The Terminal Island Freeway (CA 47 & 103) | Synthesizer soundtrack

video upload by CatSynth TV

"We return to Terminal Island to explore its freeways anew after several major construction projects, starting with California highways 103 and 47, which form the Terminal Island Freeway. The island and its surroundings are at the southern end of Los Angeles, and host the massive ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. This gives the drive an industrial, surreal, and delightfully dystopian vibe. The music, which combines metallic sounds with a sense of solitude, reflects the experience.

The Terminal Island Freeway begins at an intersection near the southern terminus of Interstate 710 and heads north, crossing the Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge onto the mainland, where 47 and 103 split. We stick with CA 103 and the freeway, passing by some large industrial facilities and CA 1, and ending at modest intersection with Willow Street in Long Beach.

Synthesizers used:
Arturia Augmented Persia and CMI V
Yamaha RX5 vintage drum machine
Anukari 3D physics modeling synth
Cherry Audio DS-2, Spirit, and Filtomika
AudioThing Wires
EastWest Fab Four, Stormdrum 3, and Orchestral Percussion"

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0:00 Introduction
0:11 Starting out on Terminal Island
0:29 The start of the Terminal Island Freeway (CA 47 and CA 103)
0:54 CA 47 leaves the freeway, which continues with CA 103
1:42 Crossing CA 1 and entering Long Beach
2:22 The freeway and CA 103 end at Willow Street in Long Beach

Anukari: A 3D Physics-modeling synthesizer

video upload by CatSynth TV

"We take a deep dive into the world of 3D physics-modeling synthesis with Anukari, which we first discovered at #NAMM earlier this year. This instrument allows you to manipulate masses, springs, various excitation sources (including external audio) and pick up the vibrations of the objects with microphones. It's a very different way of creating sounds than the typical software synthesizer, and presents unique possibilities. This approach also has unique challenges, and takes a while to learn and longer to master. Fortunately, there are a lot of great presets and templates to get you started.

To find out more, please visit https://anukari.com

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00:00 Introduction
00:26 Overview
01:34 A demo with the Tuned Resonator Bank preset
03:00 Bodies and springs
04:46 Exciters
10:10 Microphones
12:18 Macros and modulators
17:41 Building systems with multiple bodies
26:35 Factory Presets
33:44 Audio input - using Anukari as an effects processor
34:35 The default effects preset
36:33 More effects presets
39:37 Conclusion"

#NAMM 2026: Anukari 3D Physics Synthesizer

video upload by CatSynth TV

"We get a tour of the intriguing Anukari 3D physical modeling synthesizer. It is an instrument where one designs sounds by placing objects like masses, springs, microphones, and speakers in a 3D space, and using the physical interaction among the objects to generate the sound.

To find out more, please visit https://anukari.com/"

See the Anukari label below for additional posts.

Anukari as a Guitar Processor

video upload by Anukari Music

"In this video, my guitar is plugged into a USB audio interface, and then directly injected into Anukari. No other effects (i.e. cabs, amps) are in use other than a little bit of compression. This is a fully wet signal with no dry mixed in, so everything you are hearing is from Anukari."

Faulty Hyperdrive

video upload by Anukari Music

See Introducing Anukari for additional details.

Introducing Anukari

video upload by Anukari Music

"This video is a sneak peek at Anukari, an upcoming software synthesizer based on the idea of creating a network of small masses (like little ball bearings, or marbles) connected by springs. The masses can be vibrated by striking them via MIDI input, or they can be vibrated directly via audio input so it can act as an effect processor or reverb plugin."

00:00 introduction
00:27 the basics
02:00 why?
02:37 strikers
03:20 mics
03:57 evolution
04:51 interaction
05:32 putting it together
06:04 effects processing 1
07:51 effects processing 2"