Due to...laws, the sweepstakes can only be for those in the USA. I know. It sucks. We get an occasional synth, most of y'all get healthcare. 🤷🏻♂🤒🎛
@cmd-c1426
2 жыл бұрын
Yes... it sucks 😂. But I have my Lyra-8 diy kit still waiting to be built. So what...
@DarkFutureConsolidated
2 жыл бұрын
lol. Good point. I came here to whinge about not being able to enter, but yeah, I wouldn’t give up our free health care for all the synths in the world. I also got a DFAM, Monopoly and a Polyend Tracker with my numerous stimulus payments. My mate in Melbourne got one of these Pulsar 23’s too. So, I guess I can forgive you for your sponsor not accepting global entries. This time…
@parboilrice
2 жыл бұрын
Free healthcare is a farce. We still end up going privately because the public service sucks.
@TORCHI909
2 жыл бұрын
hahahah fair trade-off i guess
@curcapsicum
2 жыл бұрын
Awww shame, not even Canada eh? Fair comment about the healthcare lmao. Good luck to the winner!
@mellowgeekstudio
2 жыл бұрын
The TikTok influencer voice over was really something unexpected lol. Funny thing is I can't tell if her performance was satirical or not.
@chasewatkins3096
2 жыл бұрын
I also found myself wondering if she was in on it or if Benn just went on Fiverr and found someone to do the segment
@JapanoiseBreakfast
2 жыл бұрын
@@AboveTheTrees00 ok boomer
@jordanWAH
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe it was a little bit obnoxious, but seeing how much it bothers people makes it even better.
@maquettemusic1623
2 жыл бұрын
@@AboveTheTrees00 This reaction is exactly why he did it
@JeremyLotruglioMusic
2 жыл бұрын
@@AboveTheTrees00 nah it was funny
@andrewhuang
2 жыл бұрын
nice work man you got some great sounds out of it!
@jasongravely7217
2 жыл бұрын
You and Benn would create some sick tunes!
@GirlfightClub
Жыл бұрын
Do you feel it would be safe/easy to change the knobs to some shiny metal ones? Or is it best to not mess with removing and replacing knobs? Thanks
@adriatic.vineyards
7 ай бұрын
@@GirlfightClublol in what way could metal knobs considered more unsafe?
@GirlfightClub
7 ай бұрын
@@adriatic.vineyards safe for the DEVICE, as in not affecting its tuning etc
@bb-sw6ur
2 жыл бұрын
9:00 "ok this sound is getting boring to me" me: *headbanging furiously*
@finitesound
2 жыл бұрын
Just bought this yesterday! SO glad you're covering it. I have a lot to learn.
@RegebroRepairs
2 жыл бұрын
Ah! Giveaway not in my region! I guess I just have to continue my plans of building a weird drum modular myself instead. 6:15 Instant Nine Inch Nails.
@NicleT
2 жыл бұрын
“I had a lot of fun” For me this is the essential ingredient of Soma’s gear (and all gear in general). The same with the Lyra, when I start to play, it becomes a dialogue and it’s good not to be always controlling what emerge from it.
@rolandmdill
2 жыл бұрын
I ordered my Pulsar the day it was announced, so I have it for quite a while now - and it is NOT my favourite piece of equipment. It certainly is a unique piece of equipment, but on its own it is neither as flexible nor cool sounding as it appears in the demos. It has its own sound, very distinct, but also way more limited than it seems. Every voice has 8 or 10 knobs to shape the sound (and yes some switches as well), but considering that two are to control the single very simple envelope, one is for volume and one is for fx send level, it shows that there is not too much else to control for each voice. The parameters for every voice are somewhat limited in my opinion, especially the hihat rarely works for me, somehow it doesn't have a sweetspot where it just sounds great. The clap filter is a very nice and colourful sounding filter, but at the same time it makes it hard to get a nice snappy and punchy sound. The Pulsar became way more usable for me when I paired it up with my modular. The envelopes on the Pulsar 23 are not the greatest for drums imo, so if I really want to use it for drums I take some snappy (& flexible) envelopes from my modular instead of using the internal ones. To use it in a production you might want to record everything individually, otherwise it might be rather hard to mix it with other instruments. It rumbles, makes noise, sounds dirty and industrial and brutal if you like, but still it's not very punchy - it takes work to shape the drum sounds in the mix, unless you are going for the pure Soma sound. The one thing I absolutely hate about this machine is the sequencer, I wish I could rip it out. How can a sequencer not be in sync with itself (even quantized it plays far from tight)? The workflow is a mess in my opinion - I thought it might be perfect for me as a skilled instrumentalist, but it is quite the opposite of inspirational to me, it kills my inspiration because I never end up with what I recorded and that is simply frustrating. But sequenced via Midi it is nice to work with. All in all, if I didn't like the machine I would not have kept it. The Pulsar is quirky as hell, seems very well built and despite all the issues I have with it I still love it very much. It is more like a rhythmic noise generator to me, which is fine because I have other options to get the drum sounds I'm looking for. It has its very own unique sound and is a fantastic experimental synthesizer, I wouldn't want to miss it!
@tecschooldropout
2 жыл бұрын
Super cool drum machine, would love to see a diy version since the complete is so expensive.
@apostatatheprovost3041
2 жыл бұрын
Best noise generator in the World. Vlad Kreimer is a crazy genius. There is so much flexibility. The Pipe and Ether are awsome Tools to find realy unique sounds. Soma love! ❤️✌️
@grindedfranz
2 жыл бұрын
this thing is really crazy.. probably the most interesting drum synths ever..
@apostatatheprovost3041
2 жыл бұрын
@@grindedfranz 100%
@christopherpederson1021
2 жыл бұрын
Or one of the hardest
@apostatatheprovost3041
2 жыл бұрын
@@christopherpederson1021 Thats true, Mate.
@GeorgeL909
2 жыл бұрын
The transition from TikTok vice tutorial to hardcore dystopian industrial drum beat was nothing short of brilliant. 👍 love it.
@JxhnNichxlls
2 жыл бұрын
Man, I would love a Pulsar at some point. Fantastic weird machine, much like all of Soma’s stuff
@lol-wc3ld
2 жыл бұрын
yeah, too bad we prob wont get anything new for a while with this war going on
@AdamsOlympia
9 ай бұрын
@@lol-wc3ld that's a shame. But they are based out of Poland too , so maybe they can continue to develop out of there instead of Russia.
@michaelkonomos
2 жыл бұрын
Great video. People rightly focus a lot on the weird functionality of this synth, but the SOUND is just incredible to me. When you start getting a beat going around 7 minutes into the video, it’s just so rich and fat and full of character.
@donaldpriola1807
2 жыл бұрын
Lucky owner of black #27. I laughed pretty hard at the "That's not complicated at all" comment. This thing bends space/time, I swear--and yeah, you can't help but make something unique on it, because god help you if you try to duplicate a patch--even when you photograph it, you can't duplicate settings. Trust me. I've tried.
@mikemmartin
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, what an amazing piece of gear. Great video as always Benn.
@Ulvens
2 жыл бұрын
What a magnificent beast! Congratulations on the 100k! Very nice. :) The contest is only open to U.S residents? Ouch.
@Confuzius
2 жыл бұрын
hahahaha did you really fricken hire an instagram influencer for that presentation? like for realz? hahahahahhahahaha - and yeah i thought i wanted the erica synths "perkons" when it comes out, but i reckon i want this x)
@Confuzius
2 жыл бұрын
hahahahahahhahahaha
@mellowgeekstudio
2 жыл бұрын
@@Confuzius TikTok, not Instagram. Keep up with the times bruh! ;)
@inkchip7351
2 жыл бұрын
I just found you honestly I was going to uninstall KZitem but this fixed that
@low_rise5030
2 жыл бұрын
aaawww I was secretly hoping for this to happen for so long! My thoughts were "this machine - not exactly my cup of tea but it'd probably really shine in the hands of an experienced IDM artist like Benn..." - and oh boy you delivered!
@elmowilcox
2 жыл бұрын
You hooked up the clock and it immediately made Nine Inch Nails 😆 This thing looks like an incredible amount of fun and tinkering.
@tommyg5095
2 жыл бұрын
A year later... is the Arturia Polybrute still your favorite poly synth???
@ToyKeeper
2 жыл бұрын
Would love to try one of these sometime. It seems like a great way to generate interesting, organic, evolving beats.
@needfortweed8734
2 жыл бұрын
"If modular is getting too easy for you, why don't you level up and try the Pulsar 23" - Best of luck to those allowed to enter the contest. I guess this is just for US based folks...
@gintarasj.
2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations with 100k! What a shame that giveaway is US only….
@dialnfornick
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Spotted the orange pulsar23 in the background a couple of vids ago 😁 can't wait to see it getting the Benn Jordan treatment!
@Honeysmack
2 жыл бұрын
Great video Benn. FYI: the jacks on the back of the unit are bidirectional they are both inputs and outputs, the pin adapters on the front panel complete the circuit. Amazing machine!
@christopherpederson1021
2 жыл бұрын
You can input amy sound into any voice
@HANGINGOUTWITHAUDIOPHILES
2 жыл бұрын
Tremendous examples! Had me going cross ear’d in a great way :)
@pdubz1392
2 жыл бұрын
this is the best synth I ever heard...right up my alley cuz I grew up listening to Aphex Twin and am very much into dark minimal dnb these days. I need this! or at least a VST for Fruity that would be so sick!!!!!
@deepsynth3495
2 жыл бұрын
It takes me three years to finish a song in Ableton. Now probably 30.
@Doodsrsly
2 жыл бұрын
Relatable
@Kypski
2 жыл бұрын
It's my main drum machine and drumsynth - just finished my first beattape, using only the pulsar! what an instrument!
@software70DKR
2 жыл бұрын
You deserve the biggest synth channel on KZitem. Your videos often go further to inform and entertain than channels with a million subs. Especially loving the science content lately and how you respect the audiences inteligence enough not to stop for the minutiae. Keep killing it!
@dingleferry736
2 жыл бұрын
Holy shit you're videos are too interesting for my own good ... I feel myself peeking into a rabbit hole deeper than the Mariana Trench!
@JTPiano2011
2 жыл бұрын
Lots of us synth geeks hanging out here at the bottom of the trench, welcome!
@Doodsrsly
2 жыл бұрын
THAT KICCCCCK Edit: I understand that wasn’t a very intelligent comment, but that jam near the end makes me want to grow a mustache and jog around my city with a knife between my teeth.
@danielpirone8028
2 жыл бұрын
Great video- and have to say I love mine! Definitely not an 808
@christopherpederson1021
2 жыл бұрын
The opposite of an 808 really 🤣
@benitoe.4878
2 жыл бұрын
The jam sessions are massive. When I think back how Stimming struggled to get anything useful out of the Pulsar... this is a way better showcase of its possibilities. Great job!
@fangan4770
Жыл бұрын
Indeed
@curcapsicum
2 жыл бұрын
When you said you hired a tik tok influencer to narrated the layout, I laughed and thought you were kidding, then when she came in I wheezed so hard I couldn't breathe for most of the narration. She did a genuinely great job though, much respect for her, it was just so fucking funny.
@aqueous5099
2 жыл бұрын
Same. It was such a great tbit 😁“…These little circle things…that you put your fingers on, that tell you your percentage of body fat! Wow!..”
@pawnotdaw4559
2 жыл бұрын
I loved the P-23 at first. But I was constantly trying ways to not make it sound like the P-23. I was using Eurorack oscillators and stuff and getting good results but eventually I sold as I thought I can make much more personal drum sounds without it. But as a machine and interface it’s great. Don’t miss it.
@pawnotdaw4559
2 жыл бұрын
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@midbc1midbc199
2 жыл бұрын
I love that thing......I would basically disappear from public forever playing with that noise generator
@Paul-uy1ru
2 жыл бұрын
That Darkwave patch! Nice
@EquestrianSport
2 жыл бұрын
hey you can also use external LFO's and other sources. it makes it INSANE! there is a zillion sounds to get out of it.
@christopherpederson1021
2 жыл бұрын
I am content with just using the internal delay
@MilesAwayOfficial
2 жыл бұрын
This thing is such a cool vibe. Great video as always Ben!
@Ed-davies
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Benn, this was awesome, just wish you had done a few more example patches, was really getting into it ! The Tik-Tok voiceover was very reminiscent of Valley Girl by Frank Zappa, loved it! Congrats on the 100k!
@l1fef0rm
4 ай бұрын
You love it; why not keep it?
@demmykick
10 ай бұрын
7:38 "You let me violate you...."
@blackmateriaofficial2383
2 жыл бұрын
I read some things about audio out of the Pulsar being DC offset. Did you notice or account for this? do you just put a dc filter or is it a non-issue? Love the character and concept!
@nohandle974
2 жыл бұрын
Superb demonstration and a lovely machine! It does seem a little spendy, but that's our current situation. Keep up the great work, much appreciation.
@dynamicfreqz1112
2 жыл бұрын
This sounds and seems like something Trent Reznor uses.
@keltonfoster
2 жыл бұрын
Dude that is so sweet, it's like I'm at a rave on the beach and some rich kids are partying. Now throw at catch phrase in that loop like "stars in my jar" or release the dark scare crow.
@Nokanmusic
2 жыл бұрын
Aw, I’m not allowed to contest :(
@Nokanmusic
2 жыл бұрын
Fun video though :)
@dynamicfreqz1112
2 жыл бұрын
It sounds good, but not good enough for the cost. There's a lot of things that I would want more for the same price or less. You would have to be making serious money, if you're buying one of these. It has a great sounding kick, but there's cheaper ways to get the same kick. I guess if you're raking in money, it wouldn't be a bad investment.
@alexrehberg
2 жыл бұрын
The pulsar is way more about the interaction between everything when it's patched than the plain sound of any of the channels though. Definitely don't buy it if you want to use it like a standard drum machine
@pauljs75
2 жыл бұрын
Like a proper laptop with VCV Rack installed on it. And then just go a bit crazy with MIDI controllers and stuff. (Tangible hardware is neat, but soft-synths have it beat for the versatility on a budget.)
@normdurkin6425
Жыл бұрын
.I have or have owned almost every analog and digital drum machine from 1980 to the present.. I am not impressed by this drum machine.. as far as simple drums my Vermona drm1 MKII sounds better.. as far as complex drums my eurorack modules are superior..
@paradiddle16
2 жыл бұрын
Definitely would love to see a longer vid one day if ya pick one up. Sounded pretty cool! Cheers!
@mikey303
2 жыл бұрын
love the Jexus aesthetic for the acid demo section :D
@babylonbroken1601
2 жыл бұрын
great video. Fantastic run through that conveyed a huge amount of information despite just being presented as having a jam. Then pure awesomeness. Love this machine. Not sure I'm quite good enough for one.
@A3Kr0n
2 жыл бұрын
Hey. I don't know where to start and certainly not where to end, but how many of these products do you think the world needs? Like guitar stomp boxes, do we really need 3000 choices that disappear and are replaced with 3000 new choices the next year? I want a timely product, a classic to be passed down through rummage sales. I guess I'm done now.
@jordanWAH
2 жыл бұрын
As the, "tiktok influencer" is still listing the components I'm thinking. How's this for music? Btw I liked the influencer, it's a good bit.
@b1ist3rs
2 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful lickable drum machine ever made!
@WVLFRVN
2 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the tik tok influencer part. Very much.
@kappabravomusic2101
2 жыл бұрын
That's a very fun piece. Sadly this giveaway only works in US. Great fun though.
@jonpatchmodular
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I will be needing a couple thousand bucks pronto. Living under a roof is overrated anyways. _siiigh_
@kikkirow
4 ай бұрын
This machine can produce a lot of cool sounds, however, I feel like it is for the advanced user. I would rather invest in a different piece of hardware but I could see the modular or hardware enthusiasts loving this one. Loved your darkwave track.
@hemtet5500
3 ай бұрын
2:00 I would like to ask after listening a little bit can you patch anything to anything and is it possible to do some serious damage if you have absolutely zero tech knowledge regarding this type of thing?
@Strepite
2 жыл бұрын
great, but with most analog drum machines I wish I liked the sound… Sounds too dark in the upper harmonics
@theothertonydutch
2 жыл бұрын
I thought it was somewhere in the just below a 1000 bucks and then my wallet imploded when I saw the price.
@CinematicLaboratory
2 жыл бұрын
Super cool video, only Benn can make it as fun as this. Bu tthe Rabbit Hole is even deeper. The six outputs are also six inputs depending on your connection.
@MilesMalcom
2 жыл бұрын
This is the sickest piece of music gear I’ve ever seen
@unduloid
2 жыл бұрын
The link for winning the Pulsar 23 refuses VPN connections. Booh!
@strelokknoize
2 жыл бұрын
It's a very interesting machine. But let's be honest. Does it sound like 2 grands?
@keysthomas1966
2 жыл бұрын
That IDM patch made my spleen itchy!!
@earlsfield
2 жыл бұрын
nor fair not available in uk! ill pay for import! Congratulations on 100k subs.
@richardpresleyjr.2012
2 жыл бұрын
There is a show on HBO max that is called Raised By Wolves. In it the protagonist is a robot that has a weapon in the form of a scream. Would you make a video on fact vs fiction or if you think something like this could really be built and how deadly could we actually make it? Great content by the way, thanks.
@BennJordan
2 жыл бұрын
LRADs and sound cannons are already used as effective weapons for crowd control. kzitem.info/news/bejne/lKmnr6qXpF9leKA
@cymbolic_space1832
2 жыл бұрын
please 🥺🙏 please 🥺🙏 dont ever make me feel like i have a tick tock account ever again 🤮🤮😜🦊🤙
@5005dave
2 жыл бұрын
In Switzerland. Can't participate. Love the vid tho :')
@mrblablablabla
2 жыл бұрын
“I’m going to give away this machine. Now watch me get my spit all over it.” 😄
@usualatoms4868
2 жыл бұрын
Giveaway not available in my region :( Oh how the world is cruel to me.
@blush_response
2 жыл бұрын
really nice stuff, digging the IDM and darkwave patches especially. cheers :)
@BoogerBarn
2 жыл бұрын
Stumbled on to this… F_CKING WILD!
@bababooie9420
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for covering this! Such a cool piece of gear- keep up the great work Benn :)
@starsunderer
Жыл бұрын
What gear was it hooked up to on darkwave patch, that seemed like a great. combo
@anthonyrothercom
2 жыл бұрын
thanks, great video about a great machine. I love my Pulsar-23.
@aaronsomek
2 жыл бұрын
You hit right on some NiN at the start there haha. "I wanna ... you like an animal"
@corticallarvae
2 жыл бұрын
The idm can burst just a thing that's done in the drum generes....
@drfluffy3983
2 жыл бұрын
😪 it does not happen often, but now i am sad to life outside of the U.S.
@RoyBeerZ
2 жыл бұрын
I understood less than 10% of the things being said in this video but I couldn't stop watching. I don't even know how I got here, but it made me sub anyways. You're a wizard, or something I guess.
@mrfeenix1
2 жыл бұрын
Gutted no go 4 UK oh well great vid anyways :)
@praticle
2 жыл бұрын
I *love* Pulsar-23!! ♥️
@BazekBlu
10 ай бұрын
Less talking, more sounds.
@PhilippeGiron
Жыл бұрын
What's the grid sequencer in the IDM patch?
@vaughn6371
2 жыл бұрын
I wonder what the OMG and WTF? Buttons do?
@neonblack211
Жыл бұрын
So who got the pulsar? Can it be me? please Benn?
@ArsyEins
Жыл бұрын
just came back to hear that idm sesh again... and to mention: this video is the reason i also call a pulsar my own :D
@synthphilosophy
Жыл бұрын
Feeding my GAS with your absolutely fantastic skilled beats. Thank you.
@Projacked1
2 жыл бұрын
Competition only for US residents...prffff
@oscidigi7357
2 жыл бұрын
How much of Benn's Finger Lick™ comes with the giveaway Pulsar 23? Going to need those clean connections 😅
@Hyper5nic
2 жыл бұрын
Good luck to all participants! It would be fun for those who can't join the contest (because of outside the US) to participate in a 'samples/loops by way of the Pulsar 23' giveaway. Just a thought. 😉
@Marcin-lp4qi
11 ай бұрын
bla, bla, bla, bla something interesting, bla, bla, bla, bla
@marcuspearson6214
2 жыл бұрын
"two little buttons to check your bodyfat"......that cracked me up, absolutely brilliant.
@KingCuba
2 жыл бұрын
8:28 That gets aggressive quickly lol
@Neurotypique
2 жыл бұрын
And you leaked the polyend seq 2 🤫
@EquestrianSport
2 жыл бұрын
I have one, and it's an endless discovery . great vid. I love the influencer hahaha
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