Yamaha TX16W sample batch conversion

video upload by Collector Current

"In this video I show you how I batch-convert audio files for use in the Yamaha TX16W sampler.

Links to things discussed in the video:
Cyclone: https://soniccharge.com/forum/topic/433
Cyclone floppy tool (not shown in video but relevant): https://soniccharge.com/floppybaker
GNU mtools (mformat, mcopy etc.): https://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/i...
DWVW command line tool for Typhoon compression: https://blog.jacobvosmaer.nl/0055-dwvw/

Blog: https://blog.jacobvosmaer.nl/
Music: https://music.jacobvosmaer.nl/"

ARP Synthesizer celebration concert at the Museum of Making Music

video upload by CatSynth TV

"Highlights from the opening night concert for the ARP Exhibition a the NMuseum of Making Music in Carlsbad, California. The exhibition and the opening are part of the year-long celebration of synthesizer pioneer Alan R. Pearlman's centennial.

To find out more about the artists who performed, please visit their respective websites.

Robin Hatch
https://robinhatch.bandcamp.com/

Steve McQuarry (Synsor)
https://synsor.bandcamp.com/

Rupert Grenall (The Fixx)
https://www.thefixx.com/

To find out more about the museum and the exhibit, please visit https://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/e...

You can see our walkthrough of the exhibition with guest curator Brian Kehew here: • Explore the ARP Synthesizer Exhibition at ...

To find out more about the Alan R. Pearlman Foundation, including how to support their work, please visit: https://alanrpearlmanfoundation.org/

00:00 Introduction
00:13 Robin Hatch
03:15 Steve McQuarry
06:45 Rupert Greenall
07:49 All three performers together
11:19 Conclusion"

Merch: https://shop.catsynth.com
Patreon: / catsynth
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/catsynth

Interviews with Dan Green: 4ms Company Origins

video upload by 4ms Company

"Dan Green, founder of 4ms Company, speaks about his origins.
This is Part 1 in a series of interviews, stay tuned for the rest!"

Interviews with Dan Green: 3ms to 4ms

video upload by 4ms Company

"Dan Green, founder of 4ms Company, speaks about the early days of designing pedals and how 3ms became 4ms."

Interviews with Dan Green: Life in St. Louis, Missouri

video upload by 4ms Company

"Dan Green, founder of 4ms Company, talks about life in St. Louis, Missouri."

MPG-8X Patch Bank Vol. 1 for MKS-80 Super Jupiter Synthesizer

video upload by Retroaktiv Synthesizers

"This video is an audio demo of some of the patches included in this preset bank. This bank is included with MPG-8X controllers, and is available for purchase in MKS-80 format for people who don't own the MPG-8X.

All patches were programmed by Rob Currier."

MOOG IIIP Serial Number 5 of 40

video upload by NOISEBUG

https://www.noisebug.net/

"What a treat this system is to play. Incorporating the 953 duophonic keyboard and custom Moon Modular sequencer system, you have everything you you could possibly ever need. The system is in incredible condition, nearly zero signs of use. We hope to see this go to a great new home. It is truly a synthesist’s synthesizer.

#modularsynth

The IIIP + 953 is available now at Nosiebug.

The Moon Sequencer system is also available. Sold Separately.

Call or email for inquires"

Soniccouture Releases Polarity | Tension: Dual Granular Engine With K/V

video uploads by Soniccouture

Playlist:

Polarity | Tension: Product Tour
Polarity | Tension: Granular Synthesis Tutorial
Polarity Tension: Sound Design Preview


Via Soniccouture

"Soniccouture is pleased to announce Polarity: a new, dual-granular sampler engine which heralds the start of a series of instruments exploring the granular synthesis space. The first instalment in this series is Polarity | Tension, developed in collaboration with creative audio team K/V (Ramon Kerstens and Richard Veenstra).

Built entirely from recordings of industrial machinery, extended string techniques, abstract vocalizations, and environmental resonances, Polarity | Tension offers a palette that feels intentional, unstable, and alive with detail.

The four macros Grain, Character, Movement, and Space provide fast, expressive control over the instrument’s sound. They come pre-mapped to NKS for each snapshot but can also be reassigned to control any parameter the user chooses. Not so much a collection of presets, more a set of curated sonic vignettes.

Kontakt Player | NKS | Native Access Download €149 | $149

INTRO OFFER €89 | $89 Until 16th Sept 2"

https://www.soniccouture.com/en/products/28-experimental/g88-polarity--tension/

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EMS Synthi A stolen from Synthorama

Some unfortunate news sent my way vis Swissdoc. Apparently someone has stolen an EMS Synthi from the Swiss synth museum Synthorama. You might recall the video walkthrough just posted here yesterday.

The following is via the curator of Synthorama, Martin Hollinger aka Airböurne (creator of the modular synth by the same name), on the Sequencer.de forum (translated via Google):

"Hello everyone

I finally managed to register on the forum. I'm the owner of the Synthorama and, due to a current event, I'd like to give you a brief update on the museum.

The Synthorama has been around for 25 years and serves to introduce synthesizers to a musically interested public. Almost all instruments can be played and tested here.

But you all already know that ;-)

Unfortunately, there are also people who misuse the museum. Since its inception, there have been four thefts, the fourth on August 2, 2025.

The first was about 15 years ago, when someone stole around 10 modules from one of my Moog modular systems while it was unattended and then filled the "holes" with other modules or even front panels. I didn't notice this for a long time because it wasn't that obvious.

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Beepboop Electronics Introduces the CTRL+ 4hp Touch Controller Module

video upload by Beepboop Electronics

"A short demo overview of the new CTRL+ 4hp touch controller module.

Includes pressure CV, Velocity CV and gate outputs!"



via Beepboop Electronics

"Control your eurorack system with just a touch. Generate control voltages and gates from the capacitive touch pads and route them to play your system.

Some things just can’t be sequenced……

The module has two touchpads, one to generate CV outputs and the other for gates. There are separate outputs for the pressure CV, velocity CV and Gate.

The pressure touchpad has been designed to be expressive. The pressure CV is proportional to how hard you press the panel, contact surface area and position.

The increasing separation of lines in the pressure touchpad result in an inverse relationship to its response so that depending upon where you touch you will get a sensitivity.

The top of the touchpad is more sensitive. The sensitivity decreases going down the panel.

Using just the tip of your finger the output CV can be controlled by slide it up and down the panel.

The RGB LED in the top left displays the level of each output.

Green = Pressure
Blue = Velocity
Red = Gate
The pressure CV output ranges from 0-6V

The module has been fitted with an offset null trimmer which can be adjusted when the module is mounted in your rack to set the Pressure CV back to exactly 0V.

The offset null can be adjusted through the panel with a small flat head screw driver.

Include power cable and mounting screws."

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Brussels School Diaries, Day 4: "Needle Galaxy" | original electronic music jam

video upload by No Lake

"Trying to forge a movement, a style, and stay true to the original plan is not easy. The more I work on it, the better I understand it. The more I'm around it, the more I appreciate it. Next year's album is slowly taking shape, note by note. Emotion after emotion. Improvised jam after improvised jam.

Headphones 🎧 recommended

My Bandcamp : https://nolake.bandcamp.com/"

Beginner's Guide to Sound Design, Feat. Sonicware Liven Evoke | LFOs, Filters, & Amp Envelopes

video upload by Sonic Cartography

"A tutorial on the basics of sound design, featuring the Sonicware Liven Evoke, focusing on LFOs, filters, and amplitude envelopes, and providing an overview of attack, release, cutoff, resonance, and LFO assignment, shape, rate, depth, trigger, and delay settings. This is part 3 of a series I'm doing on the Evoke (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list..., but it can be watched independently of the other parts and doesn't require that you have an Evoke to get something out of it, I think/hope.

This video is meant to be as beginner-friendly as possible, so at the beginning of sections, I go over basics that may "go without saying" for more experienced people. This is intentional. I remember back when I was just getting started with synths, all the videos I watched seemed to assume too much was "obvious" or already known, and I've consciously tried to avoid that here and make the sort of video I wish I had back then."

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Introducing Stem Ripper - 8 Channel Audio Recorder

video upload by ALM TV

Check with dealers on the right for availability.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:52 - Setting up a Multitrack Recording
3:28 - Recording
5:09 - Transferring Stems to a Computer
7:07 - Mixing and Editing
7:38 - Final Mix
8:01 - Outro

"The 'Stem Ripper' is a compact 8 channel audio recorder designed for immediate full patch recording without the need for external hardware. Capture all audio stems of a patch with ease.

In this video we multitrack a basic patch using the Stem Ripper then copy the stems to a computer for basic mixing and editing in Logic Pro.

Patch stems are recorded directly to a micro SD card which can then be easily transferred to a computer to mix, edit or archive patches. Each input is recorded as an individual track in a 16bit 44.1kHz multichannel date stamped WAV file. Record time is limited only by SD Card size. Two additional tracks within the output WAV contain a configurable stereo mix down of the inputs. The module has large 20Vpp per input headroom with LED clip indication if exceeded.

An optional 2HP 'Thru' output expander duplicates the 8 inputs to a row of unbuffered outputs, eliminating the potential need for stacking patch cables at the expense of more case real estate.

A suitable 64Gb SD card is included with the unit."

SYNTH-WERK SW 8101 BODE BARBERPOLE PHASER

video upload by SYNTH-WERK

"The BODE BARBERPOLE PHASER offers 9 phase stages and various sound manipulation features. The option to insert an additional effect into the feedback loop or one of the two audio pathes is one of them.

The main feature of the BPP/product is infinity phasing. Infinity phasing is a psychoacoustic effect based on the Shepard scale, which was introduced in 1964 by the psychologist Roger N. Shepard. It creates the illusion of an infinitely ascending or descending scale that never exceeds the limit of one‘s hearing.

The combination of the various features like left-right panning or the transfer of a monofonic input signal into a stereo output signal and modulation of the phaser creates a sonic soundstage in the tradition of Harald Bodes ”Klangumformer” principal. If you think you know the sound of a Phaser, you need to listen to the Barberpole Phaser to understand the possibilities of a 'Klangumformer'"

See the announcement post here.

Complexification of LXR-02 drums with Echolocator & the Zen

video upload by Richard DeHove

"Complexification is a perfectly cromulent word to describe 'A drum machine with two delays; since this is no mere everyday serial setup. Here we have two stereo delays in alternating parallel mode embiggening a single drum pattern. In fact 'chronocomplexification' would have been more accurate but I thought the Youtubes would punish me for being stupid.

The aim is to take a simple single pattern and create variations and interest while having fun. I think everyone knows the feeling of having a single pattern and trying to expand it into something greater. Depending on what machines you use it can start to feel like you're fighting to advance. Here it's all just knob twiddling fun.

In the video I describe the routing of the stereo outputs: One to the AB pedal which is then manually switched to either the Zen or Echolocator; and one channel direct to the DAW 'dry'. In this demo I didn't use any of this dry signal. If this were a "real" finished track I'd probably mix in some of the dry bass drum just to keep things coherant. For the video I thought it more useful to just have the two delays' sound. For a more nuanced routing setup you could change the left-right balance of various voices and use the 'dry' channel to instead go to a third pedal effect which could also be manually switched on and off. Putting a looper somewhere in the chain could also be interesting.

With all this I'm increasingly feeling that moving up to a higher tier in the drums or synth department is perhaps not as significant as investing time and attention to effects.

The video is all one take with no DAW processing - even though I was extremely tempted to EQ the Zen parts to bring out the crunch and distortion. The couple of cuts in the track are from me trying to find slice points to bring it down from 30 minutes. The samples are from a couple of 1950s sci-fi movies just for a little variation.

0:00 Routing and setup info
1:08 Dry pattern
1:25 All tweaking, no talk

Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free
My website: https://richarddehove.com/"

SCJS#67 - GRAINZZ 3 - Trepanator x Multigrain

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Small Case Jam Sessions #67 - GRAINZZ 3

TREPANATOR: insanity
Live and sample grains by Multigrain

Recorded live thru Syntakt inputs with delay and reverb"

Bastl Softpop SP2 Jam 30 (with Kastle ARP and PO-35 speak)

video upload by alloutofsync

"Softpop and ARP duo!

0:15 Patch note

Anyway, I hope you enjoy. Thanks."

Bad Gear - Too Expensive to feel SO CHEAP

video upload by AudioPilz

"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. The analog tones of Roland’s SH-101 have been a staple in electronic music production since the 80s.

However, those who didn’t buy the dip in the 90s will have to make do with oversized fridge magnets, Uli’s homage to plastic, blasphemous plugins or - in this case - Donner’s brand-new L1 which has no reason to be that expensive while feeling so cheap.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:48 Overview Donner L1
01:29 Oscillator Section
01:59 Filter Section
02:14 Envelopes, Drone, Gate
02:44 LFO, Analog FM
02:59 Sequencer
03:20 Menus, Screen
03:35 Digital Bleed from the Screen
03:56 The Detachable Keyboard and its Limitations
04:07 Connectivity (or lack thereof)
04:17 Midi, Arpeggiator
04:42 What else? (Many weird Flaws,...)
05:12 H*te Screen
05:40 Jam 1 ( Techno )
06:26 Jam 2 ( Elektro )
07:31 Finale ( Techno - All Sounds including Drums )
08:00 Verdict"

Sony Rhythm Capsule CF 900 S / vintage Boombox drum machine

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video upload by Jither

via this Reverb listing

"very rare Vintage Sony Boombox Drum machine from the 80’s , this model was also famously used by sting to record Every Breath you take and also…!! , see video link to sting playing message in A bottle with a unit like this one, the machine is in good working condition, the drum machine and tape player work And have a nice analog sound"

See the Sony label below for additional Sony synth related gear.

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*Serviced* EDP Wasp Analogue Synthesiser Rare Vintage Electronic Dream Plant 25-Key Synth

video upload by riffers

"Rare & All Original
1970s Analog Dual Oscillator Demo"

via this Reverb listing

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Frequency Controller Knob Box for Oberheim DMX Sounds

via this Reverb listing

"From Paul White (electrongate). Allows to tune the individual frequencies of each sound card, without opening the but."

Nord Modular

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via this Reverb listing

"In perfect working condition, there's a few small dings here and there but nothing major."

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Roland 100M D set and 181 keyboard

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via this Reverb listing

SNs

150 770532
140 142997
130 760213
121 061552
112 323821

"1979 Roland 100M D set analogue modular synthesizer with rare 181 keyboard and original box ( for D set)

This has just been totally refurbished and serviced by James Walker (best synth tech in UK) so is as close to perfect as you can get. It would be very difficult to find a D set with the rare 181 keyboard in this condition, both physically and electronically"

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Korg Sigma KP 30 1979 - LIMITED EDITION SN 0601

via this Reverb listing

"KORG SIGMA ENIGMA KP30

this is a fully serviced Limited edition number 0601.

It’s in amazing condition and comes with original flight case.

it has been modified to have an IC socket for protection and future use."

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Yamaha DX5 Programmable Algorithm Synthesizer SN 1635

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via this Reverb listing

"This DX5 has been fully serviced recently.

The condition is good and everything works like new!

The rare DX5 is essentially TWO DX7's in one with 76 keys body.

It has the ability to stack the two independent engines or split them.

There is a large LCD window and more parameters button make it greater for editing sounds than the DX7.

It has XLR Balanced outs for WAY cleaner, hotter outs than those noisy DX7s.

This sale also includes the Two original DX Rom Cartridges loaded with more DX5 sounds"

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Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Technical Manual Rev3.0,3.1,3.2.

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via this eBay listing

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Oberheim Matrix 1000 Analog Synthesizer

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via this eBay listing

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TTMC 291 , Timbre & Tokyo Gate , 158 , Circadian Rhythms , 281t , Bd808 . Pico Drums

video upload by Tokyo Tape Music Center

Serge Modular Synth Paperface 50

video upload by Akihiko Matsumoto

"Serge Modular Synth (Sample Pack) https://akihikomatsumoto.sellfy.store...

Discover the raw power of Serge Modular with this exclusive sample pack. Featuring organic noise textures, complex rhythms, analog drones, and punchy one-shots, each sound embodies the unpredictable, evolving nature of modular synthesis. Currently in beta, this pack offers a limited selection of sounds at an early price, with free lifetime updates as new material is added.
Akihiko Matsumoto"

Neoharp + T.E.EP-133

video upload by Neoharp

"With Neoharp, jam sessions are easy — the accompaniment comes together with no effort or long practice (psst: right hand can’t hit wrong notes)."

See the Neoharp label below for additional posts.

Chromaplane: A completely unique flat synthesizer

video upload by David Hilowitz Music

"In this video, I check out the Chromaplane, a beautiful and unique instrument by ‪@PassepartoutDuo‬ and ‪@KOMAelektronik‬.

More info here: https://chromaplane.co"

Muse | Moog Influence on Matt Johnson of Jamiroquai's New Solo Album | Jazz Cafe London

video upload by Moog Music

"Join ‪@MattJohnsonskeyspace‬, the eclectic, funk-driven keyboardist of Jamiroquai, at the Jazz Cafe in London as he dives into the Moog instruments that helped shape his upcoming solo album.

For Matt, the Muse is more than a synth, it’s an instrument that talks back. With deep modulation possibilities and an assignable macro knob for expressive, on-the-fly control, Muse lets him program in advance and still play with complete spontaneity.

Alongside Muse, Matt’s Moog collection includes Messenger, his original Minimoog, the Moog One, and the Voyager — each adding its own character to his signature sound.

We love being a part of this musical journey."