Oberheim Matrix-6 Patches by G-Storm (Matrix-6R, Matrix-1000)

Published on May 27, 2013 gstormelectro·48 videos

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"Original patches and video demo produced by G-Storm.

In this follow-up Matrix-6 video these original patches further explore a wide range of sonic mayhem akin to the Matrix-12/Xpander. A handful of these patches were transcribed from those made on a Matrix-12. These sounds were recorded direct to a Tascam DR-05 recorder with no other audio processing or effects. Except the patch DELAY_ME which begs for some delay effects."

Jomox MBase 01 Analog Drum Machine Module

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Waldorf Q Rackmount Virtual Analog Synth

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Oberheim FVS-1 Four Voice SEM Polyphonic Keyboard Module

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Oberheim FVS-1 Four Voice SEM Output Module

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Oberheim FVS-1 Four Voice SEM Polyphonic Programmer Module

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Innerclock Systems Sync-Gen II Pro

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Sequential Circuits Six-Trak

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Waldorf Microwave XT Synth

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Sequential Circuits Poly-Sequencer

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Sequential Circuits Six-Trak

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Roland Juno 60 Vintage Analog Synth

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Vermona DRM 1 MK3 Analog Drum Synth in Original Box

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KORG 770 Vintage Analog Synthesizer Univox SN 770110 with Cover

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Synthpop on the OP-1 Part 7: Struggling Melody

Published on May 26, 2013 Jacques Mongrel·22 videos

"- Trying out melody ideas in this longer video that shows the recursive struggle when composing. Keep YouTube annotations active to know what is happening.
- J'essaie des nouvelles idées dans cette longue vidéo qui démontrent le travail répétitif quand je compose. Gardez les annotations de YouTube pour savoir ou vous en êtes.
- Intento unas cuantas ideas para expandir la canción. Eso demuestra el trabajo repetitivo sobre todo cuando te falta técnica y talento :P Es importante mantener las notas de YouTube si no conocéis el funcionamento del OP-1"

All parts here.

Garageband Song sample loops to Roland MC-808 samples Convertor

Published on May 27, 2013 FIXED1T·25 videos

"This video demonstrates how a Garageband song created collaboratively using sample loops of Sweet Home Alabama on a mac and an ipad Garageband easily converted into a series of Roland MC-808 compatible sample loops and transferred quickly onto the MC-808.

1. The song is put together collaboratively using Garageband on the Mac and iPad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDIosK...

2. The samples are then extracted from the song using the fixed1t Garageband Archive audio sample extractor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhj88r...

The samples are then reviewed to check their type using the fixed1t audio samples data lister

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNMJEc...

The Samples are then converted into WAV, little endian files and renamed in line with the MC-808 fast sample loading convention, using the fixed1t Garageband to MC-808 sample convertor.

The video then shows you have to get the sample quickly onto the MC-808 and play them.

Please rate the video and leave comments.

Cheers fixed1t"

Active links here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKb8aqvFd1o

iTunes:
GarageBand - Apple

MEET THE KNOBBERS 2013 Pics by Francesco Poggianti

Full gallery on Facebook here.

Pic of the GRP scaled with the Novation Remote SL.

Noise Engineering Ataraxic Translatron Demo

Published on May 23, 2013

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"The Ataraxic Translatron is a linear feedback shift register oscillator similar to those used in the first generation of home video game consoles such as the Atari VCS as well as many other classic arcade games.

Linear feedback shift registers are an ingenious way to produce a variety of sounds with an extremely small amount of hardware. The Atari VCS used only around 35 logic gates to produce all of its sounds. The complexity of tone for relatively minimal hardware made this synthesis technique common for sound in the first generation of video games where hardware costs were the primary development constraint. As video games entered popular culture these sounds became iconic but have seldom made it out of the video game world except when sampled from the games themselves or as their own genre of music “chiptunes”. The Ataraxic Translatron gives you classic arcade sounds in Eurorack format to be used just like any other VCO.

12 patches vary from a simple square wave to white noise with your favorite arcade sounds in between. All tones are available in 6 octaves range. A standard 1 volt per octave pitch control and CV control of the current patch are squeezed into a compact 4HP. An external clock mode that allows an external clock to drive the shift register allows for additional tone generation and modulation.

Please note that Noise Engineering has no affiliation with Atari and the use of the word Atari is as an example of a classic product that uses a similar sound generation algorithm."

Casio CZ3000 Synthesizer Sounding Very '80s

Published on May 27, 2013 derekaggs11·86 videos

"A few patches I've programmed on my CZ3000 (except for the last one)."

Roland Kuit Nord Modular G2 Sample Set

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Spice-up your productions!

Free 50 NMG2 glitch 'nd Cuts Sample library from Roland Kuit.  Free download:  http://we.tl/yn0LIUQjag

Have fun!

http://rolandkuit.com

Update: SoundClound embed below. Also, for those interested, Roland Kuit will be interviewed on concertzender today. He will explain several important synthesis techniques with live synthesis on the G2 and the Xite-1 with modular IV. Also, compositions can be heard from composers from 1960 until the present. It is in Dutch, but the music has its own language.

Kann denn Liebe Synthie Sein? X with SIMØNE Saturday June 1 Hamburg

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"Kann denn Liebe Synthie sein? X (Can Love Be Synth?) with SIMØNE this saturday in Hamburg:) xx k."

I love seeing synths in gig and event posters.

Moog Prodigy

Update: more flyers here.

Infanem Second Voice Deluxe Synth

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"Second Voice Deluxe Synth from Infanem. Very cool and versatile for guitar or bass (or whatever you plug in!); lots of settings - you can get deep with this one!.."

Blue Moog style knobs.

Early Rev Oberheim OB-Xa

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"This is an Oberheim OB-Xa synthesizer. It is an earlier version with 32 programs, 8 voice cards and no MIDI..."

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MFOS Lunchbox Semi Modular Analog Synth w/t MIDI to CV/Gate Converter

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"Comes with a MIDI to CV/Trigger converter, 7 banana patch cables, 2 short quarter inch patch cables, and power cords for both the synth and the converter.

The synthesizer is a MFOS soundlab design and has:
2x VCO’s (one basic with square output, second with square and triangle output pitch and PW modulation, sync effect is also possible),
1x AR (Attack – Release) generator with one-shot/repeat option,
1x noise source
1x mixer
1x VCF – low-pass/band-pass, voltage controlled filter
1x LFO – rectangle / triangle / ramp / saw output
1x VCA
All sections are rotatable (check out the photo's to see all the destinations) with almost infinite possibilities! This thing is a lot of fun and has tons of vintage analog vibe. Great for experimenting and making whacked out spacy stuff too. You can also route audio through it.

Rear connections include; a mono audio OUT, mono audio IN, CV IN, Trigger IN and power input.

The synth itself works as it should and is in perfect shape, the only miss match is the resonance knob is a different kind (but if functions properly)..."

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BUCHLA 291E TRIPLE MORPHING FILTER

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"The 291e Triple Morphing Filter consists of three voltage controlled filters operating independently or in parallel.

The amplitude, center frequency, and bandwidth of each filter may be independently voltage controlled. Each may be modulated with externally applied signals.

The morphing capability might be described as moving through a series of snapshots of the filter, with each snapshot consisting of a complete description of the filter parameters, and with each parameter continuously varying between snapshots. Morphing is accomplished with an applied voltage, or alternatively can be initiated with a pulse, with each stage time independently set. Up to eight stages may be employed.

A solo switch provides editing convenience, and an expand input allows ready expansion of the filter.

All of the 291e's settings may be stored and retrieved with the model 225e or the 206e preset manager"

4MS Shuffling Clock Multiplier and Breakout

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"You're looking at both the shuffling clock multiplier and it's breakout module which adds a ton of functionality to the original module. Basically it takes an input - clock, or trigger, and then gives you a variety of related outputs based on multiplications of the input. Five of those inputs can be slipped - IE the beats come ahead of when they should, allowing you to easily construct complex rhythmical patterns for a variety of uses in your modular synth. The breakout really makes this module come alive, giving you so much more control over the signals. A very funky pair of modules!"

THE HARVESTMAN POLIVOKS VCF EURORACK MODULE

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"Latest version 2 front panel - mint condition. Only a few hours use on one project. This was carefully racked with nylon washers so there is absolutely no rack rash (see close up pic). Original box, English translation manual & mounting screws."

Modular Retro Arcade Space Wars

Published on May 27, 2013 chisel316·57 videos

"Just having fun with the MFB Dual LFO, Make Noise Function, and Intellijel Korgasmatron. Noise source is MFB LFO set to S&H at audio rate. Enjoy the noise!"

MIDI Designer Demo (1.5.1 for iPad)

Published on May 27, 2013 MIDIDesigner·28 videos

"MIDI Designer (http://midiDesigner.com) is a professional MIDI controller for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Dream | Create | Play your perfect MIDI controller right on your iOS device. MIDI Designer is used by professional musicians, DJs, VJs, sound engineers, lighting engineers, and robotics experts. This video shows a small subset of MIDI Designer features on iPad.

Find out more at http://midiDesigner.com."

iTunes:
MIDI Designer Pro - Confusionists LLC


MIDI Designer Demo (1.5.1 for iPod and iPhone)


iTunes:
MIDI Designer Pro - Confusionists LLC

1984 Sequential Circuits Inc. Musicware Software Ad

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"Sequential Circuits Inc. Musicware software including the Model 964 MIDI Sequencer, Model 910 Three Part Expansion Software for the Six-Trak Synthesizer, Model 931 Recorder/Editor/Composer, Model 932 Scorewriter and Model 933 Album Series "For the Working Musician" full-page colour advertisement from page 9 in the October 1984 issue of Keyboard Magazine."

XILS-lab launches classic keyboard vocoder emulation plug-in

First announced here, videos here (human vocies), here (glide and layered sounds), and here (strings), the following is the official press release for XILS-lab's new XILS V+ vocoder emulation.  You'll find some additional renders at the bottom of this post. Be sure to click on them for the super size shots.

"GRENOBLE, FRANCE: music software company XILS-lab is proud to announce availability of its XILS V+ virtual instrument and effects plug-in, a faithful emulation of a well-known keyboard vocoder classic, as of May 27...

Following a year of intense instrument modelling deep inside XILS-lab’s ear-opening laboratories, the XILS V+ virtual instrument and effects plug-in has finally emerged, sounding nigh on indistinguishable from an instantly-recognisable keyboard vocoder classic much loved by both contemporary and acclaimed artists alike. But what keyboard vocoder are we talking about here exactly? And what’s a vocoder, anyway?

By definition, a vocoder is a synthesizer that produces sounds from an analysis of speech input. Vocoders arguably had their musical heyday in the Seventies with the likes of British record-producing heavyweight Jeff Lynne’s symphonic rockers ELO making much use of them throughout several striking recordings — think smash hit ‘Mr Blue Sky’ and the Time album (featuring the Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus keyboard) — while German techno pop pioneers Kraftwerk crafted themselves an ongoing robotic vocoder-led career that’s still resonating throughout EDM’s many modern-day stylistic offshoots; French house music stalwarts Daft Punk became big vocoder fans with several memorable club-friendly hits to their eminently danceable name, par exemple. Historically speaking, the aforesaid Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus is also musically immortalised on celluloid thanks to Greek synth wizard Vangelis’ memorable early-Eighties electronic scores to the Oscar-winning Chariots Of Fire and Ridley Scott’s sci-fi film noir classic, Bladerunner, both of which made much use of the instrument’s signature Strings — ‘emulating’ the sustained portion of orchestral strings — and Human Voice Ensemble ‘choir’ — remarkable and unique — sounds. Subsequently the long-since-discontinued VP-330 Vocoder Plus has become something of a sought-after classic itself... for those in the musical know. Yet finding a fully-functional, pristine example of this 30-plus-year-old temperamental hardware has become nigh on impossible. Which is exactly where XILS V+ comes into play, of course, thanks to XILS-lab’s labours.

So how, technically, does that historic hardware produce those distinctive sounds? And, more to the point, how has XILS-lab been able to magically model them? First things first. Just like the real thing, XILS V+ is based on a Top Octave Divider oscillator — the hidden heart of almost all vintage string machines. Basically, back in the day, this clever concept enabled hardware designers to achieve 49 notes (or more) of polyphony without having to stabilise and tune 49 (or more) oscillators! Instead, a single square wave-generating so-called Top Octave oscillator designed to oscillate at very high specific frequencies is ‘divided’ to provide 12 standard tempered frequencies over four (or more) octaves that are then used to create the waveform for each individual note. All notes are kept in phase with no drift between octaves and only a single tuning circuit is needed for the complete keyboard range. This was quite a technological breakthrough by Seventies standards, but by its very nature there were some divisive downsides — no polyphonic attack stage to the sound which we take for granted today, for instance. Yet, thanks to today’s cleverer computer world, XILS V+ offers polyphonic attack (and also monophonic attack for the sake of authenticity).

So, just like the real thing, XILS V+ features a 10-band VOCODER, Top Octave Divider-based STRINGS and HUMAN VOICES — or, indeed, sophisticated layering of any these three elements! It successfully captures the keyboard in question’s Top Octave Divider oscillator’s unique sound (that no sampling technology or other simple synthesis techniques can reproduce); the ensemble (chorus) circuitry, featuring a compander and no less than four bucket brigade delays; the voice and vocoder ‘vibratos’ (based on two more bucket brigade delays); the 14 filters involved in producing that heavenly Human Voice Ensemble sound; the three filters used for the Strings section; the 40 ‘vocoder’ filters; and sophisticated Attack, Release, and Glide circuitry. Visually, the main control panel section above the keyboard basically mirrors that found on its inspirational hardware predecessor so anyone familiar with the VP-330 Vocoder Plus will immediately feel right at home here — right down to the classic colourful rocker switches!

But that’s not all: rather than simply producing a feature-by-feature emulation of the original hardware, XILS-lab has truly taken the opportunity to bring this Seventies-vintage keyboard vocoder concept kicking and screaming into the convenience of present-day DAW workflow with four additional panels boasting advanced settings: Mixer/ARP allows users to fine-tune the internal sound generators — from adjusting the relative level of the Male 8 and ML/FM 4 Human Voices to tweaking voice formants, the Top Octave Divider waveform, as well as the Strings filter shape — while a built-in arpeggiator is also provided; Vocoder allows users to adjust the analogue-like Pitch Tracking, the ATT (attack) and REL (release) of the ANALYZE algorithm, as well as FILTERS parameters; Effects provides three built-in effects (STEREO SPACE, based on XILS-lab’s now-well-known Stereo Dynamic Engine; a simple, but efficient REVERB; and an analogue-like resonant PHASER); and last, but by no means least, Modulations with over 14 sources and 24 destinations!

So there you have it. If you’re lusting after those classic keyboard vocoder sounds — and more besides, perhaps, but could never afford or find a suitable hardware original, then your prayers have surely now been answered by XILS-lab. Load up multiple instances of XILS V+ into your favourite DAW. Play. Smile. After all, it’s even better than the real thing!


XILS V+ is available to purchase as an eLicenser or iLok copy-protected virtual instrument and effects plug-in for €99.00 EUR/$128.00 USD until June 30 from the XILS-lab web store: http://www.xils-lab.com/products/XILS-V%252b-%3A-iLok-or-eLicenser-protected.html (Thereafter its MRSP will rise to €149.00 EUR/$194.00 USD.)

XILS V+ can be directly downloaded as a 32-bit (Intel and PowerPC) and 64-bit (Intel) compatible virtual instrument and effects plug-in for Mac and Windows in various formats (AAX/RTAS, AU, VST2.4, and VST3) from here: http://www.xils-lab.com/pages/XILS-V%252b_Download.html

Various videoed A/B comparisons of XILS V+ and the original hardware it has been so successfully modelled from can be seen and heard here: http://www.xils-lab.com/pages/XILS-V%252b_Video.html"

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Creating Telephone sounds in NI Absynth ( Video Tutorial)

Published on May 26, 2013 Anthony Distefano·232 videos

"A quick video on how to make a "telephone call" sound in Absynth. At the end of the video i play the complete patch i made starting with the dial tone and end with a busy signal."

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Roland/ SH-101 Synthesizer

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Yamaha CS 15D Analog Monophonic Synth SN 4873

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