This TINY Setup Makes MASSIVE Jungle: PO-33 KO! + Monotron Delay

video upload by Pocket Trax

"Back with some more pocket-sized Jungle energy.

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

Once again I’m pushing the PO-33 KO! + Monotron Delay. Such a ridiculously small setup for how BIG and dirty it can sound. I’m also using the breaks from my latest Pocket Jungle Toolkit 2 in this jam. I wanted to test in a performance and, well... I can confirm: they hit hardships as you can feel. The toolkit is available on my Patreon

There’s something about making Jungle on these little machines that just clicks, with a unmatched vibe and energy.

Music:
Pocket Trax - 'LEzgou'

Follow me:
instagram.com/pockettrax"

Track laying Arp & Solina for new track with CR-78

video upload by Craig Sue Sound

"Just a minute's snippets of me laying up the Arp Odyssey mk3 & Solina along with the Roland CR-78 being clocked by the Swynx to Logic and outboard FX like the MXR Flanger Doubler, EH Small Stone & CXM 1978 to layer it up... other equipment in the track include the Waldorf M, Vongon Replay, Synare 1 & Arturia Microfreak."

Why isn't anyone talking about this beauty?

video upload by Synth Codex

"A no-talking sound demo of a music instrument that really surprised me. I'm talking about the Organelle S2 by Critter & Guitari, a tiny instrument that can be almost anything. One minute it's a synth, the next it's a sampler, a drum machine, a looper, or a strange effects processor. It doesn't feel like a normal synth, and it's not trying to be one. That's what makes this instrument unique and so fun to play.

I hope this video gives you a feel for what the Organelle S2 can do. Sometimes the best way to make music is to play around and have fun!"

Timestamps: 00:00 Quick roundup 00:26 Reeds 01:30 CZ 03:06 Genny HRando FX13 03:37 Analog Style 04:41 Cini 05:43 Drummy 06:25 4WaveFM 06:50 Genny 1 08:32 Beats and Pieces 09:08 FunFX 09:33 CZZ Multi 10:20 Waterfall 2.0 11:25 Polybeat HRando FX13 12:03 Lead HQ 12:34 Thery Scary 13:17 Special Organ

Gear used: ► Critter & Guitari Organelle S2 ► Korg ESX-1 Groovebox ► t.c. electronic M300 Effects Processor

Kawai R-50e with 16 ROM Banks – Every Bank Demoed

video upload by Patrik Adolfsson

00:00 Intro
00:02 Kawai R-50e
00:09 Roland TR-808
00:15 Roland TR-909
00:17 Kawai R-50
00:18 Sequential TOM
00:20 E-mu Drumulator
00:22 Akai XR10
00:25 Böhm
00:27 Oberheim DMX
00:29 Simmons SDS-V
00:31 Yamaha RY30
00:33 Cheetah MD16
00:35 Kawai R-100
00:37 Janela
00:39 E-mu SP-12
00:40 LinnDrum
00:42 Kawai R-50e

"Testing all 16 ROM banks on my modified Kawai R-50e drum machine.

I’m running the same simple drum pattern through each bank so you can clearly hear the differences between the sounds and kits.

The R-50e has been upgraded with a 16-bank ROM switch, giving access to a much wider range of classic drum machine sounds.

The mod was purchased from eBay seller taunus_osi:
https://www.ebay.com/usr/taunus_osi

No fancy demo — just the Kawai R-50e and all 16 banks, one after another.

Now my R-50e gives me access to:

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Korg 03R/W - SynthCorner Presets (Sounds Only)

video upload by wolfgang S vukan

"Korg 03R/W - SynthCorner Presets (Sounds Only)

If you like these sounds, you can buy the complete 03R/W SysEx bank from me with all 80 presets for 10 Euros (contact me at: vukansto at gmail dot com).

So, this is an old KORG ROMpler from 1991, a cut-down version of the flagship 01R/W. The 03R/W has less sample ROM (5 MB vs. 6 MB on the 01R/W) and lacks the Waveshaping and Emphasis features. Korg named this digital synthesis engine AI2, which stands for Advanced Integrated Synthesis (second generation). The first AI generation was featured in the M1 and T series.

Actually, I planned to sell this 03R/W, but now I'm not so sure. It reminds me of some mystic, dark sounds I created on the T2ex that I sold a decade ago. Now, I have those similar sounds in a compact 1U rack unit.

Recorded directly form 03r/W audio output to Tascam DR05x recorder (24bit / 48 khz)

Korg 03R/W specifications:
32 polyphonic (16 poly in dual Osc mode presets)
8 parts multitimbral (16 parts in General MIDI mode)
255 multi samples (5mb ROM of 16bit samples)
Single or dual oscilator structure per program/preset
Digital low-pass filter (VDF) per oscillator
2x digital effects processor (reverb, delay, chorus, distortion, etc.)
229 programs-presets (100 RAM + 129 ROM GM) and 100 multi combinations
PCM and RAM data cards expansions
4 analog audio outputs"

Korg Prophecy emulation playing a couple patches from Prodigy's Fat of the Land

video upload by Joe Landers

B52: 303 Growler
B00: Space Adventure

https://github.com/joelanders/profligacy

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Drifting away and blissing out with Spotykach

video upload by Oscillator Sink

"This year at Superbooth, one of the tents that I returned to multiple times was the Synthux Academy tent, mostly to snatch another few minutes with, what is arguably their current flagship product: Spotykach.

Spotykach is one of those wonderful bits of gear that sits in the intersection of effect and instrument, and its focus is around exploring looping in all its forms - emulating tape techniques as well as various eras of digital looping and sampling. It feels to me like a companion to the music making process. It’s surprising without being unpredictable, new ideas are readily born out of whatever input you provide - a perpetual stream of happy accidents.

It can also be approached in many different ways, but in this video as we explore its features, I’m going to focus on one particular way of using it - a more open, unsynchronized, exploratory approach, which is how I’ve been enjoying using it, but it also can be very rhythmic, controlled too - it has a full MIDI implementation and a lot of features around clock synchronization - but I am who I am and I am feeling a little ambient."

Chris Liebing | Roland 909 session

video upload by Chris Liebing

"Happy 909 day!

I’m the proud owner of a machine without which the evolution of Techno would be almost unthinkable. Rarely has a drum machine had such a profound impact on an entire genre, and far beyond it.

Over the years, friends have stopped by my studio, and sometimes even met me on the road, to sign it. I keep getting it signed whenever possible. Maybe someone can make a list of all the names that have made their way onto it so far! 😄

Some people might not know what a raw 909 actually sounds like, the kick, the toms, the hats, and all the other sounds that make this machine so unmistakable. So, I decided to have a little session on the 909 and hit record, enjoy! 909 forever!

And thank you, ‪@rolandglobal‬ for creating this machine and making billions of people happier along the way."

BOARDS OF CANADA - 1986 Summer Fire (COVER - Prophet REV2)

video upload by nicola neeco

"1986 Summer Fire: the last track of Boards of Canada’s Twoism EP.

For this cover I used only my Sequential Prophet Rev2, trying to get as close as possible to that warm, slightly worn-out synth tone from the original.

I’m a huge fan of Boards’ short tracks and interludes, the ones that sit between the “proper” songs. To me, some of their real gems are hidden there: small sketches that say more in 30 seconds than whole albums do.

This is my little tribute to one of those moments."

parallels // LinnStrument + Melbourne Instrument Nina

video upload by the audio dump

"Some quick technical notes since I wasn't feeling the live annotation on this one. If you notice “SWITCH 1” lighting up intermittently on the left side of the instrument, that’s showing when I’m using the sustain pedal. The switch is assignable, so that isn’t necessarily what it means in every LinnStrument setup, but for me it’ll generally be sustain unless otherwise noted.

For those unaware of the Linnstrument, it was created by Roger Linn and has 8 independent rows of notes. By default these are tuned in fourths but mine is tuned (low to high) EAEADGCF. The red lights are a custom setup and do not indicate any specific notes or scales like the stock setup; I made them to resemble the fretboard markers on a guitar. The white lights show what is being played as well as all other locations on the grid where those same pitches occur. You can customize these lights however you want to. I really can't say enough good things about the Linnstrument, so if you have any questions let me know.

The Nina is being restricted to 8 voices despite it being a 12 voice synth. This is to allow a longer release while letting the voice allocation keep things from getting too muddy. The patch is intentionally simple and you can read the details from the front panel. One thing I really like about the Nina is that the oscillator waveforms are not just on/off, so this patch is based around a morph between a triangle and a saw. All effects are internal and from the Nina.

The Nina is being controlled in MPE mode - there is not a lot of in your face MPE gestures here like extreme independent slides, but per note vibrato and occasional slides for phrasing have become practically essential to me now. I really hope more synths add MPE support over time because at least personally it is very much a "once you try it you don't want to go back" sort of thing for performance. Another important feature of MPE is being able to play unison intervals, since the exact same pitch can occur on multiple channels at once (which you can hear here a number of times).

This music came together very quickly, though I had some other ideas that didn't fit here, so most likely this will be the first in a series of 'parallels'."

15otope // Analog Four mk2 + Melbourne Nina

video upload by the audio dump

"I've only sequenced some very basic things with the A4 controlling the Nina, so wanted to try something a bit more substantial. The first idea that came to me was in compound meter (7/8 + 4/4) and it all came together from there."

lost & found ↓ // Syntakt + Analog Four mk2 + Nina + OXI One mk2

video upload by the audio dump

"First song I'm posting out of compositional order, but before selling the Oxi One mk2 I had to decide what to do with the song from around 6 months ago that was stuck inside of it.

The annotations are a bit much I think so I will tone them down going forward - just a lot to say about the Oxi.

Syntakt is playing all drums/percussion + bass, analog four mk2 is playing the two leads and the beep boops, Nina is playing chords. The bass and chords are being routed to the fx block of the Syntakt for filter sequencing."

What the Këkht Aräkh is a "Switched Capacitor Filter"? - Djupviks Elektronik Faidros Demo

video upload by Kronofonika

"I still haven´t quite figured out how a Switched Capacitor filter works, but who cares?! This is my demo of one of those, a limited second edition of Faidros by Djupviks Elektronik. There is a brief moment where I seem to mic up all colours and metal shades there are in this film, my prompter was not doing me any favours today.

The correct colours available is this one above;

20 exemplars in Purple, yellow and Fools Gold (sort of silver)
20 exemplars in Blue and Proper Gold™.

They wil be available to buy from Djupviks themselves here:
https://djupviksaudio.bandcamp.com/

Green Mod:
https://www.green-mod.com/

And Hylin Devices:
https://hylindevices.com.au/collectio...

I don´t really think I need to tell you this, I´m sure you know how YouTube works, but feel free to metaphorically 'jump around' in the film. I have prepared what one in the literarary and motorcycle gang world call 'chapters' to make it easier to navigate.

00:00 - Intro (duh) - What is a Switched Capacitor Filter?
01:54 - Some kind of Module breakdown, what's what?
04:31 - Using a separate clock source
07:04 - Weird space sounds
08:45 - There's an Album as well???"

AMYBoard x 2 plus Tulip

video upload by Randy Piscione

"I’ve used the Tulip to set up patches on the two AMYBoards I have. My goal in getting these was to put together a layered setup that would give me some evolving patches. For the video, first I bring in the Tulip, then the first AMYBoard followed by the second AMYBoard. As you can hear, they are capable of some very nice sounds. Check the links below for information on the AMYBoard and Tulip.

AMYBoard and Tulip share a similar microprocessor core, which is used to emulate a Roland Juno 6 and Yamaha DX-7. They also include samples and a drum machine. In order to really make them useful, you’ll need to do some hardware add-ons and programming, neither of which I’m prepared to do unfortunately. I’m hoping someone comes up with a turnkey solution for these, preferably as a kit or idiot-proof plans.

https://www.makerfabs.com/amyboard.html

https://www.makerfabs.com/the-tulip-c..."

SynBe - Inspired by 1975 Japanese Synth Bass (demo)

video upload by Hügelton Instruments

"This series' first synthesizer simulation is of a rare Japanese-made bass synthesizer.
This synthesizer possesses features rarely seen in modern synthesizers, such as a unique traveler and simplified oscillator sources.
We has poured its passion for this hard-to-find synthesizer into this simulation software.

Features
・Monophonic synthesizer architecture
・Triangle, Square, Saw, Pulse and Phaser modes
・4’, 8’ and 16’ octave ranges
・Classic Traveler filter
・Twelve factory presets
・Full MIDI CC control
・Separate modern modification section

Available for macOS (AUv2 / VST3) and Windows (VST3).
https://hugelton.itch.io/synbe"



SynBe is a monophonic bass synthesizer inspired by a 1975 Japanese Synth Bass.

I had wanted one for a long time, but finding one is difficult. Rather than wait for the right unit to appear, I started with what was still available: surviving technical documentation, published circuit information, material from related instruments, and other technical references.

Some sections are well documented. Others are incomplete. Where the original circuit cannot be fully determined, SynBe uses the available evidence, related designs, conventional modelling techniques, and listening tests.

Features

Monophonic synthesizer architecture
Triangle, Square, Saw, Pulse and Phaser modes
4’, 8’ and 16’ octave ranges
Classic Traveler filter
Twelve factory presets
Full MIDI CC control
Separate modern modification section
2x internal oversampling
Versioned DSP kernel
Special nice & great graphics by ME!
Archaeology

Most of my previous reconstruction projects started with an instrument sitting in front of me.

SynBe did not.

The reconstruction began with surviving technical documentation and circuit information. I also studied material from contemporary and related instruments where the available information was incomplete.

The signal path was reconstructed section by section, from the oscillator and waveform circuitry through the Traveler filter and VCA.

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Sequential Fourm factory preset demo Bank 1

video upload by theover2

"I'm playing my new Sequential Fourm analog synthesizer, recorded the video with a Samsung S24 Ultra in HDR/10bit 4K 60Fps, recorded the analog output of the synthesizer with my Yamaha MG16 XU mixer/AD/DA converter, recording with the "pw" (PipeWire) tools on Fedora 44 (Linux) . Then I loaded the results in Davinci Studio (on the same Fedora 44 machine), aligned the tracks, and saved in HDR format for Youtube.

All the music is played by me on that synthesizer, live. No Midi, no edits, no effects, and no other sounds sources."

Oberheim Service Notes in Binder

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via this eBay listing

This one was spotted and sent in via
M Me.

"Oberheim Service Notes from 1980's in Oberheim 3 Ring Binder
These documents comprise an official Oberheim issued compilation of Authorized Service Notes.

These are NOT Oberheim Technical Service Manuals.

They are Engineering Change Orders (ECO's) which are mostly circuit updates.

Each ECO has been implemented over time to improve the performance of a particular Oberheim Model.

They have been grouped to include all the changes to a particular model.

The OB-Xa Bulletins for example are grouped into the 100 series; The Expander is the 600 Series.

One would still refer to the actual Oberheim Service Manuals to actually perform these updates.

View this binder as an Addendum to each of the Service Manual models on the list.

The Bulletins cover:

Model_____ECO-Nmbr

OB-Xa_____100-145

DSX_______201-217

DMX_______301-338

OB-8_______402-442

DX_________501-512

Xpander_____602-631

DX-MIDI_____703-705 -after SN Q63603

Matrix-12_____805

Matrix-6______901-906_(2-901's-Maybe 2nd one SB907? 2 different dates)

XK__________1001-1002

DPX-1_______1102-1110, (Also 1101-1105 Dates again)

Prommer_____1201

There are no OB-Sx Service Notes.

There may be a couple of Service Notes missing. Either they went missing or were never there.

I used to be an Authorized Oberheim Service Center, but Oberheim went out of business

and resurrected as ECC Oberheim, then I believe went out a 2nd Time.

I lost on that deal - due to Unreimbursed Warranty Claims.

The package weighs over 6 LBS. which is charged as 7 LBS per USPS."

Sold for US $152.50

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Custom Desktop Korg Mono/Poly

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via this eBay listing

This one was spotted and sent in via
M Me.

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DX5 performing Depeche Mode "Only When I Lose Myself"

video upload by DX5

"Gear used: (Left) Roland JP8000, Kurzweil PC1x. (Right): Emu Emax II.
Backtrack previously recorded, track by track, by me on Pro Tools.
Other gear used for it: Roland MRS2 Promars, Access Virus TI Snow.
Note I'm near slight distortion on low frequencies in some sections. I wanted to give emphasys there (maybe too much ;-) ).
Original song composed by Martin L. Gore.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

Add some stereo sizzle with the Vongon Solarfaze (Feat. Elektron Tonverk)

video upload by Duskmos

"In this Signal Colors: Primer - I'm checking out the Solarfaze from Vongon. This saturation and detuning device adds sizzle to your tracks and a little bit of space too. Check it with me while I send some test tracks through it from the Elektron Tonverk."

00:00 Intro
02:50 Controls Overview
08:50 Demo Pattern 1, General Overview
23:40 Demo Pattern 2
28:22 Demo Pattern 3, Serious Noise Gating
32:27 Final Thoughts

The best groovebox he's ever played | Akai MPC Key 37 G2 live performance

video upload by Jay Hosking

"Please support my work on Patreon: / jayhosking
A live synthesizer performance using only the MPC Key 37 G2.

To be clear: I bought this synth with my own money, thanks to the support of my Patreon community. So while I recognize that the following praise seems effusive, it's the truth.

I got into hardware through grooveboxes. I started with the Novation Circuit and got more complex from there. The groovebox—sequencer, multiple timbres of synth, drums, samples, and effects—is my happy place. And while many devices have been good, I've never found "the one", that one groovebox that does everything you want it to do. Until now, maybe.

I've played with MPCs quite a bit over the last few years, but this newest generation, and this model in particular, is the one. It's a combination of things: a mature platform with fast loading and workflow; every conceivable sound type I want, from synths to samples to piano; a robust collection of effects, with great reverbs, delays, and ways to mess up a sound; more tracks than I'll ever need for a song; a sequencer without the limitations of 64 or 128 steps; clip launching; simple audio recording in; auto-sampling to capture your own sounds; MIDI in and out via 5-pin DIN and USB; MIDI learn with peripheral MIDI controllers that works flawlessly; USB multi-track audio recording that just works without a hitch; so much more.

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