For those who want this sound but aren’t quite ready to go hardware with it there is a Reaktor factory ensemble called steam pipe from 2003 that uses these same ideas and sounds similar.
@@rodnee2340 trying for getting what I want out of one 84hp x 6u paired with a 60hp x 6u. But that’s main stay build. Love having breaks with singular non modular boxes! The wind is cool but also v specific, surely can be pushed to other areas no doubt, and when I think about it things like this seem like they could spawn a whole genera tbf, but just for my desire, I see this and love it but more than I desire it.
@@bernardlindeman739 I have similar problems with my NEW modular set up. I spent 5 years on the DAW purely on my computer. I didn't need it but I wanted it... so I got a Moog GM. Then I got a Moog subH. And now I have a Niftykeyz with a Piston Honda and a few other bits. The Niftykeyz is not full yet but I have plans... I don't actually need any of it and I am making less music because of it. But the system sounds epic and I would not change a thing. I do have a bit of a GAS problem if I admit it. Because I can do everything from my computer with software synths. I mean look at Vital that thing is FOR FREE and is nearly as good as Serum. I have that also with Hive 2, Zebra 2, and Serge. And with all the other plugins I got I could probably make any type of music imaginable. But I got jealous of the hardware that was out and I wanted a true analog sound. And when I got the Moog to fill this gap I was addicted to hardware. That is how you get GAS. But I don't regret it... honestly.😭
@@rodnee2340 did daw for about a year but I just can’t do computers, limitation is my guide. Computers are choice fatigue factories. Honestly, a Sherman filterbank and akai s20 maybe a 303 type set up n go for album, then rotate, but selecting a team and giving them missions for some clandestine tracks. Was a theme but having 20 machines all with psu was cumbersome and I wanted to think about performing, hence modular, where I can select fave features from years of hardware / interfacing with round on rounds on rounds on rounds of buying n selling, sure I miss the teams I’ve had through out the years but knowing what you enjoy when creating is for me the biggest hurdle and having all in the aforementioned space is the goal. For instance, the akai s20 “buttons/plastic pads” were a treat to launch samples, so I shoot for say a Qu-bit tri-ger or shekmat four rooks.
Girts couldn't have picked a more confusing name for his daughter in this context 😂 The machine looks fascinating and sounds really good.. interested in how the poly mode works
@@heincha thanks for the clarification. Obviously I knew it was a Latvian name, but failed to find one similar when I checked a list. I assumed it was "Muda" or such. Anyway, it's confusing as in English with Girts' accent it sounds like "mother"
While I love physical modelling, it sounds like me the patches aren't very well made for a wind controller. It currently sounds like they're played on a keyboard. A real wind instrument has more pitch and timbre changes with changing breath dynamics. I'm sure there is room for improvements in the way patches can be programmed to take even better advantage of the input from something like the Sylphyo they use to demonstrate.
Agreed. It seems like a struggle to play and with little possibility for expression in this demo. The Sylphyo has no lip sensor, so it has no way to do embouchure control or lip bend, which a wind instrument really benefits from. In physical modelling, you need as many expressive inputs as you can get, with an amount of imperfection provided by the player to make it seem more real. The more that's going on to change the sound as it's played, the better.
@@TooSlowTube The Sylphyo isn't the restriction here, though, lack of lip sensor notwithstanding. It has note value, onset velocity, continuous air pressure, axis roll, axis tilt, and a thumb modwheel. The challenge is to program all that information into more than just using breath pressure as volume. And even that isn't demonstrated particularly well. The volume changes too little, and it also looks as she's used to playing recorder and struggling to put enough air through it. I had the same issue when I used to own one. I modified mine to increase the air pressure by taping over most of the air tube exit hole. Before that, my playing was a bit like this. If they had got an experienced wind player and programmed in just one more parameter than volume to change with breath pressure, it could have sounded amazing. At least it's clear the potential is there.
I'm all for physical modeling, but can I just say that damn! Erica makes some gorgeous looking, striking non-modular gear. This, Syntryx and Perkons are really great looking pieces of kit!
Their price tags look nice too... all those zeroes add a lot of juxtaposition with my wallets' consciousness. Man, i wish i was #1 on the top billboard charts.
Awesome instrument. I think though that if you control it with an expressive controller, you'll find that the mapping of the expression controls to the synth parameters is super super important. I would like to see more knobs on the front panel to allow the user to set up the expression. Stef Haynes has a lot of videos about this topic.
BTW, one of the things that has been missing from most of these physical models is the ability to bypass the exciter section to input an audio signal as the exciter. For example, for a tube or a string resonator I'd like to feed in a filtered saw patch from my vl70-m, simulating a bow but with much more control than a keyboard controller could give (because ht the response to breath and reed control). Similarly, let's feed percussion sounds coming our of our e-drum kits! My Korg Wavedrum into the resonators in this instrument could give a wide range of interesting and natural-sounding unique timbres.
Back when Generator first came out from Native Instruments (the predecessor of Reaktor) the most popular user preset was a similar filtered-delay-feedback physical model, also called Steampipe. I never played it with my wx-5 wind controller, but this is also similar to the models in the old Yamaha vl70-m physical modelling wind synthesizer. It's not clear if it's responding to breath and reed-controller as nicely as the vl70-m, but the interface is a lot (!) more accessible than the vl70-m. I'd love to try this with my wx-5!
cool idea, but even better if you combine the sound engine built into that Sylphyo wind controller (also physmod) with the SteamPipe audio output (controlled by Sylphyo) :-) I love my Sylphyo and it's totally self-contained - controller and wind synth nice work Girts for now I only have Erica modular stuff, and it's great
I really like the idea, but for me personally the sound engine would have to be at least on par with Chromaphone 3 to justify the investment. Would love to hear some more examples, and I hope it offers some other types of exciters and resonators as well!
great just when i thought the blipblox would satisfy my 2.5kid when he takes harmonicas to vacuum cleaner and now this.. ?? does it come with slide whistle/trombone ability? cool
i cannot wait to pair the steampipe with my sylphyo - i can also see fun uses for this with my lyra 8, my semi modular gear and my octatrack erica synths... i beseech you... please don't break my bank account
Would be cool to see eurorack modules from the different sections of this synth. Love the sound but I think it would be more appealing to me with voltage control.
Physical modeling synths were marketed in Yamaha VL series 30+ years ago. Not new. I see a LFO which technically is an oscillator. Check out a VL70-m with Patchman Music’s TURBO upgrade!
They know exactly what they'll be charging for it. Companies don't work in the dark. Just by his body language, and Erica''s other pricing, i'm sure it's going to be priced as a toy for those that drive Teslas.
Ouch…I am really sorry to say that, as I am an Erica Synths fan, but…All this design and tech to generate mid-90s ugly digital emulations??? Close your eyes for a second to forget the beautiful look of the box and just listen to the sounds…You’ll enter the cringe zone
This is cool, want to hear more demos of the sounds, the poly aspect etc. Great to see something NEW
Korg Z1 from 1997 was polyphonic physical modeling…
For those who want this sound but aren’t quite ready to go hardware with it there is a Reaktor factory ensemble called steam pipe from 2003 that uses these same ideas and sounds similar.
Was thinking the same thing and wondered if they were somehow linked
Is Logic Sculpture similar to that?
Uh oh. I like this.
Love the “tactile tank performance focused” design of This “line” of his, I’m glad Im not gassin for it tho, granted, it’s rad af
A strong GAS reflex response you have.🥶
@@rodnee2340 trying for getting what I want out of one 84hp x 6u paired with a 60hp x 6u. But that’s main stay build. Love having breaks with singular non modular boxes! The wind is cool but also v specific, surely can be pushed to other areas no doubt, and when I think about it things like this seem like they could spawn a whole genera tbf, but just for my desire, I see this and love it but more than I desire it.
@@bernardlindeman739 I have similar problems with my NEW modular set up. I spent 5 years on the DAW purely on my computer. I didn't need it but I wanted it... so I got a Moog GM. Then I got a Moog subH. And now I have a Niftykeyz with a Piston Honda and a few other bits. The Niftykeyz is not full yet but I have plans... I don't actually need any of it and I am making less music because of it. But the system sounds epic and I would not change a thing. I do have a bit of a GAS problem if I admit it. Because I can do everything from my computer with software synths. I mean look at Vital that thing is FOR FREE and is nearly as good as Serum. I have that also with Hive 2, Zebra 2, and Serge. And with all the other plugins I got I could probably make any type of music imaginable. But I got jealous of the hardware that was out and I wanted a true analog sound. And when I got the Moog to fill this gap I was addicted to hardware. That is how you get GAS. But I don't regret it... honestly.😭
@@rodnee2340 did daw for about a year but I just can’t do computers, limitation is my guide. Computers are choice fatigue factories. Honestly, a Sherman filterbank and akai s20 maybe a 303 type set up n go for album, then rotate, but selecting a team and giving them missions for some clandestine tracks. Was a theme but having 20 machines all with psu was cumbersome and I wanted to think about performing, hence modular, where I can select fave features from years of hardware / interfacing with round on rounds on rounds on rounds of buying n selling, sure I miss the teams I’ve had through out the years but knowing what you enjoy when creating is for me the biggest hurdle and having all in the aforementioned space is the goal. For instance, the akai s20 “buttons/plastic pads” were a treat to launch samples, so I shoot for say a Qu-bit tri-ger or shekmat four rooks.
Girts couldn't have picked a more confusing name for his daughter in this context 😂
The machine looks fascinating and sounds really good.. interested in how the poly mode works
Well, he could have named her Erica.
When I saw the thumbnail with the breath controller, I first thought erica is now going full soma.😅
Her name is "Mother"?
@@ChrisP3000x Martha!
Madara is her name. That's a typical Latvian female name, there is nothing confusing about it.
@@heincha thanks for the clarification. Obviously I knew it was a Latvian name, but failed to find one similar when I checked a list. I assumed it was "Muda" or such. Anyway, it's confusing as in English with Girts' accent it sounds like "mother"
While I love physical modelling, it sounds like me the patches aren't very well made for a wind controller. It currently sounds like they're played on a keyboard. A real wind instrument has more pitch and timbre changes with changing breath dynamics. I'm sure there is room for improvements in the way patches can be programmed to take even better advantage of the input from something like the Sylphyo they use to demonstrate.
Agreed. It seems like a struggle to play and with little possibility for expression in this demo. The Sylphyo has no lip sensor, so it has no way to do embouchure control or lip bend, which a wind instrument really benefits from.
In physical modelling, you need as many expressive inputs as you can get, with an amount of imperfection provided by the player to make it seem more real. The more that's going on to change the sound as it's played, the better.
@@TooSlowTube The Sylphyo isn't the restriction here, though, lack of lip sensor notwithstanding. It has note value, onset velocity, continuous air pressure, axis roll, axis tilt, and a thumb modwheel. The challenge is to program all that information into more than just using breath pressure as volume.
And even that isn't demonstrated particularly well. The volume changes too little, and it also looks as she's used to playing recorder and struggling to put enough air through it. I had the same issue when I used to own one. I modified mine to increase the air pressure by taping over most of the air tube exit hole. Before that, my playing was a bit like this.
If they had got an experienced wind player and programmed in just one more parameter than volume to change with breath pressure, it could have sounded amazing.
At least it's clear the potential is there.
Pretty interesting.. Not sure if its for me but it's going to be cool to see how people use it.
He had me at “sub octave flute”
lol yeah I was thinking “don’t really think i need a flute in my dark techno tracks” but throw “sub octave” in there and now I’m interested
Awesome. Great to see your inspiration with you. Epic machine as always. Love your product and history
Everytime I watch a video of theirs, it reminds me how next-level @ericasynth is
I'm all for physical modeling, but can I just say that damn! Erica makes some gorgeous looking, striking non-modular gear. This, Syntryx and Perkons are really great looking pieces of kit!
Their price tags look nice too... all those zeroes add a lot of juxtaposition with my wallets' consciousness. Man, i wish i was #1 on the top billboard charts.
Awesome instrument. I think though that if you control it with an expressive controller, you'll find that the mapping of the expression controls to the synth parameters is super super important. I would like to see more knobs on the front panel to allow the user to set up the expression. Stef Haynes has a lot of videos about this topic.
Awesome concept and very promising sound, can’t wait for the official release! 🙌
BTW, one of the things that has been missing from most of these physical models is the ability to bypass the exciter section to input an audio signal as the exciter. For example, for a tube or a string resonator I'd like to feed in a filtered saw patch from my vl70-m, simulating a bow but with much more control than a keyboard controller could give (because ht the response to breath and reed control).
Similarly, let's feed percussion sounds coming our of our e-drum kits! My Korg Wavedrum into the resonators in this instrument could give a wide range of interesting and natural-sounding unique timbres.
Back when Generator first came out from Native Instruments (the predecessor of Reaktor) the most popular user preset was a similar filtered-delay-feedback physical model, also called Steampipe. I never played it with my wx-5 wind controller, but this is also similar to the models in the old Yamaha vl70-m physical modelling wind synthesizer. It's not clear if it's responding to breath and reed-controller as nicely as the vl70-m, but the interface is a lot (!) more accessible than the vl70-m. I'd love to try this with my wx-5!
Actually, this would be really awesome with different ways to interface with the instrument. A flute, a mic, a percussion stick etc…
finally someone made a synth like this. Ive been wanting a poly physical modelling synth since I've played elements.
True! Erica Synths has long been running strong.
Check out the Anyma Omega coming later this year.
EXACTLY what I've been wanting for years. Lovely.
Really liking the sound of the flute emulation! YES!
really looking forward to more of this down the line!🎉
Lovely concept and company
cool idea, but even better if you combine the sound engine built into that Sylphyo wind controller (also physmod) with the SteamPipe audio output (controlled by Sylphyo) :-)
I love my Sylphyo and it's totally self-contained - controller and wind synth
nice work Girts
for now I only have Erica modular stuff, and it's great
Finally! A new synth instrument. Absolutely brilliant! I can't wait to purchase. Hurry it up! :)
I really like the idea, but for me personally the sound engine would have to be at least on par with Chromaphone 3 to justify the investment. Would love to hear some more examples, and I hope it offers some other types of exciters and resonators as well!
Imagine running a mile, breathing thru the pipe and somebody tweaking the board.
No mono/legato mode? Are all notes articulated?
great just when i thought the blipblox would satisfy my 2.5kid when he takes harmonicas to vacuum cleaner and now this.. ?? does it come with slide whistle/trombone ability?
cool
Just brought three recorders to entrer in the semi modular project, so this one is my desire👍⚡💚🧡
Very brave. Acoustic virtual modeling hardware with an intuitive interface! 👍👍👍👍👍👍
I'm looking for the first comparison with the
Osmose.
i cannot wait to pair the steampipe with my sylphyo - i can also see fun uses for this with my lyra 8, my semi modular gear and my octatrack
erica synths... i beseech you... please don't break my bank account
Aaah, very interesting! Will try that out for sure!
is this related to the steampipe reaktor enemble?
Does the Steampipe work with MPE controllers? Seems perfect for those extra parameters
Interesting great idea! Truly something new.
Rad family! Martha seems wicked intelligent like her papa 🧠
The synth with no price!
any price update?! Common
Very interesting for coffee drinking 😂 Does it work for tea ?
Allright 13 days later, I demand a price!
Would be cool to see eurorack modules from the different sections of this synth. Love the sound but I think it would be more appealing to me with voltage control.
Mutable Instruments Elements is pretty much this
Very cool! I’m curious to see how alien/other-worldly it can sound too!
What a sweet kooky guy
Wonder if this has anything to do with the Reaktor ensembles.
Sounds pretty similar
And has the name
Only 4000 ensembles remaining that someone can make into hardware. :-)
Oh I'm gonna need this one but I'm guessing it's going to be well over $1000
gotta be at least 3k
I would sell my vermona synth for this. ?
Physical modeling synths were marketed in Yamaha VL series 30+ years ago. Not new. I see a LFO which technically is an oscillator. Check out a VL70-m with Patchman Music’s TURBO upgrade!
I am afraid I really need one.
Give this thing to Elizabete Balčus. She is a professional flutist. She could do nice demonstrations.
i like how some of the words are misspelled on the faceplate lol
Which words?
@@bintronica "symetry" in saturation and "relese" in feedback
sounds profound
Some very James Newton Howard Echo Canyon sounds there.
MPE?
Sounds like hardware version of Reaktor Steampipe
If you like pipes or flutes-sounds buy a Yamaha VL1, the real deal. But for noodeling the Steampipe could be better, I think XD
Very cool.
So was the wind controller Bluetooth??
It is the Aodyo Sylphyo. It connects wirelessly to a link box that has MIDI, and additional audio outputs as well as USB.
@@kaislate thank you 🙏😊
They know exactly what they'll be charging for it. Companies don't work in the dark. Just by his body language, and Erica''s other pricing, i'm sure it's going to be priced as a toy for those that drive Teslas.
🎷😉 mind... blown
Now watch the price of modular drop and see some of them in thrift shops..This is some real fun
Basic Karplus Strong model controllable by knobs.
@@AlgoCompSynth Karplus Strong are
the very "origin" of physical modelling..
This is a super neerd synth
Ouch…I am really sorry to say that, as I am an Erica Synths fan, but…All this design and tech to generate mid-90s ugly digital emulations??? Close your eyes for a second to forget the beautiful look of the box and just listen to the sounds…You’ll enter the cringe zone
Sounds like my Nintendo DS
putain ce mec ne fait que PARLER
pfffff
This looks like it'd be fun to pair with a linnstrument
@pedroeustache5511 😊