Expert Sleepers disting NT masterclass with Simon Kirby & Os | 27 May 2026

video upload by Signal Sounds

"On 27 May, we hosted an event diving deep on all things disting with artist, musician, and Professor of Language Evolution, Simon Kirby, alongside Expert Sleepers founder and longtime pal of Signal Sounds, Os. The night began with a performance by Simon using his disting-focused Eurorack system, followed by a Q&A and a look into the depths of the disting NT universe.

Buy disting NT here:
https://www.signalsounds.com/expert-s...

More from Expert Sleepers: https://www.expert-sleepers.co.uk/
More from Simon Kirby: https://www.simonkirby.net/

Chapters:
00:00 Simon Kirby performance
19:24 Live set breakdown
39:19 Q&A with Simon & Os"

Oberheim TEO 5 + Push 3 Standalone techno performance 1

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Cherry Audio Ensoniq ESQ 1 - "Cinematic Legacy" Soundset

video upload by LFOstore

"Soundset working: Original ESQ-1 & SQ-80 + Cherry Audio Ensoniq ESQ1

BUY: https://lfo.sellfy.store/p/cherry-aud...

In 1988 Ensoniq made a real deep machine ESQ-1 with digital osc’s & analog filter & lot of synthesizer possibilities.

In our modern times Cherry Audio made a great emulation of this 80’s classic!

Now we are having opportunity to touch a legend with authentic sound!

'Cinematic Legacy' Soundset contains 40 organic presets suited for cinematic, ambient & electronic music in any genre:

Massive Vintage Strings
Silky & Evolving Pads
Deep Drones
Basses
Arps & Moving Sounds
Plucks & Bells

Easy installing with our instructions.

Sounds can be different aswell as patch names from model to model.
Original ESQ & SQ synths having no Arp & Reverb.

Made by chief sound engeneer of LFO.store – Nick Klimenko.

Turn the potential of your powerful synthesizer on maximum & may music be with you!"

Erica Synths Razornator 5 Tuned Stereo Delays - Sonic DEMO

video upload by sonicstate

"​@matthsmatthsmatths takes a look the @EricaSynths. Erica Synths Razornator, developed with 112dB, its an effects unit built around five stereo, chromatically tuned resonating delay lines.

We look at how the Razornator turns rhythmic, unpitched drums into pitched, harmonic textures. A resonant filter shapes the input, while decay, damping and an envelope follower control the length and tone of the resonance.

A shift control can move the pitch by up to two octaves, a central dial sets the root note, with four further pitches set by hand or via MIDI for chords and sequencing.
Razornator shares its form factor with the Echo Locator and Nightverb, offering stereo I/O, MIDI, USB, up to 25dB gain and extensive MIDI CC control.
Matt runs presets on drums, synths, arpeggios and vocals.

Priced at around 490 euros, expect firmware updates to follow."

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:41 What the Razornator does
00:01:00 Five resonating delay lines
00:02:55 Compared to Echolocator and Nightverb
00:04:22 Signal path and filter
00:06:05 Envelope follower
00:08:55 Pitch control and MIDI chords
00:12:30 Menu, presets and morphing
00:20:29 Arpeggiator and synth patches
00:32:18 Vocals
00:36:28 Wrap up and price

DESTINY PLUS DOUBLE Q EURORACK LIMITED REVIEW

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Arcaico STIGMA: drone and acid test #eurorack #modularsynth #synthesizer

video upload by Arcaico Instruments and ludotex

"An Exploration of STIGMA by Ludotex

This video was created by Ludotex.
We’re thrilled to see how different musicians discover their own sounds and personal approaches using our instruments.

Thank you to Ludotex for sharing this wonderful performance and for exploring the sonic possibilities of STIGMA.

Setup used:

Discovering the joy of industrial audio destruction. Stigma is a double filter with valves, it ranges from soft to completely destroying the sound.

First example is a modulated wavetable from Plaits, going into Stigma and the Samarkanda. Second example is NTO square going in to Stigma and then Samarkanda, with a Vhikk X drone, and some Peaks kick.

0:00 drone
3:56 acid test"

Terry Bozzio's Missing Person's 1980s Mini-Moog Model D with Roland MPU-101

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"From the Terry Bozzio, Missing Persons Collection.

Missing Persons was one of the most influential bands of the 1980s New Wave movement. The band was founded by Dale and Terry Bozzio in 1980. Their biggest hits, Words, Destination Unknown and Walking In L.A helped define and establish New Wave.

This 1980s Mini-Moog Model D synthesizer with a Roland MPU-101 Midi Interface were played in recordings and live performances with Missing Persons circa early-mid 1980s.

The keyboard was in excellent working condition with no issues when it was last used. It currently powers up and has no visual damage or any indicators that anything is malfunctioning. We do not have access to the gear needed to confirm its current working condition. It is being sold "as is".

This is an iconic piece of New Wave history that played a pivotal role in defining unique sound of one of the most innovative and influential groups in the 1980s New Wave Movement.

Includes a COA signed by Terry Bozzio."

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Juno-106 Analog Keyboard Synthesizer SN 566348

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Roland Juno-60 Polyphonic Analog Keyboard Synthesizer

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MC-303 Groovebox Synthesizer

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Roland MC-909 Groovebox SN ZQ40866

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"This MC-909 is an excellent daw alternative with Roland's XV synth engine ready to go. This particular unit shows some signs of wear but overall it's in very good condition for it's age."

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Suzuki OM-27 Omnichord SN 036014 w/ Original Box

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Ableton Push 2

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Synthstrom Deluge + Gig Bag

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Waldorf Iridium Desktop MKI w/ Rack Ears

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Moog Moogerfooger MF-101 Lowpass Filter

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They changed their mind (CHOMPI)

video upload by chase bliss

"We're no longer pursuing what we've been calling "CHOMPI 1.5" at this time.

You may remember we made an announcement last year that we would be starting to manufacture CHOMPI ourselves going forward. The plan was to make a backwards-compatible CHOMPI that would have slightly different hardware from the original but the same processor, so that no matter what CHOMPI you bought you would have access to the same firmware.

Well, that turned out to be a pretty bad idea.

The main reason is that we started to bump into the limits of what that processor was capable of while making the new TEMPO firmware. The manufacturing process was also turning into a bit of a puzzle, and so we found ourselves in the position of essentially recreating an existing product that was already maxed out. It would have been time-consuming, expensive, and limiting for future ideas. It just didn’t make sense.

So that leaves us in the awkward spot we’re in now. Sorry.

Chelsea and Tobias are still working here and we’ll be continuing to support CHOMPI – we’re leaving the door open for what’s next – but at this specific moment we are not working on or planning any new CHOMPI products."

Bad Gear - How to become a WEIRDO

video upload by AudioPilz

"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. It is completely natural behavior for electronic musicians to obsess about oddly specific genres of which the undisputed final boss is - of course - ambient. For three reasons.

One, you can produce ambient on any piece of gear with a reverb, two, there are basically no limits to the size of your setup even if you have no idea what you’re doing and three, when your music sounds like a knot of psychotic toads on horse tranquilizers you can still pretend that it was an artistic decision.

Today we are going to talk about Sonicware Liven Ambient 0. This grooveless groovebox was brought to the market last year and puts you in the fast lane to becoming an ambient weirdo."

Crunchy Repeats: Time Shadows + Three Stems (w/ Model:Cycles)

video upload by Duskmos

"In this Layers video, I pair up the Time Shadows and the Three Stems, two mysterious pedals that pair up to bring some of the crunchiest repeats I've ever heard."

Korg Opsix: Beyond FM with Wave Shaping

video upload by Ian Dixon

"In this Korg Opsix tutorial, I dive deep into the Wave Shaper effect—a feature inspired by the classic Korg 01/W. Discover how to move beyond standard FM synthesis to create complex, harmonically rich textures, including PPG-style vocal pads and D-50-inspired bell tones.

I explore how to use parallel routing and internal filters to tame these aggressive waveforms, turning digital noise into playable, lush patches. Whether you're looking for gritty bass or shimmering pads, the wave-folding capabilities of the Opsix open up a whole new world of sound design."

Timestamps
00:00 – Introduction: Creating PPG-style vocal sounds
00:57 – Setting up a Stacked Algorithm for parallel routing
01:20 – What is Wave Shaping? (Origins from the Korg 01/W)
02:05 – Analyzing different Wave Shaper types and harmonics
03:45 – Designing D-50 style bell pads with high harmonics
05:30 – Using Operator Filters to shape complex waves
07:30 – Starting with Sawtooth waves for digital overtones
09:55 – Creating a vocal wavetable sound with Band Pass filters
10:45 – Detuning operators for a thicker, layered sound
12:00 – Adding high-pitched bell overtones with additional operators
14:35 – Final thoughts and experimentation tips

Previously:

Can the Korg Opsix Recreate the Roland D-50?

video upload by Ian Dixon

"Can the Korg Opsix recreate the sound of the legendary Roland D-50 without using samples? In this video I build a D-50-inspired patch from scratch, using nothing but FM synthesis, wave shaping, layering and effects to see just how close the Opsix can get to Roland's classic LA synthesis sound.

Along the way I break down the patch step by step, recreating the D-50's signature combination of organ, bell tones and bright "spectrum" textures. Rather than copying a preset, this is a practical sound design walkthrough that explains why these layers work and how you can apply the same techniques to your own patches."

⏱️ Timestamps

0:00 – Intro — Can the Opsix recreate a Roland D-50?
0:18 – What makes the D-50 sound? LA synthesis explained
0:33 – Breaking down the layers: organ, bells and spectrum fizz
0:50 – Choosing the algorithm: why Algorithm 24 gives flexibility
1:33 – Building the organ layer with additive waves
2:26 – Detuning for classic D-50-style width
3:12 – Shaping the organ envelope
4:35 – Creating the bell layer with FM ring modulation
5:18 – Bell envelope programming
6:07 – Listening to the original Roland D-50 bell
6:59 – Building the spectrum-style layer
7:42 – Wave shaping and filtering
8:51 – High-pass filtering to recreate the D-50 texture
9:33 – Balancing the layers
10:12 – Master filtering
11:10 – Experimenting with a noise-based layer
12:37 – Refining the bell envelopes
13:07 – Adding chorus, delay and reverb 14:00 – Soloing each layer
15:01 – Final thoughts — Did we get close?