Alesis MidiVerb Demo with General Music S2R Rack

Published on Oct 11, 2014 SynthMania

"Demo of the Alesis MidiVerb (original tabletop version 1), a very cool sounding unit from the '80s. [Sound source: Generalmusic S2R with its onboard effects turned off]"

General Music went out of business in 2009.

Akai Rhythm Wolf VS Korg Volca Bass & Beats

Published on Oct 11, 2014 HardtekStudios

"This video is not a song or jam, but a side by side comparison of the new Akai Rhythm Wolf and the Korg Volca Beats & Volca Bass. Each part is demoed by the Volcas in the left channel and then the Rhythm Wolf in the right channel to compare each units sound quality and functionality. No EQ, compression, or effects were used at all to give a most accurate to in person sound quality possible. Hope you enjoy."

Akai Rhythm Wolfs on eBay | Volcas on eBay

Free Oscilloscope & Spectrum Analyzer & microDAW for Mac from Ju-X

Oscillo (top) & SpeAna (bottom) are a minimal oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer with low cpu consumption. Hosting AU (below) is a free Audio Unit host - microDAW. Hosting AU has been updated. If you are running an older version, be sure to update.

You'll find them here.

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Lee Coombs - Lilly in the Sky - 80's Live dub version

Published on Oct 11, 2014 Lee Coombs

"Lee Coombs + Roland + Moog + Arturia = lots of fun!"

Geektronica #4: The Legend of Ashitaka (Princess Mononoke)

Published on Oct 11, 2014 MotiveMakesaMan Music

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"Princess Mononoke is one of my all time favorite films. The soundtrack has inspired several of my songs, so I wanted to do my rendition of one of my favorite themes from the movie. I hope you enjoy it!

I am going to the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, so if you want to hang out, let totally do that."

Saturday Night Synth Session with CMOS Pattern Generator

Published on Oct 11, 2014 Brendan Byrne

George Mattson Added to Wikipedia

George Mattson of Mattson Mini Modular has been added to Wikipedia. Click through for a bit of synthesizer history.

"He is credited with the invention of the Syntar, the first fully self-contained 'keytar', in 1978, and is founder and owner of Mattson Mini Modular."

Pictured here is George with his monster EML system featuring his own custom modules, his original EML 101, and a small Mattson Mini Modular system to the right of the EML.

See the channel labels at the bottom of this post for more on each as well as the Syntar.

MMTA SYNTH PETTING ZOO Featured in Roland Decibel Festival Video

AIRA - Decibel Festival Seattle 2014​ Published on Oct 11, 2014 Roland U.S.

Synth Petting Zoo at :59 followed by 1:46.

"The AIRA Crew hit Seattle for the Decibel International Festival of Electronic Music Performance, Visual Art and New Media. DJ Pierre and DJ Spank of PHUTURE participated with Roland on a panel discussing the origins of acid house, how the TB-303 was instrumental in defining the genre, and why they love the TB-3 and TR-8. PHUTURE played a historic live set that, along with other groundbreaking artists like KiNK and Black Asteroid, incorporated the latest AIRA gear into their dynamic live performances."

ROLAND MC-303 GROOVE BOX

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ARP ODYSSEY 2800 MKI Vintage Analog Duo-phonic Synthesizer with CV & Ext Audio In Jacks

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"Vintage ARP 2800 Odyssey MKI with CV and audio jacks. original 4023 filter. This is one of the earliest blackface arp odysseys..."

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Alesis A6 Andromeda Synthesizer SN (21)A60500168

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Oberheim OBX-a

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KORG monotribe X5 - Control Addiction / BakaOscillator

Published on Oct 11, 2014 Masami Hashimoto

"Composed by BakaOscillator.
Use, KORG monotribe X5, Sony SB-A40.
昔オーディオセレクタでmonotribeのパターン制御ができないものかと模索して­た頃に作ったやつ。
実質2台分の音しか鳴ってません。"

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50th Anniversary of the Moog Modular Synthesizer - Details on the Emerson Moog Modular Clone

Published on Oct 11, 2014 Moog Music Inc

"October 12, 2014 marks the 50 Year anniversary of the unveiling of the Moog modular synthesizer at the Audio Engineering Society's (AES) New York convention. On that day in 1964, Dr. Robert Moog introduced the world to a completely new type of instrument that would go on to change the course of music history and influence decades of future instrument design. Told by a Moog engineer, Moog Historian, and Bob Moog himself, this mini-documentary explores Moog Music's quest to resurrect the original methods, materials and designs used in the foundational modular synths. Through recreating Keith Emerson's modular system, Moog Music rediscovers the power, elegance, and enduring legacy of its first instruments.

Find out more at www.moogmusic.com"

"Moog’s 1:1 Recreation of Keith Emerson’s Modular Synthesizer shown at AES ‘14

Asheville, NC, October 11, 2014 — Tomorrow, October 12, 2014, marks the 50 Year anniversary of the unveiling of the Moog modular synthesizer at the Audio Engineering Society's (AES) New York convention. On that day in 1964, Dr. Robert Moog introduced the world to a completely new type of instrument that would go on to change the course of music history and influence decades of future instrument design.

The Moog modular synthesizer was comprised of individual electronic modules, housed in a wooden frame, and it made use of voltage-control as a new way of creating powerful sounds that had never been heard before.

After its debut at AES, the scientific-looking Moog modular instrument that made extraordinary new sounds with rapid alterations and exotic tonal colors, started to gain in popularity. Musicians began to establish the Moog system as the archetype of synthesis. One of the earliest and most famous artists to adopt the new instrument was Keith Emerson, keyboardist for the innovative band Emerson Lake and Palmer. Touring the world for over forty years with this unique instrument, Emerson has made his Moog modular system the most recognizable synthesizer of all time.

The 50th Anniversary of the Moog Modular is a historical landmark for musical instrument design and popular music. In celebration of this momentous occasion, Moog Music has faithfully and painstakingly recreated Keith Emerson’s Moog modular. This new Emerson Moog Modular System (EMMS) utilizes original design material and parts to duplicate each facet of Mr. Emerson’s custom instrument down to the smallest detail. The modules in the EMMS are built exactly as the originals were in the Moog Factory in Trumansburg, NY in the 1960s: by hand-stuffing and hand-soldering components to circuit boards, and using traditional wiring methods. Today, Moog also released a mini-documentary featuring a Moog engineer, a Moog Historian, and Bob Moog himself, that explores Moog Music's quest to resurrect the original methods, materials and designs used in the foundational modular synths.

"It's a dream come true for us to bring back these instruments that our company is so known for, and to make them visually and sonically perfect. It's even more perfect that exactly 50 years after the first Moog synth was shown to the public, people can come to AES 2014 and experience the new Emerson Moog Modular System," said Brian Kehew, Moog’s Historian.

This towering recreation of the world's most recognizable synthesizer will be on display in Moog booth 1028 at the 137th AES convention in Los Angeles, CA through Sunday 10/12/14. It is the first time the Emerson Moog Modular System has been shown to the public since it’s unveiling at Moogfest 2014.

Of the 5 Emerson Moog Modular Systems Moog will build, only 1 remains available for sale. The price is $150,000 USD. To inquire about purchasing the last remaining Emerson Moog Modular System, contact Steve Maass at Moog Music. 828.251.0090 ext. 205 or email steve.m@moogmusic.com. Serious buyers only please."

Toronto Synth Meet Set for Sunday November 30th

Randy aka “randy” and Eric aka “biologik” wrote in to let us know about the first (in a number of years) Toronto Synth Meet. The event is $5.00 and all are welcome to come and show gear or just wander around. Moog Audio in Toronto will be there. There is a thread on the Muff Wiggler Forum here.  Feel free to reach out to Randy or Eric regarding the event.

Korg Prophecy Classic Virtual Analog Synth

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The KORG Prophecy was the second VA to be released after the Clavia Nord Lead.  Both came out in 1995.  It was also the second physical modeling synth after the Yamaha VL1 in 1994.

Mutable Instruments Tides eurorack signal guide

Published on Oct 10, 2014 bigcitymusic

"This is a visual demonstration of the digital waveforms that the Mutable Instruments Tides is capable of generating.
The module has been set to self cycle as the shape, slope and smoothness parameters are adjusted to demonstrate their relationship. In the self-cycling configuration, the Frequency and FM control determine the rate of cycling.

*00:00 to 00:48 - Unipolar output is monitored
*00:48 to 02:30 - Bipolar output is monitored
*02:30 to 02:45 - Low-tide output is monitored
*02:45 to 03:02 - High-tide output is monitored

This video is meant to serve as a basic walkthrough and does not cover CV control of shape, slope or smoothness parameters, phase-locked loop mode, freezing, triggering, etc."

SIEL OR400 Orchestra 2

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The seller also has a Moog Etherwave Theremin listed here.

"The OR400 is also labeled as the Siel Orchestra 2 & the Sequential Circuits Prelude The only thing this synth is lacking/missing are the fader caps. For the technically inclined or curious: all the CMOS chips were replaced, some of the flex cables were replaced with ribbon cable, the power supply was rebuilt using some modern voltage regulators, and a three prong power socket was installed to get rid of the annoying attached power cables."

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YAMAHA DX7 II Synthesizer "1987"

Published on Oct 10, 2014 RetroSound

"(c) 2014 vintage synthesizer demo track by RetroSound
supported by UVI: http://bit.ly/retrosound-uvi

all synthesizer sounds: YAMAHA DX7 II FM Synthesizer from the year 1987
drums: LinnDrum (1982)
recording: multi-tracking without midi
fx: reverb and delay"

Aliasing Crushed Polaroids - IceGear Laplace Demo

iTunes: Laplace - Resonator Synth - iceWorks, Inc.

STROM Sampler for iPad with Elektron Rytm Integration Now Available

iTunes: STROM - Jakob Penca

Video posted here.

"STROM is an incredibly fun sampler.

Record up to 10 seconds of audio, slice and sequence it, resample, create something entirely new!

The super responsive interface lets you sequence your source material in unique ways. You can always resample what you play, allowing you to quickly lift your audio into glitch heaven. You can edit slices while you are playing them - this lets you come up with really interesting grooves.

STROM's sampler integrates nicely with other apps:
Copy audio from any app, using AudioShare and AudioCopy/Paste. Mangle them with STROM's slice engine. Share your sliced samples with your friends! Copy them back to any other app for further processing.

STROM's full power is unleashed if you connect your Elektron Analog Rytm drum computer to your iPad (and buy the Rytm In-App Purchase Upgrade):

For one, you can easily transfer samples to your Rytm using MIDI Sample Dump Standard. STROM can also send all slices as separate files. For example, load a vocal phrase, quickly slice it up, and send the individual "ooohs" and "aaahs" as one-shots. Slices are automatically numbered.

But the real juice is in STROM's Rytm performance interface:

Designed to excel in the studio as well as on stage, STROM extends and augments your Analog Rytm.

Using the CTL-AL function, inspired by the legendary Machinedrum, you can tweak sounds on multiple tracks at once. For example, sweep the filter on all (or some) tracks. Or change the sample slot for all tracks (or less crazy, limit it to a few tracks of your choice). All sound and trig parameters, as well as track levels, are available to be tweaked with CTL-AL.

CTL-AL has UNDO, so you can instantly return to your previous drum kit settings.
You can also use CTL-AL to create parameter lock automation in your current pattern!

Intelligent Kit Randomizer:
It lets you squeeze the wildest sounds out of the Rytm. The Randomizer gives you detailed control over which tracks and parameters should be affected, and by how much. It isn't really "random", but uses your current Kit as the basis. You have intuitive and detailed control over whether to just shift the sound a little, or mangle everything completely insanely.

Then there's the Pattern Generator:
It's main deal is an intuitive interface for quickly creating rhythmic patterns.
Rhythms are programmed into the Rytm's sequencer instantly.
Leveraging the musical Euclidean algorithm, it generates cyclic patterns that are not random, but follow a logic which is perceived by most humans as actual groove. You have quick and detailed control over what exactly it should generate.
For example, it couldn't be easier to pop up an interesting closed/open hihat groove.
Or a kick / snare / tom-tom workout. Or a hand-clap break, just at the end of your loop.

In addition, there are special shift rotation tools which are super effective for creating syncopations and breaks.

There is no quicker, better and insaner way for live beat generation than the Rytm combined with STROM's Pattern Generator, period.

Finally, the Kit and Pattern Pasteboard:
This gives you multiple copy & paste slots for Kits and Patterns. You can quickly capture the current rhythm or sound inside one of STROM's four pasteboard slots, tweak everything wildly, and instantly pop the original data back to your drum machine. Incredibly powerful for playing out live.

With STROM, your Analog Rytm becomes supercharged.

(Rytm Upgrade is an In-App-Purchase. Elektron Analog Rytm is a hardware instrument which must be purchased separately. USB-Lightning Camera adapter is required for the MIDI connection)"

FUTURE RETRO 777

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Red Roland Sh-101

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KORG MONOPOLY SN 378277

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Round

Published on Oct 11, 2014 Ebotronix

"4 ms Peg, QCD² / Exp², QPLFO, RCD²,VCA Matrix
Analogue Systems RS 100²,RS110²²,RS 360²,RS 500e²
Arp Odyssey 2821 white noise
Bananalogue Serge VCS
Doepfer R 2m, A118, A134²²,A141, A143-1/2,A148,A149-1
A151²², A160/161/162/166, A175²²,A185-2'³, A 138a²²b²²c²²²
Flame Chord Machine²,Talking Synth Module²
flight of harmony choices
Grendel Formant Filter²
Make Noise Brains,Pressure Points², Maths²,Moddemix²²
Optomix,QMMG,René, Wogglebug²
Malekko Anti ²² ,Uncle³,Jag
Moog Taurus 2,Freqbox ²²,MP201
Oberheim Sem
Roland SVC 350 Vocoder, System 104 Sequencer
Simmons Clap Trap
SSL Modulation Orgy
Tip Top Audio Z8000 manual voltage source
Toppobrillo,Quantimator², Sportmodulator,TWF²
Logic masterclock to Kenton Pro 2000²
FX :Alesis 3630, Aphex Model 104,Boss VF1,BSS DPR 402,
Lexicon MX 400, PCM 80,Red Federation BPM FX Pro
mackie the mixer³
morse key :TSM² Vocoder / switch and trigger
vid # 1146"

Сello rhapsody :) - Elektron analog four, Elektron Octatrack, Korg

Published on Oct 11, 2014 Vladimir Aristarkhov

"Elektron analog four, Elektron Octatrack, Korg"

Monika and the MTron Pro: 5 min. Explo Jam

Published on Oct 11, 2014 Richard London

"Exploring an awesome free Moog style sequencer/synth from the Reaktor user library: 'Monika' with the Mtron Pro in Maschine."

[HD] Techno - Roland Aira TB- 3, Access Virus A, Roland Mc-808, Korg EMX, Maschine, Pioneer Rmx 1000

Published on Oct 11, 2014 Nico Silva Oliveira

"Nico Silva Oliveira - Jam Night Live Video 2 of 7
Live Setup: Roland Aira TB- 3, Access Virus A, Roland Mc- 808, Korg EMX, Pioneer Rmx 1000, Korg Kaoss Pad 2, NI Maschine, Pioneer DJM 900 Nexus

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Kamera:
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G6KEG-S Systemkamera"

Retro Electronic Sci-fi Sounds

Published on Oct 10, 2014 djangosfire

"Testing more DIY 'Retro 100' modules."