SUPERBOOTH 2024: Xaoc Devices - Berlin Wide Range Oscillator

At Superbooth 2024 we met up with Lukasz from Xaoc Devices who unveiled their new* Berlin* module.* Berlin* is an extemely wide range VCO module ranging from 30 seconds up to 250 kHz. That range is wide! It uses the Leibniz Binary Subsystem interface and can be used as an extremely widerange clock source allowing for manual and voltage control over all parameters. Berlin outputs simultaneous square and saw/Leibniz wave outputs and when combined with the Liebniz Subsystem allows for extensive waveshaping.
Berlin Price: 220 Euros
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[@K0r0n1s]

It always feels like you need a university degree to understand the Leibniz modules. But the sounds are so intrigueing that I'd still want to give it a try 😅

[@oliverkollar9143]

I just plug stuff in and out and see what happens! 🤣
Seriously though, once you understand what's going on theoretically, it makes more sense than not.
The manuals are fantastic, and get you going pretty well.

[@BlisterHiker]

So we are stepping into clock signal domain here 🙂 That's an electronics lab with an option of creating sounds 🙂

[@subtitles1492]

just an exercise in technobating. or does any musician really need this clutter?

[@pe00000001]

You mean the modular? There is 3 or maybe 4 people using it for making music. Freaks!

[@moonshore]

You "need" whatever inspires you to make music. For many of us, it's physical modules like this. It's an interest, a hobby. The old-school DDS method of binary counting for the DAC output is fairly novel even in modular synths, and I'm really excited to try this out. There's a reason many covet the old PPG Waves and Fairlights, and there's a huge resurgence with many modern remakes - even dedicated hardware synths like the 3rd Wave. Idiosyncrasies of hardware and the technologies behind it are fascinating to many people.
For instance, I recently got really into output transformers and the way they distort signals not based on amplitude but rather the frequency of the signal (so low frequencies distort more than high frequencies) - this gives a lot of character to the sound and many associate it with high end analog mixing consoles.

[@LeonTrimble]

asked no-one