KORG Polysix Acidlab Miami & Ashun Sound Machines Hydrasynth Explorer - Hardware Synth Session

video upload by Samuel Smoky Purple

"Session

Ashun Sound Machines Hydrasynth Explorer - Chase Bliss MOOD MKII
KORG Polysix - YAMAHA SPX990
Acidlab Miami
Fors Pluck - Ego - Romb
Ableton Live
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Samuel Smoky Purple"

https://samuel-smoky-purple.bandcamp.com

ARPf returns to the West Coast!

via The Alan R Pearlman Foundation

ARPf returns to the West Coast!

Yep - we're headed back to California for NAMM - and more! Here's the scoop:

Events

Thursday January 22:
Registration opens for our NAMM giveaway!
Friday January 23:
Anthony Marinelli at our booth

Blue Meanie All Day: See the rarest ARP there is! Nicknamed the "Blue Marvin" after ARP's CFO, Marvin Cohen, due to its bright blue metal case and unique features - while the actual name was "Blue Marvin," the nickname "Blue Meanie" stuck! Only about 25 were made in 1971, making them highly sought after.

ARP 2600: Drew Schlesinger demonstrates patches using the 2600 software included in the Korg Collection VST
Saturday January 24
Artists at our booth - TBA

Giveaways at 4:00pm:

Poster signed by Martin Gore
Soul of the Machine CDs

And one lucky person will win the full Korg Collection 6:

Magical sounds, authentically re-created by KORG.
The ultimate synthesizer suite for the ages.

The KORG Collection is a suite of software synthesizers that methodically and accurately recreates the authentic sound and behavior of legendary KORG synthesizers for the present day and beyond. The KORG Collection project began with analogue synths such as the MS-20, Polysix and Mono/Poly, and has steadily evolved to include digital synths such as the world’s most popular synth, the legendary microKORG, the workstation classics M1 and TRITON, and physical modeling synthesis from the renowned Prophecy. The KORG Collection even includes the ARP ODYSSEY and ARP 2600, both revived for the 21st century by KORG.

In 2025, KORG added three legendary instruments to the KORG Collection – each an icon of its era, celebrated for their distinctive presence and heard over decades in countless classic tracks. The TRINITY, PS-3300 and SGX-2.

As if NAMM weren't enough all on its own - there's Buchla & Friends on Sunday, January 24.

Buchla & Friends is January’s biggest two-day collection of hands-on synths on the West Coast! If you love creative sound, you need to be here. With a pre-party on Thursday, afterparty on Saturday, and two days of exploring all the greatest gear, Buchla & Friends is an essential start to the new year.

They're gathering over 90 synth makers in one awesome Downtown Los Angeles location so you can learn, listen, and live the latest in electronic music sound production. This hands-on, headphones-only gathering gives you a chance to hear the best sounds science has ever created. From additive to subtractive, analog to digital, keyboards to breath, audio to visual, modular to full-size polyphonic, eurorack to Serge to Buchla, you’ll meet synth makers and synth enthusiasts alike.

Register on eventbrite: https://bnf26.eventbrite.com

NAMMSALE!

We're celebrating NAMM with a sale - up to 15% off everything in the shop!

Leploop + Solar 42f + Wave Bard: Jamuary Junction Function

video upload by InfinD

"Leploop does the driving. The Solar 42f VCO's fill out the rhythm, both arpeggiating from the split keyboard. 'Metalicized' by the Digital FX card, modulated by sample & hold. Wave Bard on vocals, delay from the Korg NTS-1 MKii.

Recorded live on the Zoom L6, audio normalized in Audacity.

Vintage Infindibulum on Bandcamp:"

Vintage 1980s Korg Mono/Poly Synthesizer SN 375483

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via this eBay listing

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Roland JP-8000 Emulation (JE-8086) - "Cinematica" Soundset

video upload by LFOstore

"BUY: https://lfo.sellfy.store/p/roland-jp-...

Finally famous Motorola DSP56300 emulated in computer!
The Virus B,C,TI,SNOW, Waldorf Micro Q and other famous synths were made with this baby in heart.

Please support developers here: https://dsp56300.wordpress.com/ostiru...

'Cinematica' Soundset for legendary Roland JP-8000 emulation - JE-8086 !

Its very different to the most of soundsets you saw before - with all this progressive trance supersaw leads & arps - 'Cinematica' focused on 'analog like' tones:

deep basses, analog leads, warmest strings & deepest pads under inspiration of modern & vintage science fiction movies.

Preset categories:

1-16 - Strings Pads Swells
17-24 - Leads Poly & Mono
25-32 - Basses
33- 41 - Plucks
42- 49 - Movements
50 - 58 - Vintage Strings
58 -64 - Varios sounds

By Nick Klimenko aka Chronos, a creator of 'Organica' for Waldorf Blofeld & 'WS Universe' for Korg Wavestation.

All sounds of soundset bpm syncable & modulation wheel approved.

Powerful unison basses, stunning mono & poly leads, sharp plucks, dynamic & wide arps, deep & realistic strings.

Great for soundtrack atmosphere, synth-pop & retro wave music, dance floor music.

Rediscover & Enjoy The Roland Legacy!"

Korg Wavestation Piano WSC-01 PCM & WPC-01 Piano Performance Data Cards

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Jamuary 11-01-26 - 2x CPM DS-2/DF-8/SQ-1 Minimal Techno

video upload by ChrisLody

"Hello, remember me? I'm still here 😄

I found time for a quick Jamuary jam today with two Stylophone CPM DS-2s and DF-8s. I make a bit of content for them so I've had these a while and I've been meaning to upload something using them. They're producing all the sound here including the percussion and the effects. The two Korg SQ-1 are both running in 2x 8 step mode for 4 full channels of sequencing. It's a bit restrictive with the SQ-1 but still fun!

I have an mmMidi module in my eurorack that has two CV and Gate outputs and is also expandable with an extra module to add drum style gates on a third midi channel. that would be an excellent way to sequence this with something like a Lofi-12 XT, but I don't have the expander yet, it's on the list 😅"

"If you'd like to support the channel you can grab a 'Pay What You Want' album from my Bandcamp.
https://chrislody.bandcamp.com
Chat to me on:
@chrislodymusic.bsky.social
Listen on:
/ chrislody"

Frostwave Resonator - Korg MS20 filter clone - Classic Australian guitar pedal

video upload by Mikus Pilatus

"One of the classic Australian pedals (along with Chunk)

Just fixed this up (it’s my second resonator)

They ooze character"

The Frostwave Resonator is a clone of the classic Korg MS20 filter.

RK006 Polychaining setup a Roland S1, SH01, JX03 and Korg NTS1

video upload by Retrokits

"This video shows you how you can setup the RK006 to chain multiple synths together. We call it PolyMUXing, and There are two different types on the RK006, one is via midi channel switching on a single RK006 port, the other is about chaining multiple midi outputs together to chain actual hardware - and that's what you'll see here

https://retrokits.com/shop/rk006"

green piano

video upload by itramtal

DSI Pro 2 & Korg SV-1

Why the Korg DSS-1 matters

video upload by Espen Kraft

"Korg DSS-1 sampling synthesizer from 1986. Not a very good sampler, because of it's incredibly cumbersome sampling process, but it excel if you use it as a synth. With its capability to manually draw your waveforms, or additive synthesis, you don't have to use the sampling engine at all.

These are a variety of my favourite sounds made up from drawn waveforms and samples.

If you're interested in a in-depth tutorial about sampling on the DSS-1 I have that for sale. Check out the demo video here: • Korg DSS-1 | in-depth 35minutes sampling t... [below]

I overloaded my external effects on some of the sounds in this video hence a bit of distortion here and there. Lexicon PCM70 reverb and Zoom MS70CDR chorus and delay."

Korg DSS-1 | in-depth 35minutes sampling tutorial | Download now

video upload by Espen Kraft

"In this video I go through step-by-step how to sample your own sounds into the Korg DSS-1. From scratch, all the way up to a Mult-sound which is one of two "oscillators" of the DSS-1.
I also show how to draw your own waveforms and use these as building blocks for a multi-sound."

Tracker+ Sound Demo / Raw Analog Sample Pack

video upload by Polyend

"Isobutane explores his RAW Analog sample pack to create and perform with the Tracker+
Find Raw Analog - https://polyend.com/palettes/

100% crafted from scratch samples of the Roland JX3P, Black Corporation Deckard's Dream, Korg EX800, Korg Monologue, Sequential Prophet REV2, Roland Alpha Juno 1, Elektron Syntakt, and DSI Tempest.

0:00 - Song 1
1:32 - Song 2
2:52 - Song 3"

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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via this Reverb listing

"Fully tested and in excellent working condition. Includes original power supply and SmartMedia card."

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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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UNIVOX SR-95 (Korg Mini Pops 7) - A Vintage Analog Preset Drum Machine | DEMO

video upload by You Are The Robots

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."