VIVALDI - Autumn Part 1 on SIX (5) ARP Odysseys

video upload by Richard Payne

"Been having a pop at Autumn Part 1 these last few days and this take I recorded (take 111!) has come out slightly 'dystopian' sounding and synthy. Have pushed the filters a bit more. There’s a bit of overdrive in places and some wobbly 'pitchy' stuff happening. But lots going on and lots of things to remember to do. Or not to do. This take here was only the 4th time I’d made it to the end, and the first and only without completely ballsing it up.

Odyssey #3 was briefly back in the fold last week and was ably handling the sub bass part all on it’s own, but it started going wrong again and has been taken back to the repair shop. So to cover that part here, I’m bringing in and out oscillator 2 on Odyssey #6, which is set to a square wave an octave down. I’d say a good 80 of those earlier takes that I mucked up were ruined by me forgetting to do this, or doing it badly, or at completely the wrong time. There’s a 'high jeopardy' patch change happening on Odyssey #1 too which I liked to get wrong, transitioning from a short filtery harmony part at the beginning to a long square wave lead line for the slow bit towards the end.

As before, I got the Midi parts online and processed them in Ableton Live. I combined and reduced them down from the 24 orchestral parts to the 5 here. Fixed up a few dodgy notes. Probably added a few of my own. Then I tempo matched to an orchestral performance of the piece, which is probably the fiddliest and most time consuming bit. There were a few more evenings messing with note lengths and refining the tempos further. So, I’ve been using Korg’s Odyssey plugins up to this point in the process, slouching on the sofa on my laptop, but the next step is to move into my little music room and to practice on the actual ones. Spent a couple more evenings working things out there and then a couple of days trying to film a good run through.

It’s certainly tricky trying to adjust each part as dynamically as I’d like when they’re all coming at me in one big terrifying lump. I’m not mixing or even EQ’ing afterwards so I’m battling to keep a good audible balance between the synths as I go. If I get too involved or too “two-handy” on a synth for too long, I’m neglecting the other four and I’ve missed 5 other things I wanted to do. So I’m relying quite a lot on the Decay slider in the envelope section, as it seems to offer a one-stop dynamic shop that I can adjust on two synths at the same time. I’ve modded all of the Odysseys to have a free-running LFOs also, so I can introduce a slow LFO to the filters to keep them shifting about on their own whilst I adjust something else elsewhere.

I have started re-recording these pieces 'properly', one Odyssey at a time, with view to putting them up somewhere for streaming or perhaps even pressing them onto vinyl. Would sound good on record I reckon. You reckon? And I have a whole shelf full of peculiar synthesizer albums from the 60’s and 70’s that it would be an honour to mingle with.

But hey, thank you so much, everyone who showed up and watched the last video. For all the views and subscriptions and above all, the kind and encouraging comments. That was nuts. I didn’t know you lot were coming! Absoutely amazing and thank you sincerely again.

Oh, to wrap up, here the Odysseys are going balanced out into a Behringer ADA-8200 Interface, which is optically connected into the Adat In of my UAD Apollo. They get their 5 channels of Midi note on, note off information down USB from Ableton Live which is in turn recording the audio coming back. I added some Hall Reverb from Arturia’s LX-24 but nothing has been EQ’d. It’s all how it comes out of the lovely boxes. I did however have a Limiter on the main channel, to put a bit of a lid on some of the more feisty bits.

Toodles!"

Behringer Synth Family - "Inner Desert" (live)

video upload by LFOstore

"Aaaand - not only!

Also Akai,Eventide,Korg and others.

Wishing you great summer with bright colours & comfort studio moments!

Presenting a new jam in our new studio space - Orange Celtic Place.

'Inner Desert' is a cosmic & ethnic journey with vintage flavour & hypnotic patterns.
In the heart of performance - classic sequence made on Behringer Odyssey.

Korg Prophecy used to play ethnic solo woodwind - physical modeling adding a real magic here!

Composition played by Nick Klimenko
Video by Nick Klimenko

Instruments used:

Korg Prophecy (oriental solo)
Eventide H9 (main reverb)
Akai Miniak (drone)
Behringer Odyssey (main sequence)
Behringer Monopoly (layered sequence)
Behringer MS-1 (solo)
Shruthi XT & Ambika

You can find all this sounds on www.lfo.store

Enjoy & please support with your comments & feedbacks!

LFO Team"

T-16 Semi-Modular Analog Synthesizer (based on ARP 2600) - DEMO 003

video upload by Nitecaller.

"I got carried away again overdriving the filter but it's created some deep Cortini vibes. Left channel is running through an old Behringer phaser but the right channel is dry which together created an incredible stereo effect. Audio si

gnal chain: T-16, Focusrite 18i20, Ableton Live, Little Plate, Focusrite console SC, Ableton Echo, Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor VST.

[The T-16 is a custom semi-modular synth largely based on the analog circuits of the original ARP 2600 and ARP Odyssey, with additional modifications and modules.]

Check out my music: linktr.ee/nitecaller"

Analog synthesizers live demo11; please use headphones for best result

video upload by Synthe_64

"Please use headphones for panning, delay, phasing and other details. This is recorded live and there is no multi tracking!
Bass sequencing : Korg X-911 + Doepfer Dark Time
Jupiter 8 sound : Roland JV 1010 + Roland A500S + Boss FS-6
FX-Intro : Moog Minimoog + Roland SDE1000
Rich Choir sound : Roland JV 1010 + Irig Keys 2 Pro + Boss FS-6
Other FX sound : Roland JV 1010 + Emu 25
extra chords : Korg Polysix
Solo : Yamaha CS 15D + Flash Back II
Extra noise : Korg Monotribe + Flash Back II
extra bass sequence : Roland SH2 + Korg SQ1
extra bass sequence : Korg/ARP Odyssey + Korg SQ1
percussion : Behringer SY-1 + Boss RV1000
Trouby Modular master clock
Modular: Pittsburgh and Doepfer
Mixers Roland M-160 and M-12E
Space Delay Roland RE-3
Reverb/delay:Alesis Microverb III
Effect processor: Yamaha EMP 100
recorder: Tascam DR-60D"

5 Minutes With - Korg Odyssey Module

video upload by sonicstate

"Chris from ‪@BOOelectric‬ takes us through the Korg Odyssey Module (whiteface) highlighting what makes (or made) the Odyssey such a classic.
The unusual routing first used in the 2600 is what drives much of its unique sound, with ring mod and Osc sync providing a lot of attitude if you want it.

This is the Korg module, of course Behringer also do a keyboard version in their range too. Curiously though the Odyssey (module or otherwise) is not listed on the Korg.co.uk website."

ARP Odyssey – What a monster!

video upload by Marius Leicht

"I recently got my beloved ARP Odyssey back from restoration after more than two years! But it was so worth the wait.

The Oddy (pun intended) can be a bit intimidating at first glance: No pitch and modwheels, sliders instead of knobs, a bit of a quirky layout... combined with its surprisingly complex modulation capabilities, this puts the ambitious synthesist on the quest for the "taming of the unruly".

After spending some quality time with this now fully restored beauty, I get in touch with her soul deeper and deeper and I just performed a little improvised sound meditation, pushing the amazing 4023 filter of this rare whiteface mk I to places where no Behringer clone will ever go... ;-)

It touches my heart how she sings and dances with the Juno! Let me know what these sounds evoke in you!"

Aerated Distortion: synth track criada com Moog Sub 37 e MPC One

video upload by Marcus Padrini

"Durante a pandemia, registrei algumas ideias com setup alternativo. Agora, aos poucos, vou transferindo as faixas para o setup principal. É o caso da faixa Aerated Distortion, criada a partir de um preset do Dave Smith Tetra, com uma sequência do Arturia Keystep pro, strings do Behringer VC340 e lead do Moog Sub 37. De todos eles, somente o Sub 37 permanece no setup.

O Tetra e o VC340 foram substituídos aqui pelo MPC One e seus instrumentos virtuais. Recriei o timbre do Tetra utilizando o Jura (juno 106) e os strings com o Solina do MPC. Incluí um baixo do ARP Odyssey (também do MPC) e mantive o mesmo patch de lead do Sub 37. Tudo sequenciado no MPC One.

During the pandemic, I recorded some ideas with an alternative setup. Now, little by little, I'm transferring the tracks to the main setup. This is the case with the track Aerated Distortion, created from a Dave Smith Tetra preset, with a sequence from Arturia Keystep pro, strings from the Behringer VC340 and lead from the Moog Sub 37. Of all of them, only the Sub 37 remains in the setup.

The Tetra and VC340 have been replaced here by the MPC One and its virtual instruments. I recreated the Tetra timbre using Jura (juno 106) and the strings with Solina from MPC. I included a bass from the ARP Odyssey (also from MPC) and kept the same lead patch from the Sub 37. All sequenced in MPC One."

UVI Introduces Synth Anthology 4

video uploads by UVI

Note the above is a playlist featuring 4 videos. You can use the player controls to skip through them or just watch them all in order.

Details on Synth Anthology 4 follow:

The authentic sound of 200 synthesizers, from vintage to modern
4,000+ presets and layers deliver incredible sound with hardware soul
Feature-packed dual-layer engine with fx, arpeggiator and more

Synth Anthology 4 - A Synthesizer Tour de Force
https://www.uvi.net/synth-anthology-4

Rebuilt from the ground-up, Synth Anthology 4 now features the authentic hardware sound of 200 vintage and modern synthesizers, a fully redesigned engine with powerful features, fx, arpeggiator, smart sound suggestion engine, native MPE support, and more.
A dreamlike collection!

Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass

Video credits: Anthony Hak
Music Credits: Théo & Thomas

"The Best Keeps Getting Better

What's new in version 4?

Almost everything!
We've rebuilt the engine from the ground-up, added more synths, more presets, more effects, more filters, more modulation, a dedicated browser, a second fully-customizable layer for creating hybrid and blended timbres, an all-new smart suggestion engine that helps you quickly find similar sounds, a more powerful arpeggiator/phraser, bus effects, native MPE support, and more!

Real Hardware Sounds There is something unmistakable about the sound of a real hardware synth, from subtle differences between voice circuits and drift to the varied way filters bite into the sound; there's a distinct character and energy. Synth Anthology 4 delivers the authentic and uncompromising hardware sound with all the conveniences of a modern software instrument.

Every piece of hardware represents a unique creative vision, sonic character, innovations, and strengths. Whatever you're looking for, from analog to digital, vintage classic to future classic, you will find it here. Synth Anthology 4 delivers an incredible collection of hardware, every major manufacturer, every type of synthesis, every era, 200 synthesizers in all.

You won't find a more complete collection anywhere else."

The list:

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RECREATING Let the music play by Shannon | Sequential Prophet 5 | Casio CZ1 | Behringer RD8

video upload by benanderson89

"On the original track, a Roland CR8000, TB-303, JX3P and MC202 were used. Unlike my previous recreation of Into the groove by Madonna, this one doesn't feel quite so accurate, and I blame all of that on the 'Celeste' and 'Xylophone'; I cannot figure out how they were done on the original. Even so, I'm still really happy with the results.

Instruments used:
Sequential Circuits #prophet5 : Filter sweeps, 7ths, Strings, Brass

#CasioCZ1 : 'Guitar' chords

#Behringer #deepmind12 : Bell, Celeste (sequences), Xylophone (sequenced)

Behringer #rd8 : Drums (programmed entirely using the internal pattern and song sequencer)

LinnDrum: Congas (sadly not using my real LinnDrum since it appears to be two different conga ROMs in the original song, or maybe they were using a sampler in the original?)

#Roland #tb03 and Behringer #arpodyssey : Bass. Sequenced entire on the TB-03 internal sequencer (IMO it's really not that hard to use a 303 sequencer), which was synced to via MIDI to the DAW, but also output said sequence to the Odyssey.

The effects are period correct, using tape-style delays, a simulation of the AMS RMX16 for reverb, some stereo CLA76s and tape simulators for that final touch."

Crazy Vincent SELLS 100 synths & keeps 26! EP1 = intro, synth list, and new studio space.

video upload by Vincent Presley

"After 2 years of crazy synth buying, Vincent has the new Secret Records studio down to a mere 26 synthesizers that he claims are better than the rest.....
Before you watch, maybe you can make your own list of what you would have kept or make some guesses about what Crazy Vincent kept. Remember..... he's not like other people.

Support the label, the studio, and us at secretrecords.bandcamp.com

Chapters:
00:00 Opening Music
00:14 Introduction
01:32 Overview
03:04 Stack One
04:49 Stack Two
05:48 Stack Three
07:23 Stack Four
08:43 Stack Five
09:23 Stack Six
09:55 Stack Seven
11:12 Stack Eight
13:19 Outro
14:50 Some Music

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Synth Jam 91: MPC One, Indigo, Sub 37 & Roland TR-6S

video upload by Marcus Padrini

"Uma ideia de quase 5 anos atrás, reprogramada com a MPC One e alguns synths diferentes.

Synth Lead: Access Virus Indigo, Moog Sub 37 , Arp Odyssey
Synth Bass: Akai MPC ONE (Fabric)
Synth Pad: Akai MPC ONE (Fabric)
Drums: Roland TR-6S
Strings: Behringer VC340
Poly synth: Behringer Deepmind 12"

"Clair de lune" - 3-voice synthesizer rendition: Moog Sub37 CV, ARP Odyssey, Blue Marvin 2600

video upload by Piotr Garbaczonek

"Thanks for watching!
I split Clair de lune into 3 monophonic voices, and ran each voice through a different synth, using the MOTU midi express 128. The first voice was the Behringer Blue Marvin 2600, the second voice was the ARP Odyssey, and the 3rd Bass Voice was the Moog Subsequent 37 CV. Just a little experiment. Let me know in the comments what rendition you want me to do in the near future. Cheers:)

- P.G.

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Here are some links of mine:
https://linktr.ee/pgarbaczonek
Go follow my Patreon here:
https://www.patreon.com/pgarbaczonek?..."

The Mighty ARP Axxe II

Note: links to listings are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
video upload by Erich Izdepski

"I performed major repairs on this synth as documented here. Everything works really well. This is a sales demo video but will also show you how cool this synth can be. https://erichizdepski.wordpress.com/2...

This is a great synth. Powerful filter with the ability to play it in tune with the other oscillators. Great spacey sound fx potential. Much stronger audio output level than the Behringer Odyssey (which I have and really like). Can control Eurorack gear or other analog synths using CV (has pitch, gate, and trigger in and out jacks)."

via this auction

"This is a great little synth with many interesting abilities. One of the best single oscillator synths, in my opinion, and I have owned several.

Here is a list of problems I fixed:

Several sliders did not affect the sound- all sliders cleaned, lubricated and working fine now

replaced all key bushings; cleaned key bus bar

repaired about 10 keys with 3-d printed parts

replaced power LED – new green LED with a 2.2KOhm series resistor installed to control voltage

installed a fuse and fuse holder in power supply

replaced IC 723, large filter capacitors, and tantalum capacitors in power supply

replaced tantalum capacitors at input to positive and negative rails on main PCB

not in tune – calibrated and sounds great

check power supply voltage output and look at ripple – calibrated and voltage is spot on and clean

You can search for my blog (erichizdepski.wordpress.com) and read about the repair details.

Even has the original slider caps!"

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Behringer Synths - "The World Of Sequences" 64 Sequences

video upload by LFOstore

"By many asks we did it!

Buy: https://lfostore.sellfy.store/p/behri...

Welcome to the world of sequences for the Behringer's synths family:
Odyssey - Poly D - Crave - MS-1!

By Nick Klimenko aka Chronos, a creator of "Organica" for Waldorf Blofeld & "WS Universe" for Korg Wavestation & Anton Sacral Reason author of series of presets for Korg Wavestate and all the synths from the Behringer

As all this models are using the same sequencer technology - we made 64 different patterns for your Behringer babies.

All the melodic patterns splitted on:

Positive ones
Melancholic & mystical
Progressve & techno
Modular
Classic analog
Goa & psychedelic
Kraftwerk famous "Robots" sequence

Full instrucitons of how to load pattern are inside &
every demo of each pattern in good quality

Fire up your Behringer synth & explore new creative generative patterns with our soundset.

Enjoy and may music be with you!"

Behringer Odyssey - "Cassiopeia Vol 2" 35 Patches

video upload by LFOstore

"LFO.Store team presents, "Cassiopeia Vol.2" for Behringer Odyssey.

Buy: https://lfostore.sellfy.store/p/behri...

By many asks we are continuing series of sounds for Behringer synthesizers.

This soundset separated on categories:

BASS (7)
ARP (10)
LEADS (10)
PLUCKS (8)

Suited for all modern genres of electronic music: retrowave, drum’n’bass, techno, ambient, trap, trance, house, classic electronica, downtempo.

We are thankful to Behringer companies for opportunity to touch great analog sound for such a reasonable price.

No more jokes - Behringer synths are taking its place in music production.

We put all our effort & inspiration to make this patches suited for many genres & styles of electronic music.

What in the pack:

High quality pictures of every single patch ready for print with all the 35 patches.

Easy navigation, fast patching & great looking.
Single pages of each patch & hi quality audio demo (wet/dry version) for comparing & re-creation.
Booklet."

Most of the Stuff Dec 2020

Randy Piscione

"My son is a fan of Mike Dean, who does videos in his studio demoing his impressive collection. I figured I’d try the same, on a smaller scale. A bit of 70s prog rock showing off. Recorded live, two parts to the video, each with a pad and a lead. Hit “Show More" for the equipment list.

Oberheim FVS – drone pad
ARP Odyssey – second lead
ARP Axxe – second lead
ARP Little Brother – second lead
Roland A90 – second pad
Mutable Instrument Shruthi (6 of them) – second pad
Animoog – second pad
Korg Microstation – second pad
Roland Alpha Juno 2 – second pad
Roland A37 – first pad
Full Bucket Tricent Mk III – first pad
Full Bucket qyooo – first pad
Analogue Solutions Oberkorn - bass
Division 6 Business Card Sequencer - noodle
D:Machinery Black Seq - noodle
Pamela’s Workout – main clock
Animodule Tik Tok – clock divider / multiplier
Mutable Instruments Anushri – first lead
PM Foundations SEM Tribute modules – first lead
PM Foundations resemble panels (2 of them) – bass and noodle
PM Foundations RingFolder - noodle
PM Foundations 3080 VCO - noodle
Bastl ABC - noodles
Kassutronics VCO3340 - noodle
Frequency Central WaveRunner - noodle
Manhattan Analog SVVCF - noodle
Doepfer A-143-2 - noodle
MFOS VCA – noodles
Barton Stereo Out Mixer – noodles and bass
Behringer X32
Dynaudio BM5 MkIII
A few other Eurorack Utility modules

I think that’s it."

Clouds Forming

Martin Peters

"A couple of weeks ago I got my Oberheim OB-Mx back from repairs after it has been in repair for a year. There are 3 voicecards inside, each containing 2 voices, so it has 6 voices in total. But 1 of these voicecards could not be tuned anymore. The repair-shop could not find the problem so I still have 1 voicecard I cannot use.

Anyways, this video starts with the Oberheim OB-Mx having the VCA's opened playing a G minor chord. The Minimoog solo comes in and there is a sort of 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' deja-vu. The Polymoog with the Behringer VP1 Phaser accompanies the Minimoog. After that some tones are added from the Synthesizers.com Modular, Oberheim SEM and Korg ARP Odyssey with the VCA's opened. Then the sequences start, adding the Joranalogue Generate 3 and Mutable Instruments Plaits. It all builds up to a climax where the Odyssey plays some notes. And after that it all fades out to nothing.

The track was recorded live to multi-track on the Behringer X32 Compact and mixed in Studio One afterwards. The mix only involves some gain staging, EQ and compression. No track edits where performed and no automation was used.

I hope you will enjoy it

You can download the track from Bandcamp. https://attorks.bandcamp.com/track/cl..."

November Storm

Martin Peters

"Last weeks I made some nice music but none of it was good enough to record in my opinion or I could not play it without hitting the wrong keys...

This week I came up with this track. On the Cirklon there are 5 monophonic sequences. The bass is played on the Synthesizers.com Modular. The other voices are played on the Synthesizers.com and Eurorack Modular, the Tom Oberheim SEM and the Korg ARP Odyssey. One polyphonic sequence is played on the Roland JD-800 doing a strings sound. The manual keyboard interaction is done on the Polymoog, which is fed through a Behringer VP1 Phaser, and the Minimoog. In the video I have placed some pictures so you can see which modules and instruments are playing.

The track was recorded live to multi-track on the Behringer X32 Compact and mixed in Studio One afterwards. I hope you will enjoy it.

The track can be downloaded from Bandcamp:"

Reflections

Martin Peters

"This music is somewhat inspired by the beautiful music accompanying the slide show of the Node Live Blu-Ray. You hear the Sequentix Cirklon sequencing 2 voices of the Synthesizers.com Modular, the Oberheim SEM and the Mutable Instruments Stages which is configured as a Harmonic Oscillator. The NDLR is sequencing the Korg Odyssey and the DSI Mopho. The VCF of the Moog Polymoog is triggered by the gates of a separate Cirklon sequence. The solo is on the Moog Minimoog.

The title refers to questions spinning around in my head for which no one knows the answers to.

The track was recorded live to multi-track on the Behringer X32 Compact and mixed in Studio One afterwards. I hope you will enjoy it.

The track can be downloaded from Bandcamp."

Michael's Anthem (Kebu cover): Korg Radias, Arp Odyssey, Yamaha DX7, Moog Sub 37 & Nord Stage 2EX

Marcus Padrini

"In 2017, I recorded a video with a version of this great Kebu song. At the time, I did everything using only Korg Radias and a few other synths, without sequencing, playing just about everything live.

Recently, I had to move the synths to another space, think about a new dimension, position of each instrument, make all the audio, MIDI and electrical cables. After everything was ready, it was time to test the synth sequencing. The idea was to use that same structure as the version of Michael's Anthem (simply because I like it a lot), but now with new elements, sequenced synths to fill this humble version even more :)

This time, the lead was played with the DSI Tetra, great analog synth by Dave Smith. And the noise sweep filter effect was programmed on the Behringer MS-1. Sequencing on account, as always, of the Roland MC-808.

I'm still getting used to the position of the synths, suffering a little in the execution, with the lighting, etc. But soon, everything will be ready to start creating and recording again!'

Original version by Kebu posted back in 2012 here, followed by a live at PIUG performance here in 2016.