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SOMA Laboratory PULSAR-23 1984 Edition organismic drum machine –– EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION

$2,599.00

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Description of the SOMA Laboratory PULSAR-23 1984 Edition organismic drum machine

 

 

THE MIDIUM® CURATOR'S NOTE (#1): Wait List for the SOMA Laboratory PULSAR-23 1984 Edition

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THE MIDIUM® CURATOR'S NOTE (#2): SOMA Laboratory's exclusive collaboration with The Midium®, genesis of the SOMA Laboratory PULSAR-23 1984 Edition

CAMI: The concept behind the 1984 Edition took many months of planning and development to complete, and now, the result has arrived: the limited edition SOMA Laboratory PULSAR-24 1984 Edition.  

The Midium® and SOMA Laboratory US Division collaborated to create a limited run of PULSAR-23s featuring an unpainted steel chassis with black trim and red lights that would harken to a dystopian time.  The idea for the "1984" edition, it was decided, would also come with a typewritten certificate of authenticity inspired by a time before computers were affordable... a time when expression is not free... and when analog instruments were beginning to disappear.  As it was, the folks at SOMA Laboratory, which include the first US-based engineer to partner with SOMA Laboratory on such a project, Noah Jolly, and leader of the SOMA Laboratory US Division Kevin Flynn, had already been testing experimental circuits for the PULSAR-23 organismic drum machine for some time.  

Part of the reasoning for both teams bringing these ideas together had to do with SOMA Laboratory's experimental circuits.  They present new functions while being inspired by the Formanta Polivoks: a classic analog synthesizer renowned for its tone that was in production in 1984.  The Polivoks, in fact, was born in 1982 and lived on through the waning years of the Soviet Union, until 1990.  So, the SOMA Laboratory PULSAR-23 1984 Edition marries new designs developed by Jolly and Flynn with inspiration from a period in synthesizer history consisting of a range of innovations that defined musical genres that continue to influence music today.

After all testing was completed, SOMA Laboratory began production in earnest.  With all units built to serve the art and creativity of those who choose these synthesizers and drum machines for their work, each SOMA Laboratory PULSAR-23 1984 Edition stands as a testament to the craftsmanship, engineering prowess, and spiritual essence that goes into every instrument SOMA Laboratory creates.  These are special and unique instruments, and a limited run, so please note that they are final sale.  Only 84 of them will ever be made for the US sector.  

The Midium® thanks everyone in the U.S. and Europe who made this great project happen, and we thank the Artists who choose the SOMA Laboratory PULSAR-23 1984 Edition for their creative process.  It is our honor to work with such a fine group of professionals... folks who we consider true friends... to bring such a special synthesizer and drum machine to life, and it is our honor to serve the Artists who count on us.  May the SOMA Laboratory PULSAR-23 1984 Edition inspire you to make music that changes worlds everywhere.  

Art is freedom.  Do good and do it well.

 

 

WE ARE NOW IN 1984.

PULSAR-23 is an organismic drum machine designed by Vlad Kreimer. It has a semi-modular structure and consists of 23 independent modules. PULSAR can be used for the synthesis of percussion instruments and rhythms, bass and melodic lines, effects and sound landscapes, as well as a source of control voltage and powerful analog FX processor.
The PULSAR functions in three different modes: stand-alone, MIDI control and CV control. Moreover, all the above features and control modes can work simultaneously in any proportion or combination.
Additionally, PULSAR offers live circuit bending capabilities and the use of the artist’s body conductivity to create patches and cross modulations. PULSAR continues the line of organismic synthesizers begun by LYRA-8, but now in the area of percussion instruments.
PULSAR-23 main features:
 
  • 4 drum channels: Bass drum, Bass\Percussion, Snare drum, Cymbals\Hi-Hat
    • 1984 Edition
      • Bass drum uses a different oscillator design that produces an asymmetrically clipped triangle wave the can be overdriven to a square wave with the Drive knob
      • The Tune knob range has been expanded, and the OMG pin is now an AC-coupled FM input
      • The Bass oscillator’s filter is a new design inspired by the Polivoks synthesizer and uses the same integrated circuits as the Polivoks filter
  • 4 envelope generators with the unique ability to generate a sustain for the drum channels, turning them into noise\drone synthesizers. – 4 independent loop recorders with the option for individual clocking. They record triggering events, not audio.
  • Clock generator with an array of dividers as a very powerful tool for rhythm synthesis.
  • Wide range LFO (0.1 – 5000Hz) with variable waveform.
  • Shaos – a unique pseudo-random generator based on shift registers with 4 independent outputs, sample and hold and other cool features.
  • FX processor with CV control incl. CV control of the entire DSP’s sample rate.
  • Distortion.
  • 2 CV-controlled gates.
  • 2 CV-controlled VCAs.
  • 2 controllable inverters.
 
Also, it has MIDI control and synchronization and a lot of smaller modules such as 4 assignable attenuators and 2 dynamic CV sensors for CV generation etc. In general, there are 55 knobs, 11 switches and over 100 inputs and outputs for patching, Eurorack integration, external mixing and processing, live circuit bending!
 
The SOMA Laboratory PULSAR-23 1984 EDITION comes in a special case with red. white, and black alligator clips cables and PSU.