Korg fripSide Satoshi Yaginuma Special Edition KROME EX-61

KORG INC.

Title: 八木沼悟志（fripSide）インタビュー・ダイジェスト映像
Googlish: Satoshi Yaginuma (fripSide) interview digest video

Description: "コルグとfripSide 八木沼悟志によるコラボレーション・モデルの情報を公開！"
Googlish: "Information on collaboration model by Korg and fripSide Satoshi Yaginuma is released!"

Some pics and info translated into Googlish via www.ikebe-gakki-pb.com

"Satoshi Yaginuma, a synth master who brilliantly manipulates digital sounds that engulf the arena spectator in a frenzy.

Introducing a special model with a powerful tag formed by the modern charismatic keyboardist and Korg.

■ Features

◎A limited number of premium models.

◎ The color of the main body is a color close to the image color of fripSide, and it was realized by Mr. Yaginuma's choice.

◎The trademark of fripSide is designed on the left side of the panel.

◎ A special soft case with a trademark design on the fripSide image color is available.

◎2 representative songs (sequencer data) of fripSide under the supervision of Satoshi Yaginuma
(Recorded song)
・Only my railgun TV anime "Toaru Kagaku no Railgun" opening theme song
・Hesitation Snow

◎ Satoshi Yaginuma recorded the original tone used by himself on the attached SD card

■ fripSide profile

A unit consisting of Satoshi Yaginuma (Key), a composer and producer sat who has worked on many anime songs, and Aino Nanjo (Vo) who is also active as a voice actor (Love Live! Eri Ayase etc.).

In 2013, she recorded No. 1 on the Oricon weekly chart for the first time with the single 'sister's noise', and has successfully performed solo performances at headlines and various arenas at large domestic and overseas festivals. We are pursuing musicality with a digital feel that makes full use of synthesizers.

■ Profile of Satoshi Yaginuma

Formed fripSide in 2002. Artist · Synthesist · Lyrics · Composition · Arrangement · Professional
Acting as a user.

Since 2011, he has been in charge of sound production as a member of ALTIMA. (Activity has been suspended since 2016)

"Yaginuma Sound" with an outstanding melody sense and good taste has been highly evaluated in Japan and overseas.

*Other specifications are the same as KROME EX-61."

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Teenage Engineering OP-Z 16-Track Synthesizer & Sequencer w/ Vinyl Overlay & Extras

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"Mint Condition, barely used OP-Z

Lays completely flat + Encoders have never 'popped out'

Comes with a lot of great extras (also mint condition)
- Teenage Engineering M-1 Headphones w/ Mic, Used 1 time, they sound SUPER clean.
- Original Box + Manual
- Folding PVC Carry Case
- Original Charge Cable
- Vinyl Overlay (totally removable, no residue)
- Apple Camera Connector (not pictured, but it's a nifty little addition that allows you to connect your OP-Z to your iPhone and lay down recordings via the 'Voice Notes' app)"

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Korg littleBits Synth Kit Circuits

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You can find some demos of them in the archives.

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Ciat Lonbarde Cocoquantus

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"Cocoquantus in excellent condition with its original power cable and with two patch cables."

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Yamaha Reface DX w/ Dtronics DT-RDX Controller

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Video in the listing previously posted here.

"The DTronics DT-RDX changes the game for the Reface DX and makes FM synthesis programable/editable via a hardware controller. You can edit each operator individually or multiple operators at once, along with universal/common settings. As amazing as FM synthesis can sound, it's always been fairly intimidating to program/edit, but the DT-RDX (which has a solid metal frame) changes that and turns the Reface DX into a serious synthesizer. Using the DT-RDX to modulate the Reface DX while its looper is engaged produces some absolutely magical sounds!"

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E-MU Systems Proteus 2500 Version 2 SN 020201607

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Never heard of a version 2 before. Guessing it's in reference to the Proteus 2000 1U rack version. You can find some history on the various Proteus models on Wikipedia.

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Red Nosed Waldorf Microwave and Microwave Programmer SN B19500333

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"Waldorf Microwave and Programmer (A two item package.) The synth that started it all! In 1989 this extraordinary reincarnation of the legendary PPG synthesizers set out to conquer the world. It’s brute, sonic energy simply dumbfounded the big players in the international synth biz and its red Waldorf 'nose' quickly became a trademark - soon to be found in music studios all over the world."

Red Waldorf "nose"? Never heard that one before.

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Dragon Quest XI - Serena's Harp (Synthesizer Performance) | ドラゴンクエスト11 愛のこもれび

GLASYS

"Serena's Harp melody (AKA Yggdrasil Theme) from Dragon Quest XI - Echoes of an Elusive Age performed live on synths. I added some ambient ocean sounds for atmosphere. Hopefully you find this calming / soothing.
Just finished playing this game and I absolutely loved it, the soundtrack by Koichi Sugiyama is fantastic.

ドラゴンクエスト11のラブストーリーはシンセサイザーでライブ演奏されました（私の翻訳がひどい場合は申し訳ありません）。

Performed on Sequential Prophet XL and Moog Matriarch."

Patch Notes: Ennio Morricone Tribute

TheEndorphines

"Ennio Morricone tribute patch based on the Good, Bad & Ugly soundtrack.
In this patch we are using Furthrrrrr generator with exponential FM to add inconsistent pitch drift in order to make the sound more realistic and human."

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As many of you likely know, film composer Ennio Morricone passed away on July 6. He didn't work primarily with synths but he did incorporate them. He actually composed the soundtrack for The Thing using synths as a tribute in a sense to John Carpenter. From The Vinyl Factory:

"This is an unusual release in the soundtrack back-catalogue in it being a rare instance where John Carpenter chose not to score one of his own films, and where Morricone experiments with synth-tones in his composition, seemingly in acknowledgement of Carpenter’s style.

There’s a lot of muddied details that surround it, but as the story goes Carpenter was disappointed with what his musical hero (he got married to the music of Morricone) presented and embellished what appeared in the cinema with some of his own fills, leaving out a great deal of what Morricone had prepared. The LP however, includes tracks selected by Morricone and trumps his other works for horror in suspense and execution. Nominated for a razzie. Go figure."

I read that Ennio Morricone believed a synth shouldn't be used to recreate real world instruments, but rather as it's own instrument. via Wired:

"To create that original score for Tarantino, Morricone largely turns to tools unavailable in 1964, like synthesizers, which drive the tense, gloomy eight-minute overture. (Morricone’s compositions for The Thing, used in The Hateful Eight, were some of his first work with synths in the early 1980s.)

The experimenting composer isn’t above technological advances, but he’s quick to warn young composers of the dangers of seductive technology. “Electronic instruments have to be used to justify something that doesn’t exist, not to replace for instance an orchestra,” he says. “If you use the synth just to recreate the sound of an existing musical instrument, it is wrong. But if you use the synth to create sound that doesn’t exist, that’s a very wise way to use it.”

So technology can be a cautious step forward in music composition, as long as you don’t use it as a crutch. “If the composer—or the so-called composer—becomes a kind of slave of technology, if he uses technology in a toxic way, this is not progress,” he says. As Morricone sees it, technology’s role in music is “a moral stance, not only a technical stance.” A broader variety of possible sounds can benefit a soundtrack, of course, but the ease of synthetic sounds is not worth the loss of the authentic and everyday. Use technology to add a human whistle or the real tick of a watch, but don’t replace them with false facsimiles. As he describes it, in composing, “everything must start from your soul, from your heart, even when you use technology.” In his score for The Hateful Eight, Morricone is, in part, reusing music composed for a thriller in 1982 for a Western in 2015—but 70 years after his first Western, he insists he’s still experimenting, from the heart."

P.S. Thanks to gridsleep for requesting a post on Ennio Morricone and TheEndorphines for the video. I was hoping something to pay proper tribute would come in and it did.

Majella Audio Introduces the IMPLEXUS West-Cost Style Desktop Synth

Majella Audio

"The Majella Audio IMPLEXUS is a new desktop west-coast style synthesizer. "

Majella Audio · Implexus first recording session

via Majella Audio

"The IMPLEXUS is a hardware desktop synthesizer combining west – and east-coast syntheses techniques into a single formfactor. The IMPLEXUS uses analog waveshaping, folding and audio rate modulation to create a immense range of sounds and textures! It will be available at KICKSTARTER soon!

In short
The IMPLEXUS is a performance-oriented musical instrument which will inspire you to compose music and explore it’s unique soundscape. The IMPLEXUS has a carefully designed analogue signal path with many unique ways to create intriguing sounds. The many sound shaping methods and modulation possibilities help you to create west-coast style harmonically rich sounds as well as thick east-coast analog sounds.

The IMPLEXUS has a powerful “one-knob-per-function” interface with graphical feedback, utilizing LED rings to indicate modulators. The drone mode, tap tempo and looping envelopes let’s you explore the IMPLEXUS as a standalone sound generator. The MIDI and Eurorack compatibility and clock synchronisation options make sure it can be played in every setting. The IMPLEXUS is build to last. It has metal shaft potentiometers, an aluminium casing with scratch and solvent resistant graphics and an internal power supply (no adapter!). The IMPLEXUS is a characteristic, unique and complete musical instrument.

“West coast”
The characteristic sound of the IMPLEXUS comes from shaping and folding a sinewave, resulting in a complex waveform. The shaping and folding can be modulated at audio-rate in a single knob turn utilizing the second generator. Instead of subtracting you will be adding harmonics. After tweaking for a while you will be surprised to find out you didn’t touch the filter… yet.

Graphical feedback
The IMPLEXUS makes complex synthesis accessible with a performance-oriented “one-knob-per-function” interface. Different knob sizes will guide you to the most unique parts of this synthesizer and the LED’s will indicate modulating signals. You will not only hear what is happening, but you will actually see the effect of a knob tweak!"

Meso-Polyrhythms w/ MAKEN0ISE

MAKEN0ISE

"Overlapping clock divisions can create changes in a patch that are not just different rhythms for note events. These changes take place in the "meso" time scale, and when they work within and through each other they can be considered to be "meso-polyrhythms."

The more meso scale movements we add to the patch, the harder it gets to hear the effects of each one. Check out the video "Sculpting Time with a Modular Synth" for some thoughts on larger structures. [posted here]

http://www.makenoisemusic.com"

simple things - improvising with XTk , Roli Seaboard & equator and Digitakt

junklight

"busy day & was just in the mood for something simple. Been getting back into the Seaboard again.

You'll spot the Skulpt in shot - I've been playing that with the seaboard too & its new MPE update but that was earlier before I started recording."

Kebu - Just Another Space Odyssey (Roland Keyboard Rig)

Kebu

"In this video I perform "Just Another Space Odyssey" with an all-Roland keyboard rig, controlled by the Fantom's sequencer. The first two minutes of the tune is built up in real-time, by recording MIDI notes and looping them back. At 2:20, I start triggering pre-recorded MIDI sequences from the Fantom and play along with them.

Synths used:
Roland Fantom 6, Jupiter X, Jupiter Xm, System 8, JD-XA, TR-8S, TR-808, Alpha Juno 1 & 2 and SE-02

The audio was recorded in one take, but the video was edited from multiple takes."

VAI 31 : Solina String Ensemble with Small Stone and Mu-Tron II

Vintage Audio Institute Italia

"Quickie with the Solina String Ensemble just back from service that's going up for sale.
This one sounds nice and retro, there are not two that sound alike, we've had six, or is it seven, of these so far."

Modal Argon8 - 10 Free presets

LFOstore

"We give you 10 amazing presets from three banks, 'Spectrum Vol. 1-2' and 'Cinematica'

Download Modal Argon8 - 10 Free presets https://sellfy.com/lfo/p/modal-argon8..."

DSI Pro 2 & Boss HM3 Hyper Metal

3rdStoreyChemist

Bode Vocoder 7702 Daft Punk Like Remix

Mr Siljaman

"Bode Vocoder 7702 for sale daft punk like remix by Michael Kruse"

Original video and listing details posted back in 2011 here.

One more mix by JPOD from 2016:

vocoder trix

Eventide Space & Timefactor + Microbrute - "In Space"

LFOstore

"Welcome to the deepest parts of the extending Universe with beautiful Eventide Effects series!

In this video we are showinig our custom presets for Eventide two great pedals chaining together.
Using simple pluck sound from Microbrute we are opening a space for long reverb, delays & special effects.

You can buy this presets here:

https://lfo.store/shop/effects/eventi...
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Korg Wavestate - 10 Free Presets

LFOstore

"We give you 10 amazing presets from two banks, "Stratosphere" and "Cinematica Vol.1"

Download Korg Wavestate - 10 Free Presets: https://sellfy.com/lfo/p/korg-wavesta...

Full banks are here:
"Cinematica Vol.1" https://sellfy.com/lfo/p/korg-wavesta...
"Stratosphere" https://sellfy.com/p/dqlfqo/

By Nick Klimenko aka Chronos, a creator of "Organica" for Waldorf Blofeld & "WS Universe" for Korg Wavestation & Anton Sacral Reason author "Stratosphere" for Wavestate

Every patch of our soundset is musical & can be immediately used in your tracks & production."

Roland SH-2 Vintage Analog Synthesizer w/ Original Silver Gig Bag Case SN 085962

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"The Roland SH-2, released in 1979, is a Japanese-made analog monophonic synthesizer that offers fat, warm vintage synth tones that evoke the sounds that defined a generation of electronic music. It has been used by artists such as Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Men Without Hats, and more. The SH-2 has a 2-waveform oscillator with controls for modulation, a VCF filter, an ADSR envelope, and more. The SH-2 is known in particular for its ultra-fat and punchy bass tones. The comparatively small form factor allows this synthesizer to travel well. If you're looking for the real deal when it comes to iconic 80s synth sounds, look no further!

This synth is in very good condition, showing some natural signs of age, including some scratches, yellowing, and other marks (please see photos). Furthermore, it has been tested by our professional technician and is working perfectly."

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Quasimidi RAVE-O-LUTION 309

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Endorphin.es Terminal & Gateway w/ Buchla Panels

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"beautiful Endorphin.es Terminal and Gateway combo with custom Buchla panels and knobs."

STROH FULL PANEL SYSTEM (4U boat) 2020 Silver

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DrJ3RK

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"I'm selling one full 4U "boat" / panel synthesizer. This is likely the last full panel synth that I will be building. (I will be continuing to build LW format modules going forward.) This panel runs on +/-12V via 4-pin XLR compatible with Random*Source power standards. This is electrically compatible with Serge, Loudest Warning, and other 4U/banana formats, though a bit of scaling may be necessary in some cases for CV ranges.

Here is a list of the functions/features of each section. Some are completely new (to my lineup) and may be available as PCBs at some point in the near future.

Clock & Divide - This is a full 1V/Oct VCO with range switch. It has a 0-5V unipolar sawtooth output (handy when connecting with Serge). It has a Sync input, and then the following Clock-pulse outputs. Clock, Div/2, Div/3, Div/4.

Bit Station - This is a slightly enhanced version of my usual Bit Station configurations. It can output pseudo-random and random (to 8-bit resolution) CVs. It can output pitched digital noise when clocked at audio rates. It will output analog white noise. The Data Input is an adjustable-threshold comparator (big knob controls it). Patch in waveforms, white noise, etc. to be processed by the internal digital shift register. The serial output is the logic-level data output of the shift register (can be used for random gates, etc.) There is also an XOR logic section which can also be used as a ring modulator.

2X SSI-Oscillators - These are standard, full-featured, precise VCOs. They use the SSI-2164 for exponential conversion, so no matched-pair-tempco-resistor circuit. They have hard sync, linear FM, Pulse Width Modulation, and saw, tri, pwm, and sine outputs.

Dual Angle - This is two Angle Generators. (Linear Slope Envelope/LFO modules) They work in Attack/Decay, or Attack/Release (switched) and either One Shot or Cycle modes. They also output an end of Cycle pulse for triggering other things, or retriggering for more complex shapes.

Reso-Gates - This is two resonant Low Pass Gates. Controls are Cutoff, CV-1 Level, and Resonance. There is also a second non-attenuated CV input.

Output - The final module is a stereo output module with pan control per input. It's a two-input mixer with panning, that then goes to a stereo output. High quality components were used here. Audio grade AC coupling caps, LME47920 op amps, etc.

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Marble machine + Modular synth

denha

"Catapult trigger to synthesizer."

"Piezo pickup on the bit that flicks down on the catapult launch"

Side note: I haven't featured a denha video on the site since 2016. He switched from synth to his DIY marble contraptions only for a while. It's nice to see the two come together. :)

More denha on MATRIXSYNTH: https://www.matrixsynth.com/search?q=denha&by-date=true

Arturia Modular V - VST - The BIG Soundtest

The Sound Test Room

Elektron Digi OS Upgrades: Class Compliant USB Audio & MIDI

Elektron

"Class Compliant USB Audio lets you use music production apps to access deeper and more unique control of your Digitakt or Digitone. Increase the amount of modulation you can assign to your instrument. Change parameters via MIDI. Never stop making waves: https://bit.ly/2Yjvc1r"

Noisy Oscillator /Comb Filter -Modor , meloDicer-Vermona

Dziam Bass

"Hi All.
Today I took again a very nice Noisy Oscillator module and Comb Filter from Modor Music when I was putting the sequence on my new Melodicer from Vermona.
Noisy oscillator is a two voice digital vco with noise, you can add noise such as SONAR, WIND, ARCADE to its out, each of them you add using the mix knob and it creates your wave becomes a new wave with the addition of noise, which creates obviously new unique sounds.
Comb filter is usually used here as a flanger, I really like this effect and this module also has built-in LFO so basically the flanger moves by itself, as you can see Fb -feedback and speed for LFO and deepth for depth of modulation.
meloDicer is a stochastic sequencer so it's very cool and you can easily get melodic things because the notes are combined with two quantizers,but also just throw the dice to the rhythm or melodies and you have another random melodies still in a melodic way .
whole sequence from melodicer and drums from TwinCusiion also from Vermona triggered by Time wizard and Clock O'Pawn from Shakmat Modular .
for me again crazy fun with these modules .
thanks for watching and have a nice day."

ASM HYDRASYNTH Demo & Review

musictrackjp

DEMO by Katsunori UJIIE.
English sub-titles available. Click [CC] and choose English from the Settings menu.

Roland Cloud - New Patch Bank by Espen Kraft | Juno 106

Espen Kraft

"I got the opportunity to make a patch bank for the Juno 106 for Roland Cloud.
I've used the Juno 106 for many years and I have a set of patches I use all the time for this great classic.
I've now distilled those down to a bank that I think captures the essence of this synth. And the 80s!
The Roland Cloud edition of the Juno 106 has some extended features like the effects section, arpeggiator and more, and many of the patches takes advantage of this, but at it's core, it's still a classic Juno.

Check it out here:
https://www.rolandcloud.com/news/juno..."