CRUMAR BIT 99 SYNTHESIZER MIDI CONTROLLED

video upload by Davide Micheli

"The video I made is on the BIT 99 electronic synthesizer built by CRUMAR in 1984. The purpose is to show some technical characteristics of the vintage electronic synthesizer.

In particular, I updated the firmware by changing two EPROMs (see the following site: https://www.untergeek.de/shop/crumar-...)

The MIDI controller is the 'Stereoping's Synth Controller'.

In the video I play some patches whose synthsizer parameters are changed in realtime by means of the MIDI Synth Controller.

To emphasize the versatility of the MIDI Synth Controller and the deep 80's sounds of the BIT 99 synthesizer, I recorded a bass sequence on CUBASE and transmitted via MIDI to the BIT 99 synthesizer.

While the sequence is being played by the BIT 99, some parameters of DCOs, VCOs, VCF etc...are edited in realtime. LFOs are modified too.

The video is improvised and I hope it is useful and fun for fans of vintage electronic synthesizers. In some part of video the LINE 6 DL4 MKII Delay is activated."

EMU ESI 4000 Granulizer

video upload by Stereoping

"Another Synth Controller edition ... for #EMU #ESI Samplers! No, it can not edit LFOs and Envelopes because the ESIs do not support it in any way. But the #Granulizer makes creative use of the ESI's feature of modulating the Sample Start point by velocity. I saw this in a video of youTuber @Stereo Realist (source below) and wanted to see how far i come with a dedictad hardware device.

The Controller replaces velocity of incoming midinotes with knob tweakings while rapidly firing these manipulated notes on the ESI, like an arpeggiator with built in mididata manipulator. GRAIN LENGTH determines the duration until the Note Off event is sent. The result is a really bad but funny granular sampler.

Besides the controls for grain length, position, random position, pitchbend (cool for tuning frozen choirs or screaming cats to changing musical context) it offers some CC-knobs for realtime editing of VCA Level & Pan, VCF Cutoff & Q. Pressure can be freely assigned in the Realtime mods, e.g. to Attack.Yes, we all know: software and iPads can do this much better and cheaper but ... it's HARDWARE ! Edition's firmware and addendum (for details) available in my shop under DOWNLOADS.

0:15 - Introteaser
0:55 - Settings on ESI to get it working
3:16 - The controls demoed
5:40 - midisync for grain seeding
7:21 - Crossfading samples"

E-mu ESi Granular Synthesis: An Impromptu Guide

video upload by Stereo Realist

"Rudimentary granular synthesis on an old hardware sampler; not entirely practical in most situations, but a good way to mangle your sounds for later resampling. You could probably go even deeper on the higher-end e-mu samplers of the era since they have a lot more modulation options from what I hear, though I've never personally used one."

Sequential Circuits Six-Trak with Stereoping controller

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Use the player controls to skip around. Some great demos in the 2nd video.

"I made a one hour session yesterday to check the Six-Trak that I am selling with the Stereoping controller and recorded 12 videos, trying different settings.
As usual after trying a machine I didn’t play for so long, I think I should keep it cause it sounds so
I checked and cleaned everything, though I have no space anymore to keep this.
It’s a shame having instruments and not playing them. That’s why I’m letting go on several machines I do never use."

Access & Stereoping Microwave Programmers

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2024/01 - dawless winter session #2 with DIY gear and MUCH reverb

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"Drowning the lead synth - which imperturbably repeats it's themes - in the dark and endless reverb of a Roland #DEP5. Other guests beside the DIY gear: FB01 through Dynacord #VRS23, Moog #Matriarch, Boss SX700 which got modulated by fader on the phaser mid frequency while processing the Wersi CX-1 HiHats. A Volca Sample also contributes a bit of background beat."

2024/01 - dawless winter session with DIY gear and some FM Synths

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"The title sais it all, just a recording of a relaxed MPC evening session. Playing with the sweet spot of a modded #Waldorf #Pulse which was sent through a Roland #DEP-5. Other featured gear: two DIY drumboxes, #Yamaha #FB01, two #TX7 detuned and hard panned, #Dyncord #DRP15, two Ibanez BBD delays and a Dynacord #VRS23."

Stereoping Bit Midi Controller for Crumar Bit One/01/99

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2023/06 - Desert Cat

video upload by Stereoping

"Another no budget for fun #musicvideo created with #Unrealengine. A cat running through the desert, swimming through an oasis pond, transiting ancient egypt ruins and finally finding a comfy place to sleep in the city of Brass.

Music: Moog Subsequent 37, Korg Volca Sample and Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra sequenced from FLStudio with some oriental drumsamples.

Unreal Asset store props credits: AnimX Advanced Cats, Egypt Ruins Environment, Dust & Sandstorm FX, City of Brass, Modular Military Operation Urban Training Environment - Arabian Pack"

Stereoping Sample Polka Midicontroller for Korg Volca Sample

video upload by Stereoping

"Sample Polka edition for the Synth Controller supporting polyphonic playing on the Volca Sample with simultaneous editing of the poly parts.

0:00 introduction by scary Jenny from Uncanny Valley

1:11 knob twiddling on the Controller editing the parts used for polyphonic playing, PANSPREAD function, VELOCITY knob, loop with adjustment of START POINT and LENGTH, SAMPLE knob, switching voicecount

5:13 using the poly-Volca as an arpeggiator

6:34 different samples for poly-parts

7:42 keytracking behaviour of original Volca Sample, original with Pajen firmware and Volca Sample 2

8:56 DOUBLE mode for Stereo sampleplaying - with different samples and dephased identical samples for left and right side"

2023/06 - Pioneer Toraiz AS-1 Midicontroller for realtime editing

video upload by Stereoping

"Demo of the Synth Controller Edition "AS1" for the Pioneer Toraiz AS-1. Finally you have quick realtime access to all parameters of synth engine, arpeggiator and FX section. The demo shows editing on all three color layers (red: Oscillators, green: Filter & Envelopes, blue: LFO and FX) with and without background rhythms. Most probably this video only makes sense if you are already familiar with the AS-1 and want to see the concept and behaviour of the Controller. The AS-1 behaves very well when being edited remotely, no hanging notes, no lags, only Chorus rate causes some jittering. For details you can check out the manual's addendum PDF in the Stereoping Shop's Synth Controller Downloads section.0:33 red layer - editing oscillators with their modulation routing switches. Explaing how to access SHIFT parameters. Playing with polymod of OSC2 on OSC1. Switching to LFO-PWM3:16 - taking a look on SLOP3:49 green layer - playing with filters and envelopes, LFO on cutoff, Glide6:10 - exploring impact of OSC levels on self ringing VCF6:32 blue layer - realtime FX tweaking, adjusting BBD sync9:42 arpeggiator session where FL Studio sends chord into the AS-1 which are arpeggiated by the AS-1."

2023/06 - Norns Dub

video upload by Stereoping

"Summer tunes warmup. The Monome Norns running the beautiful 'RAINDROPS' script is sent through a DIY-PCB Juno-6 Chorus with Stereo-mod. The Norns is intentionally not temposynced and accompanied by a modded Alesis HR-16 which makes funny things when one of the Voice Eproms is removed. The HR-16's audio runs through a Yamaha CS-5 lowpass into a DIY Axoloti-based effects unit with lots of knobs for realtime tweaking Reverb/Delay and a little granulizer. The HR-16's midiclock drives a Volca Drum with Midi-Out-mod. The Volca's sequencer's Midinotes (incl. probablitiy and ratchetings) are converted by a little DIY Midi-box into the suitable notes for the Solin8 (starting at 3:10), a cheap 8bit-glitch teensy-based WAV-Drumsounds-Player with downsampling faders. "

Oberheim Matrix 6 w/ Stereoping Controller

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Waldorf Microwave V1 Rev-A Rackmount Wavetable Synthesizer SN 90070A w/ Stereoping Controller

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Waldorf Microwave 1A Screaming

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"Having fun with the MW1."

With Stereoping micro programmer.

Sequential Circuits Six Trak w/ Stereoping Six-Tweak Controller

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You can find a demo of the Six-Tweak in this post from 2017.

"Here it is, the ultimate gateway drug into the world of sequential circuits. This Six Trak is in perfect working condition and has been professionally serviced in the past few years. See picture for work that was done By previous owner before I purchased it. Also comes with the essential Stereo Ping Six Tweak Midi controller. This gives you hands on tweak ability to all the parameters of the Six Trak!!! So much easier and more enjoyable than menu diving. All buttons are in great shape, all keys work well, knobs all work. AND this synth has the V14 firmware update which address a V11 bug and adds extra functionality to the synth (v11 will be included with the sale)..."

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2023/04 - Bassline Research Facility - Unreal Musicvideo

video upload by Stereoping

"Ever wanted to have a look behind the scenes of the Stereoping bassline research lab? Here you go. Some dark #303 tunes recorded on a Tascam Model 250 4-tracker.

Musicvideo created with Unreal game engine. Unreal props credits: Polar Sci-Fi Facility and Modular SciFi Season 1&2 from Asset store, 303 from cgtrader.com"

Waldorf Microwave Rackmount Wavetable Synthesizer + Stereoping controller

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"It has the wonderful sounding CEM 3389 and OS 2.0 - kind of a PPG synth combining wavetable and analog filter. This machine was checked a couple of days by my tech. Original Performance (English) and Programming (English + German) manuals included, + Stereoping PSU & Manual."

Note Stereoping makes two controllers for the Waldorf Microwave. The more compact version pictured here and a larger version. You can find pics and demos of both in previous posts here. You can compare them to the Microwave Programmer by Access just posted here.

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Stereoping Synth Programmer for Oberheim Matrix-6/6R/1000

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"Synthesizer not included. Rack not included."

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Stereoping Synth Controller for Clavia Nord Drum 2

video upload by Stereoping

"Demo for the ND2 Edition of the Synth Controller supporting #Clavia #NordDrum 2. Also works with the Nord Drum 3 but not with the first version (with 4 channels) which does not support CC-parameter editing. 6 minutes of editing with some captions what's currently going on. From 6:28 the setup and usage of the GLOBAL MODE is shown. GLOBAL MODE allows simultaneous editing of previously teached parameters on all 6 channels, kind of performance mixer."

2022/07 - Korg SQ-1 and Moog Subharmonicon

video upload by Stereoping

"A song trying to bring the #Korg #SQ-1 and the #Moog #Subharmonicon together in a musical context. More or less successful :-) The Subharmonicons VCOs 1&2 are playing their sequences and are being additionally transposed by the CV outs of line 1&2 from the Korg. Two trigger clocks (16th and a rhythm) are manually 'faded' with a Befaco Morphader and advancing the Korg & Moog together. Additional players: bArp2600 (melody), TD-3, Maxikorg and Subsequent37 (Bass). Everything held together by 4 different rhythms: Volca Drum, MPC1000, Drumkid (triggering another 8bit drumbox) and the Alesis HR16 with custom EPROMs.

Right behind: a bonus track! The raw first (tape!) recording of the musical idea one week earlier. Somehow i like it better, unfortunately i could not reproduce the SQ1 and Harmonicum settings any more. Which do you prefer?"