Alpicat / Igoumenitsa (Full Album)

video upload by Mamotreco

"Alpicat / Igoumenitsa (Full Album)
Synths used: Sequential Prophet Rev2 16-voice, Roland JX-8P, Behringer Model D, Legend VST, Arturia Mellotron V VST, PG-8X VST, U-he Repro 5 VST, Arminator 2 VST

Music by Alpicat © 2024
Album back cover painting by Polina Kalentsits: / polinakalentsits_art
Front cover image by Alpicat

00:00 1.Stairway E to Deck 2
04:40 2.Sleeping quarters
07:05 3.Igoumenitsa
13:20 4.Sullom Voe Oil Terminal
18:14 5.Muster Station
21:50 6.Newhaven
24:14 7. Duty Free Shopping
26:08 8.Nautical 4
28:17 9.Northwest Passages
30:52 10.Commodore Cabin
33:07 11.Embarcation postponed till morning
35:08 12.Val de Loire

#electronicmusic #synths #synthwave
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Current channel music compilation: https://mamotreco.bandcamp.com
Previous music releases available here: https://synthandsundry.bandcamp.com"

u-he Retro 5

Published on Jan 20, 2018 100 Things I Do

"There have been many attempts at creating that early wood clad Poly sound.

After a years of owning one of the originals and trying many of the emulations after I sold it, nothing really did give the same sound.

There is just something very refined, almost basic but with texture to be found in the originals that until now I just have not been able to hear! The u-he Repro 5 is quite mind blowing in its depth of sound. It has life and quirks in its sound that make the software sound like an instrument. Under the hood you can control how real or how sterile you want it to run. Quite processor hungry on some patches... but thats what it takes to create close to perfect imperfection I would say :D

The clip is a mix of both presets (some of these are very impressive and useable) and a few things that I came across as I was discovering new sounds. Some slight reverb has been added because reverb! Compressor was used to keep levels *mostly* under check :D

I hope you enjoy!"

5 Steps Ahead - U-He Repro 5

"Here is my first demo of this terrific new synth by the magicians at U-He. Please note that I used a beta version, and only patches I made myself are used, nothing like what masters programmers like Howard Scarr will contribute!"

Offward Bound Remastered

video upload by Mark (Little Gray)

MacBeth Elements V1 under the Minimoog.

"Latest project (remastered 1-21-2025) entailing a 1 pass performance, i.e. no overdubbed tracks. However, significant timing and note corrections/enhancements were made to midi tracks prior to generating some of the audio stems; especially the foot pedal bass notes - uggh! Extensive use of Reaper automation envelopes were used to control the sounds in real time.

Additional Synths Used: Cwejman S1 MKII/Voyager (funk bass & more);

Soft-Synths Used: Native Instruments The Giant/Scarbee Classic EP-88s, Sonic Projects OPX Pro-3 (arpegiated sounds), UHe Diva (lead), Arturia Mellotron V, UHe Repro 5, TAL Vocoder, Orange Tree Samples EAG Steel Strings (NI Kontact);

Offward Bound is my little play on words pertaining to major life transitions such as retirement (a popular topic in my sphere these days). It seems to be all about the moving on, i.e. what are you going to do now? But there’s also the lingering moving off components. Bla bla bla. Anyway, moving on…

The intro melody is from my last composition Sploot’n. If I was putting together an album/cd it might be more obvious."

SYNCLAVIER II CLIP #3 CPU + TRACK AND WOOD WORK!

Published on Dec 16, 2017 100 Things I Do

"The final in the series on the Synclavier II. Thanks to a few requests this week we take a look inside the flight cased CPU,. I play a track on the Synclavier I'm working and show the restoration of keyboard's timber frame following the same hand rubbed method as originally done by New England Digital with the synth was new!

While the Synclavier will return in other views I want to take a look at the u-he Repro-5 and the Arturia Buchla Music Easel in the next few clips. Hopefully before the end of the year! :D"

All parts here.

Making scary horror sounds for Halloween

Published on Oct 31, 2018 once upon a synth

"Happy Halloween! Let's make a creepy horror soundtrack using a doll, some caxixi, shakers, voice and the Repro-5. I'm using Ableton Live to arrange and mix it all."

Eon Edge – Azure // Synthwave with Roland SE-02

video upload by Stefano Mattia

"This is my latest synthwave release, now available on all streaming platforms: https://ditto.fm/azure-eon-edge Bandcamp: https://eonedge.bandcamp.com/track/azure
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/eonedge/azure

I used my SE-02 for the bass and lead part, it just sounds so good!
Other synths used: Diva for the arp and resonant plucks, Repro 5 and TAL-UN-O-LX for the pads.
Drum samples are from the Sample From Mars' Drumtrax pack.

Hope you like it!"

Sequencer / Berlin School live set with Stepic 1.5

video upload by Martin Stürtzer

"In this live session I demonstrate the new features of version 1.5 of "Stepic". The free update introduces transposing through incoming midi notes, a new chord mode and an arpeggiator. It is also possible to select the pattern with a midi note. I am going to release a "talking video" in which I explain the new features in detail soon.

Synths in this video are (in order of appearance): Ob-6, Virus TI, Prophet 10. Drums are from Repro-5.

More info about Stepic: https://devicemeister.com/
If you want to get Stepic and help me with a small commission please use this link: https://devicemeister.com/p/martin/?c..."

"Stepic isn't just a powerful and versatile polyphonic step sequencer. 8 additional and fully integrated modulation sequencers make it a true sound shaping tool. Use them to automate any parameter (e.g. Filter Cutoff, Wavetable Position, Effect Amount) of your favorite synthesizers or effect devices. With its support for MIDI CC, Stepic offers you parameter control for both software plug-ins and hardware devices.

By assigning different tempos and sequence lengths to the modulation sequencers, Stepic lets you create deep, polyrhythmic parameter progressions that add a lot of motion and uniqueness to your sound. And if that's not enough, bring the 200+ random generators into play ;-)"

Mode Machines Alkex Professor

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Midi controller for emulation of the Prophet (Repro-5, Arturia Prophet V etc.)
The plastic is a bit damaged on the side but everything is working well."

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Sonic Potions x Erica Synths LXR 02 & U-HE Repro5

video upload by DIRTY LITTLE PRESET

"First Jam with the gorgeous sounding Drumcomputer LXR 02 from Sonic Potions and Erica Synths together with U-HE Repro 5."

False Prophets - U-He Repro 5

"Here's my second, dirtier demo of U-He upcoming beauty of a synth. I tried to coax some rougher material with the aid of audio-rate modulation options and the very versatile FX section."

Previous demo here.

Synclavier II - Clip #1 - Harmonic Additive Synthesis

Published on Dec 2, 2017 100 Things I Do

"After many months of waiting my Synclavier II system finally arrived! As you will see it was an almost complete refurbish of the 1982 Synclavier II system. Its amazing how warm the Synclavier sounds when you consider its 8bit digital synthesis. Other FM synths of the time that were more available to us mere mortals really sound nothing like it.

I asked for the Keyboard to be left in its bare wood state I will finish this with danish oil very soon (might put a clip up on me doing this if anyone is interested ?)

Changing things up a little I have decided to do a few clips in series on the Sync, There seems to be a absence of Synclavier videos on Youtube! Clip 1 is focused on the Additive Synthesis, #2 will be focused on FM and #3 hopefully with be making a track. Would anyone be interested an a Synclavier II v Artiriua Synclavier V comparison also maybe ?

If anyone is still reading ... I would be interested to know if you prefer the text over the clip as I work to continue or would you rather I talked more about what I was doing and my intensions as I make patches ? Let me know your thoughts! I see a lot of synth videos with "NO TALKING" as a selling/advertising point... is this really a thing ?"

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SoundForce introduces MIDI controller for u-he’s Repro-1 plugin

via SoundForce:

"SoundForce presents a new model to its dedicated USB-MIDI controllers product line: the SFC-1, a controller especially designed for the fantastic u-he’s Repro-1 plugin.

Features
With a whopping total of 51 pots, 41 slide switches and 6 tactile switches, you can control every single MIDI-mappable parameter of the plugin in analog fashion. The awesome effect chain is also fully-covered on the bottom section of the controller.

Every control is assigned to a default CC number, but that can be changed using our control panel app in Google Chrome. A shift button unlocks an alternative channel for each pot, allowing you to control potentially 51 extra parameters. Even more user-specific controls are possible with the extra set of user-assignable switches and pots.

Build quality
The enclosure is made of 100% sheet metal. The case is made of bent steel and powder coated in black. The front panel is aluminium, also powder coated and screen printed with scratch-proof white ink. Please note that the final product will have a plain black powder coat, not structured like the pictures are showing. Discrete and minimalistic wooden pieces of 6 mm thickness are added to the sides. Dimensions are: 380 mm x 173 mm x 55 mm (Length x Width x Height).

The SFC-1 is a boutique controller manufactured in small batches in the Netherlands. A lot of operations are still performed by hand and automation is used when possible to improve quality and processes.


Shipping & pricing
The controller will start to ship in June. You can come check it out at Prolight+Sound/Musikmesse in Frankfurt (on Thursday and Friday only, in Hall 8 Booth B10 - Audio Maker Square) and Superbooth in Berlin (Booth O501). 100 pieces will be made in the first batch. The price will be 329 euros including VAT for EU-customers and 271 euros outside the EU. Pre-order now on the webshop: http://sound-force.nl

3 other SoundForce MIDI controllers are still currently available : SFC-Mini (for Minimoog plugins), SFC-60 (for the TAL Juno 60 emulation plugin) and SFC-5 (for the P5 plugins)."

NatLife Black Friday Sale

Supporting member, NatLife, is having a Black Friday Sale. Click through for the deals. This is a good reminder to check out the shops on the right for additional deals.

"NatLife Sounds has started Black Friday Sales with up to 90% Off Synth Presets, DAW Templates, Samples, MIDI & Kits.

Sales includes Soundbanks for: U-He Hive, NI Massive, NI Massive X, Synapse Dune 3, Diva, Repro 1/5, Propellerhead EUROPA, The Legend, Thorn, Reveal Sound Spire, Sylenth1, Xfer Serum, Synthmaster One, Roland Zen Core, Novation Peak/Summit, Arturia Microfreak, Korg Minilogue XD, Korg Prologue, Nord Lead 4 and so on.

Templates For: Ableton Live, FL Studio, MIDI Packs, Samples & Construction Kits."
http://www.natlifesounds.com/

Dave Smith Instruments Prophet Rev2 Demo 16 Voice

Published on Feb 5, 2019 Synth & Sundry

"A simple demo of two or three different patches I like on the Dave Smith Instruments Prophet Rev2. These are factory presets which I have modified slightly. No external effects used here - this is the Rev2 by itself recorded with OBS. I'm using the 16 voice model which is great for stacking voices.

The bass line halfway through the video is from repro 1 vst, not from the rev2."