Wednesday, January 07, 2026
Leploop + Solar 42f: A Jamuary Joining
video upload by InfinD
"Surely somebody must have hooked a Leploop up to a Solar 42f, but I haven't seen it, so here we go. Random clock divisions from the Moffenzeef Pocket Clock It, Delay provided by the Korg NTS-1.
Recorded live on the Zoom L6, audio normalized in Audacity.
Vintage Infindibulum on Bandcamp:
https://thisco.bandcamp.com/"
Korg Electribe-MX EMX-1 Music Production Station
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"Fully tested and in excellent working condition. Includes original power supply and SmartMedia card."
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Tuesday, January 06, 2026
MDLR JAM 04 - Live 5U Modular Session
video upload by rimela
"In this patch, the Korg Polysix becomes part of the modular ecosystem. Its filter CV input is driven from the modular. Chord progressions are rythmically shaped by trigger and clock signals coming from the Roland TR-505. String layers from the Roland RS-09. Drums are the Corsynth DR 01/02/03. modules. Recorded live in one take."
Circus @ 39 o'Clock (Roland DJ-70, ARP 2600m, Moog Slim Phatty, Novation Drumstation)
video upload by Mano Sol
"This is the third of a new series entitled 'Mono Soul: Samples, Synths and Oscilloscopes'...
Going back to how I produced music 30 years ago. Embracing the limitations and beauty of 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 00s technology. Repurposing and recycling technology and music.
Equipment used in this video:
Roland DJ-70 (sampling heavy lifting, VL Tone drums)
Moog Slim Phatty (fat synth bass)
Korg ARP 2600m (clanky bell sound)
Novation Drumstation (808 kicks and snares)
Macintosh SE running MOTU Performer 4.2
Korg SDD-2000 (echoes)
Roland RSP-550 (reverb)
Mackie 1402-VLZ Pro"
Korg Triton Pro 76 Keyboard Synthesizer / Workstation (76-Key) SN 005848
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Monday, January 05, 2026
Getting Down with the Leploop (V3)
video upload by InfinD
"The Leploop is an analog 'groove box', with two oscillator, a percussion voice, four independent sequencer tracks and pretty wild filter. Really it's all you need for a live techno set, but it has plenty of ins and outs to connect with other gizmos. Keeping it simple here, I have it clock synced to the Korg NTS-1 MKII, providing a ping-pong delay and some backing rhythm from the custom ROAT oscillator (thanks, @Tweeeeeak! ).
Recorded live on the Zoom L6, audio normalized in Audacity.
Vintage Infindibulum on Bandcamp:
https://thisco.bandcamp.com/"
Making a sawtooth and sine from a triangle wave - converting waves the opposite way as usual .
video upload by organfairy
"I switch it on at 4:35 and run it with a sequencer at 5:25.
After having made the 'classical' sine wave generator • Analog sine wave generator [video below] and the 'sort of digital' sine wave generator • Synthesizing waveforms with a frequency di... [posted here] a couple of months ago, I thought I should do a sine wave the third way - if not for other reasons it could be to say that I have done a sine wave trilogy: Start with a triangle and convert it to a sine wave.
This is a method that was often used commercially. If a function generator has both triangle and sine it is often made this way, and the XR2206 component that is often found on cheap tone generator kits works this way internally. I am not sure about the EMS VCS3 but I have a suspecion that OSCILLATOR 1 is also based on this idea as it can make saw and sine at the same time.
I do start with making a sawtooth wave though. I have not seen this method used before, but I doubt that I am the first to have done it.
The music is sort of a mood composition where I focused more on the mood and the sound construction than the melody, which is rather unusual for me as I consider myself a melody focused music tinkerer. Whatever it is I made it on my Roland D-20."
Analog sine wave generator
video upload by organfairy
"I test run it at 4:15
After making that "somewhere in the swampy wasteland between analog and digital sine wave generator" last week, I decided to try and make a classical analog sine wave generator - just for the fun of it.
Sine wave generators are sort of an interesting thing: They are basically just an amplifier connected back to front through a filter, but the amplifier needs to be regulated in some way, otherwise the sinewave will get distorted to a point where it is often more a square wave.
This sine wave generator is not controllable from a keyboard like the other one I made, so it is more for modulation purposes or maybe if I one day take up the obscure art of musique concrete.
The musique ridicule that I play during the video is something I fumbled together playing my Korg Rhythm 55, Elka X-1000, and Roland D-20."
Festival of Modular 2026 Tokyo Official Digest Video
video upload by Tokyo Festival of Modular
Festival of Modular 2025 Tokyo
NOVEMBER 23 (Sun) & 24 (Mon)
AT ORD. & ZAspace, Daikanyama
Live Acts from China:
tamiX / THESSIAN (Modular Commune)
Live Acts from South Korea:
OYKNI / Lim Yong JU / Noddy Woo
Live Acts from Taiwan:
MADZINE / weiii
Live Acts from Spain:
espinoza / Alpha Decay
Live Acts from Czech Republic:
Václav from BASTL INSTRUMENTS
Sunday, January 04, 2026
Korg Polysix with Kiwi Technics Kiwisix
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video upload by ohm_studi_ohm
"Demo of some patches I programmed on the Korg Polysix. This unit has the KiwiSix CPU board installed that adds many features (like MIDI, sequencing, 512 presets etc) without changing the sound of the synth.
The polysix is a true 6 voice VCO VCF VCA analog synth and it sounds great. By design however the enveloppe is slow and the sound a bit dark due to an added post FX VCF (LM13600). A simple mod allows to bypass this and let the synth shines. With this mod you get a very snappy and funky synth whose SSM2044 filters gets very well along the built-in chorus/phaser/ensemble FX. This unit has this mod done.
From funky keys, to lush string pads, the P6 has a very large scope despite its very limited features.
Only bad point of the P6 is that it has a fairly high noise level. Some improvement can be made like in this unit by adding more ground wires, applying copper foil on the bottom case and adding ferite around wires."
via this Reverb listing, also on eBay
"INSTRUMENT IS FOR SALE AT REDUCED PRICE ON EBAY DURING JANUARY ONLY"
Pics of the inside below.
"Serviced and fully working classic 6 voices analog poly synth.- brand new KiwiTechnics Kiwisix CPU board that adds lot of features (MIDI IN & OUT, CC, sequencer, 512 presets etc)
- all electrolytic capacitors were replaced (the P6 has many of infamous Panasonic CE capacitors that leak after decades of use)
- post FX VCF mod: this simple mod gives the P6 faster enveloppe and fuller sound. A must do on all P6, check demo.- improvement of the ground design by adding more and thicker ground wires, copper tape on the bottom case and ferrite around the data wires
- full calibration
Unit is fully working and sounds great. As expected with these Polysix there still is some light background digital noise due to design, but nothing major, check demo to hear how it sounds.
Cosmetic is good with some scuffs here and there, especially on the case as it often is the case on P6. One switch cap ("hold") is not original."
video upload by ohm_studi_ohm
"Demo of some patches I programmed on the Korg Polysix. This unit has the KiwiSix CPU board installed that adds many features (like MIDI, sequencing, 512 presets etc) without changing the sound of the synth.
The polysix is a true 6 voice VCO VCF VCA analog synth and it sounds great. By design however the enveloppe is slow and the sound a bit dark due to an added post FX VCF (LM13600). A simple mod allows to bypass this and let the synth shines. With this mod you get a very snappy and funky synth whose SSM2044 filters gets very well along the built-in chorus/phaser/ensemble FX. This unit has this mod done.
From funky keys, to lush string pads, the P6 has a very large scope despite its very limited features.
Only bad point of the P6 is that it has a fairly high noise level. Some improvement can be made like in this unit by adding more ground wires, applying copper foil on the bottom case and adding ferite around wires."
via this Reverb listing, also on eBay
"INSTRUMENT IS FOR SALE AT REDUCED PRICE ON EBAY DURING JANUARY ONLY"
Pics of the inside below.
"Serviced and fully working classic 6 voices analog poly synth.- brand new KiwiTechnics Kiwisix CPU board that adds lot of features (MIDI IN & OUT, CC, sequencer, 512 presets etc)- all electrolytic capacitors were replaced (the P6 has many of infamous Panasonic CE capacitors that leak after decades of use)
- post FX VCF mod: this simple mod gives the P6 faster enveloppe and fuller sound. A must do on all P6, check demo.- improvement of the ground design by adding more and thicker ground wires, copper tape on the bottom case and ferrite around the data wires
- full calibration
Unit is fully working and sounds great. As expected with these Polysix there still is some light background digital noise due to design, but nothing major, check demo to hear how it sounds.
Cosmetic is good with some scuffs here and there, especially on the case as it often is the case on P6. One switch cap ("hold") is not original."
phaedra2026 by graal7
video upload by graal7
variation of phaedra (tangerine dream)
moog one
model d geddy lee
matrix and drumbrute
sq 1
korg ms 20
xf8
* Novation Summit in there as well.
Saturday, January 03, 2026
Korg Prophecy Monophonic Analog Modeling Synthesizer
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Univox MiniKorg 700s K2 Korg SN 00689
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video upload by Roland Perez
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"All the dials, switches, keys and jacks work great EXCEPT the Red knob on the top by the left side of the keys.. It seems to only work in DUET mode, not Modulation or Noise. That knob might need a good cleaning or repair."
video upload by Roland Perez
via this eBay listing, also on Reverb
"All the dials, switches, keys and jacks work great EXCEPT the Red knob on the top by the left side of the keys.. It seems to only work in DUET mode, not Modulation or Noise. That knob might need a good cleaning or repair."
Friday, January 02, 2026
Matt Barber - 80's in 80 seconds
video upload by Matt Barber - Sounds from The Sandbox
"Just thought I would try a little something fun...the title says it all. 0 to 80's in 80 seconds. Enjoy. Certified AI free and no traces of softsynths!
Drums - Oberheim DX Stretch, Korg DDD-1 - just a snare on 2 and 4 with mostly just the reverb return from a Roland SDE-330 non-lin setting, Roland TR8S - some perc and a ghost snare from the 707 kit.
Oberheim OB-8
Korg DW-8000
Bass - Roland D-50 patch also triggering a Roland JX8P and Korg Polysix to fatten and double it
Ensoniq ESQ - A nice PPG Wave patch from a sound cartridge I have for it.
Sequential Rev 2 also triggering a bell patch on the Yamaha TG33
Yamaha DX7iiD - nice dual patch one a rhodes type and the other a tine from the many banks on the Hypersynth card to finish it off and play out on."
Matt Barber - 80's in 80 seconds - Episode 2
video upload by Matt Barber - Sounds from The Sandbox
"80's in 80 Seconds Episode 2 has landed! The first one was a bit fun so let's keep the theme going. This one starts off with a nice "groove" and builds with some synths spanning the decade. If you listen past the 80 seconds the Arp Odyssey briefly shows off its duo-phonic capabilities with a few 2 note chords that almost have a vocoder like effect with the phaser on it just after the 2 minute mark.
The following instruments were used and recorded as a 2 track with no editing or overdubs with each part being played into a pair of Arturia Keystep Pro sequencers. As always, AI free and made with real ingredients. Thanks for watching!
Oberheim DX Stretch - main drums
Korg DDD-1 - perc
Roland TR8-S - additional high hats, rim shot, crash
Berhinger - Model D - Bass
Roland Jupiter 4 - Arp
Korg PolySix - Synth Brass Pad 1
Roland Jupiter 6 - Synth layer 2
Yamaha DX7II - Bell 1
Roland D-50 - Bell 2
Arp Solina - Strings
Arp Odyssey Mkii 2810 - Lead"
Matt Barber - 80's in 80 seconds - Episode 3
video upload by Matt Barber - Sounds from The Sandbox
"80's in 80 seconds episode 3 is here to start of the New Year! I thought something "new" should be in 'order' after the busy holiday period. Several familiar sounds in this one that can most likely been dialed in on many synths of the era but this one builds with the hardware listed below. All natural...Certified AI and VST free. Thanks for listening!
Drums -
Korg DDD-1 to start with the first hi-hat
Oberhiem DX Stretch - Main kick, beat kick, snare, additional hi-hat, clap, and rim shot
Roland TR-8S - a little kick for attack, snare ghost notes, and high hat movement
Pad 1 - Oberheim OB-8
BASS - Berhinger Pro 1 and Poly D played with the arpeggio on on the Keystep Pro
Pad 2 - Roland D50 layered with Roland JX-8P and Korg DW8000
Bell - DX 7 ....of course it is!
ARP Chords - Roland Jupiter 4."
Korg Nu:TEKT NTS-1 mk1 assembly, Syntakt playing presets
video upload by Tsumios / Hardware Electronic Music Adventures
"I assemble the Korg NTS-1 mk1 synthesizer and Syntakt playing the presets ^_^
It's three years old video, filmed it in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where I live some time at autumn in 2022 year.
use
Korg Nu:TEKT NTS-1 mk1 to assemble it,
Roland Go Pro mixer,
Elektron Syntakt to play it's presets as music background,
Recorded with iPhone."
Thursday, January 01, 2026
Synthwave Techno | Novation Peak + MinilogueXD + MicroMonsta2 + Blofeld | Dawless Live Jam 14
video upload by STEHRÆON
"Melodic synthwave techno live jam performed on my full hardware setup.
That was the first time I used four synthesizers in parallel in a live session. Rig: Novation Peak, Korg Minilogue XD, MicroMonsta2, Waldorf Blofeld, Roland TR-6S, Novation Circuit Tracks (sequencing only), recorded raw to Tascam Model 12.
All performed live, no DAW, no edits."
"Racing the Edge at Mach GoGoGo" - Live MIDI synths. Akai MPX, iConnectivity mioXL.
video upload by Patrick Manderson
"'Racing the Edge at Mach GoGoGo'
This music was recorded live late afternoon on Saturday December 27 2025 using a MIDI sequencer and a room full of synthesizers.
Inspired by a 60's cartoon series.
Music was sequenced and automated with a Akai MPC X sequencer and a iConnectivity mioXL MIDI router.
Audio was mixed through a Midas Venice F24 mixer into a MOTU Ultralite mk5 audio interface.
The following devices were used to for drums and percussion layers.
Korg Radias, Roland SH4d, Electron Analog Rytm Mk II, Novation BassStation II."
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
The Alan R Pearlman Foundation's Year in Review
video upload by Alan R. Pearlman Foundation
"From a Compilation to a Concert Celebration, our year celebrating our namesake's Centenary has been amazing! Share our journey!
Music by Lisa Bella Donna & Shawn Johnson
Purchase Soul of the Machine at https://alanrpearlmanfoundation.bandc...
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Korg, Cherry Audio, Moog Music, Manny Fernandez, Tom Rhea, Rosen Sound
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Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Mindfulness and Meditation For the End Times by Benefaktor
"Sean Drinkwater performs on the Korg Opsix SE synthesizer! Relax, it will all be over soon.
released December 30, 2025"
This one is in via supporting member, Loscha who had the following to say:
"My friend Sean Drinkwater (of the band Freezepop) has a new album out on Bandcamp.
It's a made on one symth album, the Korg OpSix, the super Dx7 for these modern times.
One hour of name-your-price peaceful ambience."
https://benefaktor.bandcamp.com/...
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