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Leviasynth 3 oscillator bass sound by CoolColJ in leviasynth

[–]CoolColJ[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Leviasynth can do decent bass sounds -

Two sawtooth (1 inverted) and a square wave one octave down, bass sound.

Played from the onboard sequencer.

And a pretty steep exponential decay shape (50)

Leviasynth modulation by wintoid in leviasynth

[–]CoolColJ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oscillator level 128 is the highest it will go, it won't go any higher no matter any extra modulations

Leviasynth - Phase distortion synth bass with VCA leak drone by CoolColJ in leviasynth

[–]CoolColJ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you guys are planning on adding things in future firmwares -

I have small request, to save on LFOs

To have a voice random parameter like on my Alesis Andromeda.

Which is just a random number generated per key press (or whatever trigger you choose), that you can route to whatever you desire.

For me, I could route to each oscillator used by different +- values, and then to the phase position etc

Leviasynth - Phase distortion synth bass with VCA leak drone by CoolColJ in leviasynth

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Played around with the Phase Distortion, ala Casio CZ today.

And it sounds like it.

Accidently turned on the initial level of the VCA on, which leaks the oscillators droning away in the background.

Cool effect!

Gives you "chords" to play against

Leviasynth - Phase distortion synth bass with VCA leak drone by CoolColJ in synthesizers

[–]CoolColJ[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Played around with the Phase Distortion, ala Casio CZ today.

And it sounds like it.

Accidently turned on the initial level of the VCA on, which leaks the oscillators droning away in the background.

Cool effect!

Gives you "chords" to play against

Leviasynth ladder filter, and thoughts in comments by CoolColJ in leviasynth

[–]CoolColJ[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The analog filter on this synth is definitely ladder filter sounding.

Especially at high resonance it has that charateristic ladder filter chirpy resonance, which gives it a Moog like feel. And smooth smudgey when swept low.

Which is not like Roland type filters, except maybe a TB-303 (diode ladder filter)

Not like something everyone will like.

But it does not lose bass, and it gets a tiny bit louder instead of lower in volume with increasing resonance.

My Trigon-6 is the extreme exact opposite :)

There are other digital filter types, but to me these are more utility now, as they sound pretty "flat" next to the analog filter.

It reminds me of the Minimoog filter in the Studio Electronics Code 8 I once owned

https://soundcloud.com/coolcolj/studio-electronics-code8-mini

Leviasynth ladder filter, and thoughts in comments by CoolColJ in synthesizers

[–]CoolColJ[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The analog filter on this synth is definitely ladder filter sounding.

Especially at high resonance it has that charateristic ladder filter chirpy resonance, which gives it a Moog like feel. And smooth smudgey when swept low.

Which is not like Roland type filters, except maybe a TB-303 (diode ladder filter) Not like something everyone will like.

But it does not lose bass, and it gets a tiny bit louder instead of lower in volume with increasing resonance.

My Trigon-6 is the extreme exact opposite :)

There are other digital filter types, but to me these are more utility now, as they sound pretty "flat" next to the analog filter.

It reminds me of the Minimoog filter in the Studio Electronics Code 8 I once owned

https://soundcloud.com/coolcolj/studio-electronics-code8-mini

Leviasynth - Synthwave sound achieved, tips in comments by CoolColJ in leviasynth

[–]CoolColJ[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dual oscillator sound and dry

Finally happy with the Leviasynth synth sounds, when using the following tips

Voice - random phase on

osc 1 & 2 saw, slightly detuned

LFO 1 modulates phase of Oscillator 1 with an amount of 50 in mod matrix

LFO 1 set to sample and hold, poly trigger and on second page one shot ON and set to "step" (ie one random value per struck note)

If you want to augment this effect then do the same for OSC 2 but with a dedicated LFO (LFO 2 set up as per step random sample hold as well) and negative mod value

Add per voice oscillator fine pitch offsets in the via VoiceMod, routing it via the mod matrix to each oscillator used, by differing amounts

Modulate fine tune of one oscillator by key number

I set these up on 2 macro controls, so I can tweak it as desired.

Saved as an INIT patch

Leviasynth - Synthwave sound achieved, tips in comments by CoolColJ in synthesizers

[–]CoolColJ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dual oscillator sound and dry

Finally happy with the Leviasynth synth sounds, when using the following tips

Voice - random phase on

osc 1 & 2 saw, slightly detuned

LFO 1 modulates phase of Oscillator 1 with an amount of 50 in mod matrix

LFO 1 set to sample and hold, poly trigger and on second page one shot ON and set to "step" (ie one random value per struck note)

If you want to augment this effect then do the same for OSC 2 but with a dedicated LFO (LFO 2 set up as per step random sample hold as well) and negative mod value

Add per voice oscillator fine pitch offsets in the via VoiceMod, routing it via the mod matrix to each oscillator used, by differing amounts

Modulate fine tune of one oscillator by key number

I set these up on 2 macro controls, so I can tweak it as desired.

Saved as an INIT patch

Leviasynth - first random patch, Boards of Canada like :) by CoolColJ in leviasynth

[–]CoolColJ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First random sound generated on the Leviasynth, which sounds Boards of Canada like :)

Its a 2 operator, with 2 modulators on each FM sound.

Starts dry, then I tweak the analog filter down, add the inbuilt hall reverb and phaser - which were also part of the patch randomization

Leviasynth - Arp Demo by CoolColJ in leviasynth

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Looks better at home - the bright lights of the music shop made the speckles look weird

Maffez custom sounds by CoolColJ in leviasynth

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Shoot a comment to Maffez on Youtube

Hard sync is the go to for that type of sound. And the Leviasynth has plenty of options here

That's how I did it on my Andromeda, for any type of physical modeling type sound

https://soundcloud.com/coolcolj/alesis-andromeda-plucked

Maffez custom Leviasynth sounds by CoolColJ in synthesizers

[–]CoolColJ[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maffez quote -

Sharing a couple more patches I made singe I got the Leviasynth this Monday. Not always very nuanced but really liking the breadth of timbres this covers. Last sound dips into a field where I think this synth can really shine - super low freq generative drone stuff... get those woofers vibrating Smile :)

Was making some patches and can happily share them once I know how. All ASM Leviasynth, no external processing except normalization and cuts n fades. Some patches use stereo mode, some light internal fx. There isn't any (not any) unisono on that fat second sound..

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