"This Roland Juno-106 (Vintage) has been fully tested and is in great working condition. It has been fully serviced at our Synthesizer Rejuvenation and Wellness Centre and given a clean bill of health, along with brand new voice chips from Analogue Renaissance.
Quite possibly, the closest thing to having a 'Moog Plugin' inside your MPC4000, Z4 or Z8. Rather than settle for a traditional 'multi-sampled' Instrument, having only a few or a dozen (at most) Samples onboard, and declaring it a 'MiniMoog'. I wondered, 'why not capture EVERY KEY from the original Model D MiniMoog?' ..and give one of the most celebrated Synthesizers of all time the closest possible incarnation on Akai's most revered Samplers of all time?!
Furthermore, the MPC4000 is quite a beast, in that, it can Sample at 24-bit / 48kHz, which is perfect to capture such a prized vintage Synth that's revered for it's thick, rich tonality. From that point, I wanted it for myself.
And so, with the labor done, we now have, what I consider, the most ambitious MPC of all-time loaded with arguably, the most celebrated Synth of all time.. and well, here's the result.
A first look at this labor of love, and I can't tell you how good it felt to finally play chords with sounds from a vintage Model D! ..evidently, I overloaded the MPCs internal Mixer, but, knowing full well I did overload the MPCs output, I didn't think it was necessary to sugar-coat the 'first look', and thought, this 'overloading' was just as important to include as the rest of it. As one could expect, if you played 5 MiniMoogs side-by-side.. you too, would probably overload what ever Mixer they're running into, too.
A simple reduction in resonance and/or Program volume, and there's more headroom to reach with those 'wider' chords.
Anyway, warts n' all, here it is, just as I was discovering in real-time. The nature of all of 88 individually cut and looped Samples playing alongside each other. Something the original MiniMoog simply can not do.
Here's hoping you enjoy this fascinating discovery of how the MPC4000 'sounds' when faithfully loaded up with 88 Samples from an original 1976 MiniMoog Model D's Ramp Oscillator! (Actually the MiniMoog offered 96, but as most MIDI Keyboards offer up to 88 keys, I stuck with 88.
"The Melbourne Instruments Roto-Control comes with touch-sensitive motorised knobs, giving you incredible interaction and immersion with your music! Jack takes us through all the features of this awesome MIDI controller!"
"Wanna just hear the Sequential Fourm? Here's a no talking demo I made for Sequential. Fourm is a 4 voice analogue polysynth with a sort of Pro One old skool aesthetic. It's a simple synth but I felt has class for days, weighty and bright, but can cut through. It's also tiny, but the controls are well spaced.
The video features Fourm alone, with UA Golden reverb, Boss DD-7 delay, and alongside the Roland T-8 and sequenced by Xynthesizr on iPad for some small vignettes/musical sketches.
Thanks to Sequential for agreeing to fund a demo, this is a cool machine."
CHAPTERS 00:00 - Filter Sweep 00:28 - Slow Fourm 00:52 - PluckyBass 01:05 - Bottle Service 01:30 - Two Osc Improv 02:15 - Two Osc Aftertouchy Improv 03:09 - Jazz Hands 04:18 - Seventh Heaven 05:04 - Quarter Tone Jam 05:50 - More Than That 07:35 - The Bassics 08:31 - Init Program Jam 10:50 - Dynamik Pad (uTuned) 12:04 - Kosmiche Acid 15:16 - Sync Sitar Outro Vibes
Ultimate Sounds for Prophet 12 is a premium sound bank featuring 50 professionally programmed sounds for Sequential / Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 12 and Prophet 12 Desktop.
This collection is designed to expand the expressive and hybrid character of the Prophet 12, combining modern digital detail with analog-style warmth, depth and musical response.
Inside the sound bank you will find cinematic pads, evolving atmospheres, digital textures, analog-style leads, deep basses, brass sounds, arpeggiated patches, layered synth colors and ambient soundscapes ready for modern productions, live performances and cinematic compositions.
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"Another one of my favourite cues from the Backrooms score. As I recall, this piece accompanies a montage of establishing shots of San Jose, early in the first act. The piece is in G minor and is built around 2 different ostinatos. Both ostinatos have chromatic notes that create a sharper and more mysterious atmosphere. The first (0:00) features both the natural and raised third (Bb and B natural). The second (0:23) features the raised 6th (E natural), transforming G minor into G dorian. However, the minor 6th (E flat) appears in the melody (at 0:45) creating a contradiction between these two layers. This ‘contradiction’ creates interest and tension.
This arrangement had too many separate layers to feature them all on screen simultaneously. For this reason, the individual screens cut between various sounds/patches.
In addition to all the parts you see on screen, I recorded some ambient drones. I decided not to film these, as the screen would become crowded with shots of me holding down a single note haha.
All these sounds are designed from scratch on analog synthesizers (a Prophet rev2 and a Korg MS-20). I mix in Ableton, where I add additional effects (reverb, distortion, delays etc.). In this case, most of the effects were from Soundtoys.
