DUSTING OFF // AnalogFX SER-2020 // Part 2 // No Talking

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"Rebuilt of the ultra rare SYNTON SYRINX Dutch keyboard synth.
I cannot compare but the unusual filter setting of
2 bandpass and 1 lowpass VCFs, with 4 different routings
give a lot of modulation freedom and rendition of rather unusual sounds.

Since I am not a fan of black gear. I tried my best in 2023 and contacted
ANALOG FX. And they had been so kind as to manufacture a
custom blue face synth which I have only seen in some
preproductions units and, of course, in the historic
SYRINX which was available also in red.

For the image angle had to use the wide angle and so only a quite low resolution. So there is not much detail. Sorry for that."

Part 1 here

UNBOXING // IK Multimedia UNO SYNTH PRO X // TWEAKING Presests // No Talking

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"Just arrived here. I could not dive deep into the synth. So I am scatchning only the surfice in this video and my short FIRST IMPRESSIONS of the new kid.
Very versatile little machine with paraphonic mode to play triads and program triads in the step sequencer. 2 independet filter. 1 OTA HP/LP, 1 SSM style, parallel or in series.
Now a few shortcomings:
DISTORSION is welcome but has to be that harsh?
Also: A programmable DISTORSION is a good feature but without a programmable level BEHIND the DISTORSION makes the synth almost unsuitable for a live performance as for huge unsustainable loudness gaps between different patches. DELAY and REVERB are only average and far away industry standard.
Flexible MODULATION ROUTING but it is quite a mess to readjust levels as there are for instance no dedicated attenuaters for LFO mod levels for the VCF. I understand that there is not much space on the panel 1. But LFO WAVE knob could get a 2nd shift function. Main job: LFO amount, shift-job: wave....
So these were my fist impressins."

DUDTING OFF // AnalogFX SER-2020 // Part 1 // No Talking

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"Rebuilt of the ultra rare SYNTON SYRINX Dutch keyboard synth. I cannot compare but the unusual filter setting of 2 bandpass and 1 lowpass VCFs, with 4 different routings give a lot of modulation freedom and rendition of rather unusual sounds.

Since I am not a fan of black gear. I tried my best an contacted ANALOG FX. And they had been so kind as to manufacture a custom blue face synth which I have only seen in some preproductions units and, of course, in the historic SYRINX which was available also in red."

https://www.analogfx.com/

ROLAND SBF-325 // KORG PROLOGUE 16 // DRONE // JET FLANGING // DUSTING OFF

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"Dusting off good old ROLAND SBF-325 FLANGER and moving pots to remove oxidation.
A user ask whether the SBF-325 was capable of 'JET FLANGING' and I think it, but you have to enhance the signal before entering the unit a bit in order to gain more overtones either by wavefolding, distorsion and similar measures or simply by adding noise to it. I think that is the trick.

TOC
00:00 Intro
00:12 Dusting Off
00:29 Titles
00:39 Drone
02:25 Jet Flange with Whote Noise
11:33 Credits"

A-V-P Synth RITMOBOX // DRUM SYNTHESIZER with 5 VOICES // NO FX // DUSTING OFF 2

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"A-V-P Synth RITMOBOX had a broken power supply. AC! So I had no substitute and could finally fix it now. Happy to welcome the pure sound in the studio again!"

UNBOXING/ / ELEKTRON DIGITAKT II // Factory Presets 1-16 // No Talking

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A-V-P Synth RITMOBOX // DRUM SYNTHESIZER with 5 VOICES // NO FX // UNDUSTING 1

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"A-V-P Synth RITMOBOX had a broken power supply. AC! So I had no substitute and could finally fix it now. Happy to welcome the pure sound in the studio again!"

** VINTAGE ORIGINAL** // KORG MS-20 // DUSTING OFF // OVERTONE SINIGING // PURE SOUND // no talking

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"VINTAGE original KORG MS-20 still an unbeatable sound source. Despite some heavy crackling. How versatile it is you can hear. Dusting it off is really worth it. Here is a DRONE with some forgotten OVERTONE SINGING."

***VINTAGE ANALOG**** IBANEZ UE-400 + KORG Volca Keys // No Talking

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"Stunning full analog multieffect IBANEZ UE-400 is treating
KORG Volca Keys"

ChatGPT 4.0 explains WALDORF MICROWAVE 1 // The Wavetable Synthesizer // DRY AMBIENT SESSION

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"All tracks were recorded as audio signals in Logic Pro from WALDORF MICROWAVE 1. Except for the drum track which is part of the DAW library.

A ducker was used to tame the audio in DAW except for that all instrumental Microwave tracks remained unmodified; they were only cut and levelled but not treated with any kind of effect.

How would a convenience journalist talk about the WALDORF MICROWAVE 1?
More or less like what you can hear here in the voice over. It's a bit superficial. A silly or incorrect* remark here and there to fulfil the requirements of symmetry and text flow.
*the MW1 was cheaper than its quoted peer PPG Wave but it already had vanished from the market when our rack synth hit the stage.
So, this is the complete answer of ChatGPT 4

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PLUGIN ./. HARDWARE --- WALDORF MICROWAVE 1, Rev. A vs. MICROWAVE 1 Plugin - DRY AMBIENT SESSION

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"All tracks were recorded as audio signals in Logic Pro over the same inputs and the exactly the same cables. They were normalized and equally levelled and off line bounced without any FX which results in a rather unusual sound. How else could you compare both sources?

You hear the hardware when the synth is shown and the plugin when the plugin is in appearing in this video.

Note that I used here only factory single sound patterns delivered with the Microwave plugin. They were all tranferred into the hardware unit right before recording them track per track.

The mixes were randomly cut in Final Cut Pro. They had to be crossfaded in order to avoid clicking.

To my ears the 2 takes sound very similar. Except for LFO speeds and attacks. The hardware seems to be slower in both cases. Even though the original MW1 manual warns users of setting the attack to 0 as it could result in clicking ;-)."

THE PLUGIN REWIRED --- WALDORF MICROWAVE 1, Rev. A vs. MICROWAVE 1 Plugin - SWEEPS // Part C

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"This is a comparision of the WALDORF MICROWAVE 1, Rev. A with WALDORF MICROWAVE 1, Plugin.
Considering a proposal to rewire the PLUGIN this is to record the soundcard output into the DAW again to obtain more comarability.
MW 1 hardware sounds are directly recorded in DAW. Plugin sounds are recordedfrom the out of UFX into inputof UFX using the same pair of cables engaged for the signals of the Hardware unit.

00:00 Intro
00:14 Titles
00:25 ModWheelSweep Original
02:21 ModWheelSweep Plug
04:34 EnvSweep Original
08:36 EnvSweep Plug
12:54 WaveRideSweep Original
15:31 WaveRideSweep Plug
17:19 Credits"

THE PLUGIN REWIRED --- WALDORF MICROWAVE 1, Rev. A vs. MICROWAVE 1 Plugin - PART B

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Part A here

"This is a comparision of the WALDORF MICROWAVE 1, Rev. A with WALDORF MICROWAVE 1, Plugin. Considering a proposal to rewire the PLUGIN this is to record the soundcard output into the DAW again to obtain more comarability.

MW 1 hardware sounds are directly recorded in DAW. Plugin sounds are recordedfrom the out of UFX into inputof UFX using the same pair of cables engaged for the signals of the Hardware unit."

00:00 Intro
00:14 Titles
00:17 DREAMPIANO Original
01:07 DREAMPIANO Plug
02.01 NOISY VIBES Original
02:45 NOISY VIBES Plug
03:29 RAW-SAW Original
04:40 RAW-SAW Plug
05:36 SOFT STRINGS 1985 Original
06:21 SOFT STRINGS 1985 Plug
07.07 STEEL WAVE Original
07:55 STEEL WAVE Plug
08:43 VOX HUMANUM Original
09:36 VOX HUMANUN Plug
10:30 WAVE RIDE Original
11.42 WAVE RIDE Plug
11:55 Credits

THE PLUGIN --- WALDORF MICROWAVE 1, Rev. A vs. MICROWAVE 1 Plugin - PART A

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Part B here

"This is a comparision of the WALDORF MICROWAVE 1, Rev. A with WALDORF MICROWAVE 1, Plugin.
MW 1 hardware sounds are directly recorded in DAW.
Plugin sounds are offline bounced.
PART B will be published soon.

00:00 Intro
00:14 Titles
00:17 ARP Original
00:58 ARP Plug
01:38 ATMOSPHERE Original
03:12 ATMOSPHERE Plug
04:47 DREAM BELLS Original
05:20 DREAM BELLS Plug
05:54 ORIENTALIST Original
08:49 ORIENTALIST Plug
10:47 Credits"

Mystical Sunset ARPEGGIOS // Roland Jupiter-8 // No Talking

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"Playing and rediscovering this absolutely stunning vintage synth, with all its shorcoming due to aged parts but it the pure magic. his session was directly recorded into the computer via RME Fireface UFX. No effect whatsoever were used and after the recording."

00:00 Intro
00:13 Title
00:27 Playing Sound
00.41 Arpeggio 1
01:48 Cross Modulation
04:00 LFO Modulation
06:40 Sine Waves
08:20 Sync Sounds
10:35 Sine Sync Arpeggio
11:54 Credits

Gamechanger Audio MotorSynth // Electric AND Acoustic Exploration // No Talking

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"GAMECHANGER Audio adopts the TONE WHEEL principal of HAMMOND ORGANS for synthesizers for the first time. Instead of OSCILLATORS there are 8 TONE WHEELS (physically rotating discs) creating the basic waves. These rotating wheel are more then well audible. I was a bit surprised how loud these wheels were. Although I had tested the synth on SUPERBOOTH 2019 whre GAMECHANGER presented their prototype. But the noise floor of the convention (what a surprise :-)) was much louder than my regular studio ambience. So in this demo recorded the acoustic behaviour of the synth as well which led to this short demo sequence repeated 3 times to give you an idea of the the work with the synth:

Phase 1: Pure electric signal
Phase 2: Pure electric signal + Studio ambience
Phase 3: Studio ambience only, mainly acoustic noise/resonances of the MOTORSYNTH"

Havel

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"Peace and quiet by the HAVEL river in Berlin. Short cycling trip to the natural beach.
Filmed with iPhone 15 Pro Max only.
Music SEQUENTIAL PROPHET 6 sequenced and recorded in Logic Pro with with onbooard FX to taste."

MALEKKO DUAL BORG Filter // Borg 1 in HP Borg 2 in LP Mode // Red Panel Dual Sine-Sawtooth // 2

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"Exploring the qualities of MALEKKO DUAL BORG with different resonance settings. Character is evolving when reso is kicked in.
This is BORG 1 in Hipass & BORG 2 in Lopass. Both are controlled by DOEPFER 183-2, CV-offset-attenuator."

Mystical Sunset Pads // Roland Jupiter-8 // No Talking

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"Playing and rediscovering this absolutely stunning vintage synth, with all its shorcoming due to aged parts but it the pure magic. his session was directly recorded into the computer via RME Fireface UFX. No effect whatsoever were used and after the recording."

Superbooth 24 // LAST DAY // PURE IMPRESSIONS with MUSIC // Insights

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"Impressions and amtmosphere, people and synths from Superbooth 24 of the last day of the convention.

00:00 Intro
00:01 Entering
00:52 Bungalowdorf
01:22 UDO
01:44 HAKEN Audio
01:51 BUCHLA
02:31 Back in FEZ
03:57 GDR Modular Synth
04:27 Open Air Stage
04:46 KORG Phase 8
05:11 Finished: Packing Things Up
05:56 Credits
06:16 Going Home"