Novation Summit Synth Music Diaries

video uploads by Ye Ye

Playlist:

1. Music Diary 6
2. Music diary 4
3. Music Diary 3
4. 《Dream from Novation Summit》

Meet Teenage Engineering's Carlo, Miki, Ivana, Gisela, Olga, Leila, Bogdan, and Hatshepsut

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Bad Gear - TE Choir video upload by AudioPilz

Note this video is from two years ago, but I never managed to feature it or these devices on the site until now as they aren't really synths. These come to you curtesy of a supporting member who has them listed on Reverb here.

"Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:09 Overview Bad Gear - TE Choir
01:28 Presentation of the Dolls (feel free to skip)
02:10 Standalone Mode, Control via Bluetooth Midi / OP-1 Field
02:39 How does it work?
03:19 Start/Stop a Song
03:39 Midi Control, Articulation
04:16 Limitations, Bugs, Issues, Latency
04:49 How it ACTUALLY works in practice
05:01 What else??? (Github, Pricing, Thanks)
05:30 Hate
05:54 Jam 1 (Sleepy Anime Music)
06:45 Jam 2 (Classic Bad Gear Jam)
07:07 Finale (Art House)
07:37 Verdict"

And a short one from HAINBACH:

Teenage Engineering Choir Unboxing And Sound
video upload by HAINBACH



via these listings

Be sure to check out the seller's other listings.

Each singer/member has its own vocal tone and is in very good condition and the electronic modules all work.

Holiday Songs

"Shchedryk" (Carol of the Bells)
"Deck the Halls"
"Sankta Lucia"
"O Come, All Ye Faithful"
"O Tannenbaum" (O Christmas Tree)
"Silent Night"
"Prelude" (a short introductory piece)
"Auld Lang Syne" (also available in their downloads)


All preloaded songs - more can be played live with BLE MIDI

silent night – franz xaver gruber, joseph mohr, j f young*
o tannenbaum – trad., ernst anschütz*
o come, all ye faithful – john reading, frederick oakeley*
sankta lucia – trad. via teodoro cottrau, sigrid elmblad*
deck the halls – charles wood, thomas oliphant
shchedryk (carol of the bells) – mykola leontovych
auld lang syne – trad. via robert burns
love me, and the world is mine – ernest ball, dave reed jr.
i never knew – tom pitts, raymond egan, roy marsh
sverige – wilhelm stenhammar
dear old girl – theodore morse, henry buck
gute nacht – robert schumann, friedrich rückert
sweet adeline – harry armstrong, richard gerard husch
warm-up exercise: signore – trad.
in all my dreams, i dream of you – al piantadosi, joe m
den blomstertid nu kommer – trad., israel kolmodin
i've been working on the railroad – trad.
now is the month of maying – thomas morley
gaudeamus igitur – trad.
warm-up exercise: zing-a-mama – trad.
the darktown strutters' ball – shelton brooks
an die freude – ludwig van beethoven
en sommarafton – adolf fredrik lindblad
tourdion – pierre attaingnant, césar geoffray
goodbye my coney island baby – les applegate
o haupt voll blut und wunden – johann sebastian bach

Pictured: Carlo & Miki

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William Cas - Oberheim OB-X8 [Full Episode]

video upload by William Cas

"In this episode of Patch & Play, William Cas explores the Oberheim OB-X8, a modern analog polyphonic synthesizer that combines the iconic sounds and features of the vintage OB-X, OB-Xa, and OB-8 into one powerful instrument."

Context:

Wouldst thou like to live deliciously? #thewitch #oberheim #synth #synthesizer #horror #witch


Yer fond of me lobster ain’t ye? #thelighthouse #willemdafoe #oberheim #synth #sounddesign

Ye Olde Classic Synthesizer Korg Z1 with Cherry Audio KR 55C and Valhalla fx

video upload by James Dyson

"It's a been while but lets try this Korg Z1.
At times I may use Valhalla FX and run the Drums from CA KR 55C"

ESQ-1 Let's Patch! | Live Sound Design Session | Vintage Hybrid Synth (1986) | Process Walkthrough

video upload by Dr. Synthy Pants

"Thanks to channel supporter ⁨@AlisonWilder⁩ for suggesting this real-time sound design session format for ye ol' gear tubes!

Vintage synths are magical for many reasons... not least is that they were designed with strict hardware limitations that forced the makers to invent clever solutions to difficult problems while keeping costs LOW!

(come to think of it, this may not be unique to vintage synths... I digress.) ::ahem:: Designing through those solutions is kinda like uncovering a time capsule of brilliant thinking and interesting sonic possibilities.

Maybe it IS true! Are we really only limited by our imaginations? Let's find out with Dr. Synthy Pants!"

Programming is similar to the ASM Hydrasynth.

RK-008 MIDI FX : The MIDI Delay

video upload by Retrokits

"MIDI Delay is an effect from 'Ye olden MIDI days' to emulate a hardware audio delay with a timed note repeat. You can change the note's velocity and note increment per repeat. And the cool thing: It's always synced to the beat!

In this video I combine with another new MIDI FX called 'Note 2 CC' Which can transform MIDI note messages and convert it to a value for a MIDI Controller (like filters or volume, .. ). It's a 'midi-event-converter' which is also used on the RK002/MOD firmware. An example is to add extra expression to various synths which do not have velocity response by default but you can also use it to for example play a volume gate pattern solely with notes.

There are nice effects on their own but can be combined to create something completely new - and - hopefully inspiring."

Experimental Synth Christmas Music: MKDVB Cosmic Christmas

video upload by MKDVB

"Ambient, kosmiche synth Christmas music inspired mainly by old synthesizer New Age holiday music cassette tapes. We wanted to make a Christmas concept album but maybe less cheesy. We tried to make it accessible for friends and family but it kinda turned into weird experimental Christmas music anyway. Probably because we are weird.

Bandcamp version:


00:00 Sleigh Ride (When Stressings Turn to Blessings)
04:14 Myrrh Ye Genteel (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)
11:01 LDB/POE (Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth)
15:15 Lullaby (MKDVB original)
18:01 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
21:04 Child, What Song is This? (What Child Is This?)
25:34 Auld Lang Syne (Elf Party)
27:51 Cosmic O (MKDVB original)
33:07 Turn Your Blessings Into Bliss (MKDVB original)

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Christmas on Synthesizers - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. Roland D-50, Roland Juno-60, Moog Sub37

video upload by Elmar Mihm

"All Sounds from Roland D-50, Juno-60, Moog Sub37. No external FX or EQ.
Hope you enjoy! Merry Christmas!"

Space DubSiren & Korg Volca Sample Reggae Dub Music

video upload by GlakGlikGluk

jus't for dub dub dub
reggae gae gae gae
uye ye ye ye

Machina Bristronica Set for September 30, Bristol UK

Machina Bristronica, postponed back in 2020 due to covid, is back on Saturday September 30 in Bristol, UK.

Details follow:

"A festival of Knobs, Buttons and Discussions, laid out over 4 warehouse rooms and an outdoor stage at the new Document venue in the heart of Bristol.

Machina Bristronica is back for 2023. Better, stronger, faster. We have the technology.

Join us on Saturday 30th September for a full day and evening of synthesizer stalls, panel talks, live hardware performances, DIY modular workshops, music production and performance training, Friendly Records DJ sets and the Escher Music Connection showcase.

// Flying in from all corners of the hardware galaxy a host of a amazing brands and makers are coming to show their latest creations.

Around the main exhibition hall you’ll find stacks of synthesisers, sound software, modular makers, drum machines, case builders, local projects and effects units spanning the biggest names in the game alongside plenty of unique and unusual independent designers.

Doors Open 11:30 – 18:00

// A full day of live hardware electronics, spanning a wide range of genres from club ready sonics to sprawling experimentalism. Spotlighting some of the best Bristol artists alongside a stacked lineup of special guests from far and wide on a high quality sound system. Alongside the audio there’ll be live visual artists performing all day. Accentuating it all the room will have a specially fitted audio and visual reactive lighting installation.

Live Performances 11:30 – 22:00

>>DIY WORKSHOPS________

// “Roll up, roll up! All ye wielders of the solder wand, bedroom builders and hardware hackers – we’ve got you covered at Machina Bristronica this year! Join us in the DIY AREA where you can build top notch hardware with assistance from the designers themselves. With everything from desktop noise machines to eurorack modules and tape loop workshops.

We’ve got local workshops from Bristol Communal Modular and Beepboop Electronics; international machines by Jolin Lab, Error Instruments, Befaco and Zlob Modular ;and UK DIY heroes Thonk and Music Thing Modular linking up for a special TBA workshop with something new in the pipeline.

PLEASE NOTE FESTIVAL TICKET(S) ARE STILL NEEDED FOR EVENT ACCESS. DIY TICKETS ARE A SEPARATE PURCHASE."

You can find a list of participants and additional details at https://machinabristronica.uk

8/8/23 It’s 808 Day? MFB SEQ-01 triggers DSP Synthesizers 808 Vintage (eurorack clone) + Peavey 1301

video upload by Cfpp0

"Earth Day 808 08y Clone-Ye Daniel Day-L08iz"

Ye Mighty - Trigon & System 55

video upload by Ehsan Gelsi

Experimental Synth Christmas Music: MKDVB Cosmic Christmas

video upload by MKDVB

"Ambient, kosmiche synth Christmas music inspired mainly by old synthesizer New Age holiday music cassette tapes. We wanted to make a Christmas concept album but maybe less cheesy. We tried to make it accessible for friends and family but it kinda turned into weird experimental Christmas music anyway. Probably because we are weird.

Bandcamp version:
https://mkdvb.bandcamp.com/album/cosm...

00:00 Sleigh Ride (When Stressings Turn to Blessings)
04:14 Myrrh Ye Genteel (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)
11:01 LDB/POE (Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth)
15:15 Lullaby (MKDVB original)
18:01 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
21:04 Child, What Song is This? (What Child Is This?)
25:34 Auld Lang Syne (Elf Party)
27:51 Cosmic O (MKDVB original)
33:07 Turn Your Blessings Into Bliss (MKDVB original)

01. Sleigh Ride (When Stressings Turn to Blessings)
This is the first track from our Cosmic Christmas album. Recorded with Synthstrom Deluge, Sequential Prophet Rev2, Roland V-Synth XT (D50 card).

02. Myrrh Ye Genteel (This is our version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen")
Recorded with Synthstrom Deluge, Sequential Prophet Rev2, Roland V-Synth XT (D50 card), Elektron Analog Keys. Matt Kretzmann - guitar, Miguel G. Miranda - Percussion

03. LDB/POE vPTSD (Our version of the 1977 Bing Crosby & David Bowie Christmas Special song, Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth)
Recorded with Elektron Analog Rytm, Roland V-Synth XT (D50 card), Synthstrom Deluge, Sequential Prophet Rev2. Matt Kretzmann - guitar, drums. Drums Recorded by Aaron Kretzmann at Phos Studios, Mission Viejo, CA.

04. Lullaby (MKDVB original)

05. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Recorded with Roland V-Synth XT, Synthstrom Deluge, Sequential Prophet Rev2. Matt Kretzmann - drum programming.

06. Child, What Song is This? (Our version of What Child Is This?)
Recorded with Roland V-Synth XT, Synthstrom Deluge. Matt Kretzmann - guitar, samples

07. Auld Lang Syne (Elf Party)
Recorded with saxophone, Eventide Eclipse.

08. Cosmic O (MKDVB original)
Recorded with Juno 106, Synthstrom Deluge, Sequential Prophet Rev2, Roland V-Synth XT.
Live video improvised/synthesized with Vidiot analog video synthesizer.

09. Turn Your Blessings Into Bliss (MKDVB original)
Recorded with Juno 106, Synthstrom Deluge, Sequential Prophet Rev2, Roland V-Synth XT.
Live video improvised/synthesized with Vidiot analog video synthesizer."

Patch Notes: Alex Epton

video by FACTmagazine

"Alex Epton is a multifaceted producer and composer (also known as XXXChange), whose in-house role at XL Recordings has seen him work with FKA twigs, Arca and Jamie xx.. IN 2019 he collaborated with cellist Lucinda Chua on the soundtrack for the documentary film 3OHA.

Epton’s own personal studio practice focuses heavily on hardware, including modular synthesis and tape loops. In this episode of Patch Notes, recorded ahead of the release of his new EP The Episodic Buffer Vol 2, he creates an experimental piece with a selection of Verbos Electronics modules and touchplate controller together with manipulated vocals.

“Iʼm not using any fancy loop length randomization here on this patch although thereʼs some clips of that implementation on my Instagram,” Epton says. “Also the Verbos Electronics YouYube page has a well explained example of how to set that up.”

“The basic set up here is: Row A – CV out hits voltage scaling then into a quantiser locking it to an arbitrary major scale then into the v/oct input on oscillator A. Row B – CV out hits voltage scaling then into a quantiser, chromatic this time, then into the v/oct input on oscillator B.”

“Each channel of control voyage processor has an input for additional voltage to be added to the sequencer control voltage. This is our first transpose input. Here both sequences are transposed by the master variable CV out on the touch plate keyboard.”

“Thereʼs a second transpose input for oscillator B on the secondary CV in on that oscillator. You can see in the video itʼs got tape on it because the attenuvertor knob that scales this input is super sensitive and prone to accidental nudging. This second layer of CV transposition Iʼm using to drop oscillator Bʼs pitch to make some tension harmonies agains the main sequence. These tension notes are linked to three individual gate outputs on the touch plate keyboard. Those are summed together before they hit the attenuvertor.”

“So with this set up Iʼm happy to have only eight steps because thereʼs a lot of variety that can still be achieved. Also some interesting chromaticism can happen in the harmony when the one CV stream is quantised chromatic VS locked to a scale. A few individual gate outs on the top of the sequencer are summed together to trigger the drum that comes in midway through.”

“Thatʼs pretty much it. I used a tape loop of some manipulated vocals to get some extra atmosphere / randomness going – something to react to. That loop is manipulated through the rooms. Everything comes together at ye olde Sony 8 channel mixer. And recorded into a UA Apollo twin. Also the synth outputs are feeding an oscilloscope in X/Y config.”

The Episodic Buffer Vol 2 is released on May 7. Epton has also created an exploratory video game as a companion piece to the EP, in which you guide a six-limbed being through a psychedelic world.

Listen to ‘Games’, the first single from the EP here: https://alexepton.ffm.to/games​
Alex Epton on Bandcamp: https://alexepton.bandcamp.com​
Alex Epton on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexepton/​"

God Rest Ye Gerry Mentlemen

Monte Carlo

"All sounds (except drums) from Waldorf MicroWave. Programmed from an Atari TT running Cubase 3, for that authentic 80's feel!"

Ping-Ping Pong - A Supercritical Neutron Flux study

Supercritical Synthesizers

"I tried to think of the cheapest trick in the modular synthesizer cookbook. Well, the cheapest trick without Rick Nielsen.

Space. Not that fancy let’s-grab-a-bite-of-that-asteroid-while-we’re-there modern space exploration. The ye-olde-paper-mache-flying-saucers type sci-fi. In Finnish we’d use the word ”Pulputus” which means a sort of a bubbling sound but far more useless. The right kind of useless.

Filter pings! Oh what fun with the Liquid 4 pole setting. This patch has a LFO modulating the Antumbra Knit (a miniature Mutable Instruments Plaits) which has a single low frequency saw wave triggering the filter pings. Both cores of the filter are in use and spread with the stereo control.

After the filter it goes to a miniature Clouds. My own hacked kinda-kammerl-parasites firmware. Only verb this time from it. Then it’s routed to the miniature parasite Warps. Tape echo there. Holy mackerel it sounds good!

Oh the ring? The nice folks at Iceland’s Genki Instruments sent us a couple of their products. The Wave ring’s rotation movement controls the filter FM and the gate starts and stops the tape. Controlled directly from the Wavefront module. Ég tala ekki íslensku but damn this thing is expressive and easy to use. You’ll see more of this in our demos later.

-Heikki

Check Genki out at https://www.genkiinstruments.com
Check our Neutron Flux at http://supercriticalsynthesizers.com/..."

Fairlight CMI IIX Vintage Additive Digital Synthesizer Sampler Working

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via this auction

"This system is ready to make music. No excuses. No more work is needed to be done from a musician's standpoint. It functions reliably and is a joy to own and play. The light pen works great etc. If you buy the system you will get the FULL Fairlight experience with no work arounds. (Unless you consider a floppy emulator a workaround, it is a godsend to me.)

The keyboard is from a series 1, so it has the airy light synth action. It is still touch sensitive like the series II, but has the synthy action.

Both 8 inch drives have been removed and replaced with a custom dual floppy emulator.

The connections for the 8" drives are still there and work. The original floppy card has been modded so you can run the emulator and the old drive at the same time. If you have a couple of old YE data drives you can easily install them and will never have to remove the floppy emulator connection..."

Note the one of the images of the monitor matches the image in this previous post.

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Rik Marston Electronic Christmas 2019 MS-101 Juno-1 JP-8000 Nord Lead 2 Synthesizer

Published on Dec 24, 2019 Rik Marston Official

#christmasmusic #holidaymusic #synthesizermusic

Rik Marston Electronic Christmas 2019
For those stuck listening to the regular holiday
music, here is an all electronic alternative :)
Merry Christmas!

"Silent Night" 2019
"Carol of The Bells" 2017
"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" 2017
"Peanuts-Linus & Lucy" 2018

Featuring Fantastic Synthesizers:

Behringer MS-101 (Roland SH-101 clone)
Roland Alpha Juno-1, JP-8000
Clavia Nord Lead 2
Korg Minilogue "Classic"
Korg Kronos w/ Jupiter-8 Sample .WAVs

Recorded into Ableton LIVE with extra FX! ;)

Thank you for watching!
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More Synthesizer Demos
Ambient Chill Zen Music
Electronic Dance Music
Space & Meteorites
COMING SOON!!
Rik Marston
12/24/2019

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Rhodes Chroma Videos by Claes von Heijne

Published on Dec 12, 2019 Claes von Heijne

"Rhodes Chroma and Chroma Expander Invitation"

I spotted the above on the http://rhodeschroma.com mailing list. Turns out he also had a playlist with 22 Chroma videos:



Playlist at the time of this post:

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KORG Gadget 2 - You Get 4 NEW Gadgets & 4 NEW IFX - Let's Take A Look - iPad Demo

Published on Feb 28, 2019 The Sound Test Room

What’s New
Version History
27 Feb 2019 Version 4.0.0
・Version 2 is now the largest gadget instrument collection to date.
・New design with a new color scheme. Intuitive user interface.
・Basic performance expanded. Tempo change and fade in/fade out supported.
・The newly added Taipei gadget allows you to connect to various MIDI devices.
・Four new IFX have been added, including feedback reverb, exciter, enhancer and saturator.

* Project files made with KORG Gadget 2 are not compatible with KORG Gadget 1, so please be careful.

14 Dublins: my next-to-last song (with Korg Gadget) by Roikat

Published on Feb 28, 2019 Roikat

"Korg's release of Gadget 2 arrived just as I was finishing two videos for tracks made with the original Gadget, once again foiling my attempts to create timely, topical content for ye olde interwebs. This track started as an experiment to see how many Dublin synth Gadgets my primordial iPad 3 could play before running out of steam. The answer was 8. I added 6 more Dublin tracks on my 2015 iPod Touch, which actually didn't max out at the 14 Dublins, but I thought the tune seemed "finished" at 14."

Korg Gadget, Taipei : Midi Out First Impressions

Published on Feb 28, 2019 Todd Smith Music

"Korg Gadget 2 is released & today I jump it my most craved feature, midi out. Taipei sends midi, sequencing and CC to anything with a midi channel. This opens huge doors for the Korg gadget realm.

This video features a Korg Volca Bass, Microkorg & give my overall first impression of the new midi out feature ( Taipei )"