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Logic Pro X Sculpture: interface is ancient but can go fairly deep.

Physical Modeling synths have been around for a while. I gave a Yamaha EX5R and a Korg Kronos, both of which have various physical modeling engines. It has been used successfully also on pianos, with PianoTeq and the Roland V-Piano and Fantom. The Waldorf Quantum also has a plucked string engine, among others. Physical modeling seems to work well for plucked strings, tuned percussion (marimba, vibes), woodwinds and horns. It works less well for strings, leads and pads. Overall, I'd say that it's very useful and may get more powerful in future, but it's not the ultmate synthesis solution, if such a thing even exists. It's great that there are VSTs that let you play with this relatiively inexpensively and easily now.

Omg 4:08 Porter Robinson - Blossom ❤❤❤❤

Physical modelling is awesome, but I've actually found Chromaphone to be rather tame. The physical modelling synth I love using for those really wacky sounds is Kaivo by Madrona Labs.

wow those stock sounds - really sound amazing . Thanks for sharing Tom!

Happy that this synthesis model is now more popular and accessible, even if it is not new. I participated in a workshop on CORDIS-GENESIS physical models, with Claude Cadoz in 1999.

I used the demo for Chromophone 3 for its full period last year and I loved it. The only downside I know of that you haven't mentioned here is that this type of synthesis requires quite a bit more processing power than something like Serum. I found that many of the presets would devour my cpu. Though it is true, as you do mention, that those presets are insanely beefed up to show the product off. I also use Prism in Reaktor, and it's not nearly as good but it still has the quality that I like most about this type of synth, which is playability. I can plug my keyboard into these instruments and just enjoy playing them for hours because of their responsiveness. I will say that if you are trying to plug typical synth riffs, sequenced-by-mouse, you probably aren't going to love what you get as much as if you make subtle layers of notes. To me, these instruments are inherently percussive. Many have options for "bowing" or "air" exciters, but these still need some improvement, IMO. Anyway just throwing my two cents at the wall so I can watch it jangle around on the floor afterwards.

Sounds great, man! Thank u for the vid. Much love

Loved this tutorial, thanks SynthHacker

Said it once and I’ll say it again - your explanations for sound design are impeccable. Chapeau 🔥

dude i freakin love Chromaphone, it is the jewel in my collection, such an amazing tool for organic sound design, not only that, i often use it for sampling and drop the samples on some granular synths with amazing results for soundscapes and pads

Physical modelling synthesis principles have been around since the beginning of digital synthesis, and a number of PM hardware synths from the 90’s functioned comparably (or even better in some cases) to the likes of these plugins. So it’s a bit of a stretch stating/click baiting they will “change everything”. Granted though, with the adage of MPE and current processing power, this area of synthesis is being used in progressive ways, particularly for live playing. Haken Audio’s Eagan Matrix probably being a prime demonstration at the moment.

Nice overview - thanks! The tip about layering at 12:00 reminded me of how the Roland D50 works.

Infected Mushroom is working along Polyverse music on a killer synth that I'm pretty sure will be something else on the market as their usual tools they've released so far on Polyverse

I love physical modelling, Plasmonic is probably the best one I've used yet, either that or the plugs that AAS developed or co-developed.

Damn, i was waiting for the beat to drop at 12:40! Haha😅 Such a lush sound. Awesome tips. Thanks for sharing! 🙏

i don't have a lot of dedicated physical modelling synths yet but i like to transform any sound into a physical modelling-one by just applying keytracked rift feedback lite or polyverse supermodal to a signal that already plays the same melody

Beside those synths... How did you get abelton to look like that!?

Balls just signed up for the course before I saw the 30 off code in this vid. Oh well I love your vids you deserve the money

the free surge xt softsynth has the twist engine in it which has modelling synthesis (by mutable instruments)

Reasons Objekt is also worth checking out.

See if you can physical model some violin family strings, though! Gattobus' "The Wind Forest" cover is a beautiful example of this.

You're spoiling the sauce!!! ;)

i this corpus is really interesting in ableton too since its an effect you can use anything as the source. ive been using it to get cool drum sounds

4:51 hey that's a Four Tet tune from one of his newer albums

I bought the course on the week of release but couldn't start straight away for various reasons. I couldn't log back in to start the course. I have emailed a couple of times but have never received any support by way of a reply?

Subscribed 🙂

Yo, which synth do you think is better, Chromaphone or imagine?

Hey, could you please remake or help me figure out the synth on the new Chemical brothers song "No Reason" The synth that starts playing at 1:11. Any tips appreciated. Thank you.

Are there any plugins that can be put into an effects chain to augment a synth patch with physical modelling?

I know only the A.L.11 ASS Instruments so now I hope to see what someone know about this inhouse ASS vst and think about it. 😎 cool you dive into this.... Im interest in conparison to the velocity 128×128 velocity midiprotocol backdoor CL15 Synth step expression capabilitys and how this could be implemented via midiprotocol, can it be recorded in Live 11 etc..is MAX a helping option... The CL 15 played by a good artist sounds so natural now ...

Anyone know free alternatives (that would be similar enough) ??? Or if any of these are free?

To my ears, these physical modeling patches trying to emulate real instruments aren't particularly interesting. But imagine what could be done to create acoustically and sonically believable "physical" sounding electronic instruments that feel both organic, alien and mechanical at the same time 🤑

What is that device being tapped on next to the keyboard at 5:01 ?

what about woodwinds / blown instruments? i only heard kinda plucky sounds here...

Sorry to go off-topic but what's your Live theme? It's much gentler on the eyes than the default ones, and it doesn't seem to be possible to achieve by tweaking the appearance settings. I've had a look on other videos of yours because I assumed it would be a commonly asked question but can't find anything. The closest I can get in Live 11 is setting the Colour Hue option to about 33º

Kaivo - that is all.

Suggestion here - would you be able to do more tutorials on uhe Diva in future? There isn’t much content for it on KZfaq, especially compared to Serum, so it would be really beneficial

did you try Tomofon?

porter!

I'd call this kitsch.

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Thanks for sharing if you are in Ableton all you need is Collision. Personally, I do not think they are the future since they have a sound that somewhat sounds out of place in a track, not quite acoustic and not quite synthesised. I think AI sound generation is the future instead. You can get some cool drums sounds and percussive elements with Physical Modelling too.