Hilda
by Bram Bos
Complex oscillator synth drawn as a circuit board, with sequencer and drone
May 10, 202359 minWatch on YouTube ↗
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- 15:10The drone control, which sustains under whatever is played from the keyboard
- 16:59Holding any control names it in the circuit readout, used as the tour of the panel
- 19:19LFO and slope modulators placed between sections, wired up on the wave folder
- 23:15FM, sub oscillator and X-Ring, all of them modulatable
- 24:43Fingerprint pads: bit crusher, tape style slowdown, then the reverse loop recorder
- 42:05Loading a second copy as an effect and feeding other apps through it
What it does
A single oscillator drawn as a circuit board, with arrows showing the signal path and a readout that names any control you hold. The oscillator feeds a wave folder, FM, a sub oscillator and X-Ring, then a circuit bender and a filter offering low pass, high pass, notch and phaser modes with drive. LFOs and slope generators sit between sections, fingerprint pads add bit crushing, tape slowdown and a reverse loop recorder, and a drone runs underneath. A 16 step sequencer with scales, mutation and randomising sits along the bottom.
In the demo
Jade follows the circuit from left to right with a drone held, adding modulation as she goes, then loads a second copy in an effect slot and pushes other apps through it. She closes with a layered drone project chaining several instances through buses.
Worth knowing
The delay has no host sync, and the preset browser has no arrows for stepping through patches.
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