Dreadbox Artemis | Six ambient sketches

video upload by Jay Hosking

"Please support my work on Patreon: / jayhosking
Exploring the Dreadbox Artemis in my way. All sounds from the synth, with no additional effects on the master (other than a little compression and limiting for volume).

00:00 Super slow envelopes
03:29 Exploring bass sequence w/ effects
05:08 Modulated osc drone magic
11:06 Stereo bass arp
15:30 ???
15:38 Cover song on modulated pad
17:24 1980s pad

Full disclosure: while I have bought many, many Dreadbox synths over the years, Dreadbox did send this one to me for free.

Here, I explore the Artemis for the first time, mainly initializing patches and seeing where they lead me. I find that while other demos have done a great job of showing off the wild and weird, the Artemis mainly leads me to two places: slow beautiful expansive pads, and bouncy unison basses.

There are a few things that elevate this device over other table-top modules, like the Nymphes: the spread of stereo voices (for both unison and polyphonic patches), effects (very decent sounding delay and reverbs, for example), and an internal drive for shaping the character/personality. Plus, all of these patches took just a minute or two to set up; the Artemis has a fast and friendly interface for exploring.

There are at least three ideas here that I might potentially develop further, which is quite a high hit rate for a first exploration of a synth. I can't wait to get back to the city and put the Artemis on the table with some friends.

There is one notable shortcoming to the Artemis as of today (4th July 2025): its envelopes have something that occasionally makes them get very clicky at onset of gate/note. I'm not sure what's causing it, but contributing factors seem to include using the internal drive, and not just at very fast attack rates. In any case, it's a bummer. I've read online that Dreadbox are currently working on this in terms of a firmware update, but I don't personally have any firsthand information. The clickiness really can interfere with a project, so know if you're thinking of buying, you should plan to work around this shortcoming. (My personal opinion: don't buy gear for promised or hoped-for firmware updates, because they may never come, and they may never solve the problem.)

But otherwise, Artemis is a great synth. Lots of personality, strangely well behaved at times, very good at bouncy basses, and very easy to design interesting sounds with.

Thanks for listening.

The cover song is one of my very favourites, "Poor Edward" by Tom Waits."

Tour De France/Kraftwerk - (Circuit Tracks & Rhythm Version)

video upload by Guinan

"I was listening to the 50th Anniversary version of the album, ‘Autobahn’ by Kraftwerk and it occurred to me to have a try at one of their tracks.

By far the most danceable of theirs is the 1983 song ‘Tour De France’ with the 2003 Francois Kevorkian mix the best fit for the Circuit Tracks treatment. It also should be noted that the band were complete cycling fanatics even hosting some of their concerts in velodromes!

With the real Tour De France just about to kick off (5th July in Lille) I couldn’t think of a more suitable track, and I want to dedicate this with love to my cycling-loving father-in-law, Bernard.

Having influenced early 80’s electro music such as Afrika Bambaataa’s ‘Planet Rock’ the influences went in the other direction for this track. Hiring the famous New York electro producer Kevorkian to do the remix made for a fantastic combination. Francois was responsible for many of the greatest New York electro productions and remixes.

(a big shout out too to anyone who's here because they love the broom scene from the movie, 'Breakdance' !)

This era of Kraftwerk was notable in introducing sampling to the normally analogue instrumentation they used. For this reason, I’ve drafted in my Circuit Rhythm again in the same way as my recent version of Robert Mile’s ‘Children’. See here;

• Children/Robert Miles - (Novation Circuits... [posted here]

Everything you hear is coming from just these two machines (Circuit Tracks & Rhythm). The Tracks is programmed with the musical parts and is playing the Rhythm on two tracks. There are in addition some rhythm tracks playing on this machine to thicken out the sound. No other synths were used (apart from the sampled instruments mentioned below) and you’re hearing the straight audio direct out from the machines.

I loved the challenge of putting this together (see below for details!)
I hope you enjoy it too and check in soon for more tunes.

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Midweek MIDIPan - fitting new enclosure and 9/8 improv

video upload by MIDI IN

"A friend and enthusiastic MIDIPan user kindly sent me an enclosure that he designed. I'm going to fit that to my MIDIPan and see how it looks. Then I'll do a little improvisation.
This is the @Hainbach video that I refer to: • This Rare Anatolian Drum Machine Hits Diff..." [posted here]

Waldorf Music M TouchOSC Bidirectional Editor v5.0 by synth_nyc

via synth_nyc

"I developed a bidirectional editor for Waldorf Music M v1.10 using TouchOSC mk2 augmented by LUA scripts, here is a video (with audio) showcasing 4 possible workflows.

It was interesting loading the patches I created (without an editor, directly on the synth)

https://waldorfmusic.com/produkt/soundset-synth-nyc-the-blue-journey/

https://waldorfmusic.com/produkt/soundset-synth-nyc-shapes/

… in the editor and have global view of the patch in 2 (editor) pages only.

GENERIC FEATURES:

- Display parameter Name and Value

- Double click a slider or button to reset it to a default value

- MIDI data rate efficient: only sends a MIDI message if the parameter value is incremented or decremented by 1

SPECIFIC FEATURES (FW v1.10):

- 2 Editor Pages per M Part (total of 8 Pages for the 4 M Parts)

- 1 Editor Page for M Multi

- All Single (Program) (254 x4 = 1016, for each of the 4 Parts) parameters implemented in the editor. Program parameters are bidirectional using SYSEX

- All Multi parameters (130) parameters implemented in the editor. Multi parameters are bidirectional using SYSEX

- Automatically imports M current Single / Multi bank / program numbers (3 parameters) when the editor is started using SYSEX

- MIDI Channel selection slider

- Bank (change) + Program (change) selection slider + buttons

- Buffer Request, Buffer Init, Buffer Write and Program Write buttons using SYSEX

- Multi (Arrangement) change buttons using SYSEX

- Multi (Arrangement) Buffer Request, Multi (Arrangement) Write buttons using SYSEX

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Kloob - Dark Solstice Echo

video upload by - Kloob -

"Kloob - Dark Solstice Echo

A friend of mine lent me the Nord Micro Modular synth, and I'm pretty surprised by its sound — and I still have to dig into the software editor!

All sounds come from hardware synths:

Nord Micro Modular: baasline sequence (midi channel 3).

Micromonsta 2 sounds: pad-drone sequence (midi channel 2) and ‘Sad Pad’ (midi channel 1) played in realtime.

Sonicware Live Ambient 0: sequencer and noise sound in layer 4.

Behringer Edge: Bass-Drum loop.

Hologram Microcosm feeding the ‘Dreamy Pad’.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for support my music!

Cheers,
Dani
Kloob.bandcamp.com"

Mood Machine | Sonicware Liven Evoke | New Set of 14 Songs

video upload by Sonic Cartography

"Track list and lots of notes below:

0:00 - 1. Dream Machine - With the Sonicware Liven Evoke, I’ve often been playing songs live, without using the sequencer, which I used for almost all of my songs with the Liven Ambient Ø (the two sequencers are very similar). With this song, I use the hold feature to hold some notes of textural sound in a couple of layers, while playing the piano layer live. The piano sound morphs between an acoustic and electronic sound a little bit after I play each note. Around the halfway point, with the chromatic pitch shifting, everything starts to turn into a granular storm (there are no granular effects prior to this), which is helped by the fact that you can cut the dry signal of each track and have a 100% wet mix of the reverb and/or granular sound. Oh, also, I want to give a thank you/shoutout to this video by @BenLevin because I started messing around with the chords that led to this song after watching it: • The secret to EMOTIONAL chords . His channel is one of my favorite music education channels on YouTube, so do check it out!

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Future Retro Mobius Sequencer

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via this Reverb listing

"A little tape residue that I’m going to clean off of the 4/4 and 3/4 scale screenprint… shouldn’t be an issue at all.

The Mobius is very practical little sequencer in my opinion… I also have a Sequentix Cirklon 2 and it was a breath of fresh air with how fast the Mobius simplifies and assists in creating productive limitations for me to commit to.

No menu divey time consuming pages… just start putting notes in immidiatly and choosing between the 2 time signatures that future retro allows.

Super fun making patterns and transposing patterns on this machine

Lots of sweet spots with pattern lengths and DIN Syncing to my drum machines..

The Mobius can also control vintage cv/gate synths ( SH-101 ) and Hz/v synths like yamaha CS-15 / Korg MS20

You can send clock out of Mobius to control your synths internal sequencer or arpeggiator as well

The little red lcd screen protector has come away from the machine

I removed it so it wouldn’t fall inside of the Mobius and get lost"

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Torso S-4 album | IDM/DnB/glitch | Not even a poet can speak the whole truth

video upload by Jay Hosking

"An album of IDM, Drum & Bass, and glitchy electronic music, for the more intense parts of your day. Songs were composed and performed on the Torso S-4, with additions and polish added in the box.

Buy the album here: https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com

00:00 - Imaginary countries
03:48 - Dreams must explain themselves
07:21 - Very far away from anywhere else
12:24 - The farthest shore
17:28 - The unreal and the real
20:57 - The word for world is forest
26:06 - Dancing at the edge of the world
29:33 - Always coming home

I recently posted a workflow video about why the Torso S-4 was an inspiration to me. Here's the proof.

I started sketching on the S-4, and before I knew it, I found myself writing song after song after song. Most of the songs needed a little more after the fact (the four tracks of the S-4 are not enough for full arrangements, for me), but the inspiration of the S-4 was enough to get me performing even before the song was finished.

So here you have eight songs, performed on the S-4, and then added to in the box as necessary to get them to the finish line. Many of the samples come from my Patreon community's sample pack from last year; a number of the samples come from a DJ Crystl sample pack, especially on the Drum & Bass tracks (2, 5, 7); and some of the samples are from the factory sounds.

Overall, this album is a showcase of how and why hardware can inspire, can surprise, and can lead to performance. It's wonderful to use hardware synths and drum machines, but sometimes audio loops and mangling is where the performance really comes alive. I'm extremely proud of this record and how spontaneous, energetic, and cohesive it is.

Thanks for listening."

Korg MiniKORG 700S SN 00110 w/ Extras

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video uploads by Vintage Synthlab

Playlist:

1. 1974 MiniKorg 700s K2, vintage analog synthesizer for sale in Portland, Oregon - Demo 1 (Pop Songs)

This is Demo 1 (1 of 2 videos) highlighting the sound and character of the 700s / K2 synthesizer in action. This video contains 3 short pieces from 3 famous songs that were written and recorded during the 1970s using the 700s / K2 synthesizer.

1. The Cure - A Forest
2. The Cars - Just What I Needed
3. The Normal - T.V.O.D."

1974 MiniKorg 700s K2, vintage analog synth for sale in Portland, Oregon - Demo 2 MIDI Bach BWV 565

2. 1974 MiniKorg 700s K2, vintage analog synth for sale in Portland, Oregon - Demo 2 MIDI Bach BWV 565

This is Demo 2 (2 of 2 videos) highlighting the sound and character of the 700s / K2 synthesizer in action, and showing the external control of DAW, via MIDI, into a MIDI-to-CV convertor, connected to the CV inputs on the back side of the 700s. The MIDI songs has multiple organ and harpsichord tracks. The MIDI output to the 700s is one of the main tracks for this piece, panned to the RIGHT side of the stereo field, to help discern the 700s sound. The point of this video is to show the capability of DAW control, given all the external hardware interfaces, which comes with the sale of the 700s as one package.

via this Reverb listing

"All items that come with this sale:
* 1974 Korg MiniKorg K2 / 700s
* Kenton CV Upgrade (adds 3 CV input jacks/sockets on backside of synth)
* Kenton Pro Solo Mk2 (MIDI-CV convertor)
* Custom Flight Case
* USB to 2-channel MIDI convertor box + long USB cable

Demo video # 1:
Demo video #2:

This 1974 MiniKorg K2 / 700s works and sounds great. It has the Kenton CV upgrade, a hardshell case, and I’m throwing in a Kenton Pro Solo Mk2 MIDI-to-CV converter, a USB to 2-ch MIDI convertor, long USB cable.

Everything works great and is ready for any modern studio DAW, or adaptation to your external MIDI capable hardware!

The Kenton CV upgrade “3 socket” kit has three 3.5mm ports (easily interfaces with modular synthesis architecture!) or a MIDI-to-CV convertor (which I am including for free with this sale). The 3 inputs are: CV (pitch in), GATE (note on/off), FILT (filter control).

The synth has been with me for about 14 years. I serviced vintage synth and pro-audio gear for the last 30+ years, and this was one that I restored, upgraded, used for recording, and cared for. Every key contact works great, all adjustments have been calibrated, it stays in tune, and every feature works."

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Top 86 Greatest Intros and Tunes on Sequential Prophet 6

video upload by jami.m

"Not all these were originally played on Prophet synths. These video clips are just for amusement - Enjoy -"

00:00 The Final Countdown - Europe
00:27 Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
00:52 Save a Prayer - Duran Duran
01:19 Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
02:02 Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche mode

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Torso S-4 | Pure inspiration (walkthrough)

video upload by Jay Hosking

"A walkthrough of how I'm making songs on the Torso S-4.

00:00 - Song
02:24 - Intro, tape machine
04:38 - Granular
07:36 - Resonator
11:45 - Drive, noise, colour
13:11 - Delay and reverb
15:32 - Drums and performance effects
19:18 - The magic of TEMP
19:56 - Pitched drums
22:43 - Making a pad
27:24 - Fourth track
28:56 - Performing with four tracks
31:14 - Concluding thoughts, USB multitrack out

I bought the Torso S-4 last month, thinking it would be an interesting device for playing with granular ideas with a few loops. As soon as I started playing with it, it was clear I had underestimated just how much more the S-4 is, and how inspiring it is. In fact, I basically never use it as a granular device!

This is probably the single most inspiring piece of hardware I've tried since I discovered the Octatrack. It transforms sounds, it is incredible for performing, and it has that perfect feedback loop between musician and instrument. In just a couple of weeks, I've recorded a whole album with it, which I'll release soon.

This is a walkthrough of how I'm making full songs on the S-4. In reality, four tracks is not quite enough for me to be making full songs, and in the final performances I add extra layers. But as a device to create new sounds, glue tracks together, sketch out a song arrangement, and perform some interesting parameter changes, the S-4 is nothing short of an epiphany for me.

Note that I'm using the 2.0 firmware beta, which is largely the same as the recently released 2.0 firmware. I'm well aware of the internet conversation on the previous firmware of the device, of hardware buttons not having any function and triggering a "coming soon" message, etc. I'm also aware of some quality/build concerns from some S-4 owners. I don't want to discredit any of those complaints, and I'm sure they are valid; but I can only tell you about my individual experience, which was largely flawless aside from a few bugs along the way.

Please also note that this isn't my usual sort of video, but rather one I originally recorded for my Patreon community. I'm having such a good time with the S-4, though, that I really wanted to share it more broadly. I hope you find it useful.

I look forward to sharing the album soon!

https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com"

Setting Up...

video upload by No Lake

"Just a few words to let you know that I'm still here. I'm currently working on the new era of my music. It's heading in the direction I wanted it to go. I introduced you to the concept of Brussels School, which means everything and nothing, and I realize that it's ultimately something that suits me.

So what's next? I'll gradually introduce you to jams based on this concept. Rather long pieces that take the time to establish an atmosphere. Something absorbing, bewitching, with a hypnotic and almost insidious rhythm. Something along the lines of "Illusion" or "Hypnosis," which were two of the channel's top three hits. I take this as proof that I'm on the right path.

As explained three weeks ago, there will no longer be videos every week. They will arrive when they arrive. The long-term idea is to rework all these jams to create a real album centered around a single philosophy, but this is another story for later.

Wishing you a great day! See you soon.

My set up:
Ableton Live 12
Novation Summit
Moog Sound Studio
(Moog DFAM)
(Moog Subharmonicon)
(Moog Mother-32)
Ableton Push
Novation Launchkey 49
Akai Mini
Sonicware Liven 8Bit Warps

My Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/artist/3MAeb... My Bandcamp : https://nolake.bandcamp.com/ My Soundcloud : / frederic-kuyl "

Top 11 Greatest DX7 BASS songs

video upload by jami.m

00:00 Tarzan Boy - BASS 1
00:48 Boys - Summertime Love - BASS 1
01:24 When the Going Gets Tough - BASS 2
01:58 Take My Breath Away - BASS 2
02:22 Danger Zone - BASS 1
02:44 Live To Tell - BASS 1
03:22 Friendships - LATELY BASS [TX81z?]
03:58 Higher Love - BASS 2
04:20 Smooth Criminal - FUNK BASS
04:37 Another Part of Me - FUNK BASS
05:07 Take On Me - BASS 1 (on MODX)

Remembering Dave Smith: A Prophet-5 Story

video upload by INHALTVIDEO

"Today is the anniversary of Dave Smith’s passing, and every year on this day, I find myself reflecting not just on the incredible instruments he created, but on the friendship we built and the tremendous support he gave me in my career.

One of the projects I’m most proud to have been a part of is the reissue of the Prophet-5. I had the honor of contributing to its development, from long conversations and persistent hassling about voice allocation to the privilege of crafting patches for the final instrument. One of those patches—my take on the true essence of the Prophet-5—became the very first one you hear when you turn it on: patch 111.

To have my work live inside such an iconic synthesizer, and to have shared time and ideas with the man who brought it to life—not once, but multiple times—is something I’ll always carry with deep gratitude. Thank you, Dave, for your friendship, your brilliance, and your contributions to music that ripple out endlessly."

AViC KV-04 RYUICHI SAKAMOTO & KV-01 Seifuku Part1 ROM Cartridges for Yamaha DX7

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AViC Keyboard Voice ROM KV-04 RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Cart via this eBay listing

AViC KV-01 Keyboard Voice ROM Seifuku Part1 Cart via this eBay listing

These were spotted and sent in via
M Me.

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John Bowen Solaris SN 00113

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via this Reverb listing

"It's a monster! ..yes, it's digital.. but, when you hear a 96kHz synth.. you quickly realize.. if there IS to be a digital synth.. then 96k is where it should be.. at that frame rate.. it's not 'steppy' and a lot smoother than the 'others', IMO. I'm the only owner of this 'lonely heart'. Bought it new, back when Awave was in a tiny arcade next to South Yarra station. It was the only synth that's ever 'tricked' me.. I thought it was analog 'something'. It just sounded too 'pure'.. so, I had to have it.. unfortunately, I haven't used it as much as it deserves.

This Solaris has resided in my smoke free studio since it was purchased new. Never toured, original PSU and manual (not that the manual is much use to anyone anymore.. that is.. with the advent of the newly developed V2 OS). For those that don't know, John was instrumental working alongside the late great Dr Robert Moog, in fact, he was there, in the early 70s, working alongside Dr Bob on the original MiniMoog.. fast forward a few years.. and there he was working alongside the late great Dave Smith @ Sequential Circuits. John worked on the Prophet 5, the VS and the Sequential Sampler, the Prophet 2000.

This was shortly before Yamaha acquired Sequential and retrenched the staff, yep.. that old chestnut.. and John went on to work at Korg where he was behind the WaveStation (basically he took his knowledge of the Korg VS and threw it into the WaveStation, as some might already be aware of). So, with all that history under his belt.. when it was time for John, whom I refer to as 'synth god', John started development on the Solaris.The Solaris is the culmination of all his passed work and synth experience, despite the panel often likened to the Oberheim Matrix 12, John had implemented Filters, Wave shapes, Step Sequencers, and not to forget 'Wave Sequencing' that've appeared in all his passed projects on those aforementioned classic synths, that he worked closely on with 'other' synth gods such as Dave Smith and Dr Bob Moog.

So, you could say.. the Solaris is what a 21st century synth-classic 'ought' to be. And, ultimately, that's why I wanted it, but.. I'm afraid, as good as it is.. it's more synth than I've ever needed...x10! It would be much more suited towards professional sound designers than someone who messes around with Samplers more often that not. Therefore, I'll let it go to another enthusiast.. other esteemed 'registered' owners in the Solaris forum are Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, JJ Abrams, Jean-Michel Jarre, Matt Johnson, Ty Unwin to name a few.

In a nutshell, if had a paragraph to sum it up.. it's like a Matrix-12 integrated with a WaveStation and then there's CEM, SSM, Moog and Prophet 5 'mimicked' filters and oscillator shapes... basically, loads of features and 'flavors' from every 'beast synth' before it.

Main features:
10 Voice Polyphony
4 Oscillators
4 Filters
6 Envelope Generators
4 LFO's (+1 for Vibrato)
16 Step Sequencer
Arpeggiator
8 analog outputs (4 stereo)
Digital (ADAT) Output
MIDI over DIN & USB
15 kg / 33 Lbs
Comes with the original Australian 240v external PSU"

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CONCERT AT 3IS : Cybrid Poem, pt. One & Two (In Memory of Klaus Schulze) #klausschulze

video upload by KurtzMindfields

"The 3IS center of education to the professions of the sound/image invited me to present concert of cosmic electronic music, in order to make discover with the students this musical style, to work on a live sound multichannel and video event. We discussed the style, evoked Klaus Schulze, Tim Blake, Tangerine Dream lives (from old concerts to new ones, like "Big In Japan", ect ....). I wanted to have something very focused on analog sequencers musical arts.
This video is an 30 mn extract of the show, remodelled for Youtube, the 1st part ...
Captation & live light show/video by 3is team (see all names at end of video) under the supervision of masters Laurent Thibeau and Stephane Defez.
Youtube video editing by Roman Perreton.
Downmix stéréo audio master by Jean-luc Briançon & Roman Perreton.
Kurtz set up :
Master stéréo sequencer SynthR4
Retro One mk2 Minimoog clone with pedal boards.
Akai sampler MPX8 (loops & samples)
Behringer pro 800 polysynth
Mister M mellotron samples
Roland, Studio logic & Emu MIDI keyboards.
Thanks to Julien Riffard & Franck Lebrun (3iS)
https://kurtzmindfields.bandcamp.com/"

80s Synthwave big love 🎹❤️

video upload by RetroSound

"(c)2007-25 by RetroSound
supported by UVI: http://bit.ly/retrosound-uvi

❤️ Support #RetroSound​ channel: https://retrosound.creator-spring.com

Today another synthwave track from me. You know that my heart beats especially for this genre. The music always puts me in a good mood, no matter if I listen to it or make it myself. It always awakens positive feelings in me.
That's why I'm showing you my track Relaunch today. It was made exclusively with the Roland Juno-106, drums: Linndrum and Simmons.
Have fun!

RetroSound synthesizer demo videos since january 2007.
Everything is free. If you like my work, you can also support me with the purchase of my merchandise stuff or my music.
Shop: https://retrosound.creator-spring.com/
Bandcamp: https://retrosound.bandcamp.com/"

Hainbach & Bram Bos Skulptur: Now Sends Midi CC!

video upload by Gavinski’s Tutorials

"Skulptur, the performance-focused filterbank plugin by Bram Bos and Hainbach (iPad, iPhone, Mac) just got an update allowing you to use it as a midi CC controller for other iOS apps, or for hardware or desktop software etc that are able to receive midi CC messages from your iPad. In this video I look at:

How to set this up
What you can do with it
One change I would like to see to make it more useful

This is a very nice update, great to have this added functionality. If you haven’t watched it yet, and are into apps that can be used as CC midi controllers, watch my video on the new sqsl Strips app for iPad linked below. Not AUv3, but has some very nice features that are not covered by what Skulptur can do, plus a lot more faders:"

So useful: Strips iPad Midi CC Controller by Michal Macura / sqsl / Seqsual: Not AUv3, but🔥#droneday

video upload by Gavinski’s Tutorials

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Passing Time with Tiny Synths 🕗 🎛️

video upload by Musical Miscellany

"Happy Memorial Day! While I'm laid up in bed waiting for my ankle to heal, I decided to play around with some of my small battery-operated synths. This jam uses the Moffenzeef Jarmaggeddon, Error Instruments Blind Noise Nano, Stylophone Beat, Rakit Rakimix5, and Boss RV-6.

Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/musicalmisce..."