Picotracker Advance review: Bigger, better, faster, more! - MIDI and sample sequencer/tracker

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"Picotracker Advance ( https://xiphonics.com/ ) is the readily assembled, much more powerful hardware of last years DIY Picotracker. This is a tracker-style sample and MIDI sequencer that now has audio in and microphone, and now has a sample editor and -slicer. Learn more in this video!

Table of contents:
00:00 demo
00:07 hi, what's this?
00:39 hardware overview
01:35 music trackers: songs, chains, phrases, events, instruments and tables
02:37 use a good SD card!
02:54 screen map and basic navigation
03:15 using the audio in port to capture samples
04:07 adding chains and phrases and instruments and notes
04:44 adding more instruments (on the same phrase)
05:23 new firmware: sample slicing
06:27 more tracks!
06:47 using tables per instrument
08:00 using the mixer
08:27 single cycle waves
09:09 arpeggiators, filter- and pitch slides
09:50 MIDI instruments & chords
10:56 arranging phrases in a chain, using empty phrases
12:06 demo track: some effects created on PT:A (noise riser, stutter,...)
13:49 my thoughts on PT:A
15:33 finished demo track (Picotracker + XSynth)
17:43 do the YouTube thing!

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

Yamaha MODX M6 New Sounds Uber Prophet-6 MODX Analog Synthesizer Sample Pack

video upload by Rik Marston Official

"Ahnyxian Sound Design store on Etsy!
Check it out! So many other titles to choose from!
All sample packs are just $16.99! Buy 3 GET ONE FREE!
Safe, same day digital downloads!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AhnyxianSou..."

GS Music - Bree 6 - Anthema Volume 1 #customsound #bree6 #sounds

video upload by Scott McAuley Sounds

"Patches will be available at https://www.synthsounds.co.uk/shop

So the amazing Guido Salaya kindly sent me the bree6 to do some Youtube Demo's and some custom patches. And on first impressions, the bree6 may look small & relatively simple in architecture, but wow does this thing ooze character, punch and sizzle! It is very capable of a multitude of timbres indeed.

I have thoroughly enjoyed programming this little workhorse, it really is a great little synth! the chorus sounds amazing very Junoesque.

The bree6 is an ideal synth for use Live or in the Studio, instant satisfaction for any seasoned programmer. It's a little workhorse of a synth!

Very very impressed indeed.

Well done GS Music!"

The Steampipe Deep Dive!! featuring Linnstrument 128

video upload by Quincas Moreira Music

"I finally tackle this beast of a synth by Erica Synths: It's MPE capabilities, compatibility with the Linnstrument expressive controller, it's potential for experimental music, sound design, film scoring and more!

My Website: www.quincasmoreira.com
My Patreon: / quincas

Index:
00:00 Teasers
01:31 Intro
02:10 Linnstrument and MPE
04:15 Panel Overview
05:59 Tweaking some presets
10:19 Reverb section
10:34 Assigning Modulation
12:18 Film Scoring
13:35 Stereo Voice Spreading
18:35 Tuning - Built in tuner
19:54 LFO
26:30 External input (BASS!)
31:19 Saving Presets
37:30 Creating a solo patch
44:00 Stay Noisy!"

Urano Preset A05 on Zaturn Zero

video upload by gotharman

"First testrun of the Zaturn VCF8's, which are further engineered Urano VCF51's. These new filters will also be available for Urano under the name VCF53 :)"

www.gotharman.dk

Tergiversator - Industrial Psychedelic Doom Ritual Drone Journey - Ableton Move & Soma Pulsar 23

video upload by Abre Ojos

"66bpm - Abandoned principles mop the floor of morality

FYI - This is the 100th video upload! Happy video anniversary to me 🤘🤓

Ableton Move &‪@somasynths‬ Pulsar 23 thru ‪@Endorphines‬ Ghost pedal

Move is sequencing BD, SD, HH & Bass channels + vocal samples from the Move too.

Video:
Live visuals using The Creation of the Humanoids (1962) from Archive.org played through cracked ancient iPad and processed through:
Video microscope
Sony ZV1
Roland V1-HD
‪@entropyandsons‬ Recursion Studio
Resolume Avenue
Recorded with Rodecaster Video

Dark ambient audiovisual stuff: https://abreojos.net"

Moog Subsequent 37 - "Otherworld" 40 Presets and Sequences (Soundset)

video upload by LFOstore

"LFO.store presents 'Otherworld' Soundset for Moog Subsequent 37.
Welcome to the sound world of cinematics.

Buy: https://lfostore.sellfy.store/p/moog-...
More Moog Subsequent 37 presets: https://lfostore.sellfy.store/search/...

The sound pack is dedicated to organic and motion sounds.

In the bank you will find: sequences, arpeggios, leads, plucks, bass and pads.

The Moog Subsequent 37 is an incredible synth with amazing features and sound that never ceases to amaze and inspire.

40 presets and sequences are waiting for you and are ready to fill your compositions with new colors and inspire creativity.

Cinematic, Electronic, Ambient, create new musical worlds with Moog Subsequent 37 and 'Otherworld'

Each patch of our sound set is musical and can be immediately used in your tracks and production.

Enjoy and let the music be with you!"

ARP Foundation NAMM & Buchla & Friends Pics

via The Alan R Pearlman Foundation newsletter:

"Our West Coast Whirlwind!

Still feeling the synthesizer love from last month’s California visit to NAMM / Buchla & Friends!

At NAMM:

Anthony Marinelli visited our booth
The Blue Meanie was at our booth for a whole day!

ARP 2600: Drew Schlesinger demonstrated patches using the 2600 software included in the Korg Collection VST 6. 2 Lucky folks won a signed CD and poster from Martin Gore

And Congratulations to Violet Burns who won the Korg Collection 6!

Then it was off to Buchla & Friends – January’s biggest two-day collection of hands-on synths on the West Coast!

Remember: The Most Creative Part of an ARP synthesizer is You!

NAMM 2026 would not have been possible without the help of the following people and companies:

Thank you to Korg, Inc for the Korg Collection Giveaway and helping us make NAMM possible.

Thank you to Sean Weizmann of Arturia for the midi controller

Thank you to Beyer Dynamics for the headphones

Thank you to Ryan Hawkins of Hawkins Restorations for use of his Blue Meanie, Tonus 2600, OMNI and Odyssey, and for being the best Booth volunteer along with his assistant Miles.

Thank you to Julie Lewis for volunteering at the booth and for her donation last year of a rare ARP Soloist that was owned and played wonderful late husband synth legend Don Lewis.

Thank you to our Board Member and booth volunteer Stephen DeJesus for selfless assistance at both NAMM and Buchla & Friends.

Thank you also to Chris Cardone, Joe Castronovo, Tom Cusimano, Deanna DelVino, Rich Formidoni, Martin Gore, Andy Joyce, Brian Kehew, Ruperto Ifil, Mary Lock, Anthony Marinelli, Mark Marshall, Mike Metlay, LaMar Mitchell, Tony Notron, Drew Schlesinger, James Terris and Brianna Tortino,

View our West Coast photo dump!"



Pictured:

Top: The great Stevie Wonder w/ ARP Foundation's Dina Pearlman-Ifil.

Middle: "Richard Devine giving the Blue Meanie a run for its money." Check out the video here.

Bottom: ?! :)

Synth Headz | Documentary Trailer

video upload by Danny Stygion

"Synth Headz | Documentary Trailer. Synth Headz explores three Houston musicians obsessed with making music with synthesizers. Featuring: Vertigo Blue, Spike the Percussionist, and August Befort. Directed and edited by Danny Stygion. Music by August Befort. Sponsored by Erica Synths. Drone footage by Schaef Shockley. Cinematography by Danny Stygion. Additional cinematography by Schaef Shockley and Cimmerian.

Music featured in trailer by Vertigo Blue, Spike the Percussionist, and August Befort."

ASM HYDRASYNTH Synth Bass Funk Test

video upload by Woody Piano Shack

"Demo and review of the ASM HYDRASYNTH DELUXE Synthesizer.
With Special Guest TEENAGE ENGINEERING EP-133 KO2."

Lesson packs available for one-time purchase on Patreon.

MORE WOODY PIANO SHACK: https://woodypianoshack.com

SCJS#79 THE LAST BEAT

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Small Case Jam Sessions #79 THE LAST BEAT

Noiswasp, Battering Ram, Amnis, Wave Bard, Prism

https://fl3shb4ck.bandcamp.com/
Make some noise!

‪@bastlinstruments‬ ‪@ShakmatModular‬ ‪@alizondevices‬ ‪@gehirnenterprises‬ ‪@RitualElectronics‬ ‪@QuBitElectronix‬"

Pulsewidth cover sound design

video upload by Collector Current

"Because someone was asking, I made another video to show you the sound design for my cover of Aphex Twin's song 'Pulsewidth'.

Cover is here: • Aphex Pulsewidth cover on FZ-1, SH-01A, TX802 [posted here]

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

Aphex Pulsewidth cover on FZ-1, SH-01A, TX802

video upload by Collector Current

"In this video I show you how I made a cover of the Aphex Twin song 'Pulsewidth' from the album Selected Ambient Works 85-92.

Gear used: Casio FZ-1, Roland SH-01A, Yamaha TX802, Empress Zoia, Mackie 1402VLZ4.

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

Korg Triton Extreme - "Best Analog & Ambient Sounds" FREE

video upload by LFOstore

"Buy: https://lfo.sellfy.store/p/korg-trito...

Welcome to the 'Best Analog & Ambient Sounds' for almighty king of workstation - Triton Extreme!

We made a big work - take all factory and free Korg's soundsets and make electronic & ambient sounds collection - only interesting sounds, no EP & Organs - 256 Programs!

This collection work both with actual Hardware & Triton Extreme Native Plugin!

And its totally free - enjoy!

Big thanks for conversion - PCG to VST - https://github.com/justedni/triton_pc...

Categories:

Arp
Seq
Bass
Lead
Key/Poly
String
Pad
Drone/Sweep
Fx

All instructions on how to load in hardware & plugin are inside.
Note: You need at least Krog Triton Extreme plugin version 1.1.1

Soundset is ready to use in any classic & modern genres: Soundtrack,Ambient, Electronica,Chillout,Synthwave.

Get ready for cosmic debris, deep spaces & floating spheres with Triton Extreme & 'Best Analog & Ambient Sounds' soundset!

By Nick Klimenko aka Chronos, a creator of 'Organica' for Waldorf Blofeld & 'WS Universe' for Korg Wavestation."

Manatee Synth Tutorial 3 - Multimode Filter, RC Filter, Drive Section

video upload by Fred's Lab

Manatee Synth Tutorials

"Welcome to the third Manatee tutorial!

In this video, we will talk about the Fred's Lab Manatee filter and drive sections! You will learn how to set multiple filters of various models and become a real musician by showing off your drive section.

Covered are all the filter models, cutoff, resonance and tracking parameters and the modulation options of the filters, the extra RC filter and all the saturation / overdrive modules.

Background music: 'Eletrosamba' by Quincas Moreira - YouTube Audio Library

00:00 The multimode filter
01:01 LP2, HP2, BP2 2 pole models
04:22 LP4 & HP4 4 pole models
08:29 Filter EG-F control / modulation
09:57 "Brassy pad" sound-design example
12:55 Filter LFO-F control / modulation
14:23 All about self-oscillation
15:16 Filter tracking function
17:38 The extra RC filter
20:08 Notch filter model
20:55 The drive section
22:38 'Acid bass' sound-design example
23:08 Drive / saturation models"

https://fredslab.net/

Mostly Peaceful Synthesizers In The Sea

video upload by John L Rice

"Nine Modcan B modules, three Synthetic Sound Labs modules, Mellotron M4000D, Roland Integra7, and Strymon and Lexicon effects.

So many fishies, left in the sea. So many fishies, and my synthesizers and me . . . 😁

#modularsynth #electronicmusic #synth"

Without purpose || Cosmos | Nerdseq | Magneto | Morphagene

video upload by Modular Fungi and Omri Cohen

"This is the fourth track from my new album 'Mercy Gate', inspired by the Cosmos module from Black Noise Modular. Here it is on Bandcamp:"



And streaming: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/omr...

U-He Zebra 2: Dark Rhythmical Presets + Patterns. Sound Demo

video upload by Anton Anru

📡 'Quantum Pulses' is a bank of 50 presets + patterns for the U-he Zebra 2 virtual synthesizer. The collection contains dark, deep, atmospheric, sci-fi, harsh and aggressive sounds that have a wide range of uses: from cinematic sound design to modular techno sequences.
🔭 The soundset is inspired by the modern techno scene, vintage sci-fi films and experimental robots. Perfect for Techno, Industrial, Dub, IDM, Experimental, Cinematic sound design, and others.

📦 Get these presets: https://antonanru.sellfy.store/p/zebr...
👤 The author of the soundset is skendi (Arseniy Pushkov).

⚗️ The sequences work in arpeggio mode, which allows for more interesting playing of several notes in a pattern.
🎚️ Each patch is performance-ready, with velocity sensitivity and ModWheel assignments mapped for expressive control. ModWheel affects the ADSR's performance, making sounds both clearer and more blurred.

🎛️ Each patch includes 8 Macros. These controls are designed stylistically and affect the waveform, giving it movement and changing its shape, adding various FM textures and bitcrush, and also affecting the filter by opening and closing it.
The X/Y controls can be manipulated with a mouse or used as 1–8 macro knobs for hands-on control via a standard MIDI controller, making the soundset highly expressive and performance-friendly.

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ESK - Viscount PCM R64S + Roland V Bass Part 1

video upload by Metunar

"Playing the Viscount PCM R64S, a drumcomputer with samples, through a Roland V-Bass effect.
Part 1 of 2 of this setup.
Direct recording with soft mastering."

http://www.metunar.ch

TerrainSynth 4PartArp

video upload by Conductive Labs

"Terrain Synth by Conductive Labs... a long time in the making!
Kickstarter still open: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

Terrain Synth Arp mode with 4 Parts playing at different rates and modes etc...
/ discord

Terrain Synth features:
Unique terrain oscillators
32 note polyphony (8 per timbre)
Four timbres (layers) that can be split or stacked
Two morphable terrains per voice
Up to 7x unison for each voice
Two sub-oscillators (-1 & -2) oct for each voice
White, Pink, Blue and Brown noise
Oscillator sync, Phase distortion, Mirroring and Windowing

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