"Here is a short video that show you the assembly process of the M-118a, first drum module of the system 100M serie.
-All informations about the M-118a: http://www.e-licktronic.com/home/2-1-...
"M-118a is a part of our M-100 Series modules fully compatible with the Roland System 100M series rack.
M-118a is a full analog drums modules combined with a dedicated sequencer. Drums are analog bassdrum and analog snaredrum inspired by the famous Roland TR-808 Drum computer combined with a two tracks trig sequencer inspired by the unique Mutable instrument GRIDS sequencer. Many thanks to Emilie GILLET, creator of Mutable instruments, to let me use and customize his sequencer.
M-118a is sold as a partial kit or preassembled kit"
Casio Casiotone CT-320 keyboard (1985) with SuperDrums!!
All sounds you hear in the track were made using the Casio CT-320 and recorded to a DAW, where reverb was added. Two of the parts were played through a Boss DD7 delay pedal for some added interest. The aim of these videos is to see what you can create using sounds from ageing home keyboards together with current production tools.
A full-size version of the MT-52, the CT-320 wins points just as a beatbox alone with its Super Drums feature, which allows for individual drum elements (kick, snare, conga, hi-hat) to be switched to one of 3 different pattern variations within a rhythm selection, allowing for plenty of customisation.
"2023 is soon drawing to a close—so, we're taking a look back at the year, and taking account of all of the weird and wonderful instruments that gave us some inspiration this year. Synthesizers, drum machines, and Eurorack modules to samplers and effects, this year had no shortage of inspiring instruments.
So, we reached out to some of our friends and content creators to fill us in on their year, asking one simple question: what was the coolest piece of gear you got this year? For some, that meant brand new releases, but for others, it meant sitting down and digging into classic instruments.
In this video, we hear from:
0:00 Mylarmelodies on the Nord Micro Modular
4:14 Sarah Belle Reid on the Fairfield Circuitry Roger That
8:07 Molten Music Tech on the Blukać Endless Processor
14:04 Liam Killen on the OXI One
17:24 Oora on the Meris MercuryX
"The whole half hour show featuring 5 songs and a 3D video of the event is available over at https://www.matths.bandcamp.com along with all of his releases and hours of bonus remixes, albums alternative versions and more."
"Today we'll be exploring the Model:Cycles and Model:Samples. We'll take a deeper look at sequencing an external iOS app with the Model:Samples, some sound design tips on the Model:Cycles, what advantages these 2 machines have over our other devices, as well as answering your questions! Then we'll jam on the 2 machines and see where it takes us!"
"Check out this explosive music track spontaneously created by Anthony Marinelli and Dr. Mix while jamming on some of the monster synthesizers that live in the Rosen Sound Cabin. including: CS80, 73 Moog Modular, FVS, ARP 2600!!!!!"
"Today I get exclusive access to The Synth Cabin room at @RosenSound, L.A.'s leading sythesizer repair and customization lab. @anthonymarinellimusic and I join the legendary Rob Rosen for a in depth studio tour and a dense all-synthesizer jam session."
"57 hours of highly skilled vintage synth tech labor completely disassembling, refurbishing and rebuilding this beautiful Memorymoog and it still isn’t up to our standards. Soon though, hopefully, at which point it will be for sale on our website. Buy meticulously serviced vintage synths at tonetweakers.com"
"We are able to create entire worlds with music - and travel through these images in the same way as when reading books or watching films. Research stations on distant stars, unfamiliar ecosystems of unexplored planets, new impressions from visiting parallel dimensions - all this in a new soundset that describes the different worlds of our vast reality!
This soundbank, created by LFO Store’s sound designer Otto K. Schwarz, is perfect for different styles of electronic music, especially ambient, berlin school, new age; as well as for scoring soundtracks. We have prepared 40 exclusive multi-layered sample-based performances, including atmospheric pads, bright plucks, exciting leads, powerful sequences, and even more.
We made the most of the Korg Wavestate synthesizer, revealing its full potential and implementing all of its functions! Each preset has modwheel and X/Y pad assigned - this allows you to modulate and customize the sounds to the needs of your own musical works. Explore the capabilities of our favourite Korg Wavestate synthesizer and let your musical compositions reach a new quality level!
"I didn't found a way to synchronize the po33 with the circuit track..
So I decided to trigger the samples on the PO33 in live 😛 (some mistakes but i'm quite satisfied)
I also tried a new type of intro with the reverb (putting it in "freeze mode").. tell me if you like it 😉
This semi-improvised jam was performed and recorded live to a stereo output. As usual, I have edited the mix in Ableton to make sure I'm getting the best volume out of the track."
"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Roland SP-404 MK2. Is this creative sampler, successor to the Boss SP-303 used by famous artists like J Dilla and Madlib and competitor to modern groovebox es like the Elektron Digitakt or Akai MPC ONE the end of lofi?"
Chapters: 00:00 Intro tune 01:01 Overview Roland SP-404 MKII 01:14 Classic Boss SP Workflow 01:46 Sequencer, TR Mode 02:15 Resampling 02:28 Additional Features 02:51 Display, Waveform Editing, More Features 03:15 Skip Back 03:22 Sequencer Features, DJ Mode 03:33 FX Section, Vinyl Effect 03:53 More FX, Input FX 04:20 Specs, SD Card, Limitations 05:03 What Else??? (Pricing, Custom Skins) 05:13 Hate 05:35 Jam 1 (Lofi House) 06:32 Jam 2 (Lofi RnB) 07:31 Finale (Lofi Jungle) 08:01 Verdict
"Just the sound of Bitcrusher on the digital former on the Iridium adding some lovely distortion to this pad. I absolutely love this synth, it can just do so much."
"Synth East is a festival of synths and modular in Norwich from Friday the 23rd of February to Sunday the 25th. Brought to you by the Norwich Arts Centre, Electronic Sound Magazine and Molten Modular.
Tickets are available for each event separately. There's a discount if you order the Saturday Expo and evening gig at the same time.
Friday: Subotnick documentary [trailer here], Adam Buxton interviews Steve Davis and music from Luke Sanger.
Saturday daytime: Synth Expo with performances
Saturday evening: Blancmange, Ultramarine and Molten Modular
"Pouring from the heart of Norfolk, hosted by the Norwich Arts Centre, curated by Electronic Sound Magazine and run by Molten Modular, Synth East is back. After a devastatingly successful 2023 show the sold-out Norfolk-based festival of synthesizers returns in 2024 but this time it's been widened into a full weekend experience.
The all new Friday evening Synth East event is curated by Electronic Sound Magazine and kicks off with (possibly) the UK premiere of a documentary on electronic musician Morton Subotnick, who at 90 years old, is known affectionately as the Father of Techno. It’s called Subotnick, Portrait of an Electronic Music Pioneer by Waveshaper Media who brought us the intoxicating 2014 documentary, I Dream of Wires.
Following the film we have writer, broadcaster, comedian and musician Adam Buxton chatting with Synth East alumni Steve Davis about music, life and modular synths. Finishing off the evening we have an ambient set from modular musician Luke Sanger as we relax into some beers in preparation for what’s to come for the rest of the weekend.
Saturday’s Synth East Expo is a carnival of control voltage, a festival of synth sounds and a party of epic performances. Dozens of manufacturers will be filling the Arts Centre with synths and modulars to give you an opportunity check out their marvellous machines and bask in the glow of synthesiser technology. You’ll be able to chat with the makers about the gear and even have a personal demonstration. Simply walking through the auditorium in the company of such exciting gear is completely thrilling.
Throughout the day we’ll be having some performances from local artists Hardwired and Tristan Burfield before we once again embark on the awesome modular experiment of the all-star patch off. This year, joining Robin "Molten Modular" Vincent, Steve Davis and Gaz Williams will be Mylar Melodies, Nina Richards, and Jason Jervis. These are unique, improvised performances that you’ll never see anywhere else.
Saturday night’s synthesiser explosion features the 80s synth legends Blancmange who have kindly agree to fit us in before their extensive Everything is Connected: The Best Of Blancmange tour of the UK. Supporting Blancmange we have eclectic electronic music duo Ultramarine featuring Ian Cooper and Paul Hammond. And in the warm up slot is our own Robin “Molten Modular” Vincent and a special guest.
On Sunday we are hosting some Eurorack DIY workshops presented by Befaco and Thonk. They will be held at Electronic Sound HQ at Capital House over a few hours. The idea is that you buy a ticket for the workshop and then order the kit that you hope to build directly with Befaco or Thonk.
Synth East 2024 runs from the 23rd to the 25th of February. Each event is available as a separate ticket and there's a bundle deal on buying the Saturday Expo and evening performance together.
Our intention is to revel in the world of synthesizers, modular and electronic musical boxes. We want to explore sound through performance, discussion and hands-on interaction. It's a lot of fun and open to anyone with an interest in bleeps, tones and noises."
"It's always an utter pleasure to see and speak to Alex (ALX-106*) and it was great to get an update on the new AMMT Synthesis dual layer hi hat module and some updates on the WMD Performance Mixer v2 which has had a massive load of new features added!"
"not had either of these long really but already so impressed with them, this is a really simple patch just messing around learning it but already capable of some wild sounds between the two of them"
"All the sounds in this song are made by my dual oscillator module, it’s available at website below. Thank you for your support.
www.beaniebunnie.com
Cables
orange yellow blue red green purple black white plugging into a colorful dimension left right turn around go forward or back floating me in boundless undulations
like entangled netting intertwine your universe with mine knots in love united time and space sublime
new and old curved and straight low and high routing cross the parallel connections sad and happy bad and good you and I lighting up the sparks moment by moment
like entangled netting intertwine your universe with mine knots in love united time and space sublime"
"Hey there! Here is an intro of how to use the Cosmos, a pretty crazy eurorack module, a patch programming interface or platform, as I like to call it, from Black Noise Modular. It does so many things that I'm just going to show you a few that enjoyed the most.
It is a very deep and complex module but that encourage experimention by trial and error in a very nice way, there's two input and a lot of outputs to choose from.
Have fun!"
Cosmos : Universes at your fingertips
video upload by BLACK NOISE
"Cosmos is a new kind of module that will help you to creating complex modulation, sounds, patterns with ease and will lead you to new sounds territories.
Inspired by early analog computers, Cosmos is a unique, innovative, very flexible and fully analog module allowing it to be used as: VCO, LFO, Ring Mod, Polarizer, “VCA”, “LPG”, Phase Lock Loop, Cross-Modulation, Minimum, Maximum, Logic Gates, Waveshaper, Complex gate generator, Fuzz, Distorsion, Gate extractor, Trig extractor, Gate generator, Voltage generator, Trig Generator, comparator, window comparator, complex comparator, Half-Rectifier, Full-Rectifier, Inverter, Buffered Multiples, Mixer, Difference, Compressor, Sidechain, compressor, VC Clipper, VC Switch, Clock doubler, Envelope follower, and more.
With its wide fields of application Cosmos can replace many modules but it will also bring new colors to your palette thanks to its unique character. This makes Cosmos the ideal module whether you have a small case or a big system. 100% analog and with an intuitive interface Cosmos is also very easy to use, no menu and button combo problems.
Inspired by the past and crafted for the future, 100% analog Cosmos was not only thought to be the center of any system but also to blend perfectly with the rest of your case to form a consistent and coherent system.
Cosmos was designed not only to be a swiss army knife module but also to push you to explore and you help create new sounds and explore sonic territories that were previously unattainable."
"Tuesday was a procedural sequencer, introduced around 2017. It was forced into history because of the Covid-19 part shortage. Fortunately TiNRS decided to revive it because it's a super handy 'patch buddy' when time is short and you're facing a composer's block. NextTuesday is faithful to the original but adds a root knob and a second quantized 'mod' output.
Procedural sequencing means it's a bit like a jukebox or radio station. It has 14 built in algorithms and each algorithm can 'walk' a map of melodies like Mutable Grids did for rhythm. You can use X/Y coordinates to navigate the map and ! controls the note density. There's clock/reset to sync other gear, and master 'ticks' for ticks, beats and end of loop. These are super useful as masterclocks and triggers (e.g. synced delay, etc).
Procedural sequences may give you the impression that you're stuck with factory melodies. And that's true. But it's fun to accept the limitations and expand from there. After all, it's modular, and Tuesday is a great day for patching."
"Pedals are an exciting and fun way to take your sound design to the next level. In this video, I present four pedals you should know if you play synthesizers or Eurorack. All sounds played with the MFB Dominion 1."
00:00 Introduction
00:22 OTO BAM
01:02 Vongon Polyphrase
02:03 Chase Bliss Generation Loss MKII
02:31 Empress Effects ZOIA Euroburo
"Learn how to recreate "Everything in its Right Place" by Radiohead using the Korg Volca Sample 2. This tutorial takes you step-by-step through the process of programming the synth parts of this electronic classic using only the factory samples. No additional samples or external gear needed – just the power of the Volca Sample 2!
'Everything in its Right Place' by Radiohead
Instrument: Korg Volca Sample 2
Key of F minor BPM: 124 Swing: 25 Reverb Mix: 60*
*Note: I forgot to turn the reverb on! But I think it sounds fine either way ツ
