Each piece connects together, passing sound from one piece to the next – like a highway of sound. High pass filters, low pass filters affect the coloring of that tone. Envelope filters affect the timing and dynamics of the tone. Sonic FlexibilityĪt their essence, analog synthesizers are made up of pieces. As a manufacturer of high end custom faceplates for some of today’s most popular modular synthesizers, we wanted to explore why these big boxes of knobs and wires are so popular. But musicians today are loving the modular synth. And they have been around for 50 years now. Their album “Random Access Memories” (with the hit single “Get Lucky”) makes extensive use of the modular synthesizer. The modular synth you are hearing in the opening track “On Sight” is actually work of another band that made headlines in 2013: Daft Punk. Do you know what album from 2013 opens with the unmistakable sound of a modular synth? No, it wasn’t the work of some obscure electronic musician. It was the Billboard’s #2 Critics’ Pick Album of The Year: Yeesus, By Kanye West.
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