Pittsburgh Modular TAIGA in-depth review // 3 Things I Love & 1 Thing I Dislike

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Today we are checking out the Pittsburgh Modular Taiga semi modular synthesizer (DISCLOSURE: synth provided by manufacturer). Sponsored by DistroKid: distrokid.com/vip/bobeats If you want to upload your music to Spotify/Apple Music and more stores, use DistroKid. It's an affordable and easy to use service that I have used for years.
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CONTENT:
00:00 What is the Taiga?
03:36 Part 1: OSCILLATORS explained
13:56 Design, Mixer, Preamp & a few other things
16:02 Part 2: FILTER module explained
21:05 Part 3: i don't like this...
25:15 A few more functions worth mentioning
26:35 Part 4: DYNAMICS module explained
30:47 Final Verdict: is it worth buying?
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@BoBeats Год назад

Hope you enjoyed todays deep dive in (semi-) modular! You can support the channel by checking out todays sponsor here: distrokid.com/vip/bobeats You can also support thru my affiliate links for the Taiga or any of the alternatives listed below: Taiga EU: thmn.to/thoprod/560017?offid=1&affid=623 Sweetwater (US): imp.i114863.net/e43Yr1 Perfect Circuit (US): bit.ly/TaigaXPerfect ALTERNATIVES Arturia Minibrute 2 EU: thmn.to/thoprod/535509?offid=1&affid=623 US: imp.i114863.net/Ao9yMN Cre8audio east beast (around 250 bucks) EU: thmn.to/thoprod/543664?offid=1&affid=623 US: imp.i114863.net/e4P1RQ Cre8audio west pest (around 250 bucks) EU: thmn.to/thoprod/545070?offid=1&affid=623 US: imp.i114863.net/b36Myv Mother 32 EU: thmn.to/thoprod/372745?offid=1&affid=623 US: imp.i114863.net/5e2e1 Affiliate links support the channel at no cost to you.

@GizzyDillespee Год назад

0-Coast system is another alternative. The sponsor, distrokid... Spotify owns them, so it feels like Spotify charging the musicians and then charging the listeners... musicians need a lot of listens just to break even... but I don't have a problem with them being the sponsor - the YT compensation system needs to be fixed too. Until then, get whatever reasonable sponsors you can, and distrokid is a reasonable sponsor for a music gear video.

@arthurallsopp9344 Год назад

$799 is steep for what it does. It does not look any better made than a Behringer Crave but costs almost 3 times as much. No thank you.

@NuisanceMan Год назад

@@arthurallsopp9344 It's got 42 knobs to Crave's 15, 58 patchpoints to Crave's 31. We're not really talking the same category here.

@mitchminimal6942 11 месяцев назад

I own the Crave. It’s a nice synth. I will be buying a Taiga.

@paulyearley1084 Год назад

I personally don't have a lot of use for it, but it seems like a lot of fun to fool around with. It sounds good, and the design is terrific.

@benjaminbrodie9801 Год назад

Another excellent video! Keep up the great work Bo!

@BoBeats Год назад

Thanks!!

@RJ_Eckie Год назад

I’m not quite in the market for this kind of synth, but that separate drive circuit looks like a godsend!

@TimeAttendant Год назад

I've actually never heard anyone dis a BBD before, so fair play, I've always thought the same, I find there's usually one or two sweet spots and a lot of mush as you say. I usually send a BBD into a digital delay pedal for the long repeats. Nice review.

@BoBeats Год назад

Thanks! I thought I might be stepping on thin ice there but got to be honest 😅

@karhukainen2274 Год назад

Those colors on the knobs are funky, never seen so many patch points on a semi-modular synth before!

@GizzyDillespee Год назад

They remind me of 80s mixer knobs

@GizzyDillespee Год назад

I have a feeling they were going for "Buchla inspired knobs", but I keep seeing the child of my old mixers.

@georgeray3492 Год назад

@@GizzyDillespee Audioarts and Wheatstone especially

@NuisanceMan Год назад

Well, try a Matriarch or a 2600. Those have 90+ patch points.

@novachord1 Год назад

Great review, Bo!

@sub-jec-tiv Год назад

Calling it now, this instrument is going to spawn a new genre of wild abstract acid tracks.

@synthsamuraiproductions Год назад

Great video brother!! Synth looks great.

@hakonsoreide Год назад

Lovely sounding synth. BB style delays can sound a bit like something in a can, as you say. That is what I tend to use them for: not for a delay in the normal sense, but with short delay time to create Karplus-Strong kind resonance, for timbral adjustment, and sometimes even to create a repeating noise pattern using a filtered sound and high feedback. For actual delay effects, I use an external effect pedal.

@AnthonyDunstan Год назад

great review, thank you the explanations.

@inthefade Год назад

I get what you're saying with that delay, but it is also a type of delay that I don't have at all in my setup. Muddy and weird and gross, and I love using grossness to make something beautiful haha. What an impressive synth. I've been borrowing a Mother-32 a lot recently from a friend and I'm really impressed how much Pittsburg jammed into this for the price, comparatively. It is very impressive.

@BoBeats Год назад

Agreed and the delay can definitely be fun for some of you =)

@NuisanceMan Год назад

You've been borrowing your friend's Mother?

@shannontravis2445 Год назад

I’m born and raised in Pittsburgh, and seeing something like this- that comes from where I live.. is kinda shocking to me- I also didn’t have any high expectations either, cause it’s from Pittsburgh- but nonetheless and surprisingly, it sounds great..

@emmettthenry Год назад

Well… everything Pittsburgh Modular did before this came from Pittsburgh. This was designed in Pittsburgh, but is made in China. I’ve held a similar sparkle for the company up to this point because I live in PA too and I thought it was special to have something designed and built in my home state. But now that Cre8audio has taken over production and distribution things have been outsourced. On one hand it’s probably the only thing that kept the company afloat while many others are going out of business. On the other hand they’ve moved from the special place in my heart they once occupied. With that said, the Taiga looks and sounds amazing and I’ll likely buy one… just not with the same reverence and zeal I would’ve had it been made in Pittsburgh.

@tomp1585 Год назад

I find it interesting that you did a pretty glowing review of the Arturia keystep pro and see you are using the earlier version here

@BoBeats Год назад

KSP feels overkill when shooting a vid and I just want to control one single synth.

@hansolo989 Год назад

Can’t wait to combine this with the grandmother!

@buscrates412 Год назад

Now that you mentioned this, I’ll have to try that, too!

@paolosimonetti909 Год назад

really cool semimodular, looks kind of like a buchla to me

@robyoungsonphotography8397 11 месяцев назад

Would I be able to use the modular element of this to route audio (my drum group) from an output on my Maschine mk3 into the filter and vca and then to my mixer. Or is that not possible? I think this might be a great tool for hands on manipulation and sound design in my live rig. Thanks, Rob Ps great content and appreciate all the effort you go to!

@LeoPerantoni Год назад

Ah the embargo lifts haha. The youtube feed suddenly flooded by the same product. Besides that, this synth looks super cool!!

@sstrudeau Год назад

I love the Pittsburgh filter, and having the wave folders AND the filter in one box; and the dynamics section options is a nice touch. Really liked that bass patch at the end of part 3. Seriously considering selling off a fair bit of euro to raise $ for this; it's a little pricey but seems like a reasonable value.

@HOLLASOUNDS Год назад

$800 Is a bit to high, I'd probably just buy a Behringer sythersizor.

@sstrudeau Год назад

@@HOLLASOUNDS I'm thinking about selling my Neutron with some other modules to help pay for a Taiga. To each his own! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@HOLLASOUNDS Год назад

@@sstrudeau If you like the look of it and think you will enjoy using it then its worth it. Buy it.

@sub-jec-tiv Год назад

Their stuff is built well with good quality components. I would expect this synth will still be kicking without needing service in 40 years. You’re paying for higher quality electronics than some mass market stuff. And the fatness of the tone, you can tell they’re not cheaping out.

@GeorgeLocke Год назад

Not overpriced. A bit more than the M32: in place of the sequencer, which some don't seem to like, its got 3 complex oscillators, an LPG, and a multimode filter. Certainly its cheaper than buying eurorack modules.

@morpheoist Год назад

hello everyone, the structure is very similar to that of the Craftsynth 2.0, which however is wavetable and monophonic. I really like this type of synthesis that adds and takes away...

@truthseeker3907 Год назад

Thanks Bo👍

@manuelsteinmair Год назад

Sounds interesting! A bit too pricey for me for now, but landed on my 'worth a look later' list. Great video, thanks!

@mr_floydst Год назад

(Guessing before reaching the end of the video) The cables in front of the UI are an interesting design choice.

@BoBeats Год назад

That didnt bother me as much as another thing

@sstrudeau Год назад

I like how the patch points seem to line up with the section above and letting gravity pull cables down out of the way once you've patched it up seems reasonable. I rarely have my controller right up on the synth like Bo does...

@sstrudeau Год назад

My guess part way through is lack of attenuverters (which I don't see at a glance at the panel other than maybe the mixer?)

@sstrudeau Год назад

bzzzt ... nope.

@JorbLovesGear Год назад

I see this as the top row of a larger eurorack case, perhaps paired with the cre8 modules below that have their jacks on the top. I would love to see a render with them all on the right like a mother 32!

@Painsoreal Год назад

Pretty nice it looks like mother 32 and td3mo together.

@davidbanner9001 Год назад

Those coloured dials remind me of my old Jen SX-1000 many years ago.

@olldomu5790 Год назад

totally man

@devinwells9399 2 месяца назад

Stupid question but what’s the best way to run midi into this? I know the taiga comes with the little dongle converter but which port in the keystep is best to send midi out of? I have the keystep and taiga coming this week!

@Tiger.Arcade Год назад

Price point is great for amount of features. Thanks for doing the review Bo. Not my cup of tea based on what I saw and heard though.

@poetcacahoet4633 Месяц назад

It's look amazing, I would love to hear some example if we match this synth on top of moog grandmother ( i get one) and see the match between filters types, lpg on ladder filter, mix of classiq moog sounds with wavefolding!!!! thanks for the video !!!

@hvegel Год назад

how do the knobs feel? they were very gooey with loads of nice resistance on the SV-1, but I felt the Beast they released (and these look similar) was were a bit more flimsy feeling. what’s the verdict?

@BoBeats Год назад

They are rubbery with quite a bit of resistance to them. I think they are similar in cap design to east beast but the underlying knob is different. If that makes sense im no engineer 😅

@tjcarr70 8 месяцев назад

Subscribed even though you are a Behringer hater lol! Great review, will look at this synth in the near future.

@BoBeats 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for subscribing! Not a Behringer hater, I think they have some good products. I like the original stuff they make, Neutron, DM12 and so on. But they are also a company that does a lot of bad stuff like copying the Mother 32, DFAM, Keystep… Not to mention attacking the press and cultivating a almost sect like following online. I’d say that I am simply critical of Behringer. They are a very controversial company that are just out for profit by taking other companies ideas and at the same time pretend they are Robin Hood.

@h2o1969 Год назад

That first patch was just fantastic. It sounded cool, but also a nice demo of sound design for this synth. The delay is not for me. Drop the delay and add a patch point for the resonance. It does seem like nice kit. I am waiting on my local shop to restock on east beast. Maybe they will get in one of these so I can play with it at the shop. Another quality vid by Bo!

@Kyle-xk4ke Год назад

Great video as always Bo. Like and Comment gents!

@rabbitnoize 7 месяцев назад

I’m trying to decide between the Taiga and the Lifeforms sv-1. To my ears, the Sv-1 has sweeter vcos, allowing to achieve a very organic sound where’s the Taiga I quite more aggressive. Hard to decide based on RU-vid videos, which would you say is more sweeter sounding for classic leads and basses? Thank you!!

@BoBeats 6 месяцев назад

I would say this is a correct observation! but i base that on experience and i dont know the exact technical differences

@GizzyDillespee Год назад

14:56 feigns confusion about osc mixer level knobs with patch-ability... a few seconds later... proceeds to show classic Minimoog patching the output to the input overdrive trick...

@EchoKraft Год назад

Wow !!!! Very 👍🏻 nice !

@Tobes1100 Год назад

Patch points under the pots would be a bit annoying. A nice clean digital delay and reverb would sound great with the plucky sounds. One for the wishlist though.

@IndieAuthorX Год назад

Okay, BBDs are not always my thing but I actually liked the sound of this one. I do tend to prefer tape delay.

@HOLLASOUNDS Год назад

13:08 that patch Literally sounds 100% identical to a Arturia Mini V patch I was messing with last night.

@kp8923 Год назад

Many features you say are missing from semimodulars are present in the Beringer Neutron. Overdrive, multimode filter, two oscillators. This thing looks amazing though. And it's not Behringer. Lol.

@BoBeats Год назад

While not a Behringer fan the Neutron is probably their most interesting synth

@Dogboy73 9 месяцев назад

Just got a Taiga. Struggling with it out of the box. I followed the quick start guide but it still behaving hella weird! Really odd. I'm triggering from an Arturia Minialb 3. Can see the LED's on the ADSR's triggering when I pres a key. But, they're not behaving well at all. And everything else sounds pretty off as well. Very odd. Not sure if it's broken or am just doing something silly! Any tips?! May have to get onto Pittsburgh I think 😕

@BoBeats 9 месяцев назад

Definitely reach out to Pittsburgh about it.

@QETInet 13 дней назад

Looking at the product images (Thomann) I can't find any 'gate in' socket. (I don't use midi) Anyone?

@GizzyDillespee Год назад

Based on other vids, the thing I dislike is that the envelope knobs don't seem to have much in the "snappy" range... just the slightest turn and you're out of the pluck zone. But I'm guessing you'll say the one big thing you don't like is the knob colors?🤪 No, I have no idea what you'll dislike... maybe not having a 2nd VCA/env for paraphonic mode? Maybe bleed from a couple modules? Maybe you don't like the digital utility section?

@BoBeats Год назад

Many good guesses!

@GizzyDillespee Год назад

When I said "bleed from other modules" I was thinking if the delay, so I partly guessed right? Personally, I like the OG Minilogue delay, so I think I'd like this one too. I wish it went faster than 16ms, though. I'd like to use it for comb filter type of sounds. Oh well.

@benbauer1065 Год назад

I'm surprised to see that you did not enjoy the carve of modulation range in the knobs. I have the filter of crows and I love it but the frequency modulation attenuator I do not like the range.

@JakeSweeper Год назад

Huh.... this might explain why the Moog Mother 32 has suddenly been showing up in my feed as this looks like an upgraded version of it.

@soilentmichi Год назад

wow das Ding gefällt mir sehr...amliebsten gleich losjagen und kaufen....ich brauch mehr Taschengeld...:)

@Somewhere_sometime_somehow Год назад

I find your take on the delay plausibele and well layed out. However i think the delay makes sense. Lots of people have multi delay pedals and delays in their daw. But this kinda characterful lo fi bbd is not as accesible and you kind it need it to be analog hardware to get to the places this one goes.

@BoBeats Год назад

Totally fair point

@GTChris Год назад

It sounds better than it looks that's for sure

@BoBeats Год назад

Its.. a look!

@jeremyxjones Год назад

Anyone else having trouble sequencing this thing with octatrack? Notes keep dropping out - seems like an issue with the midi-cv? Works perfect with digitakt...

@BoBeats Год назад

I would send Pittsburgh an email. I know midi implementation isnt always easy because different sequencers send midi in slightly different ways, so let them know.

@jeremyxjones Год назад

@@BoBeats i emailed them! thanks

@AtticusBleep 11 месяцев назад

Strange video this. It comes across as BoBeats not being keen at all but yet he produces the best sounds I’ve heard on it. 😂 Noticed he has an offhand attitude in the East Beast and West Pest videos too.

@BoBeats 11 месяцев назад

I dont think I have an offhand attitude in any of the videos mentioned. I think sometimes I have a more cold demeanour when its a technically more complicated synth, but all three synths are high on my list of recommendations. Especially east beast. Glad you enjoy the sounds I managed.

@alainszyller615 Год назад

How would you compare it to the Behringer 2600 ?

@sub-jec-tiv Год назад

I own a blue 2600 and several of Pittsburgh’s excellent recent Eurorack modules. They are quite different in what they sound like and what they’re meant to do. The Taiga, being a Buchla-inspired design, is more designed for experimental sounds… you can definitely do normal synth sounds and the Pittsburgh filter can do acid nicely, but the design of this synth, with the “west-coast” Buchla-style wavefolding and Low-pass gate option really points it more in the direction of wild sonic exploration. Also Taiga has a really flexible filter (having bandpass is really nice!) Taiga sounds pretty fat, as well. 2600 is a more “classic subtractive synth” sound and a bigger tool-kit. Besides the 3 oscillators with sync, you get a VCA (2 if you count the Ring Mod), filter, 2 envelopes (super snappy), envelope follower (can use as a simple envelope too), a preamp, ring mod, noise gen, sample & hold, a 2-input switch, and a really super useful voltage processor with a lot of options for inverting / adding voltages or adding slew/portamento. TL;DR: Taiga sounds huge and fat and would be great for experimental sound design and that more Buchla-inspired vibe. 2600 is a super-classic more east-coast (Moogy) sound. While they both include a ton of different tools, the size of the 2600 allows for more modules and broader functionality. 2600 is like a full eurorack setup in one instrument. Hope that is helpful! I love my 2600, and love my Pittsburgh modules… but i don’t make experimental music. If i were into wilder weirder sounds i’d love the Taiga probably.

@alainszyller615 Год назад

@@sub-jec-tiv Thanks a lot, this is a very helpful and clear description. I also have a 2600 Blue Marvin.

@geerhoar Год назад

I have a Grey Meanie BARP 2600 and would say that it has that wonderful 70’s sound I live. I think this would unit would compliment the BARP.

@martingoldmann Год назад

On this synth you don't even need to buy colored knobs like for the minilogue ;-)

@illustriouschin Год назад

Hopefully black knob DLC.

@Bork_In_Volcanic Год назад

Because of colours it feels like a kids toy to me.

@danieltx7066 Год назад

oh no. was that an “irregardless” near 22:20? the word is “regardless”.

@BoBeats Год назад

If you look it up regardless and irregardless mean the same thing. Both camebridge dictionary and mirriam webster says so, so it can be regardless or irregardless, irregardless of what you feel

@mannmusica Год назад

The one big thing is the envelope control knobs. What the hell happened there?

@HOLLASOUNDS Год назад

You Sweatwater and Jorb released videos on this sythersizor at the exact same time, why?

@BoBeats Год назад

Its called a news embargo. If you get an early unit you sign a paper / agree to not leak info before a certain date.

@HOLLASOUNDS Год назад

@@BoBeats Ahhh yes Ofcourse. Your video is alot better at demonstrating the synthesizer VS Sweatwater who actually had the designer there in the vid. Main problem was 12 minutes into a there 17 minute video no demonstration had taken place.

@BoBeats Год назад

Thank you!

@e-conrecords4665 Год назад

I wish it had a delay & / or a reverb.

@soysos.tuffsound Год назад

...it has an analog delay...

@e-conrecords4665 Год назад

@@soysos.tuffsound ok.. I didn’t get that far in. Had to rush off.

@FuZZbaLLbee Год назад

The placement of the patchbay makes it hard to reach for the knobs.

@BoBeats Год назад

No not much of an issue

@HOLLASOUNDS Год назад

Use it upside down then?

@FuZZbaLLbee Год назад

I see loopop uses angled cables.

@sullycliftona Год назад

Id rather buy two boutiques ..

@MyReasonToPlay Год назад

No one can beat Neutron in terms of price/functionality.

@anthonyalexander7246 Год назад

$200 delay reverb pedal, problem solved, I guess.

@christianvandalstrom8337 Год назад

I prefer using filters instead to control things. This one sounds like a bit thinner moog.

@rogerhobden7670 Год назад

Like +++++

@goingmodular Год назад

Nice synth indeed, many qualities. However, the preamp is not such an exceptional thing: the ARP 2600 and its various clones have had a preamp since 1971 (plus a voltage processor, an envelope follower and a ring modulator, while also sporting 3 VCO useable as LFOs and a separate, dedicated LFO). In a way, except for the new and indeed very interesting design, this is basically a 2600 clone where the bottom line of “modules” (comprising the voltage processor, envelope follower and ring modulator) has been replaced by three wave folders, and the spring reverb swapped for an analog delay. If the price does not exceed 800-1000€, it may be an interesting choice vs a Behringer 2600 or a Korg/ARP 2600. But I do not see anything really revolutionary here.

@BoBeats Год назад

Having used the 2600 a fair bit I do see your point. However in practice they feel and sound quite different. I also wouldn't categorize the 2600 as your typical "semi-modular" that I had in mind, it feels like its in its own category almost. Big and bulky and beautiful. But like you say: few things in modular is truly unique, it all depends on how willing you are to patch stuff

@goingmodular Год назад

I see your point, and in a way I do share it: both in terms of construction and user interface, the 2600 is a world of its own. The positive thing that this synth here can bring, probably (and assuming the price is good), is to make many of these complex functions of the 2600 much more accessible. And this, in itself, is already a very good thing, for the 2600 is indeed definitely a difficult machine. Great survey of this new gear by the way, as usual. Thank you for your work for the community.

@soysos.tuffsound Год назад

About the 2600, I had one for about 30 years and sold it for a pretty hefty sum about a year ago. The Taiga is much of the feature set of the 2600 sure, but it's so much more and it's a new instrument designed from the ground up. Plus it sounds amazing. 3 full featured oscillators with warping and waves shaping is just the beginning.

@goingmodular Год назад

@@soysos.tuffsound I cannot speak for a sound comparison, obviously, having never heard the Taiga in person. Many of the sounds I hear in this video, at least, are nothing that a 2600 could not do too, so I am not sure how much of a distinct character each machine has compared to the other (except when it comes to the wave folders, which do have a very typical signature, always). Where this Taiga synth seem to shine however is in the accessibility it may provide to those of the most esoteric functions of an older synth like the 2600. That, alone, is already something of value, especially for beginners, since (as I said in my initial comment), the 2600 IS a difficult machine to master (I keep seeing 2600 clones pop up on eBay all the time with the mention "Almost new, used only once and put back in its box after that" !). But then, @BoBeats also cites some frustration linked to the many "hidden commands" that you have to activate by pressing several keys as the same time, "à la" Moog Mother 32, which is different kind of annoyance... Do not get me wrong, this looks like a fine machine, and one that I would certainly recommend if its price is in the 1000 € range. What I wanted to relativise was the "novel" character of most of its features: to me, this looks rather like a clever association and reconfiguration of otherwise very classical functions of the modular world.

@okinawa1312 Год назад

I think the delay is ment for sound desing. Fast delay times can have cool effects on the general sound. But it wouldn´t hurt to give the delay a wider range.

@eddyray666 Год назад

Really dislike the coloured knobs.

@jakubberan2720 Год назад

it is really too expensive to be fair

@HOLLASOUNDS Год назад

You can get alot of Sythersizors with more capability for $800 or go Behringer.

@DaveMNadaUN4UTHOR1Z3D Год назад

And remember..., don't buy a new synth..., youtube is a crazy world...

@FastRCToys Год назад

Awful... It would have done better to stay in the taiga...

@mekullag Год назад

for god‘s sake play the IT-Crowd intro already

@mekullag Год назад

@@froggie702 you must not know the intro, else you’d understand the blue balls this video can give people

@christianvandalstrom8337 Год назад

I think these things are too complicated. You can create the same sounds with regular synths. Unless it's just chaos. Which it mostly is in moduler videos. Chaos. However. Some nice sounds here. The sounds is ok.

@geerhoar Год назад

TBH, I got into Eurorack in a huge way BECAUSE of the complexity, collectibility, and automation potential.

@sssncodesstuff3364 Год назад

Can you name a few "regular" synths that uses west coast paradigm in it? As there are almost none and that kind of synthesis except other things lend itself to simple very natural sounds that you won't get from regular substractive synth. I would actually love to own west coast inspired regular synth with presets and midi, but it does not exist. btw semimodulars are just about as complex as lot of regular synths that have good mod matrix, its just if you happen to have one of those and are not too deep into synthesis you probably ignore it and not create more convoluted sounds with it, you can ignore the patchbay on the taiga same way and you will get very simple and straightworward synth capable of quite big sound palette.

@froggie702 Год назад

these ARE regular synths, you half-wit.

@zezic Год назад

>The new king? Ehm... It's becoming too overhyped for my taste. They bought so much sponsored reviews from RU-vid bloggers and triggered their promo company which synchronously published videos. It gives me a feeling that someone trying to sell me the thing which is actually not that unique. It's good that it has 3 oscs (and not 2) and it has a nice patchbay with sturdy metallic plate-mounted sockets, but if you don't count the wavefolders on the oscs it's not very different from other semi-modular monophonics. Btw, are these wavefolders analog or digital? So, I think, it's not a king, it's just another monophonic with artificial hype around it. For example, Behringer Neutron also has many interesting features like smooth VCO and LFO waveform crossfading, integrated BBD and overdrive, various modular tools like attenuverters, S&H and slew rate limiter as a bonus, but yes, Neutron only has 2 VCOs, not 3, and its patchbay sockets are probably not so cool to work with (they are PCB mounted and feel rough when you inserting the jack), maybe Neutron filter is not the best (it gives clipping on high resonance which can be unsuitable for some scenarios). But it's almost free, it costs nothing.

@BoBeats Год назад

Yepp. There is a question mark in the title. For me it could be a go to recommendation if someone wants a semi modular. In terms of number of videos. There was 5 videos. To a combined audience of several hundred thousand people. It is not many, and not overhyped at all. Frankly if you watch the videos they arn’t very hype. All of them pretty technical walkthroughs. And if you think I am not being fair in my review feel free to say so. I tried highlighting the things I enjoyed and how they work as well as the major thing I didnt like at all.

@zezic Год назад

@@BoBeats No no, don't get me wrong! I think that your video (as well as other videos about Taiga) is pretty honest and gives a nice demo with technical details. I actually like it! I just want to say that when they (Pittsburgh Modular) release these similar videos so synchronously it gives an impression of attack :) But I don't know, maybe it IS the most efficient way to announce the product.

@BoBeats Год назад

Thank you for clarifying and know that I deeply respect if a viewer think I am not providing good and balanced information. As for launching a product I think its just a thing to get used to. Its how marketing nowdays work and unfortunately for me as a RU-vidr theres big risk in waiting say 3-4 weeks to after a launch to release my video, since my income is based on videos performing well in terms of views. Since I am not generally paid to make the video. I can totally see that it can look weird. Reason people launch videos at the same time is that its a news embargo. So you get a time/date after which you can talk about a product. And because of above reason most want to release early.

@jammystraub488 Год назад

The wavefolders are analog.

@zezic Год назад

@@jammystraub488 That's very good news!

@anthonyalexander7246 Год назад

Delay is crapola.

@arthurallsopp9344 Год назад

I don't see the name Moog, Oberheim or Sequential Circuits anywhere. Especially at $800. I'll pass.

@Heathcliff_hensel Год назад

So you want to pay for a name?

@arthurallsopp9344 Год назад

@@Heathcliff_hensel Yes I do because it means I will get a very well made product. That $799 unit doesn't look any better made than a Behringer Crave, but it costs 3 times the amount.

@leftmono1016 Год назад

I had an SV1 and it was very well made, easily the same quality as the equivalent Moog.

@VincentsVideoVisions Год назад

@Arthur Allsopp you clearly don't know anything about modular / pittsburgh modular in general. Pittsburgh modular makes very high quality products

@arthurallsopp9344 Год назад

Heaven forbid somebody else has an opinion.

@edgodsall3740 Год назад

Not hearing ANYTHING special or new when listening to this!!!!!!!! Sounds like loads of other stuff sadly.. mayb I need to wait for more demos..

@LukeLendrum Год назад

Imagine thinking this comment is so poignant it needs to be copy-pasted to every video of this synth.

@HOLLASOUNDS Год назад

There hasn't been a new sythersizor sound for Me for about 20 years, most sythersizors do or can do the exact same thing.

@geerhoar Год назад

I think the VCOs with a warp + fold and multimode/combined mode filter without the bass drop are stars, with the vactrol-less LPG also sounding unique. You can get some brighter sounds that don’t sound harsh to me.