The is Intellijel Cascadia - A Semi-Modular Powerhouse

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00:00 intro
01:11 the mixer
06:16 filter intro
10:37 filter mode tour
14:49 wavefolder
17:03 oscillators
24:01 envelopes
31:50 slew
36:53 modulation and utilities
40:47 ring modulation
42.47 conclusion

[intellijel]

Thanks so much for sharing this excellent exploration of Cascadia! Really love all the musical examples and wilder sounds you were able to coax out of it.

[MeikelSteiding]

very cool on how you explain features while being within an arrangement. I like this a lot. Probably a hell lot of work to script, edit and put together. Thanks for that.

[OliverMooney]

Love the cascadia - it feels like it has such a finely judged, coherent vision of sound synthesis. Your comparison of it to the arp 2600 is so apt

[lockyp]

If I had my time again. I’d just buy one of these from the start and save a lot of money.

[davidhrivnak]

This is such a great and thoughtful exploration of truly one of the best semi-modular synths ever made

[kevinbatchelor]

Intellijel makes so many inspiring tools.

[jon_gee]

Beautiful work J!! I love every minute! Exquisite touches and thoughtful explanations. Fn brilliant.

[DivKid]

What a lovely exploration of a great synth! Thanks.

[LonnonFoster]

"...which we'll get to later." Anticipation of Krell patch is k i l l i n g me. 😬

[wyrdash]

I was just listening to the why we bleep podcast with Intellijel, this overview and demonstration is very appreciated!

[MathHammer]

Cool demo with lots of fun patching ideas. I own one of these. It is a very well thought-out instrument. Like many Eurorack modular enthusiasts, I have a big system. However, as time progresses, I have been finding that I like smaller, well-designed, focused instruments. I like the Cascadia very much. It is flexible without being paralyzing due to too many options and the right size to allow me to focus on just the part of my visual field directly in front of me.

[SnapImaX]

A 2000+ bucks boutique luxury mono synth like this is way outside of my comfort zone but still watched the entire thing for the wonderful jams

[MD_Builds]

wow this sounds so good! also that drum rift in the session around 10 mins reminds me so much of stuff dad did... love it!

Great video ! Totally agree, it's the 2020's 2600. There are so many things that you could not even cover everything. Hope there will be a new video with the most unique feature like vacillator, burst generator or mpe to cv or pedal integration ( basically you could even use mpe or aftertouch to modulate your pedal with it !)
To me it wins the "most powerful semi modular synth award. It's at the center of my modular set up and I love to extend it with a few modules.

[valdir]

the modular for people who don't want to get into modular. very well thought out instrument, and cool musical showcase

[monotonehell]

34:42 Smoothly Random Morphing LFO Rates. That was my favourite cartoon as a kid. Much better than Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

[bleedingkansan]

Great demo of an amazing-looking synth. Amazing sounds and performances as well. Nice!

[OnPrem_Music]

It’s a great synth. Really loved how you worked your way backwards through the features. It’s exactly how I like to demo gear.

[korywesterhold]

Blew my mind at 19:56 with the space drum + bass line coming out of this thing. Really remarkable, inspiring instrument honestly.

[jessemair]

Thank you for making a musical demo with this. excellent.