Walrus Qi Etherealizer - exploration w/ hardware synths (SH-101, Prophet Rev2, 303, Nymphes, OP-XY)

video upload by Jay Hosking

"Trying out Walrus's new multi-effect with some hardware synthesizers.

Full disclosure: Walrus sent this pedal along for me to try for free. I'm a big fan of their Slöer pedal and also really like the Meraki (both of which I bought with my own money), so I was happy to give the Qi a spin. Happy to report that I am super impressed with this one. You can think of the Qi as kind of complementary to the Hologram Chroma Console: if the Chroma Console gives everything grit, colour, and texture, the Qi gives everything space, width, and ambience.

Here, I use it with a few synths I love and found myself lost for my entire Sunday exploring what the Qi could create with the right synthesizers. In fact, one of the improvisations (not in the final video here) has turned into a full song, which I'll put up as soon as I have time to record a performance. It's a really inspiring pedal and works very well with hardware synths.

00:00 - with Prophet Rev
04:25 - with Cyclone Analogic Bassbot TT-303
06:34 - with Dreadbox Nymphes
10:02 - with Teenage Engineering OP-XY
12:33 - with Roland SH-101


Recorded live to a stereo output, with only limiting on the master (no compression, EQ, or other effects).

https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com"

Prophet Rev2, TT-303v1, MC-202, Digitakt, MBase11, BOUM - #techno

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Cyclone Analogic TT-303 II Bass Bot 2016 Model w/ Original Box

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"This take on a classic TB-303 is sure to give you all of the acid bass lines and sequencer madness that you've ever yearned for. As well as having improvements over the somewhat clunky workflow of the original Roland bass line synth, this Bass Bot is the second version that Cyclone has put out, offering a new design, customizable LEDs and an unbelievable 432 user patterns with 64 steps for each one. This guy does come with its original box and power supply, but the deck saver and bag are notably absent."

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Bass Bot.mod with BA662

video upload by Alexey Taber

via AMSynths:

"The BA662 is a custom made DC controlled variable transconductance amplifier (or OTA) that Roland had manufactured by Rohm from 1978 and is now obsolete and very expensive. There are two types of chip with different suffices; the A version has been selected for lower offset than the B version. They are further classified by gain/gm. The BA662B can only replace another BA662B, whilst an A can be used in either application.

To quote Roland from the 100M Service Manual: 'color has great importance in the circuits of some models'. However there is nothing mystical about the sound of the BA662, it is just a reasonable good OTA chip which is often carefully matched and selected."

And via Sunshine Jones:

"The Roland BA662A VCA chip is the Voltage Control Amplifier IC from the Roland SH-101, TB-303, Juno-60, JX-3P etc. which is a part of what makes it sound so wonderful. These can also be found in the Jupiter-4, the Jupiter-8, and MKS-30,50 and 80. They have counterparts – The Roland BA662B (B stock versions of the A) and also a cousin IC the BA6110 which is similar, and looks virtually identical under a scope, but the power comes from negative rather than positive, and so it won’t work exactly the same way."

Face In The Crowd Recording Session

video upload by Circuit 3

"#ThrowbackThursday February 2019 when I was recording FACE IN THE CROWD for my second album THE PRICE OF NOTHING & THE VALUE OF EVERYTHING. This is from the drum machine overdub session. I didn't like the original drum track so got out my Cyclone TT78 and produced something I was happier with. #synth #drummachine Album available here https://circuit3.bandcamp.com/album/t..."

AudioPilz Built ReBirth FOR REAL and This Happened (Bad Gear)

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"Welcome to another non - Bad Gear episode. I built ReBirth for real and this happened. Propellerhead Rebirth RB-338, the iconic 90s music production software and virtual groovebox was my first electronic musical instrument. Since then I had the dream of reconstructing the classic setup consisting of a Roland TR-808, a Roland TR-909, two Roland TB-303 and specific set of effects. Can we recreate the software workflow, are the famous vintage instruments as great as anybody is telling you and is all this worth the hassle?

Respect to the Rebirth scene which is alive and kicking, check out World of RB-338: https://www.youtube.com/@worldofrb-338

LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER did some awesome videos about his DIY midi controller for the original Rebirth running on old iMacs: [posted here]

Thanks to Philipp of Feedback Underground Studios for giving me access to his absurdly awesome collection. Serious requests are welcome to: fbugs@gmx.at"

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:28 History of Rebirth-338
00:51 The Original Instruments
01:15 ReWire Integration
01:39 What did Roland think of all this???
01:50 Other stuff
02:02 Concept of the Setup
02:10 Midi Sync, DIN Sync
02:30 Clocking
02:44 Recording Audio, Multitrack
02:55 Why not just use a Mixer???
03:01 Pre-mixing sounds, DAW, Monitor Mix
03:16 Jam 1 (no Effects)
03:49 That didn't work out so well
04:01 Much Better!!! Adding Effects
04:15 PCF (Pattern Controlled Filter)
04:35 Delay
04:48 Distortion, Reamping
05:02 Compressor
05:11 FX Integration, Routing
05:27 Jam 2 (Full Rebirth Functionality)
06:04 Thanks & Vintage Synth B-Roll
06:20 Conclusion
07:11 POV Rehearsal Take

Acid Front 303 - Acid Jam in beautiful Bavaria!

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Cyclone Analogic

Ambient bliss with the Walrus Slöer reverb and synths! (Nymphes, Moog One, TT-303, MS-20)

video upload by Jay Hosking

"Trying out Walrus's new stereo reverb with some hardware synthesizers.

I recently purchased the Walrus Slöer and thought I'd try it with some hardware synths. The Slöer is an update to their Slö pedal, now with stereo input/output and a couple of new algorithms. I'm extremely impressed with the overall sound of it, and got lost in my explorations. It's got a particular texture and character that's unlike my other reverbs, and I can foresee myself using it for other ambient work in the near future. In fact, I wrote the start of a few songs while noodling with it!

There's about 90 minutes of footage, which is available for supporters of my Patreon, but I trimmed it down to about 15 minutes for YouTube. And for those of you who prefer my actual music performance videos, I've recorded a song with the Slöer and will release it in about a week, when I have a moment to get it in shape.

Thanks for listening, and I hope this is useful and musical.

Synths used:
Cyclone Analogic Bass Bot TT-303
Korg MS-20
Dreadbox Nymphes
Moog One"

Cyclone TT 303 MKII with ProCo Deucetone Rat and NUX Tape Core Sound Demo (no talking)

video upload by Limbic Bits

0:00 Acid Line 1
1:24 Shuffled Pulse Subdivisions
3:49 Add some 808 and 3L3C7R0
5:10 Trance Line
7:08 Familiar?
8:41 Repeater
10:32 Bassliner
11:50 Ballad for Overdriven Bass Bots

Arps and acid with Midicake ARP, Arturia Minifreak, TT-303, Dreadbox Erebus, Roland TR-06, Meris LVX

video upload by Jay Hosking

"A live, semi-improvised synthesizer jam performed entirely on hardware.

Important note: Midicake sent me over the ARP for free. I rarely get free gear, though I'm very grateful when it happens. There was no expectation for me to put it in a video, and no request from Midicake other than to share my thoughts with them. That said, I really enjoyed using it and I'll be keeping it around, as it strikes a nice balance between the "plug-and-pretty" of the NDLR and the "depth and detail" of a traditional sequencer. I've still got plenty to explore with it. Thanks, Chris!

I started with the ARP, because I wanted to see what it could do. I didn't want to overload the table at first, so I took out the Minifreak, which has voices to spare. Very quickly I was creating arpeggios and sequencing lines I really liked, and easily able to customize the lines to what I was looking for, from rhythms to polymetrics to inversions etc. I started with just standard major and minor chords, but it was extremely easy to customize the chords on the eight chord buttons once I wanted some 7ths and 6ths. And to have a chord sequencer built in was extremely helpful, as it reduced the amount of gear I needed on the table.

Once I had the bones of the song structure, I filled out some more parts, with Erebus on bass and the TR-06 on drums. Finally, I felt it needed something a little gnarlier around the interlude, and luckily I'd just picked up the awesome 303 clone from Cyclone Analogic. Once that was in place, it was just a matter of shaping the song through performance parameters. The final result is pretty cool, and adds some tones, timbres, and textures I haven't been getting as much these days.

Thanks for listening.

Midicake ARP - most sequencing (i.e. for Minifreak and Erebus)
Arturia Minifreak - three synth lines
Dreadbox Erebus - bass synth
Cyclone Analogic Bass Bot TT-303 - acid bass (using its own sequence)
Meris LVX - drive and delay for TT-303
Kenton MIDI Thru - MIDI splitter/thru box"

#acid #house #techno #303 #modularsynth #synthesizer #eurorack

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Wait for it. It's yellow.

Recording an Acid Track in Cubase with a Modular Synth

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"Some gear I use:

Bass Bot TT-303
Drum Drone TT-606
Eurorack
Doepfer
AJH MiniMod
Tiptop Drums"

Cyclone TT-303 mkII + Sinevibes Vague

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"In this video we're showing two different acid basslines from Cyclone TT-303 mkII, processed through our Vague binaural time diffusion plugin. Product page: https://www.sinevibes.com/vague"

Bad Gear - No He Didn't...

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"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. No he didn't... Today we are going to talk about the Bass Bot by Cyclone TT-303. Is this carbon copy of the original Roland TB-303 Bass Line the perfect acid synth. Is it still relevent with all the clones like the Behringer TD-3 around? Is the build quality a dealbreaker?

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:10 Overview Cyclone Bass Bot TT-303
01:33 Differences to the Roland TB-303, Preset System
01:54 Insta DJ OS (Pattern Generator)
02:30 Mutate, Pattern Memory
02:45 Workflow, more new stuff
03:09 Accent, Slide
03:19 Limitations, added Features
03:32 Arpeggiator
03:44 Track Mode
03:52 How does it sound compared to the Original
04:15 Build Quality, Midi, CV/Gate, Version 2, Pricing
04:36 Hate
05:01 Jam 1 (Acid Techno Solo)
05:51 Jam 2 (Psychedelic Electro)
06:43 Finale (Acid Funk Retrowave)
07:13 Verdict
08:24 Patreon Vocoder Shoutout"

#dawlessjam #minimal #electronicmusic with the Ts1 Sequencer.

video upload by bvr-instruments

"This video is the following jam with #TS1sequencer ipad Ts1RemoteController #bassdrum #tt303 , STS sample and snare patch made with Mutable instruments Kinks, Intelligell Dual ADSR and Doepfer A-103

All signal routed to Antmix mixer and recorded with my DSLR.
Mastered in Reaper."

Red Cyclone Analogic TT-303 Bass Bot w/ Decksaver Cover

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hapax / tt-303 / tanzbar

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ARP 2600M / CZ-101 / TT-78

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Cyclone Analogic TT-303 Bass Bot V2 Black

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Novation Circuit Tracks Dawless Hardware Jams by Ascetic Wires

"Dawless Hardware Melodic Techno Jamming with Novation Circuit Tracks."

Playlist:
1. Dawless Hardware Techno Acid Jam #1: Novation Circuit Tracks + Cyclone Analogic TT-303 & Roland TB-3
1. Dawless Hardware Melodic Techno Jam #2: Novation Circuit Tracks + Cyclone TT-303 MK1 & Roland TB-3
3. Dawless Hardware Melodic Techno Jam #3: Novation Circuit Tracks + Roland TB-3 Touch Bassline (303).
4. Dawless Hardware Melodic Techno Jam #4: Novation Circuit Tracks + Roland TB-3 Touch Bassline (303).
5. Dawless Hardware Deep Techno Jam #5: Novation Circuit Tracks + Roland SP-404A Sampler (404, 404SX).
6. Dawless Hardware Deep Techno Jam #6: Novation Circuit Tracks + Roland SP-404A Sampler (404, 404SX).
7. Dawless Hardware Ambient Jam #7: Novation Circuit Tracks + Erica Pico System III & Modal CRAFTsynth.
8. Dawless Hardware Melodic Techno Jam #8: Novation Circuit Tracks + Pico System III & Modal CRAFTsynth
9. Dawless Hardware Melodic Techno Jam #9: Novation Circuit Tracks + Modal CRAFTsynth Wavetable Synth.