Cymru Beats 2nd Summer Modular Synth Meet Set for June 18 - 19 in Cardiff, Wales

via Cymru Beats

Mark the date. It appears it will be at the arts center in Cardiff. Additional details will follow.

UFO: Buchla 200e and the Roswell Aliens

Published on May 10, 2016 blwvideo

"I stitched together some unused snippets and intentional UFO sounds from my now-gone 200e to accompany footage from a drive through Roswell, NM last year. Alien sounds for our alien friends . . . if only life were always so tidy. ;-)"

Microbe Modular Equation Composer Developer Giveaway

via Microbe Modular where you'll find full details including how to enter for the giveaway.

"Interested in extending (or replacing) the Equation Composer firmware? We're offering free Equation Composers to a few interested hackers. If you're interested, simply email us with some information about yourself and a summary of how you'd like to contribute to the code. If we like your concept, we'll send you a free module!"

Realiti - Inside the Music of Grimes - Exhibit Coming to Moogfest

The Microsoft Powered Installation Realiti - Inside the Music of Grimes Coming to Moogfest

Uploaded on May 6, 2016 Microsoft

"At this year’s Moogfest, we will create an environment and experience that celebrates music as well as the community by offering fans a unique chance to remix the track ‘Realiti’ by festival headliner Grimes. A new way to experience music, the installation will invite visitors to manipulate their surroundings as they explore an ever-evolving world. Both the visuals and the music respond intuitively to audience movements and interactions."

And the official press release from Moogfest:

"Durham, NC (May 10, 2016) – Opening May 19, Realiti - Inside the Music of Grimes is an interactive installation, powered by Microsoft Kinect technology, that allows participants a chance to go inside the music of Canadian electronic musician and producer Claire Boucher (a.k.a. Grimes). The installation will run from May 19-22 at Moogfest, an annual music, art and technology festival inspired by the late inventor of the Moog synthesizer, Robert Moog.

Grimes is one of the artists headlining Moogfest, a destination for artists, musicians, futurist thinkers, inventors, designers, and entrepreneurs.

The immersive installation will feature the track Realiti from Grimes’ fourth album Art Angels. Microsoft’s Kinect motion sensing technology will allow festival goers and fans to manipulate the music as they physically interact with the environment. As the audience moves through the installation, they will be surrounded by unique sounds and visuals, blurring the line between creator and audience.

Amy Sorokas, Director of Brand Partnerships at Microsoft Brand Studios stated 'Moogfest is a destination for innovative creators to share new ideas, so it felt natural to bring Realiti - Inside the Music of Grimes to the festival. With this installation we're exploring the unexpected ways that technology can enhance the music experience and are hoping to inspire the community with their future endeavours.'

The installation’s system, which is a part of Microsoft’s ongoing R&D music program, serves as a tribute to pioneers in music technology and experimentation, featuring the music of forward-thinking artists. The first project to use the system was DELQA, an installation at the New Museum in New York City that invited the audience to participate in a collaborative experience by going inside the music of critically acclaimed artist and producer Matthew Dear.

Realiti - Inside the Music of Grimes will be the latest artist collaboration featured as part of the Music x Technology program. Curated by Microsoft, Music x Technology is an initiative that celebrates forward-thinking artists who are using Microsoft technology to transform the way we create and experience music. With monthly artist collaborations, the program seeks to empower artists with unique opportunities to create one-of-a-kind experiences for their fans.

To view the full schedule visit: https://moogfest.sched.org/

Tickets for Moogfest 2016 are available for $249 (Festival Pass) and $499 (VIP Pass) at www.moogfest.com.

A limited number of Single Day Passes will go on sale Friday, April 15 starting at 12pm EST
Passes for Thursday, Friday or Saturday are $129
Passes for Sunday are $69"

I so wish I could go this year. I'm absolutely loving Grimes latest album. She is all over the place.

Tangerine Dream Documentary Seeks Funding on Kickstarter

Some obligatory synth spotting with their vintage Moog modulars in the video above. Hopefully the documentary will spend some time on the gear that helped them shape their music.

via Kickstarter:

"They shaped the world of music like few others did. The first feature-length documentary about Tangerine Dream.

About this project

They used synthesizers in a time when it was just a small side issue. They incorporated sounds from outer space and heartbeats in their revolutionary and unconventional sound and enriched countless classic movies with their unique soundtrack: They are TANGERINE DREAM!

We want to explore the world of Tangerine Dream for the first time in a feature-length documentary. This band became famous as one of the pioneers of electronic and experimental music worldwide. They had the desire to achieve the ultimate sound.

Our goal is to uncover the band's musical evolution, their style and their philosophy behind their art. For this reason we will depict the musical heritage of this revolutionary band and its visionary founder Edgar Froese. Furthermore we will show previously unpublished footage from Edgar's private archive.

The impressive story of ,,Tangerine Dream‘‘ will be reconstructed through several interviews with Edgar Froese’s wife Biance Froese-Acquaye, band members, close friends, befriended artists and famous collaborators.

It’s a homage to the great musician Edgar Froese and the early era of electronic music. And last but not least, it's a piece we owe them!

WHY NOW?

We were currently working on a short documentary about the German band Tangerine Dream.

During the production of this movie, founding member, Edgar Froese sadly passed away. Because of his unexpected death our perspective on Tangerine Dream did change decisively. From that moment on we didn't just want to cherish the band's career, we also wanted to portray Froese’s lifework and keep the bands and its founders legacy. In order to meet our new goals properly, we have to change from a short to a feature-length-documentary."

DSP Synthesizers Limited Edition R-727 Latin Percussions Eurorack Module

via DSP Synthesizers

"This is the second one in the limited edition series.
Latin Percussions in a 6HP module.

Only 10 units made so be fast."

Video of the chip posted earlier here.

First Production Prophet-6 & Last Production Prophet-5 Together

via @dsiSequential

"First/Last

First production #Prophet6 / Last production #Prophet5"

Pretty awesome when you realize what you are looking at.

Vintage BALDWIN DISCOVERER DS-50 SN BC2802138

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JV-1080 Noodling - "Don Solaris"

Published on May 10, 2016 bitleyTM

"Playing with an EPS 16+ sequencer pattern controlling 8 midi tracks in a JV-1080 using the new and pretty nifty Don Solaris soundset - link below - as well as a simple drumkit from the Roland Dance expansion JV card simply changing 'patterns' by transposing the part (regular part, not a drum part but there are kits also among the instrument patches on that card). Patches tried out here are for instance SH101 Lead, JV80 D.Bass, 24 db Bass, TransistBass, AcidLine, Prophet VS, ESQ1 sweeps, etc. The EPS / ASR sequencer is very easy to use and kind of cool. 'Create instrument' on the EPS and set midi channel, repeat until all 8 slots are loaded. Can also play sampler presets together with midi if you create layers, for instance.

Don Solaris 1080 soundset (also 2080, XP30/50/60 etc)
http://www.donsolaris.com/?page_id=865

For those of you new into this the 1080 and the EPS 16+ were two of the most popular synth instruments in the mid 90's... that's how old they are; they cost peanuts today but still deliver! Great bargains!"

Cinematic Eurorack Improv

Published on May 10, 2016 Genshi Media Group

"Further explorations of my little Eurorack setup..."

Jam on toast.

Published on May 10, 2016 Lee Perry

"Jam on toast.New addition to the rig...Mother 32 with Disting II, the beginnings of my little modular addition.
Track inspired by Numan's Machine album tour announcement for September!!"

RemixSample RemixSample

Published on May 10, 2016 DivKidVideo

"Paul Soulsby takes us through his new modular products and desktop devices. Pretty for some crunchy digital action! Great tag line too '8 bit - infinite possibilities'."

Teenage Engineering OP-1: MY FIRST TAPE by RemixSample

Published on May 10, 2016 RemixSample RemixSample

"Quick unboxing of Teenage Engineering OP-1 and playthrough demo of my first tape.

Learning how to use the OP-1 is not something you master after a couple of days. I thought it sounded like garbage the first couple of hours because I didn't understand how to use the mixer and the effects, thankfully I stayed patient and I'm slowly coming around to loving the OP-1. I don't love that it's mono though. I could always fake stereo but that's not the same. Maybe a future update will address that? *praise odin*

It's also weird to go from a DAW where everything syncs and snaps in place and you never have to worry about keeping time and staying on beat. There are plenty of sequencing tools that you can use to make a proper 4x4 track though so future tapes will sound better I'm sure."

Metallica - Sad But True (True Acid Mix Cover)

Published on May 10, 2016 Calle Nilsson

"An acid version of Metallica's Sad But True.
Cyclone TT-303 - Main riff. Distortion through the ProCo Rat.
Roland AIRA TR8 - Drums
Korg Minilogue - Bassline dub
Roland AIRA TB3 - Blipp synth
Audio recorded straight to the ZOOMH4n. No audio processing in DAW.
Camera - GoPro Hero 4."

And the original for reference:

Metallica - Sad But True [Official Music Video]

Uploaded on Oct 26, 2009 MetallicaTV

Metallica on MATRIXSYNTH!

Nord lead A1

Published on May 10, 2016 GIANNIS ARK

"Clavia nord lead A1 analog modeling synthesizer"

Gary Numan Receives the 2016 Moog Innovation Award

via Moog Music

"Moog Music is proud to announce that Gary Numan has has been selected to recieve the Moog Innovation Award at Moogfest 2016. Numan joins past honorees Devo, Brian Eno and Thomas Dolby.

One of the original pioneers of popular electronic music, Gary Numan’s enduring pursuit of new sounds has led to a career spanning over 35 years, with over 50 releases, 23 Top-40 singles and 13 Top-40 records. Numan's first three solo albums, Replicas (1979), The Pleasure Principle (1979) and Telekon (1980), make up his post-pop “Machine Trilogy”, and are the prototype for modern industrial music. Replacing guitars with heavily effected synthesizers, Numan’s early work is almost single handedly responsible for introducing post-punk electronica into the popular consciousness, while propelling synth music beyond Prog Rock to inspire the wave of 80s synth pop that soon followed.

His impact on the three generations of music since can’t be understated. Numan was massively influential on industrial rock icon Trent Reznor, the phased and metallic minimalism of Radiohead, and the dystopian production of hip hop genius, the GZA. Gary Numan is a manifestation of electronic culture’s progressive nature to explore the limits of traditional sound and develop new mechanisms for expression. We are honored to name him the recipient of the 2016 Moog Innovation Award.

Gary Numan will be joining us at Moogfest 2016 to receive his Innovation Award and perform a 3-night residency of the 'Machine Trilogy'. Tickets available here."

And via Gary Numan on @numanofficial: "I've just read that I'm being given the 2016 Moog Award for Innovation. I can't tell you how proud I am. I started this journey with a Moog."

How cool is that. Congrats to Gary Numan!

Pic via the Moog Music website.

Testing and Calibrating RF Nomads

Evaton Technologies sent a picture of their RF Nomad test/calibration setup.

"Here, RF Nomads are being calibrated for receive frequency, using a high quality receiver for comparison. After test and calibration, the faceplates and knobs are then installed, and the units are boxed up and shipped around the world."

14-The DSI/Oberheim OB-6: Part 14- Unison Mode

Published on May 10, 2016 AutomaticGainsay

"Here is a demonstration of the sound and functionality of the 'Unison' mode on the Dave Smith/Tom Oberheim OB-6."

The New Magic Easel Orchestra Live!

Published on May 9, 2016 Wein Glas

You might remember The New Magic Easel Orchestra featuring three Buchla Music Easels live announced here and here. The performance is now available on Bandcamp here.

Jimmy Fallon & Paul Rudd Recreate Styx Music Video

Published on Apr 29, 2016 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

"Jimmy and Paul do a shot-for-shot remake of the classic 1981 video for Styx's 'Too Much Time On My Hands.'"

via @dsiSequential:

"Shot-for-shot @STYXtheBand music vid from @jimmyfallon featuring an "#Oberheim"...or is it?"

Moog Model 15 App Review by Sweetwater

Published on May 9, 2016 SweetwaterSound

"Mitch Gallagher presents the Moog Model 15 synthesizer app with help from Sweetwater's synth guru, Daniel Fisher. Based on Moog's classic Model 15 modular synthesizer, this synth app offers deep sound design potential and iconic Moog character."

iTunes: Model 15 - Moog Music Inc.

^^Nn

Published on May 9, 2016 Oren Levy

Waldeck Synthesizer from the 1970s - Some Addiitional Notes

See the update towards the bottom of this post for some additional notes. If anyone wants to see it at Moogfest leave a comment there.

Palm Sounds 10 (SunVox + Oscilloscope)

Published on May 9, 2016 Alexander Zolotov

"For PalmSounds' 10th birthday!
https://palmsounds.net
Made in SunVox: http://warmplace.ru/soft/sunvox
Music by NightRadio
Sources will be release soon..."

How cool was that! Congrats to Palm Sounds!

Join the Happy Knobbing Modular Synthesizer Meeting | Pentecost 2016

Published on May 10, 2016 Ralph Baumgartl VLog

"Make sure you join the “Happy Knobbing” Modular Synthesizer Meeting in Fischbach, Germany from 13th until 15th May 2016.
As a requirement you have to bring a Modular Synthesizer with you in order to join the meeting. Here you find all information and details about the “Happy Knobbing” event:
http://www.sequencer.de/synth/index.p..."

Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe (Lichens) Uses MIDI Sprout

Published on May 8, 2016 MIDI Sprout

"Excerpt of an interview and performance with Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe from his residency at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, California"

"DATA GARDEN RELEASES 60 MIDI Sprouts FOR SALE ON MAY 22nd AT NOON EST

The arts collective Data Garden is announcing another sale of their highly anticipated MIDI Sprout device that allows people to generate electronic music from their houseplants. Two years after their successful Kickstarter campaign, the collective is making 60 of these rare devices available for purchase to the general public on May 22nd at Noon EST.

'We’ve received a steady flow of interest from people who missed our Kickstarter and want to buy a MIDI Sprout,' says Joe Patitucci, artist and founder of Data Garden. 'While we are open to partnering with hardware manufacturers to make more, we currently have no plans to do so. With only 60 units available and more than 900 people on our waiting list, this is an important time to act in order to buy one as soon as the sale goes live.'

Interested people can go to www.MIDISprout.com to signup for email updates as the sale approaches. The collective will launch an internet pop-up shop at the end of the month during Moogfest in North Carolina, where they will be leading plant music meditation and composition workshops.

'This is a really exciting time for us,' muses Jon Shapiro, Data Garden performer and practitioner. 'I’ve met such wonderful people performing and doing installations with MIDI Sprout over the past two years. We would connect deeply on how this device can change people’s personal and artistic lives. I always felt a twinge of remorse when they would ask how to buy one and I didn’t have a concrete answer. Though the amount we can offer is disproportionate to the large demand, this is a wonderful step forward.'

The musical collaborations that Shapiro is referring to have included musicians like Laraaji, Greg Fox, Lichens, King Britt and Bryce Hackford. Meanwhile, Patitucci continues to exhibit his sound sculptures while leading group meditations and furthering his listening practice under guidance from Pauline Oliveros. Sam Cusumano, the engineering mind behind the MIDI Sprout is working on an upcoming collaboration with John Zorn.

About Data Garden
Data Garden creates experiences through music and technology. We seek to connect people and nature in new ways.

Begun as a record label releasing downloadable album codes printed on plantable seed paper, Data Garden has become a worldwide public art project building community and connection to living plants through art."

Update via Samuel Cusumano in the comments: "Get detailed information about the MIDI Sprout, code, schematics, board designs, and instruction at support.midisprout.com! I'm always happy to discuss the technology. Understand how your tools work!"

VINTAGE 70's 80's SYNSONICS 5300 ANALOG ELECTRONIC DRUM MACHINE SET

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via this auction

"• Very cool Vintage Synsonics 5300 Analog Electric drum machine set kit.
• The set comes with the brain, 4 small pads, and a bass drum pad. Stands and all the xlr mic cables to hook the set up.
• The pads are in good condition. Some of the skins have came a little loose but no damage to them.
• One of the stands broke where one of the pads stays.
• I have not tested it and will be selling it AS IS"

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Waveform Clamping II

Published on May 10, 2016 Rhythmicons

"In the video the 921 is the audio source.
901 Saw (then others) boosted by the C3PO Mixer
Mixer out modulates the V-Trig Clamp input.
921 Aux out to board and oscilloscope
Board to DAW
No filtering or other modules involved."

Eurorack To iPad & Roland Aira MX-1 W/ Bon Harris

Published on May 10, 2016 Voltage Control Lab

"Bon Harris of Nitzer Ebb recently showed us some of the gear and techniques that are inspiring him lately, including the Synthrotek Midi to CV converter to iPad, the Roland MX-1 and more!"

Korg Electronic Musical Instruments Vol. 10 vintage brochure from 1983

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via this auction

"Up for sale is a (1) vintage Korg Electronic Musical Instruments Vol. 10 brochure with loads of famous Korg models described like: MS-series, Polysic, Trident mk2, Mono/Poly, CX-3, PS-3200 and many more. The brochure, 31 pages in English, is in good condition for its age (see photo's)."

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Roland Super JX-10 polyphonic synthesizer + PG-800 Programmer + M-64C

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via this auction

"Up for sale is a (1) vintage Roland Super JX-10 polyphonic synthesizer. It's just been serviced (service report included in the sale) and in perfect working condition now! It sounds very nice. The aftertouch is working perfectly too and we installed the Vecoven firmware upgrade 3.09. We deliver the synth with its original PG-800 programmer, cable to connect it with the synth, power cord, and a M-64C memory cardridge in its original box. A complete package, fully original. Optical it's in used condition with a few scratches on it, wear and tear around the pitch bend and some wear on the housing (see photo's). It's an original 220V version. The serial number of the synth is 696546 and the serial number of the programmer is 588600."

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metasonix s-2000 vacuum tube synthesizer

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Moog Sonic V synthesizer vintage leaflet from 1972

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via this auction

"Up for sale is a (1) vintage Moog Sonic V synthesizer leaflet from March 1972 with information about it. The leaflet, 1 page in English, is in used condition (see photo's)."

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Buchla RSF Kobol Dual VCO

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via this auction

"This module is in great cosmetic condition and fully functional. It provides two VCO's with dedicated attenuators for waveshape and frequency control. There are two dedicated CV attenuated inputs an a 1v/oct input per VCO. There is a sync input and sync output per VCO. There is also a waveshape CV input. The mini-jack output is AC coupled while the banana-jack output is DC coupled.

The two VCO's tend to interact slightly until the module us warmed up. They also have a tendency to sync if tuned to the exact same frequency.

This is a very unique and versatile module."

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Buchla Model 402 Quad Dual LFO

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"This module is in great cosmetic condition and fully functional. It provides eight LFO's with continuous shape and rate control. There is a trigger input for syncing. The rate on these can go quite low to about 0.08Hz."

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Buchla 13700 Dual Multi Mode VCF

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"This module is in great cosmetic condition and fully functional. It provides two independent VCF's (one 12db and one 24db) with dedicated attenuators for frequency and resonance control. There are two dedicated attenuated frequency CV inputs per VCF. Each filter also has dedicated low pass, band pass and high pass outputs. There is also a switch and attenuator for cross modulation called Morgellons.

This is a very unique and versatile module."

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Buchla 292c Quad Low Pass Gate

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Bastl QUATTRO FIGARO: VCA/Pan/Mixer Demo #TTNM

Published on May 10, 2016 The Tuesday Night Machines

"The Bastl Instruments Quattro Figaro Eurorack module is a quad VCA, VC-Pan & VC-Mixer with a wooden front panel, of course :D

Features:
- 4 channel VCA
- CV attenuator per channel
- Gain knob per channel
- each CV input has inverted CV output
- mixed outputs -(A+C), -(B+D), A+B+C+D, -(A+B+C+D)
- internally routed CVs and signals via connector switches (for easy - panning /crossfading setup)
- handmade in Brno, Czech republic
- front panel from oak wood, handmade custom knobs"

Eurorack in Stereo (Bastl Rumburak Modular Synth Jam) #TTNM

Published on May 10, 2016 The Tuesday Night Machines

"Playing with the Bastl Instruments Rumburak in stereo!

Bastl Instruments wide 'Rumburak' case with the following eurorack modules:
2x Grandpa & Spa Expander (granular sample player)
2x Tea Kick (drum & processor)
1x Noise Square (nosie & square wave sources)
2x Passive Multiples
1x Propusst (Triple Fixed Filter Bank)
2x Cinnamon (VCF & VCO)
1x Clutch (Quad Attenuator & Voltage Source)
2x Skis (Dual Decay Envelope & VCA)
1x Quattro Figaro (Quad VCA, VC Pan, VC Mix)
1x ABC (6-Channel Audio/CV Mixer)
1x CV Trinity & Expander (6-channel LFO/Envelope/Knob Recorder)
1x Popcorn & Expanders (Non-Linear CV/Gate Sequencer)
1x Little Nerd (Clock Processor)
1x Knit Rider (6-Channel Performance Trigger/Gate Sequencer)
1x Errorinstruments Hard Candy (random noise and modulation source)"

Korg Volca FM Digital Synthesizer

Published on May 9, 2016 Gear4music

"Alex and Luke take a look at the Korg Volca FM Digital Synthesizer."

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Soviet Analog Drum modul rythm maschine Formanta Rokton UDS \ Форманта Роктон УДС

Published on Apr 27, 2016 Cyril Saar

"Testing synth section"

Soviet Analog Synthesizer Ritm-2 \ Синтезатор Ритм-2

Published on Feb 11, 2016 Cyril Saar

"Pure fat analog sound, no midi, no effects."

Soviet analog synthesizer Aelita \ синтезатор Аэлита

Published on May 10, 2016 Cyril Saar

"tESting Aelita ....and legs!!"

Legs?

Vintage Synth - Crumar Performer, polyphonic string brass synthesizer, free ableton instruments

Published on May 10, 2016 Expanding Sound

"The Crumar Performer is a fully polyphonic brass and string synthesizer released in the late 70s, and it has some great tones. The LFO has some very cool modulation, and the combination of brass and string over a full polyphonic board can make for some big, atmospheric sound. If you are an Ableton Live user, we have sampled the synth and made Instrument racks, so you can get your hands on some of this vintage synths flavor! Some are free! come check it out.
www.expandingsound.com"

Rytm + Avalon - With Dre Robinson

Rytm + Avalon - With Dre Robinson from Muff Wiggler on Vimeo.

"Elektron Analog Rytm (Dre Robinson) in 14/16 time

Abstrakt Instruments Avalon (Cyrusrex) in 12/16 time"

More Ensoniq SQ-80 + ESQ-1 80's / 90's patches / strings

Published on May 10, 2016 synth-love

"More patches from a ram cartridge I bough on eBay. I do not know where the patches are from but tried to focus on the names so you can locate them if desired.

High Quality direct record audio - headphones or proper speakers recommended!"

Rheyne - Live Jam #150

Published on May 10, 2016 Rheyne

"Live looping with analog and digital musical instruments. Recorded in one take with no pre-recorded loops or samples."

Sudio Electronics Boomstar 3003+Intellijel seq+Peaks Bassdrum

Published on May 10, 2016 SYNTH GURU

"a short Boomstar 3003 test
Boomstar 3003 (Roland TB303 filter clone)"

EMS Synthi jam

Published on May 10, 2016 Chris David

"Exploring the Synthi :)"

Elastic Drums & Fugue Machine directly going into Live via Studiomux (Synced via Ableton Link)

Published on May 10, 2016 Oliver Greschke

"This video demonstrates how to use Studiomux and Ableton Live to directly record your audio in Ableton Live via Lightning cable"

iTunes:
Elastic Drums - O-G-SUS
studiomux - AppBC
Fugue Machine | multi-playhead sequencer - Alexandernaut

modular techno / improv_session 02

Published on May 10, 2016 dresseduplunch

"Here we go again.. Another freestyle session with my modular, as always there are no presets and no saved sequences used in the session. modular synth is being sequenced by sequentix cirklon and octatrack+Mbase 11 provide drums.

Equipment:
elektron octatrack
Jomox MBase 11
sequentix cirklon
jomox T-resonator
modular synth: acidlab 8LMHT, intellijel rubicon, mutable instruments braids, synthesis technology morphing terrarium"

The blind masseur (Volca FM x2, Keys, Beats)

Published on May 10, 2016 Metatron's Cube

"It seems my video editing software can't handle a bunch of stuff happening at once, I tried re-rendering this several times and they all have a stutter near the beginning. But, it was too cool not to upload even if it's janky for a few seconds. Anyhoo, Zatoichi the blind masseur/swordsman whistles us in on this jam. His sword skills are so powerful the computer shudders in fear and mis-renders the action(lol). The Korg FM's are set up like a guitar, and the other like a plucked string like sound(and clashing blades in one part). It's a drone to wander the landscape to. Also a big thanks to all the recent subscribers. We have been working quite a bit lately, but when it calms down some more, bigger jams will happen. There are things slowly happening in the shadows(as well as a full Volca Series(all five volcas) random give-away at, or just after our 1000th subscriber, because why not?). Have great week everyone, and thank you for listening and watching!
download@ https://soundcloud.com/miles-baskett/...
Gears used:
Korg Volca FM
Korg Volca FM + Kp3 LCR delay
Korg Volca Keys + TC Electronics T2 reverb
Korg Volca Beats + TC Electronics HoF reverb
Zoom R24 (recording)
Presonus Studio One (final touches)
Kdenlive (freeware video editor)"

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