First Look: Modal Electronics SKULPT 4 voice polysynth 

The demo guy keeps looking for Nick to be visibly impressed and he's just like "okay..."

"DAD! let me do my demo!"

Premium digital volca?... SOLD. Bigs ups to Modal for being "geniuses of obviousness" and making a face cover for it. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'm pretty excited about this.

O.M.G. Think Im in love! Thanks Nick - instabuy! Must add, form factor is PERFECT for me and an actual synth that can replace my mpk mini2 on a cluttered desk space!

Amazing price and great sounds! I see this selling incredibly well.Thank god for the proper midi. The included cover is super cool. Like stated this would totally get thrown in the backpack and that’s completely unique for me.That panel layout doesn’t make sense to me, though. I’m trying to justify it like it will make you think different or something, but I would honestly just put an overlay on it so that the knob labels would be properly oriented. Thanks for sharing, I’ve been really curious about this one!

I can't wait for this. Modal's oscillators sound so damn good. This will add a nice little touch to my small-synth station (Digitone and OP-1). Love stuff like this. Great price, too!

This is one of the best sounding digital synths I've ever heard!

Well done, Nick. THANK YOU for 5-pin Midi on such a small device.

Nick - you seemed a little...impatient in this demo. :) Although I'd rather if it was just you going through the machine.

Watch that level 😄 Nice synth, sounds pretty promising.

Love The Sounds Out of This Well Done Modal

Watch that level.

Even in 2021 SOLD - just ordered thank you MODAL and SonicState.

Sounds great, I've already supported the kickstarter.

looks amazing. Good to see someone pushing DSP more.

For me, the second half of the review is where it's at. The regular synth stuff is fine but that delay and distortion (and the LFO tracking and FM) would make this a very cool sound design tool.

I will take that see-through model!

sounds pretty fab for that price point.

This sounds excellent! One of my favorite features on the 008 is a "Constant" mode for the filter- Compensating for the low end loss when the resonance is cranked up. It would be excellent for Modal to model that on the Skulpt. Either way- for ~$300 it's going to be a great little piece.

This thing sounds lush. :)

That's pretty impressive. I like the looks of it too.

For less than $300 this thing is sounding pretty dang good with loads of features. I'm intrigued by the FM capabilities.

fantastic

What a beautiful shirt, Mr. Batt. Interesting synth.

I could definitely see myself picking one of these up. Neat little gadget, and a decent price point to boot.

This is gonna be a sweet little synth

sounds amazing... but no mention how many envelopes, or if it will be a editor ?

This looks like a fun little synth.

Love the look. if its from Modal it going to be good

Serious question time, is it possible to adjust the oscillator to voice ratio with a software update? More voices with fewer oscillators per voice would be good.

Any aliasing/foldback in the top octaves?

This thing looks so cool

This sounded surprisingly good, for that price point. I'm impressed

Anyone know if it is polytimbral? Can I play one voice on one MIDI channel - and play the rest on another?

really nice sounding :)

yeah but does it have pulse with modulation?

It sounds great

I really like the layout/interface on this thing... Seeing $300, is this accurate? Anyone know when they will go into production/become available?

It looks really pretty, but there seem to be some odd design choices here. 8 oscillators per voice, but only 4 voices... would have been nice to have more poly! Lots of mod routing, but just two LFOs. And why have that much bass rolloff on a virtual filter? I wonder if you can feed a sine sub-octave or fundamental past the VCF? Micromonsta is similar money, but seems more flexible.

Whats better? the synth or Nicks shirt?

Absolutely!

Where's the kickstarter link? :P

Nice one!

nick knows exactly what we want to see and hear

how does this compare with dsi tetra?

Modal definitely know how to get a good sound out of digital. Wish it had a stereo spread, but it is pretty fantastic for the price and you can't have everything. Nothing a little stereo chorus won't fix. I might consider this for my live rig. It would fit in quite unobtrusively and give me some different pad sounds.

I have never understood the role of in-phase unison mode, surely only useful if every oscillator is detuned. Detuning 32 oscillators will give a big spread of fundamentals that will sound a mess , please explain this to me

I love analog but sometimes you need that digital sound. This sounds amazing

Interesting synth for the money. Nick seemed a bit off-kilter to me in this video - hope all's well.

Sounds nice and I love the form factor, but the filter doesn’t have as much flavor as I’d like. Price point is solid too. Still, I already have a Micromonsta so I think I might pass this up, even if I’d love a synth that sounds this good to carry around with me.

“I like me a 4th pad” “absolutely”

15.49: Looking out a dirty old window. Down below the cars in the city go rushing by. I sit here alone and I wonder why... :D

The UI is driving my ocd crazy!

I was guessing about right on the price. I was thinking it’d be nice if it hit a $200-$250 price point, but guessed it’d more likely be $350 - $400 max. Glad they aren’t overcharging for it. It certainly provides a very reasonable alternative to something like Behringer neutron. Of course apples to oranges, digital vs analog ...but they nailed the analog modeling with this. Sounds even better than the neutron to my ears.

Now this is something. I've been looking for a large, virtual analog type of synth. Perhaps, Skulpt is the answer instead?

Would love to have the option of not losing bottom end with higher resonance.

purchased today

9:40 that pad is

The fidelity of filter modulation from that LFO is ace. Need to support folks making digital better like this rather than falling back on all the fetishization of analog that's out there right now. Good stuff, especially for the expected price.

Very exciting item. And sub-300.00?? Thanks for the demo - I didn't know about this one.

Nice Shirt, Nick!

Lovely. No noise osc tho?

SOOOOO cool

less than 300? in the pocket!!! love these wonderboxes Thanx

This is cool. Still wish they'd release VST control for 002. That's the only thing thats held me back from buying one since release. Well, that and compulsively buying other synths.

Wow, very cool, very clever for sound design, compact, sounds amazing! and sub usd 300!?!? whoaaaaa!

Nice one Luke :-)

This guy knows exactly what Nick wants.

Nick - is it coming home?

Nick is looking for some distinctive bottom end. Couldn't find it in this round. I sure didn't hear it. Also, the filter seems pretty pedestrian. Time will tell.

I think Modal need to slip Nick a few quid to come up with the presets. Sounds like it has a lot of potential!

“USB midi and power” imo deserves a graceful readjustment of a mans quiff

"Absolutely"

design wise , reminds me of the yamaha TQ5

15:15 - great patch

Cool it does Grindcore

Sugiero que haya una traducción al ESPAÑOL

Nick you owe this poor guy an apology. Lol

9:09 lovely

Sounds like a Virus b, I like it!

Nice shirt !!

I love tiny synths like that. The more the better and it sounds fat. Gonna buy it when available.

Looks like a really cool little synth but not nearly as kewl as nick’s shirt....

nive fat sound and poly? wonder what it would set me back

Let's hope that component shortages that delayed the Modal Craft Rhythm delivery date don't affect the pre-Christmas availability for this. As with the Craft Rhythm I shall not be adding this to my set-up. By " sub three hundred bucks" I am taking that as around £275 which is too much for something like this, and it will be around that taking into account VAT I imagine. Seems all you have to do is substitute £ for $ or € when you see the prices irrespective of the exchange rate!. As far as I am concerned Modal peaked with the Craft synth, just my opinion though. Totally get that there is Modal brand loyalty out there. I wish Modal every success, but this just not for me. The IK Multimedia Uno has a more appealing spec and form factor IMHO, and I can live with the alternative MIDI connections using adaptor cables, and the price is very attractive too.

Absolutly

While I quite like the sound of this, I'm not so sure about the look and the integrated keyboard. I most certainly am excited about the current trend for more portable sub-£300 synths on the market. Now I'm just waiting for the right one to sweep me of my feet.

The kickstarter fully funded in less than 5 hours. Despite the negative comments, there's clearly interest in this.

Needs more thunderousness.

now, if the delay only was stereo :(

03:00 he needed to ask !

It looks like they were partying the night before lol... both of em

Couldn't they find a younger kid to do the demo? Gosh, I'm feeling old...

this thing is like the minilogues cousin.

This is nice. The closest 4 voice in price range is Roland SH-01A. Everything else is monophonic.

I think someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed

Mine.

Amazing sound for < $300 USD!

What is doof?

how much :) ?