Propellerhead announces Complex-1 Modular Synth for Reason

[EnochLight]

Pretty bad ass - it’s got front cables (finally)!

https://youtu.be/KJaVtEaFyUc

Check it out:

https://shop.propellerheads.com/rack-ex ... nthesizer/

Complex-1 is a modular synthesizer from Propellerhead Software, bringing the quirks, freedom and sonic depth of modular synthesis to to your Reason Rack. Boasting a 4x oversampled synthesis engine, a freely routable signal and modulation path and a sound like nothing else, Complex-1 is a synth lover’s dream machine.

Product details
The modules in Complex-1 bring a mix of modular synth ideologies to the Reason Rack. The Complex Oscillator, Low Pass Gates and Shaper modules, build on the works on Don Buchla (or West Coast style) and the regular Oscillator and ladder design Filter module, derive more from the Bob Moog school of synth design. Combine them anyway you like and craft your very own unique synth sounds.

If you’re a seasoned modular synth enthusiast, you can dive right in. If this kind synth is new to you, it can look a bit daunting, but it’s actually surprisingly easy to get going. Load up any of the included patches to get you going, and start your sonic exploration there. Nothing can break, and if things go weird (like, in a bad way), there’s the undo button to your rescue.

Most people associate modular synths with lab coats and glitchy noise soundscapes, but if all you want is a beefy bass - let Complex-1 surprise you. Its modular madness aside, it’s also a really awesome-sounding synthesizer, capable of perfectly playable instrument sounds and yes, beefy basses too.

Features
- Fully-featured modular synthesizer
- Complex Oscillator
- Analog Oscillator
- Noise Generator
- Wave Shaper
- Comb Delay
- Ladder-style filter
- 2x Low pass gates
- LFO
- 3x mix modules
- Lag module
- 3x Scale & Amp modules
- ADSR envelope
- Output mixer
- Built-in sequencer with note quantizer
- Function module
- Reverb/Echo module
- Oscilloscope module
- Connects CV or audio to the rest of the Reason Rack
- Comes with over 100 expertly crafted patches to get you going

[aMUSEd]

Polyphony?

[kmonkey]

Wow...did not saw that coming. Thanks EnochLight

[gentleclockdivider]

I wonder if the modulation busses are updated per sample ?
From the screenshot , the blue busses indicate control sources ( lfo etc ) but being modular these shoud also be updated per sample , just like lfo are audio signals with an added dc component in the real world .

Now bring us the vst version , this has to be the first west -coast inspired mod.synh ( apart from reaktor dwg blcosk ...which sounds awesome and some vcv rack modules )

[Anosou]

I wonder if the modulation busses are updated per sample ?
From the screenshot , the blue busses indicate control sources ( lfo etc ) but being modular these shoud also be updated per sample , just like lfo are audio signals with an added dc component in the real world .

What do you mean with "modulation bus" here?

Internally it's 4x oversampled so signals are rendered at four times your sample rate, i.e. four times per sample. It's not quite the same with the trigger inputs (because it doesn't have to be), but that's also oversampled so a trigger signal is read four times per batch (and a batch is 64 frames).

[gentleclockdivider]

I wonder if the modulation busses are updated per sample ?
From the screenshot , the blue busses indicate control sources ( lfo etc ) but being modular these shoud also be updated per sample , just like lfo are audio signals with an added dc component in the real world .

What do you mean with "modulation bus" here?

Internally it's 4x oversampled so signals are rendered at four times your sample rate, i.e. four times per sample. It's not quite the same with the trigger inputs (because it doesn't have to be), but that's also oversampled so a trigger signal is read four times per batch (and a batch is 64 frames).

What I mean by modulation bus speed ?
Well the speed at which the modulations are updated ... , the cv rate in reason is a verry low 1/64 th of the audio sample rate ( this dates back from the early reason 1 days )
But since this is advertised as a modular synth, I assume it will be the same as sample rate ...just like reaktor blocks ,vcv rack etc...

[EnochLight]

Polyphony?

It's not polyphonic, but each oscillator can accept different pitch and there's duophonic keyboard pitch.

[killmaster]

Polyphony?

It's not polyphonic, but each oscillator can accept different pitch and there's duophonic keyboard pitch.

Isn't the Buchla Easel polyphonic? I can't remember...

[antic604]

I was considering between updating Dune to v3, or getting Viper or Hive.

Now I know where I'll spend the money instead

[Anosou]

I wonder if the modulation busses are updated per sample ?
From the screenshot , the blue busses indicate control sources ( lfo etc ) but being modular these shoud also be updated per sample , just like lfo are audio signals with an added dc component in the real world .

What do you mean with "modulation bus" here?

Internally it's 4x oversampled so signals are rendered at four times your sample rate, i.e. four times per sample. It's not quite the same with the trigger inputs (because it doesn't have to be), but that's also oversampled so a trigger signal is read four times per batch (and a batch is 64 frames).

What I mean by modulation bus speed ?
Well the speed at which the modulations are updated ... , the cv rate in reason is a verry low 1/64 th of the audio sample rate ( this dates back from the early reason 1 days )
But since this is advertised as a modular synth, I assume it will be the same as sample rate ...just like reaktor blocks ,vcv rack etc...

Ah we use different nomenclature here. We use the word "modulation bus" as a specific bus you'd send modulation to. Inside the synthesizer it's 4x the audio sample rate so that's updated 4 times per sample, like I said. Once you connect CV out of the synth it's 1/64th of the audio sample rate, and when you connect audio out of the synth it's the audio sample rate.

Makes sense?

[EnochLight]

Isn't the Buchla Easel polyphonic? I can't remember...

No clue - I'm not familiar with it.

[SLiC]

So will this be a VST like Europa?

[SLiC]

Isn't the Buchla Easel polyphonic? I can't remember...

No clue - I'm not familiar with it.

https://www.arturia.com/products/buchla ... v/overview

[Koshdukai]

Polyphony?

It's not polyphonic, but each oscillator can accept different pitch and there's duophonic keyboard pitch.

Isn't the Buchla Easel polyphonic? I can't remember...

The hardware one? nope.
The Arturia Buchla Easel V? Yup, 4 voice poly.

[THE INTRANCER]

I was considering between updating Dune to v3, or getting Viper or Hive.

Now I know where I'll spend the money instead

You can't be serious...