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Wednesday, June 08, 2022
Analogue Synthesizer, Minimoog, Alesis Andromeda, Prophet 6, Macbeth M5, Eurorack
video upload by David Bessell
"Seventh Window - A track from the album Imaginator by Dave Bessell and Liam Boyle. You can find the full album here https://davebessellandliamboyle.bandc...
Released on Groove Unlimited.
The video is by Sam Cox and you can find his youtube channel here"
"Dave Bessell and Liam Boyle first met on Facebook through an interest in Node. Liam has a very wide range of mu-sical interests and skills including the classical avant garde so Dave invited him to a performance of one of his classi-cal modernist pieces for orchestra at Plymouth University. The two hit it off and first collaborated on a track called Theme One from Dave’s solo electronic album ‘Black Horses of the Sun’. It was always on the cards that these two would collaborate further and in 2020 the opportunity arose which resulted in this latest album ‘Imaginator’ their first on Groove Unlimited.
Liam has produced a number of film socres for american independent films as well as recording multiple electronic albums such as ‘Off World’ and more recently ‘Waveforms’ He continues to explore electronic sound design, visuals, guitar and classical compositions
Dave Bessell, founder member of synth group Node, has been releasing a series of fascinating solo and collaborative EM albums over recent years, mainly on DiN records. He also has a lengthy back story involving session playing programming and arranging for a variety of artists and labels including Killing Joke and Suede. Along the way he also picked up a Phd in classical orchestration from the Royal College of Music.
This latest collaboration is the first full album with versatile soundtrack and EM composer Liam Boyle. It is also the first release for these artists on Groove Unlimited. The musical emphasis here is on both melody and sonic explora-tion with an atmospheric soundtrack feel throughout. Not surprising really considering both artists have seperately worked on soundtracks - from independent films to TV. The music is detailed and multilayered repaying close and repeated listening and is realised entirely with analogue hardware, plus a little heavily treated and disguised guitar. Dave also uses an unusual instrument on a couple of tracks called an Aum guitar which is designed to be played with an ebow and sounds nothing like a guitar!
released January 1, 2022"
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Liam and the Pro Soloist V4
video upload by Alan R. Pearlman Foundation
"Liam and the Pro Soloist
Presented by:
Liam Duggan
Lucky Winner of an ARP Pro Soloist
Signed by Tony Banks
Liam has been active in the UK music scene since the late 80’s. From playing in punk bands in his teens, djing in Bristol’s early acid house scene to working in the studio with Mr Scruff and DJ Krust, touring as keyboard player for the reknowned Bristol band Breakbeat Era, and working as a synth programmer for Bryan Ferry.
Liam has a deep love of music and synthesizers. ARP Synthesizers in particular. His email address ends in 2600.
This raffle was made possible by:
Andrew Ward, Tony Banks and Machina Bristronica
Thanks also to: Alex Ball, Alison Cassidy, Bell Tone Synth Works, the Board of the Alan R Pearlman Foundation, Cherry Audio, Gino Wong, Korg UK, Mike M. Martin, Moog Music, Nick Carlisle, Robbie Puricelli,
Robert Saint John, Rupert Greenall,
Sweet Discrete and Vito Nando"
https://alanrpearlmanfoundation.org/
Monday, January 03, 2022
Imaginator by Dave Bessell and Liam Boyle
Analogue synth, Eurorack, modular, Dave Bessell, Liam Boyle, 360 , VR, ambient, psychedelic visuals video upload by David Bessell
"New release from Dave Bessell (Node) and Liam Boyle (soundtrack composer) on Groove Unlimited. The album is titled Imaginator and was released on 1st Jan 2022.
A compelling release of electronic music on the borders between ambient, soundtrack and Berlin school with wide ranging influences from prog to techno, the Bowie/Eno electronic collaborations, Krautrock, classical and probably some more things that we forgot to list! As such it is a varied album with melodic tracks, atmospheres and creative sound design using the full range of analogue keyboards and modular synths along with a little treated guitar. On a couple of tracks an unusual instrument appears called an Aum guitar which is designed to be played with an ebow and sounds nothing like a guitar! Overall it is a good showcase for what can be done with these instruments in the hands of these experienced and well respected musicians.
This release also has an interesting immersive promotional video filmed in 360/VR. [above]
Available from bandcamp and the Groove Unlimited website as CD or download. This one will repay repeated listenings as it reveals its multiple layers."
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
Novation Celebrates Its History with Free 800MB Sample Pack & Synth Contest
Novation // Innovation Since 1992 Uploaded on Jan 30, 2014 NovationTV·181 videos
Interesting insight with EDP Wasp creator Chris Huggertt. At 2:25 he states the original BassStation used the VCA & filter of the Wasp, "the analog synth part of the Wasp."
Details on the Contest and Sample Pack (Press Release):
"Novation Releases a Heritage Celebration Short Film, FREE 800MB Sample Pack, and All-Star Judged Competition to WIN its Powerful Synth Line
Novation is celebrating its heritage with a short film that explores Novation past, present, and future, along with a completely free sample pack comprising over 800MB of loops, single hits, multi sampled patches, and drum kits from its unforgettable and modern classic synths.
In addition, Novation are offering three people the chance to win their choice of Bass Station II, UltraNova, or MiniNova - their award winning current lineup of synthesisers - in a make-a-track competition with an all-star judging panel including Paul Hartnoll (Orbital), Liam Howe (Lana Del Rey, Sneaker Pimps), Eats Everything, and Timo Maas in a competition running from the 4th of February to the 4th of March 2014.
Novation co-founder Ian Jannoway, legendary synth designer Chris Huggett, Gus Unger-Hamilton of Alt-J, Sneaker Pimps and Lana Del Ray producer Liam Howe, and product manager Matt Derbyshire all feature in a very special short film that charts the rise of Novation from humble beginnings to a company whose musical innovations support a user base that includes - amongst many others - Orbital, M4SONIC, Rudimental, T.E.E.D, Lunice, Alt-J, Teddy Riley, and Jimmy Mac - keyboardist for international sensation Lorde.
Supernova II, K Station, Bass Station, Drum Station, Bass Station II and Ultranova are all represented in the heritage sample pack, and Novation are launching a month long competition with an all-star judging panel including Paul Hartnoll (Orbital), Liam Howe (Lana Del Ray, Sneaker Pimps), Eats Everything, and Timo Maas to create a track using the pack - with three winners each winning their choice of either Ultranova, Mininova, or Bass Station II. The competition runs from 4th of February 2014 to 4th of March 2014.
To watch the short film, download the heritage sample pack, and enter the competition, go to www.novationmusic.com/heritage.
Good luck!"
Friday, September 12, 2025
The Original Prodigy Keyboard
video upload by AudioPilz
"The Original Prodigy Keyboard
Hey everybody, in this video we are going to talk about the Original The Prodigy Keyboard, the Roland W30. This 1989 sampling workstation was the backbone of Liam Howlett’s setup both live and in the studio and we will take a look at its archaic workflows, the ways it was used by the master himself, we will try to make some music and find out that making beats was not for the faint of heart in the 90s.
00:00 Introduction
00:26 Why did Liam Howlett use the Roland W-30
00:58 What is the Roland W-30
01:54 Floppy Disks , Memory
02:40 The Sampling Workflow
04:17 How it was used in 90s Electronic Music
05:00 WTF? (Limitations, Sequencer )
05:48 Early The Prodigy Setups ( TR-909 , TB-303 ,...)
07:16 No Multitrack
07:56 Recreation of an early The Prodigy Studio Setup
08:41 Live Jam
09:13 Outro
10:06 Wanna use a W-30? Watch these Videos!"
Sunday, July 05, 2020
Sneaker Pimps Oxford Synthesiser Company Oscar Synthesiser
Note: links to listings are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
via this auction
"This is a very rare OSCar Synthesiser with MIDI manufactured by the only British synth producers The Oxford Synthesiser Company in 1984. It has been recently serviced by CYBERWAVE EMS vintage synth repair specialists.
It works perfectly.
This is owned by cult band Sneaker Pimps (keyboarder player and synth aficionado Liam Howe). It has featured on many modern records.
It has been owned by Liam since 1984 (it’s birth) and has been kept with care.
However it has incurred the odd cosmetic injury in its busy and much loved life."
via this auction
"This is a very rare OSCar Synthesiser with MIDI manufactured by the only British synth producers The Oxford Synthesiser Company in 1984. It has been recently serviced by CYBERWAVE EMS vintage synth repair specialists.
It works perfectly.
This is owned by cult band Sneaker Pimps (keyboarder player and synth aficionado Liam Howe). It has featured on many modern records.
It has been owned by Liam since 1984 (it’s birth) and has been kept with care.
However it has incurred the odd cosmetic injury in its busy and much loved life."
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
The Vintage Toy Synthesizer by Liam Lacey
Published on Apr 9, 2016 Liam Lacey
"A complete hands-on walkthrough/guide on how to use the Vintage Toy Synthesiser. This is one of four videos talking and and demoing the final state of the synth.
This synth has been developed for the Element14 Music Tech design challenge, in which I have converted a wooden vintage toy piano into a standalone digital synth. See more about my project at https://www.element14.com/community/c..."
Playlist:
Vintage Toy Synthesiser - Specification Overview
Vintage Toy Synthesiser - A Complete Hands-On Guide
Vintage Toy Synthesiser - Sound/Patch Demos
Vintage Toy Synthesiser - Using the Device as a MIDI Controller
Vintage toy piano keyboard MIDI controller
Vintage toy piano keyboard MIDI controller (velocity and poly-pressure sensitive)
Primary features of the synth:
2-voice digital synthesiser with true polyphony
5 oscillators with dedicated waveforms
State-Varible-Filter with independent LP, HP, BP and Notch mix controls
Amplitude and Filter ADSR envelopes
Two modulation sources (LFO and keyboard velocity) with three destinations, each with independent bipolar depth controls
Digital distortion FX
Changeable scales on the keyboard
‘Vintage’ parameter for replicating old/broken analogue synth voices
Full MIDI I/O integration
Polyphonic Aftertouch expression (MIDI-out only)
Charming miniature grand piano form
Development specs:
Brain of the synth is running on a BeagleBone Black board running Linux
Voice engine was developed using the C++ audio DSP library Maximilian
Keyboard mechanism uses homemade pressure sensors made out of Velostat
Completely open-source
via Ask.Audio
Monday, July 16, 2012
Dude plays Sidrassi & CocoQuantus
video upload by sduck409 on Jul 16, 2012
"On a recent visit to Dude's (Liam Cloyd) domicile, I filmed this brief performance/improv. Sound production is with a Ciat-Lombarde Sidrassi and a Cocoquantus, with some additional enhancements from a 4ms Bend Matrix, Moogerfooger LPF, and a Strymon Blue Sky and El Capistan. Sorry, only crappy mono camera mike audio. Copyright ®2012 Stephen Drake and Liam Cloyd."
I haven't had a post featuring the 4ms Bend Matrix in ages. I'm showing the last one on Aug 3, 2010. Click here and scroll for some posts.
Sunday, October 07, 2018
Demo of a Dedicated DIY Hardware MIDI Controller for Turnado
Published on Oct 7, 2018 Liam Lacey
"A demo video of my DIY MIDI controller that's been developed as a dedicated hardware controller for the audio FX software plugin 'Turnado'.
The plugin is hosted in Ableton Live, and a Novation Launchpad controller is being used to trigger the audio loops. All audio samples are from my track 'My Favourite Fall' (released under the moniker 'Fatework').
For more information about the MIDI controller see https://hackaday.io/project/160792-turnado-hardware-midi-controller"
Update:
DIY Hardware MIDI Controller for Turnado - Hackaday Prize 2018 Project
Published on Oct 21, 2018 Liam Lacey
LABELS/MORE:
DIY,
New,
New Controllers,
New Controllers in 2018,
New DIY,
New DIY in 2018,
New in 2018,
Soft Synths
Tuesday, August 09, 2016
Testing patterns on Liam Howlett's TB-303 The Prodigy
Published on Feb 22, 2016 jiltedgenerator
"1st time testing Liam Howlett's TB-303 out. If the 1st pattern is wrong please correct me in comments."
Saturday, June 09, 2018
S-CAT in the Studio with Liam Howlett of The Prodigy, D.A.V.E. The Drummer, & Daniel Boyle
Published on Jun 9, 2018 Space Cat Audio Technologies
"We were invited along to Liam's studio to deliver his new S-CAT Circuit Bent Casio MT-41, You can see me here running through some of the new controls."
Monday, January 25, 2010
Making Prodigy's "Voodoo People" in Ableton by Jim Pavloff
YouTube via jimpavloff.
via Alan Marcero.
Also see this one.
"How to make Prodigy's famous track 'Voodoo People' in Ableton Live 8. Video describes, which samples were used by Liam Howlett while creating this legendary track. Made by Jim Pavloff."
Friday, November 10, 2023
Perfect Circuit Artist Picks: Best Music Gear of 2023 Part 1
video upload by Perfect Circuit
Part 2 here
"2023 is soon drawing to a close—so, we're taking a look back at the year, and taking account of all of the weird and wonderful instruments that gave us some inspiration this year. Synthesizers, drum machines, and Eurorack modules to samplers and effects, this year had no shortage of inspiring instruments.
So, we reached out to some of our friends and content creators to fill us in on their year, asking one simple question: what was the coolest piece of gear you got this year? For some, that meant brand new releases, but for others, it meant sitting down and digging into classic instruments.
In this video, we hear from:
0:00 Mylarmelodies on the Nord Micro Modular
4:14 Sarah Belle Reid on the Fairfield Circuitry Roger That
8:07 Molten Music Tech on the Blukać Endless Processor
14:04 Liam Killen on the OXI One
17:24 Oora on the Meris MercuryX
Read more about all of this gear on our blog, Signal: https://bit.ly/3MEhpfE"
Monday, January 20, 2014
C# Jam - From The Future (Live Looping) 4 - RC-505 - SP 404sx - Kaossilator Pro & Microkorg
Published on Jan 20, 2014 Beats From The Future·8 videos
"For best results, please use headphones or decent speakers.
This is a live partly improvised set recorded on vacation in Nicaragua. My costume in Nicaragua is a little explicit and so I censored it sort of until I can figure out how to get you to subscribe to pay per view live looping in a blue shiny star speedo.
This is also the first track I've made that includes the SP 404 and I am really excited about it, I think it adds a lot to the music.
Bonus points if you can tell me who's voice is sampled without reading the tags
feel free to like or follow me (in a not stalker ish but soundcloudy kind of way)
facebook.com/beatsfromthefuture
soundcloud.com/beatsfromthefuture"
via Liam Danger Park on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge
Thursday, May 08, 2025
Grooverider 2 and Jim Pavloff | haQ attaQ Docutorial
video upload by Jakob Haq
"Jim Pavloff aka JimAudio has done it again! Groove Rider 2 is an amazing Groovebox music app for iOS and I absolutely love it. In this haQ attaQ Docutorial we're diving very deep into Groove Rider 2 and we also get to hear from Jim Pavloff himself in an exclusive interview!
Groove Rider 2 is a Groovebox music app for iOS, currently only available on iPad."
⏰ TIME STAMPS
0:00 JimAudio hits hard!
1:05 Jim: Hi!
2:52 GR2: Main Highlights
11:25 Jim: Feedback
13:35 GR2: Navigation
19:08 Jim: Path to GR2
20:32 GR2: Part highlights
26:29 Jim: Development background
28:16 GR2: Synth features
45:47 Jim: Why Groovebox apps?
49:37 GR2: Sampler & Drumrack features
1:01:21 Jim: Musical background
1:04:41 GR2: Clip, Seq & Song
1:16:33 Jim: a Liam Appears …
1:19:03 GR2: FX, FX Route & MOD
1:31:46 Critique & Final thoughts
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
From the Future Live Remixes by Beats From The Future
Published on Apr 15, 2014 Beats From The Future·13 videos
via Liam Danger Park on The MATRIXSYNTH LOUNGE
Remixed live with :
Microkorg
Korg Volca Beats
Roland rc 505
Roland sp 404SX
Natasha Kmeto - Idiot Proof (From the Future live remix) BASSCOAST/KORG REMIX CONTEST [volca]
Natasha Kmeto - Prideless (From the Future live remix) BASSCOAST/KORG REMIX CONTEST [volca]
"live remixes I recorded for the Basscoast + KORG 2014 remix competition.
From the Future
https://www.facebook.com/beatsfromthefuture
https://soundcloud.com/beatsfromthefuture/
Natasha Kmeto
https://www.facebook.com/natashakmeto
https://soundcloud.com/natashakmeto
BASSCOAST
http://www.basscoast.ca
https://www.facebook.com/BassCoastProj
Created live with samples from Natasha Kmeto's track Prideless
http://www.beatport.com/track/prideless-original-mix/4534747"
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Liam Howlett
Friday, February 22, 2008
Synthesizer Surprise
Synthesizer Surprise from Liam Devowski on Vimeo.
Note this one is from the artist Devowski. You can see some previous posts featuring his work here and his official website here.
Wednesday, July 03, 2013
Beteo Pod by MilesCosmo
Posting here on M for the synth art. Enjoy the music!
via Bandcamp (some gear notes below):
"Venture through an analog wonderland of organic flesh landscapes with bleeding horizons and waves of skin. Plug in your nerve jack and melt into the bioelectrical pulse.
credits
released 03 July 2013
Music composed, produced and mixed by MilesCosmo
Cover Art by Gemma Flack
Mastered by Liam Deluchi
CD Mastering by MilesCosmo"
via Miles Philip on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge:
"I'm new to The Lounge but I've been a reader of MATRIXSYNTH for years. I just finished working on my latest album, Beteo Pod, and thought the MATRIXSYNTH community might be interested. The album was recorded using a Virus TI2, Moog Minitaur, DSI Tetra, Ensoniq VFX-SD, Yamaha CS-10, and a Roland MKS-70 Super JX. I also used U-he's Zebra 2 and Stylus RMX for beats. I hope you enjoy what you hear."
The synth art reminds me of a root creature with patch cords for extended roots!
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