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#3,201
Interesting offering from KMA - Cirrus.
Delay & Reverb
KMA Machines > Cirrus
@4:00 & 4:10 & 4:45 & 7:20 & 8:00 & 11:20 = Wow!

  • Made up of a Delay side and a Reverb side, both sides of Cirrus sport the most important basic controls such as Time (up to 1.5 sec). Repeats for the Delay and Decay and Damp for the Reverb. Plus, each side has its own mix control as well. So far so good, but now it's time to jump down the sonic wormhole! This little Spatial-Temporal Modifier gives you three different Delay AND Reverb modes, which all sport a special dynamic feature that is controlled by your picking attack. This enables you to create sounds that are certifiably out of this world! To set the sensitivity of how the sound reacts, every section has its own sensitivity control


    The different Delay and Reverb modes cover vastly different modulated areas.

    Modulated Delay Mode (MOD) fluctuates the Delay signal for a dynamic dancing tape echo-inspired modulation that'll deliver everything from subtle sways, to crazy pitch-bends. The Sample & Hold Mode (S/H) adds a sequencer-like filter in front of the Delay line, perfect for synthy textures. Play softly for subtle filter action or hit it hard for more pronounced electro-vibes. The third Delay Mode (OCT) blends in a high octave as your notes decay for unique shimmery dimensions, shining through like tiny stars in the cloudy night sky.


    Over to the Reverb section, Modulated Reverb Mode (MOD) will decorate your trails with silky smooth movement, whereas the two other Modes deliver either an opening Low-pass Filter (LP) or a closing High-pass Filter (HP). The harder you pick the more the Low-pass will open up and bring in those shimmering highs, as if you're opening and closing portals to far away galaxies simply through your playing. Contrary to that, the closing High-pass will cut your lower frequencies when picking harder which will create cool lo-f textures. However, the ambient party doesn't stop here!
 
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monsterthompson said:
Interesting offering from KMA - Cirrus.
Delay & Reverb
KMA Machines > Cirrus
@4:00 & 4:10 & 4:45 & 7:20 & 8:00 & 11:20 = Wow!

  • Made up of a Delay side and a Reverb side, both sides of Cirrus sport the most important basic controls such as Time (up to 1.5 sec). Repeats for the Delay and Decay and Damp for the Reverb. Plus, each side has its own mix control as well. So far so good, but now it's time to jump down the sonic wormhole! This little Spatial-Temporal Modifier gives you three different Delay AND Reverb modes, which all sport a special dynamic feature that is controlled by your picking attack. This enables you to create sounds that are certifiably out of this world! To set the sensitivity of how the sound reacts, every section has its own sensitivity control


    The different Delay and Reverb modes cover vastly different modulated areas.

    Modulated Delay Mode (MOD) fluctuates the Delay signal for a dynamic dancing tape echo-inspired modulation that'll deliver everything from subtle sways, to crazy pitch-bends. The Sample & Hold Mode (S/H) adds a sequencer-like filter in front of the Delay line, perfect for synthy textures. Play softly for subtle filter action or hit it hard for more pronounced electro-vibes. The third Delay Mode (OCT) blends in a high octave as your notes decay for unique shimmery dimensions, shining through like tiny stars in the cloudy night sky.


    Over to the Reverb section, Modulated Reverb Mode (MOD) will decorate your trails with silky smooth movement, whereas the two other Modes deliver either an opening Low-pass Filter (LP) or a closing High-pass Filter (HP). The harder you pick the more the Low-pass will open up and bring in those shimmering highs, as if you're opening and closing portals to far away galaxies simply through your playing. Contrary to that, the closing High-pass will cut your lower frequencies when picking harder which will create cool lo-f textures. However, the ambient party doesn't stop here!
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Yep, that's nice.
 
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monsterthompson said:
Interesting offering from KMA - Cirrus.
Delay & Reverb
KMA Machines > Cirrus
@4:00 & 4:10 & 4:45 & 7:20 & 8:00 & 11:20 = Wow!

  • Made up of a Delay side and a Reverb side, both sides of Cirrus sport the most important basic controls such as Time (up to 1.5 sec). Repeats for the Delay and Decay and Damp for the Reverb. Plus, each side has its own mix control as well. So far so good, but now it's time to jump down the sonic wormhole! This little Spatial-Temporal Modifier gives you three different Delay AND Reverb modes, which all sport a special dynamic feature that is controlled by your picking attack. This enables you to create sounds that are certifiably out of this world! To set the sensitivity of how the sound reacts, every section has its own sensitivity control


    The different Delay and Reverb modes cover vastly different modulated areas.

    Modulated Delay Mode (MOD) fluctuates the Delay signal for a dynamic dancing tape echo-inspired modulation that'll deliver everything from subtle sways, to crazy pitch-bends. The Sample & Hold Mode (S/H) adds a sequencer-like filter in front of the Delay line, perfect for synthy textures. Play softly for subtle filter action or hit it hard for more pronounced electro-vibes. The third Delay Mode (OCT) blends in a high octave as your notes decay for unique shimmery dimensions, shining through like tiny stars in the cloudy night sky.


    Over to the Reverb section, Modulated Reverb Mode (MOD) will decorate your trails with silky smooth movement, whereas the two other Modes deliver either an opening Low-pass Filter (LP) or a closing High-pass Filter (HP). The harder you pick the more the Low-pass will open up and bring in those shimmering highs, as if you're opening and closing portals to far away galaxies simply through your playing. Contrary to that, the closing High-pass will cut your lower frequencies when picking harder which will create cool lo-f textures. However, the ambient party doesn't stop here!
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Watched all the demos. Wow. I'm pretty sure I'm pulling the trigger soon. What a machine.
 
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#3,206
monsterthompson said:
Don't twist my arm.
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ugly_bassplayer said:
I didn't get gifts , the kids have those now....hahah

But I'll try to make some time to make some audio clips of auditory assaults with my 3 new jmt synths. Far from relax and ambient.

I "needed" of course. One for the left channel, one for the right and the drone synth in the middle not paned.

:whistle:
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No need to rationalize gear expenses around here :)

Merry...whatever you heathens celebrate!
 
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Saturnalia Salutations, Happy Hannukah, Rockin' Ramadan, Merry Christmas...

Whatever you celebrate, or don't, ...


...wishing you all a texturally-rich 2020.​




I've got my Klein Bottle PCB back in hand, finally, so I'll be working on that in the new year; AND I got a Synthrotek "Dirt" PCB, the circuit is labelled a filter but really isn't; and I got a Meatbox on the way.
 
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Hope y'all had a satisfying holiday. The lil lady got me a new Mono gig bag. She noticed how much I use my old Mono Vertigo bag and figured I could use a second one. She figured right :)

I may have gotten myself a new eurorack module for Christmas as well. I used to have a Cwejman BLD and regretted selling it, so I found another at a good price and nabbed it. It has been my favorite module for deep low end stuff of anything I've tried so far.
 
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My Replacement Qi-Bit Bloom finally showed up today, so I had a play. Chilled out holiday stuff, let's just say :)

Bloom sequencing Cwejman SM-1. The second channel was used to ping a Joranalogue Filter 8. Both ran through the Mimeophon and modulated by Mannequins Just Friends
 
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ugly_bassplayer said:
Dope
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Got plenty of that, too, which made it even better. :headphone:

Plus someone gave me a MIM J Bass last week, which is great, because I needed a cheap bass. Tired of taking the Wal to dive bars, on the rare occasion I have a dive bar gig.

But seriously, that A+ Astronaut is a cosmic space machine. I had a OBN Rever on my Moog Subsequent 37, and it wasn't that useful. This one has plate, spring, hall, and about 20 other amazing spacy-verby great things. Very happy, as I got the spring for normal playing, and the other stuff turns this into a pad machine.

 
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