Mooer Ocean Machine ~ The perfect pedal for synthesists!

Published on Feb 19, 2018 Jyoti Mishra

"This is a vid examining only the delay and reverb possibilities of the Mooer - it's also a looper but I'm saving that for another vid. :-)"

The PPG is Back at SynthMania

Published on Feb 19, 2018 SynthMania

"The mega-classic '80s synth is back in the synthmania studio, and tonight I take it for a welcome-back spin."

Ensoniq Fizmo

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"Very unique digital wavetable synth that is hard to find. Has some light smudges and marks, but nothing too bad. Comes with the power supply. Very cool synth."

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Talk To Me Nebulae by LavLab

Published on Feb 19, 2018 HostileSlothRecords

"Qu-Bit Nebulae 'Voice Synth' going through Dave Smith's DSM01 & 02 with Synthrotek delay. Modulations by Make Noise Wogglebug & Doepfer sequencer.
Filmed with GoPro by LāvLab

Experimental Electronic Eurorack Modular Synthesizer Noise Music"

STUFFED NUTS! Synthrotek Eurorack / Modular Rails. Stuff those nuts - better than nutstrips!

Published on Feb 19, 2018 synthrotek

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"Hey! Want NUT STRIPS, but can't find them or find them too expensive? Perhaps you LUUUUV the fact that you can squeeze your modules together tightly, but always feel like you are shooting blanks when it comes to slide nuts? SOLUTION ALERT: STUFF those slide-nuts and you will always hit your mark while getting the tightest fit!"

ANI - TEK3 - Featuring the DSI Prophet Rev2

Published on Feb 19, 2018

"Now it's off to the early 2010s with a pumping trance techno track. Another sequenced jam with the DSI Rev2 and Renoise. (Drums from various sources.) Awesome 'open source' visuals by Beeple:
https://vimeo.com/beeple

Featuring Prophet Rev2 patches:

- F2 P116: Swelling Pad
- F2 P42: Bip Bass
- F1 P17: Pizz C Ato
- F2 P43: Ensembull
- F2 P108: Toy Mallet
- F1 P55: Dull Vox Stereo (... badass btw)
- F2 P55: Trancetta
- F3 P50: Flooty
- F1 P114: Muted Pluck
- F1 P46: Sync Bass
- F4 P82: Chorus Copter
- F2 P125: Tinny 80's

This track is also 'open source'. Get the Renoise project on: http://www.ani-web.com"

Demo :: Prophet 8 vs Rev2 (no talking - just patches)

Published on Feb 15, 2018 SOLON Music

"Demo to compare the sound of the Prophet 8 and Rev2 playing the same patches. I used four patches from the factory presets for the Prophet 8 and three of my own patches:

1) Tom Sawyer
2) T8 Strings
3) Ice Planet
4) Analog Bliss
5) SOLON Arp
6) SOLON Swell
7) SOLON Homage to Synthmania

All patches were loaded up to the Rev2 via the Soundtower editor software.

I routed the MIDI from the Prophet 8 keyboard to the Rev2 and recorded the audio of both simultaneously so that the performances were exactly the same.

To hopefully make it intuitive to know which one is being listening to, the audio you are hearing is from the synth which is lit up - the other one is darkened."

Sequential Prophet 5 vs Prophet VS basic waveform comparision

Published on Feb 19, 2018 synthlegends

"In that demo I demonstrate the basic waveforms from the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 rev. 3 and Prophet VS in comparision.

1. single saw
2. single saw filter
3. single saw resonance
4. two saw tuned
5. two saw detuned
6. two saw detuned (Prophet VS four saw)
7. saw lead filter
8. saw lead resonance
9. pulse and square
10. saw brass
11. saw pad
12. saw bass
13. unison lead

It is a Prophet 5 rev. 3 with curtis filter chips. So, both Prophets have the same filter chips, but the Prophet VS has digital waveforms, whereas the Prophet 5 has analog VCO. The Prophet 5 has only two oscilators, whereas the VS has four oscilators. You also can detune the oscillators and have a lot of modulation possibilites which I didn't demonstrate in this video. But you can really let the VS sound very analogue. Additionaly you have altogehther 128 waveforms (32 user and 98 in ROM).

Of my opinion the Prophet VS is a much more powerful and versatile synth, but the Propeht 5 is a bit warmer sounding. IMO the difference is not so big, also you can let him sound more broad thanks of four oscillators, a mixer envolope and also stereo pan modulation. In this examples I didnt use the onboard chorus of the VS, because the Prophet 5 has none. Also there are no additional effects. It is just pure playing the synhts.

Feel free to subscribe my channel in order to listen to more sound demos of vintage gear and synth legends.

Thanks for watching:-)"

Manny's Polymoog 203a Restoration (by Synthpro)

Published on Feb 19, 2018 synthpro

"Hey guys,

This video is actually for Manny but all are welcome to watch.

This was a very sad polymoog that I brought from the grave to Glory. I show a little slide show of what this unit looked like before the restore, it was a mess and was missing a lot of boards. I had a donor polymoog from a few years back that allowed me to bring this one back to 100% condition.

Thanks for watching!

All the best,
Jareth"

SN 1637 shell with a lot of guts from the later SN 3166.

Temporary Universe (Moog DFAM + Mother 32) | Fort Atlantic's Exploration Conservatory #5

Published on Feb 19, 2018 Fort Atlantic

"Performed live on a Moog Drummer From Another Mother (DFAM) and two Mother 32's in the Fort. Everything was made by Jon Black.

Our new album (Shadow Shaker Vol.1) is out and available wherever you enjoy digital music."

MYSTIC CAVE ZONE// Prophet-6, Prophet-12, Sub-37, System-8 - SONIC 2

Published on Feb 19, 2018 MR TUNA Music

"Just jamming to some Sonic"

Poly Evolver Keyboard: Icy Pad

Published on Feb 19, 2018 Sacred Synthesis

"This is the sort of sound a Poly Evolver makes when it first wakes up in the morning. It's natural to the instrument. Turn it on, and this is how it first sings to you. Glass, ice, blue water, cold mist - a magnificent mysterious character.

The pad uses an envelope to modulate the filter which, with this particular digital waveshape, has more than the ordinary effect. I also use the high pass filter to occasionally give the sound a distant nasal quality, as if the PEK were being heard from an cheap pocket radio.

Instrumentation:
DSI Poly Evolver Keyboard
DSI Poly Evolver Rack

Bass:
DSI Evolver Desktop
Hammond XPK 200L Pedalboard

Effects:
Lexicon MX 300

Performed live and recorded directly to a Tascam CD-RW900 Mk II."

Kraftwerk - The Model (DAS MODEL) New Cover by Starshipfive

Published on Feb 19, 2018 starshipfive

"No copyright infringement intended.
It's not quite like the original, neither is not intentend to be.

Pads - Behringer DeepMind 12 and Yamaha QS300

Solos- Korg Trinity V3 that has several split points and is connected via Midi to Roland JV-2080 fully expanded and Roland V-synth XT;
Yamaha AN1x is connected via midi to Roland JV-1080 fully expanded.

Vocoder - Korg Trinity V3 connected via midi to Roland V-Synth XT using VC2 roland card"

LPZW.Schleußig Alt-In expander

Published on Feb 19, 2018 k101011 k

"New Schleußig & first expander demo
using the Teenage Engineering PO33, PO32, PO12 to show the toggling between inputs."

Jason Hotchkiss Matrix Sequencer - First Signs of Life

Published on Feb 19, 2018

"Some happenings in the top secret lab! This is a matrix sequencer with MIDI and CV/Gate outputs. Running on a Kinetis ARM M0+ chip with a 16 x 32 LED matrix. Still very early days but starting to take shape enough for me to get excited :)"

Synthesizers.com Q119 Demos & Explanation by Dave Cornutt

Published on Feb 19, 2018 Dave Cornutt

"Demonstration of the Synthesizers.com Q119 analog sequencer"

See the write-up at Sequence 15.

Intro to Synthesis Part 3: Filters | Reverb Learn To Play

Published on Feb 19, 2018 Reverb

"In this Intro to Synthesis lesson, Justin will explain how to understand filters. Filters help you shape your sound and give character and color to your work, and you'll be off to a fine start after you have the chance to take some notes. See you again next week with a new lesson."

Read more on Reverb

All parts here.

Access Virus TI2 Desktop Synthesizer - WHITEOUT Limited Edition (96 of 100)

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"Limited Edition: Access Virus TI2 Desktop - WHITEOUT EDITION (96 of 100)
Only 100 ever made. All were sold the first day.
Additional info on Whiteout version

This unit is in perfect working condition, with minor cosmetic scratch on the LFO 2 label.
Pictures shown are of the actual unit."

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Oxford Synthesizer Company OSCar

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Kawai SX-240

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ROLAND TR-808 Drum Machine

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Dave Smith Instruments In The Spotlight With the Prophet-6 and RJ Thompson

You can find the full interview on DSI's website here.

"RJ Thompson has built a name for himself in recent months as one of the UK’s strongest up-and-coming singer-songwriters. His poignant lyrics and deeply-felt songs are set against a colourful (and at times nostalgic) soundscape that goes far beyond modern-day singer-songwriter stereotypes.

RJ’s hard-won success has come through consistence and persistence, having played innumerable grass-roots music venues, pubs, and clubs in his native Northeast England. His breakthrough came when a sound engineer for Live Aid organiser and Ultravox frontman Midge Ure was working at one of RJ’s open mic performances. The engineer liked what he heard and recommended RJ as a support act, leading to more than 30 shows touring the UK and Europe. Support shows with Gabrielle Aplin, Deacon Blue and Jools Holland (including a performance at the Royal Albert Hall) soon followed, as well as several EPs and a live album.

We chatted with RJ about how he’s using the Prophet-6."

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You can find previous posts featuring DSI's Spotlight series here.

Roland JX-3P

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Soviet Synthesizer "Elektronika-EM-25" User Manual Handbook with Passport 1991

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"User manual with technical passport for music synthesizer.
Model "Электроника ЭМ-25" manufactured in USSR in 1991.
Has the original shop receipt for the Электроника ЭМ-25 purchase with some other accessories at shop in Daugavpils in Aug,28 1991
Electrical schemes included.
Very good condition.
Weight 109 grams."

Moog Werkstatt-01 Analog Synthesizer With MIDI Input Mod

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Cool knobs.

"This synth is in excellent condition, is fully functional, and has a mod that allows you to play it with a MIDI keyboard. Most Werkstatts can only be played with the tiny buttons on the panel"

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Yamaha SY85 Synth Program Data Disks

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"1) Afro-Cuban Percussion (Unopened, in original packaging.)
2) Jazz Choir
3) Nashville
These disks are loaded into the SY85 via the disk drive and contain original patches developed by Yamaha. I received them when I bought my SY85, but never used them. Jazz Choir and Nashville have been tested as readable on a computer. I cannot test Afro-Cuban as I don't want to open the packaging. Remember to back-up your current settings to disk before loading these patches as many of the existing patches are overwritten when these disks are loaded. Please see your Owners Manual for more information."

WDR Studio für Elektronische Musik 2018 (Visit)

Published on Feb 19, 2018

EMS SYNTHI 100 in the background. There's also an EMS Vocoder, a 16 Channel Quadraphonic Effects Generator by QUEG, a rare Jellinghaus DX-Programmer, and more.  See the link in the descriptions below for more pics.

"Besuch des Studios für Elektronische Musik - 2018, Köln
Dokumentation dazu www.sequencer.de Suchbegriff WDR Studio reicht - dies sind zufällige Ausschnitte vom Besuch, vor allem für die Anwesenden, die Themen sind auf Sequencer.de gelistet. Das Video ist für mich selbst gedacht und für die, die da waren und erfüllt daher keine Gedanken an Qualität und Co. - Es ist nur da - bitte also das zu beachten - https://www.sequencer.de/blog/wdr-stu..."

Googlish:
"Visit to the electronic music studio - 2018, Cologne
Documentation on www.sequencer.de Search term WDR Studio is sufficient - these are random excerpts from the visit, especially for those present, the topics are listed on Sequencer.de. The video is for myself and for those who were there and therefore does not think about quality and co. - It's just there - so please keep this in mind - https: //www.sequencer.de/blog/wdr-stu ... "

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Behringer Neutron Synthesizer (Prototype) - First Try

Published on Feb 19, 2018 SYNTH ANATOMY

"Behringer's latest development the Neutron semi-modular Synthesizer arrived today for testing. It's not the final production unit but a prototype. In this video, you receive a first sound demo of my first try with the Neutron. The sound of the Neutron can be finer and better in the final production. Also the BBD Delay will have two chips in the final release.

Support SYNTH ANATOMY
►Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/synthanatomy"

deltAdata : upside-down (keytar circuit electronica live, Stephen Hawking)

Published on Feb 19, 2018 deltAdata

"Keytar novation circuit electronica live jam in my garden.

custom samples and custom patchs only.

I used Stephen Hawking voice generator for the voice (added after the live record), audio was recorded with line 6 sonic port vx on ipad mini and processed with reaper on PC.
Filmed with xperia z3c and ipad mini.
Video effect made with after effects and the main video editing was done with reaper.

I found the text of the "speech" on the web years ago, and never found from who it originaly was...

Stephen Hawking voice generator: https://lingojam.com/StephenHawkingVo...

Thanks for watching !"

Dave Smith Instruments Mono Evolver Keyboard SN 00443 w/ Prophet Style Knobs

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Kurzweil MidiBoard

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"Kurzweil Midiboard in very good condition. Grand piano weighted, 88 all wood keys. Everything works, all keys, buttons, knobs, slidders. This is the "made in Japan" model with the superior keybed. Includes owners manual."

These have polyphonic aftertouch.

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Make Noise Black and Gold Shared System

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"Was never used because my modular needs were met with its younger sibling the Make Noise 0-Coast. This would be a great system for anyone wanting to get involved with modular."

Dreadbox NYX SN 821

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Oxypops - Virtual Mini Pops 7

Available at Kontakt Hub

"Oxypops is a virtual simulation of an old drum machine from the 1960s generally known as the Mini Pops 7. It was most famously used by a certain French electronic music composer in the 1970s.

The sounds in Oxypops are 24 Bit resolution samples and up to 16 round-robin variations are included. Noise generated sounds such as the Hi-Hat sound more natural and less “sampled” when variations of the sound are played at random.

All the original rhythms have been accurately reproduced and can be combined together like the real thing.

No doubt you'll want to use some of these rhythms within your song. Well, with Oxypops, you can record a performance and export it as a MIDI file or drag the data right onto a track in your sequencer or DAW ready to play back the sounds as recorded.

Please note - the FULL version of Kontakt 5.7.3 is required (not Kontakt Player)"

PIF Soviet Analog Synthesizer Sounds Demo

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Published on Feb 19, 2018 GLvintageSHOP

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"NOS PIF Soviet Analog Synthesizer. 24 mini-key piano. Comes with power adapter and original manual. The manual is awesome and even has schematics of the synth. Internal speaker. 3 octave range. One volume knob, one low-pass filter knob. Produces video game-like sounds. It reminds me of early Nintendo games like Castlevania. A great buy for anyone looking for a rare, russian-made analog synth"

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Make Noise - Morphagene #10 - Anthony Baldino Freesound Reel #MorphageneMondays

Published on Feb 19, 2018 DivKidVideo

"Hello all! Here's my tenth video on the Make Noise Morphagene. I'm still playing around with the various Freesound Reels as I'm enjoying the content there and how powerful and simple the Morphagene is to exploit that audio. Here I'm using Anthony Baldino's reel. I'll have a new track "No Inhalant Body" released based on some of my explorations and wider patching around this video so watch out for that.

Grab the free Reel from Anthony Baldino here
https://freesound.org/people/makenois..."

Dreadbox Love - Abyss, Erebus and Nyx

Published on Oct 6, 2017 Tim Shoebridge

"An original composition and recording performed on the Abyss, Erebus and Nyx analogue synthesizers from Dreadbox."

Behringer Model D Videos by Tim Shoebridge

Published on Feb 10, 2018 Tim Shoebridge

Behringer D vs. Roland SE 02 Comparison - Oscillators and Filter - No talking

Published on Feb 19, 2018 Earmonkey Music

"No talking. Just sound. I switched between the Behringer Model D and the Roland SE-02 to give some idea of what the two sound like next to each other. I tried to be touching the synth I'm manipulating so you can tell what is what in the video. My conclusions? I will do another video about that."

Behringer D vs MiniMoog Model D Reissue - Synth Shootout (& the Roland SE-02)

Published on Feb 19, 2018 Marshal Arnold

Do they sound the same??! - MiniMoog Model D - VS - Roland SE-02 video below.

"After finally receiving the Behringer D or Model D that was preordered way way back in June 2017 it finally arrived yesterday! To kick things off I wanted to do a Synth Shootout vs the real deal, a Moog MiniMoog Model D Reissue! I have pulled out the MiniMoog's user manual and configured a few patches on both synthesizers and played some tunes. Please forgive me, I'm not the greatest live synth player, but I thought this might be cool to line these synths up so to speak let folks hear what it sounds live vs the real thing.

For those who don't know what all of the fuss is about, the MiniMoog Model D is one of the most famous synthesizers of all time, it's quite expensive. Recently Moog Music reissued this iconic synth after many years of being out of production for a cost of around $3,500.00 USD. All good right? That had my attention and I was able to pick one up, but then about a year or so ago Uli Behringer made several posts referring to a possible Behringer version of the MiniMoog. Then came some pix of what one might look like and it about broke the internet when the Behringer D might cost around $300.00 USD! That's around 1/10th the cost of the new reissue from Moog. So yeah there was some interest in this thing.

Personally I think for the price the Behringer D does a pretty good job, but please realize that with synthesizers like this you can spend hours dialing in these patches, which I did :) but given more time it may be possible to get these to sound even closer than they do in this video."

Do they sound the same??! - MiniMoog Model D - VS - Roland SE-02

Published on Sep 20, 2017 Marshal Arnold

"Tonight I do a quick comparison with the 1st bank of oscillators on the Moog MiniMoog Model D and the new Roland SE-02. Both synths are 3 Oscillator mono synths. For this shootout I will be going though Triangle, Shark tooth, Saw, Square, Pulse 1 and Pulse 2 on both synths. There is an A|B comparison of the waveforms and then a quick check of the filters while using the Shark tooth.

Let me know what you think.. do they sound the same? which do you prefer?

Thanks for watching!"

Treadstone analogue synth - Yazoo Midnight cover

Published on Feb 19, 2018 Analogue Solutions

"Treadstone synth - Yazoo Midnight cover
All sounds are from the Analogue Solutions Treadstone analogue minisynth. Layered in DAW.
This synth can make simple yet powerful raw sounds (as in this demo) or full on freaky delay analogue madness (see other videos).
Arranged and recorded by D. Phillips."

AJH Synth MINI MOD REVIEW: AJH Synth MiniMod System (FULL) Review Eurorack Modular Synth (2018)

Published on Feb 19, 2018 SonicVoltage

"AJH Synth MiniMod REVIEW and Demo. Eurorack Modular Synth based on MiniMoog Model D with added features.

I spent time with the AJH Synth Mini Mod System of Eurorack Modules to test its features, create a few modular synth patches and get hands-on for this Eurorack Modular Review Video.

I also made a quick layered-track recording of a song with all sounds coming from the MiniMod System.

In this video review I go over all the Mini Mod System ‘extra’ features that AJH Synth added to this ‘Moog Model D based’ eurorack synth. Is this the ultimate eurorack modular system or did they mess things up?

See Video Review Index Below
Towards the end of this Description I have included links to some of my other reviews of AJH Synth Mini Mod Modules and additional AJH Synth Eurorack Modules featured in this video.

Website: https://sonicvoltage.com

AJH Synth MiniMod System - REVIEW INDEX:

00:00 Intro with recording of Mini Mod Synth Patches recorded live while tweaking knobs

02:44 My wife's comment on the above acid track!

02:56 Mini Mod Patch based on my wife’s comment!!

03:35 Welcome & Quick Look at the AJH Review System

05:10 Brief Overview of the MiniMod System - Individual Modules & Added Features (over the Moog Model D):
Mini Mod Glide+Noise
Mini Mod Vintage Transistor Core VCO (x3)
Mini Mod Transistor Ladder Filter
Mini Mod Contour Generators
Mini Mod Discrete Cascaded VCA

TESTS AND SOUNDS of Added Features
11:26 GLIDE+NOISE:

12:07 Transistor Core VCO: SYNC

14:57 Transistor Core VCO: Variable PWM

16:26 ‘Playing’ around with Oscillators, PWM, Sync, Filter, Octaves…

22:42 Transistor Core VCO: Linear / EXP CV Inputs

25:21 Gain and Distortion Overview - Mini Mod Ladder Filter and Cascaded VCA’ s Gain/Distortion + GAIN SWTICH Module

28:12 Distortion is ‘ON' PLAY IT! - Hear the distortion applied to the Filter and\or the VCA - Making use of the Gain Swtich

33:45 - Filter Emphasis CV Control

36:08 Three Voices Paraphonic Synth (Patch Setup)

40:48 Play the Paraphonic Patch

41:57 Play around with the VCO’s Triangle Wave.
44:22 Play around with the VCO’s Square Wave
46:35 Play around with the VCO’s Sawtooth Wave
47:26 Play around with the VCO’s Sharktooth Wave

48:05 Acid Break: Cyber Blob Patch (live recorded to DAW

50:43 Patch Play: Pad Sound
51:41 Patch Play: Bass/Keys Sound
52:04 Patch Play: Synth Sound
52:59 Patch Play: Synth Lead Sound

53:25 A few Final Thoughts & Modules Details (Mini Mod Contour Generators)

1:03:51 AJH Synth multi-layered TRACK: all patches/tracks recorded live straight to DAW."

New Experts Sleepers disting mk4 Demo Videos

Published on Feb 19, 2018 Expert Sleepers

Note this playlist starts at video 13, which starts the latest run of videos. You can use the controls in the player to jump to any video in the playlist.

VOLTLIFE: Fumana vocoding...and beyond

Published on Feb 19, 2018 voltlife

"A demonstration of Frap Tools’ Fumana spectral editor working as a 16-band vocoder, then taking it to extremes. The carrier is a mix of Rubicon saw & PWM with a Dixie II saw a fifth above."