Headphones on time here :) This sounds absolutely glorious!! I've not been following along on the Elfin development but am compelled to dive in and learn more!

Various test recordings of a number of custom and low volume studio equipment designs over the years by D.A.Wilson (Hideaway Studio) including a number of tube hybrid rackmount audio processors originally conceived and built for Jean-Michel Jarre...

Studio Equipment by Hideaway Studio in Action...

ICL027 - Various Artists - Out 21th May 2021
Herve Ak - Mlle B (Original)

French label Inclusif offers us a beautiful blend of contemporary electroesque tracks for the first release of 2021.Five tracks by confirmed label artists like Tienezo, Qlons, inclusif boss Herve Ak and new comers, german producer Tahpir and Asakura Tsukue from Japan who deliver us a splendid and entertained EP from electronica, electro to Minimal Deep techno..
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Full release:
https://soundcloud.com/inclusif/sets/icl027-various-artists-out-now
www.beatport.com/label/inclusif/56590
https://inclusif.bandcamp.com/
open.spotify.com/playlist/5uGfFe3GDO3LQxkTjeo1fc
www.facebook.com/inclusifrecord/
www.facebook.com/Tienezo

Ep Support,download,kind words:
Laurent Garnier - John Digweed - Satoshi Fumi - Joris delacroix - Moonbean - Mark Hoffen - Maceo Plex - Dark Soul Project - Arandel - Francesca Lombardo - Nico Morano - Enamour - Ilario Alicante - Harald Bjork - Moody Manc - Steve Parry - Fejka - Fabrice Lig - Lonya - Mia Mendi - Senses Of Mind - Greg delon - Aoki Takamasa - Gai Barone - Strinner - Mass Digital - Jose Maria Ramon - Jamie Porteous - Graziano Raffa - Wolf Story - Luca Ricci - Andrea Ljekaj - Huminal - Fabri Lopez - Just B - Rico Casazza - Paul Nazca - Nishan Lee - Enai - SEGG - Aston Alba - Lecomte de Brégeot - Gadi Mitrani - Rigooni - SidiRum - Talal - Kaldera - Haring - Adrian Roman - Mozaik - Audiotones - Isabeau fort - Sobek - Eleonora - Rich vom Dorf - Adiru - Blutch - Scott Andrews - Anaid - Luca Maniaci - Andrea Piko - Martin Herrs - Himbrecht - Edouard von Shaeke - Bruno Otranto - Mashk - Vivian Koch - Mtwn - Khaen - Vlf - Roze - Corren Cavini - Veronika Fleyta - Numbred - A.M.R - Linn Elisabet - Goos - Artche - Courtney Scott - Moskalus - Sandro Bianchi - Forest on Stasys - Paula OS - Skatman - Kousk - Air Jackson -Niteplan - Vern - Rob Zile - Yokto - Grammik - Tenderheart - Closur - Avsluta - Nicolas duvoisin - Cocho - Bongani Zulu - Diazar - Mordio - Edis Damaro...

inclusif 027

Herve Ak - Mlle B - ICL027 - Out now

Herve Ak - Mlle B - ICL027

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Begin Again

https://aduaine.bandcamp.com/album/system-collapse

Aduaine starts off 2025 with a massive 16 track compilation that showcases a wide ranging sonic palette of electronic sounds from braindance to downbeat breaks to dub techno and everything in between. Aduaine regulars are featured, as are numerous other local synth maestros from Ireland. In addition some of our favourite artists and friends of the label from around the globe have come on board, each selected for their own unique style to complete this ambitious release.

Thanks to all the artists - Sadnoise, Lerosa, JP8080, CH415, Hex Tulpa, Human Behind Pluto, Brendon Moeller, Mause, Latchwork, Gesceap, Crispy Jason, Sleep Underwriter, cable.percussion, ZOiD, Peter Sweeney and Flathan

Available on tape cassette for 9 earth tokens. Shipping starts at the end of February.

Dedicated to the memory of JP8080, Árni Grétar.

Thanks for your continued support!

System Collapse

The Red Eye

NEWS UPDATE: The second batch of 25 pre-production units are nearing completion and am now taking pre-orders for delivery in June. A new Patch Editor/Librarian App & VST/AU plugin with full automation has also been developed complete with a new library of over 250 sound patches for Win/Mac/Linux and will be free to all Elfin-04 and 01 owners.

Introducing Elfin-04, Hideaway Studio's Compact New 4-Voice Polysynth Expander...
 
I have been working round the clock for weeks now on my dinky little 8-bit 4-Voice (4 x [2osc+1sub+LFO]) VA Poly Expander with 1960's style transformer-mixed output voicing and finally No's.000 thru 010 are born to the world and receiving very positive feedback from their new owners....... this 4-voice polysynth measuring just 16x12x3cm has full real-time control over her 32 parameters via simple midi ccs and 16 built-in patches. 

Based on an expanded form of a customized software synth-core design by ISGK in Japan, I think the Elfin-04's unique voice ouput/mixing transformers do add something for sure - they are driven full-swing with 60KHz PWM resulting in a lot of additional harmonics/mirror frequencies and some saturation that all gets trapped within the transformers which adds a richness/darkness to the sound (no-doubt inspired in part by my beloved DK Synergy). In the Elfin-04, the 4 voices are passively mixed but, unusually, by the topology of the output-transformers themselves which is a trick that used to be found in some more exotic 1960s valve test equipment where multiple signal outputs were mixed on isolated outputs (eg. my huge old Panoramic TTG-2 tube Dual Sinewave Generator). Also, each voice CPU is independently clocked so everything is genuinely free-wheeling across the voices so even the noise phases slowly when played on multiple notes and unison which is pretty cool.

Any questions, please PM me here on S/C or to EF86 on GearSpace.

All Sound Design & Recordings Copyright D.A.Wilson, Hideaway Studio 2025.

Hideaway's New Elfin-04 Polysynth: Detuned Unison Mode Montage 01

NEWS UPDATE: The second batch of 25 pre-production units are nearing completion and am now taking pre-orders for delivery in June. A new Patch Editor/Librarian App & VST/AU plugin with full automation has also been developed complete with a new library of over 250 sound patches for Win/Mac/Linux and will be free to all Elfin-04 and 01 owners.

Any questions, please PM me here on S/C or to EF86 on GearSpace.

Introducing Elfin-04, Hideaway Studio's Compact New 4-Voice Polysynth...
 
I have been working round the clock for weeks now on my dinky little 8-bit 4-Voice (4 x [2osc+1sub+LFO]) VA Poly Expander with 1960's style transformer-mixed output voicing and finally No's.000 thru 010 are born to the world and receiving very positive feedback from their new owners...... this 4-voice polysynth measuring just 16x12x3cm has full real-time control over her 32 parameters via simple midi ccs and 16 built-in patches. 

Based on an expanded form of a customized software synth-core design by ISGK in Japan, I think the Elfin-04's unique voice ouput/mixing transformers do add something for sure - they are driven full-swing with 60KHz PWM resulting in a lot of additional harmonics/mirror frequencies and some saturation that all gets trapped within the transformers which adds a richness/darkness to the sound (no-doubt inspired in part by my beloved DK Synergy). In the Elfin-04, the 4 voices are passively mixed but, unusually, by the topology of the output-transformers themselves which is a trick that used to be found in some more exotic 1960s valve test equipment where multiple signal outputs were mixed on isolated outputs (eg. my huge old Panoramic TTG-2 tube Dual Sinewave Generator). Also, each voice CPU is independently clocked so everything is genuinely free-wheeling across the voices so even the noise phases slowly when played on multiple notes and unison which is pretty cool.

All Sound Design & Recordings Copyright D.A.Wilson, Hideaway Studio 2025.

Hideaway's New Elfin-04 Polysynth: Polyphonic Patch Montage 01

Eastbourne

Elfin-08 No. 000 (basically two stock Hideaway Elfin-04 Poly Expanders bolted together running modified firmware with a stereo output) fires up for the first time on all 10 of its 8-bit processors and 8 output transformers!....

The allocation of the 8 voices has been distributed between the left and right audio outputs with even voices on one channel and odd voices on the other giving a rather pleasing stereo effect. The Detuned Unison Mode on the 8-voice is just massive!

All of the sounds in the test recording are factory Elfin-04 patches loaded up from the new Elfin Controller VST/AU/Standalone (win/mac/linux) patch editor which currently has around 260 patches built in.
 
NB: I am building these 8-Voice proof of concept variants in very limited numbers for those who can't wait for the official Elfin-08 otherwise the current Elfin-04 offers the very same sound but with less polyphony.

Recording Copyright D.A.Wilson, Hideaway Studio 2025

Hideaway Elfin-08: 8-Voice Functional Prototype Awakens...

made only with Volca FM (+ the hihat) thanks to Pajen's firmware. No dubbing, compositing & effects, only eq and compression. don't even know if i want the FM2...

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Ambient Aura 1 is the first compilation of ambient music from or label Aeon Records. Featuring a variety of artists and styles.

Free Download

Morning Star

at last

Beautiful new age music from UK's Astralla recorded in 2025
Get a free download: https://newagemusicplanet.com/free-download
© 2025 Aeon Records
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Sunrise

Hideaway Studio's ultra rare Dual Tube Hybrid Filter in Action - Originally designed and built for Jean-Michel Jarre in 2011 by D.A.Wilson as a live performance filter the unit features a complex and unusual union of a diode ladder with multi-mode input mixer and a resonant tube based band-pass filter tube buffered and mixed in parallel with a phase reversal option.  

The filter can be used in live performances via its 9 CV control channels using a modulation matrix and a hand controller.

The demo shows when used in this way various aspects of the filter can be sequenced as the filter is opened and closed.

Only two examples of this beast were ever built.

Composition & Recording Copyright D.A.Wilson, Hideaway Studio 2011.

The Dual Tube Hybrid Filter In Action...

A rare demonstration of what is perhaps one of the most complex and exotic analog phasers ever devised.   The Triple Tube Hybrid Phaser was originally designed for Jean-Michel Jarre by Dani Wilson at Hideaway Studio and is one of only a very small handful ever built.

On a huge custom pcb it comprises of three 4-stage phaser blocks similar to the Small Stone with tube (ECC83) pre-amp and post amps and tube buffers between each phaser.  The OTA based phasers are combined in an unusual series/parallel arrangement with their own regen paths each modulated by one phase of a triple phase LFO generator thus allowing the phase spread to be set between each phaser block from  all three on top of one another for a huge plunging effect to being 120 degrees out for a swirly effect.   There are variable controls for the LFO offset, depth, rate and spread as well as a variable regeneration level (heard being turned up in the first minute of the demo).

The stuttering effect heard later in the demo is where the spread control is being set to a new position thus allowing the phasers to realign and commence on new phase spread angles.

Please note the phaser was recorded into delay to generate some stereo spread.

Recording Copyright D.A.Wilson, Hideaway Studio

Triple Tube Hybrid Phaser: An Uber Rare Beast In Action!

D.A.Wilson is an Electronic Engineer, Sound Designer & Vintage Synth Specialist with a particular interest in combining vintage tube, classic analog and modern digital technologies working as a synth engineer looking after a very considerable amount of vintage studio equipment for Will Gregory (Goldfrapp / Moog Ensemble) and a number of other internationally celebrated electronic musicians and producers.  Having undertaken several major restorations and produced custom electronic designs for a number of major artists including Jean-Michel Jarre, Dani is also known for fully restoring two out of the world's four remaining 1979 Crumar GDS and partially restoring 1938 Novachord 346 (the only known operational Novachord in the UK) to playable order along with developing and producing the new Elfin family of 8-bit polysynths and the popular MIDI Front Panel Animator (FPA), Filter Defeat Module (FDM) and XD-280 Drive Emulator upgrades for the AKAI S612 sampler.

Demos of the S612 Upgrades in Action: 

https://soundcloud.com/hideaway-studio/sets/hideaway-studios-s612-front


Hideaway Studio Kontakt Sound libraries may be purchased directly from: 
https://www.lootaudio.com/category/kontakt-instruments/hideaway-studios
 

..and a nice introduction by Cory Pelizzari to the Hideaway Studio Kontakt Libraries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-C7a3ChC9U&feature=emb_title


For more on releases from Hideaway Studio for Kontakt please visit the blog at:  www.hideawaystudio.net

Hideaway Elfin-08: 8-Voice Functional Prototype Awakens...

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