Studio Electronics SE-1 | Borrowing a friend's SE-1 while I contemplate getting a Model D

video upload by MIDERA

"I probably was wrong thinking the SE-1 was anything like a Minimoog (Model D). Come to think of it, I haven't really figured out why it's called the Minimoog and Model D. Or maybe it's Minimoog Model D? Well. I don't know why I want one in the first place. I guess it just looks cool. I've been wondering why I want it, given that I already have the Matriarch and have enjoyed how it sounds. Anyway, after talking with a friend, they offered to let me test out their SE-1. The first thing that stuck out to me is how wildly steppy the cutoff knob is. In some ways, it can actually be interesting what sounds you get out of it, but it's pretty prominent. Another thing that baffles me is that there doesn't appear to be a true 'menu'. You seem to access menu items by pressing a button or twisting a knob. I end up lost at times thinking "There should just be a simple global button to access all the parameters" but there isn't.

Beyond that - it does sound quite lovely. I can tell it's very punchy and 'thick'. It's interesting in that you can activate saw, triangle, and square waves at the same time. Something I don't think the Minimoog can do. It sounds like the pulse width can affect even saw waves, which was surprising. Maybe I was just hearing things, but it sounds like it does. It has something of a mod matrix, but kind of not really how I'd describe it, just that you can take LFOs and ENVs and assign them to various things. The filter itself does sound great - and you're able to use a 24db LP filter or a 12db LP or BP filter. I found myself enjoying the 24db filter more.

After I finished this demo, I sat down with my Matriarch and thought "Wow, this is such a great synth." I'm not sure I'd feel the same way about the Minimoog, as it lacks a lot of things I like including an arpeggiator/sequencer (which the Matriarch has). I found both the SE-1 and Matriarch kind of have similar flavors apart from their obvious differences.

The Minimoog would probably get me 1-5% more 'minimoog' sound that would without a doubt get lost in all the FX I have. But still, it's hard not to want one. I bet it will end the same way the Prophet 10 ended - I was deeply unsatisfied with it for years, and then started to really open it up for some interesting sounds. The Minimoog seems a bit more... simple.

The plan has been to sell a bunch of stuff towards a Minimoog though:
System 8
EMU XL7
Chroma Polaris
Something else I don't quite have on the chopping block yet.

That's the plan. Not sure how it will end.

On that note - here's me playing the SE1 using the DSI Prophet 08 as a controller. It went into the Strymon Volante to my mixer, with Eventide Blackhole VST for reverb. Not my best work, but it was fun to noodle on it.

#Studioelectronics #Minimoog #moog"

New MIDIMini Demos by Studio Electronics

Chords, Rings, and Feedback Wars video by StudioElectronics

"It’s all about the gain staging in this discrete beast: processing and managing the relative levels in each step of the V’s audio signal flow to allow for the introduction of desired noise and distortion. Clean is easy.

Feedback (loop), FBK (feedback) Gain, Amp Drive, individual Oscillator levels, and the main Volume all interact and alter one cherished fact after another; the 24dB ladder to heaven is also… everything, except for the burnished bookends, the dualistic dynamism of synthesizer tone: Ringmod and Crossmod. Fans of our ATC know this verity well–enjoy in somewhat better fidelity on our SoundCloud page.

Spoiler Alert! it really starts to get layered and multi dimensional and very satisfying, at around 7:27​. Now go back and listen to the whole thing from the beginning.

Treatment:
Just a touch of compression from our vintage dbx 163X during tracking, into the my marvelous DP10 (will never switch), and a spot of verb in the last few seconds—the balance is pristine and massive Midimini V30."

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CODE Filtered Theriots

video by StudioElectronics

"Loaded CODEOmega Filter Run Down & Out:

Timed LFO's provide sentient echo; Mini, SEM, Juno/Jupiter, CS-80 the coloration. Starts out raw and uncut, switching peacefully enough through the filer cards; then come cuts, treatment and Carlo St. Regis the Co-Producer (and dialog provider). 2021 2nd gen. SE input—much needed and appreciated at this point. #teamstregis​

Pleasantly different Stereo file on our SoundCloud."

Studio Electronics CODE Omega Juno / Jupiter Modes & Mood

video by StudioElectronics

"Exuberant CODEOmega Juno/Jupiter Filer Mode Workout (maybe that should have been in all caps) for the love of juicy chords/SE filters and our optional yet essential 6dB switch mod & mood. Track isos potentially available upon possibly heartfelt requests."

Studio Electronics Family Herrre

video by StudioElectronics

"Once upon a drum machine, The Brothers St. Regis had to part with their beloved, stock TR-808; before it left the building, Greg St. Regis programmed this beat: "HE is The Rhythm Man, tapping at he backseat..." Several summers passed and it again found favor in their sight, after hundreds of cuts & creases and "Boomstar Brotherhood" #SE80​ percussion pieces. Soon Rhodes chords followed the Rhythm-Man's-flow. It is commonly believed bass was next (30+ tracks): driving, testifying, border-defying Midimini V30, in the lead role, with wildly versatile and colorful programmable support from the SE-02. 10 or so passes of Omega 8—essentially MIDI Channel 1/1980’s style—broadened and brightened the Gospel of Chordal Excellence. The Oracle at Ableton/Atlanta spoke a Wayne Shorter spirit into the leads, so the SE-02 and Midimini began stacking up the solo flights, fighting and reuniting like play-cousin nights. Voices from the “Family Herrre” Chorus preached and ascended majestically—though soothingly prosaic at times—inspiring, shaping, begging, cajoling, demanding, elevating and refining the piece to unforeseen coherence and towering heights… feigning silence for moments, only to reanimate through & beyond fragmentation challenges with that magical dialect and love from #thelou​

"Consider all that."

FINIS

Captain’s Log Supplemental 1182021:

Most if not all of the polyphonic detail work (apart from the Waves Morphoder vocoding), not tracing or amplifying the piano track MIDI, rather often clustering around spoken and sung WORD, like a gritty reverent glitter (WORD, arguably entirely too sacrosanct to digitally preserve… to orchestrate, yet now its dope message moves forward and out), was tracked note by Motu's brilliant “Split Notes” feature in #DP10​ - Midimini V30 and SE-02 battling again for the muse’s attention/affection.

Original Midimini on the 1st and last conspicuous bass slides

Additional Cameos: Modstar Sensei, #Tonestar8106​

Writers: Marc St. Regis, Greg St. Regis
Produced by MSR
Executive Producer Adrian Drummond

Special thx to Drummomd, Sean Charles, @huston.singletary"

MIDIMINI V30 Oscillator Demo

Published on Mar 21, 2020 StudioElectronics

"This demo is an attempt to capture the raw power and fatness of the Studio Electronics Midimini V30- High quality monitors or headphones are recommended. We do recommend hearing it 'in person' if at all possible. However if you can not, and are curious to know what the raw oscillators sound like- This video is for you Starting with a single oscillator, various filter and resonance settings, and envelope settings. As the video progresses the sounds get a little more complex and wild."

Midimini V30: Monosynth Polysynth #2

Published on Mar 21, 2020 StudioElectronics

"A Bass Odyssey was planned (and promised) yet a more salient inspiration was followed. And it was/is good. Built on the same shell of our mid-80s ST. REGIS tune, “You Lover Lost,” this vid features a near punishingly poppin’ bass response to the initial backstage band effect, and then drifts purposefully into organy, multi-tracked lead slides; a dreamy Fm gathering of heavenly, ethereal eternals focus and fire a Quadnic-like pulse, after that haunting “Sound in my Head” patch made the way straight for its duality. Earthy Taurus-like pedal vibrations praise and present reprise tonalities, and wise culminating paraphonic conversations. Revelations ensue.

OK, THAT was fun. In short, the MIDIMINI V30 makes sounds you like—well beyond the typical; the patchpoints, gain-staging, ringmod, triangle wave #1 wrapped around the filter, crossmod, and Boomstar LFO see to that. 🎧 or better per favore.
SoundCloud audio available.

MSR 2.26.20"

Found Nick: Quadnic, Tonestar, Toolbar

Published on Mar 21, 2020 StudioElectronics

"Quadnic patched through the Tonestar8106 sharing the ever elusive Toolbar. Stumbled upon the right cord to drone and process, and Kyle Kilpatrick and I @vco_usa managed the same for the baseline/lead line on the Tone*, sequenced beautifully by the polyendseq.


Somehow the emotional content of this piece foreshadowed where we now find ourselves in this realm, at this moment.


Peace to all. MSR 3.20.20"

Midimini V30: Monosynth/Polysynth

Published on Feb 23, 2020 StudioElectronics

"Greg St. Regis suggested I abandon my long form addiction, and parse out more digestible bits, and so I have. An added benefit: I have cherry-picked elements which don’t actually talk to each other in the normal course of business—in Part 4 (see below).
—

Part 1: Paraphonic, DAW multitracked chords, and single zone sample stretches—why do they sound so good in DP10’s Nanosampler?—are the focus here… well there is a slush/smush of everything actually (Including analog percussion & FX), although in Part 2 the emphasis will be on the bass and the wicked lines we make.

OK, we’ve covered Part 2.

Part 3: Iso leads and their deliciousness.

Part 4, you ask? My long form habit—the complete piece—which is decidedly more concise than usual.

Sometimes it’s hard to wrap my mind around how outstanding this V30 sounds. The gain staging: Oscillator levels, AMP DRIVE, FEEDBACK, Feedback Gain (FBK GAIN), and the final OUT stage, make for a vast and yet intimate micro-climate of tone, warmth and dirty, usually reserved for guitar players and their axes, amps, and pedals (lovers too). Slide on over instruments with necks; the Midimini V30 has its eyes on your prize.

And the patch points which can go #OutsToOuts keep it pushing and pulsing well beyond the call of duty.

MSR 2.22.20"

Tone* Toolbar 8106 - Rach Leader

Published on Jul 15, 2019 StudioElectronics

"First off, kudos to Sergei Rachmaninoff for 99.96% of this most lovely of all Adagio melodies (Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18). Perhaps it survived my tempo/time signature/bar line/timbre liberties better than… #nevermind

Maybe I’ll win my 1st Glinka Award and 1,001 roubles.

Taking a break from baseline-driven dems, I started out with raw waves from patched from oscillator MIX to the VCA IN—normally a normalled affair. From there a mix/blend of raw and filtered tones make their way through an electronic forest of additional internal patching—some involving audio rate modulation from the Toolbar—Pulse Width Vibrational Therapy, and DRIVE and FEEDBACK-fortified flora and fauna interaction… more or less RESONANCE’d.

All the pretty pretty waves are visible (A=432 Hz); I’ll have to incorporate Somatic images to fully capture their beauty and transcendence in the near future. 3d, multicolored encoding to be uncovered.

MSR"

Tone* 8106 - You Metal Wonder (metal wonder you)

Published on Jul 1, 2019 StudioElectronics

"Meditations on Audio Rate Modulation, DRIVE & FEEDBACK.

Toolbar adds depth, tone and stereophonics.

Hipass filter, the wah factor."

Tonestar 8106 Batty for Pulse Width

Published on Jun 29, 2019 StudioElectronics

"IG:

Beloved Square Waves and their Pulse Widths meet #OutsToOuts patching, with a touch of Toolbar sweetening. Colors abound, smooth to staggering—especially when tag-teamed oscillator and filter audio rate modulation digs its heels in. Drenching and quenching "resonancy" filter tracking and oscillation break up & wake up, near half way through, after shattering and jagged, bar line moving, vibrated squares dance for their supper. OK, it's late and showing in my prose. Wait... the peaceful ticking at end... it's so nice.

Enjoy,
MSR"

Tonestar 8106 Outs to Outs Vol. 1, Quadnic & Toolbar 2nd Act

Published on Jun 25, 2019 StudioElectronics

Super high resonance at 1:18. Watch your volume levels!

"IG:

Get you some 411 on Outs to Outs—go 'head—you can't hurt Studio Electronics modules. Not an exhaustive O2O exploration here, but juicy and compelling. I seem to be stuck on square waves these days, and this 8106 treats 'em right. Quadnic and Toolbar—yes we still might make it—take over the near center, roughly in an appropriate way. Bonus Tonestar Pulse Width to MOD (ENV)—how did I not feature that substantially?—yank the focus back.

MSR"

8106 eurorack

Studio Electronics Introduces SE-1X Standalone Editor

"A standalone app is now available for the SE-1X persuasion. SE Sound Designer and Coder Emmanuel Santoul has delivered yet again. Like the OmegaCodeEditor/ATCeditor/SE-02, it also floats an expanded virtual synth above your actual and venerated SE-1X.

Plug-in Highlights
1. Complete front panel implementation.
2. Extended panel for full patch review and edit.
3. 4+4+4 banks landscape (4 ROM, 4 RAM, 4 on your hard drive).
4. Alpha-numeric patch naming/renaming.
5. Deep and detailed Patch and Bank exploration modification made easy.
6. Visual Patch edit and compare of all parameters.
7. Bank saving/loading made easy.
8. Tone Wizard functionality for quick and weird patch generation.
9. Crazy useful random patch name generator.

Note: The app does not generate sound; it only address MIDI and SysEx data.

Prerequisites
Mac: OS X 10.7 (Lion) and higher, 64bits app.
PC: Win7 and higher 32bits app. No Plug-in planned at this time.

Licence
$29"

https://www.studioelectronics.com/products/synths/software/se-1x-editor/

SE 02 EXT BOX: Drive, HP w/Waves, Freqs & Spectrals

Published on May 30, 2019 StudioElectronics

"More dirtier better.

Uncompressed/limited raw audio at its earthiest."

Studio Electronics SE-02 / Ext Box Demos

Published on May 23, 2019 StudioElectronics

Playlist:
SE-02 / Ext Box: Cutoff Sweeps
SE-02 / EXT BOX: Drive & Hipass Filter
SE-02 / EXT BOX: Bassline Drive & HP
SE-02 EXT / BOX: External Input Crashing
SE-02 / Ext Box: Cutoff Sweeps w/Waveform Screen

SE 88Sensei

Published on Apr 4, 2019 StudioElectronics

"Brilliant, boingy, bandy, and boomy SE-88 in focus here, with the usual cast of charactors:

Channel 1: Oscillation/SE-88/Hi Pass/Band Reject
Channel 2: Oscillation/SE-88/Low Pass/Band Pass
Channel 3: SciFi Ringmod of Oscillation
Channel 4: Grainy Clampit
Channel 5: Slimo/4075
Channel 6: Slimo/Triangle Wave

Other module contributions:

Charcot Circles
Ste. 16 x2
Attenulag
LFO 2
Amp"

Boomstar SE88

Studio Electronics VST Editors

via @SE_BoomStar

"#se02 #VST #editor beta testing begins 2.1.19 #studioelectronics"

VST editors for the SE-O2, Code, and ATC-X pictured.

My Woman (She) Number One - Alfie 🎧 Remix

Published on Dec 21, 2018 StudioElectronics

Top SE-02 track from the playlist below.

Video description:

"My Woman (She) Number One - Alfie 🎧 Remix

https://www.instagram.com/p/BouzViyhZ...)

Sensei Hybrid / MSR / Ray / ModMax Phaser—legacy reborn, if I, MSR, have anything to do with it.

That ModMax audio trigger does things VC envs can’t—good things—necessary things, not to mention the 2, 4, 6 stage switch, which is truly theatrical in its sonic gestures.

Full track, and “Liner Notes for a Friend” here: https://tinyurl.com/ybheece9, or just linger at https://soundcloud.com/studio-electro... and you’ll bump into it at the top of the SE-02 Playlist.

Really real big swngin' sounding drums (they command a few key areas) straight outta Brooklyn and the Gram: @therealstillphilny Next time I’ll ask you 1st bro; you killin’ it tho.

Rock ’n’ Roll gloriousness sound good to me, and yes that is a clue… “when all my dime dancing is through…” And are you going to ModMax Faire?"

New SE-02 Videos from Studio Electronics

Published on Dec 21, 2018 StudioElectronics

Playlist:
Monte Neuble and Marc St. Regis "studio-tan" the SE-02
Ext Box Chimey '58 by Marc St. Regis
Ext Box Crowder

New Roland Polysynth Based on the Studio Electronics CODE8 / Omega8 in the Works?

This one is in via Soviet Space Child.

Studio Electronics posted this image of the inside of a CODE8 with the following on Instagram:

"studioelectronicsThrough-hole SE style. Current #CODE8 Black #omega8 build in the shop... Dreamy #Rackmount #Analog sounds, after a good Greg St. Regis directed calibration or two, and burn in, of course. #studioelectronics #synthesizer #polyphonic"

Some one asked them to bring it to a wider audience like they did for SE02 with Roland. Studio Electronics's reply? "There’s a pretty good rumor that that’s happening."

via the Instagram thread:

vincewizz: Please bring it to a wider audience like you did for the SE02
studioelectronics: @vincewizz There’s a pretty good rumor that that’s happening.