Electric Cow Sound Chip Synth (aka MiniMOO) for Atari STE/STFM/TT/Falcon - features and sound demo

video upload by ako

Also see the Electric Cow EC909

NOTE: this is the first demo to feature the MiniMOO on MATRIXSYNTH. The only other post to featuring the MiniMOO dates back to this screenshot in 2007. The site linked there, Church of the 16th bit, is still live!

"Quick look at the Electric Cow Sound Chip Synth (aka MiniMOO) for Atari STE/STFM/TT/Falcon - including it's features and sound demos. This programme lets you access and edit parametes of the Yamaha YM soundchip to create sounds and play them back via MIDI. It's fairly decent synth tbh - the oscillator has various detuning, sub osc / 'stacking' options, capable of some nice chorus-y sounds, a noise source, amplitude modulation and LFO for pitch modulation as well as an envelope that can either be used for pitch or amplitude. The latency is useable with MIDI data that does not have too many notes per bar, and you can play it in real time, but if you throw too many notes at it, it gets a bit latent and/or seems to buffer notes and play them back after a delay. Judging by the name, I guess it was meant to be a MiniMoog emulator if sorts - but that's dubious at best despite that it's a really solid bleep bloop machine!

Download the programme from Electric Cow's archive here: https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/atari/mi...

Track from sound demo 1: 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖕𝖊𝖓𝖘, 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝖎𝖘 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖊𝖓𝖉 [video below]



Track from sound demo 2: Deepforest [video below]



00:00 - intro
00:39 - overview of the parameters basic fucntions
01:53 - using with midi: lag, latency and other quirks
03:34 - the oscillator
05:39 - VCA (mixer)
06:16 - noise generator
07:36 - Amplitude modulation
08:42 - LFO
09:59 - Envelope Generator
13:19 - saving and loading patches
14:52 - portamento
15:10 - setting MIDI chanel
15:30 - what do I like using it for
16:07 - sound demo 1: bass sound (link to the track in description)
17:26 - sound demo 1: all synth sounds made with the soundchip synth (link to the track in description)

ako - 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖕𝖊𝖓𝖘, 𝖉𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝖎𝖘 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖊𝖓𝖉 [vaporwave / hardvapor / horrorvapor / dungeon'n'bass]
video upload by ako

MIDIeval - Deepforest ( ako 16bit remix) [ dungeon synth / chiptune]

video upload by ako

ako - Home3D (four track tape version) - recording w/ a Yamaha MT-50 tape recorder, DX21 & RX5

video upload by ako

"Here's a video of the recording of the A-side for my new single (links to all formats below). It was was recorded on an Yamaha MT-50 four track tape recorder (a solidly underrated recorder, with an advantage over various more popular Portastudio models in that you can record on all 4 tracks simultaneously, rather than just 2 at once) with a Yamaha DX21 (bass, chords and FX), Novation Ultranova (additional chord layers) and Yamaha RX5 (drums). Synchronisation between tape (which had the chord layers bounced down to 2 tracks to free up tracks) and MIDI used to sequence the bass and drums was achieved using a Yamaha YMC10 MIDI clock to tape-synch converter (solid little converter). Reverb was provided by an Alesis MIDIverb II (an FX unit that needs no introduction) and chorus for the bass via a Boss CH-1 Super Chorus - my favourite chorus, to me it just sounds how chorus should sound (this particular one is a vintage ‘made in Japan’ model, so fully analogue compared to later digital CH-1 models, and just sounds super warm). It was mixed on MT-50 but also with a venerable Peavey Unity Series 2000-16 (for submixes and sends etc.), this mixer has a flavour all of it’s own, certainly not high fidelity, but kinda gritty and warm and just kinda ‘Peavey’… The track is out now for stream and download, hope you folks dig the track 🙂

Stream / DL:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7cKvT...


Music video:

ako - Home3D (four track tape version) [vaporwave / synthfunk / utopian virtual]

video upload by ako

"Taken from my new single - previously unreleased versions of ‘Home3D’ and ‘Basic Microwaving’ recorded on four track tape (FFO: Eyeliner, FM Skyline, Rustie). Out now on Spotify, BandCamp, YouTube and all other digital platforms, all formats here: https://linktr.ee/simeonsoden

This track (the A-side) was recorded on an Yamaha MT-50 four track with DX21 (bass, chords and FX), RX5 (drums) and some bits and pieces from a Novation Ultranova.

I made the video by retexturing the classic win95-98 '3D Maze.scr' screen saver with archetypal win98 desktop wallpapers to create the sensation of the desktop opening as a portal to virtual worlds beyond. Re-filmed from various CRTs and projectors. Hope you folks enjoy :)"

Roland TR-505 drum machine tutorial, review, sound demos & sample pack - why do people hate it?

video upload by ako

"Roland TR-505 drum machine review tutorial and sound demos. This drum machine gets some hate from TR purists (often referred to as 'a good doorstop') but honestly I think this is a really solid little drum machine with that classic Roland TR / Boss DR sound and a really nice to use srquencer. It has also been used by a plethora of great artists including: Aphex Twin, Vince Clarke, Tame Impala, Thom Yorke, Derrick May, Blood Orange, and Venetian Snares and probably many others! See chapters below if you want to skip straight to the tutorial or sound demos.

Hope you folks enjoy the video :)

TR-505 Samples here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pJWa...

Chapters:
00:00 - background info and review
08:55 - I/0
10:20 - basic sounds (link to sample pack in description) tutorial part 1
11:01 - changing the level of the sounds
11:59 - MIDI settings
13:00 - setting tempo
13:39 - play mode (track / pattern play)
13:57 - pattern play - selecting and playing saved patterns
17:07 - track play - selecting and playing saved tracks
18:28 - programming your own patterns
23:35 - Sound demo 1 all drums from 505, with some mixing / effects (this is a track from my upcoming album)
25:33 - Sound demo 2 ll drums from 505, with some mixing / effects (this is my track Basic Microwaving, links below)
27:17 - sound demo 3 raw drum sounds, no effects, playing through the preset patterns
29:01 - sound demo 4 raw drum sounds, no effects, playing through one of the preset songs

ako - Basic Microwaving (vaporwave / synthpop / jazz)

video upload by ako

"Track from my new album 'Industrialised Magic' which is out now cassette tape, VHS and download via Halcyon Tapes and Streaming via Kaneda Records.

Cassette tape, VHS & download: https://halcyontapes.bandcamp.com/alb..."

ako - Basic Microwaving (4 track tape version) - recording w MT-50, MMT-8, CZ-1000, PSS-480, TR505

video upload by ako

"Here's a video of the recording of the B-side for my new single (links to all formats below). It was recorded on a Yamaha MT-50 four track tape recorder with a Casio CZ-1000 (bass, this is honestly the weirdest synth I own and I think this the only track I’ve released with it on bc it’s just so weird), Yamaha PSS-480 (lead, despite masquerading as toy this thing packs some serious heat) Yamaha DX21 (chord layer) and Roland TR505 (drums – this gets some stick from TR purists, but it has some really usable sounds and the sequencer is super nice). The track was sequenced with the frankly legendary Alesis MMT-8 (the only hardware MIDI sequencer I’ve ever enjoyed using). Synchronisation between tape and MIDI was achieved using a Yamaha YMC10 MIDI clock to tape-synch converter. Dub style delays used on the lead came from a RocLab DD3000 (pretty obscure unit, sounds nice if you tweak it just right); Reverb came from a Behringer DR600 (solid reverb pedal, even more solid price at ~£25) and chorus for the bass via a Boss CH-1 Super Chorus - my favourite chorus, to me it just sounds how chorus should sound (this one is a vintage ‘made in Japan’ model, so fully analogue compared to later digital CH-1 models, and just sounds super warm). It was mixed on MT-50 but also with a Peavey Unity Series 2000-16 (for submixes and sends etc.), this mixer has a flavour all of it’s own, certainly not high fidelity, but kinda gritty and warm… The track is out now for stream and download (links below), hope you folks dig the track 🙂"



Also on Spotify.

FAT Freebass FB383 analogue synth tutorial, review, sound demos: is this a good Roland TB-303 clone?

video upload by ako

"I've been really liking the FAT Freebass FB383 analogue TB303 clone again (even if staying in tune is more of an aspiration than guarantee with this thing). It’s fully analogue and the filter does all the good self oscillating squelchy things you want from a 303 even if it does lack a sequencer (slides and accents can be triggered with MIDI). Some sources claim it's a fairly faithful clone of a TB-303, not sure how valid that is though. For those outside the UK wondering, this synth is just a MAM MB33 with a different paint job. You can also feed audio into this synth and use it as a MIDI triggered enveloped / gated filter, which is kinda cool! Had this set up recently for some acid parts (ofc) and it’s been fun using this synth again so I thought I'd make a video on it - hope you enjoy :)

Chapters:
00:00 - review, background info and basic features (incl. how it differs from a "real" 303 and other clones)
07:58 - Programming sounds (pt1. VCO and tuning)
10:20 - Programming sounds (pt2. filter and envelope)
12:24 - Programming sounds (pt3. Accent and slide)
15:47 - Programming sounds (pt4. Using the filter's external audio input)
21:07 - Sound demo 1 - the synth in a track with no effects on it
23:02 - Sound demo 2 - the synth used in a track through an overdrive pedal

Sound demo 2 is a verison of my 'MYST.wave II Unfinale':
https://ako0.bandcamp.com/track/myst-...
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Y6bqI...

some more info on mods:
https://www.circuitbenders.co.uk/synt..."

Songs on the Casio Cz-5000 Synthesizer prof.Miki

Published on Jul 20, 2019 Miki

Playlist:

1. Kerber Songs- 1- on the Casio Cz-5000 Synthesizer prof.Miki

Only for Education and Entertainment;-)Kerber Songs 1 on the Casio Cz-5000 Synthesizer by prof.Miki

Kerber Songs 1 List:
1.Ratne Igre-Kerber
2.Na Raskrscu-Kerber
3.Bolje da sam druge ljubio-Kerber
4.Hajde da se volimo-Kerber

Prof.Miki keyboard covers and original work on the Electronic keyboards Roland D-50,Yamaha Dx-7,Korg M-1 Casio Cz-5000 Casio Ap-45,Casio Wk-3500 Roland Va-7,Roland VP-550
Drum Machines;Roland R-8,Boss Dr-660 mk2
Mixer and hd recorder;Yamaha Aw-16g+Zoom H1
Post Production;Adobe Audition 1.5

2. Kerber Songs 2 on the Casio Cz-5000 Synthesizer prof.Miki

Samo za Obrazovanje i Ucenje;-)Kerber Songs 2 on the Casio Cz-5000 Synthesizer prof.Miki Casio Sintisajzer Cz-5000 sa Pd sintezom zvuka sa 2 oscilatora ako se dobro programira moze da zvuci ovako;-)

Kerber Song List;
1.Sutrasnji dan -Kerber
2.Poslednja -Kerber
3.Izmedju jave i sna-Kerber
4.Jos samo ovu noc mi daj-Kerber
5.Zauvek slobodna-Kerber
6.Tvoja pesma-Kerber

Prof.Miki born in Kragujevac Serbia(1975)Serbian New Age Composer Equipment;-)Casio Cz-5000(1985)Phase Distortion Synthesizer

Roland D-50- Linear Synthesizer(1987),ROLAND VP-550-Vocoder-(2006),Roland Va-7 Arranger Synthesizer(2001)Roland Cube-30x amplifier(2006),Roland R-8 Drum Machine(1989)Boss Dr.660 Mk-2 Drum Machine(1993),Yamaha DX-7-Digital Programmable Algorithm Synthesizer(1983) KORG M-1- Sampler rom synthesizer-(1988)Korg-sustain pedal,Boss DD-6 Digital Delay Pedal(2002),Digitech X-Stereo Phaser Pedal X-Series(2002)Boss RT-20 Rotary Ensemble Pedal(2005) Boss Tr-2 Tremolo Pedal(2001)

Casio AP-45-Digital Piano(2007),Casio WK-3500-Arranger Synthesizer(2003),YAMAHA AW-16G-Mixer+Hard Disc recorder(2002),Zoom H-1 Handy Recorder-(2010),,AKG-K-240 Studio Headphones-(2011);-)Used Software:Adobe Audition 1,5;-),Power Director 11 and Microsoft Office Picture Manager+Google Images;-)

3. Queen songs on the Casio Cz 5000 prof.Miki

Only for Education and Entertainment;-)
Queen songs on the Casio Cz-5000 Synthesizer custom sounds by prof.Miki
Queen Song List
1.Back Chat
2.A kind of Magic
3.Vultan's Theme
4.Who wants to live forever
5.I want it all
6.Save me
7.Spread your wings
8.Scandal
9.Under pressure
10.Radio Ga-Ga

Electric Cow EC909 - TR-909 drum machine / TB-303 synth for Atari STE/TT/Falcon

- demo & sample pack video upload by ako

Note this is the first post to feature the EC909.

"Quick look at the Electric Cow EC909 drum machine / soft synth for Atari ST/TT/ Falcon and a sample pack made from it's TR-909 sounds. It's a combined TR-909 and TB-303 emulator in one programme (a lot like Steinberg / Propellerheads's ReBirth) which is neat and features PCM samples from a TR909 for the drums (also neat) which can be edited in terms of pitch and attack. My understanding is their wares were more aimed at the falcon but will run on STEs and TTs given that this was released in 1998. EC909 can create single‑bar patterns (in real time on the Falcon), and then export them as AIFF or AVR (Both 8‑ or 16‑bit formats, mono or stereo). The program can also generate a MIDI File from your pattern. MIDI triggering for drums is also possible. The manual, which is still online, contains instructions for loading your own samples into to replace the stock 909 samples using the included CandiKit program, very cool! this lags noticeably on the STE, but still works well enough to play back the drum sounds for sampling.

EC909 sample pack (both raw and processed with noise reduction):
https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Download the programme from Electric Cow's archive here: https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/atari/mi...

EC909 manual here:
https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/atari/mi...

Chapters:
00:00 - background info, compatability, bundled software
01:29 - quick look at the TB-303 emulator (surprisingly ok!)
01:54 - latency
01:59 - TR-909 drum machine overview and basic features and verisons
04:25 - All basic sounds
05:15 - tuning / pitching samples
06:03 - editing the attack of the sound
08:17 - what's in the smaple kit
09:13 - triggering via MIDI, issues with voiving, latency etc.
13:31 - 1 min sound demo using the drums sampled into ableton"

EMS Synthi AKS analogue modular synthesizer jam / demo (dank techno vibes on an original 70's AKS)

video upload by ako

"My first jams with the original 70's EMS Synthi AKS modular synth at work at the Keele University music production studios, or rather 13mins of the best bits edited from footage of my first couple of hours jamming with this monster. After the 'satanic dub siren' patch I made, I noticed the keyboard pitch control used the same points on the patch matrix as the external audio inputs, this gave me the idea to see if it would track the pitch / follow external audio. I tested this with a Yamaha MU15 and then by sending some drums into the audio inputs from Ableton Live. I really like heavily processed percussion and I ended up jamming with this idea for an hour or so with various different drum patterns (which makes up most of this video). It (unsurprisingly) worked very well with techno / gabber-esque kick and cymbal patterns. Although the kicks were actually low toms as toms seem to work the best for tiggering the oscillators (presumably because the toms have more pitched content). It also seems to mix the input audio with the synth audio (as you can clearly hear the audio of the original cymbals at various points). This all makes me wonder how the built in keyboard works, does it generate audio frequencies? Also I noticed you can fire external audio in and still use the keyboard and both will simultaneously control the oscillators. I must admit I don’t know a ton about this synth (and I couldn't really figure out the envelope generator, it seems to loop and retrigger itself – any info on synth is welcome!) but it sounds insane! Hope you folks enjoy"