Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This is a demo/tutorial of an affordable hybrid analog & digital generative acid groovebox synth called the @wireheadinstruments Basilisk. It's available as DIY or off the shelf, and shown here clocked to a modular drum machine and various other desktop boxes!

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▶︎ Basilisk: wireheadinstruments.com/basilisk
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CHAPTERS
00:00 What's the Basilisk all about?
00:48 How the oscillator works
01:30 How the filter works
02:14 How modulation works
03:44 How the Envelope works
04:25 Recap & Pitch Envelope Jam
05:44 Generative Melody Sequencing
07:04 Sequencer Controls & Algorithms
08:20 Acid Jam
09:05 Changing Sequence Length
10:04 Call & Response Acid Jam
12:07 Parameter Locking Explained
15:04 Fifthsy Acid Jam with LFO'd filter
17:52 Acid Reverb Goosebumps Outro