UDO Audio’s Super 8: Patchcraft and Performance with Hazel Mills
In this analytical dive, we follow Hazel Mills as she constructs evocative patches on the UDO Audio Super 8, revealing the instrument’s hybrid character and hands-on modulation appeal. UDO Audio, known for their lush, FPGA-driven analog-hybrid synths, provides the canvas for Mills’ performance video ‘SIGIL.’ The video is less about preset surfing and more about building sounds from the ground up—oscillator by oscillator, envelope by envelope—showcasing the Super 8’s strengths in rhythmic, percussive, and sustained textures. For those interested in how a synth’s architecture shapes real-world patches, this is a revealing look at both the instrument and the artist’s process.









