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Rob Papen QUAD-2: Phase Distortion, Waveshaping, Filters, Oh my!

We present QUAD-2, a powerful software synthesizer from Rob Papen. The heart of QUAD-2 is its oscillators, each of which have a variety of waveforms and versatile phase-direction and …waveshaping functions, as well as a variety of cross-modulation options. Along with dual filters with a several different signal configurations and filter modes, and myriad modulation options, it has an almost bewildering number of degrees of freedom. But we break it all down for you in this detailed tutorial to help you understand its features and how to use them in your own sound design.

To find out more, please visit https://www.robpapen.com/Quad-2.html

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00:00 Introduction
00:20 Overview
01:33 A few factory presets
02:52 Oscillator 1
13:06 Using both oscillators
18:49 The filter section
27:15 The amplifier section
28:34 Effects
32:53 Arpeggiator and sequencer
35:42 More factory presets
41:03 Conclusion
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Rob Papen QUAD-2: Phase Distortion, Waveshaping, Filters, Oh my!
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Rob Papen QUAD-2: Phase Distortion, Waveshaping, Filters, Oh my!
We present QUAD-2, a powerful software synthesizer from Rob Papen. The heart of QUAD-2 is its oscillators, each of which have a variety of waveforms and versatile phase-direction and …waveshaping functions, as well as a variety of cross-modulation options. Along with dual filters with a several different signal configurations and filter modes, and myriad modulation options, it has an almost bewildering number of degrees of freedom. But we break it all down for you in this detailed tutorial to help you understand its features and how to use them in your own sound design.

To find out more, please visit https://www.robpapen.com/Quad-2.html

Please consider supporting this channel to help us bring you more synthesizer tutorials and other content.
Membership: join right here on YouTube!
Merch: https://shop.catsynth.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/catsynth
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/catsynth

00:00 Introduction
00:20 Overview
01:33 A few factory presets
02:52 Oscillator 1
13:06 Using both oscillators
18:49 The filter section
27:15 The amplifier section
28:34 Effects
32:53 Arpeggiator and sequencer
35:42 More factory presets
41:03 Conclusion
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Remembering our beloved black cat Luna on #Caturday, 10 years later
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Remembering our beloved black cat Luna on #Caturday, 10 years later
Remembering our beloved black cat Luna on the 10th anniversary of her passing (October 31, 2016). You might recognize her from the logo of CatSynth TV.

We miss her dearly, …
but we take comfort in her memory, seeing her face and hearing her voice.

An original new track “For Luna 2026” is featured in the background.
Synthesizers and effects used include:
Korg modwave
Dawesome Abyss
Cherry Audio Spirit
Arturia Pigments
Aberrant DSP Digitalis
Audiothing Wires


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#cats #shorts
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Sinful Synclaviers! Frank Zappa's Feeding the Monkeys at Ma Maison
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Sinful Synclaviers! Frank Zappa's Feeding the Monkeys at Ma Maison
A review of Frank Zappa’s Feeding the Monkeys at Ma Maison. We examine this posthumous album of music for Synclavier as a crucial link between Jazz from Hell and Civilization …Phase 3. The discussion highlights the complexity compositions as well as some of the ways Frank pushed the limits of the Synclavier’s capabilities (even the souped-up model he had when this was recorded in 1986). Definitely worth a listen for anyone interested in Zappa’s more esoteric output, or adventurous electronic music in general.

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#zappa #shorts
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    2026
    Here are five creates. Each create is filled with golden ingots. You do not know how many ingots are in each crate. Four of These crates contain ingots of pure gold. One crate contains counterfeit ingots. All of the ingots look identical. An ingot of pure gold weighs 100 grams. A counterfeit ingot weighs 90 grams. You have been given a digital scale. You can use the scale once, and only once, to get a weight. You will load the try, turn the scale on, and get a reading. You cannot add or subtract anything from the tray once you get a reading. You can take as many pieces as you need from each crale for your weight. But, remember - you can only use the scale once. If you can determine which crate is counterfeit, you can keep the other four crates of golden ingots! Without relying on chance, how do you defermine which crate contains The counterfit ingots by using the scale? A fortune could be yours!

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    2026
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