Some of these synths can become sprawling galaxies of nodes. The idea of building a bespoke synth, component by component, even in the soft world, was the preserve of the specialist.īut what's confusing is why you would want to build a machine inside another machine in the first place, one that invariably has you pinching and scrolling. Until Audulus came along, the bulk of soft synths for tablets, phones and laptops were self-contained – soft versions of legendary hardware, like Korg's MS-20 or a Moog Mini. There are musicians who make music in the studio or perform live entirely "in the box." In a different kind of box: a Eurorack-style synthesizer made with Vermona modules Image: Vermona
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Soft synths, as they are commonly known, and other software plugins for music have long been staple music tools. "Audulus gives you more flexibility, and it's an affordable solution for people who want to get into modular synthesis but don't have the money to sink into it." You'd need about 2,000 US dollars invested in a system to have something you could take out and make dance music with live," he says. "It's a very expensive hobby to get into. And that's the number one limitation, says Boyd. It can be cheap and dirty, you can even leave them bare, but they can just as easily become as pricey as a pin-striped suit. Then you can swap out individual parts and build a different synth in minutes.Ī lot of people use a ready-made Eurorack case, like the standard Doepfer A-100.īut you can pop analog synths into almost anything from a lunch box to a beer crate. The beauty is you can build a unique synthesizer, fit for the music you want to make. For Mark Boyd of Audulus the possibilities in software are limitless Image: AudulusĮurorack is a hardware modular synth system, where the modules conform to certain sizes. "In the same way when you dive into guitar pedals and you realize the limitations of that platform, you will eventually run into limitations with Eurorack," says Mark Boyd of Audulus, a US company that makes a software-based modular synth. At the very least, with software, your options seem limitless. It's what tech evangelists call democratizing. In fact, you get kudos for the simplicity of your "Eurorack," - your self-built synth.īut that may be changing as mobile devices and software get more powerful.
Analog synth events will often ban performers from using computers or tablets, regardless of how the music sounds. It's for the love of it.īut one thing yet to be decided, at least from where I'm sitting, is whether it's time for these hardware fanatics to finally embrace software – yes, apps – to do the same job. And what makes them geekier than thou is that they seldom do it for the money. These are the guys and gals making DIY – sometimes boutique – synthesizer modules for electronic music. On the contrary, you will find them scattered around the world, holed up in attic studios, with a soldering iron in one hand and a PCB (printed circuit board) in the other. Because most of the world's true nerds don't run cloud-based-data-sucking-app-a-ma-jigs. But that's a bad faith that's snowballed out of reality. We've been trained to believe that Silicon Valley is nerd central.
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