A human composing livestream: Ambient Cinematic with Steampipe!

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"Writing a song a week for my independent music library: Site forthcoming: HumanMusic.org!"

Touch 2 by Synthux Academy!

video upload by Quincas Moreira Music

"This is an edit (by Edgar Lopez - Thanks Edgar) of the composition livestream I did (I try to do them daily) centered around the Synhux Academy Simple Touch 2 synthesizers I was given by the brand at Superbooth 2024. It's the first in this new format where I focus certain livestreams on composing with a particular instrument and then turn that stream into a review or tutorial. Hope you like it!"

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Mutant Rimshot! Hex Inverter + Erica Synths

video upload by Quincas Moreira Music

"Erica has been reissuing some of the classic modules by Hex Inverter. Check out this snappy SNAPPY! Percussion module with some cool tricks up it's sleeve :)"

Gesture Controller Card for Bullfrog!

video upload by Quincas Moreira Music

"Introducing the new Gesture Controller card for the Erica Synths Bullfrog!
A precise optical theremin for your favorite learning synth :)
Available on Monday Dec 16 2024 at: https://www.ericasynths.lv/

My Website: https://www.quincasmoreira.com/
My Patreon: / quincas"

Joranalogue Cycle 5

video upload by Quincas Moreira Music

"In this video, I dive into the Joranalogue Cycle 5 module, showcasing its powerful modulation capabilities and unique features."

Is Collide 4 good for "normal" synthesis?

video upload by Quincas Moreira Music

"Demonstrating how versatile and useful this box of tricks from Joranalogue can be :)
Not just for 'spice', it does the best 303 squelch acid bass I've heard in Eurorack !"

Teaching Synthesis with Bullfrog XL - Part 8 : Expansion Cards

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"Eighth Installment in my series of in depth guides for teaching synthesis and sound design with the Erica Synths Bullfrog XL synthesizer. This is a deep dive into the Expansion Cards.
Stay Noisy!"

You can find all parts in the series here.

Teaching Synthesis with Bullfrog XL - Part 7 : Utilities (Divider?, Attenuverter?, Slew?)

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You can find all parts in the series here.

"Seventh Installment in my series of in depth guides for teaching synthesis and sound design with the Erica Synths Bullfrog XL synthesizer. This is a deep dive into the Utilities.
Stay Noisy!"

Teaching Synthesis with Bullfrog XL - Part 6 : The S&H (Sample and Hold?)

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You can find all parts in the series here.

"Sixth Installment in my series of in depth guides for teaching synthesis and sound design with the Erica Synths Bullfrog XL synthesizer. This is a deep dive into the Sample and hold.
Stay Noisy!"

Teaching Synthesis with Bullfrog XL - Part 5 : The EG (Envelope? LFO?)

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You can find all parts in the series here.

"Fifth Installment in my series of in depth guides for teaching synthesis and sound design with the Erica Synths Bullfrog XL synthesizer. This is a deep dive into the EG, the Envelope Generator... which can also act as an LFO!
Stay Noisy!"

Teaching Synthesis with Bullfrog XL - Part 4 : The VCA (Amplifier? Attenuator?)

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You can find all parts in the series here.

"Fourth Installment in my series of in depth guides for teaching synthesis and sound design with the Erica Synths Bullfrog XL synthesizer. This is a deep dive into the VCA, the Voltage Controlled Attenuator... or Amplifier!
Stay Noisy!"

Teaching Synthesis with Bullfrog XL - Part 1: System Overview

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"First Installment in my series of in depth guides for teaching synthesis and sound design with the Erica Synths Bullfrog XL synthesizer. This is just a system overview, tune in to part 2 where we explore the VCO (Oscillator).
Stay Noisy!"

Update:

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Liquid Sky V4-CO Deep Dive!

video upload by Quincas Moreira Music

"Coming back to Synth related content, with the impressive V4-CO 8 bit wavetable dual VCO and it's companion Glitch Expander module! A really cool instrument suite by Liquid Sky D-Vices!"

My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/quincas
My Website: https://www.quincasmoreira.com/

Liquid Sky D Vices V4 CO made its first appearance on the site here. Additional details via Liquid Sky:

"V4CO is a bad ass unique dual 8bit wavetable oscillator plus subbass plus overdrive plus 4 x vca

so its basically 3 modules in one eurorack module.

this is your chance to grab 1 of 100 units of the limited introduction edition for a price of 599 euro plus vat plus shipping

for each sold V4CO module we will plant 3 oak trees in the Liquid Sky forestation in South Alentejo

by the way: Adventure Kid, one of our wavetable designers,
waives his payment so we are able to buy for each sold V4CO one more 5 years old oak.

The V4CO is designed by analog synth wizard Matthias Beese (MMS / Liquid Sky artistcollective) and remixed by Thilo Goldschmitz (Liquid Sky artistcollective).

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Erica Synths x Richie Hawtin Introduce the Bullfrog XL

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Updated version of the Bullfrog. You can see find previous posts featuring the original design here including supporting member Quincas Moreira's original Bullfrog Video Manual here.

"Created by Erica Synths & Richie Hawtin, Bullfrog is an educational electronic music instrument designed to captivate and inspire both youth and professionals alike. Bullfrog invites you to unlock musicality while combining the thrill of electronic music production with a comprehensive learning experience.

Bullfrog XL is designed specifically for teachers to use in front of the classroom and it expands the concept of the regular Bullfrog by inflating its size by a factor of 3 (literally!).


Features:

Fully analog design
Highly accurate voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) that tracks great over 8 octaves
Manually adjustable and voltage controlled waveshapes – sine-shark fin and pulse wave with pulse width modulation (PWM)
Zener diode-based noise generator
Resonant lowpass voltage controlled filter (VCF)
Voltage controlled amplifier (VCA) with adjustable offset
Delay effect with adjustable delay time and feedback amount
Two looping attack-sustain-release envelope generators (EG)
Sample & Hold circuit with an individual clock
Attenuverter
Slew processor with adjustable slew time
Two buffered splitter circuits
Two channel oscilloscope
6.3 mm jack sockets
Manual gate button
Gate and Trigger out
Voice card slot
Built in speakers
DIN5 MIDI input
USB connector
Keyhole slots on the rear panel
Dimensions (mm): 820x505x65 (250 with the side panels)
Mass: 8,3 kg

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Erica EDU Kick and Hats! - Build and Demo

video upload by Quincas Moreira Music

"Hey! Finally back with some Synth DIY Action! These new Erica Synths and Moritz Klein .EDU modules expand the original system with amazing and powerful percussion sounds! In this video we build both kits and then take them for a groovy spin, come on in!

Stay Noisy!

Index:
INTRO 00:00
Hi Hat Build 01:00
Kick Build 04:31
Demo 06:38
Outro 16:49"

PERKONS HD-01 Official Video Manual !

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"Learn everything there is to know about how to use Erica Synths' impressive hybrid drum machine!"

Index:
Intro 0:12
Main Features 2:17
Step Programming 6:19
Manual trigger buttons 6:32
Clearing the sequence 6:39
Setting the Tempo 6:49
The Sound Engines 8:17
VOICE 1 8:40
Perkons as a Drone machine 11:03
Recording Parameter Automation 11:21
Wavetables 13:02
Muting a voice 16:10
Manual performance 16:32
VOICE 2 16:55
Bucket Brigade Delay 21:52
VOICE 3 22:53
Karplus Strong 24:17
VOICE 4 30:45
Play, Stop, Reset 39:51
Motion Record Recap 40:59
Time Divisions and Multiplications 41:56
Play Modes 43:45
Shuffle/Swing 45:08
Dynamic Variation: Grooves 46:55
Accents 48:04
Compressor 52:07
Pattern and Kit Save and Recall 54:18
Hard Reset 56:56
Tap Tempo 57:34
Tempo Nudge 58:19
Pattern Length 59:07
Random Play Mode 59:59
Clear Automation 1:01:25
Modulation Section 1:03:02
Clear Mod 1:06:59
Tap Programming 1:07:16
Ratchets 1:11:56
Odds and Probability 1:13:03
Per Step Param. Lock 1:15:14
Pattern Clear 1:18:37
System Settings 1:18:58
Using an external trigger pad 1:20:23
Stay Noisy! 1:24:00

Div Kid's Stereo Strip! Build and sound demo

video upload by Quincas Moreira Music

"A very quick and easy build for a very useful and fun module!"

Joranalogue Route 4 deep dive

video upload by Quincas Moreira Music

"Getting into experimental patching with this cool new module by my friends at Joranalogue! Always inspiring, always fun :)

https://www.quincasmoreira.com/
https://www.patreon.com/quincas

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Bocuma´s Esquivel State Variable VCF!

video upload by Quincas Moreira Music

"This is my first review of a mexican made module! Bocuma is the first Eurorack company based in Mexico. Directly from Guadalajara, this filter, inspired by the great Mexican composer Juan Garcia Esquivel, sounds great, plays nice and has useful features for a budding system.

More info: https://www.bocuma.mx/products/esquivel

https://www.quincasmoreira.com/
https://www.patreon.com/quincas

Stay Noisy!"

via Bocuma

"Esquivel is our homage to the master of space-age pop. We designed this filter around a diode ladder topology in a 14HP package, with the capability of switching between the three classic filter states: low pass, band pass and high pass.

To expand control options we added 2 CV inputs for complex cutoff modulations and a 3 input mixing to combine different signals allowing for enriched harmonics and a tastier resonance exploration."

Erica Synths BULLFROG! Video Manual

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"The Bullfrog is an EDUCATIONAL Synthesizer by Erica Synths in Latvia. It is meant to teach young people and adult beginners the basic principles of electronic sound synthesis!"

Index:

Intro - mostly me talking for a bit 0:00
Bullfrog modular synth 0:40
Normalization 0:55
Signal Flow 1:35
Printed Manual 1:45
What is sound? 2:10
Frequency-Hertz 2:38
Human hearing range 2:50
Electronic sound 4:09
The Bulfrog Panel 5:17
The Oscillator AKA VCO 5:22
Voltage Control 5:27
1v/octave standard for Pitch control 6:28
what is an octave ? 6:40
Linear vs Exponential 7:20
Amplitude and Volume 8:20
The VCA : Amplifier or attenuator? 8:33
The Filter AKA VCF 9:19
Timbre: Harmonics AKA Overtones 9:35
Wave shapes and waveshaping 11:14
The Mixer 12:55
The NOISE generator - Aperiodic sounds 13:14
First Patch :simple manual control 14:41
Modulation Sources 15:44
Envelope Generators 15:54
Gates and the Manual Gate button 16:27
SYNTH SOUNDS START HERE! 17:32
FX: The Delay 18:19
Performing the patch 19:59
The Sine waveshaper 20:45
Adding the Filter 21:17
Resonance 22:26
Filter as oscillator (High Feedback) 22:57
Duophonic Bullfrog 23:28
Automatic Filter control 24:14
PWM: Pulse Width Modulation 24:35
The Square Wave 25:32
LFO: Low Frequency Oscillator 25:49
ENV GEN Loop switch 26:26
ENV GEN BP Output 26:47
Rhythms with the ENV GEN 29:19
Keyboard Control 29:59
Velocity modulation 34:00
Making waves and winds with Noise 38:11
Turntable rhythms with noise 39:20
Sample and Hold 40:18
The LFO as Gate 44:14
The 50's Sci Fi Patch! 45:06
Stepped LFO 46:10
The human body as mod source 46:31
The Divider 48:42
The Built in Speaker 54:11
Preset Cards and the Card Slot 55:40
The Sequencer card 57:28
The Organ Card 59:26
Subtractive vs Additive Synthesis 59:49
The Smiley Card 1:03:00
The DIY Card 1:03:45
Outro - Stay Noisy! 1:04:35

STAY NOISY!

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