Animal Surge R5/R6

3 Panels of emulated Serge

 (9 Votes)
1.2 (Updated 9 years ago)
48.0MB
November 25, 2015
Reaktor 5 or lower
Subtractive FM Sound Generator Experimental Sequenced

DESCRIPTION

*1.2 Nov 29th* Fixed pulse divider input placement and added graphic for 2nd pulse divider.
*UPDATE* - R5 version and some of the resources used to make this included.
3 Panels of emulated Serge. I have no access to any serge hardware and relied on reference material found online so I don't really know how close any of this is to the real thing. I'm not gonna lie, this thing requires some work to get anything useful out of it. I hope you get as much enjoyment out of using this as I did building it. I cannot remember who made the switches as the vast majority of this was made some time ago, sorry. Let me know if anything is broken or wrong. The snapshots are terrible ;)
Module list:
New Timbral Oscillator
Precision VCO
Wave Multiplier
Mixer
Smooth/Stepped Generator
Dual Transient Generator
Variable Q VCF
Universal Audio Processor
Scopes
Variable Slope VCF
Wilson Analog Delay
Dual Universal Slope Generator
Frequency Shifter
Matrix Mixer
Active Process x2
Divide by N Comparitor
Pulse Divider
Touch Activated Keyboard Sequencer

COMMENTS  (20)

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NM Viet
3 years ago
OK. I understand 5.1.2 is the R5-version (clearly), but 1.2 is the R6-version. I should add I got a demo pop-up.
NM Viet
3 years ago
Hi, stumbled upon the Moog Subharmonicon, read about its basic principles and hence wondered about some Serge-like VST. I read your description, but in my Reaktor 6 Player I only get white-ish noise. Is this due to the learning curve or does it not work in Player? I find the NI file system (instrument, .ens, 6 and prior etc) rather difficult to understand when it comes to what you need a paid version for.
Barry Galloway
9 years ago
@raoul there are R5 and R6 versions in the download. @Phil sorry I haven't gotten to making any more snaps @peter for clarification, Siegmar Kreie created weedwacker(weedbacker) :) @michael quantizer is very doable, so maybe ;)
peter LAZONBY
9 years ago
looking forward to this. I'm a giant weedwacker fan. I have a question for you Barry, if you're amenable. Can't find a PM thing here. Any chance you could drop me a line? pete@ghimusic.com
Michael Elliott
9 years ago
Just downloaded this, haven't played it yet but seeing the graphic made me want to retrieve my 7-panel Serge system from storage and re-live my college days (1980). I did a few live performances with it. Any quantizers in your next version??
andreas haun
9 years ago
@christian as i see that the oscillator has no pulldown menu !?
andreas haun
9 years ago
@christian thanks for the answer. i have had 4 serge modules but sold them. how near is this ens to the original ?
raoul geerman
9 years ago
Is this only for r6? I'm getting a error
Phil Durrant
9 years ago
Hi Barry, thanks for the reply. Would it be possible to upload a version with an INIT Snapshot and maybe a few others. The reason I ask for this is that I actually had a crash with the R6 version and it would be good to just have a handful of working Snapshots.
Barry Galloway
9 years ago
Phil, sorry I should have just deleted the snapshots as they were only used during development to test functionality.
Phil Durrant
9 years ago
Slightly confused with this as some Snapshots seem to result in no sound at all. In terms of exploring this, Barry could you provide some info as to which Snapshots to try. I am presuming that pressing a MIDI Note should result in something, but clearly there are also Snapshots where a sound just starts when switching to them.
Barry Galloway
9 years ago
Thanks for your comments Christian. There is actually two pulse dividers in there so I fixed the input placement and added the graphic for the second pulse divider.
Christian Huygen
9 years ago
Barry, this is a really impressive achievement. I'm sitting here feeling daunted and intimidated - which is probably just how I'd feel in front of a real Serge. Truly a labor of love. Also, thanks for providing all the great original documentation. @Andreas, each INPUT jack has a pull down menu. You use that to select where you want the input to come from. In cable terms, you select at an INPUT what output you want to connect that "cable" to. Each output you see on the panel is real - they're all represented on pull down menus at inputs. Barry, the only issue I've noticed so far is that the clock divider input jack doesn't seem to have a pull down menu, am I missing something? Thanks again - the module looks great, can make a huge range of beastly sounds, and accomplishes exactly what you set out to do. Very impressive. Thanks!
Lars Bo Hermansen
9 years ago
Thanks for the R5 version Barry. I'll try it out.
andreas haun
9 years ago
how do i insert cables ?
Barry Galloway
9 years ago
@Lars *UPDATE* - R5 version and some of the resources used to make this added. @John - inscrutable is definitely something this is. I understand Serge users call this "functional density".
John Smith
9 years ago
Wow, this thing is almost totally inscrutable! I feel like regardless of whether you've recreated the sound of a Serge I think you've recreated the experience i.e. it's hard to use :-D
Lars Bo Hermansen
9 years ago
Thanks Barry.
Barry Galloway
9 years ago
Lars, I can do that for you in the next day or so.
Lars Bo Hermansen
9 years ago
This is saved with Reaktor 6 and not Reaktor 5 or lower as set in the info. It need Reaktor 6 to be opened. A version for Reaktor 5 or lower would be nice.
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