Puremagnetik Etches will be the company’s first hardware Synthesizer with touch control and built-in looper.
Last November, Puremagnetik launched the LAPS, the company’s first hardware product, described as a multi-track collage machine. Micah Frank, founder of PM, is currently working on his next hardware product. Not a pedal, but a Synthesizer.
Puremagnetik Etches is a new touch-sensitive loopscape Synthesizer that is currently in development. Micah gave a preview of it on Instagram.
Puremagetik Etches
Etches is a new digital Synthesizer that is controllable with touch and pressure-sensitive pads and stripes. According to Puremagnetik, Etches runs on the Electrosmith Daisy Seed DSP platform with a custom engine.
The engine, in turn, is based around Mica Frank’s modular patch, which he uses in live performances with his music group LARUM. He bundled all the elements and packed them into a new, hard-wired digital version.
Etches has a digital synth engine, but we don’t yet know what synthesis it is based on. However, we already know that it has a shape and envelope control and a built-in quantizer. The latter has controls for the shift, root key, and the scale, offering up to 12 scales to choose from.
A highlight of the unit is the built-in looper based on one track of the LAPS pedal, allowing you to record instantly the engine and overdub the recordings on the fly.
Additionally, you can set start and end points, and work with a blend knob. The maximum loop length is not known.
To refine your sounds, it includes a delay processor with three controls (time, repeat, mix), and a reverb (space) inspired by the famous Make Noise Erbe-Verb.
Puremagnetik will only ship the Etches on a PCB without a case. So, very minimal, which can be nice. On this PCB, you can find pressure-sensitive pads to control the volume and the built-in overdrive.
Alongside the pads, there are also pressure-sensitive stripes for staccato articulations. In the two linked Instagram videos, you can see the synth in action. Note: The looper isn’t finished yet, so the developer uses the Laps pedal.
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First Impression
At this point, it’s challenging to make a first impression due to the missing implementation of key features, such as the looper. But it looks intriguing at first glance. I’ll be following along and will add more info when I have it.
Puremagnetik Etches’ availability and price are TBA.
More information will follow here: Puremagnetik
so does it work without the other pedal? if you’re trying to sell something. use JUST THAT UNIT. I need to know what IT does not what it does with other attachments.
as written: the pedal is in use because Etches built-in looper is in development. I’m not the developer so I just report what the develops
tells us in the videos and official infos
bro relax LOL