Dreadbox Typhon

[DoS]

I got a couple of USB extension cables with built-in on/off buttons for the Typhon and other devices without their own power switches and that solved the problem.

[mprinsen]

I’d rather disable the screensaver, but is it really to save the screen, or is it just to save power?

Reason I wan’t to turn it off, is because everytime I haven’t touched the Typhon for a while, I have to ‘enable’ the controls by pressing a knob. So it is not possible to start/stop the sequencer with 1 press on a button. You have to press once to stop the screensaver and then press another time to start/stop the sequencer… This is not ideal in a live situation…

But I also don’t want to burn the screen…

[ponnuru]

Yeah it’s a screen thing, these are definitely not the longest-lived screen (oled)

[mprinsen]

Ok so I just have to live with it… thanks

[HisNameIsAlive]

Greetings everyone! New here - just picked up my first Elektron (Digitone), but also a Dreadbox Typhon. Anyone know if the Typhon can do Key Trigger with it’s own onboard sequencer while receiving MIDI clock from my Digitone (or any other controller like an MPC)? I love some of the Typhon preset’s sequencer patterns, but I’m having trouble getting them to play when I have my Typhon set to receive Master Clock externally.

[HisNameIsAlive]

• EDIT: never mind - figured it out.

[Grate_expectations]

Dreadbox Typhon Patches "Desert" Sound Pack Demo (No Talking)

Nice set of sounds here.

[myrtorp]

I just ordered one!
My first hardware synth! Looking forward to it
Im a total synth noob so i aim to learn some synthesis on it, initially was looking at Neutron but the compact size and awesome sound made me chose Typhon.

[soulfood]

Good choice! It whoops the neutron in all forms.

Top advice:

Record everything you do with it and be sure to muck about with the cloud and shifter fx a whole bunch. You can lfo assign all deez tings!

[J-Hz]

I’m considering buying a relatively cheap hardware synth and just learnt about the Typhon, modulation looks very powerful but it looks a bit menu divey. How does it compare to the Roland Se-02 or Novation Mono station? Guess sound wise its way more powerful but what about hands on control?

[hallucigenia]

I don’t think it’s any less immediate than either of those. Sure, there are some menus, but it’s very quick to get where you want to go and you aren’t diving through layers. And the physical controls are very performance oriented. The menus are more for setting up lfos, sequences, and fx. Once you have those set, you can really concentrate on the knobs. The sound is fantastic–youtube videos don’t do it justice.

[HisNameIsAlive]

Just get it - absolutely fantastic synth for the price. Menu diving isn’t terrible (as said, it’s really just to set things up - the main knobs are where you’ll spend most of your time). Probably my favorite mono synth of all time.

[rockpapergoat]

agreed on the above points. i have both the se-02 and typhon, and the typhon is way more fun to use, even with the menu diving.

[sid6581]

Yeah, Typhon is great and sounds amazing. I’ve had A4, several basstations, Minitaur, and the Typhon sounds better to my ears than all of them. That’s probably a lot to do with effects, which are great and can be dialled in to really enhance / meld with the patch; which somehow feels more integral than sending the sound through an external effect traditionally.

[AlexandrosLiarokapis]

You can actually temporarily disable the screensaver from the settings or set the timeout value to something large like 10 minutes.

[ddiamond84]

The effects on this thing take it to another level. It’s unreal how good and versatile this sounds, let alone for the price. Maybe my favorite effects in a synth.

[J-Hz]

Been looking at this unit more and more. Any sound demos out there that are more dry? Most I have seen are drenched in reverb and delay for the more ambient style sounds. I know it’s a versatile machine and can probably cover a wide range, would be interested to hear some more.

[quartzwatch]

Here are two that @AdamJay posted for me a while back (click them to reveal the actual audio samples):

Dreadbox Typhon

Simple 1/8th input. Turn down the VCO level. If you want to use envelopes, hit start on the sequencer. Or just use the EXT IN preset @Tchu mentioned. Here I just ran Model Samples into it, on a couple patterns. 24bit/44.1khz into MOTU Ultralite MK4. No processing. Using analog LPF and digital HPF. Sometimes some LFO, sometimes some envelope mod, sometimes some key tracking which references the sequencer notes (though the OSC out is muted).

Dreadbox Typhon

Here’s the dry recording of 8 presets, tweaked, no FX outside of HPF tweaks as it is technically in the FX1 section.

[AlexandrosLiarokapis]

Hi all, the version 4.0 beta is out! Main highlights are:

• USB Midi
• USB Audio!

We also include a fix for the occasional noise burst on startup.

Have a nice summer everyone!

[Tchu]

@AlexandrosLiarokapis

USB Audio!