Joranalogue Generate 3 // Through Zero Modulate EVERYTHING! (Patreon)

Hello everyone and merry eve of new years eve ... or something like that! 

I hope you've had a good end to the year whatever you've been up to. I've spent the days around Christmas knee deep in modern analogue synth technology advancing oscillators with the SSF ZPO (video here) and now the Generate 3 from Joranalogue, details and new video on the latter below. 

A lot of this year hasn't been easy been things are certainly starting to move forward and I'm looking forward to what the new year brings. As always I'm full of ideas and there's a lot of things I'd like to bring to life this year and many things already in motion. I'll get to talking about those things in the near future and I'd love to have plenty of input from you all on many of the ideas and things I'll be getting up to. 

Importantly I'll be aiming to reply to every single comment and message from any of you and also getting back onto the Discord which is something I my phone I haven't touched for a good while. This may take some time but I'll be trying my best. 

All the best to everyone for a great year ahead and speak again soon. Certainly lots of videos to be getting to. 

VIDEO INFO 

Here’s the new Generate 3 mega analogue oscillator from Joranalogue. As with other Joranalogue designs this of course pushes way past the basics and seeks (and achieves) to take analogue synthesis that bit further. Generate 3 is billed as a “through zero multiphonic signal generator” and offers through zero control of FM, PM and AM aka frequency modulation, phase modulation and amplitude modulation. You also get through zero control of the timbre as the full output mixes down the fundamental sine, even and odd harmonics. FM can be exponential, linear and through zero. The phase modulation gives a powerful way to create FM synthesis like sounds without actually changing the pitch. Through zero AM is Ring Modulation as the bipolar level controls can swing the waveform negative/inverted under voltage control. There’s two form of sync with reset and flip offering hard and soft sync as well as multiple outputs and a huge range of potential sounds and shaping in just 12HP. With all the through zero control you can be very dynamic and expressive with your modulation and as with most patches mixing modulation forms to sync modulation sources and then modulate multiple parameters leads to the widest range of options. 

Website, manual and info - http://bit.ly/Generate3

More Joranalogue demos from me

Filter 8 - https://youtu.be/u3XrRmUV6-U

Contour 1 - https://youtu.be/wsd8hDgo2O4

Select 2 - https://youtu.be/Twc09-BgZoE

Compare 2 - https://youtu.be/jTylgi-7mqI

Transmit 2 & Receive 2 - https://youtu.be/bBFxp8tNkPM

Mix 3 - https://youtu.be/fr17kWX8-3I

TIMING INDEX // SECTIONS

00:00 Intro & video previews

MODULE WALKTHROUGH

02:12 Feature & function run down

03:15 FM controls (exponential, linear, through zero, bias + AC switching)

04:30 Phase modulation

05:24 Amplitude control, bipolar level shifts + Ring Modulation

06:10 Reset + Flip (hard and soft sync)

WAVEFORMS

06:53 Waveform outputs plus recreating classic waveforms and making new ones

PHASE MODULATION (THROUGH ZERO)

08:57 Phase modulation demo (static + dynamic patching)

12:25 Self patched feedback based phase modulation (ace!)

14:31 Phase modulation synthesis in context of musical patch

MULTIPHONIC PATCHING

14:42 Stereo patching using different outputs with different sequences + modulations

FAKE / PSUEDO FILTERING

18:01 Fake filtering explained (fading harmonics)

19:12 Percussive enveloped harmonic control

19:35 Slowly fading waveshapes

RING MODULATION // BIPOLAR AMPLITUDE CONTROL

20:06 Ring Modulation patching (through zero level control)

23:48 Heavily expanded Ring Modulation (independent ring mod on each waveform)

SYNC

27:00 Understand and patching analogue sync (hard and soft with reset and flip)

29:53 Reset + Flip together (ALL THE SYNCS!)

FM SYNTHESIS // FREQUENCY MODULATION

31:45 Through Zero FM

34:14 Linear FM in practice

35:53 Further FM explorations

WEIRD STUFF

37:42 VCO Drum Kit (follow up video to come)

TUNE-ABLE NOISE GENERATOR

38:09 Feedback patching to create white noise

40:23 Glitchy noise textures under wonky beats

TRYING TO DO THINGS GENERATE 3 DOESN’T DO

40:38 Trying to create a super saw, PWM or unison vibe … sort of

LOW FREQUENCY LFO MODE

42:20 Demonstrating all of the control and shaping with the LFOs

46:17 Phase shifting LFOs

47:44 Sequencing beats WITH AN OSCILLATOR!

MIXED MODULATION (where some of the magic happens)

49:12 Ring Modulation & Sync

49:38 Through zero Phase, FM, AM and Sync

50:59 FEEDBACK with core to AM the fundamental + through zero FM

52:06 Filthier tones and aggressive sound design

53:12 Modulate EVERYTHING and it’s still musical!