The New Make Noise SoundHack Spectraphon - The Deep Dive Review

The Make Noise x SoundHack Spectraphon is a dual spectral oscillator for Eurorack modular synthesizers. At first glance, it might look somewhat like a classic "complex oscillator" in the style of Buchla's 259 or Make Noise's own DPO—but there's much more to it than that. To make a long story short, it offers a new and novel approach to sound design that we haven't quite seen in Eurorack before. Rather than relying on wavefolding, Spectraphon is all about additive synthesis and resynthesis: you can think of it as an oscillator whose timbre is driven by external sound sources. Inspired by the Buchla 296 Programmable Spectral Processor and Touché hybrid keyboard synthesizer, it presents a new and novel take on sound generation and processing. As a live processor, Spectraphon can be like a vocoder, a resonator, a pseudo-spectral freeze; as an oscillator, it creates a wide range of evolving tones based on stored analyses of external sounds. It's a dense module—so in this video, we dive into how it works and how it sounds. Buy a Spectraphon of your own: https://bit.ly/438UEGN Read about Spectraphon's inspiration and functionality on our blog, Signal: https://bit.ly/3BA7h1S 00:00 Introduction 01:20 Spectraphon, Additive Synthesis, and Resynthesis 03:54 Spectraphon Overview 07:23 Spectral Amplitude Modulation (SAM) Mode Demo 10:09 SAM Examples 12:36 Creating Arrays + Spectral Array Oscillation (SAO) Mode Demo 15:43 Many More Sound Examples 19:51 Summary + Check Out Our Blog, Signal! #makenoise #spectraphon #modularsynth #eurorack #sounddemo #gearreview #perfectcircuit #signalblog #superbooth Don't forget to Like and Subscribe for more videos about synthesizers, effect pedals, modular synths, and more! +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Perfect Circuit is an independent electronic instrument shop with an online store at https://www.perfectcircuit.com/ and a Burbank, California showroom at 2405 Empire Ave. We're open seven days a week, 12-8 PM, and our entire inventory is available to try out in person. Get your hands on the most excellent analog and digital synthesizers, effect pedals, Eurorack modular synths, drum machines, recording gear, and more! Learn about electronic music, techniques, and gear on our blog, Signal: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/signal Follow us on our socials: Follow us on Instagram:   / perfect_circuit   Follow us on Facebook:   / perfectcircuitaudio