The warmth of the sun | An ode to Pivot & Bonnie

video upload by MIDERA

"On the way to the emergency vet, Pivot by my side. I remember the sun on her carrier. I hoped it had warmed her. Or if nothing else, I hoped the sound of my voice or my daughter's kept her company. Today was a hard day. It was time to put Pivot to sleep.

Pivot was very sick. Yesterday, she had thrown up multiple times and afterwards, just laid down and wouldn't move. I couldn't entice her to eat, not yesterday, not today - it's my litmus test for how my cat is doing. She, in fact, would move away from it. I had hoped over night she would feel better, but it just did not happen. She laid by a water bowl in the kitchen and occasionally drink from it (a sign, I thought, that she was improving), but she just seemed not well. I made the call. It had to be done.

Everyone said their goodbye's. My wife would stay home with our 2 year old who would not have handled the mood very well. However, to my surprise, my 6 year old wanted to come. I was glad. Pivot had laid with her for years. She would lay on my wife when she was pregnant with my daughter. She would lay by her carrier when she was asleep in it. She was always with her. Pivot was her fur mama. She loved my daughter.

It was a big gift that my daughter came with. When I cried, she would say "It's ok Papa." She was strong. Of course, she cried too. But the resilience of a 6 year old who, in 6 months, has had to deal with the loss of two of her favorite pets, is impressive. Tonight there was a lot of "I miss Bonnie and Pivot." I do too. We cried a lot.

I got Pivot in August of 2008, a week after I lost my last cat, Winchester. Pivot was best friends with Bonnie. Pivot was nuts. She would fly around my house and body slam cat scratch toys. She would lay down with rugs and kick them. But she would lay next to my face and fall asleep. If I was sad, I could make fake sad meow sounds and she would run to me. She always comforted me.

I did want to try to do an in-home service for putting her down. I thought that would be the kind thing to do, because she hated traveling, but ultimately, I knew it should be done sooner than later, and honestly, those home services are kind of a lot of money ($700+ instead of $400+). I feel a little bad that I chose the cheaper option, because Pivot HATED traveling (like she would pee herself when we'd leave the house). Today - hardly a peep. She did meow, but she had such little strength. I knew sending her off earlier was the better option too. Doing it away from the house at least made it so I didn't need to look at a spot and say "That's where Pivot died." Pivot let go of this life at 1:10PM, in my arms, full of love, all of which I hope she took with her.

So - here I am, alone now, everyone else asleep in the house. I wrote this as I sat here and felt the mood was fitting. I think of myself as the Rhodes Piano voice, a sad depressing tone, mixed in with the voice of Pivot, dancing around my sadness, as she really did so well. It begins and ends without her, the way our lives were entwined. She will be forever missed.|

Rhodes Piano in Strymon DIG
Prophet 10 in Strymon El Cap
All through Eventide Blackhole VST"

Update:

Bonnie

video upload by Mike Lewis

"Mar 13, 2023
This last weekend, on March 11th, I put my dear friend Bonnie (Flame Point Siamese cat) to sleep. She suffered a stroke (or had a growth in her brain) on Tuesday March 7th. We found her walking in circles, I think she was suddenly blinded. She was not well. I thought "if this is a stroke, cats can recover, even if she's blind." I tried to hold on to her, but something changed even further on Thursday night. That was the moment I realized that she had stopped purring when I pet her (she had been purring in the day). I think she may have had seizures, because I remember seeing blood on her paw pads, where her nails would have dug in (which were not there in the afternoon).

I think only one word really describes how I feel about losing her: Devastated.

She lived at least 15 years (with me) and was adopted in 2007, being about 2-4 years old (as a guess), meaning she was about 18-20 years old. That was a good long life for a cat. I had hoped she would have made it to 23 years old... dying in her sleep peacefully, but she (and I) didn't get that. I watched her suffer for a few days, but I think Thursday she stopped eating entirely. On Friday, I found her stuck behind the litter box and I knew that was time.

I don't know why I feel such guilt, but apparently that's a common feeling when you lose a pet. I think I feel guilty that I was kinda mean to her in the first year I had her. I even told people I didn't want her (note, that I could not ever bring myself to get rid of her). I don't know why I felt those things. I even said she was ugly (she did have a really funny weird brown spot on her nose that always made her look like she was snarling). I feel a lot of guilt for feeling and saying these things. I know she didn't understand them, but I wasn't kind.

What's strange is, all the things I found annoying or disliked, just now happen to be all of the things I miss. Like her tenacity to get in my lap and stop at nothing until she won (multiple times I'd get her off my lap, eventually she'd sneak in and win). Or her licking my arms. Or that funny snarl look on her face. These things... they just stick in my mind and I just absolutely devastated that I can't experience them now.

The hardest part for me was after realizing she was going to be put down - telling her what a good kitty she was, how I loved her so much, and that she was one of my best friends. Well, the hardest part was holding on to her as life left her. I knew she was no longer in pain, but I think that feeling will stay with me forever. We drove to the vet in the same car she came home in when I adopted her. I thought she'd like that. I talked to her in the car, telling her how beautiful it was outside with the thick snow falling gently in the grey sky. While she was probably deaf, and now blind, I hoped she could hear me, even just a little.

Now, she is gone. I look at the kitties and puppy I have left and tell myself that I need to be more present for them. I also tell myself, everything that bothers me about my pets will be the very things I will miss when they're gone. I need to be more present in general, for my wife and my kids.

There is the biggest hole in my heart, where apparently Bonnie resided. I had no idea how big that space was until she left me."

Analogue Solutions Colossus Synthesizer Single Sequence

video upload by Analogue Solutions

"Here's a single Colossus #synthesizer sequence captured via mobile. This was a demo sequence we used at Sweetwater during the AS visit and presentation. It was quickly taken apart via participants' hands, which is part of the fun of #Colossus and modular in general! Too cool not to share. :)

We have several configurations of the Colossus synth. Drop a line or visit the website for more information:

www.analoguesolutions.com"

Korg Prologue and 01w - Where the Streets Have No Name - Intro

video upload by Sonicwave

"Layered pad

Korg Prologue 293- Lush Pad with riser reverb
Korg 01W - B21 Serenity"

UDO Super 6 - Virtuality Vol.1

video upload by Scott McAuley Sounds

"Patches will be available at https://www.orano.co.uk/shop or http://www.synthsounds.co.uk

So, Here it is, my first pack of 64 Sounds for the amazing UDO Super 6, the synth is an absolute pleasure to program, play and hear! it sounds like no other synth I own or have heard.

No other effects were used in this demo apart from the two generative patches at the end I added some reverb to let you hear it in context.

Hybrid Synths can achieve so much, with the state of the art FPGA digital hardware oscillators, the S6 sounds amazing.

George Hearn and his team have done a remarkable job with this synth, and I feel there will be many many more banks coming from me for this one.

A mixture of classics, modern, dirty, beautiful and creamy sounds in this bank, I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed making them.

I used UDO Facotry waveforms for this entire bank.

Next bank will contain some (if not all) SM custom Waveforms.

as always, thanks for checking them out.

SM."

Dogma: Cinematic Synth Improvisation with the Melbourne Instruments NINA + Expressive E Osmose

video upload by Christopher Gwinn

"Dogma: another bit of improv with a very cinematic pad on my Melbourne Instruments NINA desktop synth, using an Expressive E Osmose as the controller. Running through light UAD EQ, compression/limiting, and tape sim.

© 2003 Rig Veda Music."

1980's Jam #1

video upload by ItsCoolDiamond

"A 1980's style funky instrumental. Track Name: Refraction. Enjoy!

For Sample Packs, Sounds Kits, Preset Packs & Production:
www.itscooldiamond.com
IG: ItsCoolDiamond
Twitter: ItsCoolDiamond"

Lectric Panda's Automata Sequencer

video upload by Lectric Panda

https://lectricpanda.com/

"Cellular Automata based MIDI Sequencer. Bits from the Automata state are added to the note base parameters: Trigger, Pitch, Velocity, Duration, Slice, and Hold.

Four MIDI CC's can also be generated.

1-D Automata.
Reset every N steps.
Scalable UI.
Integrated tool tips.
Host Transport Sync.
Sample accurate MIDI Generation.
VST3 Format."

"Automata was heavily influenced by work David Burraston @ noyzelab had done with his uMANIAC sequencer."

PlayFader PlayMates

video uploads by Play All Day

You might remember Play All Day from previous posts here.

Playlist:

1. PlayFader PlayMates

PlayFader meets @erfindungsbuero ERM Polygogo.

Headphones recommended.

Channel A:
CV - V/oct of Polygogo and multed into Natural Gate’s Control input to open up the decay time. Set to User Scale. Gate - Right-hand side Hit input on Natural Gate.

Channel B:
CV - Various modulation inputs on Polygogo. Set to 2v unquantised.
Gate - Left-hand side Hit input on Natural Gate.

Clock input, set to CV.- from @makenoisemusic Function EOC output.

PolyGogo X and Y outputs are split into separate sides of the Natural Gate so they can be independently gated. It’s all running through the @busycircuits MFX for some stereo glue and then onto the delicious Sealegs by @intellijel for delay vibes.

PlayGuide:
We start by setting each channel’s time division to different settings. Then we record a 16 step loop of both channels simultaneously, creating nice polyrhythms. Then we play around with the record arm of CV and Gate, essentially decoupling them so we can record just CV over the gate patterns in the Loop buffer. Then we overdub some different gate patterns by setting the channels to different divisions. We even play with 24ppn which is crazy fast but gives a nice effect. We overdub that again showing how you can endlessly play over your recordings. And we use Latch a lot, because we love Latch… a lot! Latch allows the CV output to be played live with the faders, over the top of the buffer contents. A quick double-tap of Latch releases the CV from the live fader position, and back to whatever’s in the Loop buffer.

Available for Pre-order now ❤️

In our next PlayMates video, PlayFader meets @noiseeng BIA & @michigan_synth_works SY0.5 - things get seriously wild..."

2. PF Clocked redux

PlayFader has dark side, don’t be fooled by all pretty colours 🙃

Our 2nd PlayMate video shows the less conventional and, frankly, crazy side of PlayFader. Hard to explain in detail what happened here but the main idea was to explore playing with the speed of the clock input. Recording patterns at slow clock rates and speeding up really fast.
Huge thanks to Paul’s Alex Bow for the idea!

Channel A is playing with BIA by Noise Engineering and Channel B is having fun with Michigan Synthworks SY0.5 and both are running into the mighty M T2D dual triode distortion by Sonocurrent.

Channel A:
CV - to the pitch and various modulation inputs on BIA via the fabulous Ochd by DivKid and Instruo.
Set to 5v un-quantised range.
Gate - BIA trigger input


Channel B:
CV - pitch input on the SY0.5
Set to 5v un-quantised range.
Gate - to trigger input of SY0.5

Hard to explain, but things go nuts. Due to the fact the looper and clock divisions are always tight, cool patterns emerge and when you speed the clock up you get interested low bit res waveforms and glitchy mayhem.

3. PlayFader PlayMates Pt2

Another little snippet of these PlayMates having fun. Slowing the clock coming into PlayFader allows you to record more into the 16 step buffer when it’s set to faster decisions. We then speed up the clock and all kinds of interesting happen.

In case you didn’t already know, we’re open for pre-orders. Link in bio. And stay tuned for more episodes of PlayMates coming soon. If you have any suggestions of friends you’d like OlayFader to meet, let us know in the comments.

And if you can’t quite figure out what PlayFader is doing, check out the PlayData manuals on our website.

Love and patches,
Play All Day ❤️

Behringer Pro-800 - "Organica" Soundset 50 Presets

video upload by LFOstore

"We are continuing a new series of banks for Behringer Pro-800.

Welcome to 'Organica' Soundset with 50 hadrcrafted alive sounds onboard!

Soundset is here: https://lfo.sellfy.store/p/behringer-...

Behringer Pro-800 is a powerful synthesizer with huge potential and an incredible variety of sounds, this time we will dive into the world of pulsations, modulations and vintage feel.

Expressive Alive Leads
Beautiful Strings & Pads
Modular-Like Sequences
Cinematic Arps
Plucks & Poly's
FX

Suited for all modern genres of electronic music: retrowave, ambient, trance, house, classic electronica, downtempo.

Nearly all our patches utilize the Mod wheel or / and aftertouch for expressive sounds - make sure to always try them when checking out the patches.

Instructions are included.

By Nick Klimenko aka Chronos, a creator of 'Organica' for Waldorf Blofeld & 'WS Universe' for Korg Wavestation."

PhonicBloom GechoLogic Loopstyler

video upload by Gecho Loopsynth

"After a lot of prototyping, we're finally happy with the circuit, and here are its first sounds! :) We've opened preorders at https://phonicbloom.com/ [priced at €175 +VAT] and manufacturing will commence shortly, our favourite PCB factory is happy with the blueprints and all components are in stock. If you are interested in technical details and the development journey, check https://loopstyler.com/.

This demo shows a very basic configuration: 4 samples across 4 rows of pads, sharing the same octave and mode. After activating the arpeggiator, you can change key, octave, mode, or instrument that the arpeggiator controls. We also hear complaints about incorrectly entered command sequence; this prototype lacks texts on some pads, and LED lights are not yet showing cues about what is going on, which makes it harder to control. An annotated video explaining these controls in detail, will be recorded once the first production unit arrives from the factory."



"The Loopstyler is a powerful pocket synthesizer capable of running multiple sound engines and effects at once. It can handle a large amount of samples on the SD card, limited only by the card capacity. Browse and organize them easily to be used in patches, play them back with at least 32‑voices polyphony, smooth time stretching and pitch shifting.

You can play the Loopstyler in different ways: like the classic Stylophone, or in a tape loop emulation mode, or by programming it using the multitrack sequencer. Apart from the sampled sounds, it runs other sound engines, such as FM, Karplus‑Strong, granular and subtractive synthesis. The usual suite of effects can be applied per voice or globally. A single microphone and monophonic line input allow for sampling possibilities (you can import stereo samples easily via the SD card).

Designed to fit snugly in your pocket, Loopstyler is the source of endless hours of fun anywhere you go. And of course, everything you play can be recorded internally, so nothing is lost."

Spinning the dial on Clough Brengle oscillator, a late 1930s analog device

video uploads by Brian Comnes

Update:

"It's all analog for sure , from 1938!! Don Buchla was 1 year old at the time. Bob Moog was 4 !! Daphne Oram was only 13. It uses two heterodyned tubes oscillating around 80k hz and uses a monster variable capacitor to generate the differential frequency much akin to that used in a tube based theremin, and then to an internal tube amplifier

Best part of this device is it sweeps continuously from 40k hz to about 9k. Most bench oscillators have stepped narrower ranges Here's some vids. "

via this auction

"Used Clough Brengle Beat Frequency Oscillator Model 79C

Estimated from 1937 in good working order. see videos

This an all tube analog oscillator capable of sweeping form 30 hz to 9k hz CONTINUOUSLY .

All orIginal to my knowledge. MassiVe transformers, this thing weighs in at 20 pounds (which will make shipping a bit pricey) Has new grounded power cord

Includes one connector cable."

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I'll Carry the Universe with Me - An Autumn Performance Recording

video upload by Meng Qi

"Almost two years ago, in a fall similar to the present, when the dried leaves swirled and danced in the air, a performance video was recorded.

At this moment, I find myself in a different place, with an imprecise location, perhaps somewhere on the mainland of China. On my desk is an unfamiliar poetry collection titled "I'll Carry the Universe with Me."

He said, 'lt's best to have the gift of listening.'

'She played a piece, not the subtle sound of a narrow stream, nor the distant echoes of tall trees. It's best to have the gift of listening, better without a piano, just to listen to the natural sounds of things.'

mengqimusic.com"

Ensoniq Fizmo - Single Patch with Arpeggiator tweaking into Chaos

video upload by Christian's Sonic Spaces

"This is a recorded short live jam with my Ensoniq Fizmo. Just a custom patch using the arpeggiator and tweaking things with the knobs into chaos. Still a weird, unique, beautiful sound monster!

I used for the recording the following FX chain:
Pigtronix Echolution 2 Deluxe - GFI System Specular Reverb 2.

The signal went through a Presonus StudioLive 16.0.2 into the PC via USB for recording. The jam was then mastered with a bit EQ and compression on some tracks and iZotope Ozone on the master track."

Buchla 245 exploration

video upload by Todd Barton

"Experimenting with sending pulse and reference from the 245 to pitch and wave shape of the 258."

chase bliss Mood MKII Sound Demo (no talking) - 6 Ambient Improvisations with Novation Peak

video upload by Limbic Bits

0:00 Far Out
4:46 Before the Flood
6:50 Mare
9:28 Gamelan I
12:48 Gamelan II
15:00 At the Sea
17:27 Entropy (Dist Pad 1, Col of Canada, Anitouch)

Arturia Pigments - Tranceworld Presets Soundbank

video upload by NatLife Sounds

"Download Link: https://natlifesounds.com/product/tra...

Tranceworld For Arturia Pigments - is a massive Trance invasion into the Pigments synthesizer.

The sounds inside was inspired by golden Trance era between 1996-2008 years.You will find here everything what you need for getting same sound in your production.

Powerfull and long Bass sounds, big Supersaw and Analog Leads, beautiful cosmic Plucks, lush atmospheric Pads, AAH and VOC's sounds, inspired from 90s, ARP's, KEY's, Synthes, Strong FX's, which are very usefull for transitions in the tracks.

Overall the library have a 64 Trance Presets & Patches, which are:

2 AAH
6 ARP's
7 Bass
7 FX's
13 Leads
12 Pads
10 Plucks
3 Synths
1 VOC

The demo-song was made with a 30 Arturia Pigments patches, whiout any external effects, FX's, or other sounds, except 1 Kick and 2 Drum sounds.

Soundpack contains instruction for Sound installation and also for Soundbank Image Cover installation."

Yamaha CS-15: Duophonic improv w/ Korg SQ-1 - 2 separate voices in one monosynth

video upload by DreamsOfWires

"A simple melodic experiment with the two-voice architecture of the vintage Yamaha CS-15 from 1979. This synth has two separate pairs of control inputs to address two VCO's, filters and ADSR envelopes, each with a VCA. Voltage control uses the less popular Hz/Volts system, also employed by early Korgs such as the MS-20, which is why the SQ-10 sequencer supports it (since the MS-20 Mini re-issue also adopted it).
The range of reachable notes is limited using this sequencer, at least in the lower range, but I was surprised how well it worked, immediately after hooking up the CV A and CV B outputs to the CS-15's VCO 1 & 2 inputs, followed by the GATE A & B outs to the EG 1 & 2 ins. In the next CS-15 video I'll experiment with using the two-voice function in a slightly different way, with another popular sequencer. After that I'll probably focus on using it entirely as a monosynth with some sound examples.
The CS-15 is an odd synth - being able to divide it up into two (albeit very simple) monosynths is very unusual. In fact, I titled the video 'duophonic', which is debatable: The Arp Odyssey is famous for having a duo function, where the pitch of the two oscillators can be divided by the keyboard, but still sharing the same filter, envelope and VCA, and as such not creating two entirely separate voices. The CS-15 is more polyphonic in potential, and so a controller capable of polyphonic voice allocation could use it as a two-voice polyphonic synth. Not especially useful given the single oscillator per voice, but neat nevertheless.
What is most strange is that there is only one shared audio output, meaning that the two voices can't be processed individually. Stranger still is that the larger CS-30/CS-30L has individual outputs for both voices, but does not have separate control inputs for them! It's almost like the design blueprints for both synths somehow got mixed up in the factory.
However, with 2 fully-featured multi-mode filters (low pass/band pass/high pass), two full ADSR envelopes, which can be assigned to any combination of both filters and both VCAs, individual LFO level to pitch and PWM on both oscillators, white noise or external audio input, with Glide AND pitch bend... this really was a highly flexible/capable, well-designed, and well-constructed synth for the time. Important to note though, is that the filters will not self oscillate at high resonance levels, a bit like the early Oberheim SEM etc. The filter mode switches on mine are a little temperamental, probably a sign of age/need of servicing, but otherwise it's built like a tank.

I make videos to promote myself as a musician, and sell music on Bandcammp, which earns a few pennies to help fund what I do. My music can be found here: https://tomorrowthecure.bandcamp.com"

GForce Oberheim OB-X Mini Demos

video upload by GForce Software

"GForce’s Oberheim OB-X is the world’s first officially endorsed emulation of this famous 80s synth. Yet it sounds modern and lends itself superbly to Electronica, EDM, Drum and Bass, Ambient, Rock, Prog Rock, Hip Hop and more. The original synth was used by immense artists and groups such as Japan, Ultravox, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Depeche Mode, Queen, Larry Dunn, Youth, Chris Franke, Styx and many more. GForce’s OB-X preserves the sound everybody loves and has been upgraded to offer new sonic possibilities."

Roland FC 200 ~ Note Mode ~ Bass Pedal with J6 ~ Strymon Cloudburst

video upload by Ebotronix

Roland FC 200 Note modes
allow you to assign note numbers to each of the FC-200’s foot switches
sound source by Aira J6
Mutable Instruments Midipal
Moogerfooger MF 101 Filter
Strymon Cloudburst
15.10.2023
video # 2286

Korg PSS60

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via this auction

"Intended to be used by songwriters for sketching out a work in progress, the PSS60 (Programmable Super Section) is an 80's era drum machine with bass and chord accompaniment to boot. Plug in your chords, pick a style, and get jamming. The PSS60 boasts 70 built-in patterns, 50 customisable ones, and storage for 10 songs. Impressively, a single song can contain as many as 9,703 notes. Use the pattern arrangement feature to organise your sequences seamlessly. Plus, with its integrated Mic/Line input, you can connect a microphone or another instrument, opening up even more musical avenues. Includes 2 pin power cable."

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Studio Electronics Omega 8 SN 1029

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via this auction

"8 stereo voices make this multitimbral analog synth an absolutely massive sound-design toolkit. Very straightforward programming, 400+ really deep presets, complete control via MIDI, fantastic Oberheim and Moog filters on-board (add additional filters using two easy-to-access expander slots per-voice). This unit was professional serviced just before listing."

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Crumar bit 01 SN 00076

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via this auction

"The power supply and analog voice board has been recapped and it has been loaded with the Tauntek firmware allowing for external MIDI CC control of the synth's parameters. It also has brand-new slide pots for the front panel volume controls."

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Roland D-50 Linear Universe ambient patches

video upload by synthlegends

"Demo of the great soundpack Linear Universe from cl projects sound design https://www.cl-projects-sound-design.... This and the Linear Galaxy soundpack of each 64 patches are necessary for ambient, meditative and romantic style of music. In this demo I didn’t use any effects but those direct frontage D-50. no layering or processing the sounds as well. Just recorded directly to the audio interface."

1989 Kawai K4 - Digital Resonant Filter (DCF) Test

video upload by ChrisLody

"I recently bought this vintage Kawai K4 imported from the USA because I'd heard good things about it. I was most intrigued though by the fact that it's a polyphonic synth with digital resonant filters (as in written purely in code rather than controlling any analog filtering) which makes it one of the first on the market to offer this alongside the Yamaha SY77 and Emu EMAX II which I've been informed all launched in 1989. The Roland D50 had something that sounded very filter like with it's 'TVF' back in 1987, but this was only available on square and saw waves and was more of a mimic of a filter. So I'm told anyway, I never used any of the other gear I just mentioned 😄

S considering that it was this early in the game I was very interested to hear what it sounded like but couldn't find any other filter demos on YouTube, so here's mine. I was planning something more involved showing how to edit a patch etc, but I got carried away playing and ran out of time. Maybe in another video.

All the examples shown use the brightest saw I could find (the waveforms are sampled) in a single slot with a single filter. If setup correctly a single patch can have 2 filters either in parallel or serial modes but I haven't experimented with that yet."

Geonosis Generative Ambient // MicroFreak // MS-70CDR

video upload by Waveformer

"This is a generative ambient jam with the Arturia MicroFreak and Zoom MS-70CDR. Patch and jam notes are included as text overlaying the video.

The patches for the MircoFreak and the Zoom MS-70CDR are both part of an upcoming soundbank / patch set for the MicroFreak and the MS-70.

The audio is recorded to SD card on a Zoom R16 recorder/mixer and normalized in Audacity. Video is recorded on a Canon EOS M50 mk2 with the included EF-M 15-45mm lens. Audio and video is synchronized in DaVinci Resolve 18 (free version).

Effects:
- Vibrato - AutoPan - Stereo Chorus - Filter PP Delay - HD Hall

Audio connections:
- MicroFreak - Zoom MS-70CDR - Zoom R-16 (for recording)"

The New Roland GAIA 2: A Full Review

video upload by Scott's Synth Stuff

"In this video I do a full review on the new Roland GAIA 2. I explain and demonstrate all the different features, talk about what I like and dislike about the synth, and give you my overall verdict.

My comparison video on the GAIA vs the GAIA 2:"

Comparison: The Classic SH-01 GAIA vs the new GAIA 2

video upload by Scott's Synth Stuff

"Roland has released the new GAIA 2 synthesizer, and it's a good one. The original SH-01 GAIA was an absolute classic - it was in production for 13 years! How worthy a successor is the new GAIA 2? I compare the two synths, show the lineage the new GAIA 2 has inherited from the old GAIA, and demonstrate some of the new features. Then I explain WHY I bought the new GAIA 2!"

Elektron MachineDrum ii Eproms inside a sequential circuits drumtraks.

video upload by Program 17

"Ok. I’m sick of the eprom wars. So I decided to make something totally new!!! I made binary files from a Elektron machine drum ii and programmed them for a Druntraks.

(Man I love this.) this is so cutting edge. And no one has this set. It remained a me of having a whole brand new machine. But a drum traks."

Machinedrum SPS-1 UW + Analog Heat. House Jam | Roland 909 & TB-303 Vibes

video upload by HANJŌ

"Dive into the mesmerizing world of electronic music with my latest house jam, featuring the Elektron Machinedrum and the Analog Heat.

In this video, we take a sonic journey improvising on a house groove. I tried to to recreate the iconic sounds of the legendary Roland TR-909 and TB-303 with the Elektron Drummachine. You won't believe the depth and versatility of this incredible sampler and drum synth.
mind.

i will also be channeling the spirit of the classic TB-303, creating a deep and hypnotic bassline crafted on the machinedrum too.

Witness the magic of real-time tweaking as we explore the Machinedrum's intuitive interface, showing you how to improvise your beats on the fly."

Explaining this beautiful combo sputnik radio and control freak

video uploads by

Playlist:
Explaining this beautiful combo sputnik radio and control freak
Raw sounds from the magic duo control, freak, and sputnik radio
Control, freak, and sputnik radio magic duo

DX5 performing Depeche Mode "Fools" (updated)

video upload by DX5

"Updating DM Fools, a cover I already perfomed 14 years ago [posted here]. Originally 'Love, In Itself' single B side (Construction Time Again era).

Gear used:
Left: Kurzweil PC1x
Right: Roland JX-8P
Emu Emax 1 (with DX7, JX8P and Kurzweil samples)
Emu Emax II (Library samples)
Backtrack recorded on its entirely by me from scratch on Pro Tools (including sequencing drums, bass, etc)
Original song composed by Alan Wilder
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara"