754 - Modular synth melodic techno

video upload by Perceptes

""754" is a song I performed live with my Eurorack modular synthesizer, Beetlecrab Tempera, Strymon BigSky MX, and OXI Instruments's One MKII. I added captions to explain a bit about how it was made. Enjoy!"

Befaco Ark Tutorial - BOC Kaini

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ECHOFIELD - He Turned the M-VAVE FM-1 Into a Granular Synthesizer!

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

"ECHOFIELD turns short samples into evolving clouds of sound, shimmering textures, strange loops, ambient soundscapes, and much more. It's a different way to explore the FM-1, built for experimentation and making sounds you might not expect from this little device.

In this video, I'll show you how ECHOFIELD works, explore its different granular modes and performance effects, and take a look at the companion browser app and built-in emulator.

You can even record audio directly from the FM-1 into the app, edit it, and send it back to the device.

Firmware flasher: https://philip-bos.github.io/echofiel...
Companion app: https://philip-bos.github.io/echofiel...
Browser emulator: https://philip-bos.github.io/echofiel...

Installation instructions and project source: https://github.com/Philip-Bos/echofie...

ECHOFIELD is free and experimental. Make sure to read the instructions before installing custom firmware, and back up anything you want to keep."



"ECHOFIELD turns the M-VAVE FM-1, a tiny FM synth, into a granular sampler. It reads tiny pieces of a sample (grains), dozens at a time, each with its own pitch, place and fade, and overlaps them into a sound that keeps moving. It started as a granular sampler for the R36S handheld and was rebuilt here, from the ground up, for the FM-1's own chip.

Six modes: CLOUD, DUST, TAPE, BLOOM, PULSE and DRIFT, each a different way of playing the same sound.

Playable: the keys play the cloud at any pitch, with velocity. Chords work too, and the DRIFT ORACLE picks notes in a key you choose.

Performance effects: hold FX and the black keys become freeze, reverse, octaves, stutter, tape stop, delay throw, shimmer and more, for as long as you hold them.

RANDOM with locks: ARP rolls new settings that still sound good. Lock the knobs you love, and undo if you went too far.

RESAMPLE: record up to five seconds of what you hear into a new sound, then granulate that.

LISTEN: hear any sample as it is, before the grains change it.

14 factory sounds, all CC0, and 16 slots for your own.

Both of the FM-1's cores render the grains, so there are no dropouts when you play hard.

Eurorack Feedback Ambient Jam

video upload by Ghost In Translation

"I try using my new module NRNSS in a feedback loop with Ghost and my other module DS1 for the kick. I first tried to get it to self oscillate but it’s so silent it wouldn’t.

NRNSS is a stereo mixer based on the open source Nearness but redesigned from the ground up, more features and higher end components. 9 inputs each panned according to its proximity with the 2 outputs and in addition to those inputs are 7 stereo TRS inputs with various fixed gains. All of this in only 4HP.

#eurorack #feedback #ambientnoise"

Viscount Legend 70s MKII Stage Piano - Advanced Tutorial

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"Find exclusive Viscount Legend '70s MKII BUNDLES at Kraft Music:

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Dave from Kraft Music gives a detailed walkthrough on the Legend '70s MKII and each of the sound modules.

00:00 Intro 00:32 The Legend '70s Concept 01:18 Module Installation 01:36 Original Legend '70s at NAMM 2020 02:00 Cosmetic Updates for MKII 02:30 Models and Included Modules 04:01 Check Out Dan Trudel! 04:47 Acoustic Piano 2GB Module 10:38 Legend '70s App with A. Piano Module 12:22 Electric Piano Module 20:17 Legend '70s App with E. Piano Module 23:48 Clavi Module 29:36 Sound Collection Module 50:50 FM Synth Module 1:01:15 Legend '70 App with FM Module 1:06:04 SYNTH-8 Module 1:15:08 Legend '70s App with SYNTH-8 Module 1:17:42 External Module 1:22:57 EQ Section 1:24:10 Reverb Section 1:28:16 Effects Section 1:32:38 Program Section 1:37:02 Legend '70s App with Programs 1:39:08 Back Panel Connections 1:39:37 Accessories 1:40:00 Signing Off

Viscount Legend '70s MKII modular stage pianos take a genuinely original approach to the instrument category, allowing players to build and expand their sound engine over time by installing modules directly into the front panel. At its core is a dual-DSP main circuit, giving each installed module ample headroom for rich, detailed sound generation. The Artist-W is aimed at pianists who want an 88-key acoustic grand piano-style action; it ships with the A. Piano 2G module installed and four empty slots ready for expansion. The 73-key Compact is built for keyboardists whose focus is electric pianos, synths, and vintage keyboards, with the E. Piano module installed and three expansion slots available. Designed and built in Italy, Legend '70s MKII is for players who want a professional-grade foundation with room to grow.

Get more for your money with an exclusive Viscount Legend '70s MKII stage piano bundle from Kraft Music. These package deals include the accessories you'll need to get the most out of your new stage piano, all for one low price. If you have any questions, please contact us. Our knowledgeable sales advisors will be happy to assist in choosing the bundle that's right for you!"

SpectraPad - Pre-Release Preview for iOS

video upload by Paul the MusicMan

"SpectraPad is a powerful spectral synthesizer designed for creating rich pads, evolving textures, shimmering atmospheres, and sounds that sit somewhere between the familiar and the completely unexpected.

Rather than relying on conventional oscillator shapes alone, SpectraPad lets you build sounds from their harmonic structure. You can shape the balance and character of individual partials, spread energy across the spectrum, introduce formant-like qualities, add movement and modulation, and transform relatively simple harmonic material into complex, evolving instruments.

With a conventional synthesizer you often begin by choosing a waveform. With SpectraPad, the waveform is effectively the result of everything you do to the spectrum.

That makes sound design far less predictable — and considerably more interesting.

You can start with a familiar harmonic structure, pull energy towards the lower or upper harmonics, introduce unusual frequency relationships, change the spectral character, add formants and movement, and very quickly arrive somewhere completely different.

SpectraPad has been designed so that you don't need to understand spectral synthesis to enjoy it. You can simply explore the controls and listen. But for those who want to dig deeper, the individual harmonic and spectral controls provide an enormous amount of sound-design potential.

Whether you're looking for a warm pad behind a mix, an evolving cinematic atmosphere, a delicate bell, a synthetic string ensemble, or something you have never heard before, SpectraPad gives you the tools to create it.

SpectraPad features a built in stereo arpeggiator and gate effects, as well as well as stereo delay, stereo echo and cloud effects. Many parameters can be automated to create an even more complex presets."

Don Buchla & the Electric Symphony Orchestra: An Evening of Stories and Performances with Howard Moscovitz - LIVESTREAM

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"Join us as Howard Moscovitz shares first-hand stories from his time working with Don Buchla in the early 1970s. In 1972, Howard had just received his masters degree in electronic music from Mills College, which had become the new home of the San Francisco Tape Music Center where Buchla developed his new modular synthesizer in the late 1960s. That same year, Don Buchla was hired as the “Technical Wizard” for the Electronic Symphony Orchestra, a pioneering and highly experimental effort to combine custom modular synthesizers with traditional orchestral instruments. Howard joined Don’s team as an electronics technician to help with the project.

The Electric Symphony Orchestra was essentially an attempt to electronically amplify and distort all of the traditional acoustic instruments in an orchestra. Howard will present his own very amusing firsthand accounts of Don’s efforts to “electrify” a traditional symphony orchestra and the somewhat disastrous outcome of those efforts, which culminated in a single infamous performance in Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall later that year.

The Buchla Machine
As part of his presentation, Howard will also present and discuss several historical artifacts from his own collection that he has generously placed on loan at EMEAPP. One of these is "The Buchla Machine," a simple yet fascinating distortion amplifier made with the first commercially available transistor. Don told Howard that The Buchla Machine was the first circuit he ever built, which of course makes it a very interesting object. But the way Howard came to possess it is even more interesting — and he will share that story as well.

Howard's tales offer a unique first-hand perspective on Buchla’s way of inventing and interacting with people during what is a very little-known time in Don's career (actual factual information on the Electric Symphony Orchestra and Buchla's work with it is very hard to come by). This presentation offers a rare chance to hear firsthand about a very special time in the history of electronic music.

Throughout the evening, Howard's stories will be interspersed with performances of new music played on some Buchla instruments, including new and vintage Music Easels as well as a software version of the Buchla 700. Howard will introduce his new Balsam synthesizer, a contemporary homage to Buchla’s instruments made in Durham, North Carolina. The musicians that will join Howard for the performances include Jil Christensen, Bill Fox, Joel Izquierdo, Doug Llewellyn, and Jared Stack.

There is no registration fee but donations are encouraged and gratefully received."

https://tickets.themmt.org/events/mmt/2301094

Butterfly in the Skylab: An Evening with Reading Rainbow Composer Steve Horelick

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via MMT

"Composer Steve Horelick presents an evening of conversation and live performance centered on the creation of the iconic Reading Rainbow theme song, 'Butterfly in the Sky.' While Steve composed the music for all 155 episodes of the PBS series Reading Rainbow, this presentation focuses specifically on the theme—its origins, structure, and the role Buchla instruments played in shaping its sound. Steve will break down his compositional process and share insights into how the piece evolved from early electronic sketches into one of the most recognizable themes in children’s television.

The talk will be followed by a quadraphonic, live improvised performance using Steve’s Buchla Easel and 200e Skylab systems. Before performing, Steve will walk the audience through his setup and discuss how he integrates classic Buchla modules with modern digital tools, including contemporary DAW workflows. Video projections by PYXL8R will accompany Steve's performance.

There is no registration fee but donations are encouraged and gratefully received."

https://tickets.themmt.org/events/mmt/2300024

Simmons SDS7 Cymbal Module fitted with 2085 EPROM Expander

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Cinematic soundscape | Vhikk X, PlayFader, Qu-Bit modules, and more

video upload by Jay Hosking

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A melodic and ambient performance, live with a eurorack case.

Fair warning: Play All Day sent the PlayFader over for free for me to try. There was no explicit discussion of a deal beyond that. Take that as you will. I will say that it's an extremely nice-feeling piece of gear, much heavier and sturdier than I'd expected. Its idea is quite limited—just two mono sequencers, and limited to 64 steps (though you can set it to unusual step counts)—but I can imagine it as a fun controller to complement a setup with a more traditional sequencer. For me, its use will be limited, as I tend to like unusual sequence lengths for the mono synths over top of standard sequences. But I like the feel of the hardware so much that I'm looking for more excuses to use it.

Beyond that, this was an excuse to put together a case with a lot of sound-shaping potential. Vhikk X was doing bass drone, Eowave Domino was the melody / lead synth, and Rample Turbo was playing some samples that I think were kalimba. But the Qu-Bit modules—Stardust for a separate tape reel, Nautilus on delay for Domino, and Mojave on granular for the Rample Turbo—radically transformed the sound. Those Qu-Bit modules are really growing on me: each unit does way more than you'd expect, with Stardust having filter/tape effects/reverb/bitcrushing/glitch, Nautilus having delay/reverb/saturation, and Mojave having granular/reverb; and each unit is decently sized so that they're easy to play.

Altogether this created a sort of sonic landscape that I couldn't have achieved through exploration in another setup. That's the joy of eurorack.

Thanks for listening.

Performed and recorded live, with EQ, compression, and limiting on the master.

https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com"

MPC3000 OS 3.40.0

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You can find demos in additonal posts here.

https://www.deep88.com/vibecod/mpc3000/

"A free unofficial OS modification by Deep88 with help from ChatGPT

I wanted a Track Mute page on my MPC3000. Nearly twenty years later, I finally made it happen, with ChatGPT's honestly insane help and a whole lot of trial and error.

I first used an MPC3000 back in 2007. Over the years, I started appreciating the newer MPCs, especially for the Track Mute page. I love building a song by muting and unmuting tracks, like on a big mixer, using Track Mute. The first MPC with a Track Mute page was the MPC2000, which got it through an OS update, using a Shift + button shortcut. From the MPC2000XL onward, it became a signature of the MPC family. Naturally, I wanted it on the 3000 too.

A couple of weeks of tinkering, using MAME's MPC3000 emulation for the first tests, and here we are. This update is based on OS 3.12, with Track Mute and a few extra features thrown in.

It's a bootable update only. There won't be an EPROM version, and I will never sell it. I made it as a gift to myself, and I'm sharing it for free with anyone who wants it, in the spirit of the old internet. If you feel like improving it or hacking in more features, grab ChatGPT, or whatever exists by the time you read this, and give it a shot.

Simply insert a floppy with .sys inside or use a gotek floppy emulator with .hfe or .img and turn it on."

HWJ - DEEP FEAR Take 2 - VHIKK X Horror Show

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Hardware Jam Challenge: HAUNTED HOUSE

VHIKK X solo, recorded live thru Syntakt delay and reverb
New algos bank ! This is up-up (filterbank feedback structure with comb swarm)

Make some noise!"

Moog Prodigy - Custom White Chassis - Quick Demo

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Clank Uranograph Microtonal Multi-Expressive Instrument

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Akai EWI 3020M Sound Module SN 39615-03140

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Add analog feedback to Gotharman's Tuul

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"Quick demo of creating analog feedback on gotharman's Tuul , i use a simple LP in the feedback , but experiment with delay/phaser ect

i use only one chanel of Tuul on this demo but you can easly expand this idea with more than one Tuul channel!



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"

Yamaha Motif Rack XS Multi-Tambral Sound Module SN UAQN01045

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EML-101 Electrocomp Synthesizer SN 1070

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"There weren't many more than a couple thousand made. The Mark Vail book goes into some detail on the company's history.
It functions very well for its age, smaller electrolytic caps have been replaced, pots and switches have been cleaned. Like anything this old, it has its quirks, but this synth when new was kind of its own special thing. No Modifications or custom "Improvements". Missing handle. Otherwise in pretty nice shape.
Has not been calibrated recently, but span and octave tuning are close enough to play fairly well. (keys per octave fine tuning has to be full sharp for accurate octave, I think it was just mistakenly set that way when tuned last) A pot or two might still be a little scratchy from sitting, but you'll have that. I may clean it while packing if I find time. Full service manual, schematics, and documentation are available online.

Features:
4 VCO's 2 can be LFO's, all have some degree of continuously variable waveform blend -runs 1.2v/Oct
Tons of odd as well as conventional internal modulation switching and routing options
4 channel source mixer
VCF (Love it or hate it, its tame and musical) has a continuously variable mode control LP/BP/HP
2 AR generators with Sustain
Ring Modulator
Sample/Hold
Onboard Preamp
White noise Gen
Keyboard Glide
Dupohonic (Ok, 2 note -Paraphonic?) Keyboard controller
Limited external 1/4" patching, semi-modular
It all fits in its own neat little box. The top half is the synth, bottom half, the keyboard"

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Love Synthesizers First Love

video uploads by Angelstar Scotland

New videos of Love Synthesizers First Love. Be sure to see Red Means Recording walkthrough below.
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DVNA - Mint x Hell (2 Patches)

video upload by 16 colours

"This thing is anything but a one trick pony. The sound engine is very versatile, yet surprisingly intuitive and easy to patch. It's right up my alley - lots of clever modulation, lots of FM, waveshaper, procedural features, as on- or off-grid as you want it to be, anything from sweet or clean, to noisy and harsh, lush modulation reverb... Yeah, there's a lot to love and explore."

See the Doboz label below for additional posts.