Dreadbox Typhon

I dig the funky little slider-based step sequencer. Unique step/note input always gets you to come up with interesting riffs you may not otherwise stumble upon.

Got my eye on this one, as my main gripe with previous Dreadbox options has been lack of patch/seq memory.

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As a Monologue owner Iā€™ll let yā€™all know when I get a Typhon.

Some gear that Iā€™ve wanted could be reasoned away with a spreadsheet and cold, logical point by point, cell by cell analysis. Typhon doesnā€™t look like one of those things to me. Part of it is, weā€™re evaluating a tool to help us make art, which is quite different than evaluating what type of machines we need for a distributed caching system or other purely technical thing.

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really shows the ā€˜built for performanceā€™ potential of this machine if youā€™ve got the right riff, and know your way about the simple controls

thinking it is going to pair nicely with an dsi evolverā€¦

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100% agree.
canā€™t wait to get me mits on that sequencer.

typhon into MDuw?
or typhon + m:C into OT :thinking:

decisions decisions
:partying_face:

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I really need to know how the midi start/stop is implemented.

Hopefully I can just sync this to my OT, where OT is master, and change presets which will also change patterns in sync, without issue.

The mod scheme is fantastic.

Heavy modulation capabilities, reminds me of the Evolver, and has me already eyeing the things Iā€™m gonna have to sell to get my paws on the Typhon.

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Nice let me know once you try it!

to think what a one voice super knobby Analog 4 could be in a Model case with an expanded FX section and audio mix in ā€¦

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Checking the manual:

"The (mod) step sequencer continuously runs in the background, but restarts with every new note trigger, or every time you press the play buttonā€¦"

restarts with every new note trigger

I wish you could disable that, because whoa Buddy! if you couldā€¦
aside from the note sequencer, you could basically be running 3 polyrhythmic parameter/modulation sequencers inside this thing, with different (and multiple!) destinations and step lengths, each.

For example: 32 note steps with probability, with 29 filter freq mod steps, 5 decay mod + FX2 mix steps, 7 wave shape mod steps, 11 OSC 2 CV + FX3 mix steps.

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Sounds damn good!!! Looks like more fun to play than I would have guessed. Much tweak.

FYI, the code JULY4 still works at Detroit Modular, where I just pre-ordered a Typhon :wink:

10% off!

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Ouchā€¦

16.10.20

From Thomann regarding delivery to Germany. I ordered a Lyra nowā€¦

Thereā€™s stock available at Modular Square in Paris if anyone is looking for a Typhon.

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Yeah they are are made for selling high volume of unitsšŸ˜ƒ

there was a time where I was lusting so hard for the DSI Mopho as a programmable Analog filter box because thereā€™s a sequencer build in but by design just controllable with the 4 encoders and similar to the Typhon.

sound was good tho, a bit dated but good presets to scroll thru

Theyā€™ve hiked up the price quite a bit.

So it would seem :frowning:

I did a quick test using the note sequencer with a 4-note sequence and three different modulation sequencers running with irregular steps and varied destinations: a 29-step sequence triggering noise FX on step 29 ; a 9-step modulation seq that triggers the EG level and reverb on step 9 ; and the third step of a 3-step modulation seq that moves the cutoff every time itā€™s triggered. It seems that the mod seqs do cycle into nice polyrhythms, though more experimentation is required.

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This is encouraging, and nice for long notes.
Thanks for doing that test @DoS!

Maybe if several of us lobby Dreadbox to allow those mod seqs to run from MIDI start/stop instead of retrigger back to start with each triggered note, this thing could be even more mental.

I could see myself doing techno sets with just the Typhon, my MS, and my MicroLimiter.

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Sounds like an excellent plan - the Typhon would be more than up for it (once MIDI sync with external devices works properlyā€¦) and is delightfully playable.

Oooo no, might have to get one here in Greece.

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