VAI 40 : Solton Disco 64

video upload by Vintage Audio Institute Italia

"Another video of this rare bird - the Solton Disco 64.
This is one take and two overdubs if we remember correctly - it's really fun and easy to improvise on and then use the same machine to do overdubs - you can play the sections as monophonic / polyphonic synthesizers as well as having the auto-accompaniment generating the sounds.
The sounds themselves might not be the most interesting, but the complete sum of its parts makes for a fun instrument, and external effects do help as well.
This was the predecessor of the Solton Programmer 24 and some of the sounds and the drum machine is featured in the the first model Solton Polyvox as well."

You can find additional Solton Disco 64 posts here.

John Carpenter - Escape From New York (Agile Kind Mix)

video upload by Paul Louth

"I got my Prophet 10 a few hours ago, this is a test of what it can do with a score that was well known for using the original Prophet 5. I didn't try to recreate the sounds exactly, this is more aggressive than the original, but it shows off the synth more. I played around with the vintage setting on the various sounds to get that melancholic, detuned, and organic sound that the original Prophet 5 was well known for.

It was mixed pretty quickly, so it's probably a bit muddy, but still this sounds great for a few hours of playing around."

Classic Drum Machine sounds for the Sequential TOM | UPDATE

video upload by Espen Kraft

"The Sequential TOM drum machine, one of the coolest drum machines of the 80s and very advanced for its time. The cartridge port in the front made/makes it very easy to use 3 party drums. Today I check out the 8-in one classic cart from HKD.design. Linndrum, DMX and others all rolled into one."

See this post for an additional demo and link to the cart. You can find additional HKA Design posts here.

New Prodigy VCO Eurorack Module from Ensure Sound

"Euro-rack module 12HP voltage controlled oscillator

This is a modified clone of the Moog Prodigy oscillator. Assembled on the basis of modern SMD components, high-precision resistors and operational amplifiers. Many modifications have been added. Fits perfectly in the basic configuration of your modular synthesizer, it can also be added as an external (third oscillator) for the Prodigy ER-16. Detailed technical specifications are described below.

Technical specification:

1. Wave forms: saw, pulse, triangle, sine.
2. Square wave form sub oscillator -1 and -2 octaves.
3. Pulse width modulation.
4. Frequency modulation, linear and logarithmic.
5. Hard and soft synchronization.
6. Precision tune potentiometer (10 turns) rotary counter knob.
7. 5 octave range rotary switch.
8. Power +/- 12V (80 mA).
9. Module size 12HP, depth 38 mm.

Of the improvements, it should be noted:

1. Soft sync
2. Linear FM (AD/DC coupling)
3. PWM
4. Sub octave oscillator
5. 5 octave switch
6. 10 turns tune pot

Available for sale at a price of 140 euros + 15 euros for shipping.
PayPal payment.

If you are interested in purchasing a module, please contact me in a personal message.

Yours sincerely Ensure Sound"

Ensure Sound - Prodigy ER-16

video upload by Paul Louth

You can find additional posts featuring the Prodigy ER-16 dating back to 2016 here.

ESK - Roland TR 626 Drum Layers

video upload by Metunar

"Building a beat by recording 8 tracks of Roland TR-626 preset patterns into the Akai MPC X. Each drum layer is processed with a different EQ setting.
The graphic equalizer is a Peavey Q231FX with +12dB boost to -18dB cut per band.

http://www.metunar.ch"

Korg Wavestation A/D SN 300373

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"Unit has tested in great working condition with a bit of cosmetic wear and missing knob cap. Backlight it out on the display, however it's still legible. Includes extra RAM cart and AC power cable."

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Akai EWV 2000 Wind Synthesizer

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Sequential Circuits Six Trak Synthesizer Model 610 SN 0278J

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"Condition is Like New, everything works great no problems at all kept very well."

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MINIMOOG VOYAGER RME SYNTHESIZER w/ CP-251 & VX-351 Expanders

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ALESIS ANDROMEDA A6 Minus Right Side Panel

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Ghost In Translation SYNTH x FX PEDALS

video upload by Ghost In Translation

"How does SYNTH sound like through a distortion and an echo-delay guitar pedals...

Code on https://github.com/ghostintranslation...
PCB and panel on https://ghostintranslation.bandcamp.c...

--

SYNTH is a modular FM polyphonic synthesizer, based on Eurorack physical format it has however no patch cables in the front but has rather MIDI and audio jacks in the back.

It is based on my homemade platform Motherboard, everything is open-source.

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https://ghostintranslation.bandcamp.com"

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"SYNTH is a modular FM synthesizer, based on eurorack physical format it has however no patch cables on the front but has rather midi and audio jacks in the back.

This product includes 1 front panel and the 2 necessary back pcb.

Colour option:
You have the choice of simple black (1 side) or bicolour (2 sides, just flip it) black/white or black/aluminum.

Note that the white is done with the silkscreen layer and the 'aluminum' is done with the copper layer so it is not perfectly flat as shown on pictures compare to the black that is the base board colour.

I took the photos on an angle on purpose to increase the imperfections, however they are not as strong when looking the panel straight."

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Using Little Alter Boy - Little Alter Boy Soundtoys

video upload by Distinct Mastering

Quick note: Soundtoys is a new sponsor of MATRIXSYNTH and will be featured more often on the site. For posts featuring effects they either need be demoed with synths or they need to be applicable to synths. This video focuses on vocals but it can obviously be applied to synths. The Little Alter Boy also features a robot/vocoder mode not demoed here. That said, this gets a post. You can find Soundoys at: https://www.soundtoys.com

Timecodes:
0:00 Start
00:37 Overview of Little Alter Boy
01:24 The Pitch Knob
01:51 The Formant Knob
02:18 Layering with Soundtoys Little Alter Boy
03:11 Using Drive
03:34 Alter Boy Modes
0:355 The Mix Knob

Ableton M4L Ratchet Gate

video upload by Akihiko Matsumoto

"Random midi trigger generator for Ableton Live.
https://gum.co/TfNDp"

BLEASS Introduces Granulizer - granular texture effect plugin

video upload by BLEASS

BLEASS Granulizer | How to merge 4 instruments into a unique granular texture (Desktop)
video upload by BLEASS

"BLEASS Granulizer is an effect that fragments its input signal into a multitude of grains, each grain having its own randomized properties. It results in complex and irregular textures adding to the original sound a living and organic feeling. Thanks to multi-input, we offer the possibility to extract grains from up to 4 different sources, each grain being randomly extracted from one of the sources. This approach multiplies the complexity and richness of the resulting texture.

The Input Stage allows you to choose between a low-shelf or high-pass filter (to filter out the bass frequencies from input) as well as a gain adjustement.

BLEASS Granulizer takes up to 4 sources from different busses as inputs (compatible DAW required). When multiple busses are on, each grain is randomly extracted from one of the available sources.

The Granulizer generates short samples (‘grains’) from different input signals by modulating different parameters which you can visualize thanks to the 3D Visualizer.

Volume
Pan (represented by width in the visualizer)
Size ( = grain’s duration)
Density ( = frequency of grains generation)
Offset ( = the amount of time between record and play represented by the depth in the 3D visualizer)
Backward/Forward Playback Direction
Shape ( = grain’s envelope, represented by the height dimension in the visualizer)
Warmth ( = strength of the distortion applied to the grain)
Tune ( = grains can be pitched up or down according to different modes: “Fine” / Chromatic / Major / Minor / 5th / Major 7th. / Minor 7th / Octave and other tuning modes such as dim / Dom / Maj 7th Chords)
The amount of randomization can be set with the “dice” knobs.
Density, grain size and offset range can be freely synced or beat synced to the host’s tempo."

via https://www.bleass.com/bleass-granulizer/

Novation Circuit Tracks Pack Updates!

video upload by Red Means Recording

"I've converted my first two OG Novation Circuit Packs into one big mega pack for the new Novation Circuit Tracks! Grab it here: https://redmeansrecording.gumroad.com...

The new Mega Pack includes:

01 Circuit pack for Circuit Tracks
03 Sample sets (1 in the pack, 3 as RAW .wavs to swap out)
01 Synth Bank of 112 patches
112 individual synth patches
8 Demo sessions

Novation Circuit Tracks at Perfect Circuit: https://bit.ly/3dxVKEv"

Noise Engineering Collaborates with Winterbloom to bring Custom Versio Panel Overlays

Big news! You asked, we heard you! We have collaborated with our good friends at Winterbloom ( @wntrblm ) to bring you panel overlays for all of your Versio needs. Panels are available in silver and black, and bonus: get them all and get a discount! https://t.co/uFqlC5HVXS pic.twitter.com/PROgFJgmwc

— Noise Engineering (@noiseeng) July 1, 2021

Cherry Audio Teases New Memorymoog Emulation

video upload by Cherry Audio

"New Virtual Synthesizer Coming July 15th!"

Modal Cobalt8 - "Ambika" 50 presets & Sequences

video upload by LFOstore

"Lfo.store presents a series of banks for Modal Electronics synthesizers as official partnership.
Introducing: 'Ambika' soundset with one of the deepest patches you heard on Modal Cobalt 8

'Ambika' is devoted to organic & motion sounds ready to go in your action track.

Buy: https://lfo.sellfy.store/p/modal-coba...

And Cobalt’s virtual engine with improved analog spirit inside – is the perfect way to make iconic sounds!

50 presets & sequences are ready to breathe new colours into your music and inspire creativity.

Inside the pack:

Massive Strings
Deep & Evolving Pads
Drones & Filmscore Sounds
Monstrous Basses
Beautiful Arps & Sequences
Cosmic Plucks & Keys

Second Bank from series by Nick Klimenko aka Chronos, a creator of “Organica” for Waldorf Blofeld & “WS Universe” for Korg Wavestation

Enjoy!"

Happy Nerding FX Aid: Reverb Crushed

video upload by Happy Nerding

"New effect – 'Reverb Crushed', which is a reverb followed by the sample rate reduction and Tone control to tame it as desired. This is a similar effect like AC Noises 'AMA Reverb'."

http://www.happynerding.com/

Synton Fenix 2 Demos by Batchas

Playlist:
07 01 21 Synton Fenix 2 - Delay and 12db filter
06 30 21 Synton Fenix 2 - Wave Multipliers and external signal input
06 30 21 Synton Fenix 2 - Phaser and formant filter [01]
06 30 21 Synton Fenix 2 - Phaser and formant filter [02]
06 30 21 Synton Fenix 2 - Phaser and formant filter [03]

YAMAHA Reface CP - 70s & 80s E-Piano Sounds - RetroSound Demo Track

video upload by RetroSound

"(c)2007-21 by RetroSound
supported by UVI: http://bit.ly/retrosound-uvi

❤️ Support #RetroSound​ channel: https://retrosound.creator-spring.com

all e-piano sounds: Yamaha Reface CP
drums, strings and vocal samples: E-MU Emax SE Sampling Synthesizer
recording: multi-track

YAMAHA Reface CP
70s Stage Piano Sounds and Effects
Rhodes Mk.1
Rhodes Mk.2
Wurlitzer
Clavinet
Vintage Toy Piano
Yamaha CP-80
Acoustic Piano (hidden sound)

RetroSound synthesizer demo videos since january 2007.
Everything is free. If you like my work, you can also support me with the purchase of my merchandise (shirts, bags, mugs, stickers) or one of my music albums. Thank you!"

How to Build a Raspberry PI Synthesizer by Floyd Steinberg

"A series of #shorts showing how to build a #raspberrypi #synthesiser.

To follow this series along, you'll need a Raspberry PI, an SD card, keyboard and mouse, and HDMI mini to normal cable, and audio and USB cables.

Start by going to raspberrypi.com. Click on 'software' and download the Raspberry Pi imager. Insert an SD card into your PC and install and launch the imager. Choose the first option, 'Raspberry PI OS 32 bit' in the list of operating systems, select your SD card and then click 'write'. Then wait until the process is finished. We'll continue in the next video."

The Ultimate CPC MIDI Soundcard - Standalone CPC MIDI Playback

video upload by Michael Wessel

"Another update from the Ultimate CPC MIDI Soundcard project: We can now record and playback MIDI streams from CPC memory! A number of standalone MIDI song fragments demonstrate the sonic range and MIDI bandwidth of the card. I think it is fair to say that this card represents a breakthrough and pinnacle in providing MIDI capabilities to the Amstrad CPC. If you are interested in purchasing one, please drop me a note, but I have very limited stock. The DSK files (ULTMIDI.DSK and ULTMIDI2.DSK) are in the GitHub repo: https://github.com/lambdamikel/BluePi..."

Follow-up to this post.

You can find additional posts featuring Michael Wessel here.

Moogup 1

video upload by zack dagoba

"moog moog happy time"

1976 MOOG 15 35 55 Synthesizer Brochures & Price Lists

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Analogue Solutions Impulse Command Analog Synthesizer

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Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev 3 SN 5249

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"This Prophet 5 is well known for its VCF and VCA components, as well as its Poly-Mod. This synth hardly needs an introduction. The Rev 3.2 version has MIDI capability via expansion, micro-tuning capacity, 120-patch memory, and superior reliability."

This one does not appear to have MIDI on back. See this Rev3 Prophet-5 for comparison.

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Moog Prodigy Model 336BX SN 5202x

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Roland SVC-350 Vocoder Plus Rackmount Vocoder

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Oberheim Matrix 1000 Analog Synthesizer w/ v1.16 Gligli Update SN L321023

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● Has the Gligli v1.16 system PROM installed for instantly responsive editing.

● Used in a stereo pair of Oberheim Matrix 1000s for awesome sound.

● Original 1.11 OS ROM chip and power cord included.

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Creamware Pulsar Scope Fusion Platform 3.1

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Breakaway Vocalizer 1000 Voice-Controlled Personal Music Synthesizer w/ Original Box

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MODOR DR-2 : first jam

video upload by Freaky Tweaky

Korg Opsix - sound demo by Jexus

video upload by Jexus / WCOG

"Info + review: http://syntezatory.net.pl/korg_opsix.htm - To get all my 250 sounds you have two options: Via PayPal: Please send € 26,00 (Euro) to this paypal address: [wcologarb@tlen.pl] writing "opsix sounds" + your email in the title. I will send the presets after I get notified about your payment (max 24 hours).

Via Debit / Credit Card: Send me an email [wcologarb@tlen.pl] and say you'd like to have your card charged - I will send you a payment request and it will be processed by my Paypal (you don't have to own a Paypal account, your card is enough).

You will receive all the sounds from my Youtube video plus extra sounds (250 original sounds + their variations = 270 sounds in total). My patches come under the name "WCOG" in a library saved in Korg Librarian format (software downloadable from the synth's website)."

CLAVIA nord rack 3 Demo & Review

video upload by musictrackjp

Roland TB03, Make Noise Strega | Ambient

video upload by Akihiko Matsumoto

Reverb: Zynaptiq ADAPTIVERB
Master Comp/Limitter: iZotope Ozone9

Digitakt OS Upgrade: Base-width Filter

video upload by Elektron

"Much requested from its Digi sibling, a Base-width filter has been added to the Digitakt. This additional filter gives you more control when it comes to finding space for your sounds, working in tandem with the Multimode filter. You can also access it via LFO destination to unlock even more modulation potential."

Digitakt OS Upgrade posts

“Flux meets Jupiter-4 12 - More LFO” by Friendly Noise

video upload by Friendly Noise

Flux meets Jupiter-4 episodes

"This is number 12 of a video series combining the best of vintage sound and the best of the modern sequencer technology in eurorack: Roland Jupiter 4 and IO Labs Flux. There will be a new short video every week.

The Jupiter 4 is always recorded in mono, which makes the internal chorus very subtle. Reverb is added in Cubase to make the sound wider. There is no clipping in the recording chain. If you hear anything close to distortion, it’s all in the sound coming out of the Jupiter 4.

The Roland Jupiter 4 has been rediscovered and established as the most full of character among the Roland polyphonic synths. Although limited in number of voices and straight forward sound architecture, it shines with an unique sonic print which no other synth can emulate. There are lots of great video demos and information on the web, so that no detailed description will be provided here. But it’s important to mention some unique features which will be showed extensively in this video series:

- The Jupiter 4 filter goes into self oscillation. Big guys like Yamaha CS-80, Jupiter 8 or Oberheim OBX-a can’t.
- The LFO is fast enough to get into audio range.
- There is a very noticeable internal saturation when the VCA slider is raised.

Don’t expect nice bass sounds and classic analog leads. The Jupiter 4 is perfect for that, but this has already been done before in many records and internet demos. What you are about to hear is the extreme side of the sound. Be prepared for drones, massive low frequencies, cracking saturation, ultra fast notes and unusual scales. Many sounds will remind you of modular synthesizers, but they were all created by direct recording of the Jupiter 4. :-)

In fact, the VCO is switched off and you will be hearing only the self oscillating filter in almost 80% of the video series. Only in the last videos you will hear the VCO. That means that 80% of the sounds you will hear couldn’t be made with other classic polyphonic synths, unless the filter self oscillates.

Luckily this Jupiter 4 was modded with CV and gate inputs and outputs per voice (and then some). Using this level of control per voice you can use the Jupiter 4 as a vintage monophonic synth, or drive individual voices differently. For example, applying vibrato or slide per voice. In this video series, only three voices were used.

The amazing sound of this Jupiter 4 can break the traditional boundaries specially when driven by the Temporal Modulation Synthesis sequencer Flux, made by IOLabs: https://www.tmsynthesis.com/
Flux is the most advanced tool for rhythm creation ever made. Ever. Trying to explain Flux is few words is not possible. Please look for information on the web."