Death Valley [Episode 190]

Published on Oct 11, 2019 CatSynth TV

"From the depths of Badwater Basin to the heights of the Amargosa mountains, we explore and celebrate the beauty of Death Valley with original music by Amanda Chaudhary.

For more adventurous music, please subscribe to CatSynth TV and visit www.catsynth.com

Software instruments:
Tracktion BioTek
Arturia Mellotron V
Arturia Pigments
Arturia CMI V
Arturia Prophet VS
Arturia Piano
MOK Waverazor
Kontakt (John Cage Prepared Piano, Grindhouse, World Impact)
EastWest Orchestra Gold

Hardware Instruments:
Vintage Minimoog Model D
Sputnik Modular Dual Oscillator
Qu-Bit Prism module

Additional foley and sound effects via samples."

Massive Modular: Arturia, Metasonix, Waverazor, Make Noise, Volca, Sensel Morph, Qu-Bit, 4ms, More

CatSynth TV

"A massive modular match that also crosses into standalone synthesizers and hardware controllers.

Arturia MicroFreak
Arturia MiniBrute 2
Korg Volca Modular
Metasonix R-54 (VCF) and RK5 (LPG)
MOK Wavewazor
Sputnik Dual Oscillator
Expert Sleepers FH-2 Factotum and ESX-8V
Sensel Morph
Life Is Unfair Joystick
Rossum Electro-Music Morpheus
Strymon Magneto
Qu-Bit Prism
Make Noise Tempi, Rene, Maths
4MS Spectral Multiband Resonator
Malekko Noisering
E350 Morphing Terrarium
Mordax DATA
Pittsburgh Modular VCA and Mixer
2hp VCA
IntelliJ I/O utility modules
Circuit Abbey ADSR-Jr

Sensel Morph (Buchla Overlay) controlling Waverazor and 4MS SMR
Joystick controlling Metasonix R-54 pitch and Sputnik timbre

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Flame Talking Synth Sequence Demo

via mok's space
"Just got one of these bad boys and it is pretty deep. Speech synthesis chips controllable (barely) by a set of switches, knobs, and two joysticks. Seriously fun. This is a recorded internal sequence playing back while I'm adjusting different parameters to give a good idea of the range of this thing. There are two chips outputting hard left and right so it's 'stereo'."

proaudio.tv EN SUPERBOOTH 19 Videos

Published on May 11, 2019 proaudio.tv EN

Playlist:

New Doepfer Modules at SUPERBOOTH 2019
Erica Synths at SUPERBOOTH 2019
4ms Spherical Wavetable Navigator
Xaoc SUPERBOOTH 2019 News
1010music Blackbox at SUPERBOOTH 2019
MOK WAVERAZOR at SUPERBOOTH 2019

Mono Lake

Published on Jun 1, 2020 CatSynth TV

"Scenes from Mono Lake in California, set to original electronic music by Amanda Chaudhary.

'Mono Lake is a saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake. These salts also make the lake water alkaline...
...Mono Lake is a highly alkaline lake, or soda lake. Alkalinity is a measure of how many bases are in a solution, and how well the solution can neutralize acids. Carbonate (CO32-) and bicarbonate (HCO3−) are both bases. Hence, Mono Lake has a very high content of dissolved inorganic carbon. Through supply of calcium ions (Ca2+), the water will precipitate carbonate-minerals such as calcite (CaCO3). Subsurface waters enter the bottom of Mono Lake through small springs. High concentrations of dissolved calcium ions in these subsurface waters cause huge amounts of calcite to precipitate around the spring orifices.[8] The tufa originally formed at the bottom of the lake. It took many decades or even centuries to form the well-recognized tufa towers. When lake levels fell, the tufa towers came to rise above the water surface and stand as the majestic pillars seen today'

Synthesizers used:
Arturia CMI V
Arturia Pigments
Vintage Minimoog Model D
MOK Waverazor
EastWest RA"

One day | M-Audio Venom Patches

video by MIDERA

"I decided to test out an M-Audio Venom. It was shipped to me for $5 (the Venom itself cost more, of course). When it arrived, it was in a guitar case. No packaging. Just the synth against the cardboard. I would say that this ranked top worst packing I've ever seen as a synth. However, the Venom survived the trip, which suggests the plastic that held it is strong.

When I plugged it in and realized just how little you could edit it on the front screen - I was utterly shocked. I thought it couldn't be a worse interface than the AN1x, which shares its tepid UI. No, it is in fact much worse. You can edit some very basic things like ADSR, filter settings, and some LFO rates, but... you can't edit the oscillators (of which there are a ton).

Anyway, I created these sounds using the software which does in fact still work on Windows 10. And you know - if it had a UI where you could edit every parameter on the synth, it would be pretty amazing. It sounds very good, but the fact that I have to use a computer to truly edit it, means it's not for me to keep.

Used Eventide Blackhole VST for reverb

0:00 Crystals
2:37 OBwave
5:00 Bored of 2
6:01 Wonders
7:25 Vacant
8:36 Pelog
9:47 Alone"

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NOTE: Click here for a review and interview I did with the main designer of the Venom, Taiho Yamada back in 2011. You'll find the interview, followed by some tips and tricks. Taiho also worked on the Alesis Andromeda A6, and the DSP developer of the Venom worked on Radikal Technologies' Spectralis as well as the Accelerator. Taiho Yamada's most current projects are at MOK.

NEW Waverazor 2.8! New Waveforms, Patches, and Mod Capabilities!

video upload by MOK

"Waverazor 2.8 is out and a FREE UPGRADE for all current Waverazor owners. Please go to the Tracktion site to get your free upgrade or to purchase: https://www.tracktion.com/products/wa...

NEW WAVERAZOR 2.8 FEATURES:
• 31 new waveforms including Trieven, Hard Rok, Shark Tooth, and Trapezoid
• New sound bank by sound designer and YouTube synth whiz Alex Reid with 69 new patches great for today’s music producer
• New 'Deep Space' sound bank by Mark Hoffmann and Rob Rampley with 26 unique and super trippy patches
• More patches in the M. Hoffmann bank
• "Ring Delay” a pitch-shifting delay
• Harmonic Tuning Mode for using the LFO as an audio modulator
• New Patch categories for Ambient, Glitch, Space and Concréte
• Shape Mod modulation for Wave Segments
• Improved ARC modulation
• And a bunch of other bits and bobs!"

Waverazor Patch Demo - Version 2.5.2 Features

MOK

"This is a demonstration of several Waverazor sounds, showcasing features recently added in versions 2.5 and above. There are now Audio Input presets for easy slicing of external audio, a Step Generator module for sequencing, a Random Generator for organic modulation textures and chaos, and Tap Line filters for physical modeling."

Eureka and Samoa [Episode 200]

Published on Nov 18, 2019 CatSynth TV

"Our 200th Episode! A new experimental music piece featuring scenes from Humboldt Bay, the Samoa Peninsula, and the town of Eureka. Many scenes feature the distinctive dolosse along the north and south jetty of the inlet to the bay.

Music and film by Amanda Chaudhary.

Synthesizers used:
Arturia EMS Synthi V
Arturia CMI V
Arturia Pigments
MOK Waverazor
Tracktion BioTek
East West Orchestra Gold

Video synthesis via Max/MSP/Jitter."

https://www.catsynth.com

California Highway 163: San Diego's beautiful and scenic freeway

video upload by CatSynth TV

"We take a trip along California Highway 163 (Cabrillo Freeway), a particularly beautiful freeway in San Diego. It beings as a historic parkway running through Balboa Park and under Cabrillo Bridge. After its interchange with Interstate 8, it opens up to a wide modern freeway until its northern terminus at a junction with Interstate 5. Along the way we also pass Interstate 805 and California Highway 52.

The southern parkway section of CA 163 was once part of US 395, which extended all the way to downtown San Diego.

The music reflects the two sections of the highway, with a noticeable change when we move from the historic parkway to the modern freeway.

Original music features the following instruments:
iOptigan
Cherry Audio KR-55C, Yellowjacket, Mercury 6, Elka X, Filtomika, Stardust 201
Arturia CMI V, CP 70, Pigments, MiniBrute
EastWest Fab Four, Stormdrum 2, Gypsy
Buchla Red Panel 158 module
Serge/Random Source Dual Universal Slope Generator
Metasonix R-54 and RK5 modules
Circuit Abbey ADSRjr
MOK Filtryg
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Catsynth TV Winters [Episode 122]

Published on Feb 16, 2019 CatSynth TV

"A video poem for Winters, California. Winters is a town in Yolo County, east of Sacramento. Scenes include the Putah Creek, Main Street, Rotary Park, and the Putah Creek Cafe.

Hardware Synthesizers [Eurorack]:
Strymon Magneto 4-head tape-delay simulator
2hp Pluck
Epoch Modular Benjolin

Software Synthesizers:
MOK Waverazor
Tracktion BioTek
Kontakt running Grindhouse from Big Fish Audio"

www.catsynth.com

NAMM 2019: MOK Waverazor Innovative Eurorack Oscillator Module

Published on Jan 30, 2019 SYNTH ANATOMY

"Taiho showed me at NAMM 2019, it's new innovative Eurorack oscillator Waverator which is based on a modified 1010music Toolbox platform."

Kind of reminds me of the rotors on the John Bowen Solaris. Taiho Yamada was one of the lead designers at Alesis and M-Audio. He brought us the Alesis Andromeda and the M-Audio Venom. You can find posts featuring him in the archives (by date or by relevance).

Inside a JoMoX XBase09

images via this auction

Update via Mok in the comments: "that is not normally inside an XBase... i†'s an XRom card. Allows you to load in samples to the Hat section via PC. That's a hacked XBase and might be great to use. Totally unsupported by Jomox though, so... "

Interplanetary Revolution (Межпланетная революция) - Synthesizer soundtrack for Soviet animated film

video by CatSynth TV

"Original retro-style synthesizer soundtrack on a segment of "Interplanetary Revolution" a surreal Soviet animated short released in 1924. Specifically, we use the segment from about 3:30​ to the end of the film.

Original film can be found at https://archive.org/details/silent-in...​
Interplanetary Revolution was a short animated film created in the Soviet Union in 1924 by Nikolai Khodataev, Zenon Komissarenko, Youry Merkulov. It mixes cel animation and collage, and it notable for its trippy and surreal style.

Music by Amanda Chaudhary. All sound sources are fed through Wires, a plugin by AudioThing that recreates a 1970s Soviet-era wire recorder. You can see our demo/tutorial of Wires at https://youtu.be/H4iG8QkBnCc​

Software synthesizers used:
Arturia CS-80 V
Arturia Buchla Easel V
Arturia Mini V3
Arturia Wurli V
MOK Waverazor
Additional sounds from BOOM Library Mechanicals and Cinematic Metals

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LiveStream Exploring the MOK WaveRazor Dual module

Published on Aug 31, 2019 Ken Flux Pierce Fluxwithit

"Here I am trying out the WaveRazor (and a new streaming client as well) join the live chat and lets check it out."

Jupiter-8 Demo - Arpeggiator Madness

Title link takes you to details on Mok's Twango space.

California 24 and I-980: The East Bay's Most Scenic Freeway

video upload by CatSynth TV

"We take a ride along one of the Bay Area's most scenic freeways, California Highway 24. Branching off from I-680 in Walnut Creek, it heads west through a verdant landscape of hills and small towns. It crosses the Berkeley/Oakland hills through the Caldecott Tunnel and then emerges into Oakland with views of the East Bay and even San Francisco.

Passing Interstate 580, California 24 transitions to Interstate 980 through downtown Oakland, ending at Interstate 880 which continues through the city's southwestern industrial area and onward towards San Jose.

The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system runs along the median of CA 24 for much of length, both in the eastern section and in Oakland.

Original music by Amanda Chaudhary, featuring G Calvin Weston on drums and Amanda Chaudhary on synthesizers and electronics:

Arturia ARP 2600 V, Stage 73, CP 70-V, Phaser BI-Tron, LX-24
Cherry Audio Memorymode, Elka-X, Octave CAT, Sines, Stardust 201
Minimoog
Octave CAT
MOK Filtryg
SWAM Violin, Violin Section, Viola Sections
SWAM Trumpet, Trombone, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Bariton Sax
Buchla Red Panel 158
Strymon Starlab
Metasonix R54, RK2
E350 Morphing Terrarium
EastWest Stormdrum II and Orchestral Percussion Gold
AudioThing Wires

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Saw Mill River Parkway (from the NYS Thruway to the Taconic Parkway)

video upload by CatSynth TV

"A ride along the Saw Mill River Parkway in Westchester County on a beautiful autumn day. We exit from the New York State Thruway (I-87 and I-287) onto the northbound Saw Mill. This segment is a narrow winding freeway through some wooded areas of Westchester. We exit in Hawthorne, NY onto the northbound Taconic State Parkway, a highway that we will follow in future videos.

Because this section of the Saw Mill reminds me a bit of California Highway 13 (the Warren Freeway) in the Oakland Hills, we are bringing back the music from our CA 13 video along with some changes and updates. The music is in 13/8 meter.

Instruments featured include:
Tabla from EastWest Ra, with MOK Filtryg dual filter
Arturia Wurli V and Buchla Easel V
Sequential Prophet 12
Cherry Audio GX-80 and Sines
Crank Sturgeon Pocket Gamelan
Arturia MiniBrute
Qu-Bit Prism multi-dimensional effects module
Strymon StarLab
Bass from EastWest Fab Four"

California Highway 58 Part 1: Bakersfield to Tehachapi

video upload by CatSynth TV

"First of a three-part series along California Highway 58. In this segment we follow the highway from the eastern edge of Bakersfield through the Tehachapi Mountains to the town of Tehachapi, encountering a variety of scenery and topography along the way.

The music features synthesizers and electronics by Amanda Chaudhary with drums by G Calvin Weston. It intentionally blends together instruments and styles, including experimental electronics, jazz fusion, dub, and near-eastern melodies.

Hardware Synthesizers:
Buchla Red Panel 158 and 156m
Minimoog Model D
Arturia MiniBrute 2
Metasonix R-54 and RK-5
Strymon Magneto
Make Noise Noisering

Software Synthesizers:
Arturia Pigments, Stage 73, Piano, Buchla Easel V
MOK Filtryg
EastWest Fab Four (bass), Hollywood Orchestra Woodwinds (cor anglais), and Ra (dudek)

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NAMM 2019 MOK Waverazor As A Eurorack Module

Published on Feb 1, 2019 sonicstate

"Two Waverazor wave slicinf oscillators in a Eurorack format - built on the 1010 Music Module with touch screen and MIDI control, - mmmmm....."