MATRIXSYNTH: Friday, September 5, 2025

Friday, September 05, 2025

Liquid Sky D-Vices - PPG W2.2x4 Limited Black Edition

video upload by NOISEBUG

via NOISEBUG

"Limited edition of 127 pieces. no second batch in black will be made. We ship on a first come, first served basis.

dual wave table osc with subbass, overdrive, vca, 40 HP

PPG Returns with W2.2x4 Eurorack Module

The legendary German synthesizer brand PPG is making a comeback, thanks to the collaboration between Cornel Hecht (Hell Modular) and the Liquid Sky Artistcollective (Liquid Sky d-vices).

The first release in this revival is the W2.2x4 Eurorack module, a 3U dual wavetable oscillator featuring all the original wavetables from the iconic PPG Wave 2.2. Each oscillator is equipped with a sub-bass generator, overdrive, and a built-in VCA, delivering the classic PPG sound in a modern modular format."

https://www.noisebug.net/products/liq

Novation Peak | Oxi one | Arturia MicroFreak | Octatratrack MKII | Live performance

video upload by Onyx track

OBSO | Circle Cynths

video uploads by Circle Cynths

"The debut instrument from Circle Cynths, OBSO. A dreamlike interface delivering instant inspiration, featuring nostalgic synths, pads, basses, bells, and strings, all sampled using obsolete technology.

Learn more at: www.circlecynths.com"

"OBSO is an inspiring catalog of sounds coaxed directly from various forms of obsolete media and extant technology. We celebrate the undulating inconsistencies of bygone days, lovingly filtered through the oxide and worn machinery of VCRs, cassette-decks and other consumer products from the 80s and 90s.

Our dreamlike but intuitive interface is intended to spark instant emotion. Specifically designed to sound good no matter where the knobs are, the five visceral control circles nevertheless offer a huge depth of range within a single patch. Nostalgic synths, creamy pads, lush basses, shimmering bells, burnished brass, scintillating strings, and more glow with the patina of fine age.

Individual sounds sink into a mix like they always existed, but you'll find they can easily stand alone without the need for layering or manipulation outside of the instrument. From film and game scoring to lush pop records, these tactile soundscapes add a dose of warm nostalgia to nearly any production.

Simple Interface
Sculpt your sound with an intuitive interface that features massive depth of control, giving you endless ways to shape and refine your tone.

Presets & Tags
120 unique patches. Bells, Brass, Strings, Keys, Pads & More. Find the perfect sound for your track with our built in tag searching system."

Double 0 Coasts Are Better Than One!

video upload by The Midlife Synthesist

"A joyful exploration of one of my favorite Semi modulars!
Thank you to ‪@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC‬ for making this video possible!"

Oberheim 8 Voice and OBX meet for the first time

video upload by Jose's Vintage Keys

"A dear friend allowed me to use his Oberheim. 8 Voice. I am getting to know the machine....a little. This is my first improv using an arpeggiator for the EVS. Also first recording of the Moog Muse. Love that machine."

Elka Twin 61 short demonstration

video upload by melodikakofoniko

"The Elkatwin is an Italian string/organ/bass keyboard, probably built in the early 1980's. Fully polyphonic strings, organ, and other sounds, with monophonic bass section."

Akai Rhythm Wolf Drum Machine with Mods

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video upload by Ground Grown Circuits

"Trying a different vid of the akai rhythm wolf with mods, now available on my reverb page."

via this Reverb listing

"Mods include:

Individual outs (pre fader)

Bass Filter CV input

Heavy modifications to the bass filter circuit

High pass filter option

Filter keyboard tracking

Heavy modifications to the Howl overdrive

Howl only affects bass instead of all instruments"

SN (21)A41411159704311

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Pladask Rom Walkthrough and Demo // Spaces That Never Were

video upload by Lesjamusic

"In this video, we’ll walk through the ROM’s unique features, and hear how it pairs beautifully with the Stereo Dradd to create collapsing echoes, frozen tones, and artificial ambiences.

00:00 Introduction
01:51 Front Panel Walkthrough
04:46 Algorithm Walkthough
08:45 Nymphes Arp ➡ Grain
13:16 Guitar interlude 1
14:17 Elmyra 2 ➡ Hall
16:40 Guitar Interlude 2
17:48 Nymphes Keys ➡ Frame
20:07 Organelle (Plaits) ➡ Grain
22:44 Guitar Interlude 3 (The Simon Section)
24:41 Organelle (DX7) ➡ Frame
30:36 Nymphes Pad ➡ Frame
34:29 Final thoughts

🎛️ Gear featured:
Pladask ROM
Pladask Stereo Dradd
Dreadbox Nymphes
Torso S-4
Neutral Labs Elmyra 2
Critter & Guitari Organelle M
Mutable Ears
ALM / Busy Circuits Pamela's Pro Workout

"Pladask ROM is the Eurorack sibling of the Stereo Dradd — a reverb that doesn’t simulate real spaces, but invents new ones. Closely related to Pladask's DRAUME pedal. With three algorithms (HALL, FRAME, GRAIN), clock control, random modulation, and stereo unpredictability, ROM excels at turning static sounds into restless, living textures.

If you enjoy experimental sound design, modular weirdness, and reverb that goes beyond realism, ROM is a perfect tool for your rack."

Tone Science Module No.10 The Final Patch (DiN:TS10)

"Now available as a double CD with an 8-page booklet & download

Tone Science sub-label, from DiN records, concludes it’s exploration of the world of modular synth music.

Since the first volume in the Tone Science series was released in 2018, seventy-two musicians in total have joined in with this celebration of the musical possibilities of modular synthesis. These artists have been from a huge range of backgrounds but have all shared the unifying purpose of showcasing the incredible variety of sonic possibilities these instruments can offer.

Tone Science sub-label, from DiN records, concludes its exploration of the world of modular synth music.

Since the first volume in the Tone Science series was released in 2018, seventy-two musicians in total have joined in with this celebration of the musical possibilities of modular synthesis. These artists have been from a huge range of backgrounds but have all shared the unifying purpose of showcasing the incredible variety of sonic possibilities these instruments can offer.

The intervening seven years have seen the modular synth world expanding at an exponential rate and whilst one wouldn’t go so far as to say these synths are mainstream, they are certainly far more prevalent than in the past. It’s especially gratifying to see so many musicians now either play solo sets with them or to include them in their onstage arsenal.

Thus we come to this, the final instalment in the Tone Science series. Nothing lasts forever and certainly stopping at this nice round number of ten seems like a good way to not only end the series but to release the Final Patch, a real celebration of what has gone before and perhaps to hint at what is possible for the future. A beautifully packaged double CD featuring twenty artists who have appeared on previous iterations of the series, it really is a who’s who of modular synth musicians. The release is accompanied by an eight-page booklet with an essay by Neil Mason and some final words from the guiding force behind the whole project, Ian Boddy, label boss at DiN. And as Boddy so succinctly puts it in his liner notes, “for me, despite the technological nature of the equipment, the emotional quality of the music is the single most important factor”. The Final Patch certainly delivers on that ethos.

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DSI Poly Evolver sequencer soundscape with Fractal Audio FM3 for FX

video upload by MIDERA

"Yesterday was a good day. Just one of those memorable days that I'll cherish, with some things that I can't talk about, but other things that I can. I played some games with my youngest daughter while my wife picked up our older kid from school. When she came home, she asked me to pull out a loose tooth. I did - blood everywhere. The joy on her face when it came out, and the follow up pain and tears and "Wow this is different" was just exciting to watch. She is growing up and I love being such an integral part of that. It makes me so happy. Then, the three of us played board games for another hour or two while it rained outside.

Honestly, there could not have been a better day.

Oh yeah, and I bought Silksong and started playing that."

Roland GAIA SH-01 - "Cinematica" Soundset 64 Presets

video upload by LFOstore

"Original GAIA synthesizer is here with Cinematic & Ambient sound collection!

Buy: https://lfo.sellfy.store/p/roland-gai...

We took SH-01 to a whole new level with:

Massive Strings
Cosmic Pads & Sweeps
Edge Leads & Solo's
Evolving Plucks & Keys
Monophonic Modulars
Deep Drones
Sequences & Arps

From sci-fi movie soundtrack atmosphere through retrowave vibes & GOA trance arpeggios & sequences Gaia will surpriese you!

Detailed instructions are included, read them carefuly.

Almost all sounds working with D-Beam controller, make sure its active before playing.

By Nick Klimenko aka Chronos, a creator of "Organica" for Waldorf Blofeld & "WS Universe" for Korg Wavestation.

Enjoy and may the music come with you!"

WELSON BAND : Analog, Hexagonal and Spectacular

video upload by Vintage Audio Institute Italia

"Chapters
..................
00:00 intro
00:19 features
01:12 demonstration 1
03:01 auto accompaniment demonstration
06:41 organ mode and arrivederci

WELSON BAND (1976?)

There are quite a few cool machines we've managed to track down after searching for years, but very few have fallen into our laps.
But the Welson Band did just that.
We hadn't even heard of this stunningly beautiful machine at all when we bought it on a Google Alert whim - considering our obsession with auto accompaniment units - that's a rare first.

Acquired for next to nothing we managed to locate a PDF of its schematics - the only trace of this machine on the web - and swiftly failed to understand how one was supposed to control the harmonies of the accompaniments, meaning the bass, chords and arpeggiator.

The back does sport a connector, to hook up a potential bass pedal, accordion or controller keyboard to, but it's marked "Switch Board".
Remember, this was about 10 years before MIDI was invented so this machines for sure needed an external something to decide the key and harmonies.

We had our dear tech Andrea bash together a controller keyboard and it works and looks pretty well apart from being a bit crooked and not triggering all the time.

The video explains everything well so please read the text if you have any questions - in short the machine is fully analog, great drum sounds and the arpeggiator is to die for.

The VINTAGE AUDIO INSTITUTE ITALIA website is pretty much a catalouge of photos and descriptions of cool Italian synths and drum machines so head there : https://www.vintageaudioinstitute.com/"

ASTROGENIC HALLUCINAUTING - late night noiz for late night fiends

video upload by thenoiztemple

"ASTROGENIC HALLUCINAUTING - late night noiz for late night fiends - for more noiz: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/as...

website: http://manipulate.net

This is a series of live noiz and video noiz performances. A continuation of improvisational noiz sessions during the persistence of The Human Plague and now war.

#isolation #electronicmusic #synthesizer #blackambient #drone #noiz #noisemusic #percussion #spike #ukraine #war #standwithukraine"

Late Night Mantis and Messengeer

video upload by HanzVolt

HECTIC - Noiswasp x Trepanator x Multigrain

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"4U 50hp eurorack system
Noiswasp, Trepanator, Multigrain, Compare 2
Performed live on the 08/05/2025 in Le Havre, FRANCE
Recorded through Syntakt inputs with delay and reverb

Available on Bandcamp:"

Spectravox and DFAM | Advanced Physical Modeling

video upload by Moog Music

"In this video we explore the principles of physical modeling synthesis using DFAM and Spectravox.

We begin with a summary of physical modeling synthesis. Physical modeling models an excitation signal (the isolated sound of a finger hitting a drum head, a pick plucking a guitar sting, a bow bowing a cello string) and a resonating body (a drum, a wooden block, a string coupled with a wooden body, etc.). Excitation signals are usually very short sounds full of harmonics and noise – we use DFAM to sculpt a broadband signal with lots of internal dynamics using DFAM’s three envelopes. Spectravox’s ten resonant filters with individual level control are then used to model a resonating body. DFAM’s velocity sequencer further allows us to create a sequence with harder or softer drum hits, while its pitch sequencer can move Spectravox’s filters via the SHIFT input for fascinating tonal changes."

Labyrinth and Subharmonicon | Tangled Transpositions

video upload by Moog Music

"In this video we tie Labyrinth and Subharmonicon’s sequencers together for tangled transpositional movement.

We begin by mixing the VCA outputs of each instrument using Labyrinth’s utility mixer. We then show how to quantize Subharmonicon’s two sequencers to generate sequences of octaves and then add those sequences to Labyrinth’s two sequencers to generate polyrhythmic octave transpositions. Labyrinth’s voice is sequenced by Labyrinth SEQ 1 and transposed by Subharmonicon SEQ 2 while Subharmonicon’s voice is sequenced by Labyrinth SEQ 2 and transposed by Subharmoncon SEQ 1. With Labyrinth’s quantizer set to Hirajoshi pentatonic scaling octave transpositions from Subharmonicon work well regardless of western tonality. Using more traditional western scales from Labyrinth we can set the steps of Subharmonicon to values other than octaves (e.g. perfect fourths/fifths) provided we stay in key."