Mutable Dreams for MPC | Product Preview · 3 Songs, 271 Biomes & a Playable Garden

video upload by Kid Bunka

"A garden that makes music — and an instrument you can play.

This product preview introduces Mutable Dreams for MPC by Kid Bunka: six generative tracks, playable instruments, performance pads and a botanical interface that moves with the music. This walkthrough follows three original short pieces rather than one repeated loop.

00:00 Night Garden — presets, macros and playable keys
00:33 Performance pads — textures and space
00:47 Shape, echo, hall and movement
01:20 Worlds That Think — WORLDS, LOGIC and SYNTH
02:21 Biomes and the engine-tone browser
02:36 Mutable Machines — Plaits, Braids, Rings and Elements
03:13 Modules and resonators
03:23 Clouds, Spectral and Beads
03:39 Freeze, final notes and credits

INSIDE THE PREVIEW
• 271 Biomes, 48 Worlds and 121 programs in the MPC preset list.
• Six generative tracks, or engine tones played with up to six voices.
• Playable Plaits / Braids, plus Rings and Elements instruments. Plaits offers up to 12 voices; the voice limit depends on the instrument and available DSP time.
• 16 performance pads for harmony, textures, space and form; velocity / pressure input where delivered by the host.
• Gesture capture, looping, overdub and six recallable Moments.
• Seven LOGIC rules and eight SYNTH engines.
• Warps, Rings, Clouds / Beads and Marbles integrations.
• Deep mode with stereo hall, ensemble and FM / VA unison, plus Classic mode for the earlier sound and saved projects.
• Main stereo mix and six dry track stereo pairs (14 output channels), subject to the host’s routing support.
• MPC transport, Q-Link control, MIDI input, project state and context help.

PRODUCT PREVIEW / COMPATIBILITY
This is a development preview. A public MPC release and download will be announced separately.
0.9.13 is a preview intended for Akai Gen 2 MPC models. Kid Bunka has tested and approved 0.9.13 on his Gen 2 MPC (confirmed 14 November 2026). This is not a claim that every Gen 2 model has been tested individually. Compatibility with older MPC models is still being investigated. A 32-bit file in a package is not a confirmation of older-model support. Use only a package and installation procedure confirmed for your exact MPC model and OS.

HOW THIS VIDEO WAS MADE
All music comes from the actual C++ plugin engine, rendered offline with scripted notes, pads and parameter moves. The interface is rendered on the Mac from the built plugin skin and synchronized parameter states. This is not a recording of an MPC screen or a filmed hardware performance. No voice-over.

THANK YOU
Every useful report, curious question and kind message has helped shape Mutable Dreams. I’m a beatmaker and producer building the instruments I want to play, and it means a lot that you’re exploring them with me. Thank you for helping this little garden grow.

Project: https://kidbee85-beep.github.io/mutab...
Instagram: / mutabledreams
GitHub (public FM-1 project): https://github.com/kidbee85-beep/muta...
Support development: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?busine...
Donations go into updates, new firmware and synthesizer-software development.

A friendly invitation to ‪@Akai_Pro‬ / @akai_pro to explore this independent community project. No Akai affiliation or endorsement is implied.

Credits: Mutable Dreams by Kid Bunka. Mutable Instruments DSP by Emilie Gillet and contributors, under the included licences. Built with the MPC Plugin SDK. Full licence notices accompany the plugin package.

#MutableDreams #AkaiMPC #GenerativeMusic

Prototyping a 16 step Sequencer

video upload by Labyrinth Of Spirits

"This is just a prototype demo of the sequencer I am building for my next synth project. The main goal was to have a 16 step 'step' sequencer -- allowing notes to be played in and recorded. As it went along, I implemented more things--Split, Looping, Ratchets, Accents, Gate length, and Mutes. I'd love to expand it with pages so I can do longer sequences, but for now, this is what I have. I have maxed out the boards that run this, so if I add more, I will need to either delete features, or figure out a way to expand it all to give me more.

Lately I have been really kicking around starting my own business in the realm of what I have been doing...Let me know if you are interested in that and hearing more. I have the full plan drawn out and think it is an interesting one. Maybe I will make a video testing the waters on interest and viability. We shall see.

I'm not sure if anyone even reads these descriptions, but here we are."

Mutable Dreams 2.1 | Itinera — Three dreams from the FM-1

video upload by Kid Bunka

You can find the M-VAVE FM-1 on Amazon.

"I wanted to make something you could start and spend a little time with. Itinera gives the FM-1 fourteen dreams that run from half an hour to four hours. The Biomes move on their own, and the rhythm, harmony and effects take their time changing with them.

You’re hearing Silva Nocturna, Mare Nebularum and Terra Pluvia straight from my FM-1. The display comes from the same device. Thank you for sharing your music, trying the builds and telling me what could feel better. It makes me want to keep building this.

Hold HOME to open Itinera. Pick a dream and set its length, pace and space before pressing PLAY. Version 2.1 also improves USB and TRS MIDI timing, keeps your FULL setting when temporary ECO kicks in, and smooths the tails on the six USB mono stems.

Firmware, Web Studio and walkthrough
https://kidbee85-beep.github.io/mutab..."

Mutable Dreams: Performance Garden for VIBE FM | Full Walkthrough

video upload by Kid Bunka

"Performance Garden brings the Mutable Dreams sound from the M-VAVE FM-1 into VIBE FM and gives you a bigger surface to play it on. In this walkthrough I start on the main page, pick a Biome, build a chord pattern, tune a lo-fi kit and record my pad moves. The sounds are all from the instrument.

There are 271 Biomes and 47 instrument pages, as well as 16 performance pads, 14 Itinera dreams, an eight-section Journey arranger and a dedicated Dream Console. The film also shows the CUSTOM and STANDARD views in anyDAW.

Thanks to everyone who has played, tested or sent feedback, and to Sven for the VIBE FM SDK. I’d love to hear what you make with it.

00:00 The main page
00:16 All 47 pages
00:28 Choose a Biome
00:46 Voice, envelope, LFO and mixer
01:07 Engine, filter, links and drift
01:22 Chords and six-track sequencing
01:40 Space, grains and pad settings
01:58 Lo-fi kits and rhythms
02:13 Record and loop a pad gesture
02:37 Itinera, Journey and project banks
02:54 Radio and MIDI Learn
03:06 CUSTOM, Dream Console and STANDARD

Project website
https://kidbee85-beep.github.io/mutab...

Performance Garden firmware, guide and open source
https://github.com/kidbee85-beep/muta...

Official VIBE FM host plug-in by The Firmware Hub
https://thefirmwarehub.com/convert/#p...

Official VIBE FM Playground
https://play.thefirmwarehub.com/

Mutable Dreams 2.1 for the M-VAVE FM-1
https://github.com/kidbee85-beep/muta...

Follow Mutable Dreams on Instagram
/ mutabledreams

If you’d like to help us keep developing Mutable Dreams, you can support the project here. Donations go into firmware updates and new synth software.
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?busine...

Kid Bunka
#MutableDreams #VIBEFM #GenerativeMusic"

Analog Sequenzer von Conrad Schnitzler

Note: links to listings are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

Here's something you don't see every day.

via this eBay listing, spotted and sent in via M Me.

According to the listing (Googlish below):

"Sie Bieten hier auf einen Besonderen Sequenzer der für den electronik Musiker Conrad Schnitzler entwickelt wurde. Die Bedienungsanleitung wird von Conrad Schnitzler auf Cassette eingesprochen. Dies ist ein Gerät mit Geschichte."

Googlish:

"You are bidding on a unique sequencer that was developed for the electronic musician Conrad Schnitzler.
The operating instructions are narrated by Conrad Schnitzler on a cassette tape.
This is a device with a history."

CLICK FOR MORE »

Mutable Dreams 2.0 | From a Biome to a Piece — M-VAVE FM-1

video upload by Kid Bunka

You can find the M-VAVE FM-1 on Amazon.

"Thank you for the love you’ve shown Mutable Dreams. I started it because I wanted to make an instrument I could get lost in. Hearing the music you’ve made with it, reading your suggestions and seeing people take the time to test a build on their own FM-1 has meant more to me than I can put into a version number. I’m grateful to every person who has played it, shared it, reported a bug or sent a kind word.

You asked for sound worlds that felt further apart, clearer ways to build patterns and more room to make the instrument your own. Those conversations shaped 2.0. In this film you’ll hear the FM-1 moving between Biomes, keeping a voice alive as a Journey changes section, and turning a simple pattern into something you can keep exploring. The sounds and screens come from the instrument.

What’s new in 2.0
• 272 factory Biomes including Blank and 632 tone presets
• Journey Arranger, six-track Sequencer Grid and MIDI Learn
• Living Links, Biome Drift and USB Screen Mirror
• Six individual USB audio voices plus the stereo mix

Play in your browser, hear the examples or read the illustrated guide:
https://kidbee85-beep.github.io/mutab...

Download, source and hardware test notes:
https://github.com/kidbee85-beep/muta...

Mutable Dreams is free and open source for the M-VAVE FM-1. I’d love to hear what you make with it. Thank you for being part of this.

Kid Bunka

#MutableDreams #MVAVEFM1 #GenerativeMusic"

Retro Song Bird

video upload by Bird Cartel

via the developer:

"Hi! I’m a solo developer working on Retro Song Bird - a music player for your Game Boy games.

Plug in any Game Boy or Game Boy Color cartridge and the music starts playing, just like a cassette or CD. In addition to music playback, Retro Song Bird can back-up and write ROMs and save files, can be used as a USB webcam with a Game Boy Camera, and can even wake you up every day as your alarm.

I’m excited to get Retro Song Bird in the hands of musicians and chiptune artists. For the first time ever, they can plug a physical cartridge in and get stereo line-out as well as USB Audio with each of the Game Boys four instruments broken out as separate tracks. Using MIDI, they can control playback, track selection, and even tempo so they can beat match two cartridges and perform a DJ set. Here’s a video of me, a non-musician, remixing the chorus of Tetris with the drums of everyone’s favorite Japan-exclusive fish finder, Bandai Pocket Sonar: [video below]

I’m launching a Kickstarter 11/15 to raise funds to turn the prototype into a real production run: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/birdcartel/retro-song-bird"

I did not expect Tetris × Pocket Sonar to produce such a banger 🤘

video upload by Bird Cartel

via Kickstarter

Retro Song Bird supports Game Boy® or Game Boy Color® cartridges. Once inserted, their soundtracks begin to play.

SUPPORTS

Supports 1,900+ games. Plug in your favorite and let the soundtrack teleport you back in time.

Every track, plus sound effects

Physical controls for next, previous and volume

Stereo line out for your hi-fi

CLICK FOR MORE »

JIANT FM cool new features V.10.7.5

video upload by JIANT

You can find the M-VAVE FM-1 on Amazon.

"What if the room played the music? SWARM, in JIANT FM V10.7.5, builds its sound out of the Bluetooth around the FM-1. Phones, watches and headphones become voices, and how near something is writes the melody. Ambient music, made by the ambient itself.

Also in this video: SCENE mode (one key plays the whole band), Bluetooth PROX and AIR, how to use them as modulation sources, with a live demo of phone distance controlling delay time, plus key velocity, aftertouch and everything else added in the last week.

Heads up before updating: there are now 6 songs instead of 8, so make a backup first.

The screen and the engines are the firmware itself. There is no radio or physical keyboard in this capture, so Bluetooth signals and key pressure are simulated.

0:00 Intro 0:43 SCENE mode 1:22 Bluetooth 1:48 PROX 2:20 AIR 2:40 Modulate with it: PROX on delay time 3:43 Velocity 4:15 Aftertouch 4:36 SWARM 5:44 Also this week 6:43 Thank you"

JIANT FM Arrange mode tutorial English
video upload by JIANT

"AI generated because i dint have time for making too.many talking videos. i ll upload some human videos soon 😅

if you like my project consider to help me on ko-fi.com/juanjiant

We build a complete song on the M-VAVE FM-1 with JIANT FM, from the first section to the ending. Step by step: store sections, chain them into rows, pick an ending and use scenes to keep the song moving. Halfway through, we listen to the finished track.

What you see is the firmware's real screen (V10.7.5), and what you hear is its engine playing." 0:00 Intro 0:30 The idea 0:55 Store sections 1:39 Open ARRANGE 1:53 Add rows 2:36 Press PLAY 3:00 SONG or LOOP 3:16 The ending 3:37 Scenes 4:17 Fixing things 4:32 The whole song 5:52 TIMELINE 6:20 SONG REC 6:47 Quick chain 7:03 Thank you

JIANT FM is free and open source:
https://github.com/juanjiant-bit/JIANT"

Killing Word / The Prophecy that Made Him

video upload by HanzVolt

"A killing word. A prophecy. Turn it up, bro, and tell me in the comments what ‘The Prophesy that Made Him’ means to you. For more synth music, M-VAVE FM-1 firmware experiments and Brosynth adventures, subscribe to HanzVolt and hit the bell for the next upload and live stream.

#HanzVolt #SynthMusic #Brosynth

Gear used:
Korg Monopoly
Yamaha CS-30
Yamaha DX-200
Behringer Pro-1
MidiBox MB6582"

Melodic Techno House 🎹 | Relaxing Synth Live Jam | Korg Volca Setup

video upload by Underground Modulation

"A relaxing Melodic Techno House synth jam featuring beautiful melodies, warm analog basslines and atmospheric synthesizer textures. 🎹

This time, I'm going for something different: a calm, easy-listening melodic techno house jam without tension or aggressive elements. Just smooth electronic grooves, warm synthesizer sounds and evolving melodies.

Four Korg Volca synthesizers come together to create this melodic journey:

🎹 Korg Volca Keys – Main melodic line and beautiful analog sounds.

🌌 Korg Volca FM – Atmospheric melodic textures and evolving electronic sounds.

🔊 Korg Volca Bass – Deep and warm analog basslines.

🥁 Korg Volca Drum – Electronic drums and percussion.

My setup and workflow:

Everything is sequenced and recorded in Ableton Live. I'm using Ableton Live's delay and reverb effects to add depth, atmosphere and space to the synthesizer sounds.

Novation Launchpad Mini helps me switch between clips and control the arrangement during the performance.

Final mastering is also done in Ableton Live.

I love exploring different musical directions with hardware synthesizers, and this time I wanted to create something melodic, peaceful and enjoyable.

🎧 Put on your headphones, relax and enjoy the journey!"

There's never been an analog polysynth like this before...

video upload by Oscillator Sink

"It could be argued that of all the genres of synthesisers out there in the world, the "analogue polysynth" is the most conservative. That's not to suggest that there aren't some fantastic instruments out there, but to me, they tend to feel like refinements and iterations on a few long established designs.

It's a real rarity to find an analogue polysynth that you can point to and say 'that's never been done before', which is why the Echon6 from Morphor was such an exciting proposition when I met it at Superbooth earlier this year. An analogue Karplus-Strong synthesiser, marrying analog VCOs and carefully controlled analog delay chips is something that, to my knowledge, no one has ever done before.

In this video I'm going to focus mostly on the sounds and the synthesis engine, crafting some patches, as well as scattering in some mostly no-talking demos of presets I've made while learning the instrument - and I've made quite a few as I've spent months with it before making this video because, as it was a whole new concept to me and I wanted to really know it in depth before attempting to tell you about it.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:34 Quick Feature Overview
02:38 The Exciter
07:59 Sound Demos 1
09:20 Introducing the Resonator
11:05 Sound Demos 2
12:39 Modifying the Resonator's Behaviour
14:16 Sound Demos 3
15:33 Making a Patch From Scratch
30:37 Sound Demos 4 (Krell Time!)
31:25 Making another patch
45:16 Sound Demos 5
46:36 The External Input - Processing Beats
56:44 Sound Demos 6
57:48 Final Thoughts, Criticisms and Jamming"

Tiny Setup, MASSIVE Sound: Jungle with Koala Sampler + Monotron Delay

video upload by Pocket Trax

"Can this tiny setup deliver proper jungle? I guess we’ll find out.

👉 Pocket Jungle Toolkit 2 available on Patreon:
/ pocket-jungle-2-168395255

Koala Sampler meets Monotron Delay! It was about time these two got together for a jungle duet.

I have to say, I’m pretty impressed with Koala. So intuitive, powerful, and most importantly, fun to use. And of course, the Monotron Delay is doing all the heavy lifting, delivering that rawness and epic saturation.

I’m also using breaks from my latest Pocket Jungle Toolkit 2 in this track. The toolkit is available on my Patreon.

Music:
Pocket Trax – 'Excited'

Follow me:
/ pockettrax

#koalasampler #monotron #jungle #junglemusic #electronicmusic"

The sky can't see

video upload by MIDERA

"I don't even know anymore. I haven't written anything in over a month, and that was after losing my dog. We adopted a new dog, Coco. She's a nut... But I don't feel like me. I don't want to write music or write my book. I think I just know it'll never be heard/read/seen/etc... maybe just shallow, you know?

And then, my kids... I feel like our lives are just passing us by and I'm barely conscious for it. Everything is moving too fast and I can't catch it, I can't hold it.

I want to slow down, to be there with them, to connect, but it all happens so fast.

Well, anyway, I did a trade - I traded my SK-30, Prophet 600, and OB-6 for my old PEK (I traded this for some other gear too)... and I think I'm glad I did. I really like the Poly Evolver Keyboard. And playing this confirmed it for me. It's a really nice synth. I think I connect with it more than I ever did the OB-6. Maybe that's weird? I don't know. I have been absent from my music for so long, I don't even know what any of it means anymore.

Synth: DSI Poly Evolver Keyboard
FX: Fractal Audio FM3 and Raum reverb"

Cinematic soundscape | Vhikk X, PlayFader, Qu-Bit modules, and more

video upload by Jay Hosking

https://goplayallday.com/

"Please support my work on Patreon: / jayhosking
A melodic and ambient performance, live with a eurorack case.

Fair warning: Play All Day sent the PlayFader over for free for me to try. There was no explicit discussion of a deal beyond that. Take that as you will. I will say that it's an extremely nice-feeling piece of gear, much heavier and sturdier than I'd expected. Its idea is quite limited—just two mono sequencers, and limited to 64 steps (though you can set it to unusual step counts)—but I can imagine it as a fun controller to complement a setup with a more traditional sequencer. For me, its use will be limited, as I tend to like unusual sequence lengths for the mono synths over top of standard sequences. But I like the feel of the hardware so much that I'm looking for more excuses to use it.

Beyond that, this was an excuse to put together a case with a lot of sound-shaping potential. Vhikk X was doing bass drone, Eowave Domino was the melody / lead synth, and Rample Turbo was playing some samples that I think were kalimba. But the Qu-Bit modules—Stardust for a separate tape reel, Nautilus on delay for Domino, and Mojave on granular for the Rample Turbo—radically transformed the sound. Those Qu-Bit modules are really growing on me: each unit does way more than you'd expect, with Stardust having filter/tape effects/reverb/bitcrushing/glitch, Nautilus having delay/reverb/saturation, and Mojave having granular/reverb; and each unit is decently sized so that they're easy to play.

Altogether this created a sort of sonic landscape that I couldn't have achieved through exploration in another setup. That's the joy of eurorack.

Thanks for listening.

Performed and recorded live, with EQ, compression, and limiting on the master.

https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com"

The M-VAVE FM-1 is a turning point, here's why / Tutorial: How to "vibe code" your own firmware

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

You can find the M-VAVE FM-1 on Amazon.

"Y'all send me so many comments and messages on the M-Vave FM-1, so here finally is my video on this box. It's an opinion piece, a collection of jams on different firmwares and a sysadmin tutorial rolled into one."

Table of contents:

00:00 Jam 1: Frasil
00:34 Hi, what's this?
01:20 The FM-1 situation: I have some thoughts and I'm going to talk about them
02:14 Jam 2: OverVave
02:26 Thought 1: Nice hardware!
03:55 AD: OneOdio Studio MAX 2 review - low latency 9ms wireless studio headphones
07:19 Jam 3: Original Firmware
07:44 Thought 2: The original firmware is good
11:10 Jam 4: Vector37
11:49 Thought 3: Chinese companies are only starting
13:17 Jam 5: Tuna
13:42 Thought 4: The Firmware situation is out of control
16:39 Tutorial: Installing the SDK and the Toolchain and Visual Studio Code
21:49 Jam 6: Floyd FM
22:12 Thought 5: The genie is out of the bottle
24:16 Jam 7: FMEL-1
24:31 Thought 6: It's the hardware, cupid
25:42 Summary + do the YouTube thing!

CLICK FOR MORE »

The most relaxing firmware for m-wave FM-1

video upload by The Cranky Man's Show

"A generative call & answer 1970s Berlin School instrument for FM1
Freeeeeee and it puts you to sleep in no time, just like it put me...zzzzzz"

Tangerine Dream in a box? - NACHTFAHRT firmware on M-VAVE FM-1

video upload by Guinan

You can find the M-VAVE FM-1 on Amazon.

"I'm blown away yet again by how great another M-Vave FM-1 firmware is. This time I'm playing the NACHTFAHRT firmware by Cranky Man.

Get the NACHTFART firmware here,
https://fartypants.github.io/fm1-nach...
It runs great in the browser if you just want to have a play."

"A generative 1970s Berlin School instrument. Two sequencers drift against each other over a slow drone, their filters breathing; a lead voice dreams above them. Let it play for hours, or play with it: the white keys give you the melody, always in the piece's key, over the sequences and the drone, while the lead plays its own phrases around yours.

NACHTFAHRT plays itself from the moment it is switched on, and it never ends: each piece builds, opens into a solo, drifts through a bridge and starts its long rise again. You are invited in. The white keys play the melody in the piece's scale, so every note fits, and the lead makes room for you. The black keys are effects while held: Rise and Close sweep every filter, Transpose lifts the sequences, Supernova, Twitter and more. SELECT turns the level of the layer you are looking at; PERFORM (SEL) mutes and solos the layers and pushes Filter, Wet and Energy.

WHAT IT PLAYS

Drone. Organ, strings, horn, saws, glass or a choir whose vowel moves, through a slow phaser, with the root an octave below; its chords walk slowly.

Sequence. The arpeggio at the heart of it: a Moog-style line repeated by the echo, its filter wandering, rising over the piece.

Sequence 2. A second line, usually a step shorter, so the two drift apart and meet again; now and then it moves an octave.

Lead. A gliding solo voice far in the reverb, phrasing in calls and answers; or your own melody on the keys.

Atmosphere. Wind, surf, space or tape hiss, where a piece wants it.

Eight pieces after the records of Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze and Ashra (Timewind, Wahnfried, Phaedra, Rubycon, Stratosfear, Sunrain, Mirage, Cyborg) and a ninth of its own (Sakura Rain), each remembering how you left it. Every layer has its sound pages and a Move page, where its filter wanders relative to the knob you set.

To go back to the official firmware, use the installer's "Back to the stock firmware", or M-VAVE's updater, M-UPGRADE, from m-vave.com/download. NACHTFAHRT is based on DUB-1 by sbegueria, itself based on AMB-1 by Charles Vestal; its granular cloud follows JIANT's; the platform is Felucca by Leo Kuroshita (Hügelton Instruments). GPL-3.0. Pictures made with ChatGPT. M-VAVE and FM-1 are trademarks of their owners. NACHTFAHRT is not affiliated with M-VAVE or Hügelton Instruments."

DEEP HORIZON | Ambient - Berlin School Synth Journey.

video upload by Bill Astro

"Hey everyone, apologies in advance, summer is just around the corner and it’s getting pretty warm in the studio, so I'm spending a bit less time up here lately. Unfortunately, I didn't get the chance to add narrations to this one. As always though, if you have any comments or questions, drop them below or send me an email, hope you enjoy this session, I go deep with this one.

► Bandcamp: https://billastro.bandcamp.com"

Craig Padilla - SURFACE ASCENT (Live) - MST/Division6, Mattson Mini Modular, MPC ONE, MODX M

video upload by Craig Padilla

"Trick or treat once again with another live performance in the studio! it's also inspired by the spirit of Halloween! And, once again, it's been captured on video by Colleen Padilla.

'Surface Ascent' is a long piece of music in four parts. It was performed in front of a few of my friends, Donny and Romy Oster, and Skip Murphy. Their energy during the performance was inspiring.

This song features heavy use of many synthesizers and effects:
Akai MPC ONE
Yamaha MODX M7
Synthrotek MST & Division 6 Modular with Source Audio Collider
Mattson Mini Modular with Source Audio Nemesis
ARP 2500 Sequencer
Arturia MatrixBrute
Hologram Microcosm
TC Electronics Ditto X4

The Mattson Mini Modular and ARP 2500 Sequencer modules create an underwater sonar-like vibe before the first rhythmic sequence begins.

Huge THANKS to George Mattson for building the MST / Division 6 Modular and Mattson Mini Modular.

This epic song will be available on my new live album 'First Light Over Aurora'. It will be available at www.CraigPadilla.com .

Please consider donating a much appreciated monetary tip to the performer to: PayPal.me/CraigPadillaMusic"

'Escape from New York' Theme (Prophet-10 Rev4 + Drums) Cover - John Carpenter

video upload by PKN Synth

"Main Theme by John Carpenter in association with Alan Howarth. I had covered this a long while ago, but always intended to revisit it. This updated version is a combination of my favorite elements from each released version of the theme.
/ pknolan

A huge thank you to my friend Javier Puretz on drums.

Keyboards & Production by Paul Nolan

Filmed by Paul Nolan and Daniel McConnell
Editing and 80s graphics by PN in Davinci Resolve.

Hardware Synths used:
Sequential Prophet-10 Rev4
Ensoniq ESQ-1 (stereo bass)

Other gear used:
Yamaha Stage Custom Birch Kit
Ludwig 70s Acrolite Snare
Zildjian K Cymbals
Arturia KeyLab Essential mk3 MIDI Controller
Fender Sunburst Strat ...(didn't show this on camera since I'm not a great player) It's playing chord layers.

Software:
Korg Arp Odyssey
Cherry Audio Quadra
NI Scarbee Rickenbacker Bass
NI Session Guitarist - Electric Mint (for chord layers)
Shreddage 3 Stratus Free (for wide strat)

If you read this far.. did you catch the hints of the Escape From L.A. theme I threw in, or the EFNY end credits outro? Let me know in the comments!"

matrix note: giving this one the Halloween label, not for the movie, but for John Carpenter, and for the mood.

Torso S-4 Live Improv: Sonic Exploration & Sound Design

video upload by Andre Bregegere

"Welcome to Vol. 47 of my Torso S-4 Explorations series!

In this video, I’m sharing an improvised live performance that dives deep into the sonic capabilities of the Torso Electronics S-4. Before hitting record, I prepared 10 distinct scenes. On the S-4, a scene acts as a complete snapshot of the sampler’s state—capturing all audio buffers, parameters, and modulations. Each of these 10 scenes features 4 samples spread across the 4 tracks.

Throughout the performance, I iterate and transition through these scenes live, manipulating the audio to see where the S-4 takes me. The video is minimally annotated so you can just sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.

🎧 Production Notes: The performance was recorded live, with only light mixing and mastering applied afterward in Pro Tools to polish the sound."

Analog Sweden Swen2 - First Techno Encounter

video upload by

"Every now and then a synth comes along that transports you back into a musty early 2000s studio (complete with ciggy holes in the carpet and everything) and i mean that in the best possible way.

Basically Swen2 is a SH-101 on meth?

The interaction between the oscillators, that insane filter and the sequencer got me headboppin' here like i'm watching Wayne's World.

Anyway, captured a whole arrangement in one take and figured i share it so here's a 4-minute recording.

All drums from Octatrack.

🎧 as always strongly recommended."

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