Vermona Perfourmer MKII Improv

Live jam with my new Vermona Perfourmer MKII. Still learning my way around this thing, but loving it so far. Full setup details below.
The melody lines are the first three voices of the Perfourmer processed through a Strymon El Capistan and an Eventide Space pedal; the bass line is the fourth voice of the Perfourmer through a Strymon Deco. Percussion is provided by an Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1 MKII with some saturation and subtle widening added by Soundtoys Decapitator and Microshift.
I'm using my Yamaha Reface CP to write the melodies and my Korg NanoKontrol Studio to control Ableton Live's transport and track arm functions. Audio is recorded in real time via Audacity.
www.medardfischer.com

[@tachelesreden]

If you watching synthesizer videos 85% are not fun to hear... If you watch vermona perfourmer videos, 85% are just beautyful. Nice!

[@medardfischer]

Tacheles Reden Thanks for listening! It’s a terrific synth for sure.

[@tachelesreden]

Yes. But you know that (and in your case)... the human is more important ;-)

[@Jimantronic]

A lovely piece, bravo 👏

[@medardfischer]

Thanks so much for listening/watching, and for the kind words! I really appreciate your support.

[@Sicolirics]

I did not know that Vermona's perfumer was so good, I was surprised by the wonder of the sound, it is almost hypnotic another synthesizer that I sign up for my future study ; congratulations great editing job

[@medardfischer]

Thanks very much for listening! The Perfourmer really is one of the nicest sounding synths I've heard. Very sweet and warm sound.

[@Hyperslob]

@Sicoliric being a owner of the MK2 myself I agree with you. The MK2’s VCO’s & VCF’s have a great sound. @Medard F. Great work. The verb sounds lush and the sequence is even better. Keep up the great work my friend. I have been experimenting with the MK2 and have been very happy with results. Peace from L.A.

[@Somnambule]

Very nice tunes! The Perfourmer sounds so great! 🖖☺️

[@medardfischer]

Thanks very much for watching (and the kind words)! Yeah, the Perfourmer has a beautiful character for sure. One of my definite favs.

[@DanReynoldsAudio]

Great performance!

[@ScottAdair]

Supporting your channel for this vid alone. Lovely. Reminds me of when i used another synth to arpeggiate a Sub Phatty.

[@medardfischer]

Thank you very much! I’m really glad you enjoy it. Yeah, I’ve really come to value “interoperability”. Half the appeal of any new bit of gear for me is how it will interact/control my existing stuff.

[@ScottAdair]

@@medardfischer That is a very smart approach that many of us could learn from.

[@Hyperslob]

Sounds great!

[@medardfischer]

Thanks very much!

[@synth4ever]

So lovely, the Perfourmer sounds amazing. Were you playing any keys to change the melody (ie higher notes) or just tweaking away at a repeating sequence? At times it felt like it deviated a bit from the main pattern and was layered to give some nice variance.

[@medardfischer]

Thanks very much! I'm a huge fan of yours and I appreciate you taking the time to listen (and the kind words). Yes, I was trying to add variation to the melody by alternatively overwriting the original arpeggio line and just jamming over top without recording. You can also add interesting variation with the Perfourmer by reassigning midi channels on the fly. In this case, I was occasionally adding or dropping voices out of the midi channel assigned to the main melody, thereby forcing a reallocation of the voices, which gave some additional movement (although with somewhat unpredictable/chaotic results at times!).

[@gmcenroe]

Very nice combination of instruments and music with the Perfourmer, my favorite sounding synth at present although I don't own one yet! Thanks for sharing it inspires me to get one sooner.

[@medardfischer]

Many thanks for listening! It's an amazing synth. I sold a bunch of gear to finance it and have absolutely zero regrets. On my "never sell" list, I reckon.

[@kostantinosmag2986]

Nice one🎶🎹🎶🎹🎶🎹🎶

[@medardfischer]

Thank you for watching!

[@TheArtistisIrrelevant]

Beautiful, the Vermona sounds amazing!

[@medardfischer]

Thanks so much again! I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment. Yeah, the PerFourMer is really incredible. It’s in the running for the most engaging and characterful synth I have. Really inspiring and super musical.

[@dp2123]

AND you appear to be sipping wine; amazing!

[@medardfischer]

Ha! Good eye!

[@looseyfur74]

excellent

[@medardfischer]

Thank you!

[@ebiii5686]

Really, really nooisee!🎼

[@stefanpaulus7594]

Great. Your improv and your style remember me of the album Pillow Talk from Plod.

[@medardfischer]

Thanks very much! I’m familiar with Plod but not sure I’ve ever given Pillow Talk a good listen. Will do so - thanks for the tip!

[@genepozniak]

Beautiful! I've made a whole playlist for this instrument now. :-)

[@medardfischer]

Thank you! Yeah, the Perfourmer is really amazing. One of the nicest sounding synths I know of.

[@CREWorxMedia]

Beautiful work Medard! Quick question, with random sequencing abilities in different play modes of the Perfourmer, do you tend to program each midi note separately your self or run Arpeggiators with chords? What would you say is your favorite mode to play perfourmer? Roman

[@medardfischer]

FlyWorx Drone & Video Services Thanks very much for listening! If I want something more predictable/controlled, I tend to program each voice on a separate midi track. But to me the real beauty of the synth is using all four voices on the same midi track and having a pattern or held arpeggio “round robin” through them. It’s definitely more chaotic when playing live (particularly if you’ve pitched up/down some of the voices) but it is really rewarding to hear a sequence or arp (especially a syncopated melody line, ie other than a multiple of 4) cycle through voices with different parameters. I always loved this about the Mono/Poly and wanted a modern synth that can do the same. The Perfourmer does it beautifully. The A4 does it exceptionally well also (plus with parameter locks) but there’s no contest between them for “vibe”. The Perfourmer is a serious contender for the most beautiful sounding synth I own - much more characterful than the A4. So, long-winded way to say my favorite play mode is probably M2.

[@theway3058]

That’s what I needed to hear. I’m putting my order in thank you. I received my Vermona Drm1few days ago and I love it’s analog depth. Love all my elektron gear as we all do, but this company has that extra something. Their gear just looks cool and sounds so warm. Great performance

[@CREWorxMedia]

@@medardfischer I see, thanks for the tips!! Roman

[@peter-utrblk]

Very nice and moody.

[@medardfischer]

Thanks for listening/watching!

[@freelanderride]

Great sound man WoW ! Is the FX a strymon Deco + reverb ? and the drums are coming from ? Greets !!!

[@medardfischer]

Hi there! Thanks very much for listening! The FX are a Strymon Deco on the bass and El Capistan + my Eventide Space pedal on the other three synth lines. The drums are via my Elektron Machinedrum MKII.

[@alexmacfarlane994]

@@medardfischer Hey Medard, can I ask how you were sending three channels two those effects? Was it via an external mixer? And are you running the bass effects via the insert fx on the channel?

[@medardfischer]

Alex Macfarlane Hi Alex - Thanks very much for listening! The top three voices/channels are being sent by the main stereo out on the Perfourmer into Ableton via my audio interface. From there they are sent back out on an external effects send/return loop to pick up the delay + reverb. The fourth voice (bass) is separated by using its insert/out jack as an individual output and running it through my Deco into a separate channel on my interface. Then mixed with the melody/percussion in Ableton.

[@alexmacfarlane994]

@@medardfischer Ah yes very cool! Thanks a lot, I just gotten a PerFourmer, and have have just ordered some insert cables to try some individual effects per channel. Have messed around with effects on the master outs and gotten some cool results too. Thanks very much! Great vid.

[@medardfischer]

Alex Macfarlane Awesome! Great choice on the Perfourmer. Have fun!

[@VincentFirebird]

Beautiful ! How you sequence it ?

[@medardfischer]

Thank you for listening and sorry for the slow reply! It's sequenced in Ableton. I had Ableton running with the loop function on and was using the Korg nanoStudio to toggle the record function on and off; so writing/overwriting a midi sequence on the fly or just jamming over top. Audio was recorded via Audacity simultaneously in realtime.

[@alastairmacgillivray7918]

damn dude

[@DanReynoldsAudio]

Great performance!

[@medardfischer]

Thanks very much!