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A sound design dream. The impressive Four Seas! (Patreon)

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2025-10-23 18:00:10

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2025-10

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Hello,

another new module and new video this week ... here's FOUR SEAS!

It's the first module from Ferry Island Modular, you may have seen it (or coverage of it) from Superbooth earlier in the year or more recently at Machina Bristronica. It's designed, engineered and manufactured in Finland - which I imagine is no small effort!

Having the chance to dive into Four Seas made me realise it's much more than I first thought it was. I liked the idea of spread voices with different pitches and wave shapes all from wavetables. But what I didn't realise, at least not as in depth as this goes, is how comprehensive all the oscillator modulation modes are. There's thru zero phase modulation (think Yamaha DX style digital FM), phase distortion based wave shaping, options to process external mono (or stereo) signals and an FSU mode that is truly a magical monster of digital destruction.

I always try to make videos that have widely applicable patches, so whether you want a Four Seas or not there's going to be plenty to take away from this. Whether it's layer sub bass patches, how things like phase modulation actually works, different types of oscillator sync and how to apply these things musically.

If you're reading this right as it posts, take this as 1 hour notice - grab a brew - to join un in the video premiere. Where you can hangout RIGHT HERE in the live chat as the video plays.

I'm excited to share this one and hope you like it too.

As always, see you in the Discord!! ... and the premiere live chat!

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FOUR SEAS // A Multi-Voice Mega Wavetable Oscillator Powerhouse from Ferry Island Modular

Here we have Ferry Island Modular's first release 'Four Seas', which is designed, engineered and manufactured in Finland. It's a real power house of a sound source, suiting to quickly grabbing some waves to patch with or for deep sound design tweaking. Everything is knob/button per function with no menus, making complex behaviours, modulations and sounds simple to access. There's LOTS of examples in this video, see the timing index below for all that's covered ... yet I'm sure there's lots left to uncover with all the options this presents. https://www.ferryislandmodular.com All the wavetables and all the spreads video // https://youtu.be/_s11AUY8fSo *SUPPORT //* If you'd like to support work like this and the wider range of what I do, considering heading over to Patreon at https://bit.ly/DK-patreon and supporting for as little as $1 a month to gain access to the DivKid Discord community, plus lots of exclusives such as PDF patchbooks, videos and more. https://bit.ly/DK-patreon *AFFILIATE LINKS //* use these to support my channel! I get a small kickback at no expense to you when you shop. Clockface Modular // https://bit.ly/DK-clockface Perfect Circuit // https://bit.ly/PC-FourSeas Thomann // https://bit.ly/DK-thomann **TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS** NOTE "//" sections are points of interest within a given patch. 00:00:00 Hello & patch previews 00:02:24 What is Four Seas? FEATURE RUN DOWN 00:03:27 Tuning 00:03:47 Pitch spread 04:27 Wavetable controls 00:05:40 Outputs & LFO modes 00:06:06 Sync 00:06:39 External in & oscillator modulation 00:07:44 I2C connection *PATCHES* 00:08:26 Huge stereo spread & vintage wavetable sizzle 00:10:20 Dual stereo melodic patching - F YEAH PYTHAGORAS! 00:14:32 Absolutely massive bass patching - sub octave layering & more // 00:14:58 The main basic layering & patch set up // 00:15:48 Sub bass layering // 00:17:49 Layers playing together + side chain ducking // 00:18:22 Glitchy FX accents // 00:19:13 Building up the whole patch 00:19:50 All the wavetables & all the spread modes 00:20:15 OSC MOD 1 // Thru zero phase modulation // 00:21:21 Dynamic phase mod - (“FM index”) // 00:21:46 Thru zero phase mod on wavetables // 00:22:15 Hard sync + modulation // 00:22:49 Self patched phase modulation // 00:23:46 Spread tunings & phase mod // 00:24:20 Morphing waves + phase mod - nuts!! 00:25:08 FM operator style phase mod patching 00:28:02 Multiple techniques techno jam // 00:28:19 Ring modulated ‘weird’ percussion // 00:29:22 Bass chug - filter in & filter modulation // 00:30:38 Two fun things - destructive self patched phase mod + LFO mode performance glitch fills // 00:31:38 Performance move run down & build up 00:32:13 Exploring oscillator sync // 00:32:45 Hard sync (blue) // 00:33:19 Soft sync phase shift (orange) // 00:33:37 Flip sync wave reversal (yellow) // 00:34:06 Hard sync on wavetables 00:35:05 Musical hard sync - envelope + LFO sync sweeps 00:37:43 Percussion synthesis playground - turning 4 voices into a drum kit! // 00:38:15 Kick drum // 00:38:46 Wonky snare // 00:39:38 Floppy disc hi hats 00:40:34 OSC MOD 2 // Phase distortion waveshaping - turning one VCO into a stereo waveshaped one // 00:41:50 VCAs for dynamic wave shaping // 00:42:49 Articulating stereo wave shaping & building sequences 00:43:57 Destroying mono beats into stereo phase distortion goodness - WOW! // 00:44:35 The “Homebase” for basic sounds/processing // 00:45:59 Spread wavetables for stereo beat destruction // 00:46:33 Chop down extreme tones with LPGs / choppy rhythms 00:47:19 Guitar meets stereo phase distortion 00:48:51 Ambient chord drone break 00:51:07 Exploring LFOs - spread waves & tunings for modulating a basic patch 00:53:38 2 VCOs + 2 LFOs - audio and modulation, self patched feedback fun 00:55:47 OSC MOD 3 // FSU mode - brutal!! 00:57:29 Utter filth from the FSU shaping // 00:59:39 BONUS TIP for noise lovers 01:01:15 Custom user wavetables & why I haven’t used them (yet) **THIS VIDEO IS SPONSORED BY FERRY ISLAND MODULAR** they have funded the creation of this demo video, as always, any questions just ask. Join the amazing growing community on Discord by supporting at https://www.patreon.com/DivKid Subscribe for more DivKid videos: http://bit.ly/DivKidYTSub https://divkidvideo.com https://www.instagram.com/divkidvideo/ https://twitter.com/divkid