitch shifting delay (in that order) with separate outs for either. the feedback can go around either branch.

the pitchshift has a range of +/- 2 octaves in quarter tone steps. it has range control which drops that down to about +/- 1 semitone for chorusing. 1v/oct input

the delay time can be sync'ed or can deliver a sync pulse for nice sequencer interaction.

still working on a few details - trying to improve comb filtering, feedback, etc., knob and CV response.

overall it's probably a bit louder and more aggressive than +pitchdelay.

tomerbe · Post by **tomerbe** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:36 pm

btw - nice little video of DPO and Echophon here:

http://m.matrixsynth.com/2012/01/new-vc ... -from.html

sgnhh · Post by **sgnhh** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:39 pm

vids have convinced me to add this to my rig, but i feel that the price may hurt a bit.

mrcharles · Post by **mrcharles** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:40 pm

Thanks for the info, Tom. Best of luck in your work... I'm looking forward to more details in the weeks to come.

arnoux · Post by **arnoux** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:02 pm

Tom how many HP I need for that beast?
I want DPO + RENE' + ECHOPHON (in this order) in the same 84 HP row..

Can't wait to echophonize everything.

sgnhh · Post by **sgnhh** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:08 pm

the prototype is 20 hp.

tomerbe · Post by **tomerbe** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:15 pm

most likely the echophon will be 20HP, rene is 34HP.

not sure about DPO - but likely to be the same as the prototype that was shown at NAMM (28HP)

that gives you 2HP for expansion!!

arnoux · Post by **arnoux** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:25 pm

Great! Thanks!

arnoux · Post by **arnoux** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:30 pm

I already own 2x1HP black makenoise blank panel for the sides of the row..
Super cool usless graphic expansion!!

raulsworldofsynths · Post by **raulsworldofsynths** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:24 pm

Any word on the depth? Skiff friendly?

sgnhh · Post by **sgnhh** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:47 pm

of course it'll be skiff friendly. when's the last time tony released a non-skiff module?

raulsworldofsynths · Post by **raulsworldofsynths** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:51 pm

sgnhh wrote:of course it'll be skiff friendly. when's the last time tony released a non-skiff module?

That was what I figured but you never know.

sgnhh · Post by **sgnhh** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:00 pm

it'd be a crime if this were not.

but also keep in mind these were demoed at NAMM in Monorocket skiffs with the MN bus boards.

BTByrd · Post by **BTByrd** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:55 pm

I really hope it doesn't need 5V!

BTByrd · Post by **BTByrd** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 1:16 am

I wonder if short delays will track 1v/oct for Karplus-Strong.

Is it April yet?

tomerbe · Post by **tomerbe** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:52 pm

no need for 5v.... short delays won't track 1v/oct, but with scaling you might get there as time is 2^n log scaled (i'll test with maths). definitely skiffable.

tomerbe · Post by **tomerbe** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:48 pm

testing the echophon with my arp

http://soundcloud.com/tomerbe/arp-2600-maths-echophon

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echophon - makenoise <> soundhack module on it's way