Bastl Instruments Dark Matter & Waver

Today we will be having a closer look at Bastl Instruments Dark Matter & Waver and dive deep into the world of envelope followers by feeding some audio into the input of Dark Matter. A little crazy. Untamed. Evocative, deep & kind of awful. And don't forget, totally beautiful. Dark Matter is a high energy […]

Today we will be having a closer look at Bastl Instruments Dark Matter & Waver and dive deep into the world of envelope followers by feeding some audio into the input of Dark Matter.

A little crazy. Untamed. Evocative, deep & kind of awful. And don't forget, totally beautiful.

Dark Matter is a high energy sound processor and signal generator that unleashes the crazy raw power of audio feedback into your eurorack system.

In this video it teams up with Bastl Instrument's Pizza, the compact digital oscillator with powerful wave shaping applied to FM synthesis & Waver, a fully analog, wave folding mixer and signal disruptor inspired by experimental mixing techniques and mind-melting drones.

Time markers for your convenience:

00:28 Introduction Dark Matter

01:07 Introduction Waver

01:22 Patching

01:46 Internal VCA Pizza

02:03 Patching (continued)

02:32 Sliders

02:57 Jam#1 - Spicy Beats

05:06 Jam #2 - Processed Audio

In Bastl Instruments' own words:

BASTL INSTRUMENTS IS A SYNTH (TROUBLE) MAKER BASED IN BRNO, CZECH REP. 🇨🇿 SINCE 2013, WE’VE BEEN HELPING PEOPLE DEVELOP THEIR UNIQUE SOUND AND BUILD UP THEIR DIY COMMUNITIES CENTERED AROUND ELECTRONIC MUSIC. WE STARTED OUT AS A FRIENDLY GROUP OF GEEKS, AND TO THIS DAY, BASTL IS A FAMILY-RUN OPERATION WITH ROOTS IN THE COMMUNITY. 

OUR WILD INVENTIONS COVER EURORACK MODULES, STANDALONE 🎹 ANALOG & DIGITAL SYNTHESIZERS, STUDIO UTILITIES, AND MORE, AND THEY FIT PERFECTLY INTO VARIOUS PRODUCTION SETUPS. INSIDE AND OUT, THEY’RE DESIGNED TO FIGHT BOREDOM AND ROUTINE, SINCE WE WANT THEM TO BE THE FUEL FOR YOUR CREATIVITY. 

WHETHER YOU’RE EXPLORING ALIEN NOISE SOUNDSCAPES, WORKING ON YOUR NEXT TECHNO BANGER, OR ANYTHING IN-BETWEEN, BE READY TO GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY WITH OUR CLASSICS LIKE KASTLE, MICROGRANNY OR SOFTPOP 2. 

WE PASS ON OUR KNOW-HOW AT DIY WORKSHOPS AND COURSES. ALL OUR PRODUCTS COME WITH DETAILED GUIDES AND SCHEMATICS, AND WE’VE OPEN-SOURCED MOST OF OUR CODE SO THAT OUR INSTRUMENTS ARE READY FOR HACKING OR MODDING. 

THE PLANETARY IS ALWAYS ON OUR MIND, AND WE TRY TO PRODUCE IN THE MOST ECO-FRIENDLY AND RESPONSIBLE WAY POSSIBLE. OUR TEAM SUPPORTS DIVERSITY ON ALL FRONTS, AND BASTL ACTIVELY ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES FREELY.

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