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Monday, October 19, 2026

Morphor Echon 6 sounds

video upload by David Bessell

"Demo sounds for the Echon 6 physical modelling synthesizer. There is a lot more you can do with this than the presets suggest. This is where I got to after about a week, there are deeper functions I haven't touched yet but its sounding good so far. All sounds are just a single layer, a tough of external reverb added."

Hainbach - In Memoriam

video upload by HAINBACH

"A year to the day my mother passed away. I wrote this piece in memory of her, and it is out now on my new album 'Vive'. Some of you might have already seen and heard this on my video to the string armonica, which I used as the melody instrument here. Listen to the album here:"

Virus A and B Editors for PatchBase

video upload by Coffeeshopped

"A short demo of the Access Virus B editor/librarian in Patch Base. Other editors in Patch Base include the Virus A, Virus KB, Virus Indigo, and Virus Classic. Available for Mac and iPad."

https://coffeeshopped.com/2026/10/access-virus-virus-b-editors-available-today

Korg Wavestate - "Aether" Soundset (40 Exclusive Performances)

video upload by LFOstore

"Step into the light. Aether is a collection of 40 exclusive performances for Korg Wavestate, woven from air, glass and morning sun. Imagine a luminous golden horizon, a sea of clouds drifting far below, crystal spheres floating weightlessly through an endless sky. This is the world these sounds were crafted to build around you.

At its heart are the pads: shimmering, slowly breathing, rising like first light over the clouds. They turn like light through a prism, drift like mist at dawn and bloom into soft harmonic halos. Around them, sequences and arpeggios sparkle in the spirit of the Berlin School and the golden age of 80s electronica, but on its bright side, where every pulse is a ray of sunlight rather than a shadow. Glass bells, silver plucks and tender leads complete the sky.

As a sound designer for Access Music, Native Instruments, and Modal Electronics, OttO K. Schwarz shaped every performance with one aim: sounds that feel weightless but never empty. Many performances are multi-layered, with evolving textures and melodic phrases that invite you to simply hold a chord and listen.

All presets are tuned for real-time expression: the modulation wheel and other assigned parameters open the sound like clouds parting, giving you intuitive control over several parameters at once. Whether you’re scoring a film, composing ambient or electronic music, guiding a meditation session or playing live, “Aether” offers a palette of sounds that are light, luminous and deeply musical.

Please find more details here - https://ottolfo.sellfy.store/wavestate/"

Daisy Pod - Build Your OWN Music Gear (Beginner-Friendly) | Unboxing & First Look

video upload by Pocket Trax

Meet Omri Cohen's First Eurorack Module - Pitch Keeper

video upload by Omri Cohen

You should know Omri Cohen from his numerous VCV Rack and eurorac tutorial videos here on MATRIXSYNTH. Pitch Keeper is his first eurorack module.

"My first Eurorack module is finally available / Pitch Keeper overview and tutorial"

Introduction - 00:00
Basic functionality - 01:58
Motion Looper - 07:09
Risers and transitions - 11:21
Not just with VCOs - 13:05
Locking modulation - 16:25
Recording performances - 19:40
Synced looping - 22:24
Pitch sequences - 24:38
Mixing the input - 27:09
As a macro controller - 28:54
Disclaimer - 31:10

"Here is all the information about Pitch Keeper: https://modulove.io/pitchkeeper." Some captured for the site archives:

"THE clou

Set your pitch with a fader. toggle the lock. Done - your tuning is frozen in place, immune to accidental bumps. Experiment freely, knowing you can always snap back to exactly where you were.

That's Pitchkeeper. A dual-channel precision offset generator with motion looper, born from a real patching need - conceived by Omri Cohen, built by Modulove.

FEATURES

TUNE.LOCK. FORGET.

You've dialed in the perfect pitch. Lock it - and it stays, no matter what. Now the pitch knob on your oscillator is free. Detune for width. Sweep for effect. Come back to perfect tuning with a flick of the toggle.

RECORD. LOOP. MODULATE.
Move the fader. Pitchkeeper records that movement - up to 5 minutes - and plays it back as looping CV. Plug it into a filter cutoff, a VCA, a panning module. Keep shaping it by modulating offset and attenuation via fader and pot. Your one-time gesture is now a repeating, evolving part of your patch.

FULL.RANGE. PRECISION
Tuning a V/Oct oscillator? Use ±5V. Sending offset to a VCA? Switch to 0–10V. One button cycles through four ranges: ±10V, ±5V, 0–10V, 0–5V. Full fader throw on each range."

AlphaTheta ChordCat Groovebox and Chord Engine - SonicDEMO

video upload by sonicstate

"We're looking at the ‪@alphathetaglobal‬ AlphaTheta ChordCat, a compact eight-track groovebox. It has built-in sounds, effects, sequencing and the ChordCruiser chord-generation system. It runs on battery or USB, and includes USB MIDI, MIDI in/out/thru, stereo outputs and headphones.

ChordCat is more than a groovebox and has chord helper functions which makes creating riffs and arrangements pretty straightforward. Matt takes us through sounds, sequencing, chord creation, effects, pattern handling, performance controls and DAW integration.

The sound banks include basses, keys, leads, pads, guitars, plucks, mallets, brass, strings, stabs and drum kits, with the 4x4 X-Y pad used for auditioning presets.

ChordCruiser shows chord names and notes, works with key and scale settings, and offers further chord choices after each selection. Matt built a four-chord set, then recorded it into the sequencer. The sequencer records note length, allows step entry, and lets each step hold gate and velocity values.

We also cover delay, arpeggiator, reverb and chorus sends, track volume and pan, ducking, filter and amp envelope editing, plus automation recording.Pattern copy, direction changes, switchback, step shift, chaining, muting and soloing can be used to reshape the sequence.

ChordCat Manager works on PC and Mac for sequence import/export. ChordCruiser is also coming as a plugin only, with beta access via AlphaTheta.

UK pricing is around £239 -£250.

Key Moments
00:00:00 Introduction and hardware overview
00:01:54 Sound browsing and preset auditioning
00:03:07 Chord mode, scales and ChordCruiser
00:09:47 Recording chords and step editing
00:11:28 Delay, arpeggiator and per-step control
00:14:52 Drums, track levels and sends
00:20:15 Filters, envelopes and automation
00:23:32 Pattern variations, direction and chaining
00:29:44 DAW MIDI, ChordCat Manager, plugin beta and price"

Practicing Plinky 12 chord

video upload by Meska (Meska)

"Quick practice on Plinky 12 chord, still in the learning phase .

Thank you for watching. My name is Meska of the statik collective . I've been making mostly 'dark and expérimental' music for more than ten years now, i'v learn so much online, now it's time for me to share my knoledge, my exploration and this channel is a place to talk about the tools, sound design and techniques to make music with. You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/. If you'd like to support the channel consider buying music from bandcamp ;) Contact/booking: meskastatik@gmail.com"

23 Engines, 407 Sounds! Clipper 1.0 for the M-VAVE FM-1

video upload by PhilipsKnobs

You can find the M-VAVE FM-1 on Amazon. "The creators of SLOOP are back with another custom firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1! CLIPPER 1.0, an experimental firmware that turns the FM-1 into a much deeper polyphonic synthesizer.

With 23 synthesis engines and 407 sounds, Clipper covers everything from classic FM and analogue-style synths to wavetable, vector synthesis, physical modelling, granular sounds, chiptune and much more.

In this video, I'm taking a first look at Clipper, playing some sound demos and having a quick look at the browser-based editor. There's a lot to explore, so this is just a basic overview of what it can do.

CLIPPER 1.0 is experimental. The developer warns that it has had limited testing on the actual FM-1, so expect possible bugs, audio clicks, CPU load issues or storage problems. Back up your projects and sounds before installing, follow the instructions carefully, and proceed at your own risk.

CLIPPER INSTALLATION:
https://isod89.github.io/clipper-fm1/

CLIPPER WEB EDITOR:
https://isod89.github.io/clipper-fm1/..."

Believe The HYP-1/ Acid Techno on M-Vave FM-1

video upload by HanzVolt

"Why dont you have 6?"

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

Baikonur 4: a virtual instrument sampled from a SOMA Lyra-8

video upload by Fangtooth Instruments

"Baikonur 4 is a cinematic virtual instrument built from deep-sampled recordings of the Soma Lyra-8 — an analog synthesizer known for its unpredictable, organic character. Available now as VST3/AU.

🔗 Get it here: https://fangtoothinstruments.com

Baikonur 4 features multiple mic positions, a built-in arpeggiator, and a full effects chain — covering everything from dark atmospheric drones to percussive textures and alien tonalities. Designed for film, game, and horror scoring"

Baikonur 4 is a sample-based synthesizer built from the sound of the SOMA Lyra-8™, a celebrated analog drone instrument. Rather than model it, Baikonur 4 captures its character through multi-channel recording and lets you reshape it with modulation, filtering and effects.

What makes the instrument distinctive is how each sound was recorded: every source was captured through four separate “mic” channels, each with its own tone, which you blend to taste on the main page.

Main — The direct signal, run through analog EQ, analog saturation and transformers for weight and color.
Room — The signal sent through a Fender Princeton Reverb amplifier and then a Universal Audio OX amp top box with the “Room” control fully raised — the source of the channel’s name.
Cab L / Cab R — Two different speaker-cabinet impulse responses, each captured in a different room and without the amplifier used on the Room channel — adding width and a sense of space.

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The Bob Moog Foundation Announces Online Art & Memorabilia Auction

via The Bob Moog Foundation

"Announcing From the Vault: Artwork, Autographs, and Electronic Music History

Looking for something a little different for your studio walls?

Our online fundraising auction runs October 19-26, 2026, offering original artwork, professionally framed prints, autographed collectibles, and memorabilia celebrating synthesizers and electronic music.

Highlights include a caricature autographed by Keith Emerson, colorful illustrations by Kyle Platts, intricate music-history prints by Dorothy, and photographs signed by Larry Fast, Roger Powell, and Patrick Moraz. An original painting by David C. Lovelace, created live at the Moogseum during Bob’s 92nd birthday celebration, brings Bob and The Packrat together on canvas.

Every winning bid supports Dr. Bob's SoundSchool, the Bob Moog Foundation Archives, and the Moogseum."

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