While working on my dissertation, I found relaxation in the knobs and keys of my trusty Nord Lead 1 & 2. We have shared life and beautiful memories for 20 years. I thought I knew them well, until a memory from 2010 resurfaced in which Wout Blommers published the code to activate a hidden algorithm, also known as ‘Pelle mode’.

After some research, I found that after a decade, barely any documentation emerged about this mysterious and bizarre hidden synth within a synth. There is consensus that it involves Karplus-Strong synthesis, but only a few occasionally take a guess at the meaning of a limited number of parameters. However, Pelle mode sounded uncontrollable, unpredictable, loud, or sometimes just didn't. There must be at least one usable sound, right? How much work could it take to methodically go through them and create a meaningful interface? Well… more than anticipated.

After countless hypotheses, tests, iterations, and rewrites, I am satisfied with a model that works well enough to launch. So, with some blood, sweat, and tinnitus, I present: the 8-minute crash course on ‘Pelle mode’.
https://youtu.be/D7SQaK6BvLg

Have fun.

New album available on bandcamp. https://exit-only.com

KOALA  is an electronic band from Belgium. (the band played in Belgium, New York, Bulgaria)
members
Carlos Dyckmans(producer)
Jack Daniels (producer)
Gert Vanlerberghe (vocal)
Notizz: Vocals

In the studio and on the live stage they work with many guest vocals and musicians worldwide.(nuff said,lamont stigler,Dolphin,Jean bosco safari,bastard nation,Gregory Frateur,delavega,sarah budts, Daniela Fa, Notizz)

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discography:
*Gravity(2006)
*Central(2008)
*KOALA Remixed(2010)
*tall machines 2011
*koala remixed 2 2012
*koala outlaw ep1 2020
*Outlaw (2021)


contact koalamusic@gmail.com

Antwerp based musician/producer.
selected tracks, albums and live recordings. 

Thank you for listening!!!

mailto: andrewclaes@gmail.com  

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