Dreadbox Artemis | Six ambient sketches

video upload by Jay Hosking

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Exploring the Dreadbox Artemis in my way. All sounds from the synth, with no additional effects on the master (other than a little compression and limiting for volume).

00:00 Super slow envelopes
03:29 Exploring bass sequence w/ effects
05:08 Modulated osc drone magic
11:06 Stereo bass arp
15:30 ???
15:38 Cover song on modulated pad
17:24 1980s pad

Full disclosure: while I have bought many, many Dreadbox synths over the years, Dreadbox did send this one to me for free.

Here, I explore the Artemis for the first time, mainly initializing patches and seeing where they lead me. I find that while other demos have done a great job of showing off the wild and weird, the Artemis mainly leads me to two places: slow beautiful expansive pads, and bouncy unison basses.

There are a few things that elevate this device over other table-top modules, like the Nymphes: the spread of stereo voices (for both unison and polyphonic patches), effects (very decent sounding delay and reverbs, for example), and an internal drive for shaping the character/personality. Plus, all of these patches took just a minute or two to set up; the Artemis has a fast and friendly interface for exploring.

There are at least three ideas here that I might potentially develop further, which is quite a high hit rate for a first exploration of a synth. I can't wait to get back to the city and put the Artemis on the table with some friends.

There is one notable shortcoming to the Artemis as of today (4th July 2025): its envelopes have something that occasionally makes them get very clicky at onset of gate/note. I'm not sure what's causing it, but contributing factors seem to include using the internal drive, and not just at very fast attack rates. In any case, it's a bummer. I've read online that Dreadbox are currently working on this in terms of a firmware update, but I don't personally have any firsthand information. The clickiness really can interfere with a project, so know if you're thinking of buying, you should plan to work around this shortcoming. (My personal opinion: don't buy gear for promised or hoped-for firmware updates, because they may never come, and they may never solve the problem.)

But otherwise, Artemis is a great synth. Lots of personality, strangely well behaved at times, very good at bouncy basses, and very easy to design interesting sounds with.

Thanks for listening.

The cover song is one of my very favourites, "Poor Edward" by Tom Waits."

Summer 😎 (Moog Minitaur + Boum // LXR 02 // Nymphes + S 1 + Timeline // Streichfett // Keystep Pro)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"Last 'long' video before a summer break (I'll be eventually uploading some 'Shorts' during July 😉)

It's been quite some time that I didn't make a "from scratch" video, so here we go again! (See all my "From scratch" videos) [embed below]

On the setup side on the sequencer (Keystep Pro), before recording:
I defined the tempo and number of bars of each track
I setup the scale (Dorian)
I setup the tracks I wanted to be transposed in real-time (tracks 2 = Minitaur and 3 = Streichfett).

The video starts with the recording on Track 2, of the BASS line (Moog - Minitaur), then on Track 3 the CHORDS/STRINGS (Waldorf - Streichfett), on Track 1 the DRUMS (Sonic Potions x Erica Synths - LXR-02), on Track 4 the ARP (Dreadbox - Nymphes + Strymon Timeline delay).
I recorded part of the DRUMS in real-time, and the KICK in step mode (hence being able to setup randomness on some steps and conditions too, i.e. the step plays on the fourth time it's triggered only...)"

From Scratch by 2-Minute Warning

Unity ♥️ (LXR 02 + Boum // Nymphes + S 1 + Timeline // Moog Minitaur // Streichfett // Keystep Pro)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"Hardware used

// DRUMS
Erica Synths x Sonic Potions LXR-02 v1.7 (digital drum machine an integrated sequencer, 6 different instruments) + Oto Machines Boum (full analog stereo warming unit)

// ARP
Dreadbox Nymphes through Roland S-1 through Strymon Timeline delay

// BASS:
Moog Minitaur (analog mono synth)

// STRINGS Waldorf Streichfett (Digital string synth with dual sound engine: 128-voice string section and 8-voice solo section)

// SEQUENCER Arturia Keystep Pro sequencing all the instruments (including the DRUMS of the LXR-02)

Recorded in one shot and mixed in Ableton Live."

Dreamer 💭 (Sequential Take 5 + H90 / Nymphes + Microtubes X / 0Coast + Timeline / TR6S / Hapax)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"Back to the ~2-minute format 😅

In this track, the Hapax is sequencing all the instruments, starting with the Take 5 where I tweak a few knobs. Then comes the BASS played by the Nymphes. For this sound, I used its LFO's delay parameter. Thus you first hear the sound without any modulation, then comes the syncopated part at the end of the sound! I finally launch the LEAD part played by the 0-Coast through the Timeline delay and DRUMS, played by the TR-6S. The Hapax FILL button is being used here to activate a couple of MIDI effects on the different tracks.

Hardware used *

// 🥁 DRUMS: Roland TR-6S (Digital Rhythm Performer)
// 🎸 BASS: Dreadbox Nymphes (6-voice analog synth) + Darkglass Microtubes X (Multiband analog Distortion)
// 🎹 PLUCKS: Sequential Take 5 (5-voice analog synth) + Eventide H90
// 🎸 LEAD: Make Noise 0-Coast (semi-modular analog mono synth) + Strymon Timeline (Ice Delay)
// SEQUENCER: Squarp Instruments Hapax

Recorded in one shot and mixed in Ableton Live."

Chalkidiki for Dreadbox Nymphes

video upload by NatLife Sounds

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Χαλκιδική - my new soudbank for Dreadbox Nymphes, which I made on the Chalkidiki peninsula, Greece.

Every day spent in Chalkidiki, listening to the light waves of the Aegean Sea, the singing of spring birds at night and in the morning, listening to the atmosphere of the peninsula - I thought about creating these sounds to fill them with a Greek atmosphere of calm and tranquility, as well as mythical mystery. And here is the result.

The soundest contains 49 completely new presets & patches, which can sounds like Pad's, Lead, Bass or unusual Effects.

The sound pack also contains full installation instructions."

Octatrack MKII | Oxi one | Novation Peak | Nymphes Dreadbox | Moog Mavis | Ambient electronic set

video upload by Onyx_track

Walrus Qi Etherealizer - exploration w/ hardware synths (SH-101, Prophet Rev2, 303, Nymphes, OP-XY)

video upload by Jay Hosking

"Trying out Walrus's new multi-effect with some hardware synthesizers.

Full disclosure: Walrus sent this pedal along for me to try for free. I'm a big fan of their Slöer pedal and also really like the Meraki (both of which I bought with my own money), so I was happy to give the Qi a spin. Happy to report that I am super impressed with this one. You can think of the Qi as kind of complementary to the Hologram Chroma Console: if the Chroma Console gives everything grit, colour, and texture, the Qi gives everything space, width, and ambience.

Here, I use it with a few synths I love and found myself lost for my entire Sunday exploring what the Qi could create with the right synthesizers. In fact, one of the improvisations (not in the final video here) has turned into a full song, which I'll put up as soon as I have time to record a performance. It's a really inspiring pedal and works very well with hardware synths.

00:00 - with Prophet Rev
04:25 - with Cyclone Analogic Bassbot TT-303
06:34 - with Dreadbox Nymphes
10:02 - with Teenage Engineering OP-XY
12:33 - with Roland SH-101


Recorded live to a stereo output, with only limiting on the master (no compression, EQ, or other effects).

https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com"

Dreadbox Nymphes 6-voice Desktop Analog Synthesizer w/ Original Box

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The Djupviks Mega-Skiff Patch Explainer

video upload by Lesjamusic

"The red skiff is alive! A full 104hp of ‪@vikingsade‬ Djupviks modules, with my latest additions being Clot and Bunker Archaeology.

These modules crave audio rate modulation, and so ‪@atovproject‬ Dual Harmonic was on hand to provide, along with the LX-Euclid for gate sequencing the Djupviks Beneath the Bush of Ghosts lofi sampler. ‪@Dreadbox-synths‬ Nymphes also as a sound source alogside the DHO.

With apologies for the mouth-breathing - not over my winter cold.

00:00 Patch Preview
00:18 Intro
03:05 Beneath The Bush of Ghosts and Bunker Archaeology
04:57 Clot and The Qu
06:36 Dual Harmonic Oscillator and Box of Angels
08:00 Red Skiff full jam 🤘"

Last Pill 💊 (Nymphes + Deco2 // S1 + H90 // Drumbrute Impact + H90 + Pill // Keystep Pro)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"Here's a long video to end 2024 on a high note! 😁 If you want to skip the 'build from scratch', you can jump to 2:00 😉

3 instruments were used for this track:
The Dreadbox Nymphes for the CHORDS and LEAD
The Roland S-1 for the BASS
The Arturia Drumbrute Impact (DBI) for the DRUMS
With everything sequenced by the Arturia Keystep Pro (KSP).

1- The video starts with me recording in STEP mode 3 CHORDS, and setting the pattern's length to 3 steps (Track 3 of the KSP).
2- I then record 2 notes for a 3-step pattern for the BASS (Track 2 of the KSP).
3- I quickly switch to the DRUM pattern recording (Track 1 of the KSP), where I used some of the nice features of the KSP's sequencer (Time Shift, Randomness)
4- For the live performance, it's mainly me transposing in real-time on the KSP and playing with the sound parameters of the 3 instruments (Cutoff, Decay, Reverb etc.).

0:01 Recording the different parts
1:51 Build
2:06 Drop
2:36 Looper break
3:13 Full decay on the KICK
3:25 Opening the decay on the OPEN HIHAT
4:05 Outro"

Lyra-8 // Nymphes // Slöer

video upload by Lesjamusic

"How on earth do you come down from playing the Royal Albert Hall? Clearly the answer is using ‪@somasynths‬ Lyra-8 and ‪@Dreadbox-synths‬ Nymphes to ascend to the heavens, together with ‪@walrusaudioeffects‬ Slöer to everything escape the atmosphere."

ChaseBliss Mood mk2 Ambient Soundscapes with the Dreadbox Nymphes and Strymon BigSky Mx

video upload by Yuki The Synth Dragon

"I use the ‪@Dreadbox-synths‬ Nymphes along with the ‪@ChaseBlissAudio‬ mood mk2 and ‪@strymon‬ BigSky MX for some amazing ambient soundscapes !

0:00 opening demo
1:40 video talking starts
2:29 Nymphes Polyphonic lfo
8:22 some other patches I made
11:14 lets go over the chase bliss mood mk2
18:00 lets go over the strymon bigsky mx
20:00 lets make a song
21:52 some more with the bigsky and mood
25:20 closing thoughts and upcoming videos"

Dreadbox Nymphes Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer Module

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The Dreadbox Nymphes - favorite ever small form factor synth ! (find out why)

video upload by Yuki The Synth Dragon

"I got over why I love the ‪@Dreadbox-synths‬ Nymphes paired with a Walrus Audio Meraki and Boss DC-2W chorus. Analog Synth with analog effects !"

Epic Bells 🔔 (Hapax sequencing Nymphes + Bigsky // Minitaur // Tanzbar + Boum // Waldorf M v1.10)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"In this track, the Hapax is sequencing all 5 instruments: Nymphes + Bigsky reverb (PADS), Tanzbar + Boum warming unit (DRUMS), Minitaur (BASS), M (BELLS) and S-1 (PLUCK CHORDS).
I've used a few of the cool features of the Hapax as the FILL button, the MIDI effects (MIDI ECHO introduced in v2.0, RANDOMIZER, HARMONIZER...), step probabilities, CC automation etc.

It's also the first track featuring the M with the v1.10 firmware, and the Oto Machines - Boum effect 🤩🔥!
I've been hesitating for a long time to get one as I already have the Elektron Analog Heat MKII 😊 But I really don't regret buying one finally as it can really modify the sound in a way that the Analog Heat can't (the Analog Heat doesn't really have a compressor, but it can be simulated using its internal envelope follower).

* Hardware used *

// PADS:Dreadbox Nymphes (6-voice analog synth) + Strymon Bigsky (reverb)
// DRUMS: MFB Tanzbar (16-voice analog drum machine) + Oto Machines Boum "Warming Unit" (stereo analog compressor, distortion, filter...)
// BASS: Moog Minitaur (analog mono synth)
// BELLS: Waldorf M (8-voice digital/analog hybrid synth)
// PLUCK CHORDS: Roland S-1 (4-voice digital synth, inspired by the famous mono synth SH-101)
// SEQUENCER: Squarp Instruments Hapax (firmware v2.0) sequencing all 5 instruments

Recorded in one shot and mixed in Ableton Live. A bit of chorus was added post recording on the BASS played by the Minitaur, in order to add more depth to the sound."

RockJam Go 25 Key RJMK review: what can you expect from a $50-ish controller?

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"(not sponsored, bought this with my own money) The 'RockJam Go 25 Key RJMK' is the cheapest #midicontroller on Amazon DE [and Amazon US] right now (at the time of publishing: $40, normal price seems to be around $60). Here's an overview about everything you can expect from this 25 key controller. TOC:

00:00 hello
00:23 built quality
01:43 hardware features
02:53 firmware features
04:13 drum pads
06:40 encoders
08:24 arpeggiator
11:56 looper
12:52 bluetooth midi, mod stick and other noteworthy things / conclusion
14:18 a quick jam using the arpeggiator & dreadbox nymphes hardware synth
15:14 bye-bye

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Love Hultén Nymphes Custom MIDI Guitar

video upload by Love Hultén

Looks like it has the Dreadbox Nymphes built in.

Dreadbox Nymphes, Empress ZOIA, Korg SQ-1 Ambient Jam

video upload by goth jocks

"Almost sold the Korg SQ-1 last weekend. Glad I didn’t because it’s a lot of fun!

Take it for a spin with the Dreadbox Nymphes and Empress ZOIA running the 1978 Plate Reverb patch"

Dreadbox Erebus V3, Nymphes, and Erebus Reissue

video upload by goth jocks

"Little happy jam with what I’ve dubbed the 'Wall of Dread'"

A cheap workaround for MIDI TRS A/B connector problems (shown on DONNER N-25 and Dreadbox Nymphes)

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"I've got this question a couple of times on my videos, so here's how to use the 3.5mm MIDI jack on the Donner N-25 mini MIDI keyboard. Also, a short improvistation on the Dreadbox Nymphes."