FilterAct - Solton Project100/Jen Synx-508/Gem Equinox/Gem S2 - Live Jam

video upload by VSMI - Vintage Synths Made in Italy

"Live Jam as is with Solton Project 100, Jen Synx-508, Gem Equinox & Gem S2 italian synthesizers"

Touring Jean-Michel Jarre's Studio In Paris

video upload by Headliner

"Join us as electronic music pioneer and composer, Jean-Michel Jarre invites us to his recording studio in Paris.

His studio is a haven of vintage and modern gear, including a plethora of synths and his @SSLvideos desk.

Other highlights include a digital Mellotron, an impressive modular synth rack, @MoogMusicInc Sub37, and a fascinating acoustic speaker."

HAINBACH Built An Early Electronic Music Studio In His Basement

video upload by HAINBACH

"Inspired by German experimental music studios like the WDR and SWR, I build Studio B (B for basement). It is a creative playground for my "Schlaufenzeit" setup, and I am working on a live show and album there. In this video I go into details on the gear and thought process behind its, how I put everything together and the big challenge using the cellar poses. I hope this video inspires in your own music studio setup, be it big or small, or 100% DAW.

SOUNDPACKS, MUSIC and LOVE: http://patreon.com/hainbach"

Page McConnell's Phish 2022 Keyboard Rig Tour (4K HDR)

video upload by Phish

"A complete rundown of Page McConnell's 2022 Phish keyboard rig. #Phish #Keyboards #synthesizer Special Thanks to Page's keyboard tech Eddie Piotrowski.

Directed by Trey Kerr.

Additional Thanks:

Warneck Research Wurlitzer Electronics
Tim Warneck

Retrolinear Inc.
Mike Suchodolski
Karl Frick
Amanda Fitser
Mike Frank

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Will Gregory: My Favourite Synthesizers

video upload by Sound On Sound magazine

This one is in via John L Rice.

"Composer, producer and one half of Goldfrapp, electronic musician Will Gregory has an amazing collection of modern and vintage synthesizers, including the ultra-rare Korg PS-3300 polysynth. In our latest video feature, Will opens up about the instruments that mean the most to him — and shows us how great they can sound in the right hands. Did you know you could play a Minimoog using a Yamaha WX7 Wind Controller?

00:00 - Start
00:16 - Intro with Will Gregory
02:20 - Roland Jupiter-4
06:40 - Composition and Production Process
08:05 - Minimoog with Yamaha WX7 Wind Controller
13:52 - Improvising with Hard Disk Recording
15:48 - Electronic Dream Plant Wasp
18:48 - Korg PS-3300 Polysynth
24:54 - Unexpected Results
27:05 - Moog Polymoog
32:05 - Outro

Goldfrapp - https://www.goldfrapp.com
Moog Ensemble - https://willgregorymoogensemble.co.uk"

EURORACK VISIT #2 / Threetom Modular's Audio Laboratory / diagnostics and coffeebeans

video upload by BRiES

"In this video I once again take you with me to the place where Threetom Modular gear is conceptualized and born. Tom shows us the calibration and quality control workflow in his Audio Lab while giving us some insight in the tools he uses (links below). We talk about his recent ventures with retailers and about the next module in his line-up called Doppio. After being served a nice cappucino I ask Tom if he has some tips (concepts to study) for people that want to get into designing and building (eurorack) synthesizers, which he answers elaborately. There's a comprehensive list towards the bottom of this description including links to interesting tutorials and practical examples.

As most of you will probably know Tom designs and builds synthesizer modules for the eurorack environment. He gained worldwide recognition with his 4hp filtermodule called Steve's MS-22 (or MS-22 for short) based around the sound of the famous Korg MS-20 semi-modular synth. In part one of the documentary we witnessed how Tom builds a few of these modules from scratch while we talk about his favourite tools, his background as an (optical) engineer and some of his custom jigs. You can watch that video by following this link:" [posted here]

BT Studio Tour

video upload by BSP_Soundz

A Tiny House Studio

Mind-Blowing Tiny House on Foundation w/Music Studio - built w/TRASH! video upload by Tiny House Expedition

This one was spotted and sent in via Russ of Evaton Technologies. There's a peek of the studio in the begining followed by a segmant starting at 18:24. Cool to see a PAIA FatMan in there. It might be the longest running DIY synth still in production. If you know of another feel free to leave a comment. You can find them at https://paia.com.

Video description:

"Meet Christo, a musician & DIY builder extraordinaire. He built a truly awe-inspiring tiny house on foundation using mostly reclaimed wood and salvaged & recycled materials. Initially, he planned to build on wheels but pivoted when the zoning of his land changed. This allowed him to build wider & taller, so he added an epic recording studio!"

Synthspotting:

Access Virus B
Behringer DeepMind 12
Behringer TD-3
PAIA FatMan
Roland JX-08
Korg Minilogue
Arturia KeyStep 37

Video Chapters:

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Studio Tour | Episode 06 | From Analog to Digital and back | 32 bit update

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"Sometimes it happens. When I posted this episode a few days ago, Peter Paper commented that 32 bit recordings don't suffer from clipping, distortion and don't need a limiter. I wish that was true, and it turns out it IS! However, many people are still puzzled by it. It only applies to 32 bit analog to digital converters. If your 24 bit converter or analog source clips, there's nothing you can do about it. But 32 bit converters don't have a 0 dB digital brick wall. They just give you all the headroom you'll ever need, up to a range of 1500 dB (210 dB is the loudest possible sound on Earth and it will destroy a city).

I just can't write things that are not true on my channel while knowing about it. So I had to take the old version down and revisit the subject. 32 bit converters are hard to find, but it turned out my little Korg DSD recorder (from Episode 05) can also record 44.1K/32 bit float. So I could test it, and share it with you! The results are amazing. Indeed, it is true! So DSD is a cool 'nerd' feature, but I'll stick to PCM.

Spoiler:
In the blind A/B compare, A is the original 44.1/16 file, and B is the upscaled 768/24 bit version from the Chord Hugo TT2, analog XLR output and re-recorded with the Neve Master Buss Converter in 96K/24. There is a subtle difference in depth, placement, high-end and timing, but I doubt if you can hear it. The purpose of this set is to prepare a digital file for an analog audio chain, but I was wondering if the AD/DA conversion would already make a difference. Considering the price difference, I'd say no. Save your money for a Shared System - but maybe get that little Korg when you love to play loud.

00:00 Introduction
01:27 Analog overload vs digital clipping
02:48 Ruining a recording
03:28 Rupert Neve Designs Master Buss Converter - the Limiter.
04:32 32 bit analog to digital conversion
05:53 Thoughts about DSD
06:38 44.1K vs 768K re-record, blind A/B compare.
09:15 New studio progress update"

Epic Synth Studio Tour 2022 DEEP DIVE!

video upload by JimDaneker

"A complete tear-down and rebuild of the Fortress of Synthetude: all the major gear I use, and why. I also play each synth a bit so you can hear them all and get an idea of their character."

00:00:00 - Intro & background
00:03:22 - Why rebuild?
00:05:00 - What needs improvement?
00:11:40 - Rebuild
00:17:21 - Results
00:18:04 - Yamaha DX7IIFD & Roland D-50
00:20:03 - Oberheim Matrix 6 & Ensoniq VFX
00:22:34 - Oberheim OB-X8 & Roland Jupiter-X
00:29:50 - Arturia MatrixBrute & Roland System 8
00:36:56 - Sequential Pro 3 SE
00:40:47 - Sequential Prophet 5 & Prophet Rev 2/16
00:45:24 - Moog Subsequent 37
00:47:37 - Hydrasynth & Access Virus TI
00:52:59 - Control Central
00:53:25 - Grace M905 Monitor Controller
00:54:54 - Stream Deck
00:56:52 - Pedals: Specular Tempus & Microcosm Hologram
00:57:52 - MIDI CC controller: Novation Launch Control XL
01:00:20 - Thunderbolt dock & SSDs
01:02:12 - Line6 Helix
01:02:47 - Main monitors: PMC IB1SAIII
01:03:37 - Nearfield monitors: Yamaha, iLoud, ADAM
01:05:09 - Original DX7 & Yamaha YC88
01:06:08 - Standtastic keyboard stands

You can find additional synth demos by JimDaneker in previous posts here.

Lisa Bella Donna's hidden sonic sanctuary

video upload by EarthQuakerDevices

"Join us as we take a detailed tour of Lisa Bella Donna's legendary home studio, Appalachian Recordings, deep in the Appalachian mountains of the eastern United States. Lisa is a longtime friend of Jamie Stillman’s since before the inception of EarthQuaker Devices in the early 90s, when they would play punk house shows together. Lisa is a renowned recording artist, composer, sound designer, modular synthesist and educator.

In this incredible episode of Show Us Your Junk, Lisa talks about her early inspirations that led her to start playing music, and eventually using electronic synthesis to craft the unique voice that she envisioned. After hearing Black Sabbath's “Paranoid” and Wendy Carlos's “Switched on Bach” and “Sonic Seasons,” it became clear that music was her destiny. Her stories include recording and editing commercial jingles in the 80s, selling her car to put a down payment on an Arp 2600 synthesizer, and discovering the rich characteristics of recording to 8-track tape.

While this studio packs in a ton of rare gear, Lisa claims she doesn’t consider herself a collector. “My choices are very utilitarian; pretty much everything in here is here for a purpose, and it’s part of the big picture - the great stream of what my albums become,” she says. Some of her staple instruments include the ARP 2600, ARP Odyssey, ARP Omni, Mini Moog, and Fender Rhodes. EQD pedals she frequently uses include the Rainbow Machine, Arpanoid, and Grand Orbiter, but her favorite EQD pedal is the Avalanche Run. She loves it so much that she had a custom rack mount version built, which is patched directly to her main console. “It's one of my favorite reverbs still - one of my most used for sure.”

Lisa has an interesting perspective when it comes to connecting music to visual concepts in nature and her environment. “When I compose music, I see it just as much as I hear it. I look at my arrangements as landscapes or deep woods mountain paths with all the textures and colors of the elements that surround it,” she says. This all makes sense when you see the picturesque plot of land in which she chose to settle down to build her studio and raise her daughter.

Shot by Chris Tran, Jeff France, David Whited, Dannesh Moosa
Edited by David Whited
Additional footage shot by Tristan Whitney Weary
Music by Lisa Bella Donna, EYE, Deadsea

Music Provided by Lisa Bella Donna
'Turning Points'
'Twi Spirit, One Life'
'Kohoutek'
'Emerald's Run'
'Ascension'
'Pure Stereo Time Machine'
'Falling Leaves'

Special thanks to:
Moog Music Inc.
Waves Audio
Antonus Synthesizers
Hologram Electronics
Lower West Side Studio / Canada
Behind The Sky Records
SFI Records

Check out more of Lisa Bella Donna's work:
https://lisabelladonna.bandcamp.com/
https://lisabelladonna.com/"

The Ultimate Synth Rig: Michael Whalen's concert at EMEAPP

video upload by Michael Whalen

"Michael Whalen's streaming concert in April 2022 at EMEAPP is becoming one of the best-known electronic music events of the last decade. In this short video, Michael talks about how he chose the amazing vintage synthesizers he played at EMEAPP. Watch what inspired him and his connection to these instruments.

Watch Michael's full EMEAPP concert:"

Michael Whalen "Live In Concert" [NEW 4K Version. REVISED Titles]

video upload by

"PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE LINK TO LIVE RECORDING: https://michaelwhalen.lnk.to/liveinco...

This is Michael Whalen's FIRST streaming concert - ever. He is celebrating the music from his new album "Imaginary Trains" using a keyboard rig made up of historically significant instruments and one-of-a-kind instruments.

Combining Michael’s love of 70s and 80s German electronic music (Tangerine Dream & Kraftwerk) with Michael’s masterful sound design and his arcing romantic melodies, “Imaginary Trains” is a new creative high water mark for the award-winning composer and internationally renown recording artist. Enjoy this dynamic performance and exciting new electronic music."

See previous posts for additional videos and interviews with Michael Whalen.

Winds of Time

video upload by Vykaar Tones

"Improvisation in the style of the much missed Klaus Schulze. I have just acquired an Elka Rhapsody 610 in lovely condition and thought I would use it in a Berlin School piece. You can clearly hear how it was used by Tangerine Dream on albums made from 1975 onwards."

VINTAGE SYNTHESIZER MUSEUM - Synth Studio Tour

video upload by synth4ever

Update: Don't miss the super rare Ionic Performer (EMS SYNTHI clone) at the begining. Click through for some demos in previous posts.

"Vintage Synthesizer Museum synth studio tour. During a visit to LA in September 2022 I dropped by the Vintage Synth Museum at their new location in Highland Park. VSM founder & curator Lance gave me a tour of the new facilities and all the vintage synths available for playing.

In this synth studio tour, Lance gives us an overview of the new Vintage Synthesizer Museum space, tour of the facilities, and showcases various vintage synths including Yamaha CS-80, Roland Jupiter-8, Moog, ElectroComp, Sequential, Korg and more.

Hope you enjoy this synth studio tour, there's so many vintage synthesizers to see and play! If you're ever in Los Angeles, make it your mission to visit the Vintage Synthesizer Museum -- it's well worth it.

Check out https://www.vintagesynthesizermuseum.com to learn more"

ilot central de mon studio

video upload by yusynthman

A quick YuSynth studio tour. Note the PPG modular.

SynthPlex Sun. - solar techno bus tour

video upload by SynthAddict

"solar techno bus for mobile jam parties
pretty posh..."

And one from sonicstate:

SynthPlex 2022: LA Good Vibe - Mobile Solar Recording Truck

video upload by sonicstate

"LA Good Vibe is a solar powered mobile recording truck, with the ability to go completely off grid, enabling some incredible locations for recording. Its a private facility created by Joachim Garraud, designed (we think) to enable him to live the dream, collaborate and demonstrate that its possible to go off grid and use 100% renewable energy (assuming you have a few $$ to set it up)

Jim took a tour around the studio based inside a large truck, custom fitted for the purpose. Joachim seems to be up for collaborations and interesting opportunities, so check it out at:

https://www.lagoodvibe.com/"

Crazy Vintage Synth Tour At Vengeance Sound

video upload by Doctor Mix

"Today I travel all the way to Germany to discover Avenger 2, yet-to-be-released plugin synthesizer by Vengeance Sound. More about it 👉https://www.vengeance-sound.com/"

This one was spotted and sent in via Soviet Space Child who noted:

"If you remember Vengeance sound, they were makers of some very popular patch collections for synths such as the Access Virus, Waldorf Q, JP-8000, etc in the early 2000's [Virus C & Waldorf Q demos below]. They've since branched out into sample banks and their own VST's such as Avenger."


Incubation V2 - Virus C (Soundset by Manuel Schleiss)

video upload by Playback TV

Waldorf-Q - Trilogy Vol.1 - (MicroQ Soundset by Manuel Schleiss)

video upload by Playback TV

JLR's Modular Synthesizers - System Breakdown #5 -

video upload by John L Rice

JLR's Modular Synthesizers System Breakdown posts

"This is the fifth video breakdown/rundown for one of my modular synth systems, this time I'm doing one of my smallest eurorack systems built into a small red toolbox. Next time I'll do my triple hinged Box4 5U system.

Index:
0:00 Beginning
0:38 Introduction
1:55 Notes on the case and power supply
2:44 Module contents rundown
5:14 Thoughts on case evolution and modifications
10:08 Shirt 🤓
10:34 Realtime patching
17:17 "Deep Dream" video with introduction (sub woofer recommended!)
21:57 Bonus Section: Instagram Clips introduction
22:55 January 2018
26:35 February 2018
30:22 May 2018
33:19 August 2018
34:19 December 2018
35:19 March 2019
37:19 April 2019
38:20 December 2019
39:20 April 2020
42:19 January 2022
47:17 August 2022
51:57 September 2022
53:48 End?

You can see details of the modules on my ModularGrid page:
https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/v...

Special thanks to the folks who provided above and beyond support over the years with some of the current contents in this case! 🥰
Gur at TipTop Audio - https://tiptopaudio.com/
Paul at Synth Tech - https://www.synthtech.com/
Dan at Tendrils - https://tendrilscables.com/

Also many thanks to MATRIXSYNTH for always posting my videos! 🤗
https://www.matrixsynth.com/

And check out JHS Pedals for great gear and merch! 👍
https://www.jhspedals.info/

As always, thank you for watching, rating, following, subscribing, and commenting! 🥳 If you found the content of this video helpful, interesting, or entertaining, please consider showing your support so I can stay stocked up on coffee and cookies. 😋 https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JohnL...

Schedule Revised Oct 5 2022 (*subject to change)
1) 5U - DotCom Tolex Jul 08, 2021
2) 5U - DotCom Box11 Aug 18, 2021
3) ER - EWI Briefcase Dec 01, 2021
4) 5U - Supplement #1 Mar 03, 2022
5) 5U - Moon Case Mar 17, 2022
6) ER - Ace Toolbox Oct 5, 2022
7) 5U - Triple Box4 (*Nov 01, 2022)
8) 5U - EWI 16 table (*Dec 01, 2022)
9) ER - RoadReady (*Jan 01, 2023)
10) 5U - GRP Case (*Feb 01, 2023)
11) ER - Pedalboard/Pod/CM (*Mar 01, 2023)
12) 5U - EWI 16 seq+syn+pedals+mixer (*Apr 01, 2023)
13) ER - Folding Dual Box11 (*May 01, 2023)
14) 5U - The WALL! (*Jun 01, 2023)
15) Series wrap up? (??? ??, 202?)"

YuSynth Studio Reorganization

Reorganization of my studio video upload by yusynthman

"I am currently extending and reorganizing my studio..."

Runningonair Studio Tour

I Rebuilt My 90s Music Studio! video upload by

"After several years of collecting and fixing various synths and pieces of equipment, I finally have the studio I had in the 90s once more. In this video I do a brief over view of the setup and highlight the role of various pieces of equipment along with musical examples.

Title/Closing Track:
Less than Human
https://open.spotify.com/track/5Pw3eJ...

If you'd like to support the channel, you can check out my tracks below:

Bandcamp
https://runningonair.bandcamp.com/

Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5fNUf...