Yeah I was going to PM Geoff on what it is holmes.

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Originally posted by Storyteller Close, wasn't the hardware version of that called the K-station? It's obviously the novation nova, but still haha.

Ding ding we have a winner!!

It's basically a desktop version of their Supernova synth but with less polyphony (16 voices) but added vocoder.

I had a Supernova last year but had to sell it because of new baby reasons, but these things are sweet.

6 ouputs, 8 part multi timbral, independant fx per part, knobby interface and cheap (I paid £190).

This easily sounds as nice as an 8080 or Virus of the day, and it's built like a tank.

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Me likey.

Man, that brings back memories. A mate got one back in 2002 and we noodled around with it for hours. The saws on that ****** are great.

Would be cool to chill at some of these studios! I basically am a FL, laptop and headphones producer.

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Raphie it just kind of dawned on me all your studio pictures look like a professional/potrait photographer takes them. I can see you having like a photo album of the studio.

"This picture is from when the studio turned 6... That's the last birthday party we allow cake in here, that's for sure."

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Yeah, there has been some development over the years.

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Originally posted by tehlord This easily sounds as nice as an 8080 or Virus of the day, and it's built like a tank.

I really don't agree with this. No way in hell I'd swap my microbrute for that junk.

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Originally posted by djnitride How do you like it? All of the demo's I have listened too sound very nice.

I made a quick demo for you. It definitely won't be the best one out there. I've been so busy at work that unfortunately I haven't gotten familiar with it still. So I whipped up 3 quick sounds from scratch. This is a very quick, rough demo, but I wanted to upload something since I said I would. Unfortunately I didn't have time to do a clip for the paraphonic mode but I did make a clip for the "unison mono" mode with unison detune which gives a pretty big sound for an analog "mono" synth.





NOTE: a reverb was added to all the clips. but aside from the reverb - the sounds are 100% unprocessed, straight from the Pulse 2.
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Clip 1 (0:00-0:16)
3 x oscillators (all saw waves, osc 2 & 3 were detuned for a little phasing)
monophonic
a little bit of VCA tube overdrive applied
12db lowpass filter, halfway through the sound i opened the filter up all the way
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Clip 2 (0:24-0:0:56)
2 x oscillators (both square waves)
monophonic
the filter cutoff is somewhat low at first, then i open up the filter cutoff, then i decrease the PWM on osc 1
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Clip 3 (1:04-1:53)
1 x oscillator (pulse wave)
unison mono with some unison detune and some pwm
i play around with the envelope filter amount, then decrease it to a low filter cutoff, then open up the filter cutoff

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Last edited by Dj Dizzy on Jan-18-2015 at 07:54

Hah, saw it on soundcloud before I saw it here hence my comments asking questions you already answered

Sounds very nice, it definitely has a different character than alot of other analog synths I have listened to demos of... more "modern" and less muddy than other mono analog synths... like it would fit in a mix easy with alot of current genres alongside digital synths.

Ive been considering picking up an analog hardware synth myself sometime but I really need to make sure I get one that goes with my sound like you were saying. The pulse looks quite badass and it does have a nice price point as well.

Thanks for the demo

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Originally posted by djnitride Sounds very nice, it definitely has a different character than alot of other analog synths I have listened to demos of... more "modern" and less muddy than other mono analog synths... like it would fit in a mix easy with alot of current genres alongside digital synths. Ive been considering picking up an analog hardware synth myself sometime but I really need to make sure I get one that goes with my sound like you were saying. The pulse looks quite badass and it does have a nice price point as well. Thanks for the demo

yeah that's the same impression I got from it, it has the "lively" and rich analog sound but in a more modern way. it doesnt have a monstrous sound to it, like a moog. some call it colder or thinner than traditional analog synths but the tradeoff is that it'd sit well in a multilayered mix with digital synths like you mentioned but there's no denying that it retains a very analog sound. I think it's a synth that retro-music producers wouldn't like but it's probably aimed at those of us that mix and match hardware synths and vst's. as much as I absolutely love the powerful moog sound, the pulse 2 just seemed to fit the niche I was looking to fill.

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