Minijam Studio by Roman Groschen

Published on Nov 12, 2017 Roman Groschen

"Patchblocks Minijam Studio
Sunday afternoon Jam"

Korg Volca Jam #09 | Volca Beats, Volca Sample, Volca Bass, Volca Keys, Behringer Echo Machine

Published on Nov 18, 2017 Dub Cousteau

"This is my latest live setup for jamming - a Volca Beats, a Korg Volca Sample, a Volca Bass and a Volca Keys. Everything is connected to a Behringer Xenyx 1002B Mixer for mixing and send/return effect with a Behringer Echo Machine (with a tape delay simulation).

I used the pan function of the Korg Volca Sample to get two seperated outputs, one with sample sounds and one with the drums. The Volca Keys is hooked to a Ammoon Pockrock - a small and cheap guitar effect.

The MIDI controller is used to control parameters of the Volca Sample and mostly track volumen. I used a Patchblock with MIDI in and out to do some MIDI mapping."

Patchblocks minijam tek.drum & Bastl Kastle synced

Published on Nov 10, 2017 Kalkartronic

"My first sound check of the minijam studio tek.drum by Patchblocks. Great sounds and fun! Well, I thought then, maybe it's possible to somehow sync the Bastl Kastle with the tek.drum, so I began connecting cables back and forth for about 20 minutes until I ended up with the kastle controlling the tempo of the tek.drum with the LFO knob. :-o
Classical "try and error"
Hey, but it works! :-D
It's just these two machines creating tbe sound in this video, only a little room effect was added by the mixer.
Thanks a lot for watching!"

Patchblocks Minijam Studio - First noodle jam

Published on Nov 4, 2017 Christian's Sonic Spaces

"Yay, today I got my Patchblocks Minijam Studio!!!!

This was the first noodle jam with it :-) Sorry for the blur video take, somehow my camera doesn't like close takes. But I was too lazy to re-record just because of the camera. So, please focus just on the sound and not the video quality ;-)

The song was recorded in two separate parts, the synth and the drums. The synth part was recorded with some ambient reverb from the Sony DPS-V55M and a slight delay from the DigiTech Obscura. The drums were recorded clean without any effects. The final song had some slight compression and limiting to adjust the loudness."

Duo-Mode for Sub Phatty via Patchblocks

Maikshift Planet
Published on Sep 1, 2017

"This demonstrates it is possible to get the same Duo Mode feature on the Moog Sub Phatty that is normally only available from its bigger brother the Moog SUB37.
I have developed a MIDI patch for a Patchblocks.
You will need...
1 x PatchBlock
2 x MIDI Blocks (or 1 DIY or modified MIDI Block, more info below?)

The patch is available at the forum (http://www.patchblocks.com/forum/2513s) as well as within the patchblocks community library in the editor."

FM Synthesis on patchblocks with Behringer BCR 2000

dænkrø_ ElectriXity_
Published on Aug 4, 2017

"This patch is a 4-operator 2-algorithm monosynth for patchblocks midi-controlled by Behringer BCR 2000 using CC.

You can download this patch for free on patchblocks.com

02:57 Skip Intro and explanations to go directly to sound demo
06:24 Skip to go directly to music"

Patchblocks minijam Studio - Kickstarter Update 1

Published on Jun 29, 2017 Patchblocks

"This is just a quick overview of some new features of the tek.drum - intended for our Kickstarter backers ... or anyone else curious.
You can still jump onboard and be one of the first to get the minijam: https://minijam.backerkit.com/hosted_...'

Patchblocks KickMaiker Kick drum designer + 919Tom (demo)

Published on May 7, 2017 Maikshift Planet

"Introducing the KickMaiker 'kick drum designer' patch for Patchblocks and 919Tom patch. KickMaiker is available from the Patchblocks forum (http://www.patchblocks.com/forum/2439...) and the 919Tom (http://www.patchblocks.com/forum/2443s). Both also in the Patchblocks Community database.

RECORDING: 2xPatchblocks -into- Passive Mixer -into- Korg Electribe Aux-input -out- Electribe main outputs. (Sorry about the hiss - that's coming from the Electribe)

This patch was inspired by the certain well known plugin for Kick Designer VST that is popular with electronic music producers.
I wanted something similar, but hardware so I designed my own for Patchblocks!

919Tom & KickMaiker: Full details and documentation coming soon...

Parameter Page 1
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Left Knob = Decay (affects the amplitude and pitch envelopes)
Right Knob = Tuning (quantised to nearest semitone)

Parameter Page 2
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Left Knob = PEG Shape (8 Pitch Envelope Generator Preset Shapes)
Right Knob = PEG Depth (Controls the depth of the Pitch EG applied)

Parameter Page 3
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Left Knob = Click Type (Combined Click sample wave/ sample pitch control)
Right Knob = Click Decay/Volume (Bi-direction control)
NOTE: From center position turn left or right to increase Envelope Decay. The right side is loud, the left side is softer."

First Impression: Patchblocks Minijam Studio (Affordable Music Production Bundle)

Published on May 1, 2017 SYNTH ANATOMY

Novation Circuit + Patchblocks / a very good team (3)

Published on Apr 26, 2017 Neo Klang

Superbooth 2017: First Look Patchblocks minijam studio

Published on Apr 20, 2017 SYNTH ANATOMY

"Sebastian from Patchblocks showed me in the Superbooth cafe the new minijam studio. First look and a short audio demo."

minijam and friends

Published on Apr 17, 2017 Patchblocks

"This is a demonstration of how minijam machines play together with other gear such as Pocket Operators, Volcas, and of course Patchblocks."

A closer look at the minijam tek.waves prototype

Published on Apr 12, 2017 Patchblocks

See this post for details on the minijam studio from Patchblocks.

Patchblocks Launches minijam studio Kickstarter Campaign

Exploring the tek.drum Published on Apr 2, 2017 Patchblocks

Kickstarter campaign here.

"Mindflood Ltd., the company behind the Patchblocks brand, was founded back in 2013. It was a result of the academic research of Sebastian Heinz, the founder, CEO and CTO. During his research he developed the idea to Patchblocks and brought it to a prototype state, which ended up to be the content of the first Kickstarter campaign (12/2013). This became one of the most successful synthesizer campaigns on Kickstarter.

In 2014 Sascha Goetz, an old high-school friend of Seb, joined the company as co-founder and started to take care of the all operational tasks. From then on Patchblocks were promoted heavily on key trade shows and many events all over Europe. That allowed the team to build a global retail and distribution network, as well as extending the Patchblocks product line. Those extensions are the Midiblock (2015), which enables connectivity with MIDI equipment and the Keyblock (2016), a miniature Midi Keyboard, which can directly be connected to the Patchblocks.
Besides the new minijam studio (details below) there was also a brand new 3-channel mixer added to the product portfolio. PBMIX3 is a battery powered, portable audio mixer with send and return chain.

For the minijam, the project team was extended by Filip Vandueren (Sounddesign), Andy Wilson (Engineering), Gnichi Mohamed (Engineering) and Carsten Bellan (Design consultant).

The company currently has its main office in Holywood, just outside Belfast, Northern Ireland.

minijam studio
The project started in early 2016 with the idea of creating something that still follows the Patchblocks philosophy in terms of accessibility, affordability and fun. Feedback from customers and retailers pointed to something more hardware, less software. The result was not just one single unit, it ended up in a whole product line, which combines a lot of different studio hardware in a small size.

minijam is based on the idea of what happens when you boil down a hardware studio or live performance setup to very compact and affordable products. Maybe compromising pro-features, but not compromising the enjoyment of noodling and jamming with such machines.

The studio includes a drum machine, a wavetable synthesiser, an analog filter, a mixer and a speaker. It gives you the feel of jamming with hardware equipment, all bundled in a ready-to-use set with impressive sound.
Each device is powered by a rechargeable battery and can be used standalone or as part of the set. You don’t need any software or mobile phone. The mixer keeps all connected devices synchronised and also allows for the integration of other hardware with it’s sync triggers on the second channel of the stereo connectors. (e.g. Pocket Operators, Volcas,etc.)

Product details
tek.drum - Drum Machine:
8 Drum-Synthesis tracks with 4 parameters per track
8 Patterns with 16 steps
automation and parameter locks of all 32 parameters
pattern chaining up to 128 steps
global delay send effect
save patterns and automation to flash
up to 12h battery life (rechargeable via Micro USB)
Dimensions (l/w/h): 15.5 x 6.5 x 3.2 (cm), Weight: 100g
Kickstarter price 45.00 GBP (MSRP 60.00GBP)

tek.waves - Wavetable Synthesizer
16 fully automatable sound parameters divided into 4 pages
3 wave table banks (vowel, classic, harmonic)
arpeggiator with hold, octave range and arp mode settings
4 patterns with up to 128 steps per pattern
scale select, and 2 octave keyboard within selected scale
global delay send effect
save patterns and automation to flash
up to 12h battery life (rechargeable via Micro USB)
Dimensions (l/w/h): 15.5 x 6.5 x 3.2 (cm), Weight: 100g
Kickstarter price 45.00 GBP (MSRP 60.00GBP)

tek.filter - Analog Filter
audio input and output
2 pole resonant low-pass / band-pass filter
up to 40h battery life (rechargeable via Micro USB)
Dimensions (l/w/h): 11.5 x 6.5 x 3.2 (cm), Weight: 65g
Kickstarter price 40.00 GBP (MSRP 50.00GBP)

.hub - 3 Channel Mixer
3 mono channel input with sync trigger output per channel (stereo cable)
digital encoder and display to set tempo
44.1kHz 16bit .wav recording to micro SD card
up to 8h battery life (rechargeable via Micro USB)
Dimensions (l/w/h): 14.0 x 6.5 x 3.2 (cm), Weight: 95g
Kickstarter price 45.00 GBP (MSRP 60.00GBP)

.boom - Portable Speaker
small, battery powered speaker
integrated 3.5mm audio cable
Dimensions (dia/h): 5.0/7.0 x 6.0(cm), Weight: 130g
Just included in the set

The whole studio will be priced with 130.00 GBP on Kickstarter (MSRP 170.00 GBP).

Double Studio, one for you & one for a friend 250.00 GBP on Kickstarter.

All units will be shipped by September 2017.

There are also 100 limited Early bird Kits for 99.00 GBP and 40 pre-production sets for 150.00 GBP (shipping in May 2017)."

Novation Circuit + Patchblocks / a very good team

Published on Mar 25, 2017 Neo Klang

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Kræll & Drøne ...on patchblocks

Published on Mar 21, 2017 dænkrø_ ElectriXity_

"Pure Patchblock Action"

Dreadbox Nyx & Erebus sequenced by patchblocks

Published on Feb 6, 2017 dænkrø_ ElectriXity_

"First session with my favorite two DREADBOX' NYX and EREBUS.
The NYX provides some creamy 70s vintage style Leads. The Erebus is triggered by a patchblocks sequencer/arp patch which I redesigned to work with the KB-1 block.
Together they walk along the snowy road to Berlin School style. I had my fun that's for sure.
Hope you'll like it, too!!!

Share and enjoy!!"

Ambient random chords in the park

Published on Jan 5, 2017 dænkrø_

"At last an entire tune made with patchblocks. It was about time.
See how to use this patch here: [posted here]

You can download this patch for free on patchblocks.com

All video material used was taken by myself.

Share and enjoy_"

Ambient Random Chord Progression KB-1 Version pb-Demo by dænkrø_

Published on Jan 5, 2017 dænkrø_

"I redesigned my 'Random Ambient Chord...' patch after I'd got my hands on the new KB-1 minikeys. Tell me what you think!
Anyone recognizes the tune at 2:41 ? ;-)
Have fun!"

Haptic Waveshaper pb-patch by dænkrø_

Published on Dec 30, 2016 dænkrø_

"This video marks the launch of my new YT channel on sound synthesis, particularly on the patchblocks mini-synthesizer.
You can download the "Haptic Waveshaper" patch for free on
http://www.patchblocks.com/forum/14t/...
Have fun and join the Patchblocks community!!"