Heikō - an outdoors composition by gattobus - OP-1 field

video upload by gattobus

"Yesterday I took a day off and went to the beach.
As I often do, I brought some of my equipment with me and this song came out.
Everything was composed, recorded, and filmed there.
When I feel lost, sometimes it happens that music finds its way through me and comes out by itself. When it happens, I feel alive, and that gives me hope in the future.

Intruments used: Teenage Engineering OP-1 feld, Roland R-05 Wave recorder.
Video editing in Davinci Resolve, Mastering in Ableton Live.

Thank you for your support and love."

https://gattobus.bandcamp.com/

LILJEHOLMEN DSP Introduces TRUMSYNT-16 Percussion Synthesizer for macOS and Windows

via liljeholmendsp.se

"One voice. Four lanes. Sixteen steps.

A drum synth, percussion sequencer and sequenced percussion synth VST/AU plugin for one drum voice at a time. Two oscillators, noise and click layers, filters, drive, six decay envelopes, and four per-step lanes. Run one instance per drum.

Engine

Two oscillators, noise and click layers feed a switchable low-pass / high-pass filter section, pre/post drive, and six independent decay envelopes.

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Behind the Music: Chang Rodrigues' Home Studio (Electronic Beats TV)

video upload by Telekom Electronic Beats TV

"For this episode of Electronic Beats TV, we visited Brazilian-born, Berlin-based artist Chang Rodrigues in her home studio.
With a background in music and a deep curiosity for synthesis and sound design, she has developed a unique approach that blends club-oriented electronic music with experimentation and sonic exploration.
Inside her studio, mainly analog instruments, modular gear, and drum machines take centre stage, while the computer and Ableton are used mainly for recording. Chang explains why the Elektron Digitakt has become the heart of her workflow, how she combines MIDI and CV to connect her instruments, and why modular synthesis continues to fascinate her with its almost endless creative possibilities.
Beyond the gear, we also talk about creativity, trusting your ears, embracing happy accidents, and why she sees sound as a living organism—something that constantly evolves through interaction rather than remaining fixed."

Tubbutec SH-1oh1 Max for Live Editor and Controller for the Roland SH-101

Tubbutec SH-1oh1 Editor for Roland SH-101 | Ableton Live Controller video upload by Studiomood



Studiomood has released SH-1oh1 Control, a Max for Live editor and MIDI controller for the Tubbutec SH-1oh1 upgrade installed in a Roland SH-101.

At the heart of the device is the Mood Engine, a 24-preset system designed for turning one sound into a whole collection of related variations. Inspired by the fast sound-variation workflow associated with the legendary AFX Mode, it encourages you to create a sound, copy it to the next preset, change a few parameters and keep moving.

Instead of treating presets as isolated patches, the Mood Engine makes them feel like different states of the same sound. Start with a bass sequence, copy it, open the filter, change the envelope, add an accent or push the extra LFO into filter FM territory. Within minutes, you can build a complete bank of connected variations and switch between them from Ableton Live or an external MIDI controller.

The video demonstrates exactly this Mood Engine workflow in action, moving through a series of connected SH-1oh1 sound variations and showing how a single starting point can evolve from preset to preset:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w1x0MWApas

This makes the modified SH-101 especially interesting for live performance, evolving sequences and fast studio experimentation. Presets can be selected with the arrow buttons, Random can generate an unexpected starting point, and Reset clears the current preset when you want to begin again.

Behind the Mood Engine is a complete software editor for all MIDI-controllable SH-1oh1 parameters. Cutoff, envelope amount, the additional filter ADSR, filter and volume accents, accent decay and the extra filter LFO are all available directly inside Ableton Live. The LFO offers coarse and fine rate control, covering everything from slow movement to extreme filter FM sounds.

Velocity can be mapped to 9 different targets: None, Cutoff, Volume Accent, Filter Accent, Accent Switch, Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release.

Clock sources for the Arpeggiator/Sequencer and Random LFO can be selected from internal LFO, external trigger input, MIDI clock and MIDI note. The corresponding clock dividers are also available directly from the Max for Live device.

Settings are stored with the Ableton Live project. When returning to a session, Send All transmits the current parameter values back to the modified SH-101, bringing the hardware and software back together without having to recreate the sound by hand.

SH-1oh1 Control turns the expanded architecture of the Tubbutec modification into a hands-on Ableton instrument, with the Mood Engine opening up a fast and playful way to explore how far a Roland SH-101 sound can be pushed.

Requirements
Roland SH-101 with the Tubbutec SH-1oh1 hardware upgrade
Ableton Live with Max for Live
MIDI interface
SH-1oh1 Control is available from Studiomood for €19.95 including VAT.

Product page
Tubbutec SH-1oh1 hardware upgrade

0-Coast, 0-Ctrl, S4 & Move - Ambient Exploration

video upload by André Davies

"A live ambient performance created with the Make Noise 0-Coast, 0-Ctrl, Torso Electronics S-4, and Ableton Move — an exploration of evolving sounds, textured drones, subtle rhythms, and spacious soundscapes.
Find a quiet space, put on your headphones, and let yourself drift into the sound."

Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV-2 Launch Day

video upload by Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"Launching Lifeforms SV-2 Tuesday August 11, 2026 at https://pittsburghmodular.com

The soundtrack of this film was recorded by multi-tracking the Lifeforms SV-2 into Ableton Live with EQ and compression added while mixing.

Film and music by Richard Nicol, Founder and Lead Instrument Designer at Pittsburgh Modular. The film was layered together from public domain and stock footage. No AI was used."

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!"

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/

Poly Rave 👾 (Waldorf PROTEIN // Roland TR-6S // JU-06A // Moog DFAM // Squarp HAPAX)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"This time, I'm introducing a new instrument to the setup: the Waldorf Protein, used here for the CHORDS 🎹

The rest of the setup is made of a Roland JU-06A for the BASS, a Roland TR-6S for the DRUMS (no samples used, only ACB analog behavior engine with mainly the TR-808 model) and, for some additional percussion, the only analog instrument in the setup: the good Moog DFAM 🤩

Everything is sequenced by the Squarp Hapax, with quite a few things happening behind the scenes as usual.
MIDI LFOs are used to modulate some parameters of the TR-6S, while automation takes care of changing parameters on the JU-06A during the performance.

This time I also decided to use the Hapax's physical MIDI ports rather than relying on USB MIDI:
MIDI A : Roland TR-6S
MIDI B : Roland JU-06A
MIDI D (TRS) : Waldorf PROTEIN

And then there's the DFAM... which, as usual, refuses to speak MIDI. 😄
Since the DFAM doesn't have a MIDI input, I sent very short Gate pulses from the Hapax (Track 11) to simulate an audio clock, allowing its internal sequencer to advance in sync with the rest of the setup.

So, quite a lot going on behind what hopefully sounds like a relatively simple piece of music!

Another little experiment in making several machines behave together without making the whole thing look like a NASA control room 😄

As always, the performance itself was recorded in a single take. I do the mixing and mastering afterwards in Ableton Live."

Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV-2 Shark

video upload by Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"This video does not fit the space theme but lets pretend it is a space shark. Lifeforms SV-2 attacks Tuesday August 11, 2026 at https://pittsburghmodular.com

The soundtrack of this film was recorded by multi-tracking the Lifeforms SV-2 into Ableton Live with EQ and compression added while mixing."

Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV-2 Defender

video upload by Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"Defend yourself against UFOs I guess? with the Lifeforms SV-2 on Tuesday August 11, 2026 at https://pittsburghmodular.com

The soundtrack of this film was recorded by multi-tracking the Lifeforms SV-2 into Ableton Live with EQ and compression added while mixing.

Film and music by Richard Nicol, Founder and Lead Instrument Designer at Pittsburgh Modular. The film was layered together from public domain and stock footage. No AI was used."

Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV-2 Attack!

video upload by Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"Attack of the Lifeforms SV-2 begins Tuesday August 11, 2026 at https://pittsburghmodular.com

The soundtrack of this film was recorded by multi-tracking the Lifeforms SV-2 into Ableton Live with EQ and compression added while mixing.

Film and music by Richard Nicol, Founder and Lead Instrument Designer at Pittsburgh Modular. The film was layered together from public domain and stock footage. No AI was used."

Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV-2 Left Behind

video upload by Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"An emotional space journey with Lifeforms SV-2 begins Tuesday August 11, 2026 at https://pittsburghmodular.com

The soundtrack of this film was recorded by multi-tracking the Lifeforms SV-2 into Ableton Live with EQ and compression added while mixing.

Film and music by Richard Nicol, Founder and Lead Instrument Designer at Pittsburgh Modular. The film was layered together from public domain and stock footage. No AI was used."

Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV-2 Ambushed

video upload by Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"An out of this world adventure with Lifeforms SV-2 begins Tuesday August 11, 2026 at https://pittsburghmodular.com

The soundtrack of this film was recorded by multi-tracking the Lifeforms SV-2 into Ableton Live with EQ and compression added while mixing.

Film and music by Richard Nicol, Founder and Lead Instrument Designer at Pittsburgh Modular. The film was layered together from public domain and stock footage. No AI was used."

Reliq Review & Demo: The Ultimate Hybrid Control Surface?

video upload by Starsky Carr

"Gear featured in this patch:
Reliq hybrid control surface/sequencer/mixer
Erica Synths Black Wavetable VCO
Erica Synths PolyVCF (multi-mode filter)
[Knobula] Drum Farm percussion module"

"Reliq review & full demo: the hybrid control surface that's a 16x16 analog patch matrix, mixer, sequencer and two-way Ableton/Bitwig controller all in one box. Here's exactly how I use it in my rig.

Reliq calls itself a "hybrid control surface" because it's really four or more machines built into one unit: a 16-in/16-out analog audio & CV patch matrix, a mixer, a deep polyphonic sequencer with per-track LFOs and envelopes, and two-way DAW integration with Ableton Live and Bitwig. On top of that there's Song Mode, which lets you snapshot entire patch/matrix/sequencer states into blocks and chain them together for a full arrangement.

Rather than trying to cover every single feature (it's genuinely as deep as trying to demo all of Ableton or Logic in one video, and it keeps getting free updates - v1.8 just dropped), I'm showing you how I've actually used it to build the patch and track in this video, so you can see how the pieces fit together in a real-world workflow.

Timestamps:
0:00 What is Reliq?
2:46 How I'm approaching this review
3:24 Hardware tour - screen, encoders, joystick, I/O
6:11 The 16x16 patch matrix
9:28 The mixer
11:00 The sequencer (tracks, automation, ratchets, probability)
17:08 Chord mode deep dive
21:00 Clip follow-up modes
21:38 LFOs & envelopes (128 per track)
24:41 DAW control mode (Ableton/Bitwig integration)
28:50 Song mode - blocks & snapshots
33:26 Settings menu
35:09 Full Demo Performance with Description"

Electronica w/ OP-1 field Glitchy Rhythms & Overdubbed Instruments | Fun Time 2026-08-03 by atnr

video upload by atnr

"An electronica piece featuring glitchy rhythms with overdubbed synthesizers, piano, and guitar.

On the OP-1 field, synth pads and synth strings are performed. The synth pad performance is recorded and looped directly on the OP-1 field.

Each OP-1 field track is also recorded separately into Ableton Live via USB. Additional piano, guitar, and software synthesizer parts are recorded and layered in Ableton Live."

Minimal Music w/ OP-1 field Piano, Nord Lead & Marimba | Bookstore on a rainy day 2026-08-02 by atnr

video upload by atnr

"A minimal piece featuring lo-fi piano loops, synth pads, and marimba sounds.

On the Nord Lead, synth pads are performed with reverb through the Specular Tempus.

On the OP-1 field, a piano sound from the Sampler is looped using the ENDLESS sequencer. The signal is processed through the GENERATION LOSS MKII for tape effects, then through the blueSky for reverb.

A minimal marimba loop is layered into the composition in Ableton Live."

Mortify - PsyDoom Undustrial Noise Journey - Ableton Push 3 & Eurorack Modular

video upload by Abre Ojos

"74bpm - Bad behaviour doesn't shock no more

Push & Modular connected via ADAT with Expert Sleepers ES-10

@Ableton Push 3 Standalone
@afterlateraudio Adventure case
@ExpertSleepersLtd ES-10
@knobula_synths Kickain
4MS Spherical Wavetable Navigator
Worng Quiver
@makenoisemusic QPAS
@EricaSynths Black Joystick 2
Nonlinearcircuits Triple Sloths V2
@NoiseEngineering Manis Iteritas
Gehirn Plaits & NoisWasp X 2
@GamechangerAudio PlasmaVoice

Video:
Live visuals using The Eye Creatures (1965) 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"

Dreadbox Artemis Synthesizer ("Space Cowboy" by Lorna Dune)

video upload by VCO USA

"All synth sounds designed on the ARTEMIS - an amazing 6-voice analog synth from ‪@Dreadbox-synths‬

'Space Cowboy' produced & performed by @lornaduuune

#dreadbox #analogsynth #synthesizers #artemis #ableton #musicproduction #electronicmusic"

Turn your PS Vita Into a USB Music Workstation [ DS-8 0.6 Update ]

video upload by Intermynd Instruments

"One tiny handheld. A complete music setup. Download the latest DS-8 update now, completely free:

https://intermynd-instruments.itch.io...

Sync the DS-8 directly to your PC or compatible hardware like the Teenage Engineering OP-XY over USB MIDI. Or connect it to your computer and send multitrack USB audio straight into your DAW for recording and mixing.

New DS8 features:

Multitrack, class-compliant USB audio for recording individual DS-8 tracks directly into a DAW
No drivers needed
MIDI sync over USB: send or receive clock, start and stop

Mixing and workflow improvements:

Dedicated Mixer with left and right panning
Per-track MPC60-style swing
More intuitive extending and shrinking of 16, 32 and 64-step patterns
Simplified track engine selector
Instant note preview when programming melodic synth parts

In the video, we demonstrate multitrack recording into Ableton Live and use the OP-XY as the master clock for a synchronized, laptop-free techno liveset.

Download the latest DS-8 update now, completely free."

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