Bodily Synthesis has teamed up with California-based distributor, Electro Distro, to relaunch a brand new manufacturing run of Cicada, an acoustic synthesizer.
Cicada is a constructing block-style acoustic synthesizer that transforms digital indicators into bodily vibrations that may be absolutely manipulated earlier than being reconverted again into a brand new electrical sound.
After its preliminary first run, which bought out, Bodily Synthesis has teamed up with the distributor to convey this new expertise to followers and musicians.
“Cicada was step one in introducing bodily synthesis strategies to the synth neighborhood,” says Bodily Synthesis founder Spencer Topel. ”It’s an award-winning interface that basically lets musicians discover microscopic sounds with exact management”.
As a violinist and composer, my expertise of making sound is extremely bodily,” continues Topel, “With Cicada, I needed to make an instrument that connects these parts, permitting musicians to provide complicated, compelling sounds, however via tactile interplay.”
Take a look at a video demo of Cicada with MAYSUN beneath.
Whereas Cicada is designed to work with a Eurorack setup, it could possibly additionally obtain indicators from a DAW. Along with this, as the selection of enter is left open to the person, offering a lot of totally different choices. Examples of use embody an Ableton Stay loop operating via Cicada performing as a bodily filter to offer timbral selection over time, and even Cicada performing as an LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator).
The Bodily Synthesis Cicada is now out there as Cicada Founders Version Prolonged, which incorporates two twin AMPs, one PRE, one Acutator, 5 bridges, three soundboards, three Meanwell energy provides, three customized SATA Cables, and one customized Nanuk 935 Flight case for $2,700.
Nevertheless, if that isn’t for you, you too can purchase Cicada Professional Sequence particular person fashions ranging from $79.
For extra data, you may go to Bodily-Sythnesis.com.
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