Boss DR-55 "Dr.Rhythm" Analog Drum Machine (1979)

Published on Oct 23, 2014 RetroSound

"(c) 2014 vintage gear demo by RetroSound
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Boss DR-55 "Dr.Rhythm" analog drum machine from the year 1979

4 Instruments (BD, SD, HH, RS), Accent, Tone, 2x Trigger Out,
step by step programming"

Doepfer A137-1 Wave Multiplier-Modulation with A149 Quantized/Stored Random Voltages Pt.2

Published on Oct 23, 2014 Raul's World of Synths

"Continuing the A137-1 series with modulation. This time we begin modulating with the A149-1 Random Voltages.Part Two of Two. Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

All parts here.

growlive

Published on Oct 23, 2014 Dmitri SFC

"Audio & video from our practice session, they arent from exact same moment but both are from today."

Roland TR808 MINT

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SN 290253 ?

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STUDIO ELECTRONICS OMEGA 8 SN 1048

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"This particular unit has only 5 voices installed. Additional voices can be purchased directly from Studio Electronics."

Roland Jupiter 8 Vintage Analog Synthesizer SN 110869

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PT audio Dual Digital Oscillator demo

Published on Oct 23, 2014 wind0spirit's channel

"Video showcasing my DDO, this is the first of several that I built but I recently updated some things about it as I am sadly selling it. For one there are now pink LEDs, another is that I changed the link switch to a DPDT which also connects the modulation inputs. PMOD (pitch mod) connections are normaled to the opposite oscillator for cross modulation. I also have each osc going to one channel of the J3RK dual 291 BP Filter Buchla clone. You can see the PEG acting as an envelope generator driving each channel of the uVCA. The left PEG channel modulates the output of the 291's crossfader, the right PEG channel modulates the sum of each unfiltered oscillator. Halfway through my trust volca beat comes through but it is unfortunately a bit distorted. Anyways enjoy!"

8 Days Left Vote for The Bleep Drum for littleBits

Published on Sep 23, 2014 Bleep Labs

Details: http://littlebits.cc/bitlab/bits/the-bleep-drum

Only 8 days left. Voting does not require anything but clicking on the Vote button, so do it!!!

On a related note, littleBits have opened up bitLab where users, prototypers, and designers can submit their idea for what they should manufacture next. If the module gets enough votes from the community, they review it, and in many cases will manufacture it.

Basic Synthesis 6 at Control Voltage Portland This Saturday

"The Basic Synthesis series at Control Voltage is a set of recurring casual presentations, each an hour in length with ample time for questions, meant to de-mystify the synthesizer piece by piece using the modular synth.

Session Six is all about Control with the help of keyboards, touch-capacitance modules, rotary elements, pressure sensors, motion and infrared devices.

Presented by Joseph Pailo.

Control Voltage
3742 N Mississippi Ave, 97227
10/25/14 from 1-2pm
Free"

Facebook Event Page

http://controlvoltage.net/

Electronica Fest 2014 Coming November 8th to the National Electronics Museum

Electronica Fest 2013 video Published on Dec 20, 2013

"On November 9th 2013 the National Electronics Museum hosted a group of artists and musicians for Electronica Fest 2013. For more info visit: http://www.nationalelectronicsmuseum...."

via nationalelectronica.com

"Join the National Electronics Museum as we host Electronic Fest 2014 - a day of knob twisting, pitch bending, wiring mazes, sound shaping & visual explosions. On the main stage witness an absolutely awesome musical voyage into another galaxy of sound alterations as we present fifteen of the area's most exciting and innovated musical groups.

Proceeds to benefit museum community / technology outreach programs.

Date: Saturday, November 8, 2014
Time: 12-10pm (see schedule)

Tickets: $10 All Day With Reentry

Location: National Electronics Museum
1745 West Nursery Road
Linthicum, Maryland 21090
Phone: 410-765-0230"

This one in via Dave Vosh.

getbumpin'

Published on Oct 23, 2014 Dmitri SFC

Vintage Moog Foot Pedals on Iron Base

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"1 Pair Moog foot pedals on iron base. These are vintage pedals with 9 foot cables in great shape. Iron base lends weight so they stay put. The internal switch is made These are momentary pedals, not latched. Don't settle for cheapie plastic pedals , get the real deal."

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e-mu xtreme lead-1 va-synth demo

Published on Jul 3, 2014 bulishearth

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korg Z1 virtual analog synthesizer sounds

Published on Oct 23, 2014 bulishearth

"korg Z1 virtual analog synthesizer sounds..........bulis hearth

The Korg Z1 is a physical modelling sound synthesiser released in 1997. Touted as a polyphonic Prophecy, the Z1 implements 13 synthesis types, all derived from the original OASYS synthesizer

1 Standard Oscillator
2 Comb Filter
3 VPM (Variable Phase Modulation)
4 Ring Modulation
5 Cross Modulation
6 Oscillator Sync
7 Organ Model
8 Resonance
9 Electric Piano Model
10 Brass Model
11 Reed/Wind Model
12 Plucked String Model
13 Bowed String Mode

The MOSS system, as implemented on the Z1, offered 13 different synthesis algorithms in the form of programmable oscillators. The various synthesis algorithms employed various synthesis techniques such as physical modeling synthesis, analog modeling synthesis, and Korg's own VPM synthesis. Some of the various synthesis algorithms can be combined together to create a vast range of sound.

Standard Oscillator
A standard virtual analog oscillator, this oscillator generates the standard waveforms typically used by an analog synthesizer such as sawtooth waveforms, pulse waveforms, and triangle waveforms. Wave shaping is available to add various harmonic characteristics to the generated sound.[4]

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DSI Pro 2 Oscillator slop demonstration

Published on Oct 23, 2014 Inflatable Robot

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SonicLAB: New Korg Electribe preview w. James Pullen AKA Mista Bishi

Published on Oct 23, 2014 sonicstate

"We got a sneak preview at BPM of the brand new Korg Electribe, although perhaps not in the ideal environment. So we jumped at the chance to have a visit from Ian at Korg UK and James (aka Mista Bishi) to give us a more detailed look at the new unit.

With a King Korg derived synth engine the Electribe features a 24 voice synth engine for 16 parts, each part also has an insert effect and then there’s a final Master Effect buss too.

Plenty of filter types and a revamped effect processor gives the Electribe a full ambient sound, at least in the hands of Mista Bishi.

If you want to hear a more complete version of the track James played portions of, here’s a link to a vocal version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmGde..."

YAMAHA DX-200 // Factory Presets // Part 1 // 1-48

Published on Oct 23, 2014 LESINDES

"playing the factory presets 1-48 and fooling around with the ones I like. tempo is 140 BPM"

YAMAHA DX-200s on eBay

Serum Synth Tutorial: Highlights & Pro Tips

Published on Oct 23, 2014 DJ Vespers

"Vespers courses: http://vespers.ca/shop
In this tutorial video, Vespers does a review of the new XFer Records Serum Synth by Steve Duda, including many of it's highlights and pro tips for sound design. You'll learn how to import audio to make your own wavetables, how to draw and morph between frames in the visual editor, and how to apply warping to bend the wavetable readout. You'll see the unison engine, some of the best filter types, the sub oscillator, modulation routings, and macros. We'll unleash the beast and get deep into Serum's inner workings!"

Korg PS-3200 Rare Vintage Poly Analog Synthesizer Demo

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Published on Oct 23, 2014 VintageSynth2013

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Noise Rack Diary #04: Sleepy Drones #TTNM

Published on Oct 23, 2014 The Tuesday Night Machines

"A single drone patch, evolving through sleepy wiggles.

Here's the Eurorack Modular Synthesizer Case on ModularGrid:
http://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/vi...

Here's the patch from this video (it's just this one and a lot of knob tweaking):
http://tinyurl.com/noiserack04patch

Gear used in this video:
- Klangbau Köln CV-Prozessor Joystick
- Klangbau Köln XR-VCO
- Klangbau Köln State Variable qVCF Filter
- Klangbau Köln Low-Noise Spring Reverb
- Nervous Squirrel Passive Germanium Ring Modulator

Audio recorded on a Zoom R16. Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i) and GoPro HD Hero."

Mothership Transmission: Basimilus Acid

Mothership Transmission: Basimilus Acid from Joseph Fraioli on Vimeo.

"trigger shifting using the delptronics triggerman and 4ms SCM as trigger sources with shifting modifications coming from the SSF propagate and 4ms SCM breakout.

slight changes to the parameters of these modules slowly change the shift of the patterns over longer periods. this is achieved by modulating the SSF propagates master delay modulation and enable inputs then outputting those triggers to the 4ms SCM to be further shifted using the SCM breakout and then fed into the 4MS RCD for additional triggering.

kick: blue lantern asteroid bd v4

snare: make noise mysteron modulated by the mod can quad lfo > Make Noise erbe verbe moded by an intellijel dixie.

hats: SSF quantum rainbow > Modcan Dual Delay. dual delay moded by an SSF ultra random analog.

acidy bass: Noise Engineering Basimilus Iteritas in bass mode >make noise MMG> mungo d0 with macro machines storage strip sequenced by the 4ms scm. pitch controlled by pressure points which is triggered by the 4ms SCM and pitch quantized by the intellijel upscale. modulation sources from a doepfer a147 and modcan quad lfo.

sparse melodic bass thing in first half: make noise DPO >Make Noise MMG > TipTop ZDSP with halls of Valhalla card. pitch sequencing by the TipTop z8000. modulations from a make noise maths channel and SSF ultra random analog.

end ambience: qu-bit nebulae > RT60. WMD SSM used as a mute. granulated sound source is a piano melody.

no computers or external hardware were used in this performance :)"

Vanilla theme( tempest roxx)

Published on Sep 18, 2014 Lev G

"Live"

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Roland R-8, Bass Bot TT-303, Korg Synthepedal FK-1 demo by Jordan Passmore

Published on Oct 23, 2014 Jordan Passmore

"This demo features the Roland R-8 drum machine (w/ "Dance" card, featuring a few of the sounds of the Roland CR-78 and TR-808 Hand Clap), Cyclone Analogic Bass Bot TT-303 (as you can guess by the looks of it, a Roland TB-303 clone) bass synth and Korg Synthepedal filter module. The first portion of the video features the normal sound of the TT-303, then, the 303 ran through the Synthepedal. The Synthepedal is a bandpass filter similar to those found in the very early Korg analog synths (770, 800dv, etc) with an envelope follower to track incoming audio. The envelope modulation affects both the high and lowpass filters at the same time creating a fairly unique squelching sound that suits the 303 very well. All of the hardware is mixed on my Studiomaster Pro Line mixer (I am using the multi outs of the R8 to to control the levels of each drum separately via the mixer). On the aux busses I have a DOD R-845 Spring Reverb and a Washburn A-09 Analog delay.

The Synthepedal was modified by the previous owner. If anyone has some original spare Korg knobs/sliders around (early Korg prefered but even if it's MS-20/Polysix-ish) I am interested!"

KORG volca sample:first session

Published on Oct 23, 2014 Masaki Takada

"with x0xb0x(powerd by gizm0x)
#dailybassline 2014/10/24"

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The Horrorist Presets for the Arturia iSEM

Published on Oct 23, 2014 Oliver Chesler

"Read the interview here: http://www.arturia.com/company/news/a..."

iTunes: Arturia iSEM - Arturia

Roland SH09 Analogue Synthesiser

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Sequential Circuits Prophet T8

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Korg X-911 Vintage Guitar Synthesizer SN 272305 with Original Box & Japanese Overlay

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"The Korg X-911 is a very underestimated synth. What it was intended to be, was a stand alone guitar synthesizer. What it now represents, in these enlightened times, is an all analog, quite unique, signal processor/effects unit. Whereas a true guitar synth really requires its own dedicated pickup arrangement, this unit simply accepts a standard 1/4" jack input. Just patch your guitar, microphone, or other instrument into the X-911 and play one note at a time. Sporting both CV/Trigger inputs AND outputs, these features alone, make it quite a useful little toy."

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Vintage Korg SB 100 Synthe Bass Analog Synthesizer

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New Doepfer A-160-2 Clock/Trigger Divider II Eurorack Module

"Module A-160-2 is an enhanced version of the standard clock divider A-160. The module is a frequency divider for clock/trigger/gate signals, designed to be a source of lower frequencies, particularly for rhythm uses. The Clock input will take any digital signal from, eg., an LFO, MIDI sync, or the gate from a MIDI-CV interface. At the outputs, you have access to three sets of seven different sub-divided clock signals, from half the clock frequency down to 1/128. The low/high levels of the output signals are 0V and about +10V.
The A-160-2 also has a reset input. Whenever a reset signal is sensed, all outputs are set to certain levels which depend upon the selected mode.

These are the most important features of the module:
Three different sets of dividing factors, selected by a three-position switch at the front panel:
power of two: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128
prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17
integer: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Two output modes, selected by a two-position switch at the front panel:
Gate mode: outputs act like the outputs of typical binary dividers
Trigger mode: in this mode the outputs are AND-wired with the clock signal (i.e. the clock pulsewidth affects the pulsewidth of the outputs)
Clock edge type selected by a jumper on the pc board:
positive: the rising edge of the clock signal triggers the state change of the outputs
negative: the falling edge of the clock signal triggers the state change of the outputs
Reset behaviour by two jumpers on the pc board:
level triggered: the level at the Reset input triggers the Reset
edge triggered: the edge of the signal at the Reset input triggers the Reset
positive: a high level (> 2.5V) or the rising edge at the Reset input triggers the Reset
negative: a low level (< 1 V) or the falling edge at the Reset input triggers the Reset Output polarity selected by a jumper on the pc board: positive: non-inverted outputs negative: all seven outputs are inverted"

http://www.doepfer.de/a1602.htm via PatchPierre.Net

New Doepfer A-110-4 Thru Zero Quadrature VCO Eurorack Module

"A-110-4 is a so-called Thru Zero Quadrature VCO. The term "quadrature" means in this connection that the oscillator outputs sine and cosine waveforms simultaneously. The term "Thru-Zero" means that even "negative" frequencies are generated. But this a bit a misleading term as negative frequencies do not really exist. "Negative" means in this connection simply that the sine/cosine waves will stop when the linear control voltage reaches 0V and continue with the opposite direction as the linear control voltage becomes negative and vice versa.

The module has two control sections: linear and a exponential. The exponential section consists of the XTune control, the 1V/Oct input and the XFM input with the corresponding attenuator XFM. The exponential control voltage is the sum of these three voltages. The linear section consists of the LTune control and the LFM input with the corresponding attenuator LFM. The linear control voltage is the sum of these two voltages. A dual color LED is used to display the polarity of the linear control voltage (green = positive, red = negative). The resultion pitch of the sine/cosine outputs is determined by the resulting control voltages of both sections. The linear section is used to control the pitch in a linear manner. When the LTune control (LTune means Linear Tune) is fully CW the module works like a normal Quadrature VCO (e.g. like the A-143-9) and the LED lights green. The pitch is then controlled by the exponential section with the manual Tune control and the exponential frequency control inputs 1V/Oct and XFM. 1V/Oct is used to control the pitch by a 1V/Oct CV source (e.g. sequencer or Midi/USB-to-CV interface). XFM is used to apply an exponential frequency modulation with adjustable depth (e.g. from an LFO or another VCO). As the LTune control is turned counterclockwise starting from the fully CW position the frequency is lowered in a linear manner until the sine/cosine waves stop near the center position of LTune (provided that no LFM signal is present). As the LTune control is moved from the center towards the CCW position the waves start again but into reverse direction and the LED turns red. When the fully CCW position of LTune is reached the module works again like a normal Quadrature VCO. But much more exciting is the usage of the LFM input to modify the linear control voltage by an external control voltage (typically another VCO). Linear modulation by another oscillator using the thru zero feature generates audio spectra than cannot be obtained from an oscillator without the thru zero function. The reason is that a "normal" VCO will simply stop as the linear control voltage becomes zero or negative. But a thru zero VCO will start again with "negative" frequencies as the the linear control voltage becomes negative.

The main advantage of the A-110-4 compared to other Thru Zero VCOs is that the design used a sine/cosine core. The sine/cosine waves are not derived from other waveforms (e.g. sawtooth or triangle) by means of waveshaping. Rather the sine and cosine waves are the core of the VCO which results in very pure waves with a minimum of distortion and overtones."

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Modular Jam #17 - Beats & Pieces

Published on Oct 23, 2014 DivKidMusic

"So here's my latest patch that I've been jamming with and trying things out. As always fire away with any questions in the comments and hit subscribe for more videos every week! Full patch notes below.

Part 1
An intellijel Dixie triangle wave is sent to the AniModule V9a and scaled with the on board offset and attenuator to create some pendulum style sequencing with the VC input for the V9a (as opposed to clock input). The CV output from the 9 steps are sent to an RYO AmpMix for simple attenuation and then scaled back before going to an ADDAC 207 Quantizer. The quantizer output goes into a Mutable Instruments Braids 1v/octave input with automatic triggering for the DRUM mode. The quantizer's trigger output go into a Mutable Instruments Branches to inject some random movement not always passing the triggers through the same output and output A goes into a Mutable Instruments Peaks is envelope mode sends an ADSR to Braids colour modulation input. Braids Timbre is modulated by a Frequency Central System X Sample & Hold which is clocked from an AniModule TikTok receiving it's clock from the VC sequence generated on the V9a. Braids output goes into a Mutable Instruments Ripples filter with cut off modulation from the System X Sample & Hold and the second channel of Peaks in TapLFO mode. The TapLFO function receives it's clocked from the TikTok module. The Ripples 2 pole low pass output goes into a Make Noise Echophon with the mix amount modulated by a Bubblesound uLFO's shaped sine output. The Echophon's pitch depth is modulated from a second quantizer channel playing the same sequence as the original pitch sequence going to Braids. The Echophon's echo time is modulated from the System X Sample & Hold as well. The main clock for the Echophon is the AniModule TikTok. The Echophon's freeze function is from the uLFOs pulse output. Finally the Echophon's output goes into an Erica Synths Polivoks mixer module.

Part 2
A second Intellijel Dixie's sine output goes into a Bubblesound VCA4p with FM modulation on the Dixie from a Doepfer Quad ADSR with the same envelope modulating the amplitude on the VCA4p. The VCA4p output goes into a Doepfer A-199 spring reverb with the output going into a Synthrotek EKO module which has echo time modulation from the uLFOs shaped sine output (also modulating the Echophon for Part 1). The EKO output then goes into the Polivoks mixer.

Part 3
The AniModule TikTok sends a clock into the 4ms RCD and SCM and 4 outputs are mixed in a Doepfer A-151 sequential switch with a slower clock division triggering the switching. This pattern is sent to a the second channel on Branches which is randomly "coin tossing" the outputs so every trigger doesn't pass and that output goes to a WMD multi mode envelope which is modulating an Erica Synths Polivoks filter with the Polivoks modulator's noise output at the input. This then goes into the third channel on the Polivoks mixer.

The Polivoks mixer is a sub mix that is added to with the output going through a Livewire Frequensteiner filter with modulation in HP mode from the System X Sample & Hold. The Frequensteiner output then goes to an RYO Vertmix (for further mixing). The Vertmix also has a second channel which is Neutron Sound Orgone Accumulator set to a noisy wave going into the AniModule SOB with steady 16th note trigger (the slight variation in the V9as output due to the original triangle wave at the VC input is most apparent here) to the CV inputs. The Vertmix finally outputs to a second A-199 spring reverb before going to my soundcard.

Manually wiggling was of the SOB filter cut off and CV modulation depth for the noise. The Braids tuning for Part 1 DRUM mode, the Polivoks mixer levels and the FX mix amounts.

I also used the AniModule LogicOgic for AND, FlipFlop and OR functions to mix and combine triggers from the 3 parts and TikTok clock divider/multiplier before hitting Branches."

New Analogue Solutions Telemark Filter Eurorack Module

Analogue Solutions TMF - Telemark Multimode Filter eurorack module video overview

Published on Oct 23, 2014 Analogue Solutions

"Eurorack module based on the Telemark multimode filter

KEY FEATURES OF TMF

Pure analogue circuitry.
Telemark filter
4 filter types
- Low, High, Band, Notch
Resonance (Q) boost feature
Slim design
Spun metal knob caps
The Telemark multimode filter module is based on the filter of the legendary Telemark semi-modular synthesizer.
It's routes lie in the original 1970s Oberheim SEM, though it has developed a character of its own.
The filter is a 12db/Octave multimode type. Multimode means there are more than one type of filter output.
There are in fact four: low pass, band pass, high pass and notch filter.
Additionally, notch filter can be varied for an even wider range of sounds.
Use of Gain and Q allow for even wider possibilities.
No special knowledge is required to use this filter. Just plug your audio in the left, and your audio out on the right.
Optionally (and recommended!) patch a control voltage in to give the sound movement."

via Analogue Solutions

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GUITAR PEDAL SPOTLIGHT : CLUSTER FLUX, FLANGER HOAX, 8 STEP PROGRAM

Published on Oct 23, 2014 EXPLORING AUDIO

Some synthy bits in these.

"'Guitar Pedal Spotlight' will be a video series focusing on showing off lesser known pedals ( or well known pedals with lesser known capabilities ). In this video I discuss the Moogerfooger Cluster Flux, the Electro Harmonix Flanger Hoax, and the Electro Harmonix 8 Step Program."

SSSR Labs VC Divider - Triggering hi-hats

Published on Oct 23, 2014 rpocc

"This is the first demo of SSSR Labs VC Divider showing Divider clocked by LFO at 1/24ppqn rate, and controlled by a 16-step sequencer, which defines output rate for clocks that are gating a hi-hat patch. Other instruments are controlled by gate outputs of the Orbitals, by individual outputs of the A-160/161 and by the Turing Machine.
For more information about this new module, please visit http://www.modularsynth.ru/en/sssrlab...
My camera has 15fps frame rate, so I still can't show crispy LEDs of the VC Divider module."

Her Sacred Fire

Published on Oct 22, 2014 VoltageCtrlRtv

"Her Sacred Fire glimmers a beautiful hue of blue that dances to the rhythm of our hearts.
She can only be experienced with an open heart that vibrates unconditional love.
Her movements are swift and unpredictable one second...
graceful and mesmerizing the next.
If you are graced by her presence, know that you are in for a deep journey into the inner verse to absorb esoteric knolwledge only taught within the emerald spiritual heart temple.

Live analog modular synth, arturia microbrute and elektron machine drum recorded live in one take."

Geektronica #5: Halloween Theme (Halloween [1978])

Published on Oct 22, 2014 MotiveMakesaMan Music

"Here is my first spooky halloween video, and what better song that the title theme from the classic horror film, Halloween! Fun fact: This song is in 5/4. As a matter of fact, a lot of horror songs are in asymmetrical time signatures. Puts people on edge I suppose."

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Korg MS-20 mini, Roland TB-3, XR-20/Groovesizer MB (The Writhing Void)

Published on Oct 22, 2014 Metatron's Cube

"Playing with a MS-20 mini, which is always fun. Such a wonderful filter. A TB-3 and XR-20 tagging along for the ride. Thanks for watching/listening!

download@ https://soundcloud.com/miles-baskett/..."