Floating 🌊 (Arturia Minifreak // Elektron Digitone // MFB Tanzbar // Roland S1 // K.O.-Sidekick)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"Four instruments, three parts played in real time, and one slightly overloaded pair of hands. 😅

The challenge for this one was simple on paper: play the PADS, BASS and LEAD in real time. No sequencers being abused here! Well… except for the MFB Tanzbär, which handles the drums. 🥁

On the MiniFreak , I use two different pad sounds: one for the first part, then a more choir-like sound for the second half.

The S-1 handles the bass, and its HOLD function was particularly useful here. It lets me keep a bass note playing while freeing one hand to do something else (change sounds, play the lead, trigger a drum break… basically trying to keep everything under control. 😅)

The Digitone is where I play the melodies, using chime sounds layered with a pad-like sound. For the outro, I switch on the arpeggiator.

And then there's the Tanzbär , which made things a little more complicated because I wanted to play with the K.O.-Sidekick effects during the performance.

I used the Tanzbär's separate outputs so that:
The main drum parts go through Sidekick Channel 1, with its compressor, EQ and Loop effect for the breaks
The hi-hats and cymbals go through Channel 2, using the compressor, EQ and Delay.

So while playing three instruments in real time, I also had to keep an eye on the drums, the Sidekick effects, sound changes and everything else happening at the same time.

Let's just say… there are a few beautiful mistakes in there. 😂

But that's the whole point of these jams: no perfect performance, just one take, a lot of things to control, and a human being trying to keep up with his own setup.

Hope you enjoy it!

As always, the performance was recorded in a single take. I mixed and mastered the individual tracks afterwards in Ableton Live, but the musical performance itself wasn't edited or fixed."

Melodic Techno House 🎹 | Relaxing Synth Live Jam | Korg Volca Setup

video upload by Underground Modulation

"A relaxing Melodic Techno House synth jam featuring beautiful melodies, warm analog basslines and atmospheric synthesizer textures. 🎹

This time, I'm going for something different: a calm, easy-listening melodic techno house jam without tension or aggressive elements. Just smooth electronic grooves, warm synthesizer sounds and evolving melodies.

Four Korg Volca synthesizers come together to create this melodic journey:

🎹 Korg Volca Keys – Main melodic line and beautiful analog sounds.

🌌 Korg Volca FM – Atmospheric melodic textures and evolving electronic sounds.

🔊 Korg Volca Bass – Deep and warm analog basslines.

🥁 Korg Volca Drum – Electronic drums and percussion.

My setup and workflow:

Everything is sequenced and recorded in Ableton Live. I'm using Ableton Live's delay and reverb effects to add depth, atmosphere and space to the synthesizer sounds.

Novation Launchpad Mini helps me switch between clips and control the arrangement during the performance.

Final mastering is also done in Ableton Live.

I love exploring different musical directions with hardware synthesizers, and this time I wanted to create something melodic, peaceful and enjoyable.

🎧 Put on your headphones, relax and enjoy the journey!"

OXI One MkII + Ableton Live - Chillwave Mini-Jam

video upload by Some Synths with SOMENERV and SOMENERV

"Continuing to get acquainted with the OXI One MkII! Here's quick and dirty mini-jam, playing a very simple Ableton Live setup with a couple of different sequencer modes (Poly, Matriceal, Stochastic, Multitrack)."

M-VAVE FM-1 KARMA firmware tutorial: menus, four tracks and stems into Ableton

video upload by SLEAZTEK

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

"KARMA tutorial: free firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1 — the menus, the four tracks, and the FM-1 into Ableton

Install KARMA in your browser (free): https://eatyourgreensstudio-dotcom.gi...

A walk through KARMA, free and open-source firmware that turns the M-VAVE FM-1 into a four-track groovebox: a Juno-style bass, Elements, Plaits and drums, each with its own sequencer and acid generator, song sections A to D, and stems over USB into Ableton.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction: the FM-1 with KARMA
1:22 Around the menu
1:40 Menu: screen, lights, audio, system
2:16 Scale
2:30 Sound pages
2:50 Save and load
3:10 Walk around: the four tracks
3:45 Track 1: Acid / Juno
4:01 Track 2: Elements
5:10 Track 3: Plaits
5:23 Track 4: Drums
7:00 Before Ableton
8:42 Into Ableton: stems and sync
10:37 Outro"

Ableton Aethel Verb & Ciat Lonbarde Plumbutter 2

video upload by Akihiko Matsumoto

Recordings: Ciat Lonbarde Modular Synth (Sample Pack) https://akihikomatsumoto.sellfy.store...
Reverb: AethelVerb https://akihikomatsumoto.sellfy.store...
Deep bloom reverb for building large, smooth, slowly expanding ambient spaces.

Haloplane in Depth: A Sampler, Synthesizer, and Interface

video upload by KOMA Elektronik and Passepartout Duo

00:00 Intro
00:35 Haloplane overview
01:05 Sample mode
01:52 Tuning, reversal, slicing, modulation
03:01 Saving presets and randomization
04:14 Wavetable mode
05:59 Companion app
07:13 Wavetable adjustments: skew, sync, position, modulation
07:48 Field rotation and CV
08:57 Sensitivity, panorama, filter, and effects
09:58 USB audio mode
11:00 Usage with Ableton Live

Additional Haloplane posts

TRoss 303 Acid Bass Synthesizer for Ableton Live / Max for Live

video upload by Ticco Ross

"Classic acid character with modern ways to create, transform and perform your basslines.

Get TRoss 303

TRoss 303 combines a TB-303-style synthesizer and step sequencer with 64-pattern memory, pattern chaining, controlled random generation and MIDI export.

Its analog circuitry has been modelled component by component from the original schematics, capturing the interaction of the oscillator, filter, envelopes, accents and slides.

All controls are MIDI-mappable, so you can connect your favourite controller and shape the sound hands-on.

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Rainbow Looper, a looper for Ableton Move

video upload by KrazyBaldhead

"I created an 8 track looper for Move with the RNBO Move Takeover

Download it here: https://github.com/KBLiveSolutions/ra...

#abletonmove #RNBO #cycling74 #cycling74rnbo #ableton #livelooping #musicproducers #fenderrhodes"

How it works

The 8 loopers

Each looper is controlled by a column of 4 pads (bottom to top):

Red — Rec
Green — Play
White — Stop
Rainbow color — Select (also opens the looper's parameter page)
The first looper sets the base loop length. Every other looper is quantized to it: recording can start freely at any time, but playback always launches on a multiple of the first looper's length, so all 8 loopers stay in sync.

Step sequencing

Each looper has its own step pattern, controlled with Move's step buttons. Turning a step off mutes the looper's output at that point in the loop — the volume envelope for muting is shaped by the Attack and Release parameters.

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M-VAVE FM-1 with KARMA firmware: four tracks, stems and MIDI into Ableton

video upload by SLEAZTEK

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

"And Karma is out… I can’t wait to see what you’re all gonna do with it.

"KARMA is free, open-source firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1. It turns the FM-1 into a four-track groovebox: an acid bass or a Juno-style polysynth, physical modelling, two dozen synthesis models and a drum synth, with a 64-step sequencer, song mode, generators that write parts on one chord plan, and a pixel cast that reacts to every note.
Everything you hear in this video was played on the FM-1 and recorded straight into Ableton Live over one USB cable: six separate stems, the MIDI of every track, and the FM-1 following Ableton's clock and play button.
Install it from your browser in about a minute (Chrome or Edge, a USB data cable), try it first in the browser simulator, or edit your sounds and back up your projects with the web editor:
https://eatyourgreensstudio-dotcom.gi...

Source code (GPL-3.0): https://github.com/eatyourgreensstudi...

KARMA is built on the work of the FM-1 open-source community: SLOOP by isod89, Felucca by Hügelton Instruments, and code from X0X, FM-106, Melodee, JIANT FM and Mutable Instruments' open-source modules. Full credits are on the website. Not affiliated with M-VAVE.
#mvave #fm1 #synth"

Additional notes from the developer:

"It turns the FM-1 into a four-track groovebox:

- Track 1: an acid bass or a Juno-style polysynth

- Track 2: physical modelling, built on Émilie Gillet's open-source Elements (Mutable Instruments): strike, pluck, bow or blow a resonator

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Introducing the Microvolt 3901 Virtual Analog Synthesizer

video upload by Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"Thanks to @getjervis for showing up in the proper tie."

Every Bit Analog

Microvolt 3901 is a component level emulation of the Pittsburgh Modular Microvolt 3900 plus a collection of classic Pittsburgh Modular Eurorack modules from throughout our history, together in one fully patchable instrument. The original instrument and Eurorack modules have been meticulously modeled at a component level to capture the warm sound and unique quirks of the original machines. Patch cables route audio and cv (control voltage) signals between modules to create unique, polyphonic sounds. Play it standalone or use it as a VST, AU, AUv3(iOS) plugin.

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Almost Overlooked This Groovebox…

video upload by TAETRO

"Today we take a deep dive into the Chordcat, a groovebox I had previously overlooked with some MIDI features that many grooveboxes do not have!"

📖 Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Hardware & Connectivity
1:34 Layout & Basic Controls
4:12 Built-In Sounds & Instruments
6:54 Sample Import Limitations
7:23 Drum Sequencing & Pattern Length
9:28 Chord Mode & Chord Sets
11:59 Downloadable Chord Sets
12:40 Customizing Chord Voicings
14:04 Chord Cruiser: Finding New Progressions
15:39 Chord Cruiser Plugin: Early Access Prototype
16:10 Pattern Chaining
17:39 Effects & Ducker
19:53 Using ChordCat with Ableton Live
21:52 MIDI Sync & Arpeggiator
23:44 MIDI Delay
25:26 MIDI Drum Sequencing
28:03 Alternate Sequencer Directions
30:10 Hybrid Hardware Setup with Blackbox 2
32:12 Sequencing External Chords
33:27 Adding Bass
34:46 Creating Arpeggiated Melodies
37:26 Controlling External Gear with MIDI
40:14 MIDI Volume & Routing Considerations
43:01 Exporting MIDI to Your DAW
47:24 Final Thoughts: Pros & Cons
52:13 Who Is ChordCat For?
53:09 Outro

You can find addtional posts here.

ambient synth live | OP-1, Kaleidoscope, Arturia Pigments, NI Reaktor

video upload by Mamotreco

"I played some extra layers of reverberating synth ambience on the Teenage Engineering OP-1, Kaleidoscope by Vadim Minkin processed through the Teenage Engineering EP-135 Sidekick Mixer as well as additional plate reverb and tape echo emulation in Ableton Live as I was recording in. Ableton Live was playing back a composition with Arturia Pigments, NI Reaktor ensembles (Razor, Steampipe 2), GForce Software OB-X synth plugins

Current channel music compilation: https://mamotreco.bandcamp.com
Previous music releases available here: https://synthandsundry.bandcamp.com"

YOLA: GMXE Instruments - Beijing Modular 26

video upload by sonicstate

"We spoke to Shawn from GMXE Instruments about *YOLA*, a new modular MPE controller system built around a desktop control unit and interchangeable modules.

YOLA uses capacitive multi-touch control for up to eight fingers, with movement available across multiple directions. The desktop unit works with different module types, including CV output modules for banana or Eurorack connections, plus a synth voice module with its own display. The voice uses its own algorithm and includes effects, with FX1 and FX2 offering choices such as delay and reverb. Routing can be changed from the unit.

A sequencer module records sequences, and the controller can work with modular hardware via CV or with software via MPE MIDI, including Ableton Live. A pin-out system connects the modules, and a later cable setup is planned for connecting up to five different modules.

YOLA is expected around December, with worldwide sales planned. The main unit is expected to cost around $700, with modules roughly between $100 and $150.

More Info: https://gmxe.org"

See the GM XE label below for additional posts.

10.21.2026 improvised house jam

video upload by ROSHANE

"6 minutes of an improvised house jam

Roland Sh101
Roland S-1
Arturia Microfreak
Sequential Prophet 6
Ableton Live 12
Novation Launchkey 61"

Speak and Key Speak by Max for Cats

video upload by max forcats

Speak
Speak is a polyphonic Max for Live instrument that turns typed words into speech in the style of a 1980s Speak & Spell. It encodes each word into coarse chip-style LPC frames and decodes them live in eight voices. MIDI notes set the pitch, so any word can be played as a melody or a chord. It speaks six languages (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese), and it can freeze a vowel, stutter at any point in a word and apply a 10-point modulation curve. Vibrato has several shapes and a fade-in, and there are controls for tract size, tilt and intonation.

SpeakKeys
SpeakKeys uses the same voice engine, but each of 48 MIDI keys has its own word and its own pitch instead of speaking one word chromatically. You type a word and a semitone pitch for each key, and a note shows the note that plays it and the note that sounds, so you can program little songs and play them from a keyboard or a clip. The keys are laid out in four banks of 12 and are saved with presets. A pair of mappable Select Key and Select Pitch controls lets you edit all 48 pitches from a few Push encoders. It shares the language, vibrato, global pitch and tone controls with Speak. Max for Cats crafts Software Instruments, Effects, MIDI devices, Sound Design and Samples for Ableton Live.

https://maxforcats.gumroad.com/l/zjvtye

Phantom Instruments S49 Universal MIDI Sequencer & C45

video uploads by Phantom Instruments

Playlist:

1. Phantom Instruments S49 - Pitch Overview
2. Phantom Instruments S49 - Mutes Overview
3. Phantom Instruments S49 - Tracks Overview
4. Phantom Instruments S49 - Steps Overview
5. Phantom Instruments S49 | C45 - Short Live Demo Jam


Playlist:

1. Phantom Instruments S49 | C45 - Short Live Demo Jam
2. Phantom Instruments C45 - Short Live Techno Jam
3. Phantom Instruments C45 - Full Techno Jam with Ableton Live
4. Phantom Instruments - C45 (Promo)


S49 | Technical Specifications.

Overview
Universal MIDI sequencer for hardware and software instruments
USB-powered, class-compliant (no drivers required)
Length: 304mm
Width: 109mm
Height (including knobs and feet): 45mm
Weight: 900 grams

Connectivity
USB MIDI
3.5 mm (1/8”) TRS MIDI: In, Out
All TRS connections are Type A / B configurable
CV Out x 8
Gate Out x 8
Clock In & Clock Out

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Akai Launches MPK Mini Plus II

video uploads by Akai Professional

Check with dealers on the right for pricing and availability.

Playlist:

1. MPK Mini Plus II | Expressive Control, Expanded Possibilities
2. MPK Mini Plus II with Drumma Boy | Akai Professional
3. MPK Mini Plus II | Overview
4. MPK Mini Plus II | MPC Integration

Akai MPK Mini Plus MK2 // What's new, review and tutorial

video upload by

TIMELINE: 0:00 Intro 1:42 Overview 3:09 Keys & pads 4:27 Color screen 5:47 I/O 6:10 Chord modes 7:13 Mutate & strum 8:52 Chord types 10:02 Progressions 10:51 Arpeggiator 13:06 Overdub & follow 14:26 ARP patterns 16:09 DAW control 17:23 Pad modes 18:25 MPC 20:03 NKS plugins 22:08 Kontakt 22:41 Instrument Collection 23:27 User modes 24:18 Pros & cons 27:15 Jams

Press release follows:


AKAI PROFESSIONAL® INTRODUCES MPK® MINI PLUS II, THE NEXT GENERATION OF ITS 37-KEY MIDI KEYBOARD CONTROLLER

Upgraded keys and MPC pads meet new creative tools, deeper MPC and DAW integration, a full-color display, MIDI and CV connectivity in a compact 37-key controller.

CUMBERLAND, R.I. (October 22, 2026) – Akai Professional® today announced MPK® Mini Plus II, the next generation of its compact 37-key MIDI keyboard, designed for creators who want more performance and production control without moving to a full-size keyboard. MPK Mini Plus II combines an upgraded 37-key mini keybed, eight velocity- and pressure-sensitive RGB MPC pads, a new full-color display, and creative tools including Glitch, Mutate, Strum, Freeze, Chords, and Follow. Direct MPC Standalone and MPC Desktop integration brings deeper MPC control to the keyboard, while USB-C, five-pin MIDI, and CV/Gate connectivity allow MPK Mini Plus II to move easily between software instruments, hardware synthesizers, and modular setups.

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Cast Away (Elektron Digitone // MFB Tanzbar // Roland S-1 // Teenage Engineering KO Sidekick EP 136)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"1 track, 3 machines, a little over 5 minutes. 🎛️

Back with the same setup as *Live at Home 2*: the Elektron Digitone, MFB Tanzbär and Roland S-1. This time, though, it's one continuous piece rather than a collection of patterns and ideas.

All three instruments are connected to the **Teenage Engineering KO II Sidekick EP-136**:
Channel 1: MFB Tanzbär - punchy analog drums
Channel 2: Elektron Digitone - all the synth parts, plus some FM percussion
AUX input: Roland S-1 - Bass

The MIDI chain is pretty straightforward: Digitone to S-1 to Tanzbär.
The Digitone sequences the S-1, while the Tanzbär runs its own internal sequencer.

Things get a little more… unpredictable during the second half of the track, where I start playing around with the Sidekick's Loop effect to create all sorts of drum breaks.

It was an absolute pleasure to play with - perhaps a little too much of a pleasure, judging by how often I kept using it! 😄

But hey, sometimes you find an effect that makes you want to keep pushing it just a little further.

Hope you'll enjoy this one!

As always, the performance was recorded in a single take. I mixed and mastered the individual tracks afterwards in Ableton Live."

Taktile Sequencer on Schwung OS!

video upload by Neuro No Neuro

Taktile Sequencer on Schwung - Fun Synths and FX!

video upload by Neuro No Neuro

"Messing around beta-testing the Taktile Sequencer for the Ableton Move using Schwung OS. 4 tracks and FX."

Related:

Move got HACKED!!! w/ Native Classic Synth Engines

MonkSynth on Schwung and Ableton Move

midnight operations, ep 25 - OP–XY firmware update 1.2.0

video upload by teenage engineering

"episode 25 covers the new OP–XY OS 1.2.0 update, presented by the product owner jonas recorded in the teenage engineering department store in nyc."

0:00 introduction
2:01 drumline synth
25:33 dynamic filter
30:56 multichannel usb audio
39:13 detune and closing

teenage engineering OP–XY Firmware 1.2.0: USB Multitrack Changes Everything

video upload by Noisegate

"The teenage engineering OP–XY just got a serious workflow upgrade with firmware 1.2.0, bringing USB-C multitrack audio, the new Drumline synth engine and a Dynamic track filter.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction – What's new in the OP–XY update
01:20 Setting up USB-C multitrack audio
03:13 Recording a live performance into Ableton Live
05:34 Mixing the performance in Ableton
08:35 External effects routing with Outbox 8
10:38 Live dub techno performance
11:46 Exploring the new Drumline synth engine
14:09 Programming drums and performance controls
15:48 The new Dynamic track filter
16:51 Final thoughts"