Playing Light Like an Instrument — Open-Source LED Synthesizer

video upload by engmung

Note 1:43 in the video. Patternflow can be used as a controller via OSC.

"Patternflow is an open-source LED synthesizer — a 128×64 HUB75E matrix driven by an ESP32-S3, with four knobs wired straight into the pattern math. Turn a knob, and the pattern bends with your hand.

▶ Get one — Patternflow on Crowd Supply: https://www.crowdsupply.com/engmung/p...

Everything is open source: STL files, Blender sources, PCB gerbers, and firmware. The full build runs around $100 depending on where you order parts.

— What's in the video —
0:00 This is Patternflow
0:08 How it works
0:26 Build your own (~$100)
1:04 Make patterns in your browser
1:42 OSC — a pocket-size VJ rig
2:03 Why it's open source

Patternflow began with Nam June Paik's Participation TV (1963), the first work where the audience could touch the image. I wanted to go one step further — so I built an instrument where you make the image yourself.

The full story, from Paik to Patternflow:
https://patternflow.work/journal/nam-...

▶ Try it in your browser (no hardware needed): https://patternflow.work
▶ Build one — all files + build guide: https://github.com/engmung/Patternflow
▶ Join the builders — Discord: / discord
▶ Patterns, daily: / patternflow.work


Patternflow is sponsored by PCBWay.

#esp32 #ledmatrix #opensource #synthesizer #diy #maker #hub75 #mediaart"



Details:

Standalone LED visual synth with 4 rotary encoders and 128x64 RGB LED matrix (8,192 pixels).

Runs on ESP32-S3 with all generative visuals rendered live in real time.

Bidirectional wireless OSC support for Ableton (Max for Live) and TouchDesigner.

Internal hidden battery bay for cordless portable performance.

Over 150 community-created patterns and browser simulator.

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Clocking Echoa on the Alchemy Lab - Eurorack Dual Delay

video upload by Hermetic Modular

"Tap tempo, 24 PPQN tempo sync, individual line clocking, time modulation... we get into the weeds of the dual delay Eurorack firmware for the Hermetic Modular Alchemy Lab."

Analogue Ambient Sci-Fi by Benge

video upload by Memetune Studio

"Here is a long version of the sci-fi inspired videos for The Evolving Riddle Volume 2

Featuring interpretations of some of my favourite sci-fi visual artists brought to life in the Memetune Video Lab

The music was made on the following instruments: Crumar DS2, Buchla 100, ARP 2500, Buchla 200, Roland SH5 and System 100, each track being a live improvisation on each system using a modular looper and effects system"

Best Of Teenage Engineering OP-Z

video upload by Woody Piano Shack

"Demo and live jam of TEENAGE ENGINEERING OP-Z GROOVEBOX."

MORE WOODY PIANO SHACK
https://woodypianoshack.com

1010 Music Nanobox Tangerine Compact Multi-Sampling Instrument

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1010 Music Nanobox Lemondrop Desktop Granular Synthesizer

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1010 Music Blackbox Sampling Workstation

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Original 1997 Korg Catalog

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via this eBay listing, also on Reverb

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"This is a must-have for any vintage synthesizer/Korg collector as these are getting very hard/impossible to find these days.

This catalog has no highlighting or underlining in it This original catalog is in very good condition, see the picture's for more detail."

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Oberheim 4/2-voice/SEM Catalog

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via this Reverb listing, also on eBay.

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"OK, this is one of the holy grails of vintage Synthesizer-Literature. In the 30 years of collecting synth-literature I only saw this catalog twice. There is another Oberheim Catalog from 1978 (8/4/2 Voice) which is much less rare. I guess this Oberheim catalog was only foreseen for dealers and universities. The price reflects it's rarity but I'm open to fair offers as always, the price will also be adapted as long it's not been sold, so keep watching this item if the price is too high for you now . I'm only shipping this with a tracking-option hence the higher shipping-costs,it would be an immense shame if this catalog gets lost in mailing traffic somewhere. This Oberheim catalog is for the real collector and could be your only chance in life to own this piece :)

For sale is an Oberheim 4/2-voice/SEM Catalog from 1975 (!)

This is your chance to own this original Oberheim Catalog which contains information and picture's of the 4/2 Voice and SEM Oberheim synthesizers. It also contains info and pics of the early Oberheim Products of the early 70's when Oberheim started as a company as there are the stand-alone Voltage Controlled Filter, Phasor and Digital and Mini Sequencer.

This is a must-have for any vintage synthesizer/Oberheim collector as these are getting very hard/impossible to find these days.

This catalog has no highlighting or underlining in it. This catalog has 1 stamp and 1 sticker on it. This original Oberheim catalog is in very good condition, see the picture's for more detail."

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Roland SH-5 Quick Demo

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video upload by Seventy Three Records Music Store

SN 450438 via this eBay listing

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"Up for sale is my favorite Roland synth of the 70s era. It has all the raw tone of the System 100 with way more features and quite a stunning look. Check out the attached video of a quick demo of this actual SH5. It all works great and sounds great. Hard to find one fully functional and looking this good.. heck, hard to find at all. I found using this with ease and nothing that hindered use or performance. It always delivered what I needed in sessions. If I had to be REALLY picky.. it could use a spray of contact cleaner on a pot or two and on a rare occasion a key might double trigger (this era of roland synths is notorious for that) BUT as you can see and hear from the video, it's fine the way it is. I never found the need to detail it. Just stating for those that might be expecting MINT. Otherwise.. this is an amazing example of an SH5. Basses, leads, modulated madness.. it delivers."

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Buchla meets Supercell - modular synth drone soundscape

video upload by Matthias Bober

"little modular synth drone soundscape with the TTA Buchla modules into Supercell"

Gieskes G2399E Eurorack Delay

video upload by Gijs Gieskes

"https://gieskes.nl/eurorack/?file=G2399E

0:00 1v Octave buffer looping
2:18 Explanation
3:30 Reverse DC motor pitch shined by LFSR2r
4:06 Randomly playing
5:36 Phasing VCOFan
7:26 VU Perc pitch shifting

PT2399 based eurorack delay module."

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Espen Kraft's Roland Alpha Juno-2 editor & librarian | Free to download!

video upload by Espen Kraft

"My sound patches for the Roland Alpha Juno here: https://espenkraft.com
Get the editor for free at my web shop here: https://espenkraft.com/b/VnqI9

Roland Alpha Juno-2 patch editor and librarian — it runs in your web browser.
A tool I built to edit and organise sounds on the Alpha Juno-2.
It might work on your Alpha Juno-1 and MKS-50 as well, but it has not been tested.

Tweak every parameter on screen, pull single patches or whole banks off the synth, back them up as sysex files, or load sysex files from your computer and into the hardware.

It runs in a web browser (Chrome or Edge — not Firefox or Safari) with a MIDI interface connected to the synth. It works on PC and Mac, and under Linux.

It's my personal tool shared for anyone who wants it. Setup instructions come in a short readme with the file, but I offer no support on this. It's shared 'as is'."

Espen Kraft editors

Vertigo 5.4 What's New

video upload by discoDSP

"3 LFOs, MPE and faster UI rendering. https://www.discodsp.com/vertigo/"

Another Machines Techno presets for Elastic Melody Update 1.2 (coming soon)

video upload by Elastic Instruments

"Another Machines has created some incredible presets for Elastic Melody — heavy techno bangers that perfectly showcase the new sonic possibilities coming with Update 1.2.

OSCILLATOR
• 4 additional oscillator waveforms for an even greater range of sounds
• New modulation modes for more sonic variety:
1) Pitch Modulation
2) FM Modulation (IAP*)
3) FM decayed Modulation (IAP*)

FILTER
• 3 new filter drive modes for adding dirt and character:
1) Creamy Overdrive
2) Filter Feedback (IAP*)
3) Filter FM (IAP*)

*All additional IAP modes are included in a single In-App Purchase.

👉 Get Elastic Melody via App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/elastic...

MORE MELODY INFO:
Website: https://mominstruments.com/elasticmelody"

Condukt 1.6 with latched Recalls, triggers and new patching on Plinky12 #dawless

video upload by Condukt

PlantsSystem-KOSMOS-RGB #kosmosrgb #raspberrypi #pico #rgbkeypad

video upload by plantssystem

"KOSMOS is a minimalist generative music instrument that integrates KOSMOS2 (the core of the generation algorithm) and KOSMOS-RGB (visual feedback and control system).

Based on rotation, trajectory, and smooth transitions, the sound continuously changes autonomously.

The exposed electronic circuitry and RGB lighting visualize the generation process happening inside, functioning not as decoration, but as the 'language of the instrument.'

Responding instantly to touch, MIDI, and external synchronization,
small operations change the trajectory and alter the flow of sound,
and the same music never repeats even with the same settings.

KOSMOS is neither a synth nor a sequencer;
it's an instrument that exists as a small generative environment.

A universe just for you, fitting in the palm of your hand."

Lo-Fi Pop | Circuit Tracks

video upload by Warm synths

"​I sat at the table with the Circuit Tracks. The light stretched across the plastic casing. I turned the filter knob and the heavy bass vanished. The room suddenly felt empty, like someone had moved the furniture out. Sometimes I want to roll off the low end of everything else, too.

​Gear Used
​Novation Circuit Tracks

​Thanks for watching. Subscribe for more dawless sessions."

In The Air Tonight (CR-78 Circuit Tracks version)

video upload by Guinan

"Like many others around the world I watched the moody trailer for Rockstar's billion dollar GTA6 game yesterday.

As a result, I've had the iconic Roland CR-78 drum pattern stuck in my head all day.

(Just for fun) This was my way of clearing it out of my head (CR87 samples and Novation synthwave pack).....it just has to go downhill once the drum break comes in though ;) apologies drum fans....(cue rapid fade).....

The arrangement is a very loose representation of the original....

More details for synth nerds
BPM 98
Based on Novations free Synthware sound pack.
Added some CR78 samples, and a distorted guitar chord sample (triggered as a drum hit on Drum 4)
Everything you hear was played live off the Tracks. I was determined to not use ANY other synths so all the melody and pads are played on the same two intruments.

Full song is downloadable here,
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zk7l73...

Have fun....stay tuned."

Daft Punk / J-Dilla / MachineDrum Sounds, Inside a LinnDrum. Da funk

video upload by Program 17

"This is the exact drums Daft Punk sampled for Da Funk, J-Dilla Drums, and Elektron Sounds inside the Linn drum. I made the EPROMs using a Oberheim Prommer. It was not an easy task. But I took layered drums. Sampled them, turned them to binary, then program them for the Linn drum. I loved daft punk growing up. I’m from Detroit. I use to hang around J-Dilla at the time. I owned a Linn drum since I was a teenager. It was my dream to program sounds for a Linn drum. I spent thousands of hours programming a Linn drum and often times wondered how to make my Linn drum sound like daft punk. Well I did it. Inside of using a SP-1200, these are the sounds inside a Linn drum.

Kick and snare are the daft punk drums.
The hat is Machine drum.
Kicks from a machine drum are in the toms and congas.

The J Dilla claps and snares are the same exact method J Dilla would use on his Drums. After reading the book “dilla time” I was inspired to make the drums a little bit off. If you look at the actual original binary files of the Linn Drum on a spectral graph or analyze the way form, you will notice that the drums are not perfect. Prince always said you need air to make it an instrument so I gave the samples a little bit of room in the beginning so it kind of sounds off but it’s not off because you can program the timing with the pitch now exactly like a clap trap, which is ironic because that’s what I heard where the Drum clap originally came from.

#linndrum #jdilla #drummachines #prince #oberheim"