Strymon StarLab – In-Depth Tour with Sound Designer Pete Celi

Learn about StarLab ► https://www.strymon.net/product/starlab/

In this video, Strymon co-founder and senior DSP engineer Pete Celi takes you on an in-depth tour of Strymon's latest Eurorack module: StarLab Time-Warped Reverberator.

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Modular Transformation Machine.

Expand the sound of your modular rack with incredibly lush, ethereal reverbs. Enhance signals with gorgeous chorus, flanging, and modulated delays. Create uniquely expressive synth voices with Karplus-Strong string synthesis. Turn simple mono audio signals into vast stereo soundscapes. StarLab is a single module that will completely transform your modular rack.

Singular Modular Reverb.

From perfectly voiced room ambience to vast, immersive, nearly infinite decays, StarLab offers the pinnacle of premium reverb sounds with unparalleled depth and spaciousness. Add musical intervals to the reverb signal with Shimmer, and enhance the harmonic spectrum with Glimmer, while enjoying real-time control over the size/pitch of the reverb process.

Modulation And Delay Effects.

StarLab has vastly expanded what reverb pre-delay can do by allowing you to bus the pre-delay signal to the output while making the pre-delay time a modulation target. This results in the ability to create rich choruses, sweeping flanger effects, and beautiful modulated delays, while also processing signal through the reverb.

Karplus-Strong String Synthesis.

In addition to input signal processing, StarLab is a powerful Karplus-Strong string synthesis voice module that allows freely alternating bowing and plucking as well as dynamic string damping. This results in an astoundingly expressive and lifelike instrument with a unique voice all its own, which can be enhanced and expanded by the full range of StarLab’s reverb capabilities.

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Chapters:

00:00 What is StarLab?
00:27 Control Layout
01:00 Sparse Reverb Texture
02:42 Size/Pitch Control
03:54 Dense Reverb Texture
05:06 Diffuse Reverb Texture
06:18 Infinite Button
07:03 Filter Section
08:18 Low Pass Filter Q
08:59 Harmonics Section
10:03 Shimmer Interval
10:50 Regenerating Shimmer
12:00 Glimmer
13:12 Expanded Pre-delay
14:55 Echo Feedback
16:09 Tap/Trigger CV Input
17:22 Input Gain
18:20 LFO Target: Delay (Mod Effects)
19:23 Externally Clocked Delay + Mod
20:05 LFO Target: Pitch
20:59 Size/Pitch Quantize
22:09 LFO Target: Filter
23:21 LFO Shape: Envelope
24:13 Karplus-Strong String Synthesis
25:59 LFO in Karplus Mode
27:17 CV Tuning in Karplus Mode
27:54 String Damping
29:06 Fine Tune
29:41 Karplus Mode LFO Target: Filter
30:43 Portamento (Glide)
31:25 Karplus with Input
32:12 Tuned Infinite Voice
33:02 Onboard Favorites

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Recording notes:

Audio signal path: Acid Rain Technology Chainsaw oscillator » Bastl Instruments Cinnamon filter (low pass) » StarLab » computer audio interface