10 Distortion Techniques: Every Synth Needs This

video upload by Anthony Marinelli Music

"Get ready for some sonic devastation as I demonstrate some of my favorite efx pedals and techniques that deliver filthy synth sounds capable of cutting through even the thickest wall of amplified guitars! I'll show you 10 different color palates with hands-on examples ranging from tasteful overdrive, distortion, fuzz all the way to full meltdown clipping. A little of these flavors added to your synthesizer instrument will help you create more inspiring sounds and also help you require less work to bring you final mixes together. I truly believe that every synth needs a drive circuit as much as it needs filters, reverbs and delays. After watching this video I hope you'll be inspired to grab some analog distortion pedals and start discovering what I did, that I can't live without them."

00:00 Introduction
00:51 Minimoog External Input Feedback Loop
03:49 ARP 2600 Internal Preamp Distortion
07:27 Distorted LFO's
09:46 Moogerfooger MF-104M Pedal Drive Circuit
15:08 Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal Pedal
18:14 Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz Pedal
20:59 Mutron III Input Gain as Distortion Pedal
25:07 Vintage 1965 Fender Showman Amp
28:09 Joyo American Sound Pedal
32:09 Arturia Minimoog with Moogerfooger MF-104S Plug-ins

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Boss DR-55 Dr. Rhythm Drum Machine w/ Original Box, Manual & Stickers

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"Collectors quality. In original box, mint condition, with literature. You won't find a better boss dr55 dr rhythm anywhere! Tested and works great."

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Boss DR-110 with MIDI (Tubbutec uniPulse demo)

video upload by Tubbutec

"Demo of the Tubbutec uniPulse MIDI upgrade for the Boss (Roland) DR-110 drum machine.
The kit adds velocity sensitive MIDI control, 2 extra sounds, accent control and MIDI sync.
https://tubbutec.de/blog/boss-dr110-u..."

Best of Roland Juno-60 Synthesizer

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Best of Roland Juno-60 Synthesizer
all synthesizer sounds: Roland Juno-60 Synthesizer (1982)
drums: Boss DR-55, Korg KR-55B, Roland TR-808, Roland TR-707, Linndrum, Simmons SDS-8

Setlist
0:06 Intro
0:12 Intensity
0:34 London Trip
1:25 Underwater Light 1 https://retrosound.bandcamp.com/track...
1:56 Nordland https://retrosound.bandcamp.com/track...
2:24 Goodbye 80s
2:54 Timeless
3:32 Flashback
4:38 Underwater Light 2
5:07 Dayoff
5:58 ADSR
6:23 Nightrunner
6:53 Real Life
7:05 Arpeggiator Games
7:20 Blocks
7:38 Carpentier
8:04 Clouds
8:35 Cold War
8:56 Cure
9:10 Endless Horizon
9:35 Rainy Day
10:04 Soft Juno Pad
10:20 Ghost Party
10:35 LFO Pad
10:49 Aus Strom gemacht
11:20 Vibrator
11:25 Turn It On
11:57 Dave & Annie
12:10 Wrong Way
12:32 Viktor

The Roland Juno-60 Synthesizer from the year 1982 is my favorite synth ever. You can you find the full Juno-60 playlist with single sound demos and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The Juno-60 playlist:"

Roland Juno-60 61-Key Programmable Synthesizer w/ JSQ-60 w/ Original Box & Boss KM-60

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Solina String effects demo: Filters, phasers, drives and dirt

video upload by Richard DeHove

"The Solina's raw sound is not like your standard synth so it tends to react differently to effects. I tried lots of different effects and picked the most interesting to show here. First up was the Erica Synth AcidBox III which, surprisingly, was an excellent match. Using the AcidBox with full resonance was fun and would sound even better with stereo delay but I wanted to keep things to just one effect at a time here. Perhaps the AcidBox works so well because of the lack of controls on the Solina - suddenly the Solina gets an LFO, filter, resonance, input drive and envelope follower.

The phaser test with the EHX SmallStone, Phaser 95 and PH-1r I also found very interesting. For me the Ph-1r had the richest sound and the SmallStone was identical to the onboard phaser.

In the drive, disortion and dirt department the Glove and B3K had their moments while the Geiger Counter ranged from mild to total destruction and some bit crushing at the end.

I also included a short demo with the Boss Slicer, but that thing requires several hours discussion just by itself. Where I'm playing a chord with one note I'm actually triggering a Cthulu chord player in the DAW. Most chords are taken from a custom import of the main string line from Bruckner's 7th.

0:00 AcidBox III
2:08 Boss Ph-1r phaser
2:35 MXR Phase 95
3:04 EHX SmallStone
3:43 Boss Slicer SL-2
4:14 EHX The Glove
5:20 Darkglass B3K
6:17 WMD Geiger Counter

Lots of downloads for supporters on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/richarddehove
Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free
My website: https://richarddehove.com/"

707 (Korg 707)

video upload by WilliamSalmela

"Here’s a song I made with the Korg 707 from 1987. The Korg 707 is a digital FM synthesizer with 8 voices of polyphony.

”707” by The William Salmela Project

No other sound sources were used. The Korg 707 doesn’t have any built in effects, so the sound was further processed with the following equipment:
Boss CE-300 Super Chorus
EHX Small Stone phaser
Korg SDD-1200 (used this heavily for chorusing the sounds)
Roland SDE-2000 delay
TC-Electronic Powercore reverbs"

Boss DM-101: First Jam with synths - Oberheim OB-X8 and Roland JP-8000

video upload by thesrabbit

"I got the DM-101 yesterday and immediately fell in love with the character and stereo modes in particular. I decided to make a quick jam that features my favorite mode so far, the stereo "pattern" mode. This mode has some nice stereo width and interesting tempo sync'd delay repeats. Since the repeats are a bit on the long side, for a BBD, there's plenty of lo-fi goodness, which almost sounds like a bit crusher.

I ran both the JP-8000 and OB-X8 into a mixer, and then FX sends from the mixer to the DM-101. I had no problems sending the mixer line-level signal to the 101. I thought I might have to use a re-amp box to bring the the level down, but I didn't have to, which is great.

I was lazy and recorded straight into Mainstage, which is not great because I couldn't mix the dry synth track and FX track after. Sometimes the balance is good, other times not so much. Oh well, it was a quick live jam so whatever. I just wanted to record something with this particular delay setting, which I have since saved as a preset of course.

Sorry the videography is so boring. My room is a total mess and I don't have anywhere good to position the camera right now.

All of the OB-X8 patches will be included in my upcoming soundset. Release date TBD."

Exploring anomalies with the Boss RC505 MKII Looper!

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"This is NOT a performance, but just a fun synth geek hang out.

I'll be talking about gear, exploring some presets on the Arturia MiniFreak and experimenting with some very basic live looping on the Roland SP505 MKII."

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Korg Sigma Videos by Faustola

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Playlist:
Korg Sigma
Korg Sigma via Boss Ph-1r Phaser
Roland Tr-606 / Korg Sigma

Best of Roland JD-800 Synthesizer

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Best of Roland JD-800 Synthesizer
all synthesizer sounds: Roland JD-800 Synthesizer (1991)
drums: Boss DR-55, Korg KR-55B, Roland TR-808, Roland TR-707, Linndrum, Simmons SDS-8

Setlist
0:06 Machine Run
0:37 Nightcrawler
1:05 Baltika
1:38 My Church
1:45 Coffee Filter
2:06 D-50 Memories
2:12 Amber Sea
2:30 Old PPG
2:33 Berlin Night
3:04 Digital Filter
3:11 Friends
3:29 Fairlight Express
3:38 Road Trip
4:12 On The Way
4:35 Dance Hall
5:00 Nordic Memories
5:22 One Man`s Dream
5:36 The Lounge
5:54 The Eye
6:18 Positive Vibes
6:35 Lost In Time
6:52 Viktor
7:06 The Good Old 70s
7:22 Train Station
7:47 Genesis

The Roland JD-800 Synthesizer from the year 1991 is one of my favorite digital synths. Very useful for film scoring. Here can you find the full JD-800 playlist with single sound demos and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The JD-800 playlist:"

♫ Jamming With a Bunch of Synths ♫ ----- (19)

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5U Modular (Synthesizers.com/STG Soundlabs/Synthetic Sound Labs)
Akai MPC X
Behringer 2600 (ARP 2600 clone)
Behringer Pro-1 (Sequential Circuits Pro One clone)
Behringer TD-3-MO (Devilfish modded Roland TB-303 clone)
Boss HC-2 Hand Clapper
Clavia Nord Wave
cre8audio East Beast
cre8audio West Pest
Frostwave Fat Controller (Sequencer)
Ladyada Xoxbox (Roland TB-303 clone)
Korg Delta
Korg Mono/Poly
Korg SQ-1 (Sequencer)
Moog Source
Simmons SDS-V
Studio Electronics Boomstar 5089 mk1
Yamaha CS-15
Yamaha TX-802 (rackmount DX-7ii)

Best of Moog Prodigy Synthesizer

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Best of Moog Prodigy Synthesizer
all synthesizer sounds: Moog Prodigy Synthesizer (1979)
drums: Boss DR-55, Korg KR-55B, Roland TR-808, Roland TR-707 Linndrum, Simmons SDS-8

Setlist
0:06 Intro
0:20 Syncronisation
0:42 Maschinenmensch
1:29 Singing Swan
1:36 I Dig Prodigy
2:04 Pulser
2:18 LFOrgy
2:25 Model 3...BX
2:57 Hard Syncronisation
3:24 Dark Mode
3:36 Rockwell
3:54 Sequenced
4:08 O Solo Mio
4:16 Motion Synth
4:39 Old School
4:59 Blood Sport
5:22 Romantic Mode
5:51 Outro

The Moog Prodigy Synthesizer from the year 1979 is my favorite Moog synth. Here can you find the full Prodigy playlist with a lot single sound demos, synth comparisions and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The Prodigy playlist:"

The Therevox and the Boss RC-505 MK2

video upload by Rudetee

"Little retro music using the Therevox as the only sound source."

Boss DM101 vs MoogerFooger MF104

video upload by Starsky Carr

"2 analog BBD effects pedals - the Boss Dm101 is the new kid on the block and the moogerfooger 104M was discontinued a few years ago but commands very high prices on the used market.

If you're not interested in the modular capabilities of the Moogerfooger and just looking for that tone - can the Dm-101 match it? The Boss in 'classic' mode is along the same lines, but it does have 11 other modes including 6 stereo delays... so there's a lot more choice from that perspective. The Boss also has 127 preset slots and can send MIDI as well as receive it.

So.... that's the info - what abut the sounds.....?"

Uno Synth Pro X - Friday Jam

video upload by sonicstate

"We had the IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro X in for review to hit the release date, but editor Nick broke his wrist and so missed the opportunity.
However we did manage to spend a little quality time with it and the Boss RC505 MKII.
The new synth builds on the UNO Synth Pro, which we thought highly of although the user interface was somewhat lacking. The new Pro X has essentially the same structure - 3 analog oscillators, twin filter, 2 LFOs and a third envelope. With some tweaks to the effects too."

Best of Roland Jupiter-4 Synthesizer

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Best of Roland Jupiter-4 Synthesizer
all synthesizer sounds: Roland Jupiter-4 Synthesizer (1978)
drums: Boss DR-55, Korg KR-55B, Roland TR-808 , Roland TR-707 Linndrum, Simmons SDS-8

Setlist
0:06 Intro
0:30 Space Voyager
0:59 November Rain
1:46 Lost 70s
2:53 Landing Ship
3:04 New Wave
3:32 Mistral Wind
3:43 Nightliner
4:05 Old Wave
4:28 The Rocket
4:53 Bad Time
5:13 Dust In The Wind
5:41 Astral
5:55 City By Night
6:33 Machine Run
6:44 Run Run Run
7:22 Jetstream
7:36 Alarm
8:11 1978
9:27 Outro

The Roland Jupiter-4 Synthesizer from the year 1978 is one of my favorite synths. Here can you find the full Jupiter-4 playlist with single sound demos and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The Jupiter-4 playlist:"

BOSS DM-101 with Novation Circuit Tracks Synthesizer Sound Demo (no talking)

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♫ Jamming With a Bunch of Synths ♫ ----- (9)

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5U Modular (Synthesizers.com , STG Soundlabs , Synthetic Sound Labs)
Akai MPC X
Behringer 2600 (ARP 2600 clone)
Behringer Pro-1 (Sequential Circuits Pro One clone)
Behringer TD-3-MO (Devilfish modded Roland TB-303 clone)
Boss HC-2 Handclapper
Clavia Nord Wave
cre8audio West Pest
Ladyada Xoxbox (Roland TB-303 clone)
Korg Delta
Korg Mono/Poly
Moog Source
Studio Electronics Boomstar 5089 mk1
Yamaha CS-15

New BOSS GM-800 Guitar Synthesizer Demos

Two videos have been added to the BOSS GM-800 Guitar Synthesizer announcement post here.