SynthFest France 2026 | Official Aftermovie #NextLevelEdition

video upload by SynthFest France

SynthFest France 2026 was held April 17–19. You can find coverage via the SynthFest France label.

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► Directed by Maxime Bichon, pictured by Maxime Bichon, Thibaut Charbonnier, with the participation of Gaspard Rouaud, Eva Buffa, Eva Bone Leloup, Penelope Galtier.

► Music ATOEM - Erase Mode, Deep Forest - Ghostly Disco, Dogs & Cables - Shallow Brains, Charlotte Dubois - The Electric Hands, Hainbach - Live from SynthFest 2026 - All rights reserved.

► Acknowledgments to Pierre-Jean Tardiveau / Syntesla and Hans Zimmer.

► Special thanks to all the benefactors, the technical team of the La Fleuriaye de Carquefou Convention Center and the visitors."

Forge-TME VHIKK X (Part 1 sound.report deutsch/ Part 2 sounds only)

video upload by Heiner Kruse - The Green Man(TGM) - sound.report

"Hinweis: The Green Man on stage:
30.4.2026 Basswerk in den Mai Gebäude 9, Tickets
https://www.eventim-light.com/de/a/64...

@Timestamps:
00:00-06:31 Erläuterungen deutsch Generator (Klangerzeugung) + Processor (FX)
06:31-09:44 VHIKK X als Effekt
09:44-22:22 Sounds only

begleitend zum kommenden Review auf amazona.de"

TEAR - Experimental jam #31 // Vhikk X, Moog Subharmonicon, Bitbox

video upload by David Falcon

"Testing this battery powered mobile setup. The Palette case can be powered via powerbank and with the Bitbox micro I can record within the Modular case itself, without the need of any other equipment. The idea behind it is to take it outside to some special places to record, and maybe add some field recordings in the background.

I finally got to try the Vhikk X after a while trying to get one. The first few hours with it I was not very inspired by it, but kept digging and found this small melody that felt pretty emotional. Ironically the drone bass did not come from the Vhikk, but instead from my favorite, the Subharmonicon.

The Bitbox is here because it can do a lot in such small footprint. It is a sampler in the classic sense, but also is acting as a pseudo-Radio Music module with a radio sample I found, and also is recording the whole piece directly like the 4ms Wav Recorder.

In Ableton I added later on a bit of compression and EQ to even out the sounds.

I have published the first ALBUM that is acompilation of songs, some from this year and some older called "Hipotese". It is available in the streaming platforms and bandcamp. Go check it out!
https://davidfalcon.bandcamp.com

// Patch notes //
Moog Subharmonicon - Drone Bass, modulated from Pam's New Workout
Forge TME Vhikk X - Melody, sequenced from Oxi One and processed with a LPG in the Disting mk4.
1010 Music Bitbox Micro - Synth, piano and radio samples. Records the whole mix that comes out from the Befaco Output Bus. This is what makes the setup truly portable."

Signal Flow Podcast Ep1: Forge-TME Vhikk X, Korg Phase8, Intellijel Jellymix & more

video upload by Signal Sounds and Tom Churchill

"Welcome to the first episode of Signal Flow, a new podcast from Signal Sounds! Luke Palmer and Tom Churchill will be chatting about synths, modular, studio gear, patching techniques... basically, anything to do with playing, recording and performing electronic music!

Get in touch with questions, feedback and suggestions via signalflow@signalsounds.com

Find out more about the gear discussed: https://www.signalsounds.com"

Roland TR-1000 and eurorack | Hypnotic dance

video upload by Jay Hosking

"Please support my work on Patreon: / jayhosking
Buy the album here: https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com

This is a set of live, improvised dance music performed on a eurorack skiff with the Roland TR-1000. The TR-1000 provides most of the drums, and the eurorack does everything else.

00:00 - Archaios
07:33 - Elan vital
13:42 - Magnetic sleep
21:58 - Entelechy

I'm really happy with how this set turned out, and will probably try the setup again. I'd also love to give it a shot in a live environment, with actual humans dancing.

Eurorack modules:
Noise Engineering Zularic Repetitor - Gates (rhythms)
Noise Engineering Gamut Repetitor - Pitch (notes)
ALM Busy Circuits Pamela's New Workout - Synchronization, modulation, and LFOs
Forge.TME Vhikk X - Drone
Frequency Central Product - Bass
Mutable Instruments Rings - String synth
Noise Engineering Desmodus Versio - Reverb for Rings
Eowave Domino - Subtractive synth
Happy Nerding FX Aid XL - Delay for Domino
Bastl Citadel Wave Bard - Percussion
Bastl Citadel FX Wizard - Glitchy effects for Wave Bard
Qu-Bit Nautilus - Delay (on a send)
Befaco STMix - Send mixer for Nautilus
Intellijel Mixer 1U - Mixer out for Product and Domino
Intelljel Headphones 1U - Mixer out for Rings"

Viers - Psychedelic Doom Ritual Noise Journey - Ableton Push 3 & Eurorack Modular

video upload by Abre Ojos

"Recorded live at Fallen Studios NYE 2025.

54bpm - Slow down and taste the noise

Live 50min audiovisual journey recorded over NYE 2025

Ableton Push 3 Standalone
Eurorack Modular:
@ExpertSleepersLtd ES-10
Forge TME VHIKK-X
@knobula_synths Kickain
@Endorphines Ghost
@DivKid DivSkip
⁨@intellijel Multigrain
ALM Pamelas New Workout
@afterlateraudio Atom (MI Elements) & Knit (MI Plaits)
@NoiseEngineering Terci Ruina
@GamechangerAudio Plasmavoice
Gehrin Industries Noiswasp & Bean Jelly Benjolin

Video:
Live visuals using Archive.org content played through cracked ancient iPad
Video microscope
Sony ZV1
Roland V1-HD
@entropyandsons Recursion Studio
Resolume Avenue
Recorded with Rodecaster Video

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

Buran - psydoom techno ritual - Push 3 & Modular

video uploads by Abre Ojos

Two videos, two tracks. Walk-through videos below.

73bpm - Titles take us places
73bpm - Lost in the sandpit

Audio:
Ableton Push 3 Standalone
Eurorack Modular:
‪@ExpertSleepersLtd‬ ES-10
Forge TME VHIKK-X
‪@knobula_synths‬ Kickain
‪@Endorphines‬ Ghost
‪@EricaSynths‬ Perkons Voice
‪@DivKid‬ DivSkip
⁨‪@intellijel‬ Multigrain
ALM Pamelas New Workout
‪@afterlateraudio‬ Atom (MI Elements) & Knit (MI Plaits)
‪@NoiseEngineering‬ Terci Ruina
‪@GamechangerAudio‬ Plasmavoice

Video:
Live visuals using Body of the Prey (1967) from Archive.org
Video microscope
Sony ZV1
Roland V1-HD
‪@entropyandsons‬ Recursion Studio
Resolume Avenue
Recorded with Rodecaster Video

Dark ambient audiovisual stuff: https://abreojos.net Buran - Ableton Push 3 standalone & Eurorack Modular live set up walk thru


Two videos:

1. Buran - Ableton Push 3 standalone & Eurorack Modular live set up walk thru

First gig in a while so I've been thinking about what set up to use and here it is. Come for a wander down the hardware road to see how I am putting this all together, making the modular and Push 3 be friends, module choice, and the why of the set up.

00:00 Intro jam
01:25 Intro ramble & the why
05:28 The Push set up
29:40 The modular overview
31:13 1U MIDI + system clock
35:45 Expert Sleepers ES-10
42:34 Kickain & Perkons Voice
47:33 Kint (Plaits) & Atom (Elements)
53:27 VHIKK-X
58:22 Plasmavoice
1:05:41 Dust of Time
1:13:24 Multigrain

2. Buran - Live visuals video hardware set up walk thru

First gig in a while so I've been thinking about what set up to use and here it is. Come for a wander down the hardware road to see how I am putting this all together. This is the video side of things and the why of the set up.

00:00 Intro ramblings
03:31 Rodecaster Video
06:32 iPad, Sony ZV1, Video Microscope
16:55 Video capture cards
19:28 Recursion Studio & V1-HD
23:55 Nanocontrol MIDI
28:12 Resolume Avenue

Subsidence - Maschine+ & Eurorack Modular - dark ambient ritual psychedelic doom

video upload by Abre Ojos

34bpm - Financial benefit subsidy for life

Track 1 & 2 of Subsidence EP

01 Subsidy • Subsidy - Maschine+ & Eurorack Modular - d...
02 Subsidence • Subsidence - Maschine+ & Eurorack Modular ...

NI Maschine+
Eurorack Modular:
Forge TME VHIKK-X
⁨@knobula_synths⁩ Kickain
⁨@Endorphines⁩ Ghost\Golden Master
⁨@EricaSynths⁩ Perkons Voice
⁨@DivKid⁩ DivSkip
⁨@intellijel Multigrain
1010 Bluebox Eurorack
ALM Pamelas New Workout
Novation LaunchControl XL for MIDI control of 1010 Bluebox
⁨@NoiseEngineering⁩ Cursus Iteritas Alia

Live visuals using Nurse Sherri (1978) from Archive.org under a video microscope with live video feedback.
Video processed live through Resolume Avenue
Recorded with Rodecaster Video

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

Ambient ghosts - Vhikk X, 4ms Ensemble and SMR, Elta TSC 12

video upload by Jay Hosking

"Two ambient songs performed live with a eurorack case.

Buy these songs on an album here: https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com/album...

This is why eurorack exists to me. I would never come to these sorts of results through any other workflow or gear, would never stumble on these harmonies or gently cascading notes, would never feel out the song progression on a computer or even with a more traditional hardware setup. There are many things eurorack doesn't do as well, but moments like this make me realize why it's so special.

Please go give the album a spin.

Three voices: Forge TME Vhikk X, 4ms Ensemble, 4ms SMR
Control surface: Elta TSC 12
Effects: Intellijel FX 1U, Strymon Magneto, Noise Engineering Versio, Happy Nerding FX Aid XL
Modulation: ALM Pamela's Pro Workout
Mixing: Intellijel Mixer 1U, Befaco STMix

Thanks for listening.

jayhosking.bandcamp.com"

VHIKK X by Forge TME - Why modular will always be real and digital music will not.

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"Modular synths are more than tools, they're reality itself.
This video explores why digital music can never truly be real, and why analog gear remains the only way to feel sound at the source.

The world is in transit, like it or not.
Music evolved from the stage into the box, from real media to streams, and now from streams into learning models, weights, and rewards.
We can endlessly debate whether AI is OK or not, but we can’t put the demons back into their bottles.

It’s a non-religious blessing to patch a real machine with real voltage.
Every sound I make is Karma: cause and effect, wrapped in a false sense of choice and control.
I love it. It’s a sanctuary.

And the VHIKK?
Everything I say about it will only give you GAS.
It’s one of the finest modules Eurorack has to offer, and currently my #1 module.
So maybe don’t watch this video if you’re on a tight budget.
Or… maybe watch it very carefully.
Because you might just build the ultimate tiny case with it.

All you need is VHIKK and Pam Pro.
Don’t forget power, but you won’t even need an output module.
VHIKK X can run on USB power.
Build a tiny wooden case. Maybe I will too.

We modular people are still a niche.
A tiny community moving upstream and uphill — while the world flows downward.
And it’s an honor to be part of it."

Check with dealers on the right for availability.

Liminal Patch 010 : Dark Ambient Modular Exploration : 10 Minutes of Threshold Invocation

video upload by Botched Creative

"AETHERIS NEXUSis a 10-minute descent into modular tension, where structured performance collides with controlled unpredictability. A convergence of control and surrender. Droning analog oscillators stretch across a dark horizon. Sculpted noise writhes in the aether—each exhale a ghost of resonance. Randomized ostinatos emerge like faulty memories. Pulsing bass figures carve a path agnostic to meter—structured, but answerable only to their own internal logic.

Recorded live to multitrack, each voice was captured in real time—a fleeting convergence of structure and volatility. What emerged was part performance, part algorithmic drift: a mesh of voltages and reactive systems colliding in ways that can’t be precisely reentered.
An improvisation encoded in circuitry and instinct. Once aligned—now gone.

Liminal Patch 010 marks the end of Series One. Liminal Patches Series Two will return after a brief hiatus.

0:00 :: Intro
0:30 :: Synth layer 01 : Moog Subharmonicon
1:21 :: Synth drone 01 : Archae Loki
1:53 :: Texture drone 01 : Maneco Labs Grone 2 Dark Drone Machine
2:15 :: Bell Sequence : Black Corporation Deckard's Voice
2:35 :: Texture drone 02: Forge TME Vhikk X
3:21 :: Bass Synth : Moog Matriarch
3:52 :: Synth drone 02 : Winterbloom Castor & Pollux
04:20 :: The middle bit
09:08 :: The end logo
09:23 :: A subtle hint


Main Synths:
Moog Subharmonicon, Moog Matriarch, Archea Loki, Winterbloom Castor & Pollux. Black Corporation Deckard's Voice, Maneco Labs Grone 2 Dark Drone Machine, Forge TME Vhikk X.

Sequencer:
Qu-Bit Bloom

Processors:
Make Noise Maths, Happy Nerding 3x Mia, ALM Pam's Pro Workout, Xaoc Devices Zadar, Xoac Timiszoara, Expert Sleepers ES-9, Intellijel Quadratt, Thorn Audio VC LFO, Maneco Labs Clusterverb, After Later Audio Cloaks,

Post-Processing:
Abelton Live (tracking), Motu Digital Performer (mixing), Kush Audio, Slate Digital, Valhalla DSP, Waves plugins.

Become the infinite threshold."

Liminal Patch 008 : Ambient Eurorack Modular Exploration

video upload by Botched Creative

"Creaturae Imaginis is a slow-burning descent into tone, texture, and atmosphere—12 minutes of ambient analog synthesis, layered with subtle generative elements. Recorded live to multitrack, each voice was captured in isolation, allowing for extensive post-processing and detailed mixing. The result is a piece that blurs the line between raw performance and sculpted sound design—a meditation on presence, process, and the strange beauty of voltage in motion.

Main Synths:
Forge TME Vhikk X, Maneco Labs Grone 2 Dark Drone Machine, Moog Mother 32, Moog Matriarch, Archea Loki, Winterbloom Castor & Pollux.

Sequencer:
Arturia KeyStep Pro

Processors:
Make Noise Maths, Happy Nerding 3x Mia, ALM Pam's Pro Workout, Xaoc Devices Zadar, Xoac Timiszoara, Expert Sleepers ES-9, Intellijel Quadratt, Thorn Audio VC LFO, Maneco Labs Clusterverb, Maneco Labs Filter Eko, Animal Factory Vivisect, After Later Audio Cloaks,

Post-Processing:
Walrus Audio Fable, OBNE Darkstar, Meris Mercury X, Meris Mercury 7, Meris Polymoon, Meris LVX, Boss RE-20, Chase Bliss Mood, Chase Bliss Generation Loss, Strymon Timeline, Strymon Big Sky, Abelton Live (tracking), Motu Digital Performer (mixing), Kush Audio, Slate Digital, Valhalla DSP, Waves plugins.

Enjoy the in-between world."

into the darkness ... exploring Forge TME - VHIKK X ... dark ambient

video upload by substan

"A first test flight into dark sound spheres with the Forge TME - VHIKK X. The Befaco Oneiroi quickly proved to be a very suitable travel companion.

Recorded in one take.
Mastered in post."

Hypnotic Vhikk X OP-XY synth album | Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drone

video upload by Jay Hosking

"A live synth album for your workday, performed on a small setup.

00:00 - Relatively abstemious
07:21 - Occulta semina
13:39 - Trees under Venice
22:15 - Anthropodenial
25:38 - Walsham

Buy the album here:



Sometimes you try something so inspiring that you have to record everything you can from it, as fast as you can. SKETCHES FOR MY SWEETHEART THE DRONE is a collection of songs all recorded live within a 48-hour period.

For all songs, it's the same hardware setup: the FORGE TME Vhikk X (our titular drone) with Teenage Engineering OP-XY (drums, bass, and synth). The goal was to keep the songs simple, hypnotic, and most of the synth parts are played live over simple drum and bass sequences.

The end result is (I hope) a simmering background album, perfect for your work, emails, reading, or otherwise living your life. Thanks for listening."

Also see: The most incredible drone synth ever played | Vhikk X by FORGE TME

Liminal Patch 005 : Semi-Generative Ambient Modular Synthesizer Exploration | Tempus Vacuus

video upload by Botched Creative

"7 Minutes of semi-generative ambient modular synthesizer exploration. Recorded live to multitrack.

Main Synths:
Archaea Loki, Winterbloom Castor & Pollux, Black Corp Deckard's Voice, Maneco Labs Grone 2 Dark Drone Machine, Forge TME Vhikk X.

Patching Notes:
0:00 :: Intro
0:14 :: Layer 01 : Forge TME Vhikk X
0:43 :: Layer 02 : Maneco Labs Grone 2
1:55 :: Layer 03 : Black Corp. Deckard's Voice
2:35 :: Layer 04 : Winterbloom Castor & Pollux
3:26 :: Layer 05 : Archaea Loki
3:45 :: The Rest of the Video

Sequencer:
QuBit Bloom Fractal Sequencer.

Processors:
Make Noise Maths, Happy Nerding 3x Mia, ALM Pam's Pro Workout, Xaoc Devices Zadar, Erica Synths Black Low-Pass VCF, Doepfer A-140-2V Envelope Generator, Expert Sleepers ES-9, Intellijel Quadratt, Thorn Audio VC LFO, Maneco Labs Clusterverb, Endorphines Ghost, Xaoc Timiszoara.

Post-Processing:
Abelton Live (tracking), Motu Digital Performer (mixing), Kush Audio, Slate Digital, Valhalla DSP, Waves plugins.

Full disclosure: The video portion was recorded after recording the audio (I don't have ten hands).

Enjoy the in-between world."

The most incredible drone synth ever played | Vhikk X by FORGE TME

video upload by Jay Hosking

"Exploring the most remarkable, evocative hardware drone/synth voice I've played in memory.

00:00 - intro interval drone
01:36 - another interval drone
03:02 - bass pulses
04:34 - bass ghosts
05:43 - sentimental interval drone
07:04 - happy accidents
08:01 - wavetable drone
09:01 - evil machine pulses
10:46 - deep dark drone
11:41 - ghostly drone
13:55 - beautiful melodic drone

Don't let the patch points and eurorack format fool you: the Vhikk X is a mostly standalone drone and synth voice that has oscillators, filter, and effects, and outputs at line level if you want it. The only thing it's really missing is a modulation source, which can be your fingers turning the knobs or, here, the Pamela's New Workout. I think Vhikk X and Pam's in a 32hp case would be the most interesting and unique drone synth I've ever heard, period. And then you can patch v/oct CV in, like with a Keystep, and play it like a mono synth!

This is a series of explorations on the Vhikk X, to show you the range of sounds it can produce. The Vhikk X is known for brutal or crushing sounds, but I think it has a lot of subtlety and beauty throughout it, and I've tried to show that here. Hopefully you agree.

I'm planning on turning the last patch into some sort of live performance with a bit of extra synth, so hopefully that will be up soon. For now, I hope this gives you an idea of why I'm so blown away by the Vhikk X.

Recorded to a stereo output with no additional audio processing."

See the Forge TME label below for more.

Check with dealers on the right for availability.

Transpicuous - Eurorack Modular Psychedelic Ritual Industrial Drone - live audiovisual set

video upload by Abre Ojos

"68bpm clarity does not mean uncontaminated ritual industrial doom

Eurorack Modular:
Knobula Kickain
Endorphin.es Ghost
1010 Bluebox Eurorack
Pamelas New Workout
Forge TME VHIKK-X
Qu-Bit Scanned
Befaco Onieroi
Novation LaunchControl XL for MIDI control of 1010 Bluebox
Noise Engineering Manis Iteritas & Terci Ruina

Live visuals using A is For Atom from Archive.org and video feedback.
Video processed live through Resolume
Recorded with Rodecaster Video

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

Forge TME VHIKK X - First look

video upload by John Schussler

"I have a VHIKK v1, and it's a fantastic drone/texture module. When Forge TME announced the VHIKK X I immediately joined the wait list.

Here's my vid on the original: [posted here]

The wait is over, and it has just arrived. Here's my first play with it.

Like the original, it has so much interactivity that you don't really have to modulate it with anything externally. But of course it gets even more lively when you do.

Here's a general overview of the sounds you get with minimal effort.

Other than a bit of reverb, this is all VHIKK X."

TraumaMutation - Live deep techno journey - Ableton Push 3 & Eurorack modular

video upload by Abre Ojos

"Live hardware jam with Eurorack modular synth & Push 3 standalone

139bpm deep industrial techno journey with a dash of dark ambient doom.

Made for RHYTHM MACHINE MEETZ GROUNDZERO TEKNOCAMP # 16
https://psychomantix.mixlr.com/events...

Ableton Push 3 Standalone
Sequencing via MIDI out to HexInverter Mutant Brain
2 X CV + Pitch
6 X Gates
2 X Clock
Audio in via MOTU Ultralite Mk5 connected via optical to Push 3 for 8 ins.

Novation LaunchControl XL for MIDI control on Push 3

Endorphin.es Ghost Pedal

Eurorack Modular
https://cdn.modulargrid.net/img/racks...

Erica Synths LXR Percussion - snares, hi hats, weirdness
Knobula Kickain - the Kick
Endorphins Ghost & SQWRK Dirty
4MS Spherical Wavetable
4ms Ensemble Oscillator
Forge TME VHIKK-X
2hp Verb
Noise Engineering Manis Iteritas, Electus Versio, Basimilas Iteritas Alter & Terci Ruina

Video processed live through Resolume

Shot with GH5 MKII

Dark ambient audiovisual stuff: https://abreojos.net
Noisy layered drone techno: https://dronskot.net"

VHIKK X sound demo 1

video upload by Forge TME

"Playing around with Vhikk X.
Just a casual sound demo.. full video manual is in the works.
Apologies for the [lack of] lighting and for constantly obscuring the module...

All sounds are recorded direct from Vhikk X outputs, with some CV control added later in the video. V/Oct tracking is also demonstrated."

See the Forge TME label below for more.