Something new is coming

Published on Dec 16, 2019 DivKidVideo

"Something new ... and it's coming soon ... what is it? ... Answers on a postcard ... or if you haven't posted a postcard in 20+ years leaving your guess in the comments in welcome."

Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast (IDM Live Synth Jam)

Published on Dec 16, 2019 Ralph Baumgartl

"This is my latest IDM Live Synth Jam with some traces of EDM and Berlin School of Electronic Music. As the title suggests I go from slow and gentle to fast, and then back to slow. I just love dabbling with these musical genres. Please indulge me ;-)

Here’s the list of my Synth and Gear setup:
Bass Synths: Roland SE-02 (Studio Electronics), ARP 2600 with Arturia Keystep Controller, Korg Volca Keys
Lead Synths: Oberheim OB-1, Arturia Microbrute, Roland JX-3P
Pads: Korg M50 (Piano), Roland Vocoder VP-330, Roland JD-Xi
Additional Gear: Akai MPK25 controlling a Macbook running Logic Pro for Sequencing, Strymon BigSky, Strymon Timeline, Zoom MS-70CDR, Boss BX-600 mixer, MOTU Micro Lite USB Midi Interface, Soundcraft Signature 22 MTK, Yamaha YME8 Midi Expander.

If you like my Music, then please consider supporting me on https://ralphbaumgartl.bandcamp.com

Thank you so much for watching!"

Korg MiniPops 3 midi demo (Aria Diamond) - uniPulse

Published on Dec 16, 2019 tubbutec

"Showing our midi kit for the Minipops 3 and many other drum machines: https://tubbutec.de/unipulse/

Midi controlled MiniPops, original sound with a bit of added reverb. The Aria Diamond shown is a re-branded Korg Minipops 3.
Info and installation manual see link above."

Squarp Instruments Pyramid | Ollie Noir

Published on Dec 16, 2019 Ollie Loops

"In this video, we make a song with the Pryamid standalone sequencer by Squarp Instruments. This is one of the most powerful and feature rich sequencers we have seen. We connect the Pyramid to the Roland SP404SX sampler and the Moog Sub37 synthesizer. Then we go a bit further by connecting the Strymon Big Sky Reverb effects pedal using midi and automate midi parameters on the Pyramid.

We enjoy making videos like this and we hope you enjoy them too. In this video, we deep dive into film noir with our own character Ollie Noir. Videos like this allow us to have fun, spice things up and keep things creative and weird."

ST Modular - Rocinante´s Gate

Published on Dec 16, 2019 Stefan Tretau

"LPG with Envelope Generator and LFO

Rocinante´s Gate is not a classical low-pass gate (LPG) using vactrols, but goes way beyond that providing an adjustable envelope to control the "gate" through an analog filter. Sending a gate or trigger signal into the GATE INPUT will create these envelope shaped sounds you know from other LPGs.

The LOWPASS knob adjusts the range of frequencies being affected by the gate. If you turn it fully counter clockwise the whole frequency spectrum will be gated. Turning it clockwise will slowly add low frequencies to the gated singal until the whole spectrum is not affected anymore.

ENV AMT sets the amount of how much the internal envelope affects the low-pass gate. RISE sets the time how long it will take the sound to go from silent to the loudest level. Just like the time it takes the LED insight of a vactrol to start lighting to its full potential. DECAY controls how long it takes to go from an intial peak to the "gate-phase" level. The length of this phase is varied by the LENGTH potentiometer. Finally FALL changes the time your sound will need to return to silence after the "gate-phase". Just like the time it takes the LED insight of a vactrol to shut down.
RESONANCE sets the amount of filtered audio being fed back into the filter input. It can´t go into self-oscillation, but is able to create very crunchy and juicy overtones when turning clockwise.

The internal Trigger Generator is being controlled with TRIG RATE and the RE-TRIG/LOOP SWITCH. Adjust the rate of the trigger and apply the singal to either a re-trigger circuitry that repeats the "gate-phase" as long as a gate signal is being applied or to a loop functionality that will create cycles of gates without an external gate or trigger. The ENV/INV SWITCH enables you to alternatively route an inverted envelope to the low-pass filter. This way you may create "ducking" or "side-chained" sounds.

An internal triangle LFO can be routed via the LVL ATT attenuator to vary the amount of envelope that is being passed to the gate. The LFO will be deactivated if you turn the LVL ATT attenuator fully counter-clockwise or if you use an external signal to control the envelope amount by patching a CV signal into LVL CV.

In addition to the Audio IN and OUT jacks you may take the signals of the internal envelope and LFO from the ENV OUT and LFO OUT to controll external devices. In combination with the loop function Rocinante´s Gate is not only a Low-Pass-Gate, but also an LFO and ADSR Generator.

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Synth Stuff Ep. 63 - Dave Smith Instruments OB-6

Published on Dec 15, 2019 tritonrecordings

"Boy did I ruffle some feathers when I mentioned this synth on my Matrix 6 video... Let's clear the air - this is an excellent synth. Sounds good, flexible, built well, and it's Oberheim-ish. My problem with it is that it doesn't sound as close to an actual OB series Oberheim as the name and blue-lines paint job would suggest. It's more like a polyphonic SEM, maybe? If I give my Matrix 6 a little chorus, I can get it to sound pretty close to an old OB8. The OB6, however, still sounds like a Dave Smith synth but with some Oberheim flavor added. In short, it didn't live up to the name. BUT...it's still a great synth. I always say I like the Prophet 6 better, but always reconsider when I spend time with one of these."

Update: That would be because the OB-6's filter is based on the multi-mode SEM filter, while the OB-Xa and OB-8 are the CEM3320 VCF. See this post for a good sonic comparison between the OB-6 and OB-Xa. They are pretty close, but definitely different. The OB-6 isn't supposed to be an OB-Xa or OB-8. The OB-6 has a 2-pole SEM multimode filter, while the Xa & OB-8 have a switchable 4-pole and 2-Pole filter. It's the 4-pole that "mellows out" the Xa and OB-8. You have to turn the mix levels down on the OB-6 to approximate that.  Because the Xa and 8 lack the multimode SEM filters so they are not capable of of what the OB-6 and SEMs can do. The OB-6 is likely closest to the OB-X which was closer to the SEM for its voice boards. So... they are all different, but overlap in some ways. After checking out the comparison video, check out this video. It's worth noting later renditions of Oberheim synths become more and more mellow sounding compared to the SEM, OB-X, and even OB-Xa. The OB-8 is considered more polite and the Matrix-6 and 1000 were considered budget versions with the same general character but lacking the heft that made the early Oberheims classics. The Matrix-12 is said to be somewhat lacking in girth as well, but it makes up for it with its nearly modular modulation matrix and VCOs compared to DCOs in the 6/6R and 10000. I've owned the Xa, Matrix-6 (hence the matrix alias), the Martrix-12, the OB-6, and a TVS Pro. They all sound fantastic. The OB-6 sizzles compared to the others.

JoMox Sunsyn (Rev 2.02) SN 0050

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ASM Hydrasynth // First Test of Custom Presets (in 8 Parts)

Published on Dec 15, 2019 Genshi Media Group

"Immediately after unboxing and before I had the chance to read the manual, I thought I'd spend a couple of hours to see how easy it is to create a handful of patches from scratch. These were the results. I still have a lot to learn about this synth, but so far, it's fairly easy to program thanks to the excellent User Interface created by Ashun Sound Machines."

How To: Use the Waldorf Kyra - A Basic Workflow Overview

Published on Dec 15, 2019 Marshal Arnold

"In this video I wanted to explain some basic workflow and synth architecture in the Waldorf Kyra VA Synthesizer. I’ve received requests to show off more detailed videos on Kyra and have seen some sticking points that some users have found to be somewhat frustrating. This video hopefully will be helpful in that regard."

Roland JUPITER-6 no FX demo and tweaking

Published on Dec 15, 2019 synthlegends

"Extended Demo of my Roland JUPITER-6 Synthesizer. I took advance of the split section with two independent arpeggiators and two different patches very much and tweaked the sounds, the arps and mixing life. I didn't use any effects, mastering or compression. So you listen to the raw tone of the JP-6. It is recorded mono with XLR Out into the audio interface.

Some sounds I played quite long, because I tweaked around, so you can listen the big sound palette of the JP-6 and can few what I do, like using the bandpass, highness or lowpass filter, or take us of different oscillators, tweak the envelopes, LFO, sync and cross modulation. The video is maybe again too long, like my JP-4 video, but if you are interested in the JP-6 you can figure out, what happens and listen to the wide sound palette.

Most of the sounds are some improvised arp sessions, some with two arps, some with a bass or pad in the lower section. I also recorded some custom patches, like leads, clavinets, organ style, flute, bells, bass, pads, strings, sweeps and much more. The synth is really very versatile and I think it has its own signature sound. It sounds different to a JP-8, which is a bit more lush and fat sounding. The JP-4 is more angry and dark. The JP-6 has the most widely sonic possibilities, IMO.

Have fun and thanks for watching!"