At Superbooth 2017, Bastl Instruments announced the softPop Synthesizer, a new experimental Synthesizer made in collaboration with Peter Edwards from Casper Electronics. For me, the softPop Synth was one of the highlights from this year’s Superbooth because it doesn’t try to recreate a famous synth (clone) or to be something which is already available on the market.
The softPop is a real experimental instrument that gives the musicians the right tool for creating crazy and psychedelic analog noise creature. Beside the amazing different sound structure, it’s also fully compatible with all the other Bastl Instruments products (bitRanger, Kastle) and all other Eurorack systems. With three jacks on the backside of the devices, you can patch in and out everything with control voltages.
Bastl Instruments announced today that the softPop Synthesizer is now available for pre-order for 309€ (excluding VAT). The estimated shipping of the first batch will be in late August 2017. To celebrate this news, the Brno synth crew released an amazing new video about the softPop.
softPop is a playfully organic, semi-modular light and sound synthesizer with wide variety of sounds: from random dripping water pops to heavy subtractive basslines. Its fully analog core consisting of a heavily feedbacked system of dual triangle-core oscillators, state variable filter and sample and hold is played through an intuitive interface of 6 faders that provide countless combinations which can be explored by anyone. It can also process external audio thru the filter while using the envelope follower to intuitively synchronise to the incoming signal.
Extensive mini patchbay offers lots of reconfigurability and 3 jacks A,B,C can be used to send signals in or out of the patch bay. Battery operation, built in speaker and carrying handle make it the ultimate picnic boombox! The analog soul is enhanced by a quantize feature (auto-tune) and pattern generator with two memories P1 and P2. For adventurous and courageous souls there is a secret chamber in the back for hacking & modding.
Check out here our video from Superbooth 2017 with Peter Edwards
Available here for pre-order: Bastl Instruments softPop Synthesizer
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