1. Hi Voltage for AIR Hype - Preset Expansion Sound Demo for MPC & Desktop
Hi Voltage is a preset collection built for modern Hip Hop, R&B, Trap, and contemporary production. Featuring powerful basses, expressive leads, lush pads, sparkling bells, keys, plucks, guitars, and more, Hi Voltage showcases the incredible flexibility of Hype's multi-engine architecture while delivering production-ready sounds from the moment you load them.
2. Midnight Moods for AIR Jura - Preset Expansion Sound Demo for MPC & Desktop
Inspired by the warmth and character of classic analog synthesizers, Midnight Moods was created for soulful beats, lo-fi hip hop, fusion jazz, chilled electronica, and beyond. Featuring expressive basses, rich pads, keys, leads, plucks, arps, and synth textures, this collection blends nostalgic analog character with modern versatility.
3. Phat Bottom Bass for AIR OPx-4 - Preset Expansion Sound Demo for MPC & Desktop
Phat Bottom Bass is dedicated to the foundation of modern music: bass. Featuring sub basses, synth basses, warm basses, hard basses, and glitch basses, this collection is built to add movement and expression to the low end of your productions. Many presets evolve through modulation wheel, velocity, and aftertouch, creating bass sounds that morph and interact with your performance.
"At Superbooth 2026 I talked with Gattobus, who was involved in the development of Magnolia, about the idea behind this unusual instrument and what makes it different from a traditional analog polysynth.
Magnolia combines elements of classic analog synthesizers with ideas coming from the modular and West Coast synthesis worlds - including complex oscillators, wavefolding and through-zero FM.
We also talk about its fully analog VCOs, discrete circuits designed by Frap Tools, polyphonic aftertouch keyboard, its distinctly Italian design and why, despite its experimental architecture, Gattobus considers it an extremely playable and musical instrument."
Chapters
00:00 What is Frap Tools Magnolia?
00:35 Demo #1
01:08 Inside Magnolia: discrete analog circuits
02:02 Polyphonic aftertouch and the Fatar keyboard
02:23 Italian design - like a Lamborghini?
02:39 West Coast synthesis, wavefolding and through-zero FM
03:25 Demo #2
04:39 Gattobus' role in developing Magnolia
05:10 The story behind Frap Tools
05:45 Demo #3
Is the Roland System-1 the ultimate compact synth for Trance and Melodic Techno? In this deep-dive review, we put Roland’s Plug-Out synthesizer to the test, focusing specifically on how it handles lush supersaws, driving basslines, and hypnotic arpeggios.We break down its raw sound engine, the layout, and why its unique architecture makes it a powerhouse for modern melodic electronic music."
"Bright. Driving. Evolving. Built for the dancefloor!
'Dance Evolution' is a high-energy collection of 40 exclusive performances created specifically for the Korg multi/poly. This soundset is packed with multi-layered sequences, punchy dance drums, bright cutting leads, powerful basses, warm pads and crisp plucks — everything you need to move bodies and fill the floor.
Designed for a wide range of electronic styles — House, Trance, Techno, IDM, Disco, Synthwave and Retrowave — these presets take full advantage of the multi/poly’s four-layer architecture, deep modulation matrix and motion sequencing. Many patches feature complex, evolving multi-layered sequences that keep the groove alive while leaving space for expressive playing on top.
Every performance is thoroughly programmed for real-time control: the modulation wheel is active on all sounds, and each preset uses between 2 and 4 modulation knobs for instant hands-on shaping of filters, effects, motion depth, rhythmic intensity and more. This soundset is perfect for creating a sonic sketch or adding interesting sounds to an existing electronic dance music project. Wake up and enjoy these vibrant sounds!
"GForce Software is back with the first official Sequential Prophet 5 plugin created in partnership with Sequential. The history of modern rock and pop music is literally flowing through the architecture of this synthesizer used by all of the greats. Every feature of the the original has been included as well as a number of new enhancements of which one of the most notable is the fact that in addition to the 38 original patches, the total of patches in this version now is a whopping 460. They have also made the synthesizer MPE compatible and a complete set of onboard effects is included.
Join Peter Gagliardi as he guides us through Prophet 5.
Our special thanks to GForce Software for sending over a review copy of the library.
0:00 Intro
2:13 Overview
31:50 Composition
33:59 Thoughts and sign off
For more information and to purchase please check out:
"Mono Two by Monomono is a monophonic Max for Live synthesiser built around the semi-modular spirit of the Korg MS20, optimised for Ableton Live and fully operational on Push 3 Standalone. In this walkthrough we go from first filter sweep to full patchbay session, covering everything that makes this device tick. Monomono have expanded on the original MS20 architecture with dual filter circuit switching, tempo-synced LFO, bipolar and unipolar envelope modes, stereo spread, and a guided patchbay with attenuator and multiplier utilities.
Dual oscillator architecture with waveform selection, pulse width, and ring modulation K35 versus OTA filter circuit comparison and real-time switching Filter sweep with peak resonance and highpass filter in action LFO shapes, free and synced modes, phase reset, and tempo sync Envelope Generator 1 with delay, attack, and release for frequency modulation Envelope Generator 2 bipolar and unipolar modes, hold, and legato switching Modulation visualisation on dials showing scope and depth of applied modulation Stereo spread control from full mono to wide stereo Patchbay walkthrough with attenuator, multiplier, and guided orange-highlight routing Push 3 Standalone patchbay navigation and sample-and-hold patch demonstration
Polyphonic D50 sampler synthesizer with ESP32 in YAMAHA DX21 Hardwer :)
video upload by László Róbert Kasza
"Unfortunately, the motherboard of my dx21 synth is broken beyond repair. So she got new electronics. I have uploaded a code I wrote using Roland D50 sound samples.
So what everyone feared has come true. The Yamaha Roland DX-D50-21 :)
Abilities:
-4 d50samples
-TVA Envelope
Course, Fine, Keyfollow
-The sampling frequency is 48000Hz.
Signal on 16 bits or more
-The device is polyphonic up to 10 tones
2 LFO controlled 2 parametric EQ
-Upper Lower Choruse
-Reverb engine
-Roland D50sysex compatibility...
-hd44780 compatible LCD Display (Not implement more)
-https://data.dynareg.se/breadandbutte...
(If we are bored, we can listen to internet radio on it.)
"The Audio Damage AD-202 is a modern software take on the classic Roland MC-202 MicroComposer, the compact analog monosynth and sequencer released by Roland in 1983. With its single VCO, sub oscillator, resonant 24 dB low-pass filter and simple modulation architecture, the original MC-202 shared much of its sonic DNA with instruments like the SH-101 and TB-303.
I actually owned an original Roland MC-202 many years ago — and, like quite a few pieces of vintage gear I used to have, I eventually sold it. So I was particularly curious to hear Audio Damage's take on it.
AD-202 keeps the straightforward single-oscillator architecture and vintage workflow, while expanding it with modern features including 8-voice polyphony, analog-style drift, MPE, tempo-synced modulation, saturation, drive and distortion.
In this no-talking demo, I'll simply go through some sounds and presets so you can hear what AD-202 can do.
"ASM sent me a DIOsynth to see what I would do with it. So here's a full synth engine walkthrough with sound examples for each function. Table of contents:
00:00 first impressions matter
00:08 Hi, what's this?
00:58 hardware overview
04:03 synth architecture
06:19 sample engine
08:53 wavescan engine
11:22 filters and noise
13:38 growl (ring modulation)
14:39 key and breath noises
15:09 equalizer
15:27 mod matrix
15:50 lfo and envelopes
17:17 global effects
19:11 finished patch demo
19:54 conclusion
[You can find additional demos by Starsky Carr, BoBeats, and Molten Music Technology further below.]
Pittsburgh Modular Lifeforms SV-2 Lifeforms SV-2 from Pittsburgh Modular is a duophonic analog semi-modular keyboard synthesizer that honors classic East Coast subtractive architecture while packing a punch of flavorful twists afforded by modern technology. A full-blown revamp of the SV-1, it features updates to nearly every aspect of the instrument: new oscillator core, classic PGH filters updated with new character modes and overdrive stages, new spring reverb, new response curves and range modes on the ADSR envelopes, a custom 37-key keyboard with pitch-bend and mod wheels, and a redesigned interface with eighty-four patch points along the top. Moreover, a 24hp Eurorack expansion bay with three power headers sits alongside them, so external modules of your choosing can be dropped into the signal path at any point.
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.
"A walkthrough of the shared slot sequencer system added to all Unusable Engineering effects in version 1.3.0.
Depending on the plugin, the sequencer has four or eight slots. Each slot stores a different set of effect parameters, and the plugin can step or slew between those settings manually, using an internal clock, or in sync with the host.
This video covers:
editing and selecting slots
manual movement between settings
internal and host-clock stepping
Slew in free and clocked modes
copying and pasting slots
randomization
enabling and disabling slots
differences between individual plugins
and a bit of the philosophy behind it"
"Curves & Membranes has also gained a new oscillator mode called Node Mode.
The normal oscillator uses Bézier handles to shape its single-cycle waveform. In Node Mode those handles are replaced by vector points, which changes how the synth sounds and allows much deeper wave folding.
It gives the synth a noticeably more modern and aggressive side while still using the same one-oscillator architecture.
Curves & Membranes also got a new Vel->Radius option, where incoming velocity can multiply the radius of its orbital modulators by up to 5x. That makes harder notes introduce more movement rather than just changing level or filter response.
There is also now a preset browser across the full lineup, along with some starting-point presets, version checking and a few smaller workflow and stability improvements.
The updates are free for existing owners and available through the account page:
https://www.unusable.net/account/
The two freebies (Binaural Modulator and Cavitation Fractures) have also gotten updated with slot-sequencer, preset-system and some bug fixes.
Product pages and press images are here: https://www.unusable.net/ https://www.unusable.net/press/
"In this video, I'm using it live to create my sounds.
Try Oktopus Synthesizer FOR FREE: https://tatreal.pro/oktopus/#downloads
Check the manual page at https://tatreal.pro/oktopus/user-manual/
Oktopus is a powerful, deep synthesizer and production environment built from the ground up for advanced sound design, live performance, and music creation on Windows/Mac/iOS.
Features:
8-block synth architecture for layered and evolving sounds
MPE and MIDI input support
Sample loading, slicing, and playback tools
Built-in recording and sample export workflow
Per-block arpeggiator and sequencing controls
LFOs, modulation routing, and performance macros
Factory presets and factory samples included
Flexible effects chain with EQ, distortion, bitcrusher, compressor, phaser, flanger, chorus, filter, delay, and reverb
Touch-friendly interface for iPhone and iPad music creation"
"@VenusTheory is one of the lucky people to have their hands on the @genkiinstruments Genki Instruments Katla, the Icelandic volcanic synthesizer priced around $6,000 (yes you did read that right).
As well as parts hewn out of the Icelandic Katla volcano, hence the name - it has five voices with a paraphonic architecture, individual level, waveform and octave controls for each oscillator.
The resonant filter has low pass and band pass modes, self-oscillation and a wave folder. Modulation has some unusual routings, with a 'volcano' (of course) LFO shape and a Skrida control that randomizes envelopes and levels per note.
As well as user presets it has a system which recalls patches per section, effects include reverb, analog drive and tape-style detuning, and recent firmware adds MPE.
We explore it together - and if you want to get a sense of what it can do - we have a set of Custom Decent Samples from Venus Theory for our own Decent Sampler UI available for YouTube Members and Patreon Supporters
"The Kawai K1m is a 1988 digital synth module with no resonant filters and no built-in effects, but it still has a distinctive late-80s character that makes it much more interesting than the spec sheet suggests.
In this video I take a first look at my Kawai K1m, explore the four-source sound architecture, PCM samples, additive-style wave building, joystick control, factory presets, multi mode and external effects, then try building a new patch from scratch.
Chapters: 00:00 Why the Kawai K1m is interesting 00:24 K1m overview and why I bought it 01:38 Dry sound and synth architecture 02:28 Four-source patches and muting parts 03:20 Waves, PCM samples and additive-style synthesis 05:10 Drum samples and looped waveforms 06:55 Programming controls, envelopes and joystick 07:59 Polyphony and the gritty K1m character 08:56 Factory sounds and D-50-style bells 09:59 Vocal sounds, effects and Miami Vice references 12:56 Editing patches with the software editor 14:10 Multi mode and layered performances 15:02 Building a new K1m patch 17:57 Is the Kawai K1m worth buying today? 19:08 What should I do next with the K1m?"
"This multifaceted instument is not for the faint of heart! With 8 voices and digital architecture, you have plenty of different options to play around with. There's a scratch under the hood as pictured, but otherwise this synth is in very good cosmetic shape. It is serial number 3 !!! These are very rare and this is a early one. Only 120 units made. Fully analog signal path. 4 oscillators and 5(!) filters per voice. 8 voices."
"Oktopus is a powerful, deep synthesizer and production environment built from the ground up for advanced sound design, live performance, and music creation on Windows/Mac/iOS.
Features:
8-block synth architecture for layered and evolving sounds
MPE and MIDI input support
AUv3 instrument support for compatible hosts
Sample loading, slicing, and playback tools
Built-in recording and sample export workflow
Per-block arpeggiator and sequencing controls
LFOs, modulation routing, and performance macros
Factory presets and factory samples included
Flexible effects chain with EQ, distortion, bitcrusher, compressor, phaser, flanger, chorus, filter, delay, and reverb
Touch-friendly interface for iPhone and iPad music creation
Oktopus is made for producers, composers, and experimental musicians who want a powerful synth environment that can move from quick ideas to detailed sound design."
"Kepra is a rhythm instrument developed through detailed analysis of an original Japanese vintage programmable rhythm machine.
Rather than relying on sampled sounds, Kepra recreates each instrument by studying the original analog circuits, measuring waveforms, analyzing spectral content, and reproducing their behavior in software.
Developing Kepra felt less like sampling a drum machine and more like studying an archaeological artifact.
Every instrument was investigated through circuit analysis, waveform measurements, timing analysis, and spectral comparison to better understand how the original hardware produced its sound.
Rather than reproducing recordings, Kepra attempts to reconstruct the behavior behind them.
The Missing Instrument
One voice in Kepra did not exist on the original hardware.
The Shaker was designed as an 'imaginary expansion'—a voice inspired by the architecture and character of the original instrument.
Instead of adding a modern sample-based shaker, it was developed by asking a simple question:
'If the original designers had decided to include a shaker, how might they have built it using the same technology?'
The result is not a historical reproduction, but a speculative reconstruction that aims to remain faithful to the design philosophy of the original machine.
Not an Emulator
Kepra is not intended to be a museum piece.
It is a modern rhythm instrument built from careful hardware analysis, extending the ideas of a classic Japanese drum machine into new creative territory."
40 new presets for the 1010music Nanobox Fireball synthesizer, built on its powerful waveform architecture, deliver rich and evolving sounds.
'Surfaces' is tailored for ambient, cinematic, electronic, and experimental music production. Whether you're sculpting immersive soundscapes or adding subtle movement to your compositions, these sounds bring depth and emotional weight to your work.
Ready to use: All sounds are presented as demo versions (without adding external effects or post-processing to the demo tracks) with 1 Synth Preset, allowing users to evaluate their potential in the Nanobox Fireball effects section.
