“We are sad that we have lost you. We are grateful that we were able to live with you. Steffen Marienberg *September 30, 1961 +August 19, 2025 In silent mourning: his Sigrid, his brother Holger, and all relatives. Alterode, August 2025. The funeral service, followed by the urn burial, will take place on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at the Hoym cemetery.”
"I’ve been getting a bit burnt out doing endless video editing lately so when my friend David (Kindred Lost) made a nice cover/demo of his Moog 960 style sequencer doing the bass sequence from Tangerine Dream’s 'Rubycon' and said 'nothing but the 960 can do this' so I fired up my trusty Moon 569 sequencer to see if I could do it too! 🤓 David’s demo sound much more 'Moogy' that mine and is closer to the original TD track, I mainly just wanted to see if I could recreate similar patterns. Check out David's video 👌😎: • Franke and Ruby [posted here]
I used the following modules:
Moon Modular: 569 sequencer
Oakley: Slim VCO B (as VC clock)
Marienberg: Envelope Generator A, VC Sine Phase Oscillator
Noise Engineering: Cursus Iteritas Magnus VCO
STG Soundlabs: Post-Lawsuit Lowpass Filter
Synthetic Sound Labs: Tube VCA, Quad LFO
Synthesizers.com: Q125 Signal Processor
"Something just for fun. All first takes and some minimal editing.
Solo Synth: Expressive E Osmose
Modular Synth Sequence: Moon Modular - 569 sequencer, 591 switcher, 517 VCFs Synth Tech - MOTM-300 VCOs Oakley - Dual VCAs Krisp1 - Octo LFO Club Of the Knobs - C911p poly EG
Modular Synth Drone: Modcan - 58B VCDO, 66B Control Club Of the Knobs - C998B Spectral Modulator, C1660 VC Phase Processor Marienberg Devices - Sine Phase VCO Synthetic Sound Labs - 1250 Quad LFO Oakley - Flanger/Chorus
Effects and Mixing For The Modular: Strymon - BigSky and Timeline pedals Lexicon - MX400 rack Allen & Heath - MW3 20s mixer
Hand Percussion: Generic - small Tabla, small doumbek, goat hooves Zildjian - finger cymbals PANArt - Hang Gede
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"Featuring self transposing Moon Modular 569 sequencer with 569ES and 569EG expanders and two 564 switches to vary the pattern. All clocked by an Oakley Slim VCO through a Synthetic Sound Labs V-Gates divider. The voice is a single Marienberg Sine Phase VCO into two SSL Tube VCAs, one STG Soundlabs Envelope to modular both, and the VCA outputs go to a Modcan Dual Delay 73B. And a few notes played on the Mellotron M4000D Rack. Strymon BigSky and Lexicon MX400 for reverb."
"A basic 4 voice poly modular synth patch (Synth Tech VCOs, Moon VCFs, Oakley VCAs, COTK EGs) with a lot of processing (COTK Spectral Modulator and Phase Processor, Oakley Flanger/Chorus) modulated by (Synth Tech, Krisp1, Modcan, and Marienberg LFOs)"
"And another "modular Tetris" rearrangement session which led to some keyboard noodling which lead to a recording which lead to a video which lead to the need to add a lot more parts and video editing which lead to the reality that I have much more important things to be doing which caused me to stop where I was at which is why all you get is this unfinished thing! 😅
Modules used: Oakley/Krisp1 - Slim VCO B, Diode Superladder VCF, Flanger/Chorus STG - Envelope Moon - 569 sequencer Corsynth - C102 VC LFO Grove Audio - PM Resonator Modcan - Quantizer 55B Marienberg - Sine Phase VCO Club Of The Knobs - C1660 VC Phase Processor
"Pretty much the same patch as the previous sequencer video [posted here] with the addition of the 554 clock divider and 564 switch pumping more gates into the 569ES to jump the position of the sequence. I also added in the Oakley Flanger modulated by the Marienberg Since Phase VCO."
Noisebug store in Pomona CA made a nice trade with me for some gear so I picked up a second Synthetic Soundlabs Tube VCA to do stereo patches with them, something I’ve wanted to try ever since I got the first one! The patch is pretty simple, just a MIDI keyboard into a Synthesis Technology MOTM-650 interface to create CV and gate voltages, a Noise Engineering Cursus Iteritas Magnus VCO's audio output mult’d into the two SSL Tube VCAs, the separate outputs of a single STG Soundlabs Envelope Generator in 'Pyramid Blaster' mode modulated the Tube VCAs, and three outputs of a Marienberg Devices Sine Phase VCO is modulating the Cursus VCO via a couple Synthesizers.com Q125 signal processors."
"Gotharman's Little Deformer 3, Gotharman's PolySpaze and my Marienberg + Oakley 5U Modular Synthesizer are having little Berlin School kind of synth jam session.
First, I patched up a typical analog synth sound with my 5U Marienberg/Oakley Modular Synth, which let me transpose the VCO and add fast FM with two switches.
I then programmed a 4 note sequence on Gotharman's Little Deformer 3 and sent it to the Modular via the CV.OCD MIDI to CV converter, which is easier for musical CV sequencing than the Deformer's own CV outputs.
The Linnstrument MIDI controller triggers the red Gotharman PolySpaze polysynth, which plays a morphable pad sound. Very simple, no MPE, etc. All audio goes into the Little Deformer 3, where it is mixed with the LD3's own sounds and processed with delay and granular audio FX.
On the LD3 there are three percussive parts playing and another 5 step sequence, which I fade in around the middle or so. All sounds can be muted, volume-controlled and even modulated with the mappable fron panel knobs. Of course, I also created a second morph layer, with a slightly different melody and changed FX settings, that produce more glitchiness and also tighter delay FX.
It was fun :) Let me know if you have questions in the comments below! Thanks for watching!
I love to hear from you and talk about synths and stuff, so always feel welcome to post a comment or send me an e-mail to: ➤ tuesdaynightmachines@gmail.com
Index: 0:00 - Beginning 0:25 - Features Listed (with example of two voices interacting) 2:20 - Basic Tests 9:30 - Using an EG to modulate gain 12:06 - Example 2 of two voices interacting 12:53 - Simple percussion sound design 14:49 - Melodic example 1 of subtle warming/mild distortion 18:03 - Processing complex sounds with heavy distortion 20:38 - Melodic example 2 of subtle warming/mild distortion 22:43 - Example 3 of two voices interacting 23:49 - Drone modulation 26:32 - End
Models of modular gear used in this video (that I can remember!): Club Of The Knobs: C914B, C964, C966, C969, C1660 Grove Audio: G714 Marienberg: VC Sine Phase VCO Modcan: 31B, 40B, 55B, 58B, 60B, 73B Moon Modular: 517, 526, 564, 565, 565E, 569, 592 STG Soundlabs: EG, Oscillator Synthesis Technology MOTM: 101, 300, 320 Synthetic Sound Labs: 1530 Tube VCA / Timbral Gate
Other production gear used: Roland: A-88 MIDI keyboard MOTU: MTPAV Mellotron: M4000D Rack Strymon Engineering: Timeline and BigSky pedals Lexicon: MX400 effects rack Samson: S-Patch Plus patch bays Allen and Heath: MixWizard 20-S Canon: C100 cameras, CN-E lenses Dracast and Fotodiox: LED lighting Tascam: SD-20M flash recorder
Post production gear used: Lavry Engineering: Blue DA converters Little Labs: Model 5 AES router Coleman Audio: M3-PH audio switcher PMC: dB1+ monitors, XB1-A sub Neumann: KM120 monitors Avantone: MixCubes Microsoft: Windows 10 Pro Sony: Vegas Pro 13 NLE software
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Published on May 12, 2020 THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES
"Here’s a creepy, multitrack noise music jam in stereo, patched around the Marienberg Devices VC Multimode Filter A and VC Envelope Generator B modules.
My goal was to play my 5U Modular Synth on its own, which can be challenging as I don’t have any traditional sequencers in there. Right now I don’t even have a regular 5U VCA. But, thanks to the Marienberg ADSR’s multitude of gate outputs and a mixer, I could patch a simple CV sequencer together. The Marienberg Multimode VCF is not just used as a regular filter, but also as an analog FM Operator, thanks to its nice sine wave and pitch tracking. The VCO and utilities are Oakley MU and MOTM modules by Krisp1 and the reverb is a large Klangbau Köln Spring Reverb."
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0:24 Filter Front Panel
0:41 Low Pass, Band Pass & High Pass Cutoff Sweeps
1:08 Resonance / Emphasis Control
1:40 Notch Filter & Notch Structure
3:20 Resonance Knob Response
4:03 Self-Oscillation & FM
4:49 1V/Oct Tracking Measurements
6:05 Amplitude Stability
6:15 Settling Time
7:10 Filter Pings
8:54 Filter Mode Phase Shift
10:41 Additional Info & Thanks!
Marienberg Devices Germany make high-end analog synthesizer modules, which are not just fun for making music, but also for use as reference devices for demonstration purposes. So apart from looking at the VCF's specific features, we will also learn about typical analog filter behaviours and use cases, which are applicable to filters of other manufacturers and formats as well (e.g. AE Modular, Serge Modular, Eurorack, dotcom Modular, etc.)."
"This is another long video so please expand this description to see the index so you can jump around if desired.
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INDEX:
0:00 - Beginning
0:18 - Front Panel Features Listed
3:05 - Digital Mode General Explorations (melodic)
7:36 - Digital Mode General Explorations (drum)
9:38 - Tape Mode General Explorations (drum)
10:45 - External Clock Sync Explorations (drum)
12:51 - Hinting At Famous Songs ;-)
13:42 - Delay Time Modulation (LFO)
15:35 - Wet/Dry Mix Modulation (LFO)
16:26 - Simple Arpeggiation In PingPong (with noise floor check)
17:59 - Another Simple Arp/Sequence In PingPong
19:34 - 4 Voice Poly Modular In PingPong (with overload check)
21:25 - Flange/Chorus Effects (LFO Modulated)
25:31 - Tape Mode General Explorations (melodic)
26:56 - Flange/Chorus Effects (Hand Modulated)
28:38 - Reverse Mode Exploration
32:20 - Cookie The Cautious Of Cables Cat ;-)
32:45 - Hold With Add Looping Test
35:42 - Karplus-Strong Test
37:03 - Drone With Several Parameters Modulated
Gear Used In This Video:
Moon Modular - sequencers, quantizer, filters, and the 530 delay of course
Synth Tech - MOTM VCOs, VCF, EGs, VCA, Noise, LFOs, MIDI to CV
Modcan - B series VCO, VCF, VCA, clock
Club Of The Knobs - clock/divider
STG Soundlabs - EGs
Krisp1 - LFO
Oakley Sound - VCF
Noise Engineering - VCO
Marienberg - VCO
Dove Audio - VCO
Grove Audio - VCAs
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Roland - keyboards
Strymon - BigSky reverb pedal
Lexicon - MX400 reverb
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Canon C100 MkII cameras and CN-E lenses
Tascam SD-20M Audio Recorder
Sony Vegas Pro 13 NLE software
Windows 8.1 PC"
Marienberg Devices Germany make high-end analog synthesizer modules and this filter really demonstrates this. Take the resonance knob for example, which is tuned in a way that turning it feels smooth in regards to the changing audio we hear. No dead spots or overly sensitive regions at the end of the scale. The filter also functions as a precise 1V/Oct sine wave VCO, offering a stable amplitude and incredibly quick settling time after pitch changes. So you won't hear glide effects between pitch CV jumps. This is important not just for musical playing of the filter, but also for analog FM synthesis, for which this module is great as well."
The Marienberg Devices Envelope Generator B lets you create precise ADSR control voltages to fit any filter or VCA response. Here are a few examples of static ADSR shapes on fast sounds.
"This is such a versatile oscillator and can produce simple pure tones to very rich complex ones! Its output is great for filter using subtractive synthesis techniques but I didn't use ANY filters in this video at all, just lots of modulation sources and reverb/delay effects.
Gear used in this video (at least what I can recall at the moment):
Noise Engineering: Cursus Iteritas Magnus
Krisp1: OCTO-Osc
Marienberg Devices: VC Sine Phase Oscillator
Club Of The Knobs C969
Synth Tech: MOTM 320, 380, 650
Moon Modular: 569 x 2, 569LE, 592, 565
Strymon: BigSky, Timeline
Lexicon: MX400
Roland: A-88
Allen Heath: MixWizard 20S
Canon: C100 MkII cameras and CN-E lenses
Sony: Vegas Pro 13"
