Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Picked this up new for a ridiculous low price online. Out of stock again now. Not really anything on YouTube for this W model so I’m having to start from scratch. Reon has a basic website and the manual (leaflet?) is very confusing. I’ll say it’s an ‘experimental’ drone synth! I’ve flicked switches for hours and got very confused, so I’m learning how the VCOs modulate and sync together as it seems to be key. I’ve patched stuff at the back which created some very subtle changes. Lots of learning to do. The build is excellent (it feels indestructible!). Doesn’t look like Reon have made this for a few years.
Picked this up new for a ridiculous low price online. Out of stock again now. Not really anything on YouTube for this W model so I’m having to start from scratch. Reon has a basic website and the manual (leaflet?) is very confusing. I’ll say it’s an ‘experimental’ drone synth! I’ve flicked switches for hours and got very confused, so I’m learning how the VCOs modulate and sync together as it seems to be key. I’ve patched stuff at the back which created some very subtle changes. Lots of learning to do. The build is excellent (it feels indestructible!). Doesn’t look like Reon have made this for a few years.
![Hardware Jams. FM & Analogue synths [Roland SE02, Microfreak, RD8, Model:Cycles, Double Knot]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yARU-8L4wrs/mqdefault.jpg "Hardware Jams. FM & Analogue synths [Roland SE02, Microfreak, RD8, Model:Cycles, Double Knot]
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A session for Hardware Jams (Desert Story Pt3).
Roland SE-02
Arturia Microfreak
Elektron Model Cycles
Behringer RD8
Lorre Mill Double Knot V3
Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer
Roland SE-02 as master into midi splitter.
The patch on the Microfreak was loaded from my last session and it fitted so I didnt bother changing it. Very lazy of me.
The wonderful Lorre-Mill Double Knot is quite versatile thanks to its connectivity. Although it’s a modular ‘banana’ synth it has a standard trig/clock in and out so it’s really easy to sync to more standard kit. This is the first time I’ve used the clock input and it worked without any issue, allowing its jumbled sparkly sequence to sync with the beat. Here it’s clocked to everything via the trigger out of the RD8 which is slaved to the SE02. The SE02 is the master (via 5 pin midi splitter).
Created some lovely FM tones on the Cycles.
Had to chop the end off as it drifted over 6 minutes 😬 ooops.
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