Isla Instruments S2400 A quick hip-hop beat...

Published on Jun 4, 2020 Isla Instruments

"It's no secret that I come from the house music camp, so I don't really have the minerals to be making hip-hop beat demos. Chief tester @flux302 does though, and here's one he cooked up earlier..."

ASM HydraSynth Creating a Pad Sound from scratch

Published on Sep 5, 2019 Ken Flux Pierce Fluxwithit

"ASM HydraSynth here I create a pad sound from scratch. I explore the polytouch keybed as well as the Mutants, Filters and FX. This is a workflow video to give you an idea of how it feels to sound design on this synth. follow @Flux302 on instagram for more."

Isla Instruments SP2400 update interview LIVE Stream w/ Fluxwithit

Published on Jun 17, 2019 Ken Flux Pierce Fluxwithit

"This is a live interview and chat with Brad of Isla Instruments about their forth coming SP2400 sampling drum machine. join the live chat to ask questions hosted by my self Ken Flux Pierce. for more info head to https://www.islainstruments.com and Fluxwithit.com of course. instagram follow @Flux302"

See this post for the comparison with the original SP-1200. See the ISLA Instruments label below for more.

Arturia Minibrute 2s tricks how to get a third VCO

Published on Jan 18, 2018 Ken Flux Pierce Fluxwithit

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Here I show how the AD envelopes looping at audio rate can be used as a voltage controlled oscillator! instant 3rd oscillator for free!"

Also see BoBeats How To Add a THIRD Oscillator on the MiniBrute 2

The SynthSummitShow ep: 21 Chris Meyer (LearningModular.com and Sequential Circuits)

Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com
Streamed live 4 hours ago

"A semi weekly show focusing on Synths, Modular, and all things gear related including interviews of some of the most interesting people in the industry and much more.
Hosted By Sound Designer and Music Technologist Ken Flux Pierce

Todays guest is Chris Meyer. Known as the inventor of Vector Synthesis, Chris has a lengthy career in the music business and from his work with Sequential Circuits to his latest endeavor LearningModular.com"

The SynthSummitShow Episode 20: Taiho Yamada Synth designer

Streamed live on Jun 11, 2017 Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

"The SynthSummitShow brings you interviews and discussion on the people who are responsible for the synths and gear we love. Taiho Yamada is a Synth designer and is responsible for many synth designs we know and love today. His new Company MOK has a new synthesizer released with Tracktion and is available now!
Host Ken Flux Pierce is a sound designer, synthesist and all around music tech lover."

http://fluxwithit.com/synthsummitshow-episode-20-taiho-yamada-mok-giveaway/

Taiho was the project manager behind the Alesis Andromeda A6, M-Audio Venom, as well as other synths. A search on Taiho here on MATRIXSYNTH will bring up previous posts featuring him and his work.

Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com Novation Circuit Review

Published on Jun 11, 2017 Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

"checking out the Novation circuit.
The Circuit is a portable grove box with 2 synth engines, and 4 sample playback slots. 8 macro controls give you real time control over synth parameters, FX, sample controls and global controls such as swing and tempo. Circuit also includes a built in speaker for on the go fun."

Read the full review here.

Regarding the software editor, if you have an iPad you can find some templates for TB MIDI Stuff here. You can find some screenshots of it below in my review here.

The SynthSummitShow episode 18: John Bowen synth designs

Streamed live 5 hours ago Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

Fascinating bit of synth history with John Bowen who started his career with synths during the early days of Moog Music, followed by Sequential Circuits. Dave Rossum in the early days of E-mu is mentioned as well. John now of course runs John Bowen Synth Design, and is the creator of the Solaris. You can find previous interviews with John at various synth events in the archives here.

Interesting little bit of trivia at 41:55 regarding John drawing some of the Prophet-VS waveforms as estimations of the waveforms on the front panel of I'm guessing either the KORG DW-8000 or DW-6000. It's interesting to know they are in there. It's worth noting all of the Prophet-VS waveforms and Waldorf, and therefor PPG waveforms, are in his new Solaris x 4, meaning four independent oscillators capable of having separate waveforms or wavetables from each. The Prophet-VS vector synthesis of course made its way to Yamaha's SY-22/TG-33, followed by Korg and the Wavestation where it morphed into vector sequencing. He also worked on the original version of the KORG OASYS which turned into the PCI card version. He then left to work with Creamware on Scope, on some of the first software models of vintage synthesizers. It's pretty incredible when you think of all the connections between synths John has not only influenced, but created over the years.

Note the Solaris 1U rackmount at 1:11:48. Two were made a couple of years ago but the idea was scrapped. John spoke with Axel Hartmann on it and they agreed that the lack of UI made it not worth it. The Solaris has over 1200 editable parameters and part of the magic behind the Solaris keyboard is the UI which makes it all easily accessible.

Funny note regarding the Yamaha DX7 at 1:23:00. John is referring to the Jellinghuas controller for the DX7 after that, and Flux is referring to the DTronics DT7 based on it.

Video description:

"The SynthSummitShow is a live streamed show dedicated to Synths, music technology and the people who make the gear we use possible.

Todays guest is John Bowen. http://www.johnbowen.com/about.html

John was instrumental in many of the products we all know and love, from the prophet 5 to the solaris John has been a staple in the music industry.

Host: Ken Flux Pierce is a sound designer, Music technology consultant and blogger you can find me at Fluxwithit.com"

The SynthSummitShow Episode 17: Hyve touch synth Skot Weidmann

Streamed live 2 hours ago Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

"the SynthSummitShow is a show dedicated to introducing gear lovers to those who create the gear they love.
This week we have Skott Weidmann of Hyvesynth.com to discuss his new 60 voice analog touch synth and its kickstarter campaign"

Soulsby Oscitron 8 bit eurorack modular synth vco demo part 1

Published on Mar 11, 2017 Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

"This is the first part in a multi part series detailing the Soulsby Synths Oscitron Eurorack Oscillator. This first part is a bit of an over view while also detailing the vocoder and waveforms.
check out http://fluxwithit.com/soulsby-oscitro... for more info!"

Fluxwithit.com Live Stream Arturia MatrixBrute Tips and Tricks

Published on Feb 27, 2017 Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

"slightly edited version of the Live stream from earlier today.
Just some general tips and tricks in using the Arturia MatrixBrute analog synthesizer."

Live Behringer Deepmind 12 Synthesizing patches from scratch

Streamed live 19 hours ago Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

"in this live stream I create patches from scratch and take questions in the live chat. Fluxwithit.com
The Behringer DeepMind 12 is a 12 voice analog synthesizer with digital effects. the oscillators are DCO (analog with digital control)
for more content like this please subscribe and check out Shop.Fluxwithit.com for interesting sample packs if you would like to support."

Dave Smith Instruments REV2 NAMM 2017 direct audio

Published on Jan 25, 2017 Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

"Fluxwithit.com bringing you direct audio of the DSI REV2
Thanks to Winston (@Particlesiintowaves on instagram)"

Siglent Sds1202X oscilloscope review for Audio synthesizers

Published on Jan 23, 2017 Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

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Audio Damage Shapes eurorack waveshaper

Published on Jan 11, 2017 Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

"the Audio Damage Shapes is a digital stereo waveshaper."

You can find Audio Damage's overview of Shapes here.

Exploring the Arturia Matrixbrute vs Sub Phatty Filter comparison

Published on Dec 31, 2016 Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

"In this video I take the MatrixBrute and use a single square wave VCO through the Ladder filter and match tones with the Sub Phatty in a identical patch set up. please like share and comment."

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Making a Preset live on the Arturia MatrixBrute

Published on Dec 19, 2016 Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

"Making a patch from scratch with no previous set up, no editing. the MatrixBrute is capable of such a wide variety of sound, I will upload a series of these 'Live matchmaking' videos to give an idea of its different use cases.

*Please if you would like to support more videos like these consider purchasing a product over at shop.fluxwithit.com."

Audio Damage Kompressor Eurorack Module demo

Published on Nov 23, 2016 Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

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http://www.audiodamage.com/hardware/p...

Hex Inverter Mutant Snare Eurorack Drum Module demo

Published on Nov 20, 2016 Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

http://www.hexinverter.net/mutant-snare
http://fluxwithit.com/hex-inverter-mu...

Animodule Midi Gate eurorack modular midi drum trigger

Published on Nov 2, 2016 Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

"http://www.animodule.com/product/midi...
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4HP wide, Depth = 33mm, Price = $169 available NOW"