Monday, February 19, 2024
Programmable Pulse Matrix + MARF Stage & Envelope Sequencing
video upload by DARK SPARKLER
"I’ve had the Programmable Pulse Matrix for over a year, but I haven’t used it very much. I decided to put it in the case this weekend and spend some time patching with it. Here I have 2 channels patched to advancing the stages of the MARF, while the other two channels are triggering the envelopes for these MARF sequences. Lots of fun rhythmic variations to be had, and could be quickly changed on a whim, but I kept it simple once I had the pattern that I liked."
Boolean Logic Latched - Patch 01 BugBrand DRM2 Drums
video upload by Precarious333 Music
"Magnetic Freak's Boolean Logic Latched is a Buchla format module featuring a clock divider and 7 logic circuits with switchable mode functionality and unique latching capabilities. Logic is hard to find in Buchla land, and as a fan I'm happy to announce its arrival. This simple patch barely scratches the surface of BLL's potential. It's more an introduction to the most basic uses of logic gates. But make no mistake, Boolean Logic Latched will be at the center of every patch I make from this point on. Intended as a companion module to Magnetic Freak's Gaussian I will endeavor to explore that companionship in videos to come. Time is short but the potentials are endless. Thus is life.
In this patch I'm using a clock from Buchla 246 into BLL's clock divider, then combining different divisions to trigger a kick/snare duo created by two of BugBrand's fantastic DRM2 analog drum voices. Simple origins lead to complex results. Everything you hear stems from that single clock input. I'm only making use of 3 of BLL's 7 logic circuits, none of its latching gates, so just a fraction of its capabilities.
Recorded as 2 tracks into Ableton Live. Compression and effects added in post."
Pic & details via Noisebug
'This is clearly the companion module of the Gaussian to generate rhythmic patterns and much more. It can nevertheless be used alone to build up complex IDM (Intelligent Dance Music) rhythmic patterns from a single ticking clock. Two stages of Boolean logic operators are cascaded allowing all kinds of operations between the incoming signals.
The latching function let you use a dedicated clock to latch the status of all gates on the arrival of a trigger signal up to the new one (or using the push button). It could be used to re-synchronises random signals. This module is fully analog and can work up to audio rates with no latency.
These modules are only produced in very small batches for connoisseurs."
Elta Solar 42 Ambient Sync with Pro 3 and TR-8S
video upload by Creative Spiral
"First experimentation with Elta Solar 42, with sync to the TR-8S drum machine, and noodling around on the Sequential Pro 3."
Tristan Perich: Pseudorandom
Infinity Gradient Trailer (for organ and 100 speakers) by Tristan Perich - Death of Classical video upload by Death of Classical
Note the above is a video of Tristan Perich's Infinity Gradient performance from March 22, 2022. You'll find details on his new book Pseudorandom, and upcoming performance further below. You might remember Tristan Perich from his 1-Bit synth featured in previous posts here.
Description for the Infinity Gradient performance above: "Composer Tristan Perich has made a name for himself creating sweeping, viscerally overwhelming soundscapes out of armies of 1-bit speakers playing synthesized sounds. We're pleased to present the U.S. Premiere of his newest work, Infinity Gradient, which takes his musical vision to the next level by combining 100 of those speakers with the soul-blasting power of all 7,069 pipes in the Miller-Scott Organ, housed amidst the magnificent Gothic architecture of Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue and played by the inimitable James McVinnie."
via Tristan Perich:
"Book Release + Performance at Printed Matter, Feb 29
Tristan Perich's Pseudorandom is a companion release to his circuit album Noise Patterns. The new art book is a monolithic, unabridged 1024-page printout of the 16,777,215 numbers that comprise one complete cycle of the 3-byte random number generator from Noise Patterns' code.
Originally released as a circuitboard that plays its music through a headphone jack, Noise Patterns employed randomness at the core of its sound synthesis. However, true randomness is beyond the limitations of any deterministic computer algorithm. Because a digital computer’s memory is intrinsically finite, any attempt towards randomness will eventually exhaust every possible memory value. When those values are used up, the cycle must repeat. What results is termed “pseudorandom” — an approximation of randomness, and an illustration of the vast but fundamentally limited nature of computation.
Join me at Printed Matter on Feb 29 to celebrate the book release, with a solo performance of Noise Patterns + Q&A
Tristan Perich: Pseudorandom Book Release
Thursday, Feb 29, 6pm
Printed Matter
231 11th Ave, NYC
➝ Event Info
➝ Pre-Order"
Rare R.A. Minimoog Featured in Music America Exhibit & Signed Moog Source Giveaway
via The Bob Moog Foundation
Left: Executive Director, Michelle Moog-Koussa, poses for a picture with Bob Santelli, Executive Director of the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music alongside Herb Deutsch's
R.A. Moog Minimoog at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas.
"The Bob Moog Foundation's Executive Director, Michelle Moog-Koussa, and Board of Advisors member Francis Preve recently attended the opening of the Music America: Iconic Objects from America's Music History exhibit at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas to celebrate the inclusion of a rare R.A. Moog Minimoog from the Bob Moog Foundation Archives.
The R.A. Moog Minimoog, which belonged to electronic music pioneer Herb Deutsch, is serial number 1094 and is one of only 210 R.A. Moog Minimoogs to have been manufactured. The synthesizer was given to Herb by Bob Moog in 1971.
The rare Minimoog synthesizer was chosen to represent Bob Moog's indelible legacy as someone who created instruments that revolutionized the face of music by bringing a brand new palette of sounds to the performing musician, as well as honor Herb Deutsch for the significant role he played in the development of synthesizers and electronic music.
Other objects in the exhibit include: Thomas Edison's wax cylinders, Jimi Hendrix's guitar, Janis Joplin's pants and letters, Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet, Arlo Gurthrie's hand-written song lyrics, and much more.
The exhibit will be at the LBJ Presidential Library from now until August 11, 2024. It will then travel to four other presidential libraries over a two-year period."
And the raffle:
"We are excited to announce that thanks to IK Multimedia, everyone who purchases a ticket for our Moog Source raffle will receive a download code for the Syntronik 2 Sorcerer!
Normally priced at $49, the Syntronik 2 Sorcerer is a virtual synthesizer built by Erik Norlander using the exact Moog Source being raffled. Following the end of the raffle on February 26th, all ticket purchasers will receive an email with download instructions.
The Source, serial number 3948, is an excellent condition vintage synthesizer signed by Bob Moog. It features rich sound quality and a technical lineage rooted in the legendary Minimoog. The Source is lauded for its sequencers, sample and hold, arpeggiator, presets, unique data wheel, and patch memory storage. The synthesizer features a mylar touch control panel, single-knob functionality, and the trademark Moog sound.
THE RAFFLE ENDS IN ONE WEEK!
Tickets for the raffle are $20 each, 6 for $100, 14 for $200, and 40 for $500. The raffle is open internationally.
As an added bonus for this raffle only, get a free 2024 Bob Moog - His Life and Work 90th Birthday Commemorative Calendar when you purchase a bundle of 6, 14, or 40 tickets. This offer is valid until the limited quantity of calendars runs out. This offer does not apply to the purchase of individual tickets."
Favorite Transition Techniques
video upload by Omri Cohen
"The patches from the video, and from many other videos, are available on my Patreon page - https://www.patreon.com/posts/patches..."
00:00 - Introduction
00:18 - With reverb
04:40 - With a delay in parallel
10:10 - With a looper
13:20 - With distortion
17:00 - with hardware
Exploring the New studio #6 Glitch ambiance
video upload by Meska
"Another teste of the new studio, glitch ambiance :
Gotharman's zybraz sampled by the OT
Drums by gotharman's LD3
noise effect is live sampled instrument throught typhoon ans warps vocodeur
lonely note Softpop2
crakle sound diferent flavour of noise to planard2 to ikarie filter.
Thank you for watching.
My name is Meska of the statik collective . I've been making mostly "dark and expérimental" music for more than ten years now, i'v learn so much online, now it's time for me to share my knoledge, my exploration and this channel is a place to talk about the tools, sound design and techniques to make music with.
You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/
If you'd like to support the channel consider buying music from bandcamp ;)"
Aurelia | Kaitlyn's Easel Patch on the MakeNoise Shared System
video upload by Cinematic Laboratory
"Nine years ago (time flies) Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith posted one of the most inspiring Buchla patches ever created [links below], puzzling and inspiring the Buchla community from all over the world. Maybe this is the fist video that brings the recipe to Eurorack and the Shared System is a great system to try and cook it. While Kaitlyn's patch is haute cuisine, this is a bit closer to fast food thanks to Rene V2. It's not exactly an Easel keyboard, but a patch like this makes you realize how powerful it really is once you get your head around it. It can turn any CV source into an arpeggio. I am using Brains to sequence good ol' Pressure Points, but since Rene is doing all the heavy lifting, you'll have plenty of time to add some personal expression."
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Buchla Music Easel
Kaitlyn's Elegant Patch by Todd Barton
Buchla 288 Xtreme
video upload by Todd Barton
"And the explorations with the 288 Time Domain Processor continue . . ."
https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd
Pachinko Patch? A Modular Sequencer Experiment
video upload by John L Rice
"Modules from Moon Modular, Synthetic Sound Labs, Corsynth, Modcan with Strymon effects."
Roland JP-8000 SN ZJ32449
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via this auction
"SN: ZJ32449-H (DEC 1996)
A classic synth from Roland. This synth had its audio restored to factory quality and sounds great. This is a used piece of gear with a few small cosmetic scuffs, but the overall condition is very good. The keybed feels and plays great, the ribbon controller is responsive, the joystick has a good feeling with a nice spring back. No issues with buttons, knobs, sliders, or LCD."
via this auction
"SN: ZJ32449-H (DEC 1996)
A classic synth from Roland. This synth had its audio restored to factory quality and sounds great. This is a used piece of gear with a few small cosmetic scuffs, but the overall condition is very good. The keybed feels and plays great, the ribbon controller is responsive, the joystick has a good feeling with a nice spring back. No issues with buttons, knobs, sliders, or LCD."
Studio Electronics Boomstar 4075 Analog Synthesizer ARP Filter SN 100097
Roland Jupiter 6 With Tauntek Mod SN 280707
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via this auction
"- Outstanding cosmetic condition
- All functions work ( see embedded YouTube video for a quick playthrough )
- Includes Tauntek Mod, which offers loads of new features:
1) MIDI Sysex patch and patch preset save and restore - saves or restores entire tone RAM (all 48 patches and 31 patch presets) in one operation (tape save/load works as before)
2) MIDI CC parameter changes are now supported. Separate control of upper and lower voices in split mode for most parameters. (No CC's are transmitted)
Maximum rate for CC reception is two per 19 mSec period, which is approximately 105 CC's per second. If CC's are sent faster than this, some will be dropped.
3) Non-volatile storage of MIDI channel and user settings
4) User settings for the following:
a) Mod wheel CC destination can be any one of the following:
VCO mod by LFO1 amount
VCF cutoff mod by LFO1 amount
VCA mod by LFO1 amount
LFO1 rate
XMOD manual amount
Pulse width
VCF cutoff
VCF resonance
b) Arp can be clocked by MIDI instead of internal clock, with five divider settings
Can be configured to require Start/Stop, or just free-run
c) Factory patches and patch presets can be read from the EPROM instead of user patches in RAM.
(User patches are not changed)
d) "All notes off" MIDI messages sent by original code every time the last key was released can be disabled.
5) Arpeggiator "Down then up" mode has been changed to a random arpeggiator mode.
6) VCO waveform buttons now toggle, making it easier to enable multiple ones. They can all be turned off.
7) VCO sync can now be set to "both ways" although this doesn't seem particularly useful
As noted above, MIDI CC reception is now supported for controlling patch parameters."
via this auction
"- Outstanding cosmetic condition- All functions work ( see embedded YouTube video for a quick playthrough )
- Includes Tauntek Mod, which offers loads of new features:
1) MIDI Sysex patch and patch preset save and restore - saves or restores entire tone RAM (all 48 patches and 31 patch presets) in one operation (tape save/load works as before)
2) MIDI CC parameter changes are now supported. Separate control of upper and lower voices in split mode for most parameters. (No CC's are transmitted)
Maximum rate for CC reception is two per 19 mSec period, which is approximately 105 CC's per second. If CC's are sent faster than this, some will be dropped.
3) Non-volatile storage of MIDI channel and user settings
4) User settings for the following:
a) Mod wheel CC destination can be any one of the following:
VCO mod by LFO1 amount
VCF cutoff mod by LFO1 amount
VCA mod by LFO1 amount
LFO1 rate
XMOD manual amount
Pulse width
VCF cutoff
VCF resonance
b) Arp can be clocked by MIDI instead of internal clock, with five divider settings
Can be configured to require Start/Stop, or just free-run
c) Factory patches and patch presets can be read from the EPROM instead of user patches in RAM.
(User patches are not changed)
d) "All notes off" MIDI messages sent by original code every time the last key was released can be disabled.
5) Arpeggiator "Down then up" mode has been changed to a random arpeggiator mode.
6) VCO waveform buttons now toggle, making it easier to enable multiple ones. They can all be turned off.
7) VCO sync can now be set to "both ways" although this doesn't seem particularly useful
As noted above, MIDI CC reception is now supported for controlling patch parameters."
Access Virus B Rackmount Virtual Analog Digital Synthesizer
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via this auction
"Following up on the success of the popular Virus, Access unleashed an upgraded model in 1999, the Virus B. The original Virus A had 12-voice polyphony, but the new OS in the Virus B doubles the polyphony from 12- to 24-voices and the oscillators, from 2 to 3 per voice. The new OS also added an enhanced programmable 32-band vocoder. There are now up to 82 simultaneous effects, a retro-phaser (6-stage stereo phaser with 24 filter-poles), chorus/flanger, ring modulator, multiple forms of distortion, an analog boost algorithm, and an envelope follower. Up to five FM (Frequency Modulation) modes are also on-board now and many new sounds have been created for this bigger and better version of the Virus.
OS 4.0 was released in late 2000 with even more amazing features! The update is downloadable from Access (free of charge!) and comes installed in all new Virus synths to ship after its release. OS 4.0 adds a reverb with advanced features such as pre-delay sync-able to Midi clock. There's also a groove delay, surround sound capability, external effect sends using the individual outputs, an Intelligent Random Patch Generator, sound categories to sort all your patches in a logical order, Direct FX to use your Virus as an effects-processor while maintaining full polyphony, 16 independent arpeggiators with numerous patterns and realtime parameter access, and an advanced distortion module with lo-fi and filter dsp-effects. OS 4.0 makes the Virus one of the best analog modeling synthesizers to date! Complete control of parameters is available via MIDI. "Adaptive Control Smoothing" ensures ultra smooth parameter changes. There's also a free Emagic sound-driver based Editor/Librarian for Windows and MacOS."
via this auction
"Following up on the success of the popular Virus, Access unleashed an upgraded model in 1999, the Virus B. The original Virus A had 12-voice polyphony, but the new OS in the Virus B doubles the polyphony from 12- to 24-voices and the oscillators, from 2 to 3 per voice. The new OS also added an enhanced programmable 32-band vocoder. There are now up to 82 simultaneous effects, a retro-phaser (6-stage stereo phaser with 24 filter-poles), chorus/flanger, ring modulator, multiple forms of distortion, an analog boost algorithm, and an envelope follower. Up to five FM (Frequency Modulation) modes are also on-board now and many new sounds have been created for this bigger and better version of the Virus.OS 4.0 was released in late 2000 with even more amazing features! The update is downloadable from Access (free of charge!) and comes installed in all new Virus synths to ship after its release. OS 4.0 adds a reverb with advanced features such as pre-delay sync-able to Midi clock. There's also a groove delay, surround sound capability, external effect sends using the individual outputs, an Intelligent Random Patch Generator, sound categories to sort all your patches in a logical order, Direct FX to use your Virus as an effects-processor while maintaining full polyphony, 16 independent arpeggiators with numerous patterns and realtime parameter access, and an advanced distortion module with lo-fi and filter dsp-effects. OS 4.0 makes the Virus one of the best analog modeling synthesizers to date! Complete control of parameters is available via MIDI. "Adaptive Control Smoothing" ensures ultra smooth parameter changes. There's also a free Emagic sound-driver based Editor/Librarian for Windows and MacOS."
Access Virus Classic Desktop Virtual Analog Digital Synthesizer
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via this auction
"The screaming red color scheme was adopted from the Virus Classic Line you know from the Virus rack Classic. In addition the factory presets have been revamped and come as a hand optimized best of collection chosen from the extensive archive of Virus sounds available."
via this auction
"The screaming red color scheme was adopted from the Virus Classic Line you know from the Virus rack Classic. In addition the factory presets have been revamped and come as a hand optimized best of collection chosen from the extensive archive of Virus sounds available."
Analogue Solutions Oberkorn 3x CV - 2X Gate Analog Sequencer SN 10418
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via this auction
"3 channel CV sequencer with 2 Gate channels. All analog with some interesting features when self patching the positioning. Internal or external clock with CV over tempo. This is a very solid and flexible piece of gear for any eurorack or synth studio. Comes with original power supply. Works perfectly."
via this auction
"3 channel CV sequencer with 2 Gate channels. All analog with some interesting features when self patching the positioning. Internal or external clock with CV over tempo. This is a very solid and flexible piece of gear for any eurorack or synth studio. Comes with original power supply. Works perfectly."
Kodamo EssenceFM Mk2
Bll instruments Elyra w/ KODAMO Based Synth Engine
video uploads by Bll instruments
From the makers of the BLL SHORT - Controller Box for Novation Circuit
"Elyra is a new instrument, a crossover between a Synth and a Guitar or a Bass."
via Bll instruments
"A MODERN SYNTH PLAYED LIKE A GUITAR OR A BASS
Elyra is played with the typical gestures of playing guitar and bass and all the energy that comes from it. You play with your whole body.
There are two strumming aera for strings, one dedicated to back and forth and another dedicated to bass and arpeggios.
Elyra is designed to be played by both righ-handed and left-handed people.
You can also play it placed on a table or on your knees like a groove box.
A POWERFUL AND UNIQUE COMPOSITION TOOL
With up to 16 voices polyphony, spread across 16 instruments/layers and with is powerful sequencer , Elyra is more than a groovebox, it is a composition tool.
You can have one instrument with 16 voices or 16 instruments with one voice and everything in between.
Because Elyra is battery powered, you can carry it anywhere with you and play for several hours.
You can play and sequence all your other instruments via MIDI port.
A SOUND ENGINE MADE FOR US BY KODAMO
At the core of Elyra there is a powerful and beautiful sound engine created for us by Kodamo.
It is a virtual analog engine based on substractive synthesis with just enough FM synthesis to offer a vast sound territory.
It has many parameters to sculpt and create a unique sound.
RAISED TOUCH BUTTONS
All Elyra buttons are touch sensitive pads made up of a slightly raised area allowing the user to feel physical feedback.
This is capacitive sensor technology which offers an extremely fast response time of 2 ms.
There are 5 distinct areas on the main panel:
the fretboard composed of 4 * 12 pads
the strumming area separated into two type, A and B
two assignable slider
an OLED screen with its wheel and its 8 contextual buttons"
Note Elyra supports both Guitar and Key modes. See https://bllinstruments.com for additional info.
Dark jam with the Ableton Push 3 Standalone (live performance)
video upload by Jay Hosking
"A live synthesizer jam performed entirely on the Ableton Push 3 Standalone, recorded to a stereo audio out.
I'm hoping to play some more live shows this year, and that means I want to create another live set. I thought that if I were creating a new live set, I might as well create a bunch of new songs at the same time. And if I were creating new songs, I might as well try a completely different style/genre of music.
So here's my first attempt. The Push 3 Standalone is still the best choice for me, in terms of making a live set. It has its limitations and foibles for performance, but in terms of sheer number of tracks and effects, in terms of sequencing length and arrangement, and in terms of reducing the mental juggling necessary during a set, the Push 3 works well for me.
Many of the tracks were bounced down to audio, to increase the number of elements in the song. I may also eventually add a stereo effects loop with the Zen Delay, but that's for a future video. For now, I'm happy with this template, and looking forward to creating more like it.
Thanks for listening.
Ableton Push 3 Standalone - all sounds and effects and such
Many in-the-box sounds used as well, notably Tympo from Teletone Audio, which was used for the drum sounds
Recorded and performed live to a stereo channel, with EQ, compression, and limiting on the master.
https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com"
06- The Yamaha CS-5- THE CRUCIAL FUNCTION
video upload by AutomaticGainsay
"Here is a demonstration of the sound and functionality of, perhaps, the most crucial function of a synthesizer: the amplifier."
AutomaticGainsay Yamaha CS-5 posts
Feedback Modules LFO100 - VCF2600 modulations
video upload by Feedback Modules
"VCF2600 is set in resonance mode and modulated by the LFO100.
All the waveforms and functions are tested one by one."
LFO 100
Complex analogue LFO from a vintage Japanese modular system!
We injected some steroids in this LFO and the results are lot of features.
Not only you can use individually the 8 waveform outputs, but you can use the
alternative two linked outputs for which you can select any of the waveforms.
This alternative output has a VCA so you can fade in the LFO signal in a
defined duration with a potentiometer.
The stairs like waveforms can be changed from 16steps, 8steps, 4steps or mangled.
All of these are seasoned with cv control and waveform reset.
2600 VCF
This filter is based on the classic 2600 from the seventies and uses the LM3900 Norton opamp chip.
It has an audio inputs, two CV ins and an audio out.
You can control audio input level, CV levels, frequency cutoff and resonance.
It has a beautiful sound and it can go from relatively clean to dirty and screamy depending on audio signal level and resonance.
Apple Vision Pro and Animoog Galaxy - Sonic LAB Exploration
video upload by sonicstate
"Nick and Gaz Williams have a talk with the talented @gbevinGeert Bevin @gbevin - @MoogSynthesizers Head of Software Development - we got to take a look at how the Apple Vision Pro is being used by Moog as the platform for one of the first Spatial Computing applications - the Moog Animoog Galaxy - as well as a sneak peak at the MidiWidgets app Geert has also been working on.
We get a glimpse of how this new platform might be used as a new way of creating workspaces.
Fascinating.
Animoog Galaxy is available now $29.99 via the US iTunes Store only."
MC-2oh2-HACK tutorial
video upload by Tubbutec
"Showing the capabilities of the software MC-2oh2-Hack by Defective Records:
https://defectiverecords.com/portfoli...
we show how to modiy and create patterns and songs, change modulation parameters and create our own sample kit.
The MC-2oh2 mod is an upgrade for the Roland MC-202 synthesizer."
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