Stylophone Drone Synth
- Beware the Quoth
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- 33347 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Fairly radical changes afoot at Stylophone; they announced a theremin a couple of weeks ago, and now a patchbayed-up mini synth aimed at drones...
Synth is portable and battery powered with speaker, (and I like that chunky case design) but also Eurorackable. Dual CEM 3340 oscillators, dual CEM 3320 filters. £209 on preorder, so round about the same as a pest/beast.
edit : also a PT2399 delay and a built-in reverb!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DssBS5S8E8
https://stylophone.com/ds2-pre-order/#
(if you've not seen the theremin its at https://stylophone.com/theremin-pre-order/)
Synth is portable and battery powered with speaker, (and I like that chunky case design) but also Eurorackable. Dual CEM 3340 oscillators, dual CEM 3320 filters. £209 on preorder, so round about the same as a pest/beast.
edit : also a PT2399 delay and a built-in reverb!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DssBS5S8E8
https://stylophone.com/ds2-pre-order/#
(if you've not seen the theremin its at https://stylophone.com/theremin-pre-order/)
Last edited by whyterabbyt on Sat Jan 13, 2024 11:31 am, edited 1 time in total.
my other modular synth is a bugbrand
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- KVRAF
- 11280 posts since 2 Dec, 2004 from North Wales
I have pre ordered!
X32 Desk, i9 PC, S49MK2, Studio One, BWS, Live 12. PUSH 3 SA, Osmose, Summit, Pro 3, Prophet8, Syntakt, Digitone, Drumlogue, OP1-F, Eurorack, TD27 Drums, Nord Drum3P, Guitars, Basses, Amps and of course lots of pedals!
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- addled muppet weed
- 106349 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
- Beware the Quoth
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- 33347 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
Yeah, I thought drone was quite an interesting focus as well...
my other modular synth is a bugbrand
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- KVRAF
- 11280 posts since 2 Dec, 2004 from North Wales
Seems like a great Eurorack companion, look like the osculators have pitch input so could put it through a VCA with an envelope and use it as as a more normal voice as well I guess...
X32 Desk, i9 PC, S49MK2, Studio One, BWS, Live 12. PUSH 3 SA, Osmose, Summit, Pro 3, Prophet8, Syntakt, Digitone, Drumlogue, OP1-F, Eurorack, TD27 Drums, Nord Drum3P, Guitars, Basses, Amps and of course lots of pedals!
- KVRAF
- 7428 posts since 9 Jan, 2003 from Saint Louis MO
I like it. I don't need it, and I'm going to be good and not buy it and give my Strega a hug instead. But I like it.
I still feel like it should have a VCA or two (nothing about being drone-oriented says you can't find uses for VCAs), and more patch points. The filters appear to be hardwired to the oscillator outputs, so you can't use them serially, or patch feedback from the delay output back through a filter, or get them self-oscillating so you effectively have 4 oscillators, etc.
But I know to keep it small and cheap there have to be compromises and it still seems pretty great at that price.
I still feel like it should have a VCA or two (nothing about being drone-oriented says you can't find uses for VCAs), and more patch points. The filters appear to be hardwired to the oscillator outputs, so you can't use them serially, or patch feedback from the delay output back through a filter, or get them self-oscillating so you effectively have 4 oscillators, etc.
But I know to keep it small and cheap there have to be compromises and it still seems pretty great at that price.
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- KVRAF
- 15533 posts since 13 Oct, 2009
I like. I don't need it, and I HAVE NO SELF CONTROL WITH SHIT LIKE THIS --- PREORDERED!
- Beware the Quoth
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- 33347 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
New demo video. Some passable Hawkwind/VCS3 scifi wibbles in there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYm63iE-a70
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYm63iE-a70
my other modular synth is a bugbrand
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- addled muppet weed
- 106349 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
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- KVRAF
- 11280 posts since 2 Dec, 2004 from North Wales
Yeh, sounds lovely- I have pre-ordered but not heard anything yet...
X32 Desk, i9 PC, S49MK2, Studio One, BWS, Live 12. PUSH 3 SA, Osmose, Summit, Pro 3, Prophet8, Syntakt, Digitone, Drumlogue, OP1-F, Eurorack, TD27 Drums, Nord Drum3P, Guitars, Basses, Amps and of course lots of pedals!
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- KVRAF
- 11280 posts since 2 Dec, 2004 from North Wales
X32 Desk, i9 PC, S49MK2, Studio One, BWS, Live 12. PUSH 3 SA, Osmose, Summit, Pro 3, Prophet8, Syntakt, Digitone, Drumlogue, OP1-F, Eurorack, TD27 Drums, Nord Drum3P, Guitars, Basses, Amps and of course lots of pedals!
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- addled muppet weed
- 106349 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
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Constructed Identity Constructed Identity https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=288890
- KVRian
- 692 posts since 29 Sep, 2012 from Minnesota
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- KVRAF
- 15533 posts since 13 Oct, 2009
No doubt.Constructed Identity wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:09 amYes, just saw this! Nice, and there will be more like this soon- I like the grooves on the sides.
Going to give Korg's Volka line a run for the money I'll bet.