Zero Notes In, Full Track Out: OXI One MKII Generative Workflow

video upload by OXI Instruments

"In this video we show a technique we use when we're stuck and don't want to input any notes manually — we let the OXI One MKII's sequencer do the generative work instead.
We create 3 tracks using the GEN function, then perform live using transpose to shape the melodic movement in real time. To add more flavor, we bring in the random generator and groove settings, which push the patterns into more organic, less predictable territory.
It's a simple way to get unstuck and still end up with something musical, without writing a single note by hand.

00:00 Introduction
00:49 Demo rundown
02:10 Track from scratch
05:13 Randomization
06:50 Making it more personal"

RudeBox - Drum Synthesizer

video upload by Illegal State Of Mind

"RudeBox is a DIY single-voice drum synthesizer built around an ESP32-A1S.

BUILD YOUR OWN RudeBox! https://jakubthedeveloper.github.io/R...

It started as a simple synth-tom experiment, but gradually evolved into a much more flexible percussion synth capable of producing deep kicks, toms, short noisy hits, laser-like sounds and all kinds of strange electronic percussion.

RudeBox is played dynamically from an external drum pad, with hit velocity affecting the generated sound. Its controls allow shaping the oscillator, pitch envelope, amplitude decay and transient click/noise:

• Sensitivity
• Oscillator Pitch
• Shape — triangle → square → pulse
• Pitch Drop
• Envelope → Pitch
• Decay
• Click Level
• Velocity → Amplitude

In this demo I’m using RudeBox together with:

• *Novation Bass Station II* — bass / synth lines
• *Korg Volca Sample* — additional drums and samples
• *Allen & Heath ZEDi-10* — mixing everything together

The idea behind RudeBox was to build something simple, immediate and playable rather than another menu-driven digital instrument. Despite running on an ESP32, it behaves much more like a small piece of dedicated hardware: plug in a pad, turn the knobs and play.

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Definitely One of The Greatest: Summit 1 Year Review

video upload by The Midlife Synthesist

"It´s already been a year with the Summit so I wanted to share some of my thoughts on it from a real user´s perspective"

3x Ambient Explorations // Novation Peak // Cocoquantus // Soma Cosmos // Chase Bliss & Oto Pedals

video upload by Lesjamusic

"The Novation Peak does just sound so damn good. I went into a weekend sesh with the intention of building a new Midi map for it, but got stuck simply enjoying how great it sounds. The Peak is the sound source for everything you hear across these three pieces. I took snippets and looped in Cocoquantus then smeared using Cosmos. I also took a second FX send through Onward / Lossy / Gen Loss for some added texture. Oto Boum and CXM 1978 ever present."

#novationpeak #chasebliss #ambientcuration

00:00 Exploration #1
04:40 Exploration #2
09:20 Exploration #3

OP-XY Cinematic music for a movie that's not been made yet

video upload by Dan Chippendale

"Just trying some more cinematic sort of stuff. Nit moody this one.

Enjoy!

Gear used:

Music:
Teenage Engineering OP-XY
Teenage Engineering Sidekick
Novation Launch Control 3

Video:
Fujifilm X-E5
Motu M2 Audio interface
Mac Studio with Logic Pro X"

He put £15000 of Synths into SERUM and Pigments

video upload by Starsky Carr

"I sampled the Frap out of a Magnolia, an Analogue Solutions Maximus, a Pittsburgh Taiga, a Pittsburgh Voltage Lab 2, a Sequential Prophet VS, a Korg DW8000 and a Novation Peak — then chopped them into single cycle waves and turned them into 151 wavetables for Serum and Pigments.

£15,000 is roughly what those seven instruments would cost you, give or take. The pack is £15.

What's different here is what got sampled: full sweeps through the Magnolia's wavefolder, the Voltage Lab 2's complex oscillators, PWM across its whole range, the DW8000's 16 digital waves, the Prophet VS set. Not generic waveshapes — the actual character of specific, expensive, awkward instruments.

It started with a comment. Someone watched my Magnolia demo and asked how to get that tone out of their Peak. The short answer is you can't, because the oscillators don't start with the same harmonics. The long answer is this video.

Along the way I've used it as an excuse to go through the different ways a synth actually makes a tone — subtractive, FM, wavefolding and wavetable — and why the Magnolia can do three of them and the Peak can do the fourth. If you've ever wondered what people mean by East Coast and West Coast synthesis, start at 1:18."

0:00 Matching a Magnolia patch on a Summit
1:18 Back to basics: the classic analog waveshapes
3:36 Subtractive synthesis, and why it's called East Coast
5:09 FM: harmonics that aren't related to the fundamental
7:22 Wavefolding, and where the gnarly tones come from
8:38 Three synthesis types in one synth — the Magnolia
9:09 Wavetable synthesis, and the one thing the Peak can do
10:08 The comment that started all this
13:33 Into Serum: the Magnolia wavetables
16:00 Emulating Polymove in the Serum mod matrix
17:30 The rest of the pack: 151 tables, 19,088 waves
19:18 Working in Arturia Pigments
20:54 Thanks for watching

Backrooms - The Complex: Found Footage | an Anomalous Dimension part ii #backrooms

video upload by No Lake

"Can the Summit create an atmosphere worthy of this universe, the way the Moog Sound Studio did last week? Well, let's find out.

Headphones 🎧 recommended"

Backrooms - The Complex: Expedition | an Anomalous Dimension #backrooms

video upload by No Lake

"Another reality, an alternative dimension, a corrupted memory.

Back in 2019, an anonymous user shared a blurry, unsettling photo of a dimly lit, empty hallway with monochrome yellow wallpaper, damp carpet, and fluorescent ceiling lights. Then, another user replied with a short caption stating that if you aren't careful you will end up in the Backrooms…

'The Backrooms' is a fictional, endless maze of empty, disorienting rooms characterized by these monochrome yellow walls, damp carpet, and fluorescent lights. Anyone can accidentally leave the boundaries of normal reality and fall into this infinite dimensional space. That's where the game “The Complex: Expedition” begins. That’s where the nightmare begins. That’s where my music enters the scene.

===) Headphones 🎧 recommended (==="

Rituals of the starless peaks (minimoog d)

video upload by graal7

minimoog model d [Rush Geddy Lee edition]
summit
moog one
additional drums and sample xf8.
space eventide

5 ways to map out a performance in Ableton Live with Launch Control

video upload by Novation

"Find out more about Launch Control - https://novationmusic.com/products/la... the Launch Control range - https://novationmusic.com/launch-cont...

In this video, Dylan shows you five ways to map out a performance in Ableton Live with the Launch Control. We explain how to map Ableton Live macros to Launch Control for live performance and more.

Utilising Ableton's macro mappings to take control of drums, tweak an acid synth line generator on the fly, and map out synths and other sounds. Plus, creating a single page custom mode for Launch Control that controls all those important performance parameters. Watch the video to learn more.

To get the most out of your Novation devices make sure you update via Components.

Find out more here - https://novationmusic.com/articles/wa..."

🎹 Suggested videos to watch next:
▶ • The NEW Launch Control: What does it do? [posted here with addtional videos]
▶ • 5 ways to master your DAWless setup with L... [posted here]
▶ • How to humanise your drum beats with the L... [posted here]

Chapters:
00:00 - 5 ways to map out a performance in Ableton Live with Launch Control
00:32 - Using Ableton's macro mappings with Launch Control
02:49 - Generative basslines with Sting 2 and Drift in Ableton Live with Launch Control
04:52 - Consolidating your mappings in Ableton Live with Launch Control
07:18 - Planning your mappings for Ableton Live with Launch Control
09:33 - One Custom Mode view with Launch Control
11:23 - Outro - using macro mappings in live performance

Digital Artifacts: A Novation Peak Patch Bank Using 10 Classic-Style Wavetables (new demo)

video upload by Jack “Frost” Cimino

"Ever thought the Novation Peak and Summit sounded too clinical, clean, and smooth? Fear not! These patches, inspired by the likes of vintage digital synths, make use of custom wavetables, some of which are steppy or buzzy. While the Peak may not alias, this soundset will get you closer to that PPG or Ensoniq vibe than you think. Contains 10 classic keys, 10 ethereal pads, 10 basses/plucks, 10 sexy leads, and 10 wacky sound fx. Many of the patches take advantage of the Animate buttons. Here is a preview of the patches that are included in this set."

STING VST/AU/CLAP - A Really Nice Acid Line Performance And Composition System

video upload by Iftah

00:00 - 00:26 - Intro And Setup
00:27 - 02:25 - Main Controls
00:26 - 02:38 - Counterpoint Mode
02:39 - 02:51 - Editing Steps
02:52 - 03:36 - The Slots Page
03:37 - 04:15 - Realtime Recorder
03:38 - 04:49 - Outro

STING VST/AU/CLAP - Novation Launchpad Takeover Mode

video upload by Iftah

Get STING here https://www.if-tah.com/devices/sting

"Sting is an expressive, algorithmic improvisational acid line performance system. It runs as a VST3, AU, or CLAP plugin in any compatible DAW or plugin host on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Hardware support
Sting also includes hardware support, transforming a Novation Launchpad or monome into a dedicated hands-on performance and composition system.

Four generation algorithms
These include a new multi-voice counterpoint mode that generates two lines, chords, and bass. Sting also includes MIDI file import, a modulation section, and more.

Accessible by design
Sting comes with 15 color themes, including options designed for color blindness, as well as the ability to create custom themes. It also includes a custom accessibility interface that communicates directly with popular screen readers such as VoiceOver and NVDA, as well as scripts like REAPER’s OSARA, making it accessible to blind, visually impaired, and sighted users."

WORDS UNSPOKEN X NOVATION BASS STATION II

video upload by Night in Athens

"Live demonstration recreating the bass for Words Unspoken as it was originally written on my old Bass Station II. For this live demonstration I used the Swift Edition

My whole last albums basslines were produced on Bass Station.I particularly love the warm analogue tones it creates together the flexibility on Oscillators that it offers.

Bass: Novation Bass Station II Swifty Edition
Drums: Behringer RD-6
Synth pad: Roland JU-06A
Guitar sampled: SP-404MKII
Vox and Drums passed via DAW on Logic pro to add reverb

Clip of live show courtesy of Klubdod, from my performance in Stockholm in October 2025."

Novation Summit and Hydrasynth Deluxe Live Recording Session

video upload by Paweł Spychała

"Electronic music performance featuring the ASM Hydrasynth Deluxe, Novation Summit, and Bitwig Studio.

For this piece, I created and performed using my own custom multi-patches for both the Hydrasynth Deluxe and Novation Summit.

Everything was played and recorded live as a spontaneous experimental composition — no pre-written arrangement.

Gear & Software:
• ASM Hydrasynth Deluxe — custom multi-patch
• Novation Summit — custom multi-patch
• Bitwig Studio
• Live performance & recording"

The Usual Suspects Reveals Blue Giant - Emulation of the Novation Supernova II

video upload by Numero Uno

"Blue Giant is a bit accurate emulation of the Novation Supernova II

Running 4 instances in this project, performance mode, each instance running 9 DSPs, 8x DSP56362 and 1x DSP56303

It is 8 part multitimbral, offers 4 stereo outputs and has 24 voices, expandable to 48"

See The Usual Suspects label below for additional emulations by them. These essentially run the same code/OS as the original hardware, ported featuring a software UI.

Track Breakdown: Redshift 6 Paraphony, Digitakt 2, Chroma Console

video upload by Sineway

"This is the first proper track I've made with the Supercritical Redshift 6, and I wanted to take it apart properly. The chord stab you hear at the start is three notes coming out of a single analog voice, which is the thing I still find hard to believe.

The Redshift is multitimbral, so I used it as three instruments at once: a pad chord stab, an arp, and a three layer lead. Each one goes out of its own stereo output. The two aux outs are always dry, meaning they skip the internal FX section entirely, so the arp runs into a Chroma Console and the pad into a Microcosm. The lead keeps the synth's own delay.

Everything else melodic is sampled from the Redshift into the Digitakt II, which is also doing all the sequencing. Around 16 layers in total, so apart from the drums this is one synth.

I also skipped Overbridge this time and recorded four stems straight into a Zoom LiveTrak, which meant committing to the mix as I went. That's why the bass is split across two tracks.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:25 The chords - one voice, three notes
3:52 The arp - and what the Chroma Console does to it
4:46 Chrome Console overview
7:36 The lead - supersaw, macros, and four voices
10:57 I almost gave up on this track
12:41 Some of the Digitakt II layers
15:57 Digitakt trick: a trance click on a 909 kick"

MIDI Mapping the Elektron Tonverk - creating macros using the ModWheel & Breath Controller functions

video upload by Abre Ojos

"I've been building a set up for an upcoming live show and using a ‪@NovationTV‬ Launch Control XL to break open the ‪@WeAreElektron‬ Tonverk. The vid starts with the basics like using https://midi.guide/ to start and then uploading the map via Components. Then exploring how to make complex macro effect chains using MIDI CC1 ModWheel and MIDI CC2 Breath Controller to control up to four parameters at once.

00:00 Intro ramble & the concept
02:40 The Tonverk & Launch Control set up
07:09 Using Midi.Guide and Components
11:30 Using the ModWheel & Breath Control CC
24:23 MIDI mapping the sample selector

Check out the Essence Festival: https://www.essencefestival.com.au/

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

M5Stack Acid Generator Box Bluetooth Ver. — Prototype Jam with Circuit Tracks

video upload by space fever

"PartyParrot is Back!!!!!
自作の Acid Generator Box 試作機を使ったテストジャムです。
M5Stack FIRE と MIDI Unit を使い、acid-style MIDI phrases を生成するガジェットとして制作しています。
androidアプリは下記のリンクで販売しています。
https://spacefever.booth.pm/items/8808646

This is a prototype jam using my DIY Acid Generator Box built with M5Stack FIRE and a MIDI Unit.
The Acid Generator Box generates acid-style MIDI phrases and is used together with Novation Circuit Tracks.
The Android app is available for purchase at the link below.

Gear / patch used:
Acid Generator Box prototype
M5Stack FIRE
WIDI Master
Novation Circuit Tracks
Acid by A Force Truly Evil SYNTH PATCH
Party parrot https://cultofthepartyparrot.com/"

Minimal Dub Techno Dawless Jam // Digitakt II + Octatrack + Peak

video upload by Trevor Pfeifer

"forgot the comp even

Elektron Digitakt II
Elektron Octatrack mkII
Novation Peak
Zoom H5"

Lo-Fi Pop | Circuit Tracks

video upload by Warm synths

"​I sat at the table with the Circuit Tracks. The light stretched across the plastic casing. I turned the filter knob and the heavy bass vanished. The room suddenly felt empty, like someone had moved the furniture out. Sometimes I want to roll off the low end of everything else, too.

​Gear Used
​Novation Circuit Tracks

​Thanks for watching. Subscribe for more dawless sessions."