A Tribute to Sir Patrick Stewart - 10/29/2026

video upload by I Love Cats and Synths

"As a long time fan of Star Trek, I was shocked and saddened by the passing of Sir Patrick Stewart, the actor who played my favorite Star Trek captain, Jean-Luc Picard. This is a quick synth tribute in his memory, based on the opening theme of Star Trek: The Next Generation by Jerry Goldsmith."

M-Vave FM-1 | Do you really need custom Firmware anymore? | Official V16 Firmware

video upload by NatLife Sounds

You can find the M-VAVE FM-1 on Amazon.

"The sounds (presets) used in the video: https://natlifesounds.com/product/amb...

Official V16 Firmware: https://www.m-vave.com/download [links on bottom here]

Hello everyone!

Version V16 of the official firmware for the M-Wave FM-1 was recently released, and after using it for a while, I seriously wondered: Do I really need any other third-party firmware? The official firmware is the most stable, offering full stereo effects, multitimbral support, color gamut customization, a full 64-step sequencer, and much more that can't be found in third-party firmware.

And since the video didn't finish recording, I'd like to add: Do we really need custom firmware with incomprehensible code written by AI (which doesn't even understand sound synthesis)? Unfortunately, the video didn't finish recording, but that's exactly what I wanted to add in this video.

Timeline:
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - first Sequencer/Preset Demo 'SY Complx - Pattern 12'
01:47 - Analog sound demo with 'LD Jupiter - Ambient & Dreams V2'
03:15 - About 64-Sequencer
03:40 - 128 Effect Presets (in Stereo Effects)
04:33 - Global function Update
05:41 - How it will sounds now?
07:53 - "PLK Trance" in new Sequencer
08:43 - My thoughts about '3rd parties Firmwares'
09:55 - You can lost a quality of FM engine?
11:01 - FM Engine is the main thing of M-Vave FM-1
11:50 - My thoughts on all Firmwares
12:30 - Official V16 Firmware Pros
13:27 - The record was stopped (because the SD card is full :D)

#fm1 #mvave #musicproducer #musicproduction"

Also see M-VAVE FM-1 Open-Source Firmware｜Workbench & Operation Guide

FM-1 016 Firmware Release Notes follow [yes there are two 1.s below]

Compared with: the 015 release (single-timbral, 12-note polyphony)

The user manual on the official website has been updated accordingly. Please refer to it for detailed operating instructions.

Prepared: October 20, 2026

Terminology: °∞Voice°± on the display refers to a timbral part. °∞Polyphony°± refers to the total number of synthesis voices available across the instrument.

1. Multitimbral Operation and Expanded Polyphony

1. Expanded from one timbral part to eight Voices. Play different sounds simultaneously or layer multiple sounds together.

2. Total polyphony increases from 12 to 20 synthesis voices, dynamically shared across all eight parts. The instrument provides 20 voices in total, not 20 per part.

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Pittsburgh Modular Microvolt 2901 Patch Lab

video upload by Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"Richard patches and explains the new Microvolt 3901 while taking questions from the chat."

ARK Tutorial 1: Getting Started

video upload by Befacosynth

"Welcome to the first episode of our ARK tutorial series. In these videos, we’ll explore what ARK can do and how to make the most of it. But first, let’s go through the basics and get you started.
This tutorial was made for Firmware 1.02. Check user manual for change log if you are on a higher version."

Livestream | Discovering MiniFreak 49 with Noé

video upload by Arturia

The Most Fantastic Synth Adventures with Paulee Bow Episode 3

video upload by Modal Electronics

"In this episode, we're diving headfirst into the deepest, wildest depths of the ARGON8 Wavetable engine! Join us as we explore the Wavetable modifiers and crossmodulations that let you cook up totally unique sonic textures for your music."

Waldorf Crema | More than Meets the Eye

video upload by Starsky Carr

Check with dealers on the right for pricing and availability. See the announcement post with additional videos here.

"Waldorf's Crema Ensemble looks like a simple string machine — it isn't. Under that beige lid there are 24 oscillator types: the Streichfett string engine, 17 of Waldorf's famous wavetables and 6 FM algorithms, plus a resonant filter, three ADSR envelopes and three LFOs — almost all of it hidden behind the display.

In this review and deep-dive demo I go through the whole architecture: both synth engines, the modulation nobody tells you about, the shimmer reverb, and how to get at the buried parameters over MIDI CC. Plus plenty of just playing it, because it sounds gorgeous.

If you've had enough of the same old synth design over and over again, this one is worth a proper look."

CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro — Waldorf Crema Ensemble
02:08 Two engines: Texture and Lines
04:41 Texture engine — the Streichfett
05:12 The hidden parmeters
10:58 Why I built a full control panel
11:38 The Lines engine
14:18 Detune, PWM, vibrato and tremolo
18:28 Shimmer and reverb Shift functions
22:12 Mapping MIDI CCs
23:46 Verdict
23:57 Preset demos
27:41 Outro

How does the FLpad work with FL Studio?

video upload by Novation

"Discover our first ever grid controller range for
FL Studio - https://novationmusic.com/fl/flpad?ut...
FLpad - https://novationmusic.com/products/fl...
FLpad Mini - https://novationmusic.com/products/fl...

Explore our full FL range - https://novationmusic.com/fl?utm_sour...

In this video, we're going to show you just how our new FLpad works in FL Studio, with a deep dive into FLpad's features and how to use them with FL Studio.

Vini walks you through how you can physically sequence beats in the channel rack, composing melodic elements, fine tuning your individual elements, diving deeper into some of the ways FLpad can speed up your overall workflow within FL Studio, plus we’ll even look at how you can customise the FLpad to do whatever you want it to do inside and outside of FL Studio.

FLpad Mini and FLpad were created for fast, hands-on beatmaking in FL Studio’s Channel Rack, co-developed with the creators of FL Studio themselves, Image-Line."

Chapters:
00:00 - A deep dive into how the FLpad works in FL Studio
00:50 - How does the FLpad work with FL Studio?
02:13 - How to use the FLpad Sequencer
05:12 - Note view keyboards on the FLpad
07:35 - Recording with Note View with the FLpad
10:18 - Graph Edit on the FLpad
13:16 - Workflow and Navigation on the FLpad
16:31 - Custom Modes for the FLpad
18:56 - FLpad Overview

Previously:

The New FLpad: the FL Studio grid controller range
FL Studio 2026 and the NEW FLkey - The perfect match!

"SEQUENTIAL Trigon-6" Short Live !

video upload by KATSUNORI UJIIE

"Short live performance by SEQUENTIAL's Trigon-6.
The Trigon-6 is a 6-voice analog polyphonic synthesizer that carries on the classic sound of three VCOs and a ladder filter."

Expressive E Ctrl-e Update - Hear it in action

video upload by Expressive E

Explore Ctrl-e with Sam Gutman

video upload by Expressive E and Sam Gutman

"🎹✨ Explore Ctrl-e with Sam Gutman. Built around Osmose, Ctrl-e brings different synth engines and expressive presets together in one simple environment, making it easy to move across very different sonic worlds without thinking plugin by plugin.

In this video, Sam explores the platform, plays through a range of sounds, and takes a look at the latest additions to Ctrl-e:
🌊 Serum 2. 50 new expressive presets designed around its latest features
🎛️ GForce Prophet-5. A new expressive take on an analog icon

From analog tones to more modern and experimental sound design, Ctrl-e brings it all together in one expressive playing experience on Osmose and Osmose CE."

"🎹✨ The Ctrl-e sound universe keeps growing.

This new update brings fresh expressive sounds to Ctrl-e, expanding the platform across Serum 2 and GForce Prophet-5..

Hear a selection of the new presets in action:
🌊 Serum 2. 50 new free presets built around Serum’s latest features and designed to push its expressive potential further.
🎛️ GForce Prophet-5. 25 new presets bringing a more expressive dimension to the character of this analog icon.

Different synth engines, different sonic worlds — all brought together in Ctrl-e and designed to respond naturally to the expressive gestures of Osmose.

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A small monster from Berlin

video upload by TheGrimRapper

"Dark beats and slightly ridiculous music tools for Halloween.

Monster Maker is a browser beat machine for dark, Memphis-inspired beats, built just for fun. It's free and will stay free.

Have a play:
https://thehumants.com/monster-maker/

Runs in desktop Chrome, Edge or Brave.
For personal, non-commercial projects and experiments.

Questions or feedback:
thegrimrapper@thehumants.com

Keep cookin'."

Additional details via the developer:

"You can build a whole track in it: lay down drums and 808s, play or draw melodies with the Horror Keys, record your voice and chop your own samples. There's a song arranger, mixer, live vocal FX with a talkbox mode, tape echo, reverb and a step-sequenced glitch rack. MIDI keyboard input and clock sync are in there too, and you can record or render the result to WAV.

I also added a few skins and hid some Easter eggs. Curious if you'll find them."

Behringer Introduces the Open Source SP1200X

via Behringer

"You asked. We listened. And we may have gone a little crazy. 😎

Meet the Behringer SP1200X — our tribute to the legendary E-mu SP-1200.

We’re still developing this beauty, but we’re pushing hard to get it into your hands soon.

The crazy part? We’re aiming for just $200.

And yes, we’re making it open source. Because creativity should have no limits, and iconic instruments shouldn’t cost a fortune.

We’re not just bringing back a legend. We’re setting it free.

Who’s ready?"

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Viral FM1 - An Access Virus Based Big Synth Engine for M-Wave FM-1 - First Showdown

video upload by J0kerpack

You can find the M-VAVE FM-1 on Amazon.

"This are the first tests of my new viral FM1 synth engine on my new FM1. It is still in a very early state. The first sign of life and it sounds very promising

The video is not so great, but you get an impression of the sound quality.
This engine was made with high fidelity in mind pushing the device to its max 😀

After the very long measurement and matching phase of the synth sections i still need a lot of tweaking for the perfect virus like sonic character. My goal is to make this thing patch compatible to the original..
I do my best to make this synth a main reason to buy an FM1..or 3😉

Note: this is not a Osirus based approach. No original firmware involved ( beside the legal aspects this alone would eat up 512 Kb of the FM1s rom leaving only a few Kb for the Rest)
That’s why everything is done from scratch trying to come as close to the original s as possible.

Features:

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1010 Music Blackbox Sampling Workstation

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Yamaha SU10 Sampling Unit Portable Sampler

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Akai MPC 2000 MIDI Production Center / Sampler SN A9825-01574

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Akai Professional MPC Key 37 Gen 1

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Roland SP-606 Sampling Workstation [Three Wave Music] SN ZV27185

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VINTAGE ‘73 Early Minimoog Model D SN 6642

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"***Original vintage Moog, Mini Moog, Model D*** Serial #6642 manufactured by Moog Music, Inc. in Williamsville, New York, dating to approximately 1973 or 74 This is an original 1970s Model D—not a reissue—and a genuine piece of analog history! ***It needs a full service & restoration*** These early ones with the “good” oscillators are quite sought after..."

Note the listing mentions it has the first oscillators for the Minimoog, but I beleive these are Rev2 based on the serial number and date. A quick search on Minimoog Oscillator Revisions online brings up the following:

The Three Main Revisions

Revision 1
(Early Discrete) 1970 – 1971
(Serial #1001 to ~1210) 100% discrete design featuring no operational amplifiers (op-amps). Utilizes a single temperature-compensated resistor ("tempco") shared globally across all three oscillators. Known for a raw, unpredictable, and remarkably "beefy" character. However, it suffers from notorious environmental drift, scaling issues, and poor tuning stability.

Revision 2
(The "Old" Board) 1972 – ~1979
(Serial ~1211 to #10174) Transitioned to utilizing early Integrated Circuits (ICs) while preserving discrete transistor sub-circuits. Features 7 calibration trim holes exposed on the rear panel. This is the most common version found in vintage units. It introduced individual scaling adjustments per oscillator. It successfully retains the classic organic texture and phasing behavior while improving baseline reliability.

Revision 3
(The "New" Board) ~1979 – 1981
(Serial #10175 to end) Completely redesigned to use modern, highly accurate uA726 heated differential pairs (or specialized tempco configurations) for exceptional tracking stability. Features 17 trim holes on the back panel for ultra-precise high-frequency calibration. Delivers rock-solid tuning stability. Purists sometimes debate that its tighter tolerances alter the classic oscillator-phasing behavior, making it sound slightly cleaner or "thinner" compared to its older siblings—though it remains vastly thicker than most standard analogs.

So this one appears to be a REV 2.

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PolyArp + Nord Stage 3 | Shaping an Expressive Pattern & 1.5 Update

video upload by Iris Orbit

"I’m playing my Nord Stage 3 with PolyArp, my dual polyrhythmic MIDI arpeggiator. The pattern follows the chords I hold.

Expression shapes the dynamics of the phrase, and Articulation changes how long the notes last. I can shape the phrase without editing every MIDI note.

In this demo I’m using only the right-hand arpeggiator. PolyArp sends MIDI, and the Nord makes the sound."

"PolyArp 1.5: a new preset browser and more arpeggio directions

PolyArp is a dual polyrhythmic MIDI arpeggiator by independent developer IrisOrbit.

Play a chord on a MIDI keyboard, or send chords from a MIDI track in your DAW. PolyArp turns each chord into two related, expressive arpeggios. Each arpeggiator has its own settings. The two parts can have different note lengths, rhythm patterns and arpeggio directions, but they stay at the same tempo.

The 1.5 updates introduce a new preset browser with separate factory and user sections and support for folders. Preset changes keep the current MIDI ports, channels and mappings by default.

Three new arpeggio directions start around the middle of the chord. With C, E, G and B in one octave and Repeat off, Center Down plays E, C, G, B; Center Up plays G, B, E, C; and Inside Out plays E, G, C, B. Each part can use a different direction.

The latest version, 1.5.3, also adds First Steps setup instructions and a clearer keyboard split-point marker.

PolyArp is available as a plug-in and standalone app for macOS, Windows and Linux. Updates are free for existing 1.x owners. A seven-day trial is available.

Product: https://irisorbit.io/polyarp/
Download: https://irisorbit.io/polyarp/download/
Release notes: https://irisorbit.io/polyarp/updates/"