GS Music Bree6 Analog Polyphonic Synthesizer - Overview & First Impressions

video upload by Oakland Ghosts

"Got my hands on a beauty here! In this video we'll take a first look at the Bree6 Analog Polyphonic Synthesizer from GS Music! I'll give you a general overview of the synth as well as my first impressions."

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:56 Why Buy the Bree6?
04:07 Amp Envelope
05:02 Voice Modes
07:11 Detune
07:44 Oscillator
10:33 Filter
12:53 LFO
14:35 Envelopes
17:30 EG Filter Modulation
19:37 FX - Chorus
21:34 FX - Delay
23:36 Final Thoughts

Neolithica (Synthstrom Deluge Song Sketch) Ambient/Drone/Soundscape

video upload by Oakland Ghosts

"'The Deluge can’t make rich, lush sounds…' - aight, bet. 😂

Jungle stuff - samples through granular on 1010 Lemondrop

Drums - from our sample library, sequenced on Deluge

Literally everything else - Synthstrom Deluge internal synth engine

Written, composed and arranged 'in the box'"

Going for ACID, but ended up with THIS... (Sound Design on the Oberheim TEO 5)

video upload by Oakland Ghosts

"For my first Sound Design session on the Oberheim TEO 5, I wanted to try to make an Acid style Bass Synth Patch... I ended up with this instead. lol.

I gotta say, designing patches on the TEO is super straightforward and user friendly. Even if you don't know what you're doing yet (see: ME) you can very quickly go from INIT patch to something really cool and inspiring!

Chapters to jump around/explain what I'm doing:

00:00 Start with an INIT patch
01:10 Find a rough Sequence
02:00 Dial in the Envelopes
02:43 Find a better Sequence
03:29 Dial in Second Oscillator
03:44 Add some Noise
04:02 Modulate Noise with Envelope 1
04:50 Still Tuning Envelopes
05:30 Reverb? Sure!
05:50 Play with the Filter!
06:45 Find an even BETTER Sequence
07:29 Add Some XMOD
09:38 Mod Wheel to ENV 1 Amount
10:37 Mod Wheel to Resonance
11:36 Mod Wheel to ENV 2 Decay
13:32 Mod Wheel to OSC 2 Level
16:00 LFO 1 to XMOD
17:40 Mod Wheel to ENV 1 Decay
18:20 Accidentally press Preset Button and LOSE ALL YOUR WORK!!!"

TEO5 Oveview and First Impressions

video upload by Oakland Ghosts

"In this video I'll go over why I think the Oberheim TEO 5 is a most excellent choice if you're in the market for an Analog Poly Synth, and give you a general overview and my First Impressions. Chapters below!

Chapters
00:00 Intro
1:24 Why TEO 5?
4:37 The 5 stands for Voices
06:20 Is it Analog or Digital? Yes.
07:50 Oscillators
11:00 Oscillator SYNC
11:52 Setting up a Quick Mod
13:15 X MOD
14:24 SEM State Variable Filter
16:10 Bandpass Filter
17:05 Pink And White Noise
18:12 Envelopes
20:09 Fatar Keybed
22:00 LFO 1 (MONO)
24:05 LFO 2 (POLY)
25:11 Unison
26:25 Chord Mode
26:55 Portamento
27:50 Overdrive Knob
28:09 Vintage Knob
29:35 Arpeggiator
31:13 Sequencer
33:48 Effects
40:45 Factory Presets
41:27 Mod Matrix
44:48 Final Thoughts"

Cyma Forma ALT - Unboxing, Overview, & First Impressions

video upload by Oakland Ghosts

"Soundscape Synthesizer??? In this video, we'll take a look at the Kickstarter darling of the synth world - the ALT form Cyma Forma!

I've been waiting almost 2 years to get this bad boy in my hands and the wait it finally over with the first units currently shipping. Let's take a look at the artful packaging, what comes in the box and the unit itself with a general overview and first play with this one of a kinds synth!

Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:02 ALT Unboxing
06:24 General Overview
07:00 Voice (Oscillators)
09:06 Notes (changing Scales and Keys)
11:12 Waveshapes
11:45 Build a Chord
12:15 Alter (Filters & Delay)
15:16 Delay
16:08 Movement (Modulation)
17:23 LFO1 to Cutoff on Filter 1
18:34 Random to OSC5 Frequency
20:04 LFO2 to OCS3 Frequency
20:50 LFO2 to Cutoff on Filter 2
21:48 Random to OSC4 Frequency
22:20 LFO1 to OSC2 Amplitude
23:15 ARP to LFO2
24:25 LFO1 to Time
25:55 First Impressions/Final Thoughts"

Vergers by Sarah Davachi on the EMS SYNTHI 100

"Released (LP) November 2016 by Important Records

Composed, performed, recorded, and mixed by Sarah Davachi
Mastered by James Plotkin
Layout by Konrad Jandavs
Special thanks to Richard Smith

Vergers is Davachi's third full-length release following Barons Court (2015, Students of Decay) and Dominions (2016, JAZ Records), and her second appearance with Important Records following 2014's August Harp cassette on the Cassauna imprint. In this work, she meditates on a single electronic instrument, the EMS Synthi 100 synthesizer, while also weaving sparse acoustic elements – her own voice and violin – into a series of three long-form, muted gestures.

Elements of distance and alienation are certainly at play in the textural quality of these compositions, a feeling that is further defined by track titles that reference the spirit world and an album title that calls to mind the solitary tasks of the church orderly. The record opens with the aptly titled, 'gentle so gentle', a side-long movement that harkens the glacial character of Davachi's previous efforts. 'ghosts and all' and 'in staying' suggest a more disjointed path, with the latter culminating in a subtly dissonant dirge that leaves little absolve between the organic, the artificial, and the impermanent.

released November 25, 2016"

Sarah Davachi - Vergers Promo Published on Nov 29, 2016 Shasta Cults

In the video above Sarah Davachi plays with a SYNTHI AKS.

Update: via Sarah Davachi's bio page:

"Sarah Davachi (b. 1987, Calgary, Canada) holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Calgary, and a master's degree in electronic music and recording media from Mills College in Oakland, California. As a composer of electronic and electroacoustic music, Davachi is engaged in practices of analog synthesis, psychoacoustic manipulations, and studio composition. Davachi's compositional projects are primarily concerned with disclosing the antiquated instruments and forgotten sonics of a bygone era in analog synthesis, with concurrent treatment of acoustic sources – particularly organs, strings, and woodwinds – often involving de-familiarization through processing. Her work considers the experience of enveloped sonic dwelling, utilizing extended durations, gradual transformations in texture, and simple harmonic structures that emphasize variations in overtone complexity and natural phasing patterns.

Her work as a music researcher concerns aspects of experimentalism, organology and archival study, and phenomenology and perception, and has been published and presented within Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom..." You can find her full bio here.

Be sure to check out some of her other releases here: http://sarahdavachi.bandcamp.com