WTF are Bitmask Oscillators? // A Fresh Approach To Synthesis // MASK1

Perfect Circuit Affiliate : Kodamo Website : Instagram : Patreon : MPC Expansions : Merch : After my time with it, and the sort of reflection I get to find while editing, I think the strongest appeal of this synthesizer is finding identifiably digital sounds without any of the complex workflow of FM or wavetables, with just enough options past the oscillator shapes to feel like its not a ’dishonest’ approach to those sounds. You can find characteristically digital sounds, with the rest of the architecture being familiar / subtractive and it almost feels like I cheated my way to a modern man’s PPG. Delightful. HUGE THING that ended up cut, the manual is super good, really serious shoutout. Color prints, full pages, bound nicely, the whole thing. Love it. Also I managed to also cut any take where I mentioned Roland’s draw and chop oscillator options, which could be seen as a simplified bit masking. But rest assured I made the connection , don’t comment like I didn’t smh please 0:00 Intro 2:02 Hands on 4:25 Bitmasking Intro 8:23 Mid-demo Overview 10:01 Sound Design Begins 12:38 Play Modes 16:22 Splits / Layers 18:11 Randomized Patches (crazy good) 20:23 Drive-by FX demo 22:46 Low-key the best patch 22:54 Conclusions