Exploring the Modal Cobalt 8M Virtual Analog Synthesizer

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  • Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024

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  • @RedMeansRecording
    @RedMeansRecording  3 года назад +53

    At the end I said two voices. I meant oscillators. It has 8 voices! Also I didn't mention this but it supports MPE!!

    • @1michaelricci
      @1michaelricci 2 года назад

      Great video, thank you. I have the Cobalt 8x and just got the Argon 8m. Have them Midi together and exploring the possibilities. Would you mind sharing what MPE means?

    • @CatmanJimbo
      @CatmanJimbo 2 года назад +1

      @@1michaelricci MIDI Polyphonic Expression

  • @eriecanary1916
    @eriecanary1916 2 года назад +48

    As a Cobalt 8x owner I just want to jump in and emphasize something for anyone out there synth-shopping, especially for your FIRST synth. It's worth noting that while Jeremy's showing off the module, the 61 key version is the most affordable keyboard synth on the market with a 61 key Fatar keybed, by far. Most synths on the market with the same or similar keybed are twice the price or more. It's such a great place for you to start, if you want other modules down the road you already have an absolutely wonderful master keyboard to play on.

  • @zbsfm
    @zbsfm 3 года назад +17

    "my downstairs area where i store my words" aw jeremy you're an absolute icon

  • @Gainn
    @Gainn 3 года назад +17

    One of my favourite purchases in a long time.. Getting lost in sound designing on this beast is huge amounts of fun.

    • @adamoliver82
      @adamoliver82 3 года назад +4

      I totally agree, I don't find anything frustrating about this synth, it's really well thought out, a joy to use.

  • @jcauto31
    @jcauto31 2 года назад +9

    So I just bought a Cobalt and its awesome.
    But my comment is really about how amazing this vid is. Not only does it showcase the synth, shows you how to make a track with it.
    Jeremy you are a genius. Looove everything you do.

  • @GabeMillerMusic
    @GabeMillerMusic 3 года назад +9

    That track at the end absolutely slaps

  • @studiotyson2963
    @studiotyson2963 Год назад +3

    We bought one of these recently. Cobalt 8M. Super impressed with the preset sounds and overall capabilities! Incredible stuff!! We're trying to determine whether it's multi-timbral capable (or not). Great job on that awesome song AND this video! You fully demonstrated how to make this synth absolutely FLY! Wowzers!

  • @MooseMan
    @MooseMan 3 года назад +16

    let me add that you are one of the reasons that i started making music. also loved to see you start doing eurorack stuff. know you started a while ago but better late than never.

  • @seazenbones6945
    @seazenbones6945 Год назад +1

    Thanks Jeremy! By far the best demonstation i’ve seen on RUclips. I’m definitely buying this one. Thank you.

  • @iamsushi1056
    @iamsushi1056 3 года назад +13

    I’d love to see this paired with a Hydrasynth!

  • @neckcheese1356
    @neckcheese1356 3 года назад +1

    I can't tell you how happy I am when I get to take care of the most important thing on any new equipment. I actually bought a 10-year old bass earlier this year that still had that over the truss rod cover. Twas a happy discovery.

  • @alexanderscott6332
    @alexanderscott6332 Год назад +1

    That bass tho. Man that was a pleasure to watch and gee I learned so much. Just how you approach composition… legend.

  • @lesterfalcon1350
    @lesterfalcon1350 3 года назад +6

    You made me fall in love with the hypnotic and lush Vector Synth, and gush over the edgy gnarly side Hydrasynth. I have the Skulpt and Craft 2, and wanted to like this synth but the sound demos didn't quite do it for me. And even other reviews left me feeling flat. On seeing this video, I thought 'Come on Jeremy, show me I am wrong to have dismissed this' and you did. You seems to pull so many differing sounds out f these boxes that others miss.

  • @mechlo
    @mechlo 3 года назад +1

    Jeremy. Your videos are SO entertaining. SO charming. I love it.

  • @thejoshuathomas
    @thejoshuathomas 2 года назад

    This is such a deep, yet understandable synth. It's one of the only affordable modern hardware polys that strikes a balance which speaks to me. Thanks for always having an easily accessible pace to learn about equipment. You're the man, Jeremy.

  • @davidbanner9001
    @davidbanner9001 3 года назад +3

    I have a synth stand with a couple of VA synths and they are all blue in colour. This would look great at the very top. Yamaha AN1x, Korg MS2000 and Modal Cobalt 8. I've been looking at the Cobalt for sometime. Beautiful sound and great build.

  • @555atU
    @555atU 3 года назад +9

    I didn't like this or the Argon at first. The Cobalt grew on me and bought one. I grew to really love it and the sound design is actually fun to do on it. Then I got an Argon too. I think between the two the Cobalt is a better synth IMO if you had to choose. But I enjoy them both a lot.

    • @kierenmoore3236
      @kierenmoore3236 Год назад

      They both sound very digital. At least the Argon ✅ is meant to sound very digital, tho’. 🤔

  • @walrtbstudios5430
    @walrtbstudios5430 3 года назад +4

    Great synth, and a great demo, but you’ve pushed it a couple of places down my wishlist- there’s rather more menu diving than I’d be wholly comfortable with. And I’ve got a couple of Skulpts, so I can always polychain those. Thanks Jeremy!

  • @MooseMan
    @MooseMan 3 года назад +23

    oh... as a synthwave "producer" this is a nice synth.

  • @spriteisawesome
    @spriteisawesome 3 года назад +5

    "...and today we're looking at the Cobalt 8M"
    *magical sci-fi climax inducing audio fades in on cue*

    • @DilRyeMaster
      @DilRyeMaster 3 года назад

      “... today we’re looking at the Cobalt 8M from *#+{^]+]+#%^*]%” dope intro but had to switch devices to check out who the manufacture was.

  • @adamoliver82
    @adamoliver82 3 года назад +3

    This is a cracking little synth, I love mine. You can get a huge variety of different sounds out of it, it's incredibly easy to quickly make a sound that sounds great, there's loads of modulation options and the modulation shortcuts are almost too esy, the fact that it's all encoders is really helpful and the new oscillators that have just come out in the latest firmware are awesome too. You can't go wrong. I don't use it but I'm not sure if this demo mentions the fact it works with mpe too, the mpe demo's modal have done are very impressive. I have the Argon8M too, I reckon these synths are pretty special, just like this demo, love your work!

    • @RedMeansRecording
      @RedMeansRecording  3 года назад

      It absolutely does mpe but I'm legitimately not a fan of mpe so I didn't show that off. :(

    • @adamoliver82
      @adamoliver82 3 года назад

      @@RedMeansRecording I can't say if I'm a fan or not, I only sequence my cobalt with my deluge. I just reckon it's a nice extra feature if that's what you want.

  • @crimsonfancy
    @crimsonfancy 7 месяцев назад

    Fun show. Learned a lot and I appreciate it. Track finish is busy for me.....but still fun and educational. 👍🏻🍻

  • @elossa4329
    @elossa4329 3 года назад +2

    As an guitarist this is my first synth. Awesome for home studio and live setup (if you get the keyed version) i hated to use vst’s to get synth sounds it just felt uninspiring. It was a best decision to go hardware w/Cobalt8x sound amazing with lush reverb and delay. I already recorded a synthwave track with it.😃 ”Elossa - Set Free”

  • @Laughing_Mantis
    @Laughing_Mantis Год назад

    This will be my next gear piece I love everything I've heard from the Modal 5S/8M

  • @morkmon
    @morkmon 3 года назад +3

    love that they put the screen on the bottom, it's something that is really annoying on a lot of synths where the display is so far away from you when you are sitting behind the keyboard

  • @chasethevioletsun9996
    @chasethevioletsun9996 3 года назад +2

    I remember when I finally peeled the plastic off the screen on my Rainmaker. Pretty sure Ah Zabemya played then too.

  • @trickfall8752
    @trickfall8752 3 года назад +35

    Seems like a well thought out synth, but I'd rather have your sound design skills than the synth.

  • @secretivesounds
    @secretivesounds 3 года назад +2

    The chord at 5:15 sounds quite a bit like the opening chord to Hiatus Kaiyote's Choose Your Weapon, I love it

  • @macronencer
    @macronencer 3 года назад +1

    Interesting little device, this! I could see it living comfortably among Eurorack as a MIDI pad workhorse. And incidentally, you just made the perfect music for an anime promo ^__^

  • @StephanieSante
    @StephanieSante 3 года назад +1

    Wow! Fabulous Track.

  • @Tokartta
    @Tokartta 3 года назад +6

    The one feature I really want to see come to the Cobalt range (and I assume the Argons are the same) is a switchable setting to make the oscillators free running, or at least some (controllable?) element of init phase randomisation to achieve that end. Along the lines of the Phase Init parameter on the Virus.
    That's definitely less applicable for some algorithms (e.g. FM stuff), and it certainly isn't always 'better' to have free running oscillators in all contexts (e.g. bass), but I've found myself making patches that could really do without the 'bzzow' kinda phasing artefact that you get with detuned oscillators all resetting to phase 0 on note on.
    That's the one thing that for me lets it down - but I am fussy; otherwise it's a fantastic kinda plucky-pad machine in particular as you demonstrated well here.

    • @PhrygianPhrog
      @PhrygianPhrog 2 года назад +1

      According to the manual, the Drift function alters "the amount of slop or
      random detuning of each oscillators phase and tune". I don't have the Cobalt, can you confirm if this is the case? Does it change the phase?

    • @kierenmoore3236
      @kierenmoore3236 Год назад +1

      An update made it possible to set the osc’s as free running, I’m quite sure …

  • @sheepskin11
    @sheepskin11 3 года назад +1

    What a sick tune!

  • @ifaber68
    @ifaber68 3 года назад +1

    is very beautiful synth, nice demo :-)

  • @jonfromtheuk467
    @jonfromtheuk467 3 года назад +1

    nicely done - sounds great.

  • @logan577
    @logan577 3 года назад +3

    nice track. genuine talent. 808 state vibes. very enjoy.

  • @transforminggravity15626
    @transforminggravity15626 3 года назад +1

    Wow that’s amazing 💯💯💯

  • @zoned7609
    @zoned7609 3 месяца назад

    I would love to hear what you can do with the 2.0 update!

  • @AviPFine
    @AviPFine 2 года назад

    oh wow ive owned my cobalt nearly a year and didnt even notice the randomize faeature..... - face palm- i still have some free spots to design some sounds, definitely going to try this feature.

  • @ryokokofficial
    @ryokokofficial 3 года назад +5

    Whelp there goes my money, its like the Peak... But better and stuck in the 80s. Ill be purchasing this momentarily.

    • @kierenmoore3236
      @kierenmoore3236 Год назад

      Like the Peak … but far less “warm”-sounding … 🤫😇🤭

    • @kierenmoore3236
      @kierenmoore3236 Год назад

      Seriously, tho’ - far less warm-sounding …

  • @CarlosFernandez-gm9gb
    @CarlosFernandez-gm9gb 2 года назад +1

    Great synth...mixed elekton and moog

  • @NevilleHayfield
    @NevilleHayfield 3 года назад +1

    Love it. The naughty sound 👊👊👊👊💪🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @LombaxPieboy16
    @LombaxPieboy16 3 года назад +5

    The price is still a bit steep for my own price range, but for what this provides it looks like it's pretty great bang for your buck!

    • @triggermovies
      @triggermovies 3 года назад

      Yeah, I was hoping for less, but it's not too bad in the "grand scheme" of things. I love my Skulpt and Craftsynth from Modal, and for around 400€ I would have jumped on the Cobalt, no second guessing. But it's no surprise as Modal's Argon8M is priced the same.
      For 550€ though, I think I'd rather get a couple of 250-300€ expanders (Neutron's been on my list).
      Still much more affordable than Hydrasynth, which Cobalt just joined in my "dream synth list" (along with Argon8M) :)

  • @ECollinsMusic
    @ECollinsMusic 2 года назад +1

    Great tutorial

  • @ToyKeeper
    @ToyKeeper 3 года назад

    Would love to see your daw setup+workflow for doing songs this way. The synth is cool, but the really useful and inspiring part is how you use it.

  • @artamuslongfellow9920
    @artamuslongfellow9920 3 года назад

    Question for you and your community?
    1- Do you think the Cobalt would be a good modern equivalent to the Novation Supernova II (minus the Voice Count), could be the modern Ozric synth?
    2- Do you think the Argon would be a good modern equivalent to the Waldorf XTk?
    Thank You for the Great Demo !

  • @Default119
    @Default119 3 года назад +1

    Nice work man!
    I hope this makes it into your new album!
    I’ll make sure not to put it up my bu-/ cuts to next frame 🤣

  • @nigelcassidy9880
    @nigelcassidy9880 Год назад

    Not quite sure why other videos make the Cobalt sound cold and 'digital'? Here it sounds warm and atmospheric

  • @birdsiview6845
    @birdsiview6845 Год назад

    Your mic is like 6 decibels higher than instrument, still though a great job and demonstration. I wonder why they made the 61 key version with empty space on top of the device. They could have at least added like a looper over there. Something very basic like, choose a measurement and it will loop to the measurement you choose. Maybe 16 buttons, select 1/128-2/1, then activate as you play, and it loops, maybe a mute button, maybe a time stretch/quantize knob. And below that, an 16 step drum sequencer. It could have been a do everything piece of technology. Building patches, building loops, sequencing beats. Maybe just plug straight into that Roland guitar looper,and plug drum machine of choice into modal8.

  • @Cadesworth
    @Cadesworth 3 года назад +4

    Tell me why I read "Mortal combat virtual analog synth"

  • @ringtone_rhythm
    @ringtone_rhythm 3 года назад +4

    Those initial arpeggios are the sound inside a robot's mind when it's doing math.

    • @kierenmoore3236
      @kierenmoore3236 Год назад

      I know that’s what I think of, when someone says ‘analog-sounding’ … lol

  • @BackspinZX
    @BackspinZX 3 года назад +7

    Jeremy: "Here's a sound"
    Me: "Oh fuck yes I *love* sounds!"
    Jeremy: "Here's another sound"
    Me: "Man, this is great, sounds are awesome!"

  • @MIDERA
    @MIDERA 2 года назад

    Nice video/demo - It's crazy how many good synths are out. It's almost exhausting (not in a bad way). But I'm just overwhelmed with synths in my studio and cannot for the life of me sell any of them (studio constipation). But anyway, it's fun listening to what you do with these synths.

  • @falazarte
    @falazarte 3 года назад +9

    Although it says "virtual analog", it does sound to me a lot like an FM synth.

    • @kierenmoore3236
      @kierenmoore3236 Год назад

      Agreed. Jeremy, you need to get your temperature gun and your cat out again …
      “If the Cobalt is supposed to be a VA, why can’t it sound ‘warm’ … ?!!!”

  • @alan-nf4qx
    @alan-nf4qx 2 года назад +1

    Hi I just bought one of these I like this demo very much. Can you say what chord/chords you play at 13:20? After the epic quote "the full colours of the wind that are available to us here"

  • @MrJackal43
    @MrJackal43 3 года назад

    But can the Op-1 do that? Kidding! I love all the new gear! Do more Deluge stuff tho, you almost sold one to me!

  • @DecksaverCovers
    @DecksaverCovers 3 года назад +1

    great video for an awesome machine!

  • @shonthelawn
    @shonthelawn 3 года назад +1

    sick song! i'd definitely groove my ass to this at the club if I went to clubs.

  • @williamshaneblyth
    @williamshaneblyth Год назад

    Thanks I bought a hydrasynth explorer recently and was looking to another synth as a module what might compliment the explorer I wanted something with a sequencer im more into warmer sounds would this compliment an explorer or 2 close and suggestions? Only other things that are cheap with memory and sequencers I've tripped over are some Roland boutique I live way a way from a store so I rely on RUclips cheers by the way I loved your hydrasynth tutorials 😊

  • @demoncorejunior
    @demoncorejunior 3 года назад +1

    going to the rave with some bigass saws

  • @Matheus-ly6eu
    @Matheus-ly6eu 3 года назад

    O shit. What are those drums?!

  • @bastiaanw3519
    @bastiaanw3519 3 года назад +2

    Some people might think I'd rinse my mouth with soap after saying this, but soundwise this reminds me very much of the Waldorf Blofeld.
    Luckily the Cobalt has a ton of knobs, which is a definite plus compared to the Blofeld.

    • @jdanielcramer
      @jdanielcramer 3 года назад +1

      I wish it had two filters like the Blofeld🤔

    • @geofff6671
      @geofff6671 3 года назад +1

      The Blofeld can do a whole lot that this can’t do by putting in into multi mode. I was really interested in the Cobalt but in the end I can’t see it doing anything the Blofeld can’t do. Though I think the Cobalt’s onboard effects are better and the Blofeld is more difficult to program.

    • @jammystraub488
      @jammystraub488 3 года назад +1

      I'd say that's high praise. The Blofeld can sound amazing!

  • @arechfer
    @arechfer 3 года назад

    great video... does anybody know how to transponse seqeunces in the 8M? I've read the manual with no luck so far...

  • @mdcmusic2
    @mdcmusic2 2 года назад +1

    Cobalt8 or Minilogue XD for Melodic techno production?

  • @redsu5
    @redsu5 3 года назад +1

    Great sounds, name of the track?

  • @Indianabones007
    @Indianabones007 Год назад

    Ive tried searching everywhere, how do you actually connect an external keyboard to the 8M? I have a Moog Matriarch which I would like to use and also a LInnstrument. If I connect by USB, how do I connect to pc. If it is by Midi, how can I use the midi clock feature? Confused I am lol

  • @hugocaldeiravinagre
    @hugocaldeiravinagre 2 года назад

    thanks for the video. Do you know if it is possible to restart the oscillators on midi note on ? like it restarts the lfos. i want a consistent osc phase at the start of the note. it's cool for percussive sounds, like kicks.

  • @yona9798
    @yona9798 3 года назад

    The editing is just the best thing ever. Also, I really love all the modal stuff especially the argon and cobalt series, I've been looking at them for months! Unfortunately, I'm kinda broke :/
    edit the spelling 6 months later lmao, still a great video (What's the song called?!?! I need to knooooow!!!)

  • @zionwnelson
    @zionwnelson 3 года назад +1

    i like it

  • @WilmarBoer
    @WilmarBoer 2 года назад +1

    I'm really into this synth but in doubt about the ASM Hydrasynth desktop module. I'm looking for analog type polyphonic sound design to get more intimate with sounddesign than with a mouse and plug-ins. How would you compare the Cobalt to the Hydra?

    • @RedMeansRecording
      @RedMeansRecording  2 года назад +1

      Cobalt is a complex virtual analog that replicates analog waveshapes and effects via a semi Wavetable idea. Hydra is a pure Wavetable synth that has a shit ton more modulation.

    • @kierenmoore3236
      @kierenmoore3236 Год назад

      If you want analog-sounding, get something that is actually analog …
      This is about the least analog-sounding “VA” keyboard I have ever heard.

  • @RayR
    @RayR 2 года назад

    Love the reverb on the final track Jeremy. Can you tell us what you are using?

    • @RedMeansRecording
      @RedMeansRecording  2 года назад

      Likely stock Ableton stuff when it's not the built in cobalt reverb.

    • @kierenmoore3236
      @kierenmoore3236 Год назад

      It can’t be the internal reverb, because that sounds like trash!

  • @mycosys
    @mycosys Год назад

    OMG i forgot ur the Pluts guy XD

  • @noahLarhs
    @noahLarhs 3 года назад +1

    Not as early as i would wanted. But Early

  • @linusmellstrom8550
    @linusmellstrom8550 3 года назад +3

    i heard mod EG as "Moddy G". sounds like a cheesy rap alias lol

  • @matthewallthetime218
    @matthewallthetime218 3 года назад

    Am I crazy for thinking this thing is a nice form factor for a generic set of MIDI knobs? Seems like a nifty bonus to the module version…

  • @geecen
    @geecen 3 года назад +2

    Shame most modern synths are mono timbral- I get people don’t need 16 voice workstations as they multitrack, but this sound engine would be awesome with an elektron box sequencing 8 separate parts

    • @lindsaywebb1904
      @lindsaywebb1904 3 года назад

      Yeah, it doesn’t make sense. Stops me from buying any of them

    • @Plaxibo
      @Plaxibo 3 года назад

      Wow, my thoughts exactly.

  • @Bernstein_Electrum
    @Bernstein_Electrum Год назад

    one thing I didn't understand well....
    You record the track on the Modal Software?
    And all the sequences are saved on the Software ?
    but u can't control 3-4 patches and play them on the same time just one the cobalt right?

  • @PeterPrism
    @PeterPrism 3 года назад

    This blue or hydrasynth? Tnx

  • @Chasing_Thoughts
    @Chasing_Thoughts 3 года назад

    This looks like the behringer/moog style case that can be mounted in eurorack? Is this correct?

  • @scottyhehehe5367
    @scottyhehehe5367 2 года назад

    Cobalt8m vs Korg OpSix???

  • @Psionetics
    @Psionetics 3 года назад

    Laaa cigueñaaa!

  • @theSegovia
    @theSegovia 3 года назад +2

    How do you know my search history?? If my wife asks, I was not looking at this all week...

  • @JohnSk82
    @JohnSk82 3 года назад +1

    CobaltM vs Korg Modwave ? Opinions ?

  • @suicidalkatt
    @suicidalkatt 3 года назад +2

    Drunk Donk

  • @papepcool
    @papepcool Год назад

    I start with presets and usually end with um.

  • @1michaelricci
    @1michaelricci 2 года назад

    What is MPE, anyone know? Thank you 🙏

    • @RedMeansRecording
      @RedMeansRecording  2 года назад +1

      MIDI Polyphonic Expression
      MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) is a method of using MIDI that enables pitch bend, and other dimensions of expressive control, to be adjusted continuously for individual notes.[117] MPE works by assigning each note to its own MIDI channel so that particular messages can be applied to each note individually.[118][117] The specifications were released in November 2017 by AMEI and in January 2018 by the MMA.[119] Instruments like the Continuum Fingerboard, Linnstrument, ROLI Seaboard, Sensel Morph, and Eigenharp let users control pitch, timbre, and other nuances for individual notes within chords.[120] A growing number of soft synths and effects are also compatible with MPE (such as Equator, UVI Falcon, and Sandman Pro),[121] as well as a few hardware synths (such as Modal Electronics 002 and ARGON8, Futuresonus Parva, and Modor NF-1).

  • @AbyssalReverberations
    @AbyssalReverberations 3 года назад +4

    Removing that screen protector hurt my soul.
    I haven’t had the heart to remove any of them from my gear yet lol

    • @adamoliver82
      @adamoliver82 3 года назад +2

      I know what you mean, I've had one of these since they came out and haven't removed mine yet.

    • @guillll
      @guillll 3 года назад +4

      What? Removing them is the best thing about getting new gear!

  • @mbessey
    @mbessey 3 года назад +1

    Minor correction: In the recap, you say "it has two voices", where I think you mean two oscillators. ruclips.net/video/jEeoQJsVzXU/видео.html

  • @frankdev
    @frankdev 3 года назад +2

    MORE DRUNK DONK

  • @shveylien7401
    @shveylien7401 3 года назад +1

    Ahhhhh so when yaaaaaa goona buy MEEEE a Pizza Bro. *screen protector removal*

  • @SailfishSoundSystem
    @SailfishSoundSystem 3 года назад +1

    Run it through a Big Muff Pi.

  • @joeyasaperson
    @joeyasaperson 3 года назад

    SOUND

  • @mechlo
    @mechlo 3 года назад

    The question is now... do I sell my MS2000 to buy this?

    • @smokedoggbaby953
      @smokedoggbaby953 3 года назад

      No the ms is not like this
      it has its own way of making sounds and u will regret selling it
      Tht beast makes sounds on the fly like no other 💪🏽

    • @kierenmoore3236
      @kierenmoore3236 Год назад

      Hell, no … the MS sounds way better than this thing!!

  • @simeondermaats
    @simeondermaats 3 года назад +4

    Given that RUclips doesn't synchronise its comments:
    (probably not) first!

  • @tuppawareAU
    @tuppawareAU 3 года назад +1

    Don't put in your bu.........🍑