Befaco PONY VCO Review

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Pony VCO is a compact analogue oscillator with wave folding, through zero FM and a built-in VCA. Let's put it through its paces.
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Index - 0:00
Sound example - 0:33
Intro - 4:06
Overview - 4:33
Tuning knob - 5:16
Waveforms - 7:21
Timbre - Wave Folding - 8:30
VCA - 12:07
Modulating Timbre - 14:17
Add a filter - 19:36
Thoughts so far - 26:38
Thru-Zero FM - 28:17
More sound examples with filter and effects - 31:33
Conclusions - 38:45
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12 июл 2024

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@svennilsson8719 4 месяца назад

What a wonderful little oscillator and what an excellent demonstration of its possibilities. I immediately want to try it out and integrate it into my system. Thank you.

@streamtracker Год назад

That looks like a fun VCO. Who'd like to see BEFACO's take on an LPG next?

@mortenrobinson5421 Год назад

Just bought the niftycase. I think this will be my first module. Nice little diy project, and I'm really into circuity that can take the basic analog waveforms into complex wavetable territory. And the built in VCA is very welcome! need a bunch of these 😍

@hobonickel840 Год назад

Madness and science .. who could ask for more!! Thanks for a great demo!

@farawaytree471 Год назад

That's really nice! Great review. I was looking at the Instruo tsl for a compact oscillator, but this has peaked my interest now. Cheers Robin.

@glnnk_art Год назад

Im selling my Ts-L for this, just ordered. The Ts-L has multiple wave outputs, which is fun. But this has TZFM, which is why I’m changing

@vibe010 9 месяцев назад

very nice presentation floating module!! love it

@JAM-rp6fi Год назад

Love the wavefolder, super unique! And having more features than the Even VCO at half the size and a lower price is a no-brainer!

@NOLNV1 Год назад

There seems to be a hundred ways to do wavefolders and Befaco ones seem to always sound excellent!

@LarsBjerregaard Год назад

Great demo Robin! There's a lot to like about it and I do think it sounds nice and is a clever design. I just dislike the whole SMALL trend, I mean, look at the size of my fingers and think of usability and pleasure in using. But then it probably is specifically made for a small rack, where I can see it fits very nicely.

@greghanson6628 Год назад

the built in vca makes it so useful

@glnnk_art Год назад

Just ordered this, selling my Instruo Ts-L. TZFM and VCA are killer.

@mrotaveria Год назад

It sounds awesome

@SonicVibe Год назад

Sounds good 👍

@mpingo91 Год назад

I often used Kickall in the role of VCO in the VCV Rack. And I'm not the only one. The appearance of Pony was to be expected. 😁

@BeniRoseMusic Год назад

I had the physical version in my rack for over a year and I used it way more as a melodic voice than I did as a kick!

@Si_G Год назад

Kickall is a great module, I use it a lot.

@marksteiner3493 9 месяцев назад

Incredible demo! You know how to do it. Sounds so great and you tune in the important stuff. What is that scope on the tablet? I'm a fan of yours now!!

@MoltenMusicTech 9 месяцев назад

Thanks! It’s a free plugin from Melda Productions.

@marksteiner3493 9 месяцев назад

oh cool I think I may already have it and never tried. Thanks, man! @@MoltenMusicTech

@boydw1 Год назад

Sounds good, and packs quite a bit of sound into 4hp. Are your arps a function of the keystep, or triggering an external module? Have you tried running your TZFM mod osc through some processing - attenuator, filter etc

@MoltenMusicTech Год назад

It's the arp on the KS37 and no, I haven't

@ciatangallaghe2485 Год назад

Back to the shed we go

@barnabascee1889 Год назад

My only problem is that you tend to make everything sound great, so is it the module, or just you?! Anyway, this module sounds amazing! Great video!

@MoltenMusicTech Год назад

Ha, thanks 🙏 I do try to make sure I leave in plenty of dry and boring waveforms 😁

@clusterchord1 Год назад

octaves and tune ranges plus are great. wavefolder and pwm sound great. more or less i like everything about it, except the sound of thru zero, which appears peticularly harsh. on both demos thus far. perhaps its was the modulator used or amplitude etc, but thus far, must admit i prefer more musical tzfm results you get from something like Neoni, Rubycon, Operat etc.

@PatternRecognitionMusic Месяц назад

Kinda wanna replace my Hysteria/Eudemonia with Pony VCO/Pony VCF now. Twice the price, half the hp and quite tasty sounding...

@delayeedbms 4 месяца назад

damn i have 4hp left and tzfm is something im interested in. i dont like tiny modules and dont need any more osillators either. arrgh i dont know.

@pixelfrenzy Год назад

Sounds really lovely, and me gusto mucho Befaco.... but 180 Euros just for the *kit*...? It's only a 4HP double-sided PCB, what have they got in there that's so expensive?

@MoltenMusicTech Год назад

I think because it’s 3 modules in one. It’s not really much cheaper for them to provide a kit considering the time it takes to pick an pack up the components so I think you’re getting a decent deal for the joy of building it yourself.

@streamtracker Год назад

150 for the kit on their website, which is 60 less than the build version. And all you have to do is attach the panel with a little hardware, and do a quick calibration.

@BappinProductions Год назад

No one else has managed to squeeze as much functionality from the SSI2130 VCO chip (which I'm assume Pony uses, given its feature-set) into 4HP, so it falls down to simple business really. They have a relatively unique product and they're charging a premium for it, simple as that really, imo anyway "Good value" is in the eye of the beholder as it were; once you have built a few modules with components sourced yourself from Mouser etc., even premade kits from Befaco et al start looking a bit pricey by comparison. Most of my attention at the moment is focused on NLC modules because I can build most of the ones I'm interested in for about £80 or less, depending on the complexity and bulk buying discounts etc.

@pixelfrenzy Год назад

@@BappinProductions Yeah, my main question really still stands - what the hell is in there that makes it so expensive? (If I understand your suggestion correctly, then nothing really - they're aiming to benefit from being unique in the market, and nothing wrong with that at all!) Nearly all the modules I own I've built myself from PCB+Panel kits (sourcing all the parts myself) or PCB+pre-soldered-SMT + panel and generally jacks and pots. This is because I can't justify spending £200-300 on a module unlike many others.

@pixelfrenzy Год назад

@@streamtracker 181 Euros on their website... are you viewing in USD by any chance? Massive advantage on the exchange rate right now!

@BeniRoseMusic Год назад

Kind of weird that the position of the timbre fader for "no fold" also means "no sound" for the square wave. I think I would've preferred they limit the pulse width range than go with that option.

@edgarm6017 Год назад

Use it to your advantage and run an envelope into it! No need for a VCA :)

@sub-jec-tiv Год назад

That’s why

@BeniRoseMusic Год назад

@@sub-jec-tiv what?

@MoltenMusicTech Год назад

I’m with you mate 😁

@li21nljasndvkljhnakshedbxxc Год назад

honestly, how accurately does this thing track v/oct?

@MoltenMusicTech Год назад

Honestly I don’t worry about such things

@li21nljasndvkljhnakshedbxxc Год назад

@@MoltenMusicTech nor did I, until recently when I bought a very expensive oscillator from a very reputed company that went from harmonic and stable to cacophonous mess over 2 octaves. Now I check it'll stay in tune before I buy.

@MoltenMusicTech Год назад

Oh I see what you mean. That's sounds very disappointing. Well in my usage it's all sounded good to me - that's the best i can offer at this time.

@li21nljasndvkljhnakshedbxxc Год назад

@@MoltenMusicTech Thumbs up. Good channel by the way, I have been following along since your vids about your very first forays into modular.