Sequencer Art II

video upload by John L Rice

"Notes suggested by Alan: C, E, F, G, Bb, C, E, F

The Chladni app used on my iPad for the visuals mimics the nodal patterns that appear on surfaces when modulated at audio frequencies. This was pioneered by Robert Hooke in the late 1600's and by Ernst Chladni in the late 1700's.

Gear used:
Large format modular synth: Synth Tech, Moon Modular, Club Of The Knobs
Yamaha FS1R
Mellotron M4000D Rack
Roland A-88 keyboard controller
Strymon and Lexicon effects

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New Mellotron M4000D Micro Desktop Spotted at NAMM?

This one was spotted and sent in via John L Rice.

Look to the left of the M4000D Micro. You'll see another unit that looks like one minus the keyboard to the right.

Note that it's currently absent from the Mellotron site.

Meandering On The Eve - A Berlin School Meditation

video upload by John L Rice

"An unplanned and unedited real-time performance on Christmas Eve 2024.

Modules Used:
Moon Modular - sequencer, switch, quantizer, VCFs
Synthesis Technology - VCOs, LFO
Club Of the Knobs - clock, poly ADSR
Oakley Sound - VCAs

Keyboard Synth:
Expressive E - Osmose
Mellotron - M4000D

Effects:
Strymon - BigSky and Timeline pedals
Lexicon - MX400

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Searching For The Guiding Light

video upload by John L Rice

"Another of my typical random sequence patches with a side of noodling that I turned into something more.

Modules Used:
Moon Modular - sequencer and VCFs
Synthesis Technology - VCOs, MIDI control, quad ASR
Club Of the Knobs - clock, poly ADSR
Oakley Sound - VCAs
Krisp1 - LFO

Keyboard Synth:
Expressive E - Osmose
Mellotron - M4000D

Effects:
Strymon - BigSky and Timeline pedals
Lexicon - MX400

Percussion Instruments:
Yudin Workshop - Pulsar
Musser - bells
Ludwig - chimes
Zildjian - crotales
Alan Abel - triangle

Percussion Recording Chain:
Neumann - KM183 mic
Martech - MSS10 mic pre
Focusrite - Red 2 EQ
Audioscape - V-Comp compressor
Lavry - Blue A/D converters

Artwork clips generated at https://www.imagine.art/

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Quick Test: Vermona meloDICER Playing A Mellotron M4000D

video upload by John L Rice

"I was asked months ago how well this would work and didn’t get around to trying it until now, and it works great ! 😎👍 Besides the meloDICER and M4000D there is some Roland Integra7 piano mixed in half way through and the usual effects (Strymon BigSky, Timeline, and Lexicon MX400)"

An A.I. Adventure

video upload by John L Rice

"Trying my hand at using AI generated image/video clips for fun.

Index:
0:00 Beginning
0:20 Desktop Synthesizers
0:39 Interstellar Synthesists
1:27 Keyboard Synthesizers
2:07 Desert Synthesists
3:00 Wizard Synthesists
4:10 Synthesized JLR
5:32 End

Music Equipment Used:
Synthesis Technology MOTM Modular
Moon Modular sequencer
Mellotron M4000D
Yamaha FS1R
Strymon BigSky and Timeline
Lexicon MX400
Acoustic Percussion: Mark Tree and Orchestral Chimes

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Mellotron and Eurorack Modular October 10 2024

video upload by John L Rice

Mellotron Micro
Happy Nerding HM VCO
Erica Synths Black VCO 2 and Pico MODulator
Industrial Music Electronics Polivoks VCF
2hp Verb
ADDAC System ADDAC812A meter
Behringer 182 Sequencer
4ms POD64x
Tendrils Cables

Same Eurorack Modular Patch But Now With Added Drum And Mellotron Parts

video upload by John L Rice

"Please post in the comments what music style/genre you’d call this? I’m often never quite sure! 🤔🤷‍♂️😅

Modules from 4ms, Erica Synths, Happy Nerding, 2hp, Doepfer, Synthesis Technology, Bubblesound, Tip Top Audio, Intellijel, Circuit Abbey, Synth-Werks

With Mellotron Micro keyboard."

Processed Mellotron M4000D May 31st 2024

video upload by John L Rice

"A quick and dirty Mellotron noodle. I currently can’t stand for long (foot issue) so I took some experimental noodling audio and some rough snapshots of the gear used and edited it all into a video FWIW.

So it's the Mellotron M4000D Rack was processed through a Club Of The Knobs fixed filter bank and channel enhancer with 6 outputs of the channel enhancer mixed by Modcan and Moon mixers and returned to the main Allen and Heath mixer for some additional EQ and effects processing from Strymon pedals Mobius, DECO, and BigSky, plus a touch of reverb from the Lexicon MX400."

A Sunday Morning Modular Synth Patch - May 19th 2014

video upload by John L Rice

"Featuring self transposing Moon Modular 569 sequencer with 569ES and 569EG expanders and two 564 switches to vary the pattern. All clocked by an Oakley Slim VCO through a Synthetic Sound Labs V-Gates divider. The voice is a single Marienberg Sine Phase VCO into two SSL Tube VCAs, one STG Soundlabs Envelope to modular both, and the VCA outputs go to a Modcan Dual Delay 73B. And a few notes played on the Mellotron M4000D Rack. Strymon BigSky and Lexicon MX400 for reverb."

Remembering Gert Jalass

video upload by John L Rice

"The sad news of Gert's passing put me out of sorts and I ended up looking through old pictures and decided to make a very short and quick remembrance video out of them. Rest in peace Gert, and condolences to all of his friends and family. Feel free to share comments and stories relating to Gert in the comments section below if you like.

The simple sequence is a Moon Modular 569 Quad Sequential Voltage Source running two identical voices each consisting of a MOTM-300 VCO, 1/4 of a MOTM-380 quad LFO, 1/2 of a Moon 517 VCF, 1/2 of a Oakley dual VCA and 1/5 of a Club Of The Knobs poly EG. Also used: Expressive-E Osmose keyboard, Mellotron M4000D Rack, Roland A-88 controller, Strymon BigSky and Timeline pedals, Lexicon MX400 rack."

Just Some Nice Chords

video upload by John L Rice

"MOTM modular, Mellotron M4000D, Yamaha FS1R, Expressive E Osmose, Strymon and Lexicon effects."

Accidental Workbench Jam With Modular Synth And Mellotron

video upload by John L Rice

"It’s easy to get distracted from immediate goals when things start sounding interesting. 😊 Little modular synth with Hexinverter/Re:Synthesis:LWSS sequencer, 2hp Tune, STG Oscillator, Moon 517S VCF, SSL Envelope/VCA all in a Synthesizers.com Box4 case and of course the Mellotron Micro. #modularsynth #mellotron #electronicmusic"

Tangerine Kraft

video upload by John L Rice

"Yet another one of my musical noodles with video clip collage, enjoy! ;-)

Modules used:
2hp: LFO, Seq, Mix, Delay, EG, Verb
Happy Nerding: HM VCO x 3, MMM VCF, ADSR, FM AID
Erica Synths: Pico Trigger, Pico Drums
4ms: Row Power 30
Division6: Multiplicity VI Midnight
WMD/SSF: ADSRVCA
Bubblesound: 141 EG/VCA/LFO
Tiptop Audio: ONE sample player
Intellijel: Springray
Circuit Abbey: Unify mixer

The keyboard is the Mellotron Micro"

Cold Hands, Cold Heart, Cold World

video upload by John L Rice

"Something for Halloween 2023, sort of?

5U Modular Synth:
Moon 569 sequencer, 554 clock divider, 505 filter
Modcan 55B quantizer, 59B delay
SSL Tube VCA, Quad LFO
STG Envelope
Corsynth VC LFO
Marienberg Sine Phase Oscillator
Noise Engineering Cursus Iteritas Magnus VCO

Additional Gear Used:
Roland A-88 keyboard controller, Integra7 synth (for piano)
Mellotron M4000D (Tangerine Dream sound effects)
Expressive-E Osmose keyboard synth
Strymon BigSky reverb, Timeline delay
Lexicon MX400
Tascam SD-20M recorder
Sony Vegas Pro 13 (for post editing)

#modularsynth #electronicmusic #halloween2023"

Moon 569 Sequence With A Side Of Mellotron Noodles

video upload by John L Rice

"Sequence setup is the Moon 569 + 569EGB + 569ES with rows 2,3,4 affecting the position of row 1.

The synth voice is a MOTM-300 VCO, MOTM-380 LFO, Moon 517 VCF, Oakley Dual VCA, and STG EG.

The Mellotron is a M4000D Rack played from a Roland A-88 keyboard.

Effects were from Strymon Timeline and BigSky pedals plus a Lexicon MX400.

#modularsynth #electronicmusic #sequencer"

JLRs Modular Synthesizers - Sidetracked Supplement #2

video upload by John L Rice

JLRs Modular Synthesizers - System Breakdown posts

"This is the second supplement and ninth installment of my video breakdown/rundown series (I'm half way through, sort of . . . ), this time for my custom case that combines a MIDI sequencer and analog poly synth in one half and a mixing board and several guitar pedals in the other half! (only weighs 56 pounds 😬)

Index:
0:00 Beginning
0:24 Introduction
0:48 Contents Rundown
2:38 Construction Details
6:38 Shirt (plugging my friends band ;-)
7:22 Short Sequence Demo
8:45 Simple No-Input Feedback Demo
14:42 End

List of the items that make up this system:
Manikin Electronic: Schrittmacher sequencer
Vermona: PERfourMER MKII synthesizer
Mackie: 802-VLZ3 mixer
TC Electronic: T2 reverb pedal
Dunlop/MXR: Slash Octave Fuzz pedal
Electro Harmonix: Mel9 Mellotron emulator pedal
Mooer: Ocean Machine reverb/delay/looper pedal
Keeley Electronics: Fuzz Bender pedal
Strymon: Zuma R300 pedal power supply
JLR: Mobile I/O Patch custom pedal patch bay
EWI Tourcase: MXC-008-10 mixer case (modified)

Check out my friend's band Vanilla:
https://vanilla.bandcamp.com/album/va...

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Expressive-E Osmose Controlling A Mellotron M4000D Rack

video upload by John L Rice

"I set the Osmose MIDI out to "Poly Aftertouch" and it worked well with the M4000D. Next challenge is to control my big modular synth, stay tuned? ;-)

(Note: the Mellotron Rack shown in the video is just a static image for reference.)"

Battery Powered Mellotron!

video upload by John L Rice

"Quick test to see if this rechargeable 12 volt battery pack by TalentCell, model LF4100, would power my Mellotron Micro OK and it does! I haven’t tested it for how long it can power the Mellotron but I’m guessing “long enough”? 😄 This battery pack also has a 9 volt output and a 5v USB output. Once I find my 9v polarity reverse adapter cable I’ll try another more involved test. #mellotron #synthesizers #batterypowered"

Happy Valentine's Day 2023

video upload by John L Rice

"Partial cover version of Chicago's hit Colour My World using Yudin Workshop Pulsar tongue pan drums and a Mellotron Micro keyboard.

I started this last fall and never finished it. I was going to add drums, bass, maybe some sequencing/arpeggiations, and I even made a futile attempt at singing the vocals but no amount of editing could save it! 🤦‍♂️😅😊 So for Valentine's Day I decided to just put together the last third with just the tongue drums and Mellotron.

#tonguedrum #mellotron #covertunes"