Ambient Ø Beginner's Guide [#3 All About Sequencing]

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Ambient Ø Beginner's Guide

"SONICWARE LIVEN Ambient Ø | Soundscape Synthesizer
https://sonicware.jp/pages/liven-ambient

We have created the Ambient Ø Beginner’s Guide series with the collaboration of Daniel Beck Rose, also known as @SonicCartography .

This is the third and final video in the series.

All About Sequencing

1) Introduction and Overview
0:00:00 Introduction and Overview

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PlantsSystem-Reproduction

video upload by plantssystem

"'Reproduction' was made with Prophet-5 and TX81Z. The video is OpenProcessing."

amor fati

video upload by Ebotronix

Intellijel Designs System & Strymon Big Sky MX in Dual Cloudburst Mode
Intellijel Designs:
2x Dubmix with Expander, Azimuth 2 , Quadrax,Tetrapad,
Shapeshifter , 2x Amps , 4x Planar 2 , 4x Polaris Multi Mode Filter,
5x Dixie II +, 2x Plonk , 2x Multi FX 1u, 2x Mixup, 2x Tangrams,
2x Quadratt 1u, 2x passive LPG, Dr. Octature 1 & 2, Steppy,
Scales, Bifold, Flurry , Quad VCA,
Sealegs, Quad Inverter, µMod V1 , ADSR,
2x 104 ~ 7 U Case.
Cylonix - Cyclebox II with expander
Tunefish Modular 3x Ornament and Crime
Doepfer R2m
Strymon Big Sky MX in Dual Mono Mode controlled with
Midi CC ( 16 channels) by 16n Faderbank AtoVproject
06.12.2024
Video# 2439

65 Must-See Synths & Keyboards: Ultimate Studio Tour

video upload by Andy Whitmore

"Step into the iconic Greystoke Studio in West London, owned by renowned record producer Andy Whitmore! In this exclusive tour, Andy reveals one of the largest analog keyboard collections in the UK, featuring gems like the legendary Jupiter-8 and Yamaha CS80. Discover the studio's rich history of creating chart-topping hits with artists like Boy George, Lemar, and Peter Andre.

This video is Part A of the studio tour, showcasing Andy’s unparalleled synth collection. Stay tuned for Part B, featuring rare keyboards like the Steinway & Hammond, along with his guitar collection.

🔑 Studio Highlights:
• The birthplace of Peter Andre’s #1 hit 'Flava' and Lemar’s triple-platinum album Time to Grow
• Recent projects include Ben Hemsley’s 'Every Little Thing' with over 5M Spotify plays
• Home to iconic TV theme music for ITV Champions League and tracks featured on The Simpsons, Top Gear, and Frasier If you're a synth enthusiast, music producer, or just curious about where the magic happens, this tour is for you!"

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Insights In Sound - Tom Oberheim, Inventor/Synthesizer Pioneer

video upload by Get It In Writing

"He's one of the founding fathers of electronic instruments, a legendary name in synthesizer history, and a most humble and unassuming genius. We sat down with Tom Oberheim to learn about his personal history, and that of the company that bears his name. Part One of our two-part interview."

Part Two here

Oberheim Teo-5 goes Super Massive

video upload by James Dyson

"Playing some of my presets with Valhalla Supermassive Reverb."

Oberheim Teo-5 goes Super Massive part 2

Mark Twain on the Tellharmonium

This one was spotted and sent in by Gerard Pardeilhan.

Note that's not Mark Twain in the image as he was much older in 1907 as pictured here. The image appears to be "Musician playing at the Telharmonic Hall. The photograph originally appeared in Gunther’s Magazine, June 1907. Courtesy Reynold Weidenaar" according to Cabinet Magazine.

From the article on Cabinet Magazine:

"'The trouble about these beautiful, novel things is that they interfere so with one’s arrangements. Every time I see or hear a new wonder like this I have to postpone my death right off. I couldn’t possibly leave the world until I have heard this again and again.' —Mark Twain

The new wonder that Mark Twain described was the Telharmonium, a pioneering and immensely ambitious electrical musical instrument, the first to synthesize sounds from electrically generated waves. Conceived in the early 1890s by Thaddeus Cahill—whose original name for his invention was the Dynamophone—the instrument produced sound with dynamos that generated alternating currents. Because the sound was generated electrically, it was possible not only to synthesize sound but also to transmit it over telephone lines, making it possible to provide music to thousands of hotels, restaurants, and home subscribers."

I did a quick search for the quote and also found the following from The New York Times, December 23, 1906 on twainquotes.com via The New York Times.

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TWAIN AND THE TELEPHONE
He Hears the Telharmonium and Incidentally Tells a Story.

"The trouble with these beautiful, novel things is that they interfere so with one's arrangements. Every time I see or hear a new wonder like this I have to postpone my death right off. I couldn't possibly leave the world until I have heard this again and again."

Mark Twain said this as he lounged on the keyboard dais in the telharmonium music room in upper Broadway, swinging his legs, yesterday afternoon. The instrument has just played the "Lohengrin Wedding March" for him.

"You see, I read about this in THE NEW YORK TIMES last Sunday, and I wanted to hear it. If a great Princess marries, what is to hinder all the lamps along the streets on her wedding night playing that march together? Or, if a great man should die -- I, for example -- they could all be tuned up for a dirge."

"Of course, I know that it is intended to deliver music all over the town through the telephone, but that hardly appeals as much as it might to a man who for years, because of his addiction to strong language, has tried to conceal his telephone number, just like a chauffeur running away after an accident.

"When I lived up in Hartford, I was the very first man, in that part of New England at least, to put in a telephone --, but it was constantly getting me into trouble because of the things I said carelessly. And the family were all so thoughtless. One day when I was in the garden, fifty feet from the house, somebody on the long distance wire who was publishing a story of mine, wanted to get the title.

"Well, the title was the first sentence, "Tell him to go to hell." Before my daughter got it through the wire and through him there was a perfect eruption of profanity in that region. All New England seemed to be listening in, and each time my daughter repeated it she did so with rising emphasis. It was awful. I broke into a cold perspiration, and while the neighborhood rang with it, rushed in and implored her to desist. But she would have the last word, and it was "hell," sure enough, every time.

"Soon after I moved to New York; perhaps that had something to do with my moving. When I got there and asked for a fire-proof telephone, the company sent up a man to me. I opened up all my troubles to him, but he laughed and said it was all right in New York. There was a clause in their contract, he said, allowing every subscriber to talk in his native tongue, and of course they would not make an exception against me. That clause has been a godsend to me."

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I also found another write-up on Substack here.

See the Telharmonium label below for additional posts.

Testing new machine with radio & drum machine

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"Experimenting with live radio signals on the line-in channel, and syncing a drum machine
The synth and drum machine are plugged into the mixer, radio into the synth line-in
Recorded onto phone with audio line from mixer, synth levels a bit variable.

Having random sounds to mix into the tube input signal produced some interesting results, especially with gated output so the signal gets abstracted.
Big thanks to Ed for drum machine and beats 👌"

SWAM Physical Modeled String Sections with Ambiente Room Modeling

video upload by CatSynth TV

"We present SWAM String Sections, a set of virtual instruments from Audio Modeling that model string sections (violin, viola, cello, double bass) rather than individual instruments, including the interactions among players. These plug-ins also introduce Audio Modeling's "Ambiente" room modeling technology, which is now available in all SWAM instruments as well as a standalone plug-in. Ambiente allows you to model the properties of an acoustic space (size, material, etc.), the positions of various instruments, and the interactions of all the instruments with the room.

To found out more, please visit https://audiomodeling.com/sections/sw...

00:00 Introduction
01:05 Overview of Violin Section
03:18 Advanced articulations
07:14 Ambiente Room Modeling
11:26 Add a cello section to the room model
12:53 Add a solo instrument (Cor Anglais / English Horn)
13:38 Multiple rooms/studios
14:24 Closed mic room
15:30 Conclusion

We recommend also watching our video on SWAM solo strings for more detail on the expressive features and details of playing the physical models" [previously posted here]

Exploring Future Sound Systems Cric - a monster analogue patch-matrix synth

video upload by Signal Sounds

"The Future Sound Systems Cric is a fully analogue, matrix-patchable electronic music synthesiser. In this video, sound designer and composer Michael Manning shares some patches and thoughts on this monster synth after having it in his studio for the past few weeks.

Future Sound Systems say: 'Cric is far from yet-another-monosynth but the heart of an analogue electronic music studio. Rock solid VCOs give the user pitch precision and FM flexibility. A comprehensive filter section affords timbral sculpting from basic filtering to total transformation of incoming tones. Four cyclical function generators can be used as envelopes, LFOs or audible VCOs. Pin matrix patching allows for the synthesiser to be configured as a traditional 3 * VCO mono-synth, a paraphonic synthesiser, a drum machine, a noise and drone box, and so the list goes on. Four inputs and outputs with a microphone preamplifier on input 1 allow for audio processing, external CV control, feedback routing and much more.'

Cric is shipping now and you can order here: https://www.signalsounds.com/future-s..."

Here’s a little Ekko x SK1 lullaby 🎶😌

video upload by Samples From Mars

Eko Computerhythm. You can find details on the sample set here. See the Eko label below for additional posts featuring EKO.

Arturia PolyBrute 12 - Can it do Bladerunner?

video upload by Scott McAuley Sounds

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

Been asked quite a few times about this one, so thought I'd give it a go :)

enjoy."

Bad Gear - Just because YOU want one...

video upload by AudioPilz

"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. Just because you want one doesn’t mean it’s good.

At the first glance Muse is ticking all the “Moog clones the Behringer yamaha CS-80” boxes.

Bad Gear - Just because YOU want one...

Moog One
Polymoog
Moog Model D
analog synthesizer
analog synth
polyphonic
synth keyboard
flagship synth

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:26 Overview Moog Muse
01:14 Tuning (or lack thereof), Calibration, Boot Time
01:25 Oscillators
02:17 Dual Ladder Filter
02:45 Modulators (Envelopes, LFOs)
03:03 Mod Map, Mixer
03:29 Delay Effect , Low Cut
03:41 Polyphony , Binaural , Bitimbrality ( Layers , Splits )
04:09 Arpeggiator , Sequencer , Chord Mode
04:30 Controllers
04:40 Focus, Menu Structure
05:02 Presets
05:24 Connectivity, Pricing,...
06:01 Hate
06:24 Jam 1 ( Techno or House or Whatever )
07:21 Jam 2 ( Epic Stuff )
08:35 Finale ( Mainstream Melodic Techno )
09:05 Verdict"

SCJS #36 PLAITS ORCHESTRA (with a SPLISH of LFO)

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Small Case Jam Sessions #36
Plaits, Beads, Four LFO, Dual S&H+ and SPLISH!
4U 50hp recorded live into Syntakt reverb and delay

00:00 0000
02:00 0001
03:31 0010
05:11 0011
07:04 0100
08:46 0101"

Cwejman - S1 Mk2 SN 279

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"This unit has been meticulously inspected and is considered to be in excellent condition. The sound quality exceeds it's reputation

All jacks/pots and midi sockets have been tested and are highly secured. Midi signals are fully responsive.

This unit has been meticulously inspected and is considered to be in excellent condition.

There are a few minor cosmetic scratches (See photos)"

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Destiny-Plus Programma 900

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"Programma 900 is a harmonic musical computer.

Built on fpga and arm cortex technology.

** Programma 900 has 6 polytonal voices, each featuring Odd harmonic, Even harmonic, Harmonic partials, Harmonic tilt and fundamental frequency control.

** Four quadrant multiplication of individual voices

** x32 complex gestural cv buffers allowing 6 min cv recording windows for all x32 mod destinations and voice envelopes

** individual modes for speed and attenuation for each x32 gestural cv buffer.

** 3000 note MIDI record buffer and looper.

** X3 location A-B-C / pan controls

** experimental Stereo regeneration / delay algorithm with over 12 min regeneration buffers, multiple regeneration modes & buffer filters.

** 6x interpolating morphing inputs to each voice

Accompanying programma 900 is a desktop app native to Mac OSX that opens extra utilities on the hardware such as

* multiple voice allocation modes

* pnp / drum mode

* dice/randomising all hardware parameters

* grouping banks of parameters together per voice.

* calibration

* saving / exporting and importing / preset management."

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MFB Synth Pro 2020 SN 20054

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"MFB SYNTH PRO is an eight-voice synthesizer. Its analog sound generation is based on circuits and technology used in the classic synthesizers of the 70s and 80s, but enhanced here with contemporary, practical functions. One of the SYNTH PRO's special features is its oscillators with continuously fadeable waveforms. These VCOs can alternatively be switched to a DCO mode. The filter section has two separate VCFs with different characteristics that can be linked for joint control. SYNTH PRO also has 240 memory locations, a polyphonic sequencer, an arpeggiator, comprehensive MIDI controller control and a digital effects processor."

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Waldorf M 8-Voice Wavetable Desktop Synthesizer

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Waldorf Microwave 1 Rev-A

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"The mighty Microwave 1 in the version you want; the Rev. A. with SEM 3387 analog filters. As you can see on the pictures, the offered unit is in VERY good condition: there are not even bolt marks from racking on the front face! And also around the unit everything looks VERY clean. Unit is in perfect technical condition, had service in 2023 and got a fresh battery.

If you are looking for a real REV.A, this is the one you want, you wil not find a cleaner unit."

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Korg 900PS

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Creating music with ROLI Airwave

video upload by ROLI

"Watch as ROLI Sound Design & Innovation Manager Marcus Levy-Chance gives us a full tour of Airwave's features and shows us just how they can elevate our music production. Go from setup to sound-making, get familiar with each of the Air Gestures, and get ready to welcome Spatial Expression into your studio and stage performances.

Whether you’re working with ROLI instruments or hooking Airwave up to your favorite MIDI keyboards and hardware synths, Airwave unlocks new dimensions of expression, introduces new sonic textures, and broadens the horizon of creativity for all music makers."

00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Hardware Overview
01:20- Hardware Setup
02:30 - Dimensions of Air
02:54 - Air Raise
03:24 - Air Tilt
03:52 - Air Glide
04:14 - Air Slide
04:29 - Air Flex
04:54 - Air Grasp
06:51- Beautiful Visuals
07:17 - DAW Compatibility
07:28 - MIDI Keyboard Compatibility
07:55 - Outro

Many grains of madness - Klavis Grainity Demo

video upload by Stazma

"Today we get deep (and hardcore) into the Klavis Grainity.
This thing is a "granular filter", i'll try to make you understand how it work and patch some crazy stuff with it to show some exemples of it's madness.
Crazy thing indeed!"

How to create a drum machine in MetaModule using a MIDI controller

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Arturia Minifreak and Uno Synth pro X synth demo not talking

video upload by Blossom Bisquits

DREADBOX TYPHON

video upload by Gianfranco Carone

RC CIRCUIT BENT 'R.E.M SYNTH' SOLFEGGIO + CHAKRA HEALING MEDITATIVE SOUND GENERATOR

video upload by ResonanceCircuits

"Bespoke sound generator from ResonanceCircuits. www.resonancecircuits.com"

Adding option switch to Q962 Sequential Switch module

video upload by George B.

"Taking a feature already in the Q962 and bringing it out to the front panel so it can be used as a option setting or in a performance. The only "big" thing is drilling a hole in the panel for the switch. Not that big really...

Switch assembly can be found here; https://shop.synthesizers.com/product....

0:00 Intro
1:20 Demo
1:51 Modification Description
3:06 Outro"

Basilisk Patch Creation Guide

video upload by Wirehead Instruments

"Basilisk is a hybrid bassline exploration synthesizer. This video is a walk-through exploration of a few patches, using LFOs, parameter locking, dual oscillators and analog filter modes.

The Basilisk is AVAILABLE NOW as a DIY kit or factory-built, visit www.wireheadinstruments.com for more info.

0:00 Intro
0:25 LFO to detune
0:56 Adding glide (selectively)
1:48 Adding modulation with parameter locks
5:00 LFO to note-length
8:20 Pulsewave modulation
11:50 LFO Sample & hold
13:18 High-pass filter mode
15:00 Outro"