MACHINA BRISTRONICA LØSTLVLS

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Playlist:

1. - 4. ERICA SYNTHS HEXDRUMS 01 - 04 // MACHINA BRISTRONICA '25 // LØSTLVLS

I got to spend some quality time with the Hexdrums - it sounds really beefy and each voice has a tonne of sweet spots. The Hexdrums has loads of saturation available, is built to a high standard and feels very performative. This is the first of four videos.

Check out my samples on Bandcamp - loads of vintage and modern drum machines and more, all samples ethically-sourced and locally-grown here in the lab in Bristol, UK: https://lostlvls.bandcamp.com/

5. ERICA SYNTHS PERKONS HD-01 // MACHINA BRISTRONICA '25 // LØSTLVLS

The formidable Perkons HD-01 was available at Machina Bristronica - how could I resist? For my money the Perkons is the most 'jammable' and gratifying drum machine on the market, hands-down. The person using it before filming this session was dancing and really enjoying their time with it. Was a joy to witness!

6. MODOR DR-2 // MACHINA BRISTRONICA '25 // LØSTLVLS

The excellent DR-2 drum machine from Modor aka Marcel Belmans. Was a treat to finally meet Marcel and discuss his creations. In this video Marcel kindly demonstrated the DR-2 for us.

7. BODY SYNTHS METAL FETISHIST x2 // MACHINA BRISTRONICA '25 // LØSTLVLS

Been wanting to check this little weirdo out for some time - two is even better!

https://bodysynths.com/

Perkons Syntrx2 Live - No External FX

video upload by SMV Producer

"Sound banks available for purchase at: https://gumroad.com/smvproducer

Other links:
Bandcamp : https://sergiomassimilianovarvazzo.ba...
Instagram: / smv_producer
Smartlink: https://ffm.bio/smv_producer"

Machina Bristronica 2025 Walkthrough

video upload by True Cuckoo

https://www.truecuckoo.com/

How simple can a drum sequencer get?

video upload by Moritz Klein

"This minimalist sequencer is the second-to-last module in my DIY drum machine series. If you want to build along, you can find the full build guide here: https://www.ericasynths.lv/media/DRUM...

Chapters
00:00 Intro & What is a drum beat?
02:10 Shift Register as a trigger sequencer
08:56 Metronome LED
10:32 Smart Accents (Triangle LFO)
15:44 Synced Accents (LFO sync)
19:29 Two channels & clear mode
22:22 Sequence length & half time mode
25:26 Digital to analog converter
28:19 Module assembly & demo"

"Fx Twins" - dawless jam with fx pedals, Erica Synths Echolocator

video upload by Aurélien Vieira Lino

"Trying out different pedals to make everything dynamic, with a few musical ideas. Going minimalist!"

Echolocator delay fully cranked for guitar-style feedback (no talk)

video upload by Richard DeHove

"I've always loved dirty guitar feedback. But since I don't play guitar (other than very bad Punk bass) it's proved hard to replicate with synths. Lately I've been looking at the Audrey II feedback drone thing which is all about feedback. At around 400 Eurobucks that seems a lot to pay for feedback so I thought: surely there's something that I already have that can do controlled feedback?

Delays are a reasonably obvious choice although very few have enough controls to generate the classic feedback tone yet also keep it under control. Happily the Echolocator can by a little manipulation of its compressor setting. At zero (in the 0 to 100 range) it is just a little too keen and can generate an overload which freezes the unit and requires a power cycle. I finally settled at "9" which gives it just enough compression to prevent meltdowns. Even so the output level needs to be kept low. Most of the other parameters just add degrees of thickening or turbulence which you can see in the video.

The routing here is the DB-01 into the Echolocator and then stereo out to the Zen with generous serves of distortion and a touch of lowpass filtering to roll off some of the shrill top end. I had thought the Echolocator would be the Zen's executioner, instead they're now a loving couple.

In the two demos here the first is with the clean delay setting with the feedback amount set low in the patch. The second demo using patch 54 uses the 'dirty' delay setting and has the feedback amount programmed high in the patch which is why it starts whining as soon as I switch to it.

0:00 Demo 1 clean
2:07 No Zen
2:51 Demo 2 dirty
3:50 No modulation
4:20 Timing change
5:00 Thick modulation

Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free
My website: https://richarddehove.com/"

Model D - Perkons - DarkTime 🔥💥😍

video upload by SMV Producer

Sound banks available for purchase at: https://gumroad.com/smvproducer

Other links:
Bandcamp : https://sergiomassimilianovarvazzo.ba...
Instagram: / smv_producer
Smartlink: https://ffm.bio/smv_producer"

electronic stressless

video upload by itramtal

Erica Synths Nightverb Reverb Pedal | No Talking | ‪@EricaSynths‬

video upload by DKS SYNTH LAB

With the Sequential Trigon 6.

Perkons KITS & PATTERNS SET 💥🔥

video upload by SMV Producer

"Everything was straightly recorded into Live, without any additional FX."

Sound banks available for purchase at: https://gumroad.com/smvproducer

Other links:
Bandcamp : https://sergiomassimilianovarvazzo.ba...
Instagram: / smv_producer
Smartlink: https://ffm.bio/smv_producer"

Behringer Murf Box on synth (no talk)

video upload by Richard DeHove

"Behringer's BM-15M Murf Box - now renamed as the BM-15M Resonant Filter - is a clone of the Moog Moogerfooger MF-105 MuRF. I bought this pedal thinking it might be a more interesting replacement for my Boss SL-2 Slicer. Why did I want to replace the Slicer? Because the Slicer has a few things that slightly irritate me. In hindsight, a pitiful motivation since the Murf Box has an equal number of small irritating things.

First, if you bypass the effect you only get sound out of one channel. That's irritating. It's huge, the knobs are hard to read, I don't love the EQ, the way the envelope works is odd, there's no compression on the drive, and you can't adjust the LFO without an expression pedal. Not that I entirely blame Behringer, I also blame Moog since these are all present on the OG Murf. But of course all the actual blame rests with me for not being satisfied with the Boss Slicer.

Not that the Murf sounds bad. It's a rather interesting, gritty, unusual and reasonably versatile machine. I think rather my expectations were pumped up to the same artificial heights as the OG Moogerfooger reputation and prices.

Here the Murf is receiving a MIDI clock and the expression pedal is connected to the LFO rate. The volume varies a lot depending on the EQ, mix and drive settings - and seems to fade away a bit toward the end of the video - but I thought it best to keep these as-is to show real usage.

Originally I was going to do a comparison between the Murf Box and the Boss Slicer with lots of talk. But knowing that hearing me talk too much annoys some people, and that merely showing a Behringer product will guarantee a percentage of automatic dislikes, I thought it wiser to start with a plain audio demo. I'll do a comparison with the Slicer very soon (unless everyone hates this video) since I think there's a lot of overlap and interesting design contrasts between the pedals.

0:00 Intro ditty
1:00 Twiddlings
3:30 Drone
4:06 EQ fun
4:56 Envelope
5:50 Many tweakings

Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free
My website: https://richarddehove.com/"

Erica Synths MIDI Dispatch overview

video upload by Erica Synths

"The MIDI DISPATCH (MIDI dispatcher) is a successor to our first-ever desktop unit - the MIDI THRU BOX and it adds a lot of useful features to make it an easy-to-use, hands-on command center of your studio MIDI setup.

Timeline:
00:02 - Intro
00:26 - DAW MIDI Jam
01:30 - Setup explanation
02:32 - MIDI filtering & MIDI port forwarding
03:40 - DAWless setup explanation
04:42 - DAWless MIDI Jam
05:37 - Wrap up!"

Dark DB-01 drones with 100% resonance (no talk)

video upload by Richard DeHove

"This began as a lengthy blather and demo of the Boss RT-2 ensemble pedal. That's the pedal designed as a Leslie effect emulation promising gorgeous swooshes and modulation. But as Bilbo Baggins warned (if I recall the quote correctly): "It's a dangerous business Frodo, switching on your synth. You play a single note, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to."

So here all that remains of my sumptuous and detailed RT-2 demo is a rather dark, dirty, and meandering resonant dronefest. I blame the RT-2 of course. I was testing the effect on a poly synth and I was horrified that it seemed to be sucking all the bottom end away. Surely that couldn't be right I thought. So, purely as a test, I plugged in the trusty DB-01. That's all it took. The RT-2's tube saturation was engaged, the DB-01 resonance cranked, and beautiful harmonics cascaded out.

As usual there is absolutely no DAW processing on the DB-01 sound. The vocal samples were obviously added afterwards with some Valhalla delay. DB-01 delay is from the Boss SDE-3.

Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free
My website: https://richarddehove.com/"

What Happens When You Mix These Synths?

video upload by SMV Producer

"Sound banks available for purchase at: https://gumroad.com/smvproducer

Other links:
Bandcamp : https://sergiomassimilianovarvazzo.ba...
Instagram: / smv_producer
Smartlink: https://ffm.bio/smv_producer"

Eurorack Industrial Techno Jam – Sovage Engineering Analog Drum System (Uncut 15min)

video upload by SOVAGE ENGINEERING

"Have a taste of a Sovage Engineering analog drum system. If you wonder how I make my videos, this is a 100% uncut 15 minute live stream session of me tweaking and searching for cool loops to keep, with both good and less good stuff lol.

Here I’m using only 4 tracks sequenced by the Erica Synths BLACK SEQUENCER:
Track 1 = Kick by LA REINE DU CHAOS
Track 2 = Synth Voice by LA REINE DU CHAOS x L’ECORCHEUR x FAILLE TEMPORELLE
Track 3 = Perc by BINOME channel 1
Track 4 = Perc by BINOME channel 2
Everything is going into one BAGARRE for its famous natural grit and mix glue! Direct out no post processing, RAW STUFF !"

Summon the Darkness - Arp Of Darkness & Seventh Summoner eurorack performanceIMG 5565

video upload by FlatSix Modular

"A one take performance, pairing the Seventh Summoner with the Arp Of Darkness showing how the two used together can turn a small rig into a full featured performance case.

Patch Notes: All clicking duties are handled by Pam’s Pro Workout.

Voice 1 is sequenced by the Seventh Summoner and consists of the vowel patch on Braids through the Ensembles patch on the MFX and then into the retro patch on a Noise Engineering Desmodus Versio with the “MultiVersio” firmware flashed to it. The vowel patch is being modulated by Ebb & LFO patch on the Ornament & Crime running the Phaserville Suite

Voice 2 is a saw wave oscillator from the Disting MK4 processed through a Pittsburgh Modular low pass filter, and being sequenced by Sequence X on an Ornament & Crime module with the Phaserville Suite firmware running.

Voice 3 is being arpeggiated by the Arp Of Darkness, and is made up of a swarm & harm patch on the Neutron Sound Dust of Time running through a ping pong delay on another Disting MK4 by Expert Sleepers.

In-Case Drums are being handled by an Erica Synths Pico Drums module running through A low pass filter on another Disting MK4 and into Data Bender by Qu-Bit for glitching duties.

All outputs run through a Kombucha by WGD for delay send duties and then into a Befaco STMIX for mix down to an Intellijel Headphones output in the 1U row.

Additional drums provided by the K.O. II by Teenage Engineering running my own personal samples."

NYBORG DUB Jam / Modular Synthesizer Jam #arp2600 #buchla #minifreak

video upload by RandomVoltage

"„Nyborg“ DUB Jam

This is the follow up from my last video - [posted here]

I kept working on this setup and it quickly turned into a DUB electronic music vibe.."

Industrial drums with the Plasma Voice and DB-01

video upload by Richard DeHove

"The Plasma Voice has many unexpected talents. One of them is a Channel 10 MIDI mode where you can play four octaves of sounds centred around the percussion bank. So even though this is a CV-heavy module I'm back in MIDI land using the DB-01 as a sequencer and arpeggiator.

The DB-01 is ideally suited as the master here letting you 'spin the wheel' for new patterns with the randomizer. Things get much weirder if you then start feeding it CV as well but I thought it best to keep things simple - just a couple of LFO feeds and the whole thing can get chaotic. The Plasma again proves to be a surprisingly deep little synth.

The routing here is the Plasma Voice out goes to the Zen and off to the DAW. No other effects or processing. The DB-01 is just providing MIDI note info and has no audio connected.

0:00 Background info
1:32 Randomized pattern
1:50 Arp on top
2:30 Lucky dip
4:50 Sliders

Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free
My website: https://richarddehove.com/"

Trying the Novation Launch Control XL3 as a Hardware Hub in a Dawless Setup

video upload by Starsky Carr

"Discover the power of the Novation Launch Control XL3 — the ultimate Ableton Live controller and a flexible standalone MIDI controller for the Arturia AudioFuse 16 In this video, I’ll show you how to use the XL3 in a hybrid studio setup including the Dreadbox Nymphes and *Erica Synths LXR02*, giving you full hardware mixer control over up to 24 channels and a synth.

✅ Seamless integration with Ableton – plug it in via USB and Live recognises it instantly.
✅ Control up to 24 channels on the AudioFuse Rig 16 + X8 setup.
✅ Flexible setup options: USB or MIDI DIN for a fully computer-free rig.
✅ Real-world mixing example: faders, pans, sends, and mute/solo control at your fingertips.

Whether you’re a producer, live performer, or looking for hands-on hardware control in your hybrid studio, the Launch Control XL3 is a compact powerhouse."

⏱️ Chapters / Timestamps

0:00 – Intro: What is the Launch Control XL3?
2:23 – Quick Ableton setup demo
5:00 – Intro Demo Hardware Setup Explained
9:05 – Setting up MIDI Control
14:03 – Minor Niggles
15:21 – Hardware Connections
17:38 – Final thoughts

https://us.novationmusic.com/products/launch-control-xl

Nyborg 228 / Synthesizer Jam / Chill out Sequencing #buchla #arp2600 #minifreak

video upload by RandomVoltage

"'Nyborg 228' Synthesizer jam

I finally finished (almost) building and arranging my little space😃
Now I want to use my modular as a part of my music/ exploration jams..

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Setup

#ericasynths Blackhole sequencer main clock/ sequnce

#modularsynthesizers #buchla - noise fx(spectral processor) / kick ,bass and sequence all single osc to lowpass gate / bass (z2040 filter)

#arp2600 - sequnce two voices

#analoguesolutions Nyborg - Bass

#arturia #minifreak - pad"