MATRIXSYNTH: Friday, June 14, 2024

Friday, June 14, 2024

Behringer Working on FPGA Based Elka Synthex Clone

Note the top pic appears to be the development environment while the bottom two are of a vintage Synthex. According to Behringer their Synthex is a couple years out:

"Recreating the Magic of the Elka Synthex

The Elka Synthex, a synthesizer from the early 1980s, is cherished for its rich, warm sound and unique character. Musicians like Jean-Michel Jarre and Duran Duran have used it to create iconic tracks, solidifying its place in music history. Designed by Mario Maggi and produced by the Italian company Elka, the Synthex has a storied past.

At Behringer, we're working to revive the Elka Synthex with a dedicated team of top-notch R&D engineers in Italy, where the original was created. Using advanced Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), we're able to replicate the original circuitry and signal paths, capturing the essence of its distinctive sound.

The Role of FPGA’s

FPGAs help us recreate the immensely complex inner workings of the Synthex, ensuring we maintain its unique tonal qualities while improving reliability and performance. The two large chips in the center of the main board are Xylinx FPGA’s.

Honoring a Classic

Our goal is to make the classic sound of the Elka Synthex available to today’s musicians, combining its vintage appeal with modern technology. This passion project aims to respect the legacy of the Synthex while providing the enhancements needed for contemporary use.

Bringing back the Synthex

Stay tuned as we work to bring the Elka Synthex back to life, celebrating its history and sound with the same passion and innovation that marked its original creation.

This 'labor of love' project will take a few years, but it’ll be worth the wait as the Synthex is one of the most iconic synthesizers of all times. Send some love to Matteo and his R&D team."

YAMAHA CS-40M - Review, Sounds & Demo | Analog Synthesizer

video upload by Andy Whitmore

"Explore the unique and rare Yamaha CS-40M, a 2-note polyphonic synthesizer that shares the legendary CS80’s fat, rich sound thanks to its sub-oscillator per oscillator configuration.

The CS-40M features a distinct architecture with its sub-oscillators positioned after the high-pass filter, allowing for the creation of truly unique and interesting sounds. It boasts the same low/high-pass filter as the CS80 and CS70M (the IG00156) but with added versatility due to its bandpass mode, which offers more flexibility compared to the CS80's single filter.

One of the standout features of the CS-40M is its 5 modulation routes. Each route operates at the same speed but offers its own waveform choice and depth. You can modulate either or both oscillators, the filter, the amp’s ADSR, or the entire synth. The ring modulator can also be introduced to modulate the whole synth at a different speed, creating an incredibly dynamic soundscape.

Produced in limited quantities between 1979 and 1986, the CS-40M is a rare gem in the synth world. While it includes 20 presets similar to the Jupiter 4, these presets aren’t tweakable. However, the live panel interface, akin to the MiniMoog, is user-friendly, responsive, and satisfying to use.

With its 44-note full-size keyboard and synth action, the CS-40M is a joy to play and can be seen as a 2-note polyphonic version of the CS70M.

Time Stamps

0:00 – Intro
1:32 – Ring Modulator
2:07 – 5 Modulators
3:17 – The Oscillators
3:39 – Sub- Oscillators
3:58 – All the Oscillators
4:29 – Mixing the LFO with the Ring Modulator
5:06 – Ring Modulation Attack Functions
5:44 – Duophonic
6:05 – Add the LFO to the Ring Modulator
7:00 – Noise – no modulation
7:25 – Noise with open close filter
7:53 – Plus Resonance
8:34 – Plus LFO
10:05 – Noise through the Ring Modulator
11:55 – Add Resonance"

Oberheim OB-X8 – Demo fabričkih preseta

video upload by Player. rs

Edgar Froese plays a PPG Wave and Oberheim OB-X

video upload by Robotussin Vintage Synths

"Edgar Froese was the founding member of Tangerine Dream and can be seen here playing a PPG Wave, an Oberheim OB-X and surrounded by a bunch of interesting-looking gear, maybe more PPG hardware? This was shot for German TV in 1981."

GTK- The Moog Synthesizer, 1971

video upload by Tassie TV

LudoWic - Trautonium + Eowave Metallik Resonator

video upload by LudoWic music

https://www.ludowic.com

What is MIDI Modulation? How to Make Awe-Inspiring Generative Music!

video upload by midicake

"Looking for new musical ideas? Midicake ARP's modulation superpowers will generate original music ideas that stand out and let your creative talents shine.

MIDI Modulation is an incredibly powerful technique that works on the fundamental building blocks of music to uncover an almost unlimited wealth of new musical melodies, rhythms and beats that can drive your inspiration.

Let's take a look at some amazing modulation examples and build a track together."

Yamaha MU15 demo

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"The MU15 is a battery powered XG / GM module from 1998. I recorded this demo in three stereo tracks, one after the other, on my ZOOM R20. There's an amp sim from the R20 applied to the lead sound and a compressor on the master track, other than that, no additional external effects."

HÄLP ZIS CHANNEL
https://www.patreon.com/floyd_steinberg
https://floydsteinberg.gumroad.com/
https://floydsteinberg.bandcamp.com/

Arturia Minibrute V - "Aura" 40 Presets (Soundset)

video upload by LFOstore

"LFO.store presents "Aura" the soundset for Arturia Minibrute V.

Soundset by Sacral Reason.

Buy: https://lfostore.sellfy.store/p/artur...
More Minibrute V presets: https://lfostore.sellfy.store/search/...
Sacral Reason presets: https://lfostore.sellfy.store/

Arturia Minibrute V is an incredible synthesizer with amazing features and sound, and we continue to unlock its potential.

Time for cosmic vibrations and aura healing!

In the bank you will find deep pads and soundscapes.

40 amazing presets are waiting for you and ready to fill your compositions with new colors and inspire creativity.

Cinematic, Electronic, Ambient, create new music worlds with
Arturia Minibrute V and "Aura"

Every patch of our soundset is musical & can be immediately used in your tracks & production.

Enjoy and may the music come with you!"

Destiny Plus - Entanglement Space

video upload by NOISEBUG

https://www.noisebug.net/

"The audio that enters the Entanglement Space only faintly resembles the audio that exits. Reality is broken down to the sub-atomic, distorted, blended separated, and rearranged. Yet against all intuition and logic the signal still remains linked, faintly to its origin. The Destiny+ Entanglement Space will split your concept of what DSP effects can/should be into a trillion bits and command a redefined perception of sonic reality.

It’s also just a lot of fun to play with!

Instruments used:

Elby EuroSerge [2 systems]
Erica Synths - LXR-02
Destiny+ - Entanglement Space"

LD3 Vowel Shaped Drums

video upload by gotharman

"Doing some vowel filter shaping on a couple of drum sounds.
www.gotharman.dk"

Christophe / Edmund Eagan - Dune 2 Sound Design - ContinuuCon 2024

video upload by ContinuuCon

SOLAR 42 | STALKER Tarkovsky improvisation

video upload by ELTA music

"In memory of Andrei Tarkovsky and Eduard Artemyev. Improvisation on SOLAR 42 for the film STALKER."

Small Case Jam Sessions #15

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"This jam is taking part of the Hiss and a Roar Sound Design Challenge 2
link: https://hissandaroar.com/v3/sound-des...
Patch notes: it's a kind of Sampler Krell patch.
Samples from H&R has been processed and edited into 10 new samples, and loaded as a bank into the 4ms sampler. Voltage Block is an 8 tracks, 16 steps sequencer, clocked by the "end of sample" of the 4ms Sampler. The 4 first tracks are modulating pitch, start position, length and sample of the sampler. The 4 last tracks are modulating time, desity, pitch and reverb of Beads, the real time granular effect, feeded by the sampler in stereo.
The sampler is set in loop mode, so each time a loop of sample ends the sequencer advance to the next step of the 8 tracks, each in random order.
It's rather chaotic but you can control it a bit with attenuators and knobs positions of the sampler. In addition, the Intellijel FSR 1U (top left corner) allow me to freeze the buffer of Beads, and to modulate the size parameter, from reverse long to short. And outside of the case, a simple passive switch can mute the "end of sample" gate to freeze the Voltage Block.
Quite FUN :)

esthetical note: focus on cables is totally intentional."

Best Synth Solo Ever Recorded // Note by Note

video upload by Starsky Carr

"In 1979 Gary Numan toured 'The Touring Principle' in which Billy Currie played a stunning synth solo during the performance of On Broadway, which appears on the Living Ornaments 79 album. This is widely considered as one of, if not, the best synth solos ever. It's musically accomplished and technically brilliant moving from organic orchestral style tones to worm hole ripping screeching electronic sync tones and back again.

It's a wonderfully emotional and very clever performance. In this I break it down note by note and show each of the tweaks on the synth (the Arp Odyssey) to get those dramatic changes in timbre."

0:00 A Little Bit of History
2:55 What's So Good About It?
5:22 How to Recreate the Basic Tone
7:23 Breaking Down the Solo
14:07 THE SOLO - Putting it All Together

960 Sequencer Advanced Techniques #2

video upload by O.Z. Hall

Part 1 here

"This is the second video on advanced techniques with the 960 Sequential Controller. We'll be using the Behringer System 55 with two 960 model sequencers in Eurorack format.

We'll highlight some features of the 960 sequencers, as well as a limitation of the Step Gate Input and Output jacks. We'll also begin to explore how to implement Rests on the 960.

TIMECODE
0:00 - Intro
0:24 - 960 Features and
2:04 - Limitation on Step Gate Input/Output patching
2:44 - Technique 1 - Fix for Step Gate Input/Output patching Limitation
4:37 - Technique 2 - Create a Rest
5:33 - Use Row 3 as Velocity Control
9:18 - Gater Effect using Velocity
10:32 - Conclusion"

Radikal Technologies Accelerator soundscape II - Mists of yesterday

video upload by MIDERA

"Wow - I didn't realize how hot the Accelerator can run, and I ended up clipping the sound a few times. This is what happens when I use the string filter (karplus-strong synthesis). You can get really plucky sounds, but it can also do pretty good strings. Was fun to make - just wish I hadn't clipped the track so bad.

I had turned on the accelerometer - and found it to add some random interesting changes (in case you're wondering why I hit the side of it a few times).

No external FX used."