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by bartread 154 days ago
Just a bit later in the video he shows using his finger to change the pitch of the resonator on the right as well. I'm often a bit sceptical of "gimmicky" instruments (what's that synth with all the rotors inside that makes a noise a bit like a vacuum cleaner when you use it? but, I have to say, the Phase 8 does sound really cool and, just as important, looks really fun to use as well.

Be interested to see how long it takes before Florian gets his hands on one to review for Bad Gear though.

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> (what's that synth with all the rotors inside that makes a noise a bit like a vacuum cleaner when you use it?

Motor Synth: https://gamechangeraudio.com/motor-synth/

Agreed the Phase8 is a neat synth. Basically like a Rhodes and a EBow had a baby.

That’s the one, yes - thank you! Looks super cool but is rather impractical, and I seem to remember a review - might even have been Audiopilz - suggesting that you could get similar sounds out of plenty of other synths.
Yeah, it's not just the novelty aspect, I genuinely like how it sounds and how it opens up new ways to be creative with sound making. I'd really like to hear what Radiohead or Bjork would make with something like that.
Or Daft Punk, if they didn't decide to not punk together anymore.

Maybe Venus Theory can run it through its paces as well.