Eurorack SEM filter comparisons

video upload by John Schussler

"Looking at several eurorack clones of the Oberheim SEM filter, including:

Doepfer A-106-5 SEM type VCF
God's Box Humpback
Studio Electronics SEM
Plankton Electronics Spice VCF
Bubblesound Dual SEM20"

Eurorack SEM Filter comparison - session 2

video upload by John Schussler

"This comparison is low pass only. It would take far too long to compare (in what I view as a useful way) every output and mode, so this is it for now.

In theory they're all based on the SEM circuitry, but some do have alterations.
I'm less concerned with "purity" or adherence to the "original" sound as I am with how good they sound period.

Source VCO is an Acid Rain chainsaw. Envelope is Zadar. Sequencer is Pittsburgh Modular microSequence.

00:00 Intro
00:20 Dry
02:57 Resonance
07:43 Input gain
15:57 Knobbage"

Also see SEM vs SEM - November 2023 edition

JLR's Stand-in Test

video upload by John L Rice

"Because I'm stubborn and silly, I made a 'stand-in' to try to get better focus when recording video of myself. It's silly because I have decent auto-focus lenses and my cameras have good face tracking BUT my most expensive lenses are manual only cinema lenses that aren't well suited for doing solo operator work in front of the camera, but because I think they are cool and I invested a lot of money in them I insist on using them, even when it's not practical! 🙄😆

The music here is from beta test I did last year for a new Synthesis Technology E430 VCF that is now in production. "

Meandering On The Eve - A Berlin School Meditation

video upload by John L Rice

"An unplanned and unedited real-time performance on Christmas Eve 2024.

Modules Used:
Moon Modular - sequencer, switch, quantizer, VCFs
Synthesis Technology - VCOs, LFO
Club Of the Knobs - clock, poly ADSR
Oakley Sound - VCAs

Keyboard Synth:
Expressive E - Osmose
Mellotron - M4000D

Effects:
Strymon - BigSky and Timeline pedals
Lexicon - MX400

As always, thank you for watching! 🥳 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://buymeacoffee.com/johnlrice"

Testing the Synthesis Technology E430 Morphing VCF Beta Version

video upload by boxoftextures

"Testing a beta version of the new Synthesis Technology E430 Morphing VCF. It's in a sense the filter from the Oberheim SEM except with added filter morphing controls not in the original. The thing sounds amazing. It's a morphing VCF in that it goes from low pass to bandpass to high pass at the turn of a knob (or via voltage control), or at the press of a button the knob changes to low pass to notch to high pass. That's a ton of flexibility, and you can use it to make all kinds of sounds. It also has voltage controllable resonance as well. I've basically rearranged my smaller modular keyboard case to give the E430 a permanent home there and moved my "regular" filter into an empty spot in the big case.

Also used:
E330 Multimode VCO
E580 Resampling Mini-Delay
Intellijel Dual ADSR
STG .VCA
Batumi 1974 Quad LFO
2HP Mult (x2)
Waldorf kb37 Controller Keyboard

https://synthtech.com/

Mastodon: https://vmst.io/@selgart"

An A.I. Adventure

video upload by John L Rice

"Trying my hand at using AI generated image/video clips for fun.

Index:
0:00 Beginning
0:20 Desktop Synthesizers
0:39 Interstellar Synthesists
1:27 Keyboard Synthesizers
2:07 Desert Synthesists
3:00 Wizard Synthesists
4:10 Synthesized JLR
5:32 End

Music Equipment Used:
Synthesis Technology MOTM Modular
Moon Modular sequencer
Mellotron M4000D
Yamaha FS1R
Strymon BigSky and Timeline
Lexicon MX400
Acoustic Percussion: Mark Tree and Orchestral Chimes

As always, thank you for watching! 🥳 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://buymeacoffee.com/johnlrice"

SynthTech E490 Ladder Filter Quick Minute

video upload by boxoftextures

"Synthesis Technology E490 Ladder Filter Quick Minute

This new filter arrived yesterday so this is my first time trying it out. Sounds amazing! Basically a version of the Moog modular ladder filter but with a few additions. I got the black faceplate, of course LOL.

Also used:
SynthTech E330 Multimode VCO (x2)
Intellijel Dual ADSR
2HP Mult (x2)
STG Soundlabs .VCA
SynthTech E580 Resampling Mini-Delay
Jones O'Tool Plus Oscilloscope
Waldorf kb37 Controller Keyboard

Recorded and edited in ScreenFlow

Mastodon: https://vmst.io/@selgart
Twitter: / selgart
Patreon: / boxoftextures"

East-Coast Modular Eastern Osmosis

video upload by John L Rice

"Something just for fun. All first takes and some minimal editing.

Solo Synth:
Expressive E Osmose

Modular Synth Sequence:
Moon Modular - 569 sequencer, 591 switcher, 517 VCFs
Synth Tech - MOTM-300 VCOs
Oakley - Dual VCAs
Krisp1 - Octo LFO
Club Of the Knobs - C911p poly EG

Modular Synth Drone:
Modcan - 58B VCDO, 66B Control
Club Of the Knobs - C998B Spectral Modulator, C1660 VC Phase Processor
Marienberg Devices - Sine Phase VCO
Synthetic Sound Labs - 1250 Quad LFO
Oakley - Flanger/Chorus

Effects and Mixing For The Modular:
Strymon - BigSky and Timeline pedals
Lexicon - MX400 rack
Allen & Heath - MW3 20s mixer

Hand Percussion:
Generic - small Tabla, small doumbek, goat hooves
Zildjian - finger cymbals
PANArt - Hang Gede

Thank you for watching, rating, and commenting! :-) If you'd like to "tip your server" I would be most grateful and you can do so at the link below:
https://buymeacoffee.com/johnlrice"

Eurorack Modular - July 25 2024

video upload by John L Rice

"It’s been a month since I’ve posted any new modular synth experiments so here’s one to get me back in the saddle! 🤓

Synth Tech: E102 Quad Temporal Shifter and four E330 Multimode VCO
Modcan: Quad LFO
Happy Nerding: 3x MIA
ADDAC: VC Rotator
VPME: T43 Precision Adder
Instruo: Quad Performance Quantizer
Klavis: Quadigy EG
Xaoc Devices: Praga VCA/mixer
Strymon: Magneto delay/reverb
Erica Synths: Black VC Clock v2
2hp: Delay
Doepfer: A-182-1 Switched Multiple (modified)
Circuit Abbey: Unify mixer"

Another day, another modular synth!

video upload by John L Rice

"Modules from 4ms, Erica Synths, Happy Nerding, 2hp, Doepfer, Synthesis Technology, Bubblesound, Intellijel, Circuit Abbey, Synth-Werks"

Dreamy Chords with MeloDICER, MOTM Modular, and BigSky

video upload by John L Rice

"Quick test of a three voice Eurorack + 5U patch I’ve been meaning to try:

Vermona - meloDICER and MEX3
Synth Tech - MOTM modules 190, 300, 650, and 800
Strymon - BigSky
Lexicon - MX400
Allen & Heath - MixWizard"

Tiny Eurorack Modular Test #2

video upload by John L Rice

Erica Synths Black MIDI-CV (not used)
Modcan Touch-Sequencer
Instruo [1]f
Synthesis Technology E340 Cloud Generator
Erica Synths MODulator
2hp Verb

California Highway 111 and Interstate 10, Palm Springs

video upload by CatSynth TV

"We take a trip along Interstate 10 and California Highway 111 in the desert from the vicinity of Cabezon to Palm Springs on a lovely Spring Day

Original music by Amanda Chaudhary, with G Calvin Weston on drums. All other parts played by Amanda using the following instruments:
Audio Modeling SWAM Trumpet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Trombone
Cherry Audio PS-3300, Pro Soloist, Elka-X
Arturia Stage 73 V
Minimoog
QuBit Prism
E350 Morphing Terrarium
Strymon StarLab
EastWest Ministry of Rock (bass)
AudioThing Wires

For more music by Amanda Chaudhary, please visit amandachaudhary.bandcamp.com
For more music by G Calvin Weston, please visit soundscaperecordinglab.com

Filmed on 8 April 2024. We did not attend Coachella."

A Quick Wiggle With The Wave Warper

video upload by John L Rice

"Mostly Synthesis Technology modules: 510 Wave Warper, four 300 VCOs, 320 LFO, 440 VCF, and a Moon 569 sequencer."

Drifting - An Ambient Journey

video upload by John L Rice

"Except for some occasional knob tweaking this patch was playing itself.

Modules used:
Modcan - 58B x 2, 31B, 69B, 66B, 53B, 73B, 55B
Club Of The Knobs - C914B, C914E
Synthesis Technology - MOTM-410
Synthetic Sound Labs - 1250
Synthesizers.com - Q125

Also:
Allen & Heath - MixWizard 3 20S
Lexicon - MX400

Thanks for watching! :-)"

Quick Test After Repairing My Synth Tech MOTM-410 Triple Resonant Filter Module

video upload by John L Rice

"I built this module almost 14 years ago but made a mistake (I swapped positions of two adjacent resistors causing the Rate knob to not work correctly) so tonight I took the time to find the problem and repair it."

Phantom Of The Random

video upload by John L Rice

"A basic 4 voice poly modular synth patch (Synth Tech VCOs, Moon VCFs, Oakley VCAs, COTK EGs) with a lot of processing (COTK Spectral Modulator and Phase Processor, Oakley Flanger/Chorus) modulated by (Synth Tech, Krisp1, Modcan, and Marienberg LFOs)"

Short Flight Through Space

video upload by John L Rice

"I was initially going to add a couple extra keyboard parts to this and maybe even several percussion tracks but the more I listened to it the more I liked it as-is! ;-)

Modules Used:
2hp: Div
4ms: WAV Recorder, Row Power 40 x 2
Circuit Abbey: Unify, Unify Input Expander
Doepfer: A-182-1 (modified)
Erica Synths: VC Clock V2
Insrtruo: QPQ, kbd
Klavis: Quadigy
Modcan: Quad LFO
Mutable Instruments: Yarns
Strymon Engineering: Magneto
Synth Tech: E102, E330 x 4
Vermona: meloDICER, MEX3
vpme.de: T43
Xaoc Devices: Praga"

Explanation Of Previously Posted 5U Modular Synth Patch

video upload by John L Rice

"A quick unrehearsed video just handheld and using the iPad mic. The patch is almost the same but I hadn’t saved the effects settings so they are different and I notice I missed patching in modulation for two of the FM AIDS so I added that."

Quick Test Patch After Successfully Repairing My Modcan Control 66B

video upload by John L Rice

"All 4 channels of the Modcan 66B go into two Modcan 55B quantizers to provide CV and gates to 4 voices (Synth Tech VCOs, Moon VCFs, Oakley/Krisp14u VCAs, Club Of The Knobs EGs, and Strymon + Lexicon effects. Recorded on iPad Pro."

Eurorack Phasers

volume 3 video upload by John Schussler

"I got a Pittsburgh Modular Toad not long ago, and realized I'd not compared the WMD Orion to anything either. Figured I'd put them both together, and throw in the G-Storm Polychrome to help join this video with earlier comparisons of eurorack phasers.

The Orion is now discontinued, and the Toad is a limited edition that will sell out. Only the Polychrome is in continued production. Not that there aren't other phasers, mind you, just saying if you like these....

VCO is a Befaco Pony. Little bit of reverb to make it not so harsh, but not too much. That's about it. Enjoy.

00:00 Intro
00:20 Drone
11:32 Sequence"

Eurorack Phasers - Take 2

video upload by John Schussler

"(This is a 'headphones required' video. You won't hear half of what's going on if you don't listen in headphones.)

This is my second attempt at a video on eurorack Phasers. The first (linked here but not otherwise listed in my channel: Eurorack Phasers) contained a number of mistakes. I'm keeping it around because I actually find those mistakes interesting, and want to be able to remind myself.

In particular, I didn't understand a couple things:

1) The SynthTech E560 input isn't set up for Eurorack levels, it's set up for line levels. If you don't attenuate the input, it distorts rather badly.
2) You have to use BOTH outputs of any module (that has them) if you want to hear stereo phasing. It's the contrast between the source audio and the phased audio that makes the effect, and you need two outputs to make that happen.

So. Once again into the breach, I attempt to compare some eurorack phasers. I think somewhat more successfully this time.

00:00 Intro
00:20 Next Phase
08:19 E560
17:15 Kamieniec"

Previously posted: Eurorack phasers - two new additions