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."

DIY Project #8: Minty Synth 2.0

Published on Nov 4, 2017 poorness studios

"The Minty Synth is a tiny Arduino-bases synthesizer built inside of a mint tin. It's very powerful for how simple it is to build. You can buy one here: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2648"

"The MintySynth kit - 2.0 is a great way to make your next musical creation while experimenting with electronics and programming. Open source and hackable, the MintySynth is an Arduino-compatible synth kit that fits in an Altoids tin.

This comes as an unassembled kit so some soldering is required - but the assembly itself is fairly straightforward and the software comes preloaded so creating your next project should be a breeze! The included software is a 4 voice, 16 step wavetable sequencer that let's you play around with different intruments while controlling the tempo, swing, keys and scale. You can save up to four 16 note songs, relooping them over and over or reload each individually. If you do want to program the Synth yourself, you'll need an FTDI Cable since there's no onboard USB."

And via MintySynth.com:

"MintySynth is an Arduino-compatible synthesizer/sequencer/audio experiment kit that fits neatly in an Altoids® tin. It is intended to be an educational tool as well as a fun toy, and is a great way to learn about electronics, programming, and music. It’s open source and hackable! Soldering is required, but assembly is straightforward and generally takes one to two hours. You supply the Altoids® tin. You can either assemble the kit and use it with the preloaded synth software, or you can program it yourself as you would an Arduino...

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Beat707 MPU - MIDI Processing Unit

Published on Nov 4, 2017 William Kalfelz

"The two MIDI project I was working on got merged into a single product. The Beat707 MPU, MIDI Processing Unit. Check the GitHub page below for details.

http://www.Beat707.com

https://github.com/Beat707/Beat707-MPU

Don't forget to comment on the project so we can have new ideas of what types of Modes we should include. Also, visit the site on the top link and PreOrder the boards to help us out."

Doepfer MS 404 demo

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Published on Nov 4, 2017 Rob Welt

"quick demo of my Doepfer MS-404 - a German analog monophonic Synthesizer with pretty cool Sounds. FOR SALE ON EBAY"

Prophet '08 Bi-Timbral Soft Ethereal Pad

Published on Nov 4, 2017 Sacred Synthesis

"During this past summer in which I was blessed enough to borrow a DSI Prophet 12 synthesizer, I worked on creating a patch that was an imitation of a sound I had created on my Prophet '08 Keyboard-Module pair. It was a bi-timbral sound consisting of a soft flute coupled with a bright sparkly pair of tones in the upper register. The proper organ term would be "mixtures". While I was designing the patch on the Prophet 12, as is often the case, I took a bit of a turn and starting developing a variation on the original sound. Simply, I added random filter modulation to the mixtures and smoothed out the edges with a bit of Lag.

Now that I'm back working with my Prophet '08 pair, I decided to go full circle and see if I could re-create the Prophet 12 patch on the Prophet '08. This improvisation is the result. It's virtually the same sound, minus the smoothed edges on the Sample and Hold, since the Prophet '08 lacks the lag feature. As with the original Prophet 12 piece, the mixtures are slowly merged in during the middle of the improvisation.

I added a few melodies with a reed-like patch on the other Prophet '08, just to break up the monotony. This Improvisation is only an excuse to demonstrate the Prophet '08's version of the bi-timbral soft ethereal pad.

Instrumentation:
DSI Prophet '08 Keyboard (2)
DSI Prophet '08 Module

Bass:
DSI Evolver Desktop
Hammond XPK 200L Pedalboard

Effects:
Lexicon MX300
Alesis Nanoverb 2

Performed live and recorded directly to a Tascam CD-RW900 Mk II.

ALL MUSIC PROPERTY OF SACRED SYNTHESIS 2017"

LongExpression

Published on Nov 4, 2017 Rolf Degen

"Long expression from DE-GENERATOR development period"

DE-GENERATOR is a DIY sample based synth from TubeOhm. Some interesting vocal/formant synth manipulation at the start of this video.

DinSync Announces New Gilbert CV/Gate Voice DIY Project

via the re303 forum:

"Gilbert is a new DIY project I'm working on, and will eventually be available in the re303 shop as a full kit.

The first prototype has been made and is working. The idea here is a small cv/gate voice you can build and use with your re303 (or any other cv/gate sequencer of course)

The architecture is inspired largely by the mc202, sh101 and sh09. So it sounds somewhat like all of them. Anyway soon i'll be making the next prototype version and maybe after that I'll have a good idea of the release times.

meantime check the instragram posts here in the forum for previews of the prototype"

Sample and hold

A post shared by Paul Barker (@dinsync) on Oct 30, 2017 at 2:07pm PDT

Not bad for the first prototype. #gilbert

A post shared by Paul Barker (@dinsync) on Oct 23, 2017 at 7:37am PDT

MOTHER32x2 SUB37 KORG MONOLOGUE

Published on Nov 4, 2017 peter synthbrothers

"2tracks baseline with BOSS RC505
1mother for drumsound
1mother for sequence
sub37 for sequence
monologue for drumsound
fx: eventide space & Boss RE20
CAM: Zoom Q4n"

Sequencers & Synths III - Frippertronics, Digitakt, eurorack, GForce Oddity, Diva , XTk , zebra

Published on Nov 4, 2017 junklight

"Been a long & busy week. Kicking back with some sequences, frippertronics & synths and making a bit of noise (it starts of gently)"

MOTHER32 DRUM SUB37 KORG MONOLOGUE BOSS RC-505

Published on Nov 4, 2017 peter synthbrothers

"i started with making some drumsound with mother32, looped in rc505
use 1 mother32 (track starts with it)
strings: from Roland S50 sampler (factory sound: VPstrings)
solo: korg monologue
eventide space and boss RE20
oh... bought a supercheap disco ligth (€1,79) in a shop called "Action")..........."