Clank Uranograph Microtonal Multi-Expressive Instrument

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Akai EWI 3020M Sound Module SN 39615-03140

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Yamaha Motif Rack XS Multi-Tambral Sound Module SN UAQN01045

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EML-101 Electrocomp Synthesizer SN 1070

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"There weren't many more than a couple thousand made. The Mark Vail book goes into some detail on the company's history.
It functions very well for its age, smaller electrolytic caps have been replaced, pots and switches have been cleaned. Like anything this old, it has its quirks, but this synth when new was kind of its own special thing. No Modifications or custom "Improvements". Missing handle. Otherwise in pretty nice shape.
Has not been calibrated recently, but span and octave tuning are close enough to play fairly well. (keys per octave fine tuning has to be full sharp for accurate octave, I think it was just mistakenly set that way when tuned last) A pot or two might still be a little scratchy from sitting, but you'll have that. I may clean it while packing if I find time. Full service manual, schematics, and documentation are available online.

Features:
4 VCO's 2 can be LFO's, all have some degree of continuously variable waveform blend -runs 1.2v/Oct
Tons of odd as well as conventional internal modulation switching and routing options
4 channel source mixer
VCF (Love it or hate it, its tame and musical) has a continuously variable mode control LP/BP/HP
2 AR generators with Sustain
Ring Modulator
Sample/Hold
Onboard Preamp
White noise Gen
Keyboard Glide
Dupohonic (Ok, 2 note -Paraphonic?) Keyboard controller
Limited external 1/4" patching, semi-modular
It all fits in its own neat little box. The top half is the synth, bottom half, the keyboard"

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Love Synthesizers First Love

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New videos of Love Synthesizers First Love. Be sure to see Red Means Recording walkthrough below.
See Love Synthesizers label for addtional posts.

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DVNA - Mint x Hell (2 Patches)

video upload by 16 colours

"This thing is anything but a one trick pony. The sound engine is very versatile, yet surprisingly intuitive and easy to patch. It's right up my alley - lots of clever modulation, lots of FM, waveshaper, procedural features, as on- or off-grid as you want it to be, anything from sweet or clean, to noisy and harsh, lush modulation reverb... Yeah, there's a lot to love and explore."

See the Doboz label below for additional posts.

New Firmware on the OP-XY…more synths & fx!

video upload by SON WU

"The OP-XY has also been hacked using AI. So new we are getting new firmwares, with new synths & fx daily. In this video I am showcasing a firmware by https://foundmotive.com/opxy/ with acoustic guitars, chord mode and a teenage engineering choir."

The Haken Mobile App: Control a Haken Continuum with your mobile device!

video upload by HakenAudio

"The free Haken Mobile App allows you to control your Haken Continuum or any other Haken Audio instrument with your mobile device. Enjoy as Film & TV composer Josh Madoff takes you on a musical walk-through of it's features."

Follow-up to this post.

MiniFreak Sound Design: 12 Tricks I Use All the Time

video upload by Sineway

"Three sounds from scratch on the Arturia MiniFreak 49: an arp, a pad and a bass. Along the way, I share the 10 sound design tricks I use all the time.

You don't need to be a sound design expert for any of this. The MiniFreak rewards exploration: try the engines, add a little movement, and dial things back until the sounds fit together. Everything except stereo spread and Filter FM also works on the original MiniFreak.

0:00 Preview of the Sounds
0:23 Tip 1: Let the Engines Do the Heavy Lifting
0:41 Tip 2: Add Subtle Movement
1:30 Tip 3: Vibrato as a Free Third LFO
1:59 Tip 4: Aftertouch for Energy and Expression
5:21 Tip 5: Make the Sound Pop
5:55 Tip 6: Morph the Sound With a Macro
7:03 Tip 7: A Unique Groove With Wave Shaper
8:43 Making a Pad
10:24 Exploring Filter FM
11:15 Tip 8: Make the Filter Drift With a Random LFO
13:47 Making a Bass
15:27 Tip 9: Let the Bass Drive the Rhythm
16:31 Tip 10: Make the Bass Pump With a Synced LFO
16:53 Tip 11: Add a Touch of Attack to Remove Clicks
17:23 Tip 12: Keep the Bass Clean When Adding Delay
18:11 All Three Sounds Together
18:34 Final Thoughts

🎛️ The three patches from this video are free on Patreon, no membership needed: / minifreak-sound-173862346"

Tracker. The Biggest Update Yet.

video upload by Polyend

"All Trackers are getting a major firmware update with tons of new features and fixes you've been requesting for years. Plus - Tracker is now OPEN SOURCE!

Github: https://github.com/polyend/tracker-ce
Changelog of the newest Firmware: https://github.com/polyend/tracker-ce...
Firmware downloads: https://github.com/polyend/tracker-ce..."

Modor DR2 StringBD Jam

video upload by Modor Music

"Putting the String BD model at work! 😎🧨🥁
A little 1 min jam on the Modor DR-2 drum machine.
As always, recorded directly from the DR-2, no effects or external editing.
#drummachine #electronicmusic #synthesizer"

Exploring the Hikari Monos | Live Textures & Ambient Jam

video upload by Andre Bregegere

"Welcome to an improvised journey exploring the deep, textural possibilities of the Monos by Hikari Instruments. This live performance is designed as a showcase of the synth's versatile sonic range—from gritty low-end rumbles to ethereal, evolving soundscapes. The Monos is assisted by the Starlight Echo Station, an equally versatile vintage delay emulation pedal by Universal Audio.

The video is minimally annotated so you can just relax, zone out, and enjoy the ride :)

Signal Chain & Gear Used:
• Hikari Instruments - Monos (synth)
• Flamma - Analog Comp (compression)
u • Universal - Audio Starlight Echo Station (delay)
• Cioks - DC7 (power supply)

The performance was recorded live, then lightly mixed and mastered in Pro Tools."

Quad Arpeggiator - Solo on the Modular

video upload by Jake's Custom Shop

See the announcement post here.

Quad Arpeggiator - With VCF

video upload by Jake's Custom Shop

"What if you could solo on the modular synth like a Rock Star?
Quad Arpeggiator isn't just 4 totally independent 16-step CV sequencers. It's a synth-soloing machine. Each Arpeggio has it's own button-knob for quick adjustment. Turn a knob to set pitch, click it to go to the next step, set the pitch and repeat. Press + Hold + Turn to set arpeggio lengths from 1 to 16 steps.

But here's where it really shines. Turn any knob quick and the Quad Arpeggiator rips through a pentatonic scale like your shredding on a guitar, or keyboard. (or keytar if that's your thing). Musical expertise not required. Everything's tuned to pentatonic scale, so: it. just. sounds. awesome. period.

Four Clock Inputs, Four 1 Volt-Per-Octave CV outputs.

Back the Quad ADSR on Launch Day, (Nov 1st) and get 32% OFF + These Absolutely Crazy Bright Red 1980's Sweat Bands so you can look, feel and play your modular synth like a Rock Star"

Erae 2 Custom Scales | Play Any Tuning: Scala, Microtonal, Bohlen-Pierce, Slendro, Raga, and more.

video upload by embodme

"Twelve notes per octave is a convention, not a law. With Custom Scales in Erae Lab, your Erae plays any tuning: a Hindustani raga in just intonation, an Arabic maqam with quarter tones, a Javanese slendro, a 7-note balafon scale, or Bohlen-Pierce, a scale with no octave at all.

In this tutorial:
00:00 Intro
00:20 What is a custom scale? Equal division vs free ratio
00:56 Bohlen-Pierce: 13 equal steps of a twelfth
01:11 Slendro: free ratio, note by note
01:25 Build a scale from scratch in Erae Lab
01:50 Create a custom scale directly on the Erae
02:00 Custom scales in the sequencer
02:10 Three scales, three worlds: Balafon, Raga Bhairav, Bohlen-Pierce
02:55 Why the Erae can do this

What you can do with Custom Scales:
• Import any Scala (.scl) file. Thousands of historical and world tunings are available in that format.
• Choose from a library of factory tunings: Pythagorean, just intonation, 24-TET, and more.
• Build your own: equal divisions of any interval, or free ratios set in semitones, cents, or exact ratios.
• Set the root as a semitone offset or as a frequency in Hz.
• Color the keys by scale degree, in Erae Lab and on the Erae.
• Use one global scale across several keyboards, and change them all at once.
• Create and edit scales directly on the Erae, with automatic sync back to Erae Lab.
• Play custom scales in the sequencer.

Works on Erae 2 and Erae Touch with the latest firmware and Erae Lab 2.0.84.

Download Erae Lab and the firmware: https://embodme.com/downloads
Patch notes: https://embodme.com/downloads/beta/pa...
Scala files from this video (Balafon 7-EDO, Raga Bhairav, Slendro, Bohlen-Pierce, Maqam Rast): [lien à ajouter]

Erae is an expressive MPE controller with a 16K sensor surface that tracks your fingers continuously. That is what makes microtonal playing possible: a note can sit anywhere, not just on a semitone."

FM-1 DUB-1

video upload by DECIMA1

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

Get the Firmware here: https://thefirmwarehub.com/

"A generative dub techno machine that plays itself from the moment it is on: chord stabs into a tape echo, FM pings, a sub bass on five grooves, a ducking kick, crackle, and an eight-bar arrangement with breaks and fills."

Side note: NACHTFAHRT is based on DUB-1.

FM-1 instant sampler + tape deck

video upload by ferluht

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

"Second iteration of FM-1 + android sampler, this time with redesigned UI, sample auto-tune and "tape deck" with cassette fx"

https://github.com/ferluht/fm1-sampler

A sampler + audio looper (8 tracks) for Android with the M-VAVE FM-1 as its hardware front end. The phone does all the sound; the FM-1 is the control surface (keys, buttons, 7 encoders), the second screen (240x240, drawn with SysEx commands) and the audio output (USB audio). All DSP is original code in engine/dsp (no third-party audio engine); the only library is KissFFT (BSD) for the Paulstretch mode.

FM-1 second screen (240x240, from the host simulator app_sim: sample, FX, envelope, LFO, arp, tape, mixer, key, mic waiting, rec armed, loop playing, loop length):

Phone app, main screen = the tape deck (light theme by default, the dark one is one tap away; ink / dim / orange): the tape loop, PLAY / STOP / REC / CLEAR under it, the sample of the selected track with its mode and sounding voices, the four knobs of the current page, one timeline of the selected track.

Normal Devices Decay Cascade - Sounds I like

video upload by Jogging House

"Sounds I like, made with the Normal Devices Decay Cascade"

This appears to be the first post to feature Decay Cascade. Check with dealers on the right for price and availability.

"Blend reverb and cascading analog amplification stages to create complex and abrasive textures. Expanding on the idea of running reverb into distortion, the Decay Cascade can produce lo-fi subtlety or slabs of disintegrated noise. Or both.

Dial in reverb ranging from a light bounce to saturated drones, with a maximum decay time of about 20 seconds. The reverb mix is sent to a versatile drive circuit with a voltage sag gate for extra deterioration. Combine dry, reverb, and distorted reverb layers into your desired textural mix. The entire mix then passes through a preamp stage inspired by 1960s era research amplifiers that can add another boost of raw gain and gated tails, with an optional low pass filter. Add a little dust and murk, or create the sound of amp death. Thankfully, there is a volume control."

Batchas "63"

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INARA Brings Modern Control and Expanded Capabilities to Classic Synthesizers

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Troy, Illinois — November 11, 2026 — Five Lined Engineering, LLC announces INARA, a line of purpose-built MIDI controllers that bring modern capabilities to classic synthesizers.

INARA combines hands-on controls, expanded patch storage, and modern MIDI connectivity for musicians who want to get more from their existing instruments.

Far more than a generalized surface controller, each INARA model is designed specifically for the synthesizer it supports. Features include a customized control surface, real-time MIDI Control Change (CC) control, generously expanded patch storage through virtual cartridges, and USB-MIDI connectivity. Custom firmware enhancements also improve the experience of using vintage instruments; for example, optimizing the Yamaha DX7’s keyboard velocity response.

INARA eliminates the need for drivers, control-surface templates, and manual MIDI message editing: connect it and start playing. For hands-on operation, it features ergonomically spaced, full-size tactile buttons, 45mm long-throw faders, and a large LCD display. Its compact, lightweight design combines solid construction with rubber feet for secure placement on a synthesizer or other equipment.

“Five Lined Engineering is excited to introduce INARA to musicians who are as passionate about their vintage synthesizers as we are, ” said Gary Sommer, Managing Director of Five Lined Engineering. “It is striking how inspiring, accessible, and fun these synthesizers are when partnered with INARA.”

INARA models are available for the Yamaha DX7, Korg DW-8000, and Roland Alpha Juno.

Additional models are planned. For USB-MIDI connectivity, INARA is class-compliant and compatible with operating systems that support class-compliant USB-MIDI devices.

INARA is available immediately in the United States with each model priced at $299 through www.fivelined.com/inara/. Visit www.fivelined.com for more information.

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He Turned His Car into a Drum Machine! | Android Auto Sequencer

video upload by HAGIWO

"I built a drum sequencer that runs on my car's Android Auto display.
Now I can make beats right from the dashboard!
Made possible with Android Auto Maker.

Vibe-coded with OpenAI Codex (GPT-6.1 Sol, High).
Built as an Android Auto developer app, featuring touchscreen controls and audio playback through the car's speakers.

For safety reasons, the app cannot be operated while driving.
This app is a technical proof of concept and will not be distributed."