Tweaking: Korg Minilogue XD [NO TALKING]

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"Just some musical ramblings and live tweaking sounds on the Minilogue XD, my current go to synthesizer for some fun purposes. It is a very nice instrument for the price, the effects are way better than with more expensive gear, expandability with the SDK is a nice way to keep it alive (already purchased Sinevibes Node, video soon).

Been away for quite some time, promisse I'll be back more often, maybe even focus a bit more on playing stuff, rather than showing sounds only."

Demo Boss DC-2W + Nord Lead A1 [NO TALKING]

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"Just some random improvisations and tweaking sounds coupled with the marvelous DC-2 Waza from Boss. Up to 7 minutes I was using it in SDD-320 mode, and after that a bit of the original DC-2 mode. I go swtiching all the modes (1-2-3-4 and combinations of them) progressively throughout the whole demo."

Demo Boss CE-2W + Nord Lead A1 [NO TALKING]

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"On the same day I've used both pedals (CE-2W and DC-2W) and the Nord A1. The only real difference is that the DC-2W is true stereo, meaning that I could record a single stereo track. For the CE-2W you get one side with the effect, the other without, so the best way to combine its own sound is to pan a bit of each track (in this case, one is 12R the other 12L).

It is a marvelous pedal, with a more subtle CE-2 mode, a medium CE-1 mode, and a vibrato option, that coupled with synthesizers sounds great.

Feel free to ask me anything... I'll answer the best I can."

Tweaking: Roland JU-06A Pads (NO TALKING)

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"Just tweaking a few different pad sounds with the JU-06A internal synth engine on the fly, with quick and interesting results."

Nord Lead A1 - Lonely Friday Improv Jam

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"Just using the A1 and having fun...


Internal arpeggios with the hold button, both holding an Eb7 chord (and a few extras), soft lead sound on channel 3, channel 4 controlled by the Little Phatty (pad sound).


Hope you enjoy it! Thank you!"

Tweaking: Nord Lead A1 (NO TALKING)

video by SYNTHWAY

"Just having fun while making some different sounds with the different oscillator configurations on the Nord Lead A1. You can get the overall feeling of how it sounds and how easy it is to achieve different sounds. No, it's not as deep as the Nord Lead 4, but I made the jump and use it as my only polysynth besides what I have ITB."

Pedals on synths: First try with a few Boss pedals (CE2W + DM2W + OD3)

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"Just trying some pedals with the Nord Lead 4.

00:12​ - Base Sound
01:10​ - Nord's Internal Delay
01:50​ - DM2W Delay
02:43​ - Base Sound
02:57​ - OD3 Overdrive
03:28​ - OD3 + DM2W
03:54​ - DM2W Delay
04:36​ - Base Sound
04:41​ - CE2W Chorus

Some thoughts in the end.

The CE2W is beyond glorious in my honest opinion.

Everything recorded directly to the audio interface (Scarlett 2i2).
Routing for audio is double mono tracks with -20/+20 Panorama."

Minimoog Voyager, Valhalla Delay and VintageVerb

Published on Apr 14, 2020 SYNTHWAY

"Just having some fun with these, nothing much.
Nothing excellent in terms of music, but decided to record it anyway."

Minimoog Voyager - Bach: Cello Suite No 1 - Prelude

Published on Aug 3, 2019 SYNTHWAY
Update: Re-Published on Aug 4, 2019

"Had a bit of practice time today's morning and decided to upload a new version of my previous video, posted yesterday with no training. This one is a better rendition to this magnificent music, and I think the Minimoog can translate some of the magical feeling you get from the cello."

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"My third attempt on this beautiful music, with my favorite instrument. It isn't perfect, but shows how beautifully synthesizers can be used as a mean to play classical music. I think I could do it better, but since I won't have much time to practice and perfect it, this is good enough.

The patch is as you can see on the synth, a single oscillator, with the correct envelopes, gentle modulation.

Thank you for watching!"

The Son of Flynn on a Minimoog Voyager

Published on Sep 7, 2018 SYNTHWAY

"This is a simple, yet beautiful harmony from Tron: Legacy soundtrack. Once gain, with the beautiful Valhalla Vintage Verb.

Was having some fun with my beloved Voyager and while playing some G#m melodies, came with the right chord progression. The chords are not 100% because it wouldn't be very good on a solo line (heard it, tried to use same chords, didn't sound like the right choice), but they`re close enough.

The video is kind of dark, sorry for that.

Thank you for watching!"

A Phatty Duet - Little and Sub Phatty doing The Force Theme

Published on Sep 5, 2018 SYNTHWAY

"This is the last video I have to share with the Sub Phatty. I had an immense fun with it, and thought one last video with the duo of Phatties would be nice. They're both drenched in reverb (Valhalla Vintage).

This is a theme that I love and already posted. Now I've done it with the basses. Hope you enjoy it!"

A Phatty Duel - Sub Phatty vs Little Phatty

Published on Aug 31, 2018 SYNTHWAY

"This is a non scientific video comparing these awesome synths.

For lack of more time with both, I couldn't actually compare several things that I find needed (such as two oscillator added) and what one could do and the other couldn't (and it goes both ways, even with the Sub being the feature-rich one).

I just sold my Sub Phatty because I didn't have room for it anymore after moving. I loved it! I even have my name on Moog's official website for some patches I developed for the Editor (IC folder).

I hope you enjoy what I could compare in the time I had at my disposal. It was made on the fly without any sort of "scripting" and I do get lost/forget stuff along the way. Not comparing the detuning on both was a big mistake for example. Even so, I still think that it gives an idea of the differences between them.

Be nice on your comments, I'm not trying to say one is better than the other - the Little Phatty is the single instrument I'll never sell. It was a great gift from my mother, and I'll never part with it.

I'll gladly answer any questions you have. Cheers!"

Sunday Synth Jam - Sub Phatty and Minilogue

Published on Aug 26, 2018 SYNTHWAY

"Just a little jam with these incredible little synths.

Minilogue is playing a chord progression with the ARP MODE selected, going thru chorus and reverb.

Sub Phatty is playing a base sound with reverb.

The camera angle was far from ideal... sorry for that. The little Elektron box on the side is the Analog Rytm, not used in the jam."

Sub Phatty - Ext IN with Animoog

Published on Aug 20, 2018 SYNTHWAY

"Demonstrating the external in feature of the Sub Phatty using Animoog. Nothing super musical, but good enough to make a point... it can sound great!

The connection between the Moog and iPad is: USB out on the Moog, to iPad via CCK/USB adaptor. Audio out of the iPad to the Moog. Audio out of Moog to Scarlett 2i2."

Sub Phatty - The Basics Demonstration

Published on Aug 19, 2018 SYNTHWAY

"This is a complete demonstration of the basic functions of the Sub Phatty, going thru oscillators, filter, envelopes and LFO. There's no exploring of hidden panel functions (which I'll approach in a later video).

I know this is a long one, but I've always wanted to show the Sub Phatty and its synthesis components."

Minimoog Voyager + EHX Cathedral - Peaceful5ths

Published on May 27, 2018 SYNTHWAY

"This is just a simple improvisation with a gorgeous preset monophonic pad sound from the Voyager (with some minor tweaking) and a lot of EHX Cathedral magic. Nothing spectacular, just wanted to share.

Don't mind the mess on the back... I'm still planning how to set up things."

Luke's Theme on a Minimoog Voyager + EHX Cathedral

Published on May 21, 2018 SYNTHWAY

"I was just having fun with the Voyager and started to play this melody out of nowhere... had to share with you. This is one of my favorite themes on any movie, simply beautiful music.

This is very simple, just the main melodic line of the theme with some ethereal reverb on the top.

The sound is a simple brassy patch with a LOT of reverb, which was inspired by Moog's new Grandmother synthesizer. The reverb is an EHX Cathedral, with a spring reverb, low feedback, high reverb time, 40% blend."

Minimoog Voyager - Tweaking No 1

Published on May 7, 2018 SYNTHWAY

"This is a non musical video, showing some of the synthesis capabilities of this amazing machine. After 8 years of wait, it is finally mine."

Volca Sample - First Jam

Published on Mar 15, 2018 SYNTHWAY

"This is my first recorded live jam with the Korg Volca Sample. It's an incredible machine for the money, and can get you into creative places very quickly. It is also an excellent drum machine if you want it - way better than the Volca Beats alternative.

Samples come from: PO-12, TR-808, JU-06, Rytm.
I'm still feeding samples to it, trying to find ideal sounds, but can take awhile.

Thank you for watching!"

Valhallatiques!

Published on Apr 11, 2017 SYNTHWAY

"Not my best improvisation ever, but I just wanted to share the experiment of a layered sound with the Boutiques + Valhalla Shimmer. Loving these little machines (also the Minilogue, used only as a controller)."

Follow-up to Valhallalogue!

Valhallalogue!

Published on Apr 10, 2017 SYNTHWAY

"Just a test drive of this amazing reverb/shimmer software."