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

sgnhh · Post by **sgnhh** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:33 pm

i foresee many phonogenes appearing in the fs forum over the next few months.

RichyHo · Post by **RichyHo** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:59 pm

I hope at least one of you 'NAMM Hounds' is taking a decent camera / recorder along. I can't wait to see all this new gear.

wmgaretjax · Post by **wmgaretjax** » Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:36 pm

neato. excited to see how this shapes up.

analogueheart · Post by **analogueheart** » Sun Jan 08, 2012 3:36 am

I am going to namm on sunday,
I will clear my phones memory and take as many videos as poss.
Cant wait to see this.

tomerbe · Post by **tomerbe** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:16 am

its a mono device but with two different outs (straight delay and pitch shifted delay) and (planned) two inputs to facilitate easier external feedback loops.

Doctor B · Post by **Doctor B** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:58 am

Hi Tom,

This is really wonderful and inspiring news.

I will be placing my order as soon as you have a few
to sell. Please put me on the waiting list too - or the beta list!

Hope to see you at NAMM.

Best,

Richard Boulanger

Veqtor · Post by **Veqtor** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:37 am

OT: Welcome to the forum Dr Boulanger, nice to see you here. Your book (The Audio Programming Book) is really great, I have as my course material right now.

tomerbe · Post by **tomerbe** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:59 pm

hey richard - great to see you'll be at namm this year! i'll be there fri & sat at least...

and lessavyfav - 1v/oct is on the final feature list - it will be there (just need to twist my pitch curve a little)

Gribs · Post by **Gribs** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:28 pm

sgnhh wrote:i foresee many phonogenes appearing in the fs forum over the next few months.

Why would people sell one cool MakeNoise thing for another?

ignatius · Post by **ignatius** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:07 pm

Gribs wrote:
sgnhh wrote:i foresee many phonogenes appearing in the fs forum over the next few months.
Why would people sell one cool MakeNoise thing for another?

especially when they aren't competing products

mckenic · Post by **mckenic** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:18 pm

Finite finances?

pannikel · Post by **pannikel** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:22 pm

tomerbe wrote:its a mono device but with two different outs (straight delay and pitch shifted delay) and (planned) two inputs to facilitate easier external feedback loops.

amazing .. beginning to miss a bit of eurorack here

electronicpresskit · Post by **electronicpresskit** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:56 am

I first used Soundhack when I took a DSP class from Dr. Boulanger back in '98 and have enjoyed Tom's work ever since so I'm really excited to hear about this!

tomerbe, what are the sample rates on the modulation inputs?

One point of dissatisfaction I've had with other digital delay modules is a low sample rate on these inputs....like apfEID was asking about audio rate cv responsiveness.

I've held off on buying any dd modules as it seemed like too many compromises had been made or the feature set wasn't mature enough. The echophon sounds really promising though!

Denis Goekdag · Post by **Denis Goekdag** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:02 am

tomerbe wrote:its a mono device but with two different outs (straight delay and pitch shifted delay) and (planned) two inputs to facilitate easier external feedback loops.

Thanks for the info 8_) Pity that it isn't stereo, but then, you could always use two...which probably makes for a very nicely de-correllated stereo image as you won't get parameters set 100% identical between channels.

Looking forward to thsi very much

jbartee · Post by **jbartee** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:55 am

Tom this is just awesome. Really excited for this one!

tomerbe · Post by **tomerbe** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:58 am

it was designed to be a mono device from the beginning - stereo would mean less processing power (good bye pitchshifter) and under a second delay time. in short - i more desired a more interesting mono device....

Denis Goekdag · Post by **Denis Goekdag** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:12 am

tomerbe wrote:it was designed to be a mono device from the beginning - stereo would mean less processing power (good bye pitchshifter) and under a second delay time. in short - i more desired a more interesting mono device....

Sure, I understand :-) maybe I'll just have to grab two and build one two-channel unit with common controls & CV ins behind a new faceplate

soundsculptor · Post by **soundsculptor** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 5:46 am

wow, I think this is very good news!
also after years of plugins made after hardware now hardware gets made after plugins.. this is something.

tomerbe · Post by **tomerbe** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:12 pm

soundsculptor wrote:wow, I think this is very good news!
also after years of plugins made after hardware now hardware gets made after plugins.. this is something.

yes - it is so nice to be working on hardware again

fwiw, i built hardware before i made any software (binaural processor for NASA (89), pitch detector for electric violin (86)). thrilled to be working in eurorack and with tony now.

and there will be some differences from my plugin naturally. for one thing all the CVs can be modulated much faster than plugin parameters. i am trying to strike the right slew rate balance between smooth slow response and audio modulation - but you can certainly do FM with the time input for the bottom 6 octaves. also, the pitch shift input is 1V/OCT... so sequenced harmonies or repitched delay feedback drones...

i'll be at the NAMM on Friday and Saturday - drop by if you're around and i'll give a full tour!

haima · Post by **haima** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:19 pm

awesome. can't wait to see/hear a video of this!

Thonk Support · Post by **Thonk Support** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:58 pm

tomerbe wrote:also, the pitch shift input is 1V/OCT... so sequenced harmonies or repitched delay feedback drones...

oooh ok I'm suddenly 1000% more interested.

haima · Post by **haima** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:02 pm

yep. i think that's what did it for me too...

i'm sure when I hear it there will be plenty of other things to like... but the ability to sequence/play pitch shifted delays sounds very cool.

electronicpresskit · Post by **electronicpresskit** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:03 am

tomerbe wrote: i am trying to strike the right slew rate balance between smooth slow response and audio modulation - but you can certainly do FM with the time input for the bottom 6 octaves. also, the pitch shift input is 1V/OCT... so sequenced harmonies or repitched delay feedback drones...

REALLY looking forward to this one!

oootini · Post by **oootini** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:20 am

can't wait to see the panel design for this...

Arcade Sinusoid · Post by **Arcade Sinusoid** » Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:33 pm

This is beautiful!

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