New Sound Demos For Taiho Yamada's Waverazor Synthesizer Plugin Released

The name Taiho Yamada is for a lot of Synthesizer lovers known who have dealt with the Alesis Andromeda. With the interface designer Axel Hartmann, he developed this very well-known analog Synthesizer. In the meantime, Taiho is dealing more with software and released its new Synthesizer plugin Waverazor in April. Waverazor is the first product from the new formed company MOK and is a Synthesizer plugin that comes with a new oscillator technology. It slice up familiar waveforms and recombines them into multi-segment “Frankenstein” waveforms that provide the foundation for endless sonic and timbre explorations. To get a better overview how this Synthesizer sounds, Taiho released over the weekend a new sound demo video series.

A new angle of synthesis

Waverazor’s patent-pending oscillator technology slices familiar waveforms and recombines them to create tormented futuristic sounds. Start with a radical multi-shape waveform, then mangle the sound beyond recognition by tweaking an array of parameters including tuning, level, phase and DC offset per segment.

Mutant Am: Ring mod on stereoids

Each waveform segment can have different harmonic content, with individual harmonics subject to amplitude modulation at a rate and level determined by the contents of each fraction. Instead of simply modulating the entire waveform on and off like traditional ring mod, the oscillator modulates harmonics to different levels in a sequenced pattern.

Multi-Sync: even more of a good thing

Since each wave cycle is divided into fractional splices, and phase reset is controlled per segment, multiple simultaneous hard sync points can be set up per cycle and even beyond a single cycle. With Multi-Sync engaged, modulating individual wave fractions to different frequencies creates a complex new harmonically rich version of a classic synthesis technique.

Slice it, dice it, tweak it, play it

The Waverazor interface offers a unique approach to sound design, with a central oscilloscope that enables precise waveform creation. Two X/Y performance controllers modulate a combination of slice parameters, while additional knobs and buttons make it possible to morph multiple parameters at once.