Ciat Lonbarde Peterlin & Ableton Octa Comb

video upload by Akihiko Matsumoto

Effect: Ableton Octa Comb https://akihikomatsumoto.sellfy.store...
Reverb: Preset Verb: https://akihikomatsumoto.sellfy.store...

"Ciat Lonbarde Modular Synth (Sample Pack) https://akihikomatsumoto.sellfy.store...
A distinct sample pack crafted from the raw, organic sound of Ciat Lonbarde modular synths.
No tempered scales. No rigid rhythms. Just pure experimental textures.
Includes one-shots & drones for adventurous sound designers and boundary-pushing music creators."

MSTRBLSTR - Pattern Clear Pattern Write

video upload by MSTRBLSTR

"MSTRBLSTR - Pattern Clear Pattern Write.
124 BPM machine-driven acid house - negative space, dub handoffs, tape delay + spring reverb. Brief clears, then a new polymetric logic takes over."

https://open.spotify.com/track/4dNO60... https://mstrblstr.bandcamp.com/track/...

"Machine-driven acid house at 124 BPM: transient-forward percussion with hollow-bodied punch, a constant bass groove that shifts in intensity, and an arrangement built on negative space and dub-style handoffs.

Tape delay and spring reverb open wide. Brief breaks wipe the grid just long enough for the pattern to snap back into focus. Then the momentum clears and a new polymetric logic takes over. Modulated melodic drifts change the room without abandoning the floor, leaving you somewhere familiar but newly yours.

Hardware: Din Sync RE-808, Roland TR-606, Roland/Tubbutec MC-2oh2, Cyclone TT-303, Alice 1228 mixer, Boss KM-60 mixer, Boss RCL-10 compressor, RE-201 Space Echo, Jeff Rubin Mu-tant Fly Phase, edited in Ableton Live.

iLL ACiD Cat. No. ILL015

iLL ACiD is 5 years old, so this one’s a free Bandcamp download + available on all platforms"

https://mstrblstr.bandcamp.com/track/pattern-clear-pattern-write

Buchla Music Easel Ambient

video upload by Akihiko Matsumoto

"Generative Sequencer: Ableton MODE https://akihikomatsumoto.sellfy.store...
I am releasing the Early Price edition of the Buchla Modular Synth Sample Pack. The current version contains a smaller set of files, which is reflected in the low introductory price. Just like my other sample packs, this one will receive regular updates and new material will be added over time.
When the pack reaches its official release stage, it will be sold at its standard price. Anyone who purchases the Early Price edition will receive all future updates at no additional cost.
https://akihikomatsumoto.sellfy.store..."

Våld Labs Tresse: a multiengine synthesizer based on Plaits, for desktop.

video upload by Våld Labs

This one was sent my way via Meska who had the following to say: "It's 'basicaly' a standalone MI Plait with 3voice and extended oscilator models."

Video description follows:

"Tresse — 3-voice polyphonic desktop synth, 38 engines

Hey all,

Been working on this for a while and it's finally at a point where I want to share it.

*Tresse* is a standalone polyphonic synthesizer built around Mutable Instruments' Plaits DSP code, running on an ESP32-S3 with a custom PCB. Three voices of polyphony, 38 synthesis engines, USB, DIN/TRS and Bluetooth MIDI, and perhaps Ableton Link and our upcoming stack (VMB) Våld Modular Bus, expected to ship this summer, and which will a new wireless comms protocol with negligible latency, auto discovery and machine mesh capabilities (to be released soon).
Also enough knobs and encoders to actually play the thing without menu-diving, and a battery for when you're bored outside of your studio.

*The core idea:* take the full Plaits engine library — all 24 algorithms — and make it polyphonic in a self-contained hardware instrument. Then keep going and add 14 more custom engines on top.
There are hundreds of options similar to this in modular systems and i thought why not bring all these god-level creative tools to bedroom, desktop producers who don't have the money or the space (or will) to mingle in the modular space, and bring them one contained box with all they need.

What's inside

*ESP32-S3* doing all the DSP across both cores (voices 0+1 on Core 1, voice 2 on Core 0, parallel render)
**PCM5102A DAC**, 24-bit output, 32kHz sample rate
*4 pots + 4 rotary encoders* through CD74HC4067 mux and MCP23017 I2C expander
*OLED display* (128×64) for patch info, engine select, preset browsing
*USB MIDI + BLE MIDI* — works with everything, no adapter needed for wireless
Custom PCB, all through-hole friendly

38 engines

The first 24 are straight from Plaits — East Coast, Phase Distortion, all three DX7 variants, Terrain, String/Chords, Chiptune, Wavetable, Speech, Swarm, Particle, the Rings modes, the three drum engines, etc.

Then 14 custom engines built from scratch:

*Karplus-Strong* — proper physical string modeling with excitation morphing (noise → impulse → tonal)
*ByteBeat* — 8 classic formulas with pitch-tracked rate, gets wild
*CZ Phase Distortion* — Casio CZ-style, three distortion shapes
*Supersaw* — up to 7 detuned saws with PWM, the obvious one but it needed to exist
*Formant* — vowel synthesis with 3 bandpass resonators, gender shift control
*2-Op FM* — clean FM with 13 ratios and operator feedback
*Wavefolder* — sine/tri/saw/square source into a proper folder with bias
*Noise Drums* — SVF-based with pitch envelope, covers kicks through metallic hits
*Modal Resonator* — 8 tuned bandpass partials, morphs from harmonic → bell → bar inharmonicity, with a bowed excitation mode
*Sympathetic Strings* — 3 coupled Karplus delay lines with controllable coupling and interval ratios
*Comb Resonator* — 4 parallel comb filters with spread control
*Drawbars* — organ-style additive with 8 Hammond-ratio partials
*Complex Oscillator* — FM into wavefolder, Buchla-adjacent territory
*Grain Noise* — granular noise with smoothing, good for textures and pads

Controls

Three parameter layers accessible via toggle buttons:

*Normal* — Timbre, Morph, Harmonics, Color on pots; Attack, Decay, FM, LFO Depth on encoders
*MOD* — Fold, Detune, Ring Mod, Chorus on pots; LFO destination/shape/speed/sync on encoders
*SHIFT* — Filter Cutoff/Reso/Env/Type on pots; Portamento, Octave, Vibrato depth/speed on encoders

Hold both buttons → engine select overlay. Double-tap MOD → system menu (randomizer, MIDI config, play mode). Double-tap SHIFT → preset browser across three banks (own patches, generated, branches).

Play modes: Poly, Mono, and chord modes (Major, Minor, 7th, Sus4, Power, Octave).

The randomizer is one of my favorite things — it generates random patches with procedural names (stuff like "Velvet Moth" or "Iron Shard"), you scroll through them with the encoder, and save the ones you like to a generated preset bank. 512 slots each for generated and branch presets, 128 for your own.

What it sounds like

Honestly covers a lot of ground. The Plaits engines already span everything from classic analog to FM to physical modeling to noise, and the custom engines fill in some gaps I wanted — proper supersaw, real Karplus-Strong, the modal/sympathetic stuff for metallic and evolving tones, and the ByteBeat engine for when you want to go full chaos. The global FX chain (filter, wavefolder, ring mod, chorus) ties everything together.

The project should be available from April 2026, in kit or assembled units! Price to be discolsed once i have the final FINAL prototype, but shouldn't hurt the wallet.

This is a *Våld Labs* project from Lisbon Portugal. Much more to come.

Would love to hear what people think, and happy to answer questions about the build or the DSP. Be aware that this is a pretty advenced prototype, but still a prototype"

https://valdlabs.com

Note they also have the Consequencer pictured left but no additional info aside from the following on it yet.

"A portable, desktop-first sequencer with modular DNA — built for the art of shaping chaos."

CubuSynth also has a Consequencer announced back in 2024, but they appear to be unrelated.

Why Electra One Feels Like the Future of MIDI Control // Mini vs MK2 Review

video upload by loopop

TIMELINE:
0:00 Intro
1:10 Overview
2:50 Build
4:00 MK2 vs Mini
4:30 Controls
5:45 Multis
6:50 Pages
7:30 Presets
8:10 Snapshots
8:50 Morph
9:50 Rand #1
10:20 Rand #2
10:45 Captures
11:05 Pin presets
11:40 I/O
12:05 MK2 exclusives
12:25 Performance
13:40 Devices
14:05 Routing
14:40 Assigns
15:05 The Editor
17:25 Convert psets
17:50 AI coding
22:25 Ableton Live
24:30 Pros & cons

Progressive House | Beautiful sounding GS Music e7 Classical style Arpeggios | TeknoBaby | Opium

video upload by TeknoBaby

"The e7 has amazing sounding LFOs, getting fed arpeggios from Ableton."

Live Jam | chill progressive vibes ft. virus + peak + ableton in one shot

video upload by Martin Trece

"jamming some progressive vibes with the virus and peak! Also some pre-arranged drum loops and MIDI triggers in ableton

machines: virusTI, novation peak, ableton live for midi sequencing, loops and routing"

Dawless Techno EDM Jam | Novation Circuit Tracks & Rhythm

video upload by Underground Modulation

"In this video I perform a groovebox jam, and this time it’s a techno EDM track created entirely with hardware. The groove is driven by a powerful Novation Circuit combo, blending rhythm, melody, and energy into a tight live performance.

Two grooveboxes are used in this setup:

Novation Circuit Tracks – rhythm and melodic elements

Novation Circuit Rhythm – rhythm, textures, and custom samples

Both Circuit grooveboxes perfectly complement each other, allowing me to build dynamic beats and evolving melodic patterns in a fully dawless workflow. Everything is sequenced live on the Circuit Tracks and Circuit Rhythm, without using a DAW during performance.
Final mastering was done in Ableton Live to polish the track.
Thanks for listening and enjoy the vibe 🎶🚀"

Tergiversator - Industrial Psychedelic Doom Ritual Drone Journey - Ableton Move & Soma Pulsar 23

video upload by Abre Ojos

"66bpm - Abandoned principles mop the floor of morality

FYI - This is the 100th video upload! Happy video anniversary to me 🤘🤓

Ableton Move &‪@somasynths‬ Pulsar 23 thru ‪@Endorphines‬ Ghost pedal

Move is sequencing BD, SD, HH & Bass channels + vocal samples from the Move too.

Video:
Live visuals using The Creation of the Humanoids (1962) from Archive.org played through cracked ancient iPad and processed through:
Video microscope
Sony ZV1
Roland V1-HD
‪@entropyandsons‬ Recursion Studio
Resolume Avenue
Recorded with Rodecaster Video

Dark ambient audiovisual stuff: https://abreojos.net"

Dub Ambient Session - Launchpad Live Looping

video upload by Stefan Torto

"Jamming with Novation Launchpads and Ableton live.
My music : https://stefantorto.bandcamp.com/
Get my sample packs : https://www.stefantorto.com/sample-packs
Website : https://www.stefantorto.com"

Bizarre Love Triangle/New Order (Circuit Tracks & MiniDEXED version)

video upload by Guinan

"‘Bizarre Love Triangle’ from 1986 is first off the rank for my ‘New Order February’ recreations.

I love this perfect slice of dance-synth-pop and I was keen to get the DX7 bass intro as close as I could. Earlier this week I’ve been showing the tiny $75 Raspberry Pi synth, MiniDEXED, that I built to add this vital ingredient. If you are interested check out the video showing more details, • I made a synth for $75* ! (*excluding tar... [posted here]

A couple of very clever folk identified what I was cooking up!

The MiniDEXED was sequenced from the MIDI tracks on the Circuit Tracks and routed into the audio in to add effects from the Tracks. All that you hear was programmed into the single Circuit Tracks and no further additional synths or processing were done to the sound – it’s straight audio out recorded direct into a Zoom L6.

The arrangement was taken from several versions posted on Musescore and compressed into the 4 melodic tracks and rhythm. Thanks to everyone who posts their transcriptions there.

I hope you enjoy the track as much as I did making it. Stay tuned for more New Order recreations and reworkings for the rest of this month.

(Ableton Move version coming in just a couple of days...I'll post a link here when it's live).

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Ableton MODE, SONICWARE Lo-Fi 6 & Make Noise Strega | Ambient

video upload by Akihiko Matsumoto

Sequencer : Ableton M4L MODE (https://akihikomatsumoto.sellfy.store...)
Sample packs & more: https://akihikomatsumoto.sellfy.store

Dawless Techno Groovebox Jam | Novation Circuit Tracks & Rhythm

video upload by Underground Modulation

"In this video, I perform a dawless techno groovebox jam using a powerful Novation Circuit combo setup. This track is built entirely on hardware, delivering an energetic and hypnotic techno sound.

The jam features two grooveboxes working together:

🎛 Novation Circuit Tracks – rhythm and melodic elements
🎛 Novation Circuit Rhythm – rhythm, melodic parts, and custom samples

Both Circuit grooveboxes perfectly complement each other, blending digital sequencing, drums, and melodies into a tight live performance. Everything is sequenced dawless on the Circuits, creating a hands-on techno workflow with a raw, live feel. Final mastering is done in Ableton Live to polish the sound."

Recession - Industrial Psychedelic Doom Ritual Drone Journey - Ableton Move & Soma Pulsar 23

video upload by Abre Ojos

"72bpm - Ghosts of decades gone

Ableton Move &‪@somasynths‬ Pulsar 23 thru ‪@Endorphines‬ Ghost pedal

Move is sequencing BD, SD & Bass channels, HH channel sequenced using the S.R.Wilson trick • Pulsar-23 Patch Walk n' Talk #42: Inverter...
Some vocal samples from the Move too.

Video:
Live visuals using The Underwater City (1962) from Archive.org played through cracked ancient iPad and processed through:
Video microscope
Sony ZV1
Roland V1-HD
‪@entropyandsons‬ Recursion Studio
Resolume Avenue
Recorded with Rodecaster Video

Dark ambient audiovisual stuff: https://abreojos.net"

Ambient Generative Music | Ableton Air & YAMAHA TQ5

video upload by Akihiko Matsumoto

"Generative Sequencer: Ableton Air https://akihikomatsumoto.sellfy.store...

Inspired by Timeless Techniques
'Air' draws its inspiration from Brian Eno's Music for Airports and the concept of overlapping tape loops. This Ableton Max for Live plugin translates these ideas into a modern generative sequencer, enabling you to explore infinite musical possibilities without repetitive programming.
Effortless Note Generation
Forget the constraints of the piano roll. 'Air' generates notes autonomously, creating endless variations of melodies, rhythms, and harmonies. Your music becomes a living, breathing entity that evolves over time, making each moment unique.
Perfect for Experimental and Ambient Music
Whether you're crafting immersive ambient soundscapes, exploring experimental electronica, or composing intricate minimal music, "Air" provides the tools to elevate your creativity. Its generative approach ensures that no two performances are ever the same, offering a fresh perspective with every playback.
Features Designed for Limitless Inspiration
Evolving Sequences: Generate infinitely unique patterns that never repeat.
Customizable Settings: Fine-tune parameters to align with your artistic vision.
Seamless Integration: Designed for Ableton Live users who value creativity and experimentation.
Create Music That Breathes
'Air' is more than a plugin—it's a partner in creation, designed for musicians who embrace unpredictability and seek to push boundaries. Unleash the power of generative composition and let your music take flight."

FM Drift Demo - Ableton Move/Live Sound Pack by A Force Truly Evil

video upload by A Force Truly Evil

"Available here: https://sci-fiaudio.com/?product=fm-d...

FM DRIFT IS A DEEP EXPLORATION OF FM SYNTHESIS INSIDE ABLETON DRIFT, DELIVERING FOUR NEW POWERFUL FM INSTRUMENTS THAT RIVAL — AND SOMETIMES SURPASS — SYNTHS LIKE OPERATOR

FM Drift is a sound pack focused exclusively on FM synthesis within Ableton Drift, and designed to demonstrate that Drift’s FM engine is powerful, flexible, and very expressive.

Fully compatible with Ableton Live and Push.

FM Drift delivers four complete FM instruments, each built on a clear FM architecture and fully controlled via eight carefully designed macros. All the sounds in the pack have been created exclusively using these FM instruments (Ableton Instrument Racks built with Drift).

Drift’s FM capabilities are on par with classic synthesizers like Operator, and even surpass it in certain aspects.

CLICK FOR MORE »

Forgotten One | Dark Electronica with Korg Minilogue XD & Elektron Model:Cycles

video upload by Nativica

"Forgotten One is a dark electronica track created in Ableton Live.
In this video, I record audio from Elektron Model:Cycles for the drums, capture a drone and synth textures from Korg Minilogue XD, and combine them with a piano melody to shape the emotional core of the track.

A piece about an ancient, forgotten inner power, slowly awakening again.

✨🎧 Best experienced with headphones

Links:
• 🎧 Bandcamp: https://nativica.bandcamp.com/
• 🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1EYVR...
• 📷 Instagram: / nativica_music"

Live Dawless Techno | Novation Circuit Tracks & Rhythm Jam

video upload by Underground Modulation

"In this video I perform a groovebox jam, delivering a driving techno track created in a fully dawless setup. This live session features a powerful combo of Novation Circuit Tracks and Novation Circuit Rhythm, two grooveboxes that perfectly complement each other in a hybrid performance workflow.

Both Circuit Tracks and Circuit Rhythm handle rhythmic and melodic elements, creating a tight and evolving techno structure. The Circuit Rhythm is loaded with custom samples, adding character, texture, and punch to the groove. Everything you hear is sequenced live on the hardware, keeping the performance hands-on and spontaneous.

No DAW is used during the jam — this is a true dawless techno performance.
Final mastering is done in Ableton Live to enhance clarity, dynamics, and low-end impact."

Samuel Smoky Purple - live set at In_Synk Rev.5 14/12/2025

video upload by Samuel Smoky Purple

"[Live Performance Video]
Samuel Smoky Purple - live set
Event:In_Synk Rev.5
Venue:DOGENZAKA CHURCH
Date:14/12/2025

[Event organizer]
In_Synk
/ @in_synk

[VJ]
Dash
yumioooo

[equipment]
Ashun Sound Machines Hydrasynth Explorer 888
Elektron Digitone
BASTL INSTRUMENTS Kastle 2 Alchemist
Chase Bliss MOOD MKII
Modular Synth (Noise Engineering , BASTL INSTRUMENTS , RYK Modular and Five 12 etc.)
Reloop Mixtour Pro
MOTU Ultralite Mk5
Ableton Live 12
_____________________________________________________________
Samuel Smoky Purple"

Transmute - Psychedelic Doom Ritual Drone Journey - Ableton Move & Polyend Medusa

video upload by Abre Ojos

"46bpm - The winds of change will erode your bones

Ableton Move &
@Polyend @Dreadbox-synths Medusa in DFM mode through an @Endorphines Ghost pedal

Video:
Live visuals using War Between The Planets (1966) from Archive.org played through cracked ancient iPad and processed through:
Video microscope
Sony ZV1
Roland V1-HD
@entropyandsons Recursion Studio
Resolume Avenue
Recorded with Rodecaster Video

Dark ambient audiovisual stuff: https://abreojos.net"