Exploring the E&MM Spectrum DIY Synthesiser, 1981

video upload by Reuben Jones

"Another video on the E&MM Spectrum Synthesiser. Not very musical, but the Spectrum is a quite unpredictable and unruly, and mine needs a proper service/calibration.

The Spectrum is architecturally similar to the Sequential Circuits Pro~One, but even the Pro~One's famed modulation matrix isn't enough to match the weirdness of the Spectrum.

The full build manual can be read here: https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/th..."

Cherry Audio Arp Quadra synth/controller

video upload by Craig Barnes

"This is a project I built a few years back, always wanted a Quadra since playing one at Chase Music on Oldham Street, so when this VST came about I thought it was possible to build a synth with a tiny pc and a midi keyboard and some electronics to tie it all together. This week I've been spending time breaking down the Cherry Audio factory patches in an effort to load them onto the SD card and have them all at hand. I also decided to give it a spruce up because the panels were going brown in the sunlight."

A quick Caladan update: current state of UI

video upload by Isla Instruments

"As a follow up to the update I gave on our forum a couple of weeks back
https://forum.islainstruments.com/t/a...

I will not be around for the next 4-5 weeks and so just wanted to leave a progress update here, since I am doing the UI firmware for the Caladan myself now.

The populating of synth parameter data is now complete for the front panel, with automatic, dynamic parameter mapping. Menus and general machine navigation is now in place.
I've been working on a dynamic, automatic GUI that allows synth panels for cards, plugins and even external midi instruments to be created and edited, shared etc.
In the future this panel feature can import graphics, different knob styles etc to create nice GUIs for anything on the synth.

more to follow as soon as I can. thanks for your patience.
Big love
Brad!"

Patching @ 3am - Feedback patching and techniques

video upload by justin3am

"In this episode I'll be talking about the many forms and functions of feedback in electronic music and beyond.

On the first table I was using:

Fairfield Circuitry Hors d’euvres
WMD Protostar
DIY Fuzz Factory clone
EHX TubEQ
DIY Distortion+ clone
Rucci Passive Matrix Mixer
EHX Deluxe Memory Man 1100-TT
EHX Ring Thing
Boss PS-5 Pitch Shifter
Moog MF-103 Phaser
MFB Tanzmauz
4MS Pod64 with Omiindustriies Cascading Shift Register, Ya Jerk; Mutable Rings, 4MS Listen Four

On the second table I was using:

Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus 2
Empress Zoia Pedal
Koma Field Ki
Lorre-Mill Keyed Mosstone
Nektar Panorama P1

Our boy cat Orion makes a special guest appearance."

A day of soldering at our recent DIY Drone Synthesizer workshop #soldering #pcb #synthdesign #vaemi

video upload by Vaemi

www.vaemi.net/atolyeler

LMNC Covers MGMT KIDS and SEVEN NATION ARMY on Modular Synth!

video upload by LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER

"A bit more footage from My Show In Southampton last week at 1865!
Download the Live WAV of this and see more of the show and others here :- / 141891906
Patreon is a massive enable to making videos, the larger DIY projects would be a lot more strung out without it! so i cant thank my supporters enough.
It Also keeps the lights on at @THISMUSEUMISNOTOBSOLETE where you can come and play this synth!"

Five patches created on the Hybrid 8

video upload by Craig Barnes

"I'm not very good at patch creation, but here are the first five patches I've created on the new Hybrid 8 synth. The organ patch is using wavetables, but the rest are just sawtooth VCOs."

SenSinth - VP+ .Самодельный звуковой синтезатор

video upload by VladimirRadiomay

Eglish below.

"Сенсорный синтезатор звука.
Режим сенсорной подачи созвучий.
Режим постоянного звука.
Режим подачи звука пачками, пульсацией.
Режим плавающего тона.
Четыре пары верхних сенсоров - 4 тона в с октавной разницей.
Нижняя пара - другой тон, подстраивается ручкой для минорных и мажорных созвучий.
Кнопки для добавления призвуков. Кнопка пульсации.
Ручка тембра и громкости.
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Поддержать:
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(Пожалуйста, указывайте в комментарии к переводу «Поддержка творчества»)
Спасибо каждому, кто помогает. Это мотивирует меня создавать новую музыку и браться за не лёгкий труд составления схем этих синтезаторов."

Googlish:

"Touch sound synthesizer.
Touch mode for supplying consonances.
Continuous sound mode.
Burst and pulsating sound mode.
Floating tone mode.
Four pairs of upper sensors - 4 tones with an octave difference.
The lower pair is a different tone, adjusted with a knob for minor and major consonances.
Buttons for adding overtones. Pulse button.
Tone and volume knob.
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Support:
If you like my sound creativity and you want to thank me, you can do it voluntarily by transferring to my Sberbank card: 2202 2062 7925 5298
(Please indicate in the comments to the transfer 'Support creativity')
Thank you to everyone who helps. This motivates me to create new music and take on the difficult work of drawing up the circuit diagrams of these synthesizers."

Vactrol phaser filterboard [prototype] for gotharman's instrument

video upload by Meska (Meska)

"DISCLAMER : i have no affiliation with gotharman's instrument , just a third party builder

Quick sound demo of the Vactrol phaser filterboard, compatible with Gotharman's instrument, im working on. Still have some small things to do on the next proto, like rewire the Qbend switch.
If you have any question or sugestion feel free to ask.



Thank you for watching.
My name is Meska of the statik collective . I've been making mostly 'dark and expérimental' music for more than ten years now, i'v learn so much online, now it's time for me to share my knoledge, my exploration and this channel is a place to talk about the tools, sound design and techniques to make music with.

You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/

If you'd like to support the channel​ consider buying music from bandcamp ;)
Contact/booking: meskastatik@gmail.com"

Detune all the synths with MIDI pitch bend

video upload by Collector Current

"A demonstration of two new features I have added to my MIDI mangling box that let me detune any one of my synthesizers.

MIDI box firmware: https://github.com/jacobvosmaer/midi-...

Blog: https://blog.jacobvosmaer.nl/
Music: https://music.jacobvosmaer.nl/"

Strum Your Synth + Dilber Music Coding + Swords to Ploughshares Sample Lib | Viewer Projects

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"Here are three creative, community-built music tools and projects—two are free, one is premium: Dilber, Swords to Ploughshares and 'MIDI Strumming'. More:

💻 Dilber by @interlooper
A multimedia music coding language for building tracks with tempo, drums, bass, chords, effects, and visuals.
🔗 https://dilber.io/

🎧 Swords to Ploughshares by @Histibe
A cinematic sample pack and sound library for producers and composers.
🔗 https://maskmovement.store/product/sw...
🔗 https://maskmovement.store/sample-packs/


🎸 Strum Your Synth
A browser-based app that lets you strum chords on any MIDI synth using multitouch gestures. Includes setup tips, velocity memory, and string customization.
🔗 https://github.com/mrfloydst/midistru...
🔗 https://www.floydsteinberg.com/extens...

📚 Chapters:
00:00 hello
00:50 how to strum your synthesizer
01:15 how it works (concept)
02:53 how to set up your synth to use this app
04:04 strumming some chords
04:13 multitouch: use all 5 fingers on one hand to pick and strum
04:44 a slightly more impressive sound
05:22 changing the number of strings
05:39 velocity memory
06:24 Dilber
06:50 creating a very simple piece of music
07:14 setting the tempo
07:24 drums
09:00 bass
10:30 chords
11:30 effects
12:30 building up your song track by track
13:06 some demos using videos and images and 3D graphics
15:23 Swords to Ploughshares
20:12 call for papers / bye

HÄLP ZIS CHANNEL
https://www.patreon.com/floyd_steinberg
https://floydsteinberg.gumroad.com/
https://floydsteinberg.bandcamp.com/"

Designing a Eurorack Module interface | Instruō - ceithir

video upload by Instruō

"Hello!
Welcome to a video I’ve been wanting to make for a long time.

Instruō actually began as a video project. Specifically a time-lapse of me designing the original troika module. Ten years later, I’ve returned to that idea with ceithir, a winter holiday project I designed with video documentation in mind.

This video explores the initial design stages: sketching, layout, and concept development. There are vlog sections and time-lapse sequences with new voiceover commentary.
If you’ve ever wondered how an Instruō module design begins, this video captures that process in full.

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Roland R-8M with custom MIDI velocity mapper

video upload by Collector Current

"Playing with the Roland R-8M and a custom MIDI velocity mapper gadget I made

Firmware of blue MIDI box: https://github.com/jacobvosmaer/midi-...

Blog: https://blog.jacobvosmaer.nl/
Music: https://music.jacobvosmaer.nl/"

TronixSynth SpaceAxe Guitar-Like Synth With Touch Sensor Fretboard

video upload by TronixSynth

"Play it like a guitar with touch sensor fretboard and photocell light-Theremin.
Pitch knob, change keys, select scales and octaves."

Yamaha RX5 with RX5USB and custom software

video upload by Collector Current

"A demo of my custom software to put samples on the RX5USB hardware.

There is nothing wrong that I know of with the original software, I just like making my own tools!

Original RX5USB project: https://github.com/gligli/rx5usb

GliGli's demo: • Démo RX5USB partie 1 - L'outil d'édition d... [below]
My custom software: https://github.com/jacobvosmaer/rx5rom
Cool picture of RX5: https://yamahablackboxes.com/collecti...

Blog: https://blog.jacobvosmaer.nl/
Music: https://music.jacobvosmaer.nl/

Démo RX5USB partie 1 - L'outil d'édition des banques de son

video upload by GliGli SFXTeam

"Désolé pour les bafouillages, je n'ai pas trop l'habitude de ce genre de démo ^^
Voir http://forum.anafrog.com/phpBB/viewto... pour plus d'infos."

DMNO UDO's Raw & Chaotic Binaural Multitimbral Polysynth // Machina Bristronica DivKid Discussions

video upload by DivKid

"Here we have the UDO session on the DivKid Discussions stage from Machina Bristronica 2025. Cuckoo had spend some time with UDO and joined George and I for the chat discussing the new DMNO. DMNO is a binaural, multitimbral, polyphonic synthesiser that's far more raw and chaotic with lots of studio utility compared to the other UDO instruments. It's always a pleasure to chat to George and see hm play his instruments so enjoy the conversation! Talking points are in the chapter marks below."

*TIMING INDEX // CHAPTERS*
00:00 Introductions & hellos
00:25 The Hearn Morley VCO chip
02:04 Initial experiences in building electronics & synths
05:01 A new synth! DMNO
06:23 Initial DMNO sounds
07:23 The concept of DMNO
09:11 Phosphor VFD
11:24 DMNO as a raw palette cleanser post Gemini & Supers
15:06 DMNO feature run down (more concept than feature list)
16:48 The beauty of play-led creation
21:40 Building a simple sound from scratch
22:47 Cuckoo on the DMNO
27:04 Tumbling interaction & probability
32:20 The struggles of driving voice allocation & dual voices
34:13 Musical ‘accents’ from two voices
35:45 DMNO isn’t as easy to play!
37:02 DMNO development, release & price
38:34 It’s good to not always know what you’re doing!

A stereo Korg Poly 61

video upload by Craig Barnes

"As my poly 61 is now controlled by a dedicated editor, the editor hardware can be used to control a Behringer June 60 chorus, a simple mod of the June 60 to use 5v relays instead of push buttons and it can be controlled by a micro."

Pantala Labs 50 secs Sampler + Multiplayer + FX Stereo 16bits 48khz

video upload by Gibran Curtiss - Pantala Labs

"50 secs Sampler + Multiplayer + FX
Stereo 16bits 48khz
#pantalalabs
#esp32"

Reco-Synth Four Voice System

video upload by Arthur Joly

Reco-Synth Four Voice Demo

video upload by Arthur Joly

Www.recosynth.com

Restored Crucianelli Compac Synth FULL DEMO - Sounds, Calibration & Tuning

video upload by R.O.T. Studios

"Playing with our newly restored Crucianelli/Crumar Compac Synth."

"Yep, the Crucianelli Compac Synth finally works fully. Tuning it was a PITA but glad we finally got to demoing it properly. I brought my new film studio equipment and multiple cameras, plus my studio PC + audio interface for extra quality :)

Now onto other projects!
0:00 teaser
0:17 final repairs
1:55 testing keyboard & VCO
2:58 calibration of VCA & VCF
5:04 tuning (100 trimmers)
8:39 final touches
9:30 History of the synth
16:28 FULL DEMO"