VIVALDI - Autumn Part 2 on SIX Korg ARP Odysseys

video upload by Richard Payne

"He knocked it out the park did Vivaldi, with Autumn Part 2. I had it programmed and up on the ARPs for a couple of weeks before I filmed it this afternoon. Was a one take wonder this time, but I had been fiddling with it for a fortnight. And it's very hard to mess up this one.

The Odyssey FS keyboard (on it's side) is taking place of Odyssey #3 (still at the repair place ...) and is handling the 'not needing to be filldled with' bass. Top left (#1) is playing the PWM'd arpeggio. #2, #4 & #5 are playing the 'string' parts and #6 is on sub bass and white noise duties. It's being modulated by it's LFO on the lowest rate.

There's no EQ or mixing going on but I did lean into Ableton's Delay on the Arpeggio and Sub Bass / Wind synths and everything was fed through Arturia's lovely LX-24 Reverb.

Thanks again for watching!"

ARP Quadra Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer

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"ARP Quadra in great working condition. Serviced regularly by Custom Vintage Keyboards in Los Angeles, this synth has been upgraded with wooden end cheeks to replace the original leather ones, a brand new aftertouch system, as well as fully recapped, and calibrated. There are a few areas with paint chips pictured, but for its age, it is in remarkable shape. Power cord included.

Due to its size/shape and fragile nature, local pickup in Brooklyn only, or can arrange hand delivery within a few hours drive for an additional cost."

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ARP2500 & Baloran The RIVER - Sketches

video upload by Smartti1970

"Synthesizers:
ARP 2500 (Mos-Lab)
Baloran The River

FX:
Lexicon PCM80
Eventide H8000"

Patrick Gleeson - A tribute to a great synthesizer pioneer from CatSynth TV

video upload by CatSynth TV

"We at CatSynth pay tribute to Patrick Gleeson, a legendary synthesizer pioneer, performer, and composer, who passed away earlier this month. In addition to going through his history and accomplishments, we share some of his own words about his life in music and his collaborations, including his most famous collaboration with Herbie Hancock. We also share statements from composer and multi-instrumentalist Sam Morrison and Dina Pearlman-Ifil of the Alan R. Pearlman Foundation.

0:00 Introduction
0:25 From English literature to music
1:13 Embracing synthesizers
1:38 Collaboration with Herbie Hancock
2:33 Moog and ARP
3:39 Thoughts from Dina Pearlman-Ifil
4:09 Other musical projects
4:32 Return to live performance in the 2010s
4:48 Thoughts from Sam Morrison
6:51 Conclusion

Video of Patrick Gleeson and images courtesy of the Alan R. Pearlman Foundation
Photo Gleeson's Moog Modular IIIc courtesy of the Bob Moog Foundation"

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Synthesizer Pioneer Patrick Gleeson Has Passed Away

Some sad news in via The Alan R Pearlman Foundation and The Bob Moog Foundation

Celebrating the Life of Composer and Synthesizer Pioneer Patrick Gleeson

We received the sad news about about the passing of Patrick Gleeson. With respect to Pat's widow, and in conjunction with the Bob Moog Foundation, we are sharing their Press Release:

Legendary Master Synthesist Patrick Gleeson Dies at 91

On behalf of the estate of Patrick Gleeson, the Bob Moog Foundation shares the passing of the legendary electronic music pioneer. Patrick Gleeson passed away on July 19, 2026; he was 91 years old. Gleeson may be best remembered as the owner of Different Fur Studios, and for his subsequent work with Herbie Hancock. However, his career stretched well beyond those accomplishments, including producing and engineering for a multitude of musicians, recording solo albums, scoring soundtracks, and performing live.

Wendy Carlos once wrote of Patrick, "Our eight-year wait for someone else to explore electroinc music realisation with what we judge to be appropriate technical standards and musical taste has ended. In short, one hears the ears of a gifted musician at work, in a field where one must exercise unprecedented discipline and self-control."

You can read much more about Patrick's significant contributions to the world of synthesis and music HERE."

You can find numerous posts featuring Patrick Gleeson here on MATRIXSYNTH.

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ARP Quadra MPC Zaquencer - Disco House music

video upload by Mikus Pilatus

"This Quadra has Midi installed .
Kinda wacky and fun to sequence something that is not your typical Quadra action"

Summer echos - live Berlin school inspired synthesizer jam

video upload by RandomVoltage

"Summer echoes -
Berlin school inspired live synthesizer jam

Thank you for tuning in - enjoy! :)

Setup

Moog Messenger- main clock/ sequence
Moog subharmonicon- clock distribution/ sequence
Moog mother32 - sec sequence
Moog dfam - percussive sequence

Arturia Minifreak- pad drone

Arp2600 - noise/ efx

Sequential Fourm - chord pads


Effect pedals used

Strymon - bluesky, elcapistan, volante, deco
Vongon ultrasheer
Boss space echo 202
Behringer BM13
Echofix chorus
Walrus audio Meraki

Mixed on soundcraft efx12
Recorded live on zoom l6max


#chilloutmusic #berlinschool #ambientmusic #synthesizer #synthesizermusic #synthjam #hwj #moogsynthesizer #moogmessenger #moogdfam #moogsubharmonicon #moogmother32 #arp2600 #arturiaminifreak #sequential #synthwave #retrosounds #analogsynthesizer #klausschulze #tangerinedream #relaxingmusic #deepsleep #deeplistening"

Dina Pearlman Interview at Superbooth 2026

video upload by Antonus

https://alanrpearlmanfoundation.org/

"As many of you know, at Superbooth 2026 we had the incredible opportunity to meet Dina Pearlman—daughter of Alan R. Pearlman and founder of the ARP Foundation.

We took this special occasion to ask her a few questions about ARP, the foundation, and the legacy of these legendary instruments. Dina is an amazing human being and was so warm and welcoming to us. We hope you enjoy this interview as much as we did!

Notes:
Audio note: Please excuse the background noise inside the tent!
Image note: The photo shown at 2:35 is for representative purposes only and does not depict the actual board of the foundation."

Vintage ARP Quadra 2463 Analog Synthesizer & Keyboard SN 24630157

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Pics of the inside below.

"Tested and Working. This was pulled from a working environment. Please look at all pictures before purchasing, only what is included in pictures is included in sale."

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Rest in Peace PENELOPE the Synth Kitty

Long time reader Adam Abraham wrote in to let me know his little synth kitty PENELOPE has passed away. You might recognize these pics from prior posts, Odyssey Cat and KORG MS20 with KORG 35 Filter & Synth Cat.

According to Adam, she's been a synthhead by his side since day one. These little friends keep us company along our journey. She will be sorely missed.

ARP 2600P V3 (1972–1974) with 3604P Keyboard – Classic Semi-Modular Analog Synth

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Pics of the inside below.

"ARP 2600P V3 Synthesizer with 3604P Keyboard
Power cable
5 patch cables
Keyboard-to-module cable
Case covers and original manual

Condition:
This unit is previously used and shows normal cosmetic wear consistent with age. It is fully operational, including all oscillators, filters (4012), and modulation sections, and functions as intended."

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VIVALDI - Autumn Part 1 on SIX (5) ARP Odysseys

video upload by Richard Payne

"Been having a pop at Autumn Part 1 these last few days and this take I recorded (take 111!) has come out slightly 'dystopian' sounding and synthy. Have pushed the filters a bit more. There’s a bit of overdrive in places and some wobbly 'pitchy' stuff happening. But lots going on and lots of things to remember to do. Or not to do. This take here was only the 4th time I’d made it to the end, and the first and only without completely ballsing it up.

Odyssey #3 was briefly back in the fold last week and was ably handling the sub bass part all on it’s own, but it started going wrong again and has been taken back to the repair shop. So to cover that part here, I’m bringing in and out oscillator 2 on Odyssey #6, which is set to a square wave an octave down. I’d say a good 80 of those earlier takes that I mucked up were ruined by me forgetting to do this, or doing it badly, or at completely the wrong time. There’s a 'high jeopardy' patch change happening on Odyssey #1 too which I liked to get wrong, transitioning from a short filtery harmony part at the beginning to a long square wave lead line for the slow bit towards the end.

As before, I got the Midi parts online and processed them in Ableton Live. I combined and reduced them down from the 24 orchestral parts to the 5 here. Fixed up a few dodgy notes. Probably added a few of my own. Then I tempo matched to an orchestral performance of the piece, which is probably the fiddliest and most time consuming bit. There were a few more evenings messing with note lengths and refining the tempos further. So, I’ve been using Korg’s Odyssey plugins up to this point in the process, slouching on the sofa on my laptop, but the next step is to move into my little music room and to practice on the actual ones. Spent a couple more evenings working things out there and then a couple of days trying to film a good run through.

It’s certainly tricky trying to adjust each part as dynamically as I’d like when they’re all coming at me in one big terrifying lump. I’m not mixing or even EQ’ing afterwards so I’m battling to keep a good audible balance between the synths as I go. If I get too involved or too “two-handy” on a synth for too long, I’m neglecting the other four and I’ve missed 5 other things I wanted to do. So I’m relying quite a lot on the Decay slider in the envelope section, as it seems to offer a one-stop dynamic shop that I can adjust on two synths at the same time. I’ve modded all of the Odysseys to have a free-running LFOs also, so I can introduce a slow LFO to the filters to keep them shifting about on their own whilst I adjust something else elsewhere.

I have started re-recording these pieces 'properly', one Odyssey at a time, with view to putting them up somewhere for streaming or perhaps even pressing them onto vinyl. Would sound good on record I reckon. You reckon? And I have a whole shelf full of peculiar synthesizer albums from the 60’s and 70’s that it would be an honour to mingle with.

But hey, thank you so much, everyone who showed up and watched the last video. For all the views and subscriptions and above all, the kind and encouraging comments. That was nuts. I didn’t know you lot were coming! Absoutely amazing and thank you sincerely again.

Oh, to wrap up, here the Odysseys are going balanced out into a Behringer ADA-8200 Interface, which is optically connected into the Adat In of my UAD Apollo. They get their 5 channels of Midi note on, note off information down USB from Ableton Live which is in turn recording the audio coming back. I added some Hall Reverb from Arturia’s LX-24 but nothing has been EQ’d. It’s all how it comes out of the lovely boxes. I did however have a Limiter on the main channel, to put a bit of a lid on some of the more feisty bits.

Toodles!"

Midnight haze - Analog chillout lounge - Berlin school inspired synthesizer jam

video upload by RandomVoltage

"Midnight Haze - Analog chillout synthesizer jam

Thank you for tuning in - enjoy! :)

Setup

Moog Messenger- main clock/ main sequence
Moog subharmonicon- clock distribution/ polyrhythmic - chord sequence
Moog mother32 - polyrhythmic percussion
Moog dfam - bass

Arturia Minifreak- bass drone

Arp2600 - noise efx

Sequential Fourm - chords

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RHODES MKII, Prophet-10 & ARP ODYSSEY Minimal Ambient | Tropical Summer 2026-07-08 by atnr

video upload by atnr

"Minimal ambient music created with the RHODES MKII, Prophet-10, and ARP ODYSSEY.

On the RHODES MKII, a Nano Clone is connected to the ACCESSORY jack for chorus. The output of the RHODES amp is then connected to the TIMELINE for delay.

The Prophet-10 performs a synth pad. Its output is treated with reverb on the MOOD MKII and further processed with a blueSky reverb.

The ODYSSEY outputs two signals for recording, one from the BASS DRIVER DI and the other treated with delay and reverb on the LOST+FOUND.

Track: Tropical Summer 2026-07-08 by atnr"

ARP Odyssey MKII Analog Keyboard Synthesizer 2813 2008

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Arp 2600 Patchbook Presets 1-10

video upload by Zed AudioLab

"The original ARP 2600 patchbook presets 1-10 on the Antonus 2600. And having some fun with them."

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:11 - Preset 1 Marimba Roll
01:38 - Preset 2 Trumpet & French Horn
03:59 - Preset 3 Trucker Bass
07:13 - Preset 4 Octabass
10:01 - Preset 5 Wonder Clavinet
13:58 - Preset 6 String Sweetener
16:21 - Preset 7 Tubular Chimes
21:17 - Preset 8 Violin
23:38 - Preset 9 English Horn/Oboe
25:50 - Preset 10 Fanfare Trumpet"

Kasablanca - Breathe (Live from Brazil NYE 2024 🇧🇷

video upload by Kasablanca

Some synth spotting with Kasablanca in via Ivan Trajkovic aka deejayiwan.

"BREATHE by The Prodigy preformed by Kasablanca live in Brazil NYE 2024 🇧🇷
More Kasablanca here: https://ffm.to/kasablanca"

One more:

Kasablanca - Breathe (live from the Gorge)

video upload by Kasablanca

ARP 2600 Owners Manual 2601 Instruction Book

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synthesizer-service.de: Test after service & repair: ARP 2600

video upload by Jörg Schaaf

"I have been offering a synthesizer repair service since December 2025. While I had previously only occasionally breathed new life into the odd instrument, the closure of Radikal Technologies GmbH sparked a desire to find a way to continue pursuing my passion for synthesizers. When you have been personally involved in synthesizer development, the repair process constantly triggers moments of déjà vu alongside new insights. That exciting moment when an instrument is finished and invites you to play it again makes up for the days of work often poured into it.

This ARP 2600 had a variety of issues. The keyboard was in poor condition—with some broken contact springs—the voltage processor wasn't working, the oscillator scaling was terrible, all the faders were scratchy, and tuning the oscillators was an ordeal.
But time and love heal all wounds. Doesn't it sound great? The ARP 2600 is an absolute classic, and its sound possesses plenty of character, warmth, and precision.

https://www.synthesizer_service.de"

Jörg Schaaf was also the man behind Quasimidi and now Radikal Technologies.

VIVALDI - Summer Part 3 on SIX (5) Arp ODYSSEYS

video upload by Richard Payne

"Vivaldi's Summer Part 3.

Pretty hectic, this last chapter from Summer! Lots of 16th notes rattling along at the same time. Took a bit of programming to whittle it all down to these 5 monophonic parts. Then I slowed the tempo quite a lot compared to most of the recorded versions I've listened to.

Pretty chuffed with how it turned out though. I added a bit of Reverb from Arturia's LX-24 but other than that there was no EQ or processing.

Odyssey #3 should be home from the repair shop before too long so I can finally retire that colour photocopy ..."

A search on Richard Payne Vivaldi will bring up all parts.