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Jazz Franco · Post by **Jazz Franco** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:31 pm

http://soundcloud.com/user3365679/ghost_of_a_book-mp3

Bass and synth noises (some of) are pure Phosphor.

silikonanswer · Post by **silikonanswer** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:01 pm

Thanks Jazz, I will check these examples

ravasb · Post by **ravasb** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:08 pm

I was skeptical at first, because I really did not like the demoes on the AD website that much, but I bought it because I really love their work in general. I love this synth and use it a lot. It just sounds great, and is pretty easy to program your own sounds.

breakmixer · Post by **breakmixer** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:29 pm

vaisnava wrote:This one trick'ish pony for $60, or put $60 towards the Alchemy fund?... Hmmm...

Similar to this, any point in this Phosphor synth if you already have Alchemy?

I have never delved into Alchemy's additive side alot as yet(just a tiny bit of additive re-synthesis), want to, but too busy with work atm...(checked the CA 'additive' tutorial the other day)

I.e. learn Alchemy to it's full potential or is Phosphor a nice/different synth to have as well?

ariston · Post by **ariston** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:41 pm

breakmixer wrote:
I.e. learn Alchemy to it's full potential or is Phosphor a nice/different synth to have as well?

TBH, I think Phosphor is quite unique. Yes, it's "just" a very simple additive synth, but there is something about the sound... I haven't been able to get quite the same timbres in any other additive synth. As per usual, you can probably get close, and you'll have to decide yourself whether or not the subtle difference is worth the price of admission to you. Subtle x-modulation and the "original sound quality" toggle do a great job of recreating that gritty, early digital vibe.

I wouldn't part with it for anything. It just sounds so... fluorescent green.

breakmixer · Post by **breakmixer** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:18 pm

ariston wrote:
breakmixer wrote:
I.e. learn Alchemy to it's full potential or is Phosphor a nice/different synth to have as well?
TBH, I think Phosphor is quite unique. Yes, it's "just" a very simple additive synth, but there is something about the sound... I haven't been able to get quite the same timbres in any other additive synth. As per usual, you can probably get close, and you'll have to decide yourself whether or not the subtle difference is worth the price of admission to you. Subtle x-modulation and the "original sound quality" toggle do a great job of recreating that gritty, early digital vibe.

I wouldn't part with it for anything. It just sounds so... fluorescent green.

Thanks for the answer, I look for reasons to not buy stuff these days(after buying/reselling loads in the past), but I kinda want to try this synth - but no demo to try on the fly...

PS.. I know about the refund thing...

breakmixer · Post by **breakmixer** » Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:28 pm

http://www.musicradar.com/gear/all/comp ... 4/review/2

Some more audio demos here...

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Mon Oct 08, 2012 5:01 pm

I just created an audio demo with AudioDamage Phosphor (my new "toy" which i got yesterday...). This is based on a preset i just created and that track just includes a single instance of Phosphor. The only external FX used is the ERS dimension D Chorus.

link: Phosphor - Phos Bronze Demo 1

This preset reminds me of some wavetable sounds of the PPG Wave 3.V and got a comparable "character" which i really like.

Phosphor is really a cool "little" synth and brought back the fun with additive synthesis to me which is usually quite complex. The GUI has a single page without any hidden menus which is a nice design IMO. I already have enough complex synths with tons of features (including additive ones like e.g. Cameleon 5000 and Alchemy) and such "simple" synths are sometimes a breeze.
Comparable synths /one page GUIs) which currently are some of my favorites are in TAL U-NO-LX or Tone2 Saurus (OK, Saurus got tabs for the mod matrix but most features are on one page...).

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I made two sceenshots of a Signal Analyzer with all 16 partials in both Camel Audio Cameleon 5000 (only the first 16 there) and Phosphor activated.
You could see that Phosphor produces some small peaks at higher frequencies:

This is the reason why if you use the same partials on both synths they still sound slightly different (maybe not if you use all partials at once).

The picture above was with Phosphor in the "clean" mode. In "vintage" mode it looks like this:

This should be based on "Lo-Fi" sound and/or aliasing like in the original hardware synth which is emulated in Phosphor and activated with the "Vintage" button (this is mentioned in the manual).

This gets even more crazy if you use the "Crossmod" feature in Phosphor.
Here is an example where OSC2 uses the same 16 partials as OSC1 in in the pictures above and Crossmod is fully turned up in OSC1:

IMO the implementation of Crossmodulation in an Additive synth is a cool idea.
Based on the Phosphor manual this seems to be close to the way FM worked in the NED Synclavier.

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breakmixer wrote:http://www.musicradar.com/gear/all/comp ... 4/review/2

Some more audio demos here...

That link does not seem to work but this one should do it:
http://beta.musicradar.com/gear/all/com ... 564/review

more:
http://www.audionewsroom.net/2011/01/au ... itive.html

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/ ... or-review/

Ingo

Zombie Queen · Post by **Zombie Queen** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 1:41 pm

I've got this for the occasion of AD summer sale and it's surprisingly fun. Only one thing is bugging me, can you automate the partials? It would be even funnier to feed external LFO to a partial, but somehow I don't see those parameters on the list... I wonder, if it's just me, or they are not 'automatable'...

nofrets · Post by **nofrets** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 9:18 pm

Zombie Queen wrote:I've got this for the occasion of AD summer sale and it's surprisingly fun. Only one thing is bugging me, can you automate the partials? It would be even funnier to feed external LFO to a partial, but somehow I don't see those parameters on the list... I wonder, if it's just me, or they are not 'automatable'...

I wondered the same thing, searched the AD blog and found the original release.
A commenter asked that very question - Adam said they aren't. Still a fun little synth, but I was really hoping for that ability.

Zombie Queen · Post by **Zombie Queen** » Sun Jun 02, 2013 11:56 pm

Oh, hard luck. But, maybe someday... I hope there is no technical reason for this, you can fiddle with partials with the mouse while playing and it all sound alright, so...

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Tue Sep 01, 2015 4:29 pm

Will Phosphor ever get an update, the GUI is painfully small

For some reason or other Audio Damage seem to prefer tiny GUI's

I also got Automaton which is tiny. Even one of their latest plugs like Basic is pretty tiny compared to other plugs.

breakmixer · Post by **breakmixer** » Tue Sep 01, 2015 7:29 pm

Numanoid wrote:Will Phosphor ever get an update, the GUI is painfully small

For some reason or other Audio Damage seem to prefer tiny GUI's

I also got Automaton which is tiny. Even one of their latest plugs like Basic is pretty tiny compared to other plugs.

Are you having a tiny rant here!

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Tue Sep 01, 2015 7:32 pm

Just tiny sick tears

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Tue Sep 01, 2015 7:35 pm

Numanoid wrote:Just tiny sick tears

I thought cats had great eyesight ...

Audio Damage Phosphor Released