Erica Synths LXR-02 and friends

video upload by Acid Techno Man

"Little jam on this cool little box. Not as versatile as the Elektron boxes, but still fun."

Vector Synthesizer Performance

video upload by Acid Techno Man

"Just sequencing this from my squid, testing out the variations in gate and velocity. This thing is great. Awesome build quality, top notch customer service. Can't say enough good about Vector as a company and as a synth. This is a well thought out design."

Vector Synthesizer - 5 min in


"I'm pretty happy that this thing can get aggressive. Now keep in mind, I just unboxed this and shot this shit video on my iphone. Just wanted to see it was capable of the dark side, rather than all the sissy ambient shit I've been hearing out of this thing."

OPERA ROTAS Firmware Update - Poly ROTAS Jam Demo - Spherical Sound Society

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"Opera Rotas has a new firmware that transforms the drum machine into a fully 9 voice polyphonic synth based on true, vintage Yamaha FM chips.

It´s a bit like transforming a Sega Genesis/Megadrive into a playable synth with a midi keyboard.

If you have an Opera Rotas (revision 0.9 or higher) you just need the new firmware, available in my stores. So you can have both firmwares with one machine: the classical Drum Machine and this new PolyRotas."

Roland Announces Vocal Designer Model Expansion and Roland Cloud Connect

video upload by RolandChannel

And a user video by Robert Saint John - JUPITER-Xpert:

Roland JUPITER v2.0 - Vocal Designer & Roland Cloud Connect -New JUPITER-X / Xm Synthesizer Firmware

video upload by Robert Saint John - JUPITER-Xpert

The press release:

Powerful New Creative Tools for Owners of the JUPITER-X and JUPITER-Xm Synthesizers

Los Angeles, CA, November 16, 2021 — Roland announces two powerful creative tools for all JUPITER-X and JUPITER-Xm synthesizer owners. The Vocal Designer Model Expansion brings the company’s acclaimed vocal synthesis technology to the JUPITER-X range, opening up a new world of expressive possibilities with the dynamic character of the human voice. Roland Cloud Connect unlocks instant access to an ever-expanding universe filled with thousands of iconic sounds and expansions using just a mobile device and the included wireless adapter.

Vocal Designer Model Expansion
The most expressive instrument in the world is the one inside us all—the human voice. With the Vocal Designer Model Expansion, players can add the warmth and expression of their voices to synthesized sounds, complete with deep customization options to craft unique and memorable tones. Roland has a long history in vocal synthesis, including the famous VP and V-Synth keyboards. Now, the Vocal Designer Model Expansion brings the pinnacle of this powerful technology to the JUPITER-X and JUPITER-Xm.

After connecting a microphone to the rear panel of the JUPITER-X/-Xm, the Vocal Designer Model Expansion allows all types of synthesizer sounds to be controlled and modulated with vocal input. This enables the performer to create otherworldly textures that blend the organic expression of the voice (the modulator) with a synthesized tone or instrument sound (the carrier). The Vocal Designer Model Expansion includes 26 different vocal synthesis algorithms with a wide range of customizable options. And any ZEN-Core tone can be used as a carrier, offering a staggering number of sonic possibilities.

In addition to all-new sounds, the Vocal Designer Model Expansion offers classic vocoder sounds derived from the legendary VP series, including choir and ensemble tones, robot voices, and more. And despite its name, the Vocal Designer Model Expansion isn’t just for voice. It’s possible to use nearly any analog audio or USB input source as a modulator, including drum machines, guitars, circuit-bent toys, DAW audio tracks, or anything the user can imagine.

Roland Cloud Connect
Roland Cloud Connect is a powerful new system that revolutionizes sound expansion for the JUPITER-X and JUPITER-Xm, providing wireless access to new sounds on demand. After plugging the included WC-1 wireless adapter into their instrument, owners can use the iOS/Android mobile app to browse, audition, and install Sound Packs, Wave Expansions, Model Expansions, and more from Roland Cloud. There's a comprehensive search engine for compatible content, and selections automatically synchronize with the user's Roland Account and Roland Cloud Manager software on a desktop computer.

The purchase of Roland Cloud Connect provides an entire year of the Pro membership tier of Roland Cloud. Included is unlimited use of over 30,000 sounds, plus the Vocal Designer Model Expansion and other Model Expansions for hardware or software instruments. There’s also a full library of authentic Roland virtual instruments for DAW production, including ZENOLOGY Pro and Legendary series titles like the JD-800, JX-8P, JUNO-60, TR-808, TR-909, and many more. And for creating on the go, the Zenbeats and Zentracker music production apps are available as well. After the first year, users can renew or scale their membership up or down to meet their needs.

Support for the Vocal Designer Model Expansion and Roland Cloud Connect is included with the free Version 2.0 update for the JUPITER-X and JUPITER-Xm.

Availability & Pricing

The Roland Vocal Designer Model Expansion is available now as a Lifetime Key for $149 through Roland Cloud, or it is also included with Roland Cloud Connect Pro membership.

Roland Cloud Connect will be available in January 2022 through authorized U.S. dealers for $99 and includes the WC-1 wireless adapter as well as one year of Roland Cloud Connect Pro membership for hardware and software.

New Synthetic Sound Labs SEGWENCER 2.0 – MODEL 2521 & V-GATES 2.0 – MODEL 2611

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The SSL 2521 Segwencer™ 2.0 Euro module is an updated version of our popular 2520 with improved circuitry, simple panel graphics and only 8 HP width – and is indeed in a class of its own. The name derives from the audio term “segue” (fading from one sound to another), and the synth term “sequence” (moving from one point / sound to another), and once combined, there is a synergy that blasts these concepts into a totally new way of morphing sounds, textures and even control voltages.

V-GATES 2.0 – MODEL 2611 -

The SSL 2611 V-Gates 2.0 is an updated version of our popular 2610 with improved circuitry, simple panel graphics and only 8 HP width. It sports a powerful combination of features for your clocking and gating pleasure. In fact, there are well over 300 variations of gates, functions and modes. And many of these functions can be voltage controlled!

ANALOG KNOBS ON A DIGITAL GATE?
Absolutely! You bet! Although knobs might seem to make more sense for analog, with digital functions the knobs actually allow very versatile selections of what we call “Sub-Functions”. These sub-functions allow you to adjust how the gate outputs react with the input clock, among other things.

Korg Modwave Review : Wavetable Sounds, Performance Techniques, and More!

video upload by Perfect Circuit

"Our Pal Jacob shows us some of his whacky wavetables on the Korg Modwave!

The Modwave is Korg's newest keyboard synthesizer that takes a portion of DNA from the classic DW-8000 digital synthesizer.

Check out more on the Modwave here : https://bit.ly/3HtVsf7

'The Modwave is a thoroughly modern approach to wavetable synthesis unlike any other. Like the Wavestate and the Opsix before it, Modwave takes a classic method of synthesis and turns it on its head, adding in new features like Kaoss Physics and Motion Sequencing 2.0 to deliver vivid sonic textures with constant evolution, and is presented in a compact, 37-key package that punches well above its weight.'"

électronique

video upload by Todd Barton

"I've always wanted to be able to perform something like Varèse's Poème Électronique live on the Buchla. Poème, of course, took months of recording, tape manipulation and hours and days of editing and splicing tape to create. This humble patch is getting closer to those sounds and gestures in realtime. The game's afoot. Enjoy!"

https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd

Oberheim OB-12 w/ Custom Light Wood Side Panels

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Rhodes Chroma - Fully Restored, with CC+ and New Power Supply

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This Rhodes Chroma is in excellent condition and performs exactly as it should. It has been fully restored and upgraded by Chroma guru Randel Osborne. Randel has restored many Chromas and also builds the Enabler controller. It’s hard to imagine a better example of this rare instrument: beautiful, modernized and 100% Randel certified.

Restoration included:
- complete synth cleaning, calibration and testing
- voice board servicing
- refinishing of the woodwork
- installation of the modern switching power supply by Luca Sasdelli
- installation of the CPU Plus (CC+) control board (MIDI upgrade with breakout cable)

The keybed is in superb shape, with a comfortable feel between piano and synth action."

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Roland MKS-80 Super Jupiter SN 522242 w/ MPG-80 Programmer & Cart

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"This is a rev. 5, it sounds amazing and while known for its massive sound it is also possible to sculpt some airy-sounding pads as well. I removed the rack ears from the programmer as I used it on the desktop - can reattach them if required.

Also comes with an MCX-1024 (practically impossible to find now) that offers the storage of 16 x M-64C cartridges! It utilizes FRAM non-volatile memory that outperform EEPROM/FLASH in speed while remaining non-volatile unlike the more commonly used SRAM. The banks can be accessed using a 16 position switch. Different banks can be used with different gear."

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Al's Roland Jupiter-8 w/ MIDI

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"It has a Groove Electronics MIDI kit installed. The installation was done by SynthesizerStudio Bonn in Germany. They were the best maintenance place in Germany in the 90s. They did a beautiful professional maintenance and repair job every time. Everything is working. Even all the lights are still working.

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The Mysterious Quasimidi Sirius Synthesizer (Presets, drums, songs)

video upload by Dawn R

"The Holy Grail of groove synthesizers and the Crown Jewel of the Electraglide band.
The Sirius is a keyboard "groove-synth," featuring a subtractive hybrid-tone-generation synthesizer referred to as DTE ('Difficult To Explain') synthesis introduced in 1997 by Quasimidi. The unit featured both real-time and step sequencers with pattern- and song-modes, capable of acting basic drum machine, groove-box, or sound-module.

The unit is thus 7x multitimbral and has 28-voice polyphony across its 7 tracks, with track selecting a (track-specific) sound within 96 sounds (per bank) of preset- or user-writeable sounds."

bizarre jezabel athra lofi tape emulate

video upload by ivan krasnov

Synth Rorschach #81

This one is in via an anonymous reader. Based on the REAC label it appears to be a Reeves Electronic Analog Computer. Via Wikipedia:

"The Reeves Electronic Analog Computer (commonly shortened REAC) was a family of early analog computers produced in the United States by Reeves Instrument Corporation from the 1940s through the 1960s."

Followed by:

"There were seven models produced during the life of the system:

REAC 100 (1947)
REAC 200 (1952)
REAC 300 (1953)
REAC 400 (1956)
REAC 500 (1963)
REAC 550 (1964)
REAC 600 (1965)"

Circuit Rhythm - Sample Expansion Pack // Novation

video upload by NovationTV

"Circuit Rhythm’s sampling experience is taking a step up – we’re introducing over 550 new, royalty-free samples for you to add to your creative toolbox, all in the new Circuit Rhythm Sample Expansion Pack.

Take your sampling even further and find new inspiration with six new soundpacks. Ranging from vinyl samples and soulful chords to slick beats and organic instrumentation, the Sample Expansion pack boasts a wide array of styles and genres, available to download now. Free updates and samples will continue to roll out for Circuit Rhythm to support you and your music making.

--- Learn more about Circuit Rhythm and the Sample Expansion Pack:
https://bit.ly/CircuitRhythmSampleExp...

--- Available for Circuit Rhythm owners via Components
https://components.novationmusic.com/..."

And the press release:

"Hundreds of new sounds for Novation’s Circuit Rhythm in the new Sample Expansion Pack

Circuit Rhythm’s sampling experience is taking a step up – Novation are introducing over 550 new, royalty-free samples for Circuit Rhythm owners to add to their creative toolbox, all in the new Circuit Rhythm Sample Expansion Pack.

With the Sample Expansion Pack, beatmakers can get inspired and take their sound even further. Ranging from vinyl samples and soulful chords to slick beats and organ-ic instrumentation, the Sample Expansion Pack boasts a wide array of styles and gen-res, available to download now. Free updates and samples will continue to roll out for Circuit Rhythm to support the Novation sampling community and keep them inspired to create with the hardware.

The Sample Expansion Pack includes 6 distinct soundpacks, each with unique char-acteristics and various instruments for customers to chop and change as they please. Details on the new soundpacks are as follows:

• 'Coastline Bliss’ — Drift away to a golden coastal sunset with these grainy vinyl samples and tight beats.

• ‘Trap Hop’ — Filled with dark hip-hop influences with warped sound-design and tight Trap beats.

• 'East Coast Soul’ — Painting a sunset drenched horizon, East Coast Soul offers an effortless set of electric pianos, vibrant chord progressions and shimmering digital leads.

• ‘Wonky Hip Hop’ — A chilled collection of intimate guitars, tight hip-hop beats and smooth bass lines.

• ‘Neo Soul’ — Brings a rich set of organic instrumentation, laid-back beats, and stunning top lines.

• 'Daybreak Trap’ — This bass-heavy pack blends chill guitar melodies with deep sub basses and sharp Trap beats offering a serene yet driving soundpack.

Circuit Rhythm owners can head over to Novation Components to download and im-port their new soundpacks, and start slicing, sculpting and resampling their samples effortlessly. Components – the online companion for Novation products – makes it easy for music makers to keep their custom sample libraries organised with cloud back up and make the most of the sample packs available to use in their productions.

With eight flexible sample tracks on Circuit Rhythm, beatmakers can immediately play back samples however they choose, whether they’re chopping straight from vinyl, making basslines and melodies, or punching in drum grooves live. For more creative options, Rhythm owners can plug in their phone, turntable, or synths into the groove-box and record sounds directly to the machine.

We hope the Circuit Rhythm Sample Expansion Pack will help new musicians get started with sampling, and encourage beatmakers to follow their inspiration, combine their ideas with these stand-out soundpacks and create countless unique tracks."

https://novationmusic.com/en/circuit-rhythm-sample-expansion-pack

Black Friday Sales

This post is just a reminder that it's that time of year again. Be sure to see our sponsor banners on the right for any deals, and events, shops and makers are having for Black Friday.

Left is a new banner for Ultimate Patches, which you can find further down on the right. As you can also see on the site, Soundtoys is currently having an up to 70% off sale, and per the video below Arturia is having a 50% off sale.
BLACK FRIDAY SALE 💥 50% OFF Arturia Software.
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ASTROGENIC HALLUCINAUTING - M8 Dirtywave, Modular & KP3+ at Modular HTX Live Performance

video upload by thenoiztemple

"ASTROGENIC HALLUCINAUTING - M8 Dirtywave, Modular & KP3+
A Modular HTX Live Performance - 111021

A live performance at the Houston Monthly Modular Meetup by Astrogenic Hallucinauting using a noiz circuit consisting of the Dirtywave M8, a modular rig and the Korg Kaoss Pad 3+.

The M8 is the master clock and all of its track levels and FX levels are MIDI controlled via a 16n built by Michigan Synthworks.

for more noiz:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/as... website: http://manipulate.net"

Ambient Jam with the ARP2600

video upload by PanicGirlVids

"When I last got my ARP2600 restored from a professional technician, one sentence from our conversation really stuck in my head. "If you want your synthesizer to last as long as possible, you need to play it regularly". It sounds easier as it actually is, as life just gets in the way from time to time. But with such an extraordinary vintage synthesizer in my studio I try to power it on and play it at least once a week, as this beauty needs to be kept alive as long as possible."

Tom Oberheim/Dave Smith's OBERHEIM OB-6 - Handmade Miniature 1/6 scale.

video upload by Ronaldo Lopes Teixeira ROLT

Sequential OB-6 Tutorial Lesson 10: Sound Design Examples

video upload by EthanJamesMusic

"This is a tutorial series for anyone who wants to learn how to do their own sound design using the Sequential Circuits (former Dave Smith Instruments) OB-6 synthesizer. The goal is to break this subject down into understandable and digestible bits of information that you can apply to your own electronic music. I am primarily a media or film composer, so we will learn ambient, techno, and EDM style sound design using the synth. This tenth video shows some custom sound design examples to give you an idea of some of the possiblities."

EthanJamesMusic Sequential OB-6 Tutorial Lessons

TEST SERIES Ieaskul F. Mobenthey 2x Benjolin NonLinear Circuits Eurorack Ciat Lonbarde Sound Design

video upload by Outsider Sound Design

"WARNING!!! This video has fast flashing lights which can cause problems for some viewers.
Sound design test focusing on some of the more esoteric eurorack modules.
Ciat Lonbarde Ieaskul F. Mobenthey Denum, Dunst, Swoop, Fourses, Sprout.
Benjolin V1 and V2 with expanders.
NonLinear Circuits NLC Brain Custard, Quad Jerk Chaos, 1050 Seq/Mix
Ornament & Crime

The purpose of “TEST SERIES” is to focus on the sound design possibilities of various gear combinations. This series is not musical nor does it serve as an instructional video. It is all about sound potential.

Please consider supporting this channel by purchasing a sample pack or music download from www.outsidersounddesign.com"

Berna 3 test 2 for IG

video upload by Todd Barton

"I'm loving exploring https://www.giorgiosancristoforo.net Berna 3, a software simulation of a 1950's electronic music studio patterned after the famous RAI studio in Milan, Italy. It pairs well with the book I'm reading, On The Threshold of Beauty by Kees Tazelaar http://thresholdofbeauty.com. Enjoy this little sonic experiment. https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd"

Longer version:

bartonmusic · Berna 3 Test 2

Playing With Urano #11

video upload by gotharman

Dark...
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Dreadbox Dysphonia modular synthesizer DIY Build

video upload by Molten Music Technology



Dreadbox Dysphonia

"My full and complete build of the Dysphonia synth taking you through every step in this soldering adventure. I talk you through the soldering and do my best to deal with the complexities of the testing, tuning and calibration. And at the end you get a super little synth with a lot of cool features. It's a long video because I take my time with the details and demonstrations but you can use the index below to skip about to what you want to see.

I bought this kit myself.

Index - 0:00
Intro - 0:07
The kit - 1:32
Preparation - 6:43
Bottom board power connector - 7:53
Cutting the excess off the PCB and the trimmers - 13:16
USB Power board - 15:24
Top PCB board - removing the excess - 20:30
The patch sockets - 21:12
LED push buttons - 28:34
Sliders - 33:23
Pots - 39:51
Connecting the two boards - 44:05
Optional - remove R40? - 51:11
Putting on the front panel - 52:11
Attaching the power board - 53:11
First test - 54:15
Checking everything works - 59:51
Tuning and calibrating - 1:05:50
Adjusting Mod offset - 1:06:46
Adjusting CV Out - 1:09:53
Oscillator tuning - 1:14:05
Final thoughts - 1:26:42
Sound demo - 1:29:01"

MakeNoise MEGA Patch | Episode 01 | Introduction

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"Last week the idea popped in that I've never tried to patch all my MakeNoise gear in one big set. It took me a few days to set it up, because these cases aren't permanent (except for the Shared). Obviously it's impossible to learn/try everything in one video so I'll be working on a series for as long as it will lead to interesting results. If you have any ideas, let me know in the comments and maybe I'll give them a try! I have to admit having no limitations is much harder than patching up a Shared System. This was super fun to do and I hope you'll like it too!"

Cinematic Laboratory MakeNoise Mega Patch Episodes

Nord Drum 1 Drum Synthesizer

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Pin Electronics Portabella MKIII

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"EMS Synthi remake from Pin Electronics

If you know you know, the best sounding remake of the legendary EMS Synthi A - this is the MKIII from 2021.

These units are made to order and take months to complete. iPhone video included for a little taste!"

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Erica Synths SYNTRX

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Gamechanger Audio Motor Synth w/ Original Box

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Waldorf Rack Attack

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"This rack delivers devastating kicks and electronic drums."

Sequential Circuits Polyphonic Sequencer 1005 SN 0112 w/ Instructions

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"This will need some work but functions somewhat and is a very hard to find unit. Currently you can record sequences, speed them up, slow them down, extend them, and transpose them. Edit section doesn’t seem to work. Button 2 and 5 are hard trigger. When plugged into my prophet 5 it adds hum to the signal. I have no idea about the cassette deck. Comes with what looks to be the manual or an addendum. Cosmetically in pretty good shape. Typical wear of a 40 year old unit."

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Korg PE-1000 Polyphonic Ensemble SN 770307

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"Rare vintage synthesizer in good condition. Unique design - each key has its own oscillator. The condition is very good for his age."

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Yamaha CS-20M Synthesizer SN 2422

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"Fully functional Yamaha CS-20m.
Recently calibrated and ready for use."

You can find a demo here.

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Arp Omni 2 Analog String Synthesizer

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"Arp Omni 2 string synthesizer in great condition. Freshly serviced and 100% functional. There is some scratching on the leather sides and the case, as seen in the pictures. Here's a list of the services performed:

Power supply rebuild: electrolytic and tantalum capacitors replaced

All tantalum capacitors on every board replaced

Key bushings replaced and keybed leveled

All sliders replaced with Bourns PTA w/ adapter boards

4075 filter correction mod for increased frequency range response

Full service manual calibration

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YAMAHA CS-30 Analog Synthesizer w/ Sequencer SN 2278

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Roland GR 700 Guitar Synthesizer

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Roland MKS-50 Rack Synthesizer w/ PG-300 Controller

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YAMAHA EX5R Synthesizer w/ Disks

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Norand Mono - Basement Jam 2

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"Jaquarius hit again and this time only with Monos and his 303."

L-1 Discrete Equalizer/Resonator. 02

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Update:

L-1 Discrete Equalizer/Resonator. 03

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Roland JX-8P Unison Detune Tutorial - Can the JX-08 Boutique do this?

video upload by Espen Kraft

"Quick demonstration of the Unison detune functionality of the original Roland JX-8P. After the news of the Boutique JX-08 from Roland I was asked if the 08 can do this. I can't find any answers in the info so far. Does anyone know? Let us know in the comments."

Future Retro Vectra Synthesizer Sound Demo Part 1

video upload by FutureRetroSynths

"All sounds you hear are from the Future Retro Vectra synthesizer. The Vectra is capable of recreating some of the most recognizable sounds from some of the greatest synths of all time. Want to do wavetable synthesis like the Prophet VS and Microwave 1? How about some DX FM sounds? Or combine digital and analog waveforms like the D-50? And who remembers the SQ-80? But this goes farther than just digital synths, how about 303 stuff? Do you enjoy the rich fat tones of the Oberheim's with variable glide time per oscillators, and gorgeous filters? We do too! And British synth lovers, will enjoy the Synthi, Wasp, and Oscar inspirations. Want to dive into some modular weirdness, you got it! Or maybe you're just tired of the same old drum machines and ready for some new percussion. Whether you're a professional musician, sound designer for film, or hobbiest the Vectra offers something for everyone.

Some clips may include a touch of reverb/delay from the Eventide Eclipse."

Airplane Guidance System Goes Low

video upload by HAINBACH

"Maybe the oddest thing I ever made music with? The 1960s Bauknecht Tuning Fork Modulator STG 102 was used in instrument landing systems for airplanes and air traffic control. It is an electro-mechanical oscillator, which is both beautiful and very limited. But limits are great for creativity."

Boss RC-505 MKII Loop Station - Sonic LAB Review

video upload by sonicstate

"The original Boss RC-505 is seen by many as the pinnacle of loopstations, with countless musicians using it as a gateway to success during the 15+ years it's been available. Surely time for an update then? Here's the RC-505 MKII then, with expanded IO, improved audio quality, increased FX (4 input, 4 track), more algorithms, increased record time - 13hrs over 3, bounce feature, Mark back and undo, more rhythms, way deep button and controller assignments.

We've multi-sampled a couple of the Drum Kits and made them available as Decent Sampler presets on our Patreon Page: https://patreon.com/sonicstate

The RC-505 MKII really does build on the original while keeping the essential functions the same - that is five stereo tracks of loopers, with tempo detection, time stretch and lots of control. Editor Nick is a first time RC user and takes us through the essential functions, and gives his verdict.

The RC-505 MKII is available now (in limited quantities) priced at £499/$599 street price.
https://www.boss.info/uk/products/rc-...

00:00 Intro
01:08 Key Differences
04:44 Making Loops + Input FX
10:51 Bouncing
12:51 Vocoder and live MIDI input
17:44 Mark, Undo and Button assignments
23:26:03 Input settings
26:37 Timestretch
28:57 Wrap and Conlcusion"

“Stochastic Inspiration Generator 02 - Percussive” by Friendly Noise

video upload by Friendly Noise

"Modules: Stochastic Instruments Stochastic Inspiration Generator + Expander, Schlappi Engineering Angle Grinder, Schlappi Engineering 100 Grit, SSF Vortices, Intellijel Quadrax, Intellijel Planar, Joranalogue Generate 3, Joranalogue Filter 8, Xaoc Kamieniec, Xaoc Tallin, Dave Rossum Panharmonium, Qu-bit Data Bender, Befaco Rampage. + Strymon Nightsky reverb."

Kurtz Mindfields Universe

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"Welcome to the Berlin School universe of Kurtz Mindfields. https://kurtzmindfields.bandcamp.com/"

SynthR modular

Arcaico instruments KAIROS & RAVERB / Sound exploration

video upload by Arcaico Instruments

"RAVERB / Reverb in eurorack format inspired by the infamous Reverberation Machine
KAIROS / Delay digital / analogue hybrid that reproduces the classic Vintage BBD / ECHO TAPE delay.
Delay time: min 0.05ms and max 1.1 sec."

KAIROS | RAVERB