Friday, August 14, 2026
Joranalogue Audio Design / DRONE AND GRIT / eurorack patch
video upload by BRiES
"I was asked once what I use for my drones. The answer is: I don't know. I've been thinking about it ever since, but I don't have a straighforward answer. What I do know is that for this soundscape/drone I used almost all the @joranalogue modules, with exception for the module that I'm sequencing COLLIDE 4 with (Discrete Map by NSI).
There's a lot of interesting tricks in this patch:
I used crossmodulation on the phase parameter between the two GENERATE 3s. The intensity is set by modulating the vcas for the harmonic inputs.
CYCLE 2 is doing some gated cycling, activated by an output of ORBIT 3 with an offset from BIAS 2.
ENHANCE 2 is creating a balanced stereo image from two inputs: the dry signal patched to the MID input and the delayed signal (DELAY 1) patched to the SIDE input.
COLLIDE 4 output stage is used to slightly slew the melody for the main drone while the input stage is used as a pinged filter with some amplitude modulation.
CYCLE 5 is used as a dirty subbass... It's both getting synced by one of the G3s as receiving some fm from the other G3. FILTER 8s resonance is begin modulation as well as its frequency.
ORBIT 3 is used for all the modulation.
One of ORBIT 3s outputs is routed through FOLD 6 to create a more intense modulation for the time parameter on DELAY 1."
Inharmonic Harmony | Detuned Oscillator Drone [Dark Ambient Music]
video upload by PARKER
"More Music Here: https://jparkersound.bandcamp.com/
All sounds made with one synth in one take..."
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Inside Tokyo’s Boutique Music Hardware: Light Reft
video upload by Light Reft [Sasha DZA]
"We run a tiny hardware company in Tokyo and made this short film about why we’re obsessed with noise. We’re thinking about filming a longer documentary about Japan’s small independent instrument makers.
With this video, we want to open a door into the world of Japan’s independent music hardware scene, a world that usually remains outside the attention of a wider audience.
We are Light Reft, a small company founded by a group of enthusiasts in Tokyo. Over the past few years, we have developed and released two instruments of our own - monolit and concrete. You can learn about us on our web-site www.lightreft.jp
But we are far from alone.
In Tokyo and across Japan, there are many small independent companies, workshops, and individual makers creating unusual musical instruments, effects, and electronic devices. Many of them remain virtually unknown outside a small circle of musicians, even though this is where some genuinely interesting things are happening.
This video is only the beginning.
If you would like to see a full-length film about Japan’s independent music hardware scene, meet the people who design and build instruments themselves, visit their workshops, and find out why they do what they do - let us know in the comments.
And please share this video. If we see that people are genuinely interested in this world, we’ll continue and try to show this scene from the inside.
Video & Editing - Evgeny Joy
Sound - Sasha DZA (Light Reft)"
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LABELS/MORE: DIY, Interviews, Lightreft
LABELS/MORE: DIY, Interviews, Lightreft
All-New for Behringer JN-80: 222 Ultimate Patches, Plus Free Patch Pack
video upload by ULTIMATE PATCHES
"Ultimate Patches created the popular factory presets that ship in JN-80's Banks A-E as heard in the video above, and now, Ultimate Patches releases the next level JN-80 Ultimate Patches: Volumes 1+2. 222 all-new premium quality sounds from the past, present and future: Classic polys, leads, basses as well as classic non-synth instruments including electric guitars, electric basses, strings, brass, percussion, acoustic pianos, wurlitzer electric piano, classic 60's/70s organs, voices, world & orchestral and more!
The collection spans the genres of 70s, 80s & 90s synth classics as well as modern pop, retrowave, R&B, orchestral, cinematic, hiphop, vintage pop+rock, vaporwave, trance, retrocade, latin, reggae, jazz, chiptune, reggaeton, dubstep, and tech / deep / retro house.
Pricing & Availability:
Available now as an instant digital download at ultimatepatches.com starting at just $19.99 per 100-Patch Volume or $29.99 for all 222 Patches.
In addition, a Free 15-Patch Taster Pack from the collection is now available (no registration required): https://www.ultimatepatches.com/free-synth-presets-patches.html"
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LABELS/MORE: Behringer, MATRIXSYNTH Members
LABELS/MORE: Behringer, MATRIXSYNTH Members
Leviasynth With The Tonverk Is Almost TOO MUCH Synth
video upload by EZBOT
"The ASM Leviasynth is the next big synth from ASM Synthesizers, the company that brought the incredibly popular Hydrasynth. The company is also host to popular sound designers and the CFO is none other than the Daniel Troberg, the "Octafather" formerly from Elektron. The Leviasynth is the deepest synth in my collection, offering more customization and shortcuts than any other synth I've picked up. Today, we will discuss it a bit and jam with it via the Elektron Tonverk."
EZBOT resources: https://www.patreon.com/ezbot, https://ko-fi.com/ezbot/, https://www.modbang.com
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LABELS/MORE: ASM, MATRIXSYNTH Members
LABELS/MORE: ASM, MATRIXSYNTH Members
Sonicware Deconstruct Minimal Review
Hypercube Quadriphonique
video upload by Valmont
"Hypercube Quadriphonique", October 2024. This installation was part of a larger practical exercise at the ENS Louis Lumière master's degree.
Two meters above ground, inclined at an ominous angle, the cube generated four sets of textures layered into a quadriphonic speaker setup. A master OSC patch controlled all the devices in the exposition room ; on my end for my cube I was running MIDI and CV.
I first built a 16-channels 12-bits controller to get everything in harmony, but ended up simplifying the equation to use 4-states inputs and 4 audio outputs, traveling back and forth through the cube in a massive cable liana. The room environment was cyclically controlled by the master patch, and my cube would reconfigure its instruments to play along with the other creations. All sounds were made on a dozen oscillators, a handful of sample players and some Live processing. There was some random breakbeat chops too lmao I loved it, but I lost the session, so I only got some raw cube recordings, which I edited/mixed into this video. Additional black tiles were made to close off the bottom of the cube (just blank PCBs actually!)
Thanks again to Mains d'Œuvres, Franck for the safety tips, my father who helped me cut & paint the wood, and Neurotypic who lent me half the modules. I don't know anyone else who would just say yes to putting laboratory-grade devices into this... thing, suspended with fishing wire!
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My name is Valmont, I'm 24 from Paris! I compose/produce music, repair instruments and take sound on movie sets :) After a double bachelor in musicology and mechanics in Sorbonne, I ended up doing the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Louis-Lumière.
I wrote my thesis on Publison and Early Digital, which ultimately tied together my long-standing fascination in vintage machines, servicing and technical demystification with my personal attraction to these instruments.
I tend to hope for a unified low-level approach to music production guided by DIY values. This Youtube channel is a form of its realization!
Join the gang : / valmont_naudin
Listen to my stuff : https://iconism.io/frame/valmont"
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LABELS/MORE: Art Installations, eurorack
LABELS/MORE: Art Installations, eurorack
Sequential Fourm Preset Demo Without Talking or Effects
video upload by B&H Pro Audio
0:00 A New Legend (Program 1, Factory bank 1)
0:32 Hard Synch (Program 93, Factory bank 2)
0:45 Mini Prophet (Program 42, Factory bank 1)
1:31 Sawyer Vibez (Program 45, Factory bank 1)
2:00 The Bassics (Program 3, Factory bank 1)
2:19 EEEE PEEEE (Program 4, Factory bank 1)
2:48 Syncing Pressure (Program 5, Factory bank 1)
3:04 Fourmer Brass (Program 8, Factory bank 1)
3:19 Petite Sweeper (Program 9, Factory bank 1)
3:42 Hollo Legato (Program 10, Factory bank 1)
Matrix Vol 2 - Oberheim TEO-5 - Patches 33 to 64 (of 128)
video upload by GEOSynths
"This Video demonstrates Patches 33 to 64. There will be 2 more Videos and when the 4th is uploaded, they will be available for purchase."
00:00 - 33. Shorelines GEO 01:21 - 34. Focal Point GEO 02:31 - 35. 60's Gibson GEO 02:57 - 36. Countdown GEO 04:09 - 37. 80's Chorus GEO 04:39 - 38. Mystic Call GEO 05:38 - 39. Busy Bee GEO 06:04 - 40. Geisha GEO 06:57 - 41. Love Lost GEO 08:13 - 42. Who Dares GEO 09:11 - 43. Mini Model GEO 09:43 - 44. Tape Strings GEO 10:52 - 45. Story Blox GEO 11:30 - 46. Disco Bass GEO 12:13 - 47. Shiny Brass GEO 13:02 - 48. Clockworks GEO 14:10 - 49. Tube Rhodes GEO 14:43 - 50. Alpha Zone GEO 15:45 - 51. Ensoniq Bass GEO 16:24 - 52. Zipline GEO 16:41 - 53. Daft Junk GEO 17:27 - 54. Notch Strings GEO 18:34 - 55. Ambient Steel GEO 19:23 - 56. Head Band GEO 19:47 - 57. SETI Calls GEO 20:34 - 58. Zen States GEO 21:19 - 59. Tech Stab GEO 22:06 - 60. Fake Pass GEO 22:52 - 61. Layerz GEO 23:38 - 62. Concussion GEO 24:20 - 63. Frozen Over GEO 25:00 - 64. Shamisen GEO
You can find patches 1-32 here.
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