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Todd Barton: Kesh Walk In Music & Fund Raiser

Todd Barton

"Never before released Music of the Kesh track. I will make this available for one-day-only on Juneteenth, June 19, 2020 as a fund raiser for NAACP-LDF and Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls. 100% goes to these organizations. To be released on my Bandcamp for 24 hours June 19 at 12:00 am PDT. https://toddbarton.bandcamp.com
https://www.williemaerockcamp.org
https://www.naacpldf.org"

And some additional information from Todd Barton's email list:

"Tonight at midnight on my Bandcamp https://toddbarton.bandcamp.com and all day tomorrow I will launch a never before released, rare Music of the Kesh digital download track for a one-day-only fundraiser, Juneteenth, 2020. Please consider donating from $5-$25. Bandcamp will be donating its share to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and I will be donating all of my share to @williemaerockcamp More on Willie Mae Rock Camp in a moment...

Recently I found Kesh-style piece in a pile of old cassettes earlier this week. Back in 1988 Ursula K. Le Guin asked me to write some new Kesh music for her presentation and our performance at Mythcon in Berkeley, California (see video). It was wonderful at that time to revisit the musical vocabulary we had created years earlier. This music was composed to be played while people entered the space that evening. I hope you enjoy this rare Kesh piece. And remember all monies go to support social justice and anti-racism: NAACP Legal Defense Funds and Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls.

WMRC is a non-profit music and mentoring program that empowers girls, women and/or gender non-binary youth and adults through music education, volunteerism, and activities that foster self-respect, leadership skills, creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. https://www.williemaerockcamp.org/home

WMRC is the brainchild and guided by the multitalented LaFrae. I just love her energy, vision and musicality
http://lafraesci.me

And stay tuned for the upcoming Willie Mae Future Sounds Academy which will teach synths, afro-futurism and music technology to girls & gender non conforming youth in NYC.
Contribute please if you feel so inclined.

All best wishes and gratitude, Todd"

Beverly Hills Cop Axel F cover performed on analog & digital synths by Baloran, Sequential, & Yamaha

Sean Christopher Evoking Emotion with Synthesizers

"You know I just HAD to do a cover of this classic synth awesomeness, "Axel F" by the legendary Harold Faltermeyer.

The Baloran the River analog synth was used for the very memorable intro lead line, and the Sequential Pro 3 analog synth was used for the iconic bass line. For the tracks Yamaha DX7 parts I used the FM section of the Yamaha Montage....which is essentially a super DX7. Finally, for the percussion I used Aly James Labs awesome LM-1 which faithfully IMO recreated the Linn Drum LM-2 pretty spot-on that was originally used in the track."

Noises and Gloves on Erica Synths Bassline DB-01 and Ninja Tune Zen Delay

Wein Glas

"Weinglas is back! With lots of dark drones, noises, leather gloves, and wine!

And he explores previously unheard sounds of the Erica Synths Bassline DB-01 together with the Ninja Tune Zen Delay. Open air and in the 'studio'."

DANCING "TOGETHERE" : SYNTHR3 connected to all set up! (live session)

KurtzMindfields

"This is the last SYNTHR3 video for June!
I'v been midi connected the SYNTHR3 to the MOOG Sub37 & Korg Electribe2 with a Prodipe Midi Merger on a MIDI Roland PC-70 controller for live session!
A90 Roland controls the Hansy Mister M, Retro One NRSynth & SE-1.
All works fine!
I' ve been programmed all sequences, Keys ranges (Upper, Lower)
All works fine !
All plugs into the MIDAS M32 mixer with diverses effects reverbs & delays
Happy day !"

Vintage 1970s Steelphon S900 SN 0450204

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You can find a video demo of one posted here.

"Extremely rare monophonic italian synth made in the 70’s by Steelphon.
Completely serviced and ready to be used.
2 oscillators. White and red noise, very fast LFO able to modulate the 1st and the 2nd osc and the filter.
Classic Moog style ladder filter.
2 envelopes, 1 for the filter and 1 for the amp.
Unique analogue preset storage system, consisting of 6 boards with trimmers that control the parameters of the synth for 6 different presets.
Separate CV in for the 2 oscillators, V/oct and gate.
This synth sounds very unique and organic. It’s extremely rare, it is believed there is no more than 30 units in the world right now, probably 100 ever produced.
Used also by David Bowie."

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Abstrakt Instruments VS-1 - Technical Comparison

Abstrakt Instruments

"Technical comparison of the Abstrakt Instruments VS-1, the Oberheim OB-X, and the Sequential OB-6 - including the analog & digital aspects of each synth. It also covers the auto-tune implementations of six analog synths."

This one was sent in via swissdoc.

Beginner's Patches VI - Drum Synthesis - Snare Drum

Omri Cohen

"If you like what I do and want to support my work, consider joining me on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/omricohen
I also created a document full of patching techniques and ideas that I will continue updating - https://www.patreon.com/posts/documen...

Here are the other videos in the series - [posted here]
Here are the patches - https://patchstorage.com/beginners-pa..."

SoundsDivine 'Future Sound Waves' - Waldorf Largo Soundset

SoundsDivine111

"This is a demo of the presets from the 'Future Sound Waves' soundset for Waldorf Largo.
For more information, please follow the link below: https://soundsdivine.com/product/larg..."

KAWAI SX-240 | Analog Synthesizer 1985 | HD DEMO

AnalogAudio1

"(c) 2020 by AnalogAudio1

Synthesizer demo of the analog synthesizer Kawai SX-240 from 1985.

I used an original Korg SDD-3000 for delay effects. All the sounds were programmed by me.

The Kawai SX-240 is a nice fully programmable polysynth with interesting analog sounds. Decent Japanese quality from the mid eighties era.
It has MIDI, 2 DCOs, 1 LFO, lowpass filters, 1 Highpass filter, 2 ADSR envelopes and noise. Ensemble effect (chorus), which make full string sounds possible. Useful unisono modes like Poly-8, Poly-4 or monophonic. Split and Layer capabilities. Built in sequencer. The filters are based on SSM chips as the Korg Polysix. Very underrated, it's capable of excellent synth sounds!"