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Sunday, August 09, 2026
What Is A Fourth Chord?
video upload by Raka
Follow-up to:
What Is A Third Chord? What is A Single time Signature?
What Is A Second Chord?
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LABELS/MORE: Oberheim, Roland, Sequential
LABELS/MORE: Oberheim, Roland, Sequential
Erica Synths Hexdrums tutorial - Part 1: Essentials
video upload by Richard DeHove
"Erica Synths Hexdrums drum machine is easy to use. That's the usual wisdom, and it's true. If you already know the basics of drum machines then you can get started in seconds. Yet there are still around 20 performance functions to master and some crucial configuration options. The way accents work, for example, is not as obvious as it seems, just check 17:39
So this is a video manual to all the essential sequencer operations. It contains absolutely nothing about programming sounds. Part 2 will cover all the remaining function such as live performance options, samples and song mode.
Apologies in advance for the somewhat fuzzy appearance of the display characters - in reality of course they are crisp :/ At least the front panel text is sharp.
Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free
My website: https://richarddehove.com/"
0:00 Intro
0:40 Specs
1:00 Make sounds
2:00 Accents
3:20 Patterns & banks
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LABELS/MORE: Erica Synths, MATRIXSYNTH Members
LABELS/MORE: Erica Synths, MATRIXSYNTH Members
VIVALDI - Autumn Part 2 on SIX Korg ARP Odysseys
video upload by Richard Payne
"He knocked it out the park did Vivaldi, with Autumn Part 2. I had it programmed and up on the ARPs for a couple of weeks before I filmed it this afternoon. Was a one take wonder this time, but I had been fiddling with it for a fortnight. And it's very hard to mess up this one.
The Odyssey FS keyboard (on it's side) is taking place of Odyssey #3 (still at the repair place ...) and is handling the 'not needing to be filldled with' bass. Top left (#1) is playing the PWM'd arpeggio. #2, #4 & #5 are playing the 'string' parts and #6 is on sub bass and white noise duties. It's being modulated by it's LFO on the lowest rate.
There's no EQ or mixing going on but I did lean into Ableton's Delay on the Arpeggio and Sub Bass / Wind synths and everything was fed through Arturia's lovely LX-24 Reverb.
Thanks again for watching!"
Melodic Buchla 100 with SciFi video - by Benge
video upload by Memetune Studio
"Another track from the new Benge album
The track itself is made on a vintage Buchla 100 series modular system from the 1960s. A series of looper modules made by 2hp were used to construct the music in real time
How many melodic Buchla 100 videos are out there? Not many I wager
You can watch the original performance here:
• Orangey-Brown Accumulation (Buchla 100) [posted here]
This video pays homage to one of my favourite science fiction illustrators Bruce Pennington, who was responsible for many amazing book covers, which I have on my shelf. I have tried to bring them to life by putting them through the Memetune VideoLab...enjoy!"
KINTSUGI - a song by Gattobus
video upload by gattobus
"Kintsugi is a Japanese art that consists of repairing broken pots or cups with a gold filling. I think we should do the same with our lives. Whenever you feel broken or incomplete, try to fill yourself with what you like the most. We all have to find our own 'gold', the things that can fill the gaps in our soul.
Music is my gold. This is what this song is about.
I hope you like it.
If you do, please consider subscribing to my channel and sharing my work. Thank you!
This is a real-time performance played with my Buchla Easel Command 208C.
Drums and synth parts added later.
Mixing and mastering in Ableton Live 12."
https://gattobus.bandcamp.com/
08.08.2026 EMU Exclusively Analogue - Séquence sabbatine
video upload by batchas
"Je me suis amusé ce samedi avec une séquence simple de 32 pas envoyée sur la première ligne de modules, une autre séquence simple de 64 pas envoyée sur la deuxième ligne."
Happy #808day jam with TR-909, Poly Evolver, Chordcat, BISCUIT, BOUM, TX-6
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LABELS/MORE: DSI, OTO, Roland, Teenage Engineering
LABELS/MORE: DSI, OTO, Roland, Teenage Engineering
HWJ - TRAVEL PACK - SO CLOSE SO FAR
video upload by FL3SHB4CK
"Hardware Jam Challenge: TRAVEL PACK
NLC Hypster, zlob Trepanator, Forge tme VHIKK X
Make some noise!"
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LABELS/MORE: eurorack, Forge TME, MATRIXSYNTH Members, nonlinearcircuits, Zlob
LABELS/MORE: eurorack, Forge TME, MATRIXSYNTH Members, nonlinearcircuits, Zlob
Synido TempoKey K32 Play review - oh, it's a synth!
video upload by Floyd Steinberg
"Synido sent over a sample of their new TempoKey K32 Play."
"This is a battery powered two- and a half - octave MIDI controller with BLE MIDI, USB and TRS, and everything can be set up on hardware. And it's also a GM keyboard / synthesizer now."
Table of contents:
00:00 hello, what is this?
00:36 overview: what's in the box, user interface, editor app
01:10 keybed
01:20 pads
01:32 encoders
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LABELS/MORE: MATRIXSYNTH Members, Synido
LABELS/MORE: MATRIXSYNTH Members, Synido
Sequential Prophet Rev2 8-Voice Analog Keyboard Synthesizer SN 2808-97632
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LABELS/MORE: Auctions, Perfect Circuit, Sequential
LABELS/MORE: Auctions, Perfect Circuit, Sequential
Novation Circuit Groove Box Drum Machine
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LABELS/MORE: Auctions, Novation, Perfect Circuit
LABELS/MORE: Auctions, Novation, Perfect Circuit
Polyend Step Modern Drum Machine Pedal
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LABELS/MORE: Auctions, Perfect Circuit, Polyend
LABELS/MORE: Auctions, Perfect Circuit, Polyend
GLX BALSAM #2 | Winterdagen
video upload by Winterdagen
"Here's another on on the amazing GLX BALSAM! This dark and moody patch and the note glides somehow remind me of Mica Levi's score for Under the Skin which is a very very good thing :-)
I love that BALSAM has a dedicated bipolar slider to route the mod envelope to the LFO time. In this case it makes the LFO - which is modulating the filter - start very fast and slow down over time. I'm using the 2-pole lowpass filter here, I absolutely love its character. It leaves in a little more high frequencies than a 4-pole filter, making the patch sound nice and buzzy. I've quite heavily detuned the oscillators from each other and I'm again using BALSAM's special power viscosity to make each oscillator glide to the next note at its own rate when using the pitch sliders. This makes the sound feel so alive!
I did use some external fx in this piece, Strymon El Capistan and Nightsky. BALSAM sounds gorgeous completely dry as well, but I love a little space in a piece like this one.
Find out more about BALSAM at: https://glx.ltd/"
See the GLX label below for additional posts.
Janko Isomorphic keyboards Interview Superbooth 2026
video upload by Take the Fear out the Gear
"Hi everybody this time we bring you the Janko Isomorphic keyboards Interview Superbooth 2026"
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LABELS/MORE: Alternate Controllers, Alternate Keyboards, Janko, Superbooth, superbooth26
LABELS/MORE: Alternate Controllers, Alternate Keyboards, Janko, Superbooth, superbooth26
Creating Custom Chords on Plinky 12 (Chords)
video upload by Nathan Plante Synths
"This is a follow up to my full walkthrough video of the Plinky 12 Chords panel by mmalex and Making Sound Machines. In this video I walk you through the process of creating custom chords and custom harmonic progressions. You don't need to know anything about music theory to come up with interesting chords!"
Wanna support my work? Join me on Ko-fi!
https://ko-fi.com/nathanplantesynths
https://www.plinky12.com/
00:00 Intro
00:43 Changing the Chord Voicing
03:57 Custom Chord Progressions
06:22 The Related Play Surface
11:05 Custom Chords from Scratch
12:51 Changing the Root
15:14 Changing the Key
18:37 Saving Your Chord Bank
18:57 Creating Chords with MIDI
20:44 Outro
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LABELS/MORE: Alternate Controllers, Plinky
LABELS/MORE: Alternate Controllers, Plinky
RESONATORS | Rings | PolyMoog | Tiptop Audio | Haible by R*S
video upload by Cinematic Laboratory
"In this video, I'll try to explore the concept of resonators in electronic music. I am not sure I am correct here, but I guess the first official Resonator was from Serge, followed by the Resonators in the fist PolyMoog. Buchla may have closed the line with the 292 Spectral Processor, which is also a resonant array of filters. Resonant filters is what all these modules have in common. Jurgen Haible revisited the Moog resonator in the 21st century, and Emilie Gillet perfected it with the Rings module. TipTop Audio also made a faithful recreation of the Polymoog resonator quite recently.
My interest in resonators was ignited when I saw a 17 year old low-res video from Kenneth Elhardt running a Jupiter-8 through an isolated Moog resonator unit, turning clearly synthethic sounds in to very convincing voices, brass and woodwinds. I've used a few snippets (transformative / educational) and added a link to the original. Mr. Elhardt also has a few videos on his channel where he recreated 'medieval' music on a Synthesizer.com Moog clone which is an amazing listen and a hidden gem on the tube.
What I did not know, is that this video may have also inspired Haible and Tiptop Audio to recreate the resonator.
But wait. Rings? Yep. When not plucked and using the IN, you'll pass a sound through 48 digitally controlled 'virtual' filters. So don't pluck it. Resonate it."
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LABELS/MORE: eurorack, JH, Mutable Instruments, Random Source, TipTop Audio
LABELS/MORE: eurorack, JH, Mutable Instruments, Random Source, TipTop Audio
AMBIENT SUNDAY [43]: TE OP-XY and Slate & Ash Halo by themselves
video upload by keinseier
"Still taking a break, but still doing stuff, of course.Trying out the new HALO by Slate & Ash with some semi-generative tracks with the OP-XY., I found the never-exactly-repeating background pretty nice and just let it run for some time.
Also: On the road, so the video format is different. Which is nice, for a change."
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LABELS/MORE: Slate and Ash, Soft Synths, Teenage Engineering
LABELS/MORE: Slate and Ash, Soft Synths, Teenage Engineering
Saturday, August 08, 2026
Melbourne Instruments Interview Superbooth 2026
video upload by Take the Fear out the Gear
"Hi everybody this time we bring you the Melbourne Instruments Interview Superbooth 2026"
https://www.melbourneinstruments.com/
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LABELS/MORE: Melbourne Instruments, Superbooth, superbooth26
LABELS/MORE: Melbourne Instruments, Superbooth, superbooth26
MYSTIC FREQUENCIES - SPACE [Featuring an Atari 2600 w/ Mini Keys]
video upload by Mystic Frequencies
MYSTIC FREQUENCIES - SPACE
Random Dawless playing.
Gear used:
Kawai SX-240
Arturia MatrixBrute
Arturia PolyBrute (x2)
Atari VCS MiniDexed
Erica Synths Steampipe
Novation Summit
Oberheim OB-X8
Synthstrom Deluge oLED
Polyend SEQ
Irijule Theoryboard
Roland TR8S
Elektron Digitakt
Effects - Digitech DSP256XL (x4)
Mixer - Roland M-480
Recorded on - Tascam Model 24
Bard Synths: Oscar
video uploads by Noir Synthétique
Playlist:
1. Bard Synths: Oscar (dry)
2. Bard Synths: Oscar --- SEOK Drips (filter)
3. Bard Synthesizers: Oscar --- SEOK: Drips, TouellSkouarn: Kemmeskan
4. Bard Synthesizers: Oscar --- TouellSkouarn: Amplaer Red Eletrek
5. Bard Synthesizers: Oscar --- Bard Synthgesizers: Vacuform (frq mod)
6. Bard Synthesizers: Oscar --- Bard Synthesizers: Vacuform (Ping)
7. Bard Synthesizers: Oscar --- Bard Synthesizers: Vacuform (Ping)

"Oscar is unique take on an oscillator, providing the very best of both semiconductor and thermionic worlds, namely - good pitch tracking and distinctive vacuum tube / transformer sound. Nothing you have heard before.
The oscillator in its sawtooth core is equipped with Thyratron tube (TG1B). Sync threshold can be controlled with the MOD AMT dial.
Second tube (6F12P) is utilized in a novel waveshaper for Soft Pulse (Triangle-like) and Hard Pulse (square-wave like) waveforms - with the transformer feedback. Waveform shape and harmonic content is frequency dependent. This topology gives the user choice of 6 waveforms, in which 4 of them can be voltage-controlled.
Features
◯ Vacuum tube oscillator module utilizing 6F12P(6Ф12П) and TG1B(ТГ1B) tubes in high voltage operation
◯ Fine and coarse pitch tuning
◯ Voltage-controlled pulse shape
◯ Two V/oct inputs plus one FM Input
◯ Hard sync (variable threshold)
◯ Two waveform outputs
◯ Transformer-based pulse shaper
◯ Pitch tracking: +-8 cents accuracy across 6 octaves
◯ Pitch range: 16Hz - 14kHz"
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LABELS/MORE: BARD, eurorack, New Modules, News
LABELS/MORE: BARD, eurorack, New Modules, News
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