Inside the Studio of Dutch Synth Legend Allert Aalders // Modulogue

video upload by Optoproductions

"We visited Dutch synth legend Allert Aalders in his studio in the woods near Utrecht. Part of iconic synthesizer act 'Human Beings' and founder of Modular Synth event: 'Modulation' and part of the Dutch Modular Fest crew.

Under the name of Sonar Traffic, Allert creates presets for both hardware and software synthesizers such as Arturia, Native Instruments, Korg, Steinberg, Fabfilter and Kilohearts.

Sonar Traffic
http://www.sonartraffic.nl/

Human Beings
https://humanbeings.bandcamp.com/"

Update: re-uploaded as The Story of a Dutch Synth Legend: Allert Aalders (Sonar Traffic) on Optoproductions channel. Previously on Modulogue.

New Loopy Pro 2 Demos & Artist Spotlight

video uploads by Loopy Pro

Playlist:

1. Loopy Pro 2: Polyphonic Clip Playback with MIDI

Explore one of Loopy Pro 2’s most powerful new features: polyphonic clip playback. This tutorial shows how to trigger audio clips using MIDI — either pitched, where each note plays a different pitch of the clip, or sliced, where each note plays a different part of the audio. You’ll learn how to set up MIDI routing to clips, configure playback modes, and fine-tune behavior with features like fade-out-based note decay. We’ll also cover how to use loops as polyphonic targets, letting them sustain while held, and how to add an intro section to act as a sample’s attack before the loop takes over.

2. Loopy Pro 2.0: MIDI Loops & Signal Flow Explained

Learn how to harness the power of MIDI loops in Loopy Pro 2.0. This tutorial walks you through connecting a MIDI controller — whether it’s an external keyboard or the new on-screen keyboard — to a MIDI loop for recording and looping MIDI performances. You’ll also learn how to route that loop to an AUv3 instrument or any other MIDI destination to bring your loops to life. Plus, we’ll take a look at the redesigned mixer and demystify the new signal flow system so you can take full control of your setup.

3. Loopy Pro 2: Organize Your Mixer with Collapsible Sections & Rows

Loopy Pro 2 introduces powerful new ways to keep your mixer tidy. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to collapse entire sections — like Inputs, Outputs, or Groups — to hide them until you need them. You’ll also see how to collapse individual rows to save space and reduce visual clutter, making it easier to focus on what matters in the moment.

Loopy Pro Artist Spotlight #1: Dub FX

video upload by Loopy Pro

"Welcome to the first episode of the Loopy Pro Artist Spotlight — a new series where I sit down with musicians who use Loopy Pro to talk gear, creative process, and the magic of building music live.

In this premiere episode, I’m catching up with none other than Dub FX — looping legend, street-performer-turned-festival-headliner, and longtime Loopy Pro user. He has been pushing the limits of live vocal looping for over a decade, and we dive deep into how he’s using Loopy Pro 2.0 to run his full live show.

🍩 Loopy Pro 2.0 is out today — July 11!
If you’re new here: Loopy Pro is the most powerful and flexible looper DAW around. Whether you’re on stage, in the studio, or building beats in your bedroom, it’s built for musicians who want total control.

—

🔍 In this episode, we cover:
• How Ben got into live looping and built his first busking rig
• The (very weird) story of how we met — and how he discovered Loopy Pro
• Why he replaced his RC-505 and Akai Force with just an iPad and Loopy Pro
• How he controls his vocal effects, pedals, and sequencer entirely from the APC40
• The plugins and processing chains he uses for live sound design
• Touring insights: his approach to backups, reliable USB hubs, and hardware quirks
• His approach to the full artist cycle — from writing and releasing, to content, clubs, and festivals
• His philosophy on collaboration — and how looping opens up space for others

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🎛️ Dub FX Loopy Pro Rig – Hardware
• iPad Pro (USB-C model, running Loopy Pro)
• Akai APC40 MKII (USB MIDI controller)
• Line 6 Helix (multi-FX pedal & USB audio interface)
• Allen & Heath Qu-Pac (16-channel digital mixer/interface with 10 outputs)
• Miktek PM9 mic
• Custom stand rig (drum stool + road case + velcro for compact stage setup)
• Kopplen powered USB hub

🔌 Plugin Chain – Used in Loopy Pro
• FabFilter Pro-Q 3 – EQ / filtering (incl. ducking delay control)
• FabFilter Pro-R – Reverb
• FabFilter Saturn 2 – Multiband saturation
• Dubstation 2 (Audio Damage) – Analog-style delay
• Effectrix (Sugar Bytes) – Loop glitch/fx sequencing
• FAC Transient – Tightens beatbox sounds
• FAC Phaser & Chorus – Modulation effects
• Devil Spring Reverb (Julien Faure) – Spring reverb emulation
• Knock (by Decap) – Drum transient enhancer (used selectively)

—

🍩 Loopy Pro: https://loopypro.com
🌐 Find Dub FX: https://dubfx.com"

Mastering is a Fine Art | But the basics are useful too!

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"First of all I am not a mastering engineer. I learned the basics at Abbey Road Institute which involve EQ, glue compression, a bit of analog color, a bit of sparkle (exciter), a tiny bit of glue reverb and a final EQ to iron out the final extremes. I learned from certified mastering engineers in London, but I don't have their experience of making any track from any artist sound better and ready for the big world. That's beyond a skill, it's an Art (with a capital A) and it takes years to learn. It would also require good ears, great taste, the ability to understand what the customer wants and extensive knowledge about what's competitive.

I've added this video to the Modular Classroom playlist [embedded below], but it's not a regular episode. I just feel it belongs there.

In the modular niche we don't work with console mixes (or tracks in a DAW). We usually record a single take to a single track and when it's recorded we can't tweak anything. It's 'frozen' in time. It's also unlikely to be able to record the same piece twice. In the modular niche we're back in the late 60's and early 70's. But we also have the advantage of using a real instrument that sounds amazing.

I recorded a problematic track for this video. I didn't know it was problematic until i listened with headphones. If you care a bit about a good final track, ready sharing on your new BandCamp album, here are a few tips you may find useful. Since we can't really change our stereo track, we may need to photoshop it a bit. With Mastering, 'less is more' is the golden rule. Sometimes people ask me about my 'mastering chain' because they like the sound of my patches. The hard truth is that I don't use any. I can't make it more less. I just record raw, and iron out possible problems BEFORE I record. When I record a Serge case, I don't have to fix anyhting. When I record a case with many digital modules, I get in-case clipping, tough resonance and stereo low end issues (mud). A DAW like Ableton offers all the tools you need, but the FabFilter tools are worth buying. You don't have to worry about subscriptions and new versions, they're excellent.

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Zerosum Inertia ZI52

video upload by The Mephitif

"First test with Zerosum Inertias recreation of the Metasonnix R52 multimode filter.

Signal chain is:
Hertz Donut MK3 - Metasonix RK2 - ZI52 - TVM23 - Audio Interface - FabFilter Plugins"

The zi52 is a recreation of the metasonix r52.

This is a zerosum inertia product with permission granted from metasonix.

Metasonix wants it clear that zerosum inertia is responsible for the questions, support and manufacturing of the product.

It is a resonant equalizer/resonator/filter useful for tone sculpting and scream generation when at high resonance settings.

Two 12aw6 pentodes are responsible for the character of the sounds processed and created.

12aw6 have an amplification factor of 42 mu compared to 36 that a 12au6 provides.

The 12aw6 has a distinct resonance tone that is not found with a 12au6.

It is fizzley and sounds like a fuzzbox at max resonance.

Backing off the resonance allows for smooth filtering without oscillations or squeals.

The resonance is technically a gain function and needs to be up a bit for sound to pass through.

The input knob affects the resonance behavior and general overal sound of filtering heard.

To hear the filtering effect, backing counter clockwise on the input level is needed.

Increasing the input level creates more saturation but overloads the filter and less 'filtering"'is heard.

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Arpeggio with the Portabella MK IIIe & Meraki delay pedal

video upload by Erik Lucas F.

"This is a video demonstrating PIN Eletronic's Portabella MK IIIe. A pre-written MIDI sequence was sent from my DAW to the Portabella; the audio from the portabella goes through a true-stereo analog delay pedal called Meraki from Walrus Audio and then into my DAW. No processing was applied except a slight percentage of reverb from Fabfilter Pro R2 which is controlled from 0% to 15% using the MIDI Fighter Twister shown in the video. A bass line was also used in this piece, whose low-pass cutoff position is also controlled with the MIDI Fighter Twister."

BOARDS OF CANADA - Corsair (Prophet REV2 Synth Cover)

video upload by nicola neeco

"Here' s my version of this wonderful track by Boards of Canada from Geogaddi (2002, Warp Records)
The Prophet is in split mode with two almost identical patches, to match the original I applied some eq.

(I made these patch from scratch)

Gear used:
Sequential Prophet REV2
FabFilter ProQ3
U-he Satin Tape Plugin
Valhalla Vintageverb"

Korg opsix Native (Glass Waves), Make Noise Strega & Ableton Air

video upload by Akihiko Matsumoto

Mixer: Ableton Live (Skin: https://akihiko-matsumoto.gumroad.com...)
Sequencer : Ableton M4L Air (https://akihiko-matsumoto.gumroad.com...)
Reverb: Cinematic Rooms
Master Comp/Limitter: FabFilter Pro L2
Camera: Sony a7RII
Audio I/O: RME Fireface UCX

Perkons driven by the Midicake arpeggiator (no talk)

video upload by Richard DeHove

"Two examples of the Midicake Arp driving the Perkons drum machine. There's no patterns or steps programmed here, just MIDI triggers sent from the Arp. Each voice is on a different MIDI channel. Variations are created by a gentle modulation of the beats/bar parameter and the two modulations channels variously affecting velocity, groove length and the rhythm pattern length. Timings on individual parts have also been tweaked using the delay parameter. When you see the orange light on a channel it means that part is muted.
The Arp is of course blind to what might make a pleasing drum pattern so it's a little bit chaotic at times but overall I think it's an interesting end result. If the drums weren't the main focus of your performance, but you needed something that continually changed to the avoid simple continuous loops then this might be a good solution. By switching kits you can also create some interesting fills. And while it might all be a bit loose as a jam, it could easily be chopped up into something much more coherant. And a drum machine that was able to receive note information (like the LXR-02) would be even more interesting.
The Geiger Counter provides some grit and there's also a little Fabfilter Pro-R on the kick (which was taken as a separate out).
Anyway, just a little noodle for your consideration and amusement.

0:00 Noodle one
1:32 Noodle two

Lots of downloads for supporters on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/richarddehove
Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free
My website: https://richarddehove.com/"

Ambient | Make Noise Strega, Roland Boutique D-05 (PlaceLetsGo)

video upload by Akihiko Matsumoto

Ambient Works Book 1: https://open.spotify.com/album/5KwyK2... Mixer: Ableton Live (Skin: https://akihiko-matsumoto.gumroad.com...) Sequencer : Ableton M4L MODE (https://akihiko-matsumoto.gumroad.com...) Synth1: Make Noise Strega (https://makenoisemusic.com/synthesize...) Synth2 : Roland Boutique D-05 (https://www.roland.com/global/product...) Reverb: Strymon Big Sky (https://www.strymon.net/product/bigsk...) Master Comp/Limitter: FabFilter Pro L2 Camera: Sony a7RII Audio I/O: RME Fireface UCX

Ambient | Make Noise Strega, Roland Boutique D-05 (Syn Marimba)

video upload by Akihiko Matsumoto

Ambient Works Book 1: https://open.spotify.com/album/5KwyK2...
Mixer: Ableton Live (Skin: https://akihiko-matsumoto.gumroad.com...)
Sequencer : Ableton M4L MODE (https://akihiko-matsumoto.gumroad.com...)
Synth1: Make Noise Strega
Synth2 : Roland Boutique D-05
Reverb: Strymon Big Sky
Master Comp/Limitter: FabFilter Pro L2
Camera: Sony a7RII
Audio I/O: RME Fireface UCX

Perkons through four flavors of filth

video upload by Richard DeHove

"Two Perkons patterns playing three kits tested through four pedals: the WMD Geiger Counter, Fairfield Circuitry Roger That, Darkglass B3K and JPTRFX Add Violence*. I contemplated cutting this down to a four minute highlight video but I think there's real value in showing the actual process of tweaking to get the best sounds. But maybe I'm wrong. What do you think? Show the best bits only, or show the process?

In any case you can see in both the Geiger Counter and Roger That where tiny adjustments can have profound effect on the output and it's pretty clear they get the biggest range of different and usable sounds. The two "small" pedals really only have a single core effect and can only get relatively modest variations from that. But horses for courses. To balance the varying volume levels I had to be quite heavy-handed on the limiting, so some of the louder sections have been squashed (Fabfilter Pro-L and Cockos ReaLimit). Generally the Geiger Counter had the most consistent volume and was most easily adjusted on the pedal itself, whereas Roger That and Add Violence tended to be most difficult to tame. * NB: I've adjusted the internal trimpots on Add Violence and they have a huge effect on the sound. I've no idea how far I've diverged - for better or worse - from the original values! (I must do a video where I adjust these in real time. It's such a shame they aren't actual knobs).

0:00 Geiger Counter
6:40 Roger That
12:28 Add Violence
16:44 Darkglass B3K

Lots of downloads for supporters on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/richarddehove
Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free
My website: https://richarddehove.com/"

Smell the EHX Glove

video upload by Richard DeHove

"If you don't know the movie 'This is Spinal Tap' this video isn't going to make much sense, so here's a quick explainer. Spinal Tap is a 1984 fictional documentary about the rock band Spinal Tap. Among their many problems is the cover of their new album 'Smell the Glove'. The band wanted a greased woman on all fours smelling a glove - shops and the record company say no.
So the video intro is a few seconds from the movie and images are my AI-generated prompts attempting to create a 'Smell the Glove" album cover.
As for the audio: The DB-01 is going into the Oceans-11 reverb (which is usually off) then in The Glove, then to the Nemesis delay. There's a tiny bit of EQ in the DAW.
Drums are from the Perkons going into the Death By Audio Rooms reverb. That then gets another layer from the Fabfilter Saturn plugin in the DAW. So hardly a clean or produced drum sound but meh, this was meant to be a simple demo of the Glove pedal, but that got 'out of hand' hahahahahaha.

Lots of downloads for supporters on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/richarddehove Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free
My website: https://richarddehove.com/"

Chugga Chugga Perk Perk

video upload by Richard DeHove

"What a stupid title. It's a combination of the Chug pedal used on the synths (DB-01 then the Behringer Cat) as well as the Perkons doing drums. The title coulkd have been more useful but then I'm beginning to suspect my dry and useful titles make absolutely no difference to anyone or any metric.
This piece started as a dull test of whether a DI box made any difference to the performance of the Chug pedal. It did - it made it worse. Then I just started noodling with the pedal to see whether I could coax some different sounds out of it. Couldn't do that either. It sounds good but it only has one way it grates the audio.
So then I thought I'd better add some drums so the Perkons got it's first run. It's so huge I have to work out a way to get multiple items in frame without everything looking tiny.
Against my usual policy I added some effects on the Perkons (but not on the synths) in the DAW. The Perkons got a little EQ to take out some of the massive bottom end, a little Fabfilter Saturn to dirty it up and a touch of Pro-R reverb. I wasn't using individual outs so it just got slathered over everything. A few gratuitous samples to finish.

0:00 DB-01 and Perkons
2:15 Cat and Perkons

Lots of downloads for supporters on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/richarddehove
Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free"

Complexity not required

video upload by Richard DeHove

"For days I've been trying to make an "Oceans 11 - Complete Walkthrough" video, but I keep getting distracted by the sounds. So I gave in and made this first. Originally I was going to just take a few seconds of this but I like drony dirty choiry things and thought you might enjoy it too, especially as it was so simple. The danger with a giant multi-tier stand of vintage polysynths is that you might feel obliged to use several of them at once. Less is more. At about the halfway point (as mentioned in the video) I add in some FabFilter Pro-R "Cathedral" reverb at 50% mix. But there's no other DAW fiddlings.

Since I blab endlessly in the video I won't repeat all the info here but merely add that the FM knob on the DB-01 is very useful but could perhaps be great. Imagine if it could be somehow locked to the chosen scale? Now that would lead to all sorts of good things.

Lots of downloads for supporters on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/richarddehove
Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free
My website: https://richarddehove.com/"

FabFilter Twin 3 Presets by New Loops

video upload by New Loops

"New Loops has announced the release of “Twin 3 Pro Expansion” an expansion pack for FabFilter’s Twin 3.

Here's what they say:

‘Twin 3 Pro Expansion is a new collection of universal presets for FabFilter Twin 3. It has a wide range of beautifully crafted presets that are designed to work in many different styles. We've brought out the best of Twin 3 and pushed it to the limit while showcasing its powerful sound.

‘We have added custom performance controls that allow quick access to useful features. Each patch has two sliders and an XY pad. Use them to control effects, mix sounds, or completely morph a preset.

‘Also, we've carefully named all our custom modulators so you can easily see how a patch works. See how a modulator controls another parameter, and get a better understanding of sound design - a great educational feature!

‘This expansion pack is suitable for a wide range of electronic music styles, including ambient, chillout, cinematic, soundtrack, and electronica, and is also useful for pop, trap, future bass, house, techno, trance, and many more.’ Intro Price: £17.49 until March 31st, 2023 (Reg. £24.99). More info and free demo: https://newloops.com/products/twin-pro-expansion-twin-3-presets

You can also get an extra 15% off orders over £49 at newloops.com (where free demo packs are available)."

NEW!! Ambient Explorations pt.38 (FabFilter Twin 3)

video upload by Piotr Garbaczonek

Thanks for watching!
The FabFilter Twin 3 Synthesizer plugin came out today, so I wanted to take the advantage of it and make an ambient piece as soon as possible. All the sounds you hear were created from the Twin 3, I am also using Fab Filters Q-3. MB, C-2, and L-2 for mixing this track, as well as some Valhalla Shimmer for the long-release goodness, which is quite vital in this genre.
Enjoy!
- Piotr Garbaczonek
#modular #eurorack #idm
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Here are some links of mine:
https://linktr.ee/pgarbaczonek

Go become my Patreon here:
https://www.patreon.com/pgarbaczonek?...

Perks of being a member include Patch from scratch videos, behind-the-scenes, HD pictures of gear and such, unreleased music, sample packs, and many more :)"

Prophet 5 Rev 4 Horror Movie Patches

video upload by Sonic Neutronic

00:00 Alan's Blip
00:56 Halloween Drones
02:02 Krueger's Ping
02:52 Sync'd Trox
03:34 Haddonfield Church
04:10 Dimonished Church
04:39 808 Resonate State
05:06 Haddonfield Memorial Generator
05:42 EFNY Tower
05:58 Bodysnatcher Beat
06:50 Springfield Drips
07:30 playing the end out....

"I've been enjoying playing around and exploring the Sequential Prophet 5 Rev 4 this holiday season so here's 10 or 11 patches that I saved while exploring..

Yes there are FX on these. No I don't care that you want to hear them dry. Buy one and make some dry patches for yourself. :-D

Fabfilter L2
Eventide Blackhole
Valhalla Delay"

'Endroll' - Ryuichi Sakamoto (From "The Last Emperor") Eurorack Modular Rendition

video upload by Piotr Garbaczonek

"Thanks for watching and enjoying it!
This project took me a super long time to finish, as I had to transcribe the entire piece by ear and then split the midi into individual monophonic tracks so that my MicroMidi Module from Intellijel can record each layer one by one.

For each layer, I ran uMIDI directly into Mutable Instruments Rings and split it into three voices using a buffered multiple 1U module. The first voice was going directly out into VCA, and the second and third were going stereo in and stereo out from Mutable Instruments Clouds, and then into the VCA. The gate was sent out from uMIDI into the TipTop Audio x Buchla Quad Function Generator 281t, and into Strum input on the Rings. Both Rings and Clouds were being modulated by the Instruō/ DivKid Øchd which was sending all the LFOs into a variety of destinations. In Ableton Suite 11, I mixed everything. Adding Shimmer and Supermassive to tracks that needed it as well as FabFilter EQ and Limited for maximum sonic compatibility. Each track was performed separately in regards to the desired dynamics and articulations from the original score which I was referencing, but not following exactly.

Here are some links of mine:
https://linktr.ee/pgarbaczonek
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https://www.patreon.com/pgarbaczonek?..."

Speed King (Deep Purple Cover) - Nord Drum 3P, Arturia MiniV + Juno (Ableton Live Performance)

video upload by Jannis Le Wolff

"- 𝓸𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓫𝔂 𝓓𝓮𝓮𝓹 𝓟𝓾𝓻𝓹𝓵𝓮

🎸 In this instrumental series I'm playing some classics of Rock/Pop music history from the 60s and 70s in some alienated electronic version. For this video I was using the Nord Drum 3P, the Arturia V Collection (MiniV + Juno) as well as the KMI Softstep. The whole set is controlled via Ableton Live.

The Drumbeat is factory preset B30 of the Nord Drum 3P, the Bass is some 3 oscillator sound with the Arturia MiniV and the organ is made with the Arturia Juno plugin.

For mixing I just used some gentle EQ and Compression (mostly FabFilter) and also some Soundtoys effects like Decapitator and Echoboy."

Octave Cat analog synthesizer ambient drone

video upload by Jim Alfredson

"This past summer I acquired a non-functioning Octave Cat SRM monophonic analog synthesizer. It was only making slow clicks but the filter and noise circuitry worked. I spent about three weeks troubleshooting it with the help of some folks in the online synth community. Thankfully I was able to bring it back to life. I completely rebuilt the power supply, replaced about half the ICs, and all the capacitors. I also refurbished the Pratt Reed keybed and refinished the wood side panels.

It sounds amazing; like raw voltage surging through wires. This is a little clip I made just messing around. I'm looking forward to adding this little kitty to my music.

Reverb is the Reverb Foundry HD-Cart. Delay is u-he Colour Copy. A bit of FabFilter Pro-L2 on the output and that's it. Edited in DaVinci Resolve."