Erica Synths & Gamechanger Audio PLASMA DRIVE

[@HalSamuel]

This is definitely in my top 10 lightning-based modules.

[@synkr3tyk]

That makes me curious to know who didn't make the cut...

[@TheFakeMikeLWatts]

I have been waiting my entire life for synth tech to integrate ACTUAL LIGHTNING into a distortion module. I can finally build a portion of my dream synth. Thank you for this ingenious collaboration!

[@notanothercreativetechnologist]

That isn't 'lighting' for the sake of 'lighting' that's the high voltage running through the Xenon Plasma Coil. :P

[@TheFakeMikeLWatts]

@@notanothercreativetechnologist "light(n)ing" was the noun used.... Try paying attention before being condescending.

[@notanothercreativetechnologist]

Ahh, it was too, 🤦🏼😂

[@zefsku3206]

@@notanothercreativetechnologist You're gonna need some ice.

[@IntangibleMan]

Nice! What’s the setup looking like these days?

[@paingenerator8338]

Noise musicians have entered the chat.

[@Maxi3242]

this is the sound I am looking for

[@ErikEkholm]

This is it. The pinnacle of sound.

[@Zinfidel1]

A match made in heaven!

[@shinyless]

Just got mine, absolutely incredible, definitely worth its price, if you're into that kind of crazy sounding distortions :)

[@biggestblimp]

By far the coolest module in the universe!

[@standingreserve3791]

Nice:Was getting the pedal, now I’ll just wait for this! 😎

[@Psychlist1972]

I am totally falling for the gimmick of the plasma tube. Looks so cool.

[@geraldgoodiii6993]

Pete Brown could stare at that for hours as the gain builds into that tube and then falls back down

[@fermiLiquidDrinker]

@Wild Eye That's pretty much exactly what's happening with the audio. It kinda works the same way as how Tesla could produce audio

[@SorchaSublime]

"Oh, your audio effects convert the audio signal to digital code? thats cute. My audio effect converts the signal to LIGHTNING"

[@Bonedo-Synthesizers]

Excellent! Been waiting for this

[@Datachrome]

That thing sounds AMAZING

[@m3rify]

3:46 that was brutal

[@lancepage1914]

I always wondered what this Plasma Drive would sound like coupled with synths or drum machine. Now I know.

[@Rik_bS]

3:20 - DCMA notice from Atari Teenage Riot

[@skyex]

ATR would never DCMA

[@DmitryPuffin]

Awesome collab!

[@Thundercube_Music]

This is exactly what Thundercube needs. Too bad I'm so broke I can't even afford a new toothbrush.

[@gregkrukemeier2003]

The Pedal is great. Now I have to buy this.

[@julians7785]

will we have to change the plasma filament? How long will it last?

[@BoyXx76]

Ohhh...I‘m so gonna order this!

[@sergiocollares8216]

the beast 666 of the e-music has landed

[@Len_M.]

Which modules were used for 0:20 and 3:52? (I was thinking of getting the Plasma rack to go with the Helix Rack since I could also use that for Guitar, Synths, and Drums but a small Euro Rack in a Portable Rack Case might be cheaper. I’ve never used a Eurorack module is it possible to put a couple modules into say a 6U or 8U rack alongside like a Helix Rackmount unit and power supplies? I see a Boredbrain Injectr allows you to plug in a Guitar, etc, so if I could put this in a ABS Rackmount Enclosure that would be perfect.

[@oscillosaurus]

Nice work, I'll have one :)

[@MrBothandNether]

it is ALIVE

[@WIZARDcz1]

From the lower mid all the way up up high it sounds like one of the most crunchiest and roughly furriest drives ever, like crushing a sinewave with a solid ten pound scrap chunk of steelwool, but it really lacks on the bottom end... That would maybe want to be solved with some additional circuitry. Just out of curiosity: Anyone tried to pair this one through some paralel signal split and run the bottom end separately, enhanced via some subharmormonic synthesizer or low enhancer or something like that? I think, that that could then make some truly spectacular results.

[@deltasign5840]

Awesome! Mick Gordon needs to get his hands on one of these for the Doom Eternal soundtrack.

[@kevinb1986]

Delta Sign misread as Mick Harris, who recently announced Scorn is back and thought you meant more of his stuff with this. Both Micks are alright ;)

[@JohnConnasRealFatha]

I think he did. I know he had one at least.

[@WxkR]

What is the survival rate after playing with this?

[@thewakz]

Only 170mA on the positive 12-volt rail! Nice! Such a great sounding distortion/saturation.

[@geraldgoodiii6993]

The Wakz was wondering what kind of hit this would take on the power. I was thinking unless u had a 30v Trogotronic this thing would be a no go. And ppl laughed when I got the Trogotronic Collier 420sx 30v. “What are u doing with that power”... me? Not worrying about power

[@xxx7917]

It looks so pretty, but sounds so dirty

[@m3rkinfiniteofwgkta]

So basically i can have an audio in and not have a audio out so see the plasma do its thing?

[@erikcleveland2817]

Juicy af

[@TDevolder]

I. Need. This.

[@MusicKaizen]

is there a difference between this module and the pedal except the CV controls?

[@andreasoberg2021]

Being a VFX artist I must have this, no matter the sound. But yes sounds interesting. Would be cool to sample it and play it back in slower speed.

[@DaveyMulholland]

Wonder what it sounds like without the treble turned up full...

[@sunilsolanki]

Is there anything you guys make that I don't want to buy???

[@zipnone1996]

Wild

[@greencontact]

wanted to hear the last synth sound with oct down and sub....whyy oh whyy not!!??

[@valyri]

talk about voltage controlled

[@adamvolkinshtein1184]

Ha ha truly!

[@justanotheryoutubechannel3102]

WAY cooler than a 303 ANY DAY in my book. You theoretically might get some EXTRA modulation by touching the tube as plasma interacts with touch. There might be something sonic you can modulate by taps, palms or swipes. I just like the hard spiky sounds it does. RADICAL textures that could stand some tube squashing and softening. I call it the "zipper effect". I like these graphics better than the tribal flames ones for certain. Erica just loves busy distracting graphics.

[@Werbeperlen]

VOLUME UP!

[@digitaldiezel5870]

waaaay too much in this demo...can we get a 2 or a 3? You just skipped them every time.

[@digitaldiezel5870]

G lol nice 👍🏾!! I like to spread the distortion love. Sometimes heavy, sometimes soft! Its all good!

[@frankschafer1505]

is that a flux compensator in the middle?

[@Zemael]

Cool

[@DeathTrapProductions]

Does anyone have experience with using this in the tiptop mantis case? I have a feeling it would be a power hog. Sounds amazing though!!

[@johnnymidnight2982]

The Mantis is deep enough to accommodate it. 150 MA on the +, 50 MA on the -. Depending on what else you have, it should work.

[@the_newvoice]

No freakin way!

[@my4trackmachine]

FUUUCK. I AM READY.

[@synthanatomy]

I think Erica Synths transplanted Kodek's sound DNA into a module 😅

[@gleblilichenko7590]

holy shit...

[@sprungingforvoltage]

fucking RAD!!!

[@Lyynkstudio]

I pass an order !!!

[@HatredPrime]

I AM watching this video but connected output to plasma drive - double destruction

[@KosmoDeuz]

How much ?

[@tehnik333]

Electricity!

[@SendyTheEndless]

3:57 COME TO DADDY!

[@colebratcher2682]

Waaaaaaant!!!

[@LsbTv]

[@sminterroom2822]

It’s almost too much

[@time4anew1]

bite your tongue!

[@sminterroom2822]

Whole Life Crisis , Don’t get me wrong if it’s a highly distorted sound you’re after then this is the one. I just feel that they should have laid off wet a bit more for a demo. Maybe run it through various kicks. But it looks 10/10, Sound for me 5/10. If it’s high distortion you’re after 10/10.

[@gregkrukemeier2003]

have the Pedal and it sounds awesome at lower dry/wet setting. Best withpercussion sounds or synth sounds with quick Attack/Decay settings. Just the way it gates everything. Not finding it as useful with my guitar because of the gating going on..

[@valdiskrebs566]

bardaks 😉

[@Edouard16]

Too bad I got the pedal before that.

[@zenzero1356]

Jaw fully dropped. Ugh!!!!!

[@eeboar]

kerrige

[@subtitles1492]

why even bother to implement a dry / wet -potentiometer when it’s used as an on / off -switch anyway. yeah, there’s not much subtlety in this module. 😂

[@glooms691]

I wanted to be the 69th thumbs up but I was the 61st.

[@soulieobelissevan]

ffs, does it have to be maxxed out all the time? show it with subtle (dry/wet) settings too.... ass.

[@Dazzer1234567]

Terrible distorted mess, useless ..........

[@nicholasmanupella3475]

Bunch of noise. Nice beats tho. Sounds like stuff I sampled from my tv.

[@stephencgregory]

I want to buy this just for the way it looks. Tbh the distortion itself sounds quite awful.

[@normdurkin6425]

..it honestly doesn't sound very good..

[@yavamaystudio8045]

So nasty sounds disaster

[@jackdavis1937]

It's a shame that this is the both the coolest looking, yet worst sounding distortion module ever.

[@mungojelly]

yeah i wanted the sound to be as cool as the light show but it just sounds feebly fuzzy and flat, to my ears, oh well :)

[@amazeus1980]

Didn't enjoy that demo. Not at all. I hope you will make another one with a nice explanation of what exactly is going on there and with a few more smooth examples.

[@WearySisyphus]

sounds horrible

[@ALIASZARDOZ]

Pfffff... Only this kind of sound ?!?... Ugly ! Some people must have holy shit in their ears...

[@MrPetrake]

Flux capacitor

[@marcuspearson6214]

and required 1.21 gigawatts of power