::vtol:: until I die

::vtol:: until I die from ::vtol:: on Vimeo.

"This installation operates on unique batteries that generate electricity using my blood. The electric current produced by the batteries powers a small electronic algorithmic synth module. This module creates generative sound composition that plays via a small speaker. The blood used in the installation was stored up gradually over 18 months. The conservation included a number of manipulations to preserve the blood’s chemical composition, color, homogeneity and sterility to avoid bacterial contamination. The total amount of blood conserved was around 4.5 liters; it was then diluted to yield 7 liters, the amount required for the installation. The blood was diluted with distilled water and preservatives such as sodium citrate, antibiotics, antifungal agents, glucose, glycerol etc. The last portion of blood (200ml) was drawn from my arm during the performance presentation, shortly before the launch of the installation.

more information - http://vtol.cc/filter/works/until-I-die

Kapelica gallery, Ljubljana, 06-09.12.2016."

Materials: glass, coper, aluminium, steel, plastic, acrylic, custom electronics, Axoloti open-source synth module, 1 channel sound system

This one in via brian comnes, also on Deviant Synth.

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ROLAND JP-08 ULTIMATE PATCHES VOLUMES 1+2 Now Available

http://www.ultimatepatches.com/

"Several months in the making, this is the brand new Ultimate Patches collection of over 300 original high quality patches for the Roland JP-08. Loaded with authentic 80s polys, basses, fx, and leads...60s/70s classic synths, rhodes, clavs, B3s, wurlys...and powerful trap, synthwave, pop, house, r&b, hip-hop, chill and future sounds. The most comprehensive professional collection of JP-08 patches available.

Christmas + Boxing Week Sale now on until Dec. 31 2017:
JP-08 Ultimate Patches Volume 1 $19.99 (reg. $34.99)
JP-08 Ultimate Patches Volume 2 $19.99 (reg. $34.99)
JP-08 Ultimate Patches Volume 1+2 Bundle $29.99 (reg. $59.99)

About Ultimate Patches
Ultimate Patches is a leading creator and distributor of original high quality patch collections for select modern hardware synthesizers. For more information, visit http://www.UltimatePatches.com."

Video demos above previously posted here.

Oberheim Service & Operator Manuals LOT

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"SPINES FOR MANUALS WERE REMOVED AND MANUALS HAVE PUNCH HOLES TO FIT INTO ONE BINDER FOR SPACE AND CONVENIENCE

THESE AREN'T COPYS , THESE WERE ISSUED TO AN AUTHORIZED REPAIR CENTER BY THE MANUFACTURER

SOME OF THE PRINT HAS FADED (BINDER WEAR) ON COVER SHEETS AND AN OCCASIONAL IMAGE OR TEXT ON A SHEET HERE OR THERE GIVING THE APPEARANCE OF THESE BEING PHOTO COPIES, THEY ARE NOT! SOME FADING (NOT SUBSTANTIAL WHAT SO EVER) DO TO OCCASIONAL USE. NO WEAR THAT WOULD RENDER THESE MANUALS UNUSABLE IN ANYWAY."

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EDP WASP Deluxe

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Solina String Synthesizer SN 0133047

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"Very rare vintage Solina string synth, only 100 made. This one is immaculate.

Excellent condition having been recently (2016) serviced by James Walker at Synth Repair.
I doubt there will be a better example. This is priced accordingly due to condition and how hard these are to come by."

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Roland JX-8P Classic 1980's Analogue Synth

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"Classic 6 Voice Synth with velocity dynamics and aftertouch from the mid 1980's. Works great and comes with a solid custom flightcase.

Can be easier edited via a computer with the free editor / patch librarian: JAX’8P V.2.1.0

There are twelve oscillators that are digitally controlled which means that they stay in tune, and give the JX8P a silky smooth sound.

The six filters are all analog, and feature a unique configuration that was designed by Roland to have a smooth character.

The analog sound engine features two envelope generators, cross mod, sync, and can be layered in a unison mode (4 osc per key, 3 note poly) or mono (12 osc per key, mono).

The MIDI implementation is the main feature of the JX8P that makes it so much greater than other polysynths such as the JX3P or Juno range."

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AJH Synth Minimod & Waldorf KB37: Eurorack - Modular Moog Model D

Cirklon Jam: AJH Synth, Oberheim Two Voice, Tempest

Published on Nov 5, 2017 nikarga

"A quick test drive of my newly acquired Cirklon... A simple 1 bar loop with a fair amount of wiggling :)
Setup:

- AJH Minimod System with Dual LFO's and DH-ADSRs
- Oberheim Two Voice Pro
- Make Noise B&G Shared System
- DSI Tempest
- Eventide H9 effects pedal with Blackhole Reverb...

Recorded in 1 pass with no additional effects other than a touch of reverb on the Tempest.

I hope you enjoy the sounds.."

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"This is THE fattest sounding (and most accurate) recreation of the vintage Model D. It is based on the legendary RA Moog transistor VCOs from the late 1960s used in the Moog modulars. Only around 300 very early vintage Model D's used these VCOs. Moreover, as part of the package you also get the Dual LFO & VCA module providing 2 free running LFO's that can be sync'd together!

The KB37 is a fantastic case with normalized pitch/gate connections from the Keybed to the VCOs reducing overall cable clutter. Built from metal, it is very sturdy and comes with full Midi In/Out and Midi over USB. It also has line outs and an on-board arpeggiator, clock, glide and note priority features with ZERO menu diving.

What you get:

1x Waldorf KB37 
3x AJH Vintage VCOs
1x AJH VCF
1x AJH VCA
1x AJH Noise & Glide module
1x AJH Dual LFO 
2x AJH DH-ADSR
1x AJH Mult with overdrive switch for VCF & VCA
1x custom dust cover imported from US

MSRP new: £2,850

I am a serious gear collector and all my items are immaculate."

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SonicVoltage Eurorack & Synth Demo Videos

Published on Nov 17, 2017 SonicVoltage

Playlist:
AJH Synth DH-ADSR Envelope MiniMod REVIEW Eurorack Modular Envelope Module for Modular Synth
AJH Synth Sonic XV REVIEW Eurorack Modular Filter Diode Ladder Wave Filter Module for Modular Synth
AJH Synth Sonic XV Preview Eurorack Modular Filter Diode Ladder Wave Filter Module for Modular Synth
AJH Synth MiniMod Dual LFO VCA Review. Eurorack Modular LFO and VCA Module for Modular Synth.
AJH Synth Ring SM Review All Features Tested. Modular Eurorack Review
Eloquencer CheatSheet 1.04
Eloquencer New 1.04 Features Update! Eurorack Modular Sequencer
FREE Winter Modular Eloquencer Cheat Sheet PDF Download Eurorack Modular Sequencer
ALM 010 Busy Circuits OAx2 Review Eurorack Modular. All features Shown
Modular Synthesizer Music Nebula Connection Code - Live to stereo rec.
Eloquencer Full Review. The Right Eurorack Modular Sequencer For You?
Winter Modular Eloquencer Test Track: hEroLOI
Sonic Voltage Modular Eurorack Videos Coming Soon
New Analogue Solutions Mr. HYDE SynthBLOCK: PREVIEW & PRICE
Analogue Solution Fusebox Overview - Preview and Price
Analogue Solutions Fusebox and Mr Hyde - Demo Play Prerview
Dubreq Stylophone GEN X-1 Analogue Synthesizer
DPW Design MOG D1 4Band Distortion Pedal
DPW Design MOG AV 1 Attenuverter
DPW Design MOG MF 1 Wavefolder Expander E 1

Fragment - Granular/Additive soundscapes & pixels-based delay

Published on Dec 10, 2017 Fragment Synthesizer

"Fragment is an online collaborative additive / spectral / granular live-coding web. platform, the spectrum is created by a live GPU script, the generated visual is then converted to audio by an additive/granular/spectral process.

Fragment is a programmable noise-of-all-kinds software and excel at sound design by combining two of the most powerful synthesis process with a live coding aspect, Fragment also excel at visuals.

This is a video of a live additive + granular ambient soundscapes session which demonstrate pixels-based delay and the soon to be released update of the improved granular synthesis/sound engine.

The video also demonstrate some kind of "vector based synthesis" by using a XY widget in Open Stage Control (through OSC) with the 4 channels volume mapped onto the widget axis resulting in cross-fading of the 4 channels.

The sound in this video is produced by 4 audio server instances (distributed synthesis) on a single i7 6700 machine, the overall CPU load can be seen on the top left corner along with number of partials for each channels, the load generally sit around 5% with peak at ~30% @28:00.

Most of the sounds heard in this video has a delay applied with a simple pixels-based delay (4 lines) which mean that the delay come from Fragment, not from the DAW, this delay can be heard on several sections and can be differentiated by its parameters being tweaked, notably around @22:00.

The granular synthesis engine was battle-tested and improved, many bugs were fixed resulting in big improvement on the sound quality, moreover pitch shifting is now implemented with linear resampling.

The audio server was also improved and is now able to drop frames meaning that if the client is too late sending its pixels frames, the audio server compensate by retaining its last state, this improve the audio quality greatly when few frames are dropped, which is to be expected with browser reflow or high load, frames drop can be heard extensively in videos previously released, there is now near zero audio issues due to frames drop.

The update should be released this month.

9 samples are loaded and used in this video, all of them are single sounds of real or virtual instruments.

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Alesis Andromeda 1

Published on Dec 10, 2017 Dimitrios Sismanis

"First few patches with the Alesis Andromeda. Still haven't gotten into the sequencer or deeper modulation options. Still, even after only a few hours with it, I'm pretty impressed."