The New King of Semi-Modular // Pittsburgh Modular Taiga

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All in all, this is such a dope product. oscillators this flexible, with a filter and the dynamics controller immediately the sound palette crosses so many conventional boundaries. I am hooked on the idea of getting multiple voices out of this as a self contained unit, but even without patching this just slaps.

Pittsburgh has got a banger on their hands.

0:00 Intro
1:56 Hands on Demo begins
3:26 Oscillators & Wavefolding
10:03 Filter
13:51 Dynamics Controller
17:15 Delay Module
21:10 Pre-release reflection / Tangent
24:19 Mixer Flexibility Highlights
28:05 Mixer / Splitter Highlights
31:03 2 Voice Example
33:25 Wild & Noisey Example
34:11 3 Voice Paraphonic Example
37:09 Conclusions

POST UPLOAD
I can hear some digital artifacting in the upload, most present with isolated filter and wave shaper sweeps this has happened once or twice before and I cannot ever figure it out. Not present in editing, or the rendered file, just when I get to youtube. Extremely frustrating, and so hard to test through all of the steps it takes to get a video rendered and uploaded. If you're familiar, any help there would be appreciated.

EDIT : seems to be a known Davinci resolve AAC codec bug, working around by exporting in MOV and Linear PCM codec. Disappointed that I didn't notice it earlier.

[PostingCringeOnMain]

I’m glad someone said it - in a sea of never ending clones and re-issues, something unique and with its own character is extra welcome 🙏🏻

[benbauer]

G.A.S! Wow this is such an attractive synth. It's really refreshing to see a company innovating and making original instruments that sound and look unique. Btw I came to your review before loopop. That says a lot to me.

[charliel]

What a great alternative sound signature to Moog's semi-modular offerings in the <$1500 range (nothing wrong with Moog sound; nice to have an alternative). If it sounds as good in person (I pre-ordered), this is going to be a big seller.

[jpmudkip]

I keep hearing a scratching noise when the synth is playing. Is it noise bleed or your microphone picking up something? Either way, great video! (Edit: I just popped over to loopop for a second and I think it’s the microphone)

[inthefade]

I just discovered your channel recently, and you've quickly become one of my fav synth channels. Great stuff. Good thorough reviews, good sounds, succinct and practical, with a good attitude.

[teatime]

If anyone is feeling generous can someone get me one of these for my birthday ill bless you with genuine karma!

[JeffHopkinsMusic]

Glad you were on the review list. Thanks for this, watching now

[mbessey]

12:02 the filter having no dead spots is pretty great. There are a lot of synths where you really only can use maybe half or less of the filter range, depending on what you're feeding into it.

[inthefade]

I prefer filters that don't self-oscillate. Self-oscillating to me is a gimmick I only care to use once in a blue moon.

[fneder]

Nice thing! The young Jean Michel Jarre would be happy with it :-)

[timewalker_]

Thank you for this greatly narrated presentation. I'd be interested in your thoughts on how to expand this to 80hp/104hp with a few modules if one wanted to add more "west-coast" functionality. I'm eyeing alternatives to Buchla 266t as in Wogglebug and maybe a Maths? How would you expand it for more west-coast synthesis?

[stephenmahfood]

I got an East Beast and its quickly become one of the only synths I feel I need to include in my work because of how unique the workflow and sounds are. Looking forward to getting my hands on one of these.

[johnnyraphaell]

Thank U Jorb this video is great. 🙌🏻
But something in the audio is wrong, like very hard digital artifacts on voice and synth sound. It sounds like a bad mp3 format- still in comparison to other yt videos.

[elsf]

I have some Pittsburgh modular ADSRs for eurorack and they all have that same thing regarding the attack taper

[OMG_so_Nerdy]

This seems like a great companion for my beloved Behringer Neutron. Just something different

[soundclown]

I bought one of these, now I'm selling, in fact the same day I got it I knew it was going out the door ASAP Taiga could have been a great synth... its a door stop for me, sounds cheap and characterless, Combing the best of East and West coast designs and failing! it is so far from sounding analogue, the Osc sound like they've been dipped in a synthetic plastic wrap, super controlled harmonics. just dull, the filter has no character, essentially a tone control, LPG dynamics uff! and what the F is that turd of a delay about, really it is literally useless a waste of parts and space and money. FYI the "B" 2600 for the money is far a better choice and the Taiga is not a modern replacement for the 2600 hell no. there is an abundance of patch points and other features that make it standout, however most synths stand on the legs of two features VCO's and VCF's, Taiga needs crutches ;)

[ragilen]

what is that Oscilloscope he has in that corner there, its so cool

[inthefade]

I like that the 'triangle' looks like a sine with a little tooth on one side of the wave to give it that bite and extra harmonic. It's cool if it isn't a true triangle but fills the same purpose! I like weird stuff.

[paulk]

might want to put a mouth declicker on your VO track (or drink lots of water before you record)

[alexisgardner]

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