#1249

I’m so interested in the ALM stuff. If I was less broke I’d probably spring for an Akemie’s castle, although the Mega FM has sort of displaced my interested in that a bit.

This looks fantastic, but I also just bought vertices… and then there’s the Worng Soundstage, which offers a bit more control, despite being less compact. I really like this collaboration though, seems like it fits a specific purpose in a smaller system. Maybe if I get around to adding a Salmple to my sampling case (currently containing a Bitbox), I’ll pick this one up.

Got to work on the being broke thing first :slight_smile:

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#1250

amazing. I use Tangle Quartet and Nearness to modulate mono sources around the stereo field, and this would be a huge upgrade for that purpose (besides nicely matching). Could also see this being absolutely incredible with an Intellijel Planar.

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#1251

I don’t have a MegaFM, but I do have a Kasser DAFM with a YM2612 chip, as well as Akemie’s Castle. I enjoy both, but prefer the Castle overall.

Granted, DAFM’s interface is a lot less immediate than MegaFM, especially when tweaking envelopes. I tend to use it as a drone-and-noise source mostly… although I guess I could say that about most of my gear.

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#1252

This ALM/worng collab is super tempting to replace the soundstage but I’d miss modulating the depth level. Either way it’s an exciting thing!

#1253

Yeah for me the hands on approach is what excites me. The megafm has more knobs/controls so that’s why it’s a bit more appealing, iirc they use different yamaha ICs (genesis vs soundblaster if I remember) but should be similar. I do like the polyphony on the megafm, but it’s more that it’s a standalone box with more control. Still want both, though!

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#1254

Good observation. Planar would offer several different patching topologies (plus automation, with Planar 2) for use with Jumble Henge/Soundstage.

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#1255

I really like the Sound Stage concept. Rather than a smaller version, I’d have been interested in a version that integrates with a mixer. Building a mixing solution around Sound Stage proved difficult for my use case of using it in a fairly traditional way to mix different parts of a song together in a spectrally balanced way. It does that pretty well, but it introduce enough ambiguity about what parts should go where and how to add effects and what not.

That said, if you’re tempted by either this new one or the original, give it a swing! The concept works really well.

#1256

Also would have liked CV control / panning. The demo with the Boss Bow Two is pretty sweet. Cool way to get rythmic panning/filtering.

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#1257

Yep. The Genesis one is generally much noisier thanks to a very odd internal DAC design, but the Soundblaster is more steppy in terms of operator amplitude and has its own characteristic grunge. The Soundblaster chip also has more waveshapes available.

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#1258

That was my favorite example. Super Clicks&Cuts, Alvo Noto vibes at the beginning. I actually am starting to like the master mix knob. Sort of Cold Mac esc in that you can really push an entire patch to a new area, mess about, and then bring it back with all your adjustments

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#1259

After watching this video as well as a bit of DivKid’s Soundstage one for good measure, I’m kinda finding myself addicted to this flavor of spatial/frequency carving and all the associated experimental hijinx around it. Really tickles my ears in all the right ways, especially since I have good audiophile-ish headphones for it. I’m having trouble figuring out if actually seeing the routing on the module is providing me with some added enjoyment because it aids my brain in situating sounds and helps me focus on each one individually within the mix. In any case, it’s almost like I don’t want to hear music that isn’t made this way now.

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#1260

Counterpoint: sometimes I just want my music to be like mashed potatoes

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#1261

(psst in addition to the other three sisters tips I sent you on slack, it’s great for spatial/freq mixing :wink: )

The sequential switch patch there is major. ALM has really made a lot of options for different flavors of small systems, and they do a great job with their demos. Any one of their modules feels like it demands another of their modules because of how well they seem to play with each other. I wonder if they have other stand alone systems in the works.

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#1262

I’m really impressed by this, so many features in a small footprint. The stereo image is fantastic even on my laptop speakers there’s very distinct separation

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#1263

The feedback patching in the last quarter of the Jumble Henge introduction youtube video sounds great. Its a use I probably wouldn’t come up with on my own and is another cool selling point. Has me thinking of some possible 3 sisters feedback loops too…

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#1264

I’ve become a huge fan on bandpass filters and “special” EQs, all started with R*S Serge ResEQ and that whole idea of sculpting long, evolving drone-ish type of sounds to fit together this way is a staple technique for me currently. Sine waves, wavefolders, big saturation and isolating frequency bands has been very, very inspirational. I’m a fan of using ResEQ in stereo with Comb outputs, Jumble Henge could be really really cool tool to expand spatiality further.

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#1265

hii all, anyone have a xaoc katowice and a res eq in their system? i adore my res eq and wonder how those two would compliment each other… from what i understand the katowice doesn’t self oscillate, yet i can’t help imagining how it would react to feedback patching.

#1266

That’s something you can do with SoundStage. Obviously when you’re working in the analogue domain more features need more panel space and more circuitry behind the panel, so certain things couldn’t be included to keep the size and price where we wanted them to be.

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#1267

Curious about the “revised design” of the forthcoming Monome Grid.

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#1268

It’ll be a grid of round buttons :exploding_head:

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