A demo & walkthrough of the new Eurorack module Spectraphon, by Make Noise. Spectraphon is a dual complex oscillator that explores additive synthesis and resynthesis—allowing you to analyze and resynthesize characteristics of other sounds to create super unique timbres and waveforms.
This video includes an overview of what Spectraphon is and how it works, along with a number of patch examples demonstrating Spectraphon as a dual oscillator, and as an effects processor to create rich, resonator / spectral-blurring type sounds.
Spectraphon’s design is inspired by the Buchla 259 Programmable Complex Waveform Generator, the Buchla 296 Programmable Spectral Processor, and the Buchla Touché—taking parts of each of these designs and combining them into something new and unique.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
2:38 What is Spectraphon?
4:31 Core concepts: Fourier Theorem, Additive Synthesis & Resynthesis
8:10 Overview + Panel Tour
16:44 Spectral Amplitude Modulation (SAM) Mode
27:39 Spectral Array Oscillation (SAO) Mode
37:07 Patch Demos
Buchla 200 footage made possible by the University of Victoria's CReaTe Lab, School of Music.
Buchla Touché footage made possible by the Buchla Archives—check out Buchla Archives on Instagram: @buchla_archives
Sarah Belle Reid is a Canadian performer-composer, active in the fields of electroacoustic trumpet performance, intermedia arts, music technology, and improvisation.
www.sarahbellereid.com