10/12/25 Roland SH-101 + Peavey 1310 + Yamaha EM-100 + CXM 1978

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"Transposing a sequence on the Roland SH-101, with it’s audio output running though a Peavey 1310 delay, with one output panned center in the Yamaha EM-100 mixer, with the EM-100 internal spring reverb. The other 1310 output runs through another Peavey 1310 delay, which also runs through the EM-100, panned left, with spring reverb and a hotter impedance. There is also a little bit of stereo reverb blended on the CXM 1978.

NTS:
13 mile run, Canadian jets, Italian parade"

10/9/25 Pasco Scientific 9301 & 9302 + Yamaha EM-100

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"10/9/25 Pasco Scientific 9301 & 9302 + Yamaha EM-100

Some lowpass filtration on the Waveform Analyzer. The left 9301 dual function generator goes from DSB to FM to Gate. The spring reverb is the internal tank on the Yamaha EM-100 mixer."

9/29/25 SSL 1660 + FSFX 103 + STG + acVOKS + .com Q128 + Paia 6740 + MIDIVERB II + MP-4 + DDL-3

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9/29/25 MFB dual LFO + Metasonix R-51 52 53 54 + Zerosum Inertia ZI61 & VCA + (in description)

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Almost sounds orchestral.

"9/29/25 MFB dual LFO + Metasonix R-51 & R-52 & R-53 & R-54 + Zerosum Inertia ZI61 & Voltage Controlled Annihilation + Gieskes Fan VCO + OAM Time Machine + Alesis MIDIVERB II + Paia 6740 + CXM 1978

Keanoop on a Kawasaki KLR 600 in the Hsuehshan Tunnel."

9/28/25 (bird) ElectroComp EML 400/401 + Paia 6740 + DeltaLab Effectron II + MIDIVERB II + CXM 1978

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"Some stringy flutes. The 16 steps on the right side of the ElectroComp EML 400 are producing V4, which is controlling the envelope decay on the EML 401. I’m resetting that loop throughout the video, to change the accents and envelope. The 16 steps on the left side of the 400 are producing V3, which is controlling the 401 filter (in high pass mode). The 400 sequence is being clocked by ALM Pamela’s New Workout, with a division of 140bpm. The 401 output hits the DeltaLab Effectron II delay hard and overloads the limiter. The delay goes from the Effectron II to the Mackie Onyx 1640, with spring reverb from the Paia 6740, gated stereo reverb from the Alesis MIDIVERB II, and pitchy downsampled stereo reverb blended on the CXM 1978. The bird was racing our ferry and won."

Hitchcock

9/7/25 Roland System 100m & RE-301 + Lexicon PCM 70 Snoopeggio

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"9/7/25 Roland System 100m & RE-301 + Lexicon PCM 70

Snoopeggio.

Testing the Roland 184 polyphonic keyboard we just got back from our tech. Here we have three of the 184’s CV outputs modulating two 112 VCOs and one 110 VCO, while three of the 184’s gate outputs modulate three 140 envelopes, which control two 130 VCAs and a 110 VCA. These three signals are mixed and panned on the 131 mixer, with its stereo outputs hard-panned on the Mackie Onyx 1640, with the “concert hall” algorithm on the Lexicon PCM 70. The 131 mono output runs to the Roland RE-301 for tape echo, which is panned mono on the Mackie. The feedback on the RE-301 is increased after the hold switch is engaged on the 184."

8/31/25 (transpose) Roland CSQ-600 & System 100m & RE-301 + Alesis MIDIVERB II

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"We bought this Roland CSQ-600 “serviced” but there’s something wrong with it. Sometimes you go to record and it’s just silent, or the first few notes are silent. Anyways, we’ll get it fixed. Today I managed to record one sequence of notes into the CSQ-600 from the Roland System 100m 181 keyboard, then used the 181 to transpose the looping CSQ-600 sequence. This transposed sequence is modulating two 110 VCOs, and the 140 envelope is controlling the 110 VCAs. Offscreen I’m increasing the sustain and release, pretty much the whole time. The two 110s get mixed on the 130 mixer and the mono output is sent to the Roland RE-301 for tape echo, while the stereo reverb is preset 12 on the Alesis MIDIVERB II.

NTS:
77F, Joy’s Filet, 9th floor"

Multivox Rhythm Ace FR6M & FR60 drum machine with speaker and mic input

Note: links to listings are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated. 7/6/23 Multivox Rhythm Ace FR6M into Ibanez DD 700 (BOSSA NOVA)

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via this Reverb listing

"This is the Multivox FR6M Rhythm Ace, but a rare one that has the FR60 on the side in the same wooden housing, with slits in the left side for the speaker to pump out the beats and whatever is plugged into the mic input.

There are 1/4” outputs on the back. If nothing is plugged into the output then the beats are played through the speaker. If you insert a cable into the output jack the speaker is bypassed. There’s a volume knob that also is your on and off power switch. There’s a balance knob so you can hear just percussion or percussion and hi hats. In the video posted in the photos section of this listing you can hear it start off with the balance fully clockwise and a lot of cymbals, then I fade it counterclockwise and it has an effect almost like a lowpass filter. You can hold down more than one button to select more than one beat. You can get just a four on the floor and many variations with the three white buttons that correspond to the switch knob. And of course there is a tempo knob. The mode switch is a nice feature. Each beat has a variation A or variation B mode, but you can also select auto, which will play each variation in succession.

Our tech recently installed a new three-prong power cable and tried to eliminate the faint hum the unit makes, but it’s still there. It’s not a ground hum or anything you would hear in the signal, but more like the sound when a guitar amp is on. Also, once in a while if you’re doing a lot of beat changes a button may fly off. I just put it back when I’m done. It’s fun."

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8/24/25 Roland SBX-80 clocks a pair of Pasco Scientific 9301 + Yamaha EM-100 + Alesis MIDIVERB II

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"8/24/25 Roland SBX-80 clocks a pair of Pasco Scientific 9301 dual function generators + Yamaha EM-100 + Alesis MIDIVERB II

The Roland SBX-80 is set to 80 bpm, time base 1. The time base output is boosted by the right Pasco Scientific 9301 microphone preamplifier, then patched to the modulation inputs on both 9301s. The spring reverb is the internal tank from the Yamaha EM-100 mixing the two 9301s. A stereo reversed reverb from the Alesis MIDIVERB II creates the stereo echo."

8/18/25 (feedback) Metasonix S-2000 + Paia 6740 + Alesis MIDIVERB II

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"The Metasonix S-2000 sounds like a pretty cheerful creature with both contour two and contour three engaged, but gets more angry when contour three is turned off. A lot of that raspiness is due to feedback. The S-2000 audio output is multiplied by the Synthesizers.com Q124, then a copy goes to the Mackie Onyx 1640, with spring reverb from the Paia 6740 and stereo reverb from the Alesis MIDIVERB II, which is what we hear in the video. Another copy of the S-2000 output is sent through the STG soundlabs Attenuators, to the Lower West Side Studios M830 Signal Distribution System (just to convert it to 3.5mm), into the audio input on the S-2000 so it hears itself hearing itself."

4/8/25 (octaves overlay) SWTPC Psych-Tone + ADR Pan Scan + Eventide H3000B

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"4/8/25 (octaves overlay) SWTPC Psych-Tone + ADR Pan Scan + Eventide H3000B

Do people still have stereos at home, with two speakers? The SWTPC Psych-Tone synthesizer is running through the ADR Pan Scan, and its stereo outputs are hard-panned on the Mackie Onyx 1640 mixer. The Eventide H3000B is on an auxiliary send, fed by both channels. The Pan Scan rate is close to, but not the same as, the rate of the Psych-Tone sequence, which creates the random feel of the automatic panning. The H3000B delay fills the center of the stereo field. I recorded the same sequence in three videos, each with a different range setting, and they are overlaid here."

808/25 Happy 808 Day! Three 808 clones + (gear in description)

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"808/25 ALM Pamela’s New Workout + DSP 808 + Birdkids Unicorn Boom + Ladik S-143 & U-202 + Roland SPH-323 & System 100m 140 & RYK 185 & e-licktronic 118a + Simmons Clap Trap + DeltaLab Effectron II + Paia 6740 + Lexicon PCM 70 + Alesis MIDIVERB II + Peavey 1300 + Mackie Onyx 1640

Happy 808 Day!"

8/1/25 Free State FX 116 & 101 & 107 + SSL 1310 + Paia 6740 + Alesis MIDIVERB II

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"8/1/25 Free State FX 116 & 101 & 107 + Synthetic Sound Labs 1310 digital delay + Paia 6740 + Alesis MIDIVERB II"

7/31/25 EML 200 + Metasonix S-1000 Wretch Machine + SSL 1600 + acRLS

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"7/31/25 ElectroComp EML 200 + Metasonix S-1000 Wretch Machine + Synthetic Sound Labs 1600 + Analog Craftsman acRLS

It was inevitable. The Metasonix S-1000 Wretch Machine is now in the 6U rack on top of the ElectroComp EML 200 stack. Just to the right of the Metasonix TM-1, TM-1 SE, TM-5, TM-2, TM-7, and Zerosum Inertia Cenotaph. We’ve tried to find a TM-6 to add to the racks for several years now, but to no avail, so why not just put the S-1000 here? Duh. This was a test video, with the EML 200 square wave driving the Synthetic Sound Labs 1600 clock divider, which triggers the S-1000 and drives the EML 200 envelope and the Analog Craftsman acRLS shift register thing, which modulates the S-1000 oscillators, pulser, and filter. Both signals get spring reverb from the EML 200. Sounds like creatures to me."

6/12/25 (lowpass) ElectroComp EML 200 + 5U

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"I forgot to upload this and now I don’t remember what was going on offscreen, but because the 1U DeltaLab Effectron II appears above the top EML 200, there must be a rack of 5U above, assisting the EML 200s."

4th of July/25 Zerosum Inertia and Metasonix process a flute playing “The Star Spangled Banner”

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"4th of July/25 Zerosum Inertia TVM23 & Horripilation & Voltage Controlled Annihilation + Metasonix R-57

Happy Independence Day! It’s the 4th of July! And this year we have a flute playing the National Anthem through seven vacuum tubes and a neon gas filled lamp in four modules by two great American companies: Metasonix & Zerosum Inertia. The flute gets boosted by the Zerosum Inertia TVM23 and is sent to the Zerosum Inertia Horripilation and Voltage Controlled Annihilation before passing through the Metasonix R-57 Dual Preamp/VCA."

6/24-27/25 .com Q173 Gate Math + Metasonix D-2000 + ZI 6550-99 + TR-606 + (more in description)

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"6/24-27/25 Synthesizers.com Q173 Gate Math + Metasonix D-2000 + Zerosum Inertia 6550-99 + Roland TR-606 + STG muSonics Vanilla Envelope + MFB dual ADSR + Intellijel LPG + Birdkids Unicorn Boom + Peavey 1300 + CorSynth C102 VC LFO + Synthetic Sound Labs 1660 + Alesis MIDIVERB II + Ace Tone MP-4 + Oakley Modular ADSR/VCA + MXR 136 dual limiter

Sort of reminds me of 'Goodbye Horses' by Q Lazzarus. The Synthesizers.com Q173 Gate Math has been very underutilized, so it’s been moved, and this was the first time I used it on the Metasonix D-2000. ALM Pamela’s New Workout is driving the Q173, which is triggering the D-2000. The D-2000 mix output runs through the Intellijel Passive LPG, which is controlled by the MFB dual ADSR, which is driven by Pamela’s. A copy of the Intellijel LPG runs through the Peavey 1300 delay, panned left, with gates reverb from the Alesis MIDIVERB II. The bass drum is from the Birdkids Unicorn Boom, triggered by Pamela’s, and limited by the MXR 136. The high pitched 16th note claves that sound like crickets are from the DSP 808, modulated by the MFB dual ADSR. The snare is from the Roland TR-606, processed by the Ace Tone MP-4 spring reverb. The hi hat is also from the TR-606, processed by a reversed reverb from the MIDIVERB II. The synth line is the Synthetic Sound Labs 1660 audio out through two Zerosum Inertia 6550-99 oscillators through the STG muSonics Vanilla Envelope and the Oakley ADSR/VCA, with additional modulation from the CorSynth C102 VC LFO."

6/24/25 (doubled demo) Zerosum Inertia 6550-99 oscillators (gear in description)

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"6/24/25 (doubled demo) Zerosum Inertia 6550-99 + SSL 1660 + Oakley ADSR/VCA + muSonics Vanilla Envelope + Corsynth C102 VC LFO + Paia 6740

I recorded a couple takes of a short looping sequence from the Synthetic Sound Labs 1660 The Matrix Algorithmic Composer to demonstrate some of the strange sounds you can glean from the Zerosum Inertia 6550-99 Thyratron Oscillator. In this video, two of them are overlaid. The SSL 1660 pitch is at a different setting in the two takes, but the patch is the same. The SSL 1660 audio output is controlling the pitch of two 6550-99 VCOs. The right 6550-99 is running through the STG muSonics Vanilla Envelope (panned center) and the left 6550-99 is running through the Oakley Modular ADSR/VCA (panned left). The right 6550-99 is also receiving an LFO from the Corsynth C102 VC LFO. This was just to hear the 6550-99 VCOs, so no filter or processor was used on either 6550-99 and very little spring reverb from the Paia 6740 was applied (with the 6740 slightly feeding back on itself via the aux send)."

6/14/25 ElectroComp EML 200 + SSL 1520 Segwencer IV + Happy Nerding FM AID

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"6/14/25 ElectroComp EML 200 + SSL 1520 Segwencer IV + Happy Nerding FM AID

This was a test of the 5U version of Happy Nerding FX AID with the ElectroComp EML 200. It’s processing the master sine wave from the upper EML 200, and modulated by the master triangle from the lower EML 200. The upper EMl 200 ring mod and switch are also being used, with the switch getting pulsed by the lower EML 200 master square wave. The Synthetic Sound Labs 1520 Segwencer IV is also being used, modulated by the lower EML 200 master triangle. The spring reverb is from the EML 200."

6/16/25 Roland (RYK, E-licktronic) System 100m + Peavey 1300 + DeltaLab Effectron II + MIDIVERB II

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"Haven’t been using the E-licktronic 118a 808 bass drum and snare drum clone lately, so this was a chopping-block patch. We’re going to keep the 118a module in the end, as it’s still the closest thing to a Roland TR-808 around here. This System 100m patch is based around two RYK Modular 185 sequencers. The right 185 is clocked by the left 185’s gate output. The 118a snare is being triggered by that same gate pattern and the snare audio output is running through the DeltaLab Effectron II delay, feedback maxed, panned left. Both 110 VCOs are controlled by two RYK 185 sequencers, and both VCOs pass through the right 110 VCF into the right 110 VCA into the Peavey 1300 delay with plenty of feedback, panned center. The 150 and 140 LFOs are on the 110 filters and modulating the 118a accent in and decay CV. Some reverb (preset 23) from the Alesis MIDIVERB II."