He Made the Presets for This $2,500 Synth. Here's What He Left Out.

video upload by Vulture Culture

"I programmed some of the factory patches for the ASM Leviasynth. Tonight I'm giving away how I actually do it.

We're opening with a full cover of "Inner Universe" from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex — every sound built on the Leviasynth, nothing else in the chain — and then we're building an original 2000s cyberpunk track from a completely empty patch, live, start to finish.

Here's the part most Leviasynth tutorials skip: you do NOT need to master 8-operator FM synthesis to get incredible sounds out of this thing. My easy-FM method uses one, two, maybe three operators to generate a raw waveform with some teeth on it — and then lets the Leviasynth's analog filter do all the real sculpting. Cheap FM, expensive filter. It's how I built most of my favorite factory patches, and by the end of tonight you'll be using it too.

WHAT WE'RE COVERING

The easy-FM method — 1-3 operators instead of complex algorithm programming
Why the ASM Leviasynth's analog filter is the best-kept secret on the instrument
Building a cyberpunk bass, arp, pad and lead from an init patch
Phase distortion on the Leviasynth — the Casio CZ sound hiding inside a 2026 synth
Getting noise-style texture out of a synth with no noise oscillator
Algorithm morphing as a musical performance tool, not a party trick
Sound design for anime soundtrack, cyberpunk, darksynth and industrial styles"

Jump - Van Halen - Synthesizer intro, Prophet 6

video upload by jami.m

"Need a touch of reverb.. too make it more fanfare..."

Saul Stokes: Saltar's Point Album Preview (Live Video Sculpture Performance)

video upload by Saul Stokes

"First, a very special thank you to Justin and the team at Resident Electronic Monthly (San Francisco) for capturing this performance. I truly appreciate this team of amazing musicians and artists. This video is an excerpt from my next solo album, which, unfortunately, I don't have a title for yet. I have been writing the music to a video I made up in Steilacoom, Washington, so I have opted to title this Saltar's Point for now. I'm hoping to wrap it up this year. I feel like this album will be quite a jump for me. I don't quite know what I could reference it to. Perhaps a minuscule nod to Enya, or Ray Lynch's Celestial Soda Pop. I am in contact with a local musician/engineer about possibly doing a Dolby Atmos release for this as well as a possible physical release. If you'd like to stay close and hear more about this as I work on completing this album, connect with me on Instagram.

I have been doing more and more video work using the program Touchdesigner. I'm still a novice, but it's incredibly fun to create 'digital things' that in some way feel organic and alive. Thanks again to Resident Monthly. If you're into electronic music and live in the Bay Area, come down to a future performance. They happen on the last Thursday of each Month.

Special thanks to:

Franck Martin
TanukiSpiderCat
Jah's Tin
Sycamore Willow

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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2kE0k...
Apple Music: / saul-stokes
Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/artist/6474747
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/artists/B000...
Bandcamp: https://saulstokes.bandcamp.com/

M-64C Memory Cartridge

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Mono Two by Monomono: MS20 Spirit Inside Ableton Live

video upload by Isotonik Studios, Monomono Audio · Max for Live Devices, Push Patterns

"Mono Two by Monomono is a monophonic Max for Live synthesiser built around the semi-modular spirit of the Korg MS20, optimised for Ableton Live and fully operational on Push 3 Standalone. In this walkthrough we go from first filter sweep to full patchbay session, covering everything that makes this device tick. Monomono have expanded on the original MS20 architecture with dual filter circuit switching, tempo-synced LFO, bipolar and unipolar envelope modes, stereo spread, and a guided patchbay with attenuator and multiplier utilities.

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In this walkthrough, we'll explore:

Dual oscillator architecture with waveform selection, pulse width, and ring modulation
K35 versus OTA filter circuit comparison and real-time switching
Filter sweep with peak resonance and highpass filter in action
LFO shapes, free and synced modes, phase reset, and tempo sync
Envelope Generator 1 with delay, attack, and release for frequency modulation
Envelope Generator 2 bipolar and unipolar modes, hold, and legato switching
Modulation visualisation on dials showing scope and depth of applied modulation
Stereo spread control from full mono to wide stereo
Patchbay walkthrough with attenuator, multiplier, and guided orange-highlight routing
Push 3 Standalone patchbay navigation and sample-and-hold patch demonstration

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Beetlecrab Tempera meets Novation Mininova sounds - sonic chaos!

video upload by hirundo1984

"Alright, there are nearly endless possibilities of exploring various sounds and creating something new. This might be a very interesting combo."

Beetlecrab Tempera - after 3 days of using it

video upload by hirundo1984

"I recently received my unit from Beetlecrab and was super excited about it! At this moment I'm still learning the very basics, trying to figure out what is what, how do things work etc.

There are things that I find pretty straightforward, others are still confusing. Overall, the menu diving isn't bad at all, most of the things are pretty intuitive.

What is new to me (that's my first granular device) is how exactly do these emitters work, I will need to spend some time with the manual. They all behave differently.

Anyway, so that's one of my first attempts to create something on this wonderful device. Hopefully within next week or two I can learn a thing or two and come up with something different."

Modor DR-2 / not an extensive playthrough / all the DRUMS (and synths)!

video upload by BRiES

"I recorded this video really haphazardly so excuse the chaos. I'm sure if you're curious about this magnificent workhorse of a drummachine that you'll find plenty of interesting information in this video.

Thanks to Marcel for lending me this unit!"

Collarts Music Production at SynthTemple

video upload by Collarts and SynthTemple

"SynthTemple is home to some of the most sought-after synthesizers ever made: the System 700, the Oberheim Eight Voice, and the CS-80 Vangelis used on the Blade Runner soundtrack.

It's also where our Music Production students get to work first-hand, starting early in the degree through the Synthesizer and Sound Design subject, and later one-on-one during their self-directed projects.

Collarts has a partnership with SynthTemple, giving students access to gear and a space most producers only ever dream about.

If you're keen learn more about studying Music & Audio Production at Collarts, head to: https://www.collarts.edu.au/courses/m...

Music: "Journey to Venus" by ‪@brettlittle‬"

Synth Temple Walk Through

video upload by SynthTemple

"Welcome to SynthTemple in Kew, Melbourne, Australia. A labour of love for our team, heaven for synth enthusiasts and an inspiring haven to elevate the creativity of local, interstate and overseas artists, bands, writers and producers.

📹 with thanks to Ben Willis"

Electronic Music Laboratories Electrocomp EML-101 SN 475

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"This is a very rare Electrocomp 101 (Serial # 475) in a very good condition. It has been fully serviced and has no issues whatsoever.

I'm the third owner of this unit. Some mods were done in the 1970's by John Phelan, one of the engineers @ EML which makes this unit totally unique. Here's the functionality of the added 3 switches:

The switch near the Glide Control, multiplies and lengthens the glide time as the pitch slides from note to note. The switch below the filter turns the BP (bandpass) filter setting, into band reject (meaning it provides highpass and lowpass filtering simultaneously).
The switch next to the mixer changes the character of the noise (from white to pink)
I took great care of the unit and used it only in my studio. I'm selling it because I'm simply not using it at all. This 101 comes with original manual and documentation."

Note SN 475 was listed back in 2014.

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Synth Show - Ep232 - Matrix Vol 2 - Oberheim TEO-5

video upload by GEOSynths

"After a year away from Live streaming, I’m back this Sunday to celebrate the release of my latest Bank of Patches for the amazing Oberheim TEO-5 - Matrix Vol 2.

Matrix Vol 2 contains 128 Patches covering Pads & Strings, Bass & Leads, Poly & Arps and whole lot more!"

https://www.geosynths.com/teo-5

You can find demo videos for each preset posted here.

The First Custom Panel for Plinky 12 is Here!

video upload by Nathan Plante Synths and Charles Vestal

"I'm so excited that the first custom panel has been released! Meet AMBIOTICA by Charles Vestal, an implementation of his lovely iOs app/VST by the same name for Plinky 12. Its easy to create relaxing ambient beds with this panel and lots of fun to tweak and explore.

Charles Vestal
/ @charlesv

Ambiotica for Plinky 12
https://www.plinky12.com/community/ch...

The App
https://charles.pizza/apps/ambiotica"

A first look at the NEW Q210 Complex Noise module

video upload by George B.

"I purchased this module because I wanted the metallic noise that works well as a cymbal. It also has white and pink noise, though the pink noise is very different than what I'm used to. That's a good thing, having another version. The chaos sound is very interesting and adjustable. The Grainy section can alter the chaos sound wildly but also accepts external sounds. My only wish here is they did not include any CV control over that section. There is a random gate feature I will look into in another video.
Overall I like the module as it has a number of sounds I don't currently have which should be inspiring. On the random gate subject, have a look at this video where I created random gates using noise, the sample and hold, and the Q156 comparator."

SynthCube gets a mention.

Additional Q210 posts

Followup on the Q210 from Synthesizers.com

video upload by George B.

"After the last video I got deeper into the Random Gates portion of the Q210. I found I could tame it using a second "gate" like the Q128 Switcher or any VCA. Running the Random Gate from the Q210 into one of these external gates and clocking it with the sequencer I can get random gates that hit right on the beat."

The Crow Hill Company Introduces ARCANE STRINGS

video upload by CROW HILL

Press release follows:



EDINBURGH, UK: readily representing its first ‘big’ release in over a year (when the temporarily out-of-circulation GLASS STRINGS was effectively re-released with a totally redesigned GUI and added features as the Edinburgh-based enterprise’s workhorse string library for a new era in more human-sounding music and scores, coinciding with rebranding itself with an aesthetic that truly realised company co-founder and composer Christian Henson’s heartfelt dream of encouraging people to make music and help them on their journey, regardless of whatever point they were at and wherever their journey began), The Crow Hill Company is proud to announce availability of ARCANE STRINGS — taking the sampling rule book and ripping it up, ultimately resulting in a string library featuring amateur players in order to achieve an arcane, primitive, dislocated, microtonal, loose, and sometimes savage sound duly designed for media composers wanting to leave a truly characterful imprint on their next drama score, or, indeed, composers who want to gain extra devilish bite out of their existing string collections — as of August 14…

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Joranalogue Audio Design / DRONE AND GRIT / eurorack patch

video upload by BRiES

"I was asked once what I use for my drones. The answer is: I don't know. I've been thinking about it ever since, but I don't have a straighforward answer. What I do know is that for this soundscape/drone I used almost all the ‪@joranalogue‬ modules, with exception for the module that I'm sequencing COLLIDE 4 with (Discrete Map by NSI).

There's a lot of interesting tricks in this patch:
I used crossmodulation on the phase parameter between the two GENERATE 3s. The intensity is set by modulating the vcas for the harmonic inputs.
CYCLE 2 is doing some gated cycling, activated by an output of ORBIT 3 with an offset from BIAS 2.
ENHANCE 2 is creating a balanced stereo image from two inputs: the dry signal patched to the MID input and the delayed signal (DELAY 1) patched to the SIDE input.
COLLIDE 4 output stage is used to slightly slew the melody for the main drone while the input stage is used as a pinged filter with some amplitude modulation.
CYCLE 5 is used as a dirty subbass... It's both getting synced by one of the G3s as receiving some fm from the other G3. FILTER 8s resonance is begin modulation as well as its frequency.
ORBIT 3 is used for all the modulation.
One of ORBIT 3s outputs is routed through FOLD 6 to create a more intense modulation for the time parameter on DELAY 1."

Hypercube Quadriphonique

video upload by Valmont

"Hypercube Quadriphonique", October 2024. This installation was part of a larger practical exercise at the ENS Louis Lumière master's degree.
Two meters above ground, inclined at an ominous angle, the cube generated four sets of textures layered into a quadriphonic speaker setup. A master OSC patch controlled all the devices in the exposition room ; on my end for my cube I was running MIDI and CV.
I first built a 16-channels 12-bits controller to get everything in harmony, but ended up simplifying the equation to use 4-states inputs and 4 audio outputs, traveling back and forth through the cube in a massive cable liana. The room environment was cyclically controlled by the master patch, and my cube would reconfigure its instruments to play along with the other creations. All sounds were made on a dozen oscillators, a handful of sample players and some Live processing. There was some random breakbeat chops too lmao I loved it, but I lost the session, so I only got some raw cube recordings, which I edited/mixed into this video. Additional black tiles were made to close off the bottom of the cube (just blank PCBs actually!)
Thanks again to Mains d'Œuvres, Franck for the safety tips, my father who helped me cut & paint the wood, and Neurotypic who lent me half the modules. I don't know anyone else who would just say yes to putting laboratory-grade devices into this... thing, suspended with fishing wire!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
My name is Valmont, I'm 24 from Paris! I compose/produce music, repair instruments and take sound on movie sets :) After a double bachelor in musicology and mechanics in Sorbonne, I ended up doing the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Louis-Lumière.
I wrote my thesis on Publison and Early Digital, which ultimately tied together my long-standing fascination in vintage machines, servicing and technical demystification with my personal attraction to these instruments.
I tend to hope for a unified low-level approach to music production guided by DIY values. This Youtube channel is a form of its realization!
Join the gang : / valmont_naudin
Listen to my stuff : https://iconism.io/frame/valmont"

SinTH2 - answers to your questions (subtitles on, please))

video upload by SinTH2

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Transcript:

0:022 secondsGood morning. Hello everyone. Tom Horn, that is Tomasz Rożek. Greeting you from my

0:077 secondsmodest little studio. As you can see, behind me are two finished instruments. This

0:1313 secondsis the folding panel version, as you already know, the fixed panel version, and the third version, which is behind me, which is still being built. The enclosure, as you can see, is

0:2323 secondsalready finished, but this is the desktop version. I think it's a really nice one. It will be finished in about two weeks. And that's exactly what I wanted to

0:3131 secondstalk to you about, to tell you how things look at the moment, because I'm getting a lot of questions, a lot of emails and messages about when you'll be able to order

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Matrix Vol 2 - Oberheim TEO-5 - Patches 1 to 32 (of 128)

video upload by GEOSynths

"Out Saturday 15th

I'm back with a follow up Bank for the Oberheim TEO-5, Matrix Vol 2. The Bank contains 128 Fresh new Patches, building upon the great and popular Patches contained in Vol 1. I've tried to go beyond what I made with Vol1, which had some classic and known Sounds to some more experimental Patches in Vol 2.

Matrix Vol 2 contains 128 Patches covering Pads & Strings, Bass & Leads, Poly & Arps and whole lot more.

This Video demonstrates Patches 1 to 32 and apologies for the slightly wobbly Camera, I had the Fan on! There will be 3 more Videos and when the 4th is uploaded, they will be available for purchase."

00:00 - 1. Broken Code GEO 01:50 - 2. Mocha GEO 02:53 - 3. Golden GEO 04:22 - 4. Grand GEO 05:33 - 5. Dirty Girl GEO 06:00 - 6. Expresso Lead 06:29 - 7. Arrival GEO 08:01 - 8. Plucky Guy GEO 08:49 - 9. Fundamentals GEO 09:45 - 10. Koto GEO 10:25 - 11. Gatekeeper GEO 11:36 - 12. Phaze Lock GEO 11:56 - 13. Digi Dreams GEO 13:22 - 14. Ring Me! GEO 14:29 - 15. Acoustic Lives GEO 15:34 - 16. Omni Arp GEO 16:39 - 17. Brazen Arp GEO 17:04 - 18. Retrospect GEO 18:21 - 19. Daisy Chain GEO 19:29 - 20. Hard Tines GEO 20:33 - 21. PolyPadz GEO 21:18 - 22. PVC Bass GEO 21:53 - 23. Shades GEO 23:26 - 24. Rare Vintage GEO 24:07 - 25. Membrane GEO 25:19 - 26. Radio Ring GEO 26:16 - 27. Chase Scene GEO 27:15 - 28. Case Zero GEO 28:19 - 29. Marimba GEO 28:48 - 30. Cozy Nights GEO 29:36 - 31. Obey GEO 30:33 - 32. Bandsaws GEO

Sequential FourM brzmi masywnie (bez gadania)

video upload by Superlvminal Studio

"Analogowy syntezator Sequential FourM i dwa bardzo budżetowe efekty pedałowe:
M-Wave Elemental Pro (delay pedal) i Flamma FS02 Reverb.
Patche zrobione własnoręcznie.

00:00 Liquid Pad
02:10 Cinematic Piano
05:10 Sync Mellow Pad
06:15 Classic Rich Brass
06:53 Organic Pad
08:35 Liquid Lead
09:10 Sync Heaven
12:58 Gentle Lead

💚Moja muzyka:
Chântall on SoundCloud: / chantall-911580215
Chântall on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6it7o...
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Michael Whalen's Synth Jam. "SHREDDING! Unapologetically…"

video upload by Michael Whalen

"Here’s some shredness—which, apparently, works best at slower tempos.

I absolutely LOVE this factory sound on the Waldorf Quantum MK II. This :90 romp features some crazy pitch-wheel work, polyphonic aftertouch, and my (patented 😂) hand-over-hand technique.

As ever, the backing track was created entirely by me (no AI BS) and the solo was played LIVE, in one continuous take, for the cameras. No edits. No assembling the 'best bits.' Just playing... Enjoy. M"

Live Preview Oktopus Synthesizer VSTi - Windows/Mac/iOS App

video upload by Vyacheslav “Tatreal” Koristov

See the announcement post here.

"In this video, I'm using it live to create my sounds.

Try Oktopus Synthesizer FOR FREE: https://tatreal.pro/oktopus/#downloads

Check the manual page at https://tatreal.pro/oktopus/user-manual/

Oktopus is a powerful, deep synthesizer and production environment built from the ground up for advanced sound design, live performance, and music creation on Windows/Mac/iOS.

Features:
8-block synth architecture for layered and evolving sounds
MPE and MIDI input support
Sample loading, slicing, and playback tools
Built-in recording and sample export workflow
Per-block arpeggiator and sequencing controls
LFOs, modulation routing, and performance macros
Factory presets and factory samples included
Flexible effects chain with EQ, distortion, bitcrusher, compressor, phaser, flanger, chorus, filter, delay, and reverb Touch-friendly interface for iPhone and iPad music creation"