Moog Muse Whimsical Interlude

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"A new ambient track. I really liked the sound of the filter oscillating in this pleasing sort of way.

No external FX."

DSI Poly Evolver sequencer soundscape with Fractal Audio FM3 for FX

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"Yesterday was a good day. Just one of those memorable days that I'll cherish, with some things that I can't talk about, but other things that I can. I played some games with my youngest daughter while my wife picked up our older kid from school. When she came home, she asked me to pull out a loose tooth. I did - blood everywhere. The joy on her face when it came out, and the follow up pain and tears and "Wow this is different" was just exciting to watch. She is growing up and I love being such an integral part of that. It makes me so happy. Then, the three of us played board games for another hour or two while it rained outside.

Honestly, there could not have been a better day.

Oh yeah, and I bought Silksong and started playing that."

DSI Poly Evolver soundscape with emotive pads

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"Just pulled this out to see what it can do for me. Sometimes I forget how interesting it can sound, and, maybe more to the point, how good a 4 voice synth can sound.

I’ve just been going back and forth between trading this for a Moog Muse. In the one hand, I haven’t played my Poly Evolver much, on the other hand, if I sell it, the prices are getting crazy and I’d probably never get one again.

Sigh… no idea.

NI Raum for reverb"

Moog Muse Soundscape | Ambient melody

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"I am borrowing a Moog Muse from a friend. This is the first piece I made with it.

No external FX."

Life's Window | Prophet 10 soundscape

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"It was my Dad's birthday today. He didn't make it to this birthday, or the last 14 birthday's either. Time just goes on and takes everything away from us. But I wanted to write something on his Birthday. I miss him. I miss my mom too. I miss them both.

Meanwhile, I'm just barely hanging on. My wife still hasn't found a job and I sometimes think she won't get one before I lose mine due to all the awesome stuff going on in the federal government. We've been worried about what will happen when we're both without jobs. I couldn't get a job if I tried (and I have). I guess no one wants someone who has a really niche background. It's just not a great place to be.

Life goes on anyway.

Prophet 10
NI Raum for reverb"

https://midera.bandcamp.com/

The eleventh hour | Elektron Monomachines IDM jam

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"Eleventh Monomachine track in my latest series.
#elektron #monomachine #nativeinstruments

Native Instruments RAUM used for reverb

Recorded on 8/16/2025"

Authoritarium | Elektron Monomachines IDM jam

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"Tenth Monomachine track in my latest series.

#elektron #monomachine #nativeinstruments

Native Instruments RAUM used for reverb

Recorded on 8/14/2025"

Darkfinding | Elektron Monomachines IDM jam

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"Eighth Monomachine track in my latest series.

#elektron #monomachine #nativeinstruments

Native Instruments RAUM used for reverb

Recorded on 8/6/2025"

Seven | Elektron Monomachines IDM jam

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"Seventh Monomachine track in my latest series.

#elektron #monomachine #nativeinstruments

Native Instruments RAUM used for reverb

Recorded on 7/26/2025"

Impulse | Elektron Monomachine IDM track

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"Another monomachine track. One monomachine was used for melody, the other for drums.

Created 07/23/2025 | MIDERA"

Dance of the black moon | Elektron Monomachines IDM track

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"New track July 19th 2025. Have a day or two to just write music and relax, so I created this, recorded it, and finished it today. Enjoy.

Native Instruments RAUM used for Reverb (trying to get away from Eventide Blackhole VST on Linux)"

Elektron Monomachines IDM jam

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"Track title: IV

Nothing to report. Didn't like the track so I finished it to move on to something else.

Eventide Blackhole VST used for reverb"

The age of sadness | Sequential Prophet VS and Rhodes Piano somber improvisation w Fractal Audio FM3

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"In the distance I saw the clouds, and with them a rainbow. It appeared so tranquil, so peaceful. And then it was gone. Just like that. Just like us.

Fractal Audio FM3 was used to loop the Prophet VS. I played on top of that with the Rhodes Piano.

No external FX used."

Shades of fire | Twin Elektron Monomachine IDM

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"What a foul mood I was in today. My daughter struggled to do the most basic math - I had thought she had overcome some of it, but alas, not so. Well, I handled it worse than she handled the math. Me, the adult, just couldn't do it. I exposed my frustration so quickly, she shut down. After that, we cancelled her violin lessons (she wanted to drop it) and we come to find that they make you stay for an extra 4 weeks because "it's a long-term relationship" (that they failed to disclose when we signed up. So we will lose $150 for that. Then - just general frustration at everything (little). Like the house being a mess, it's too small, there's too much to do. I just... found everything to be upset about.

At the end of the day, I profusely apologized to my daughter, but... I think it's my frustration/anger that she'll remember long from now, just like I remember my father's anger more than anything else. When I apologized - she just laughed and giggled... so I don't even know what to think, but I have to do better. Today was not good.

Well - Perhaps at the peak of my frustration is when I finally sat down and wrote this track. Now you know where my mind was when writing this.

Eventide Blackhole VST used for reverb.
Aftermarket +Drives purchased from MachineStore: / discord"

Suncrest Echoes | Dual Elektron Monomachine IDM with the new aftermarket +Drives from MachineStore

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"Last night we decided to get a Corn Snake. I used to have a beautiful California King Snake that I sadly parted ways with back in 2014. I deeply regret that. My daughter was begging to have a pet that was 'hers' and after thinking through the options (my favorite being a rat, but I'm allergic to them now), we went with a snake. My daughter kept going back to one that had a 'small tail', making it B grade. It's likely it was incubated too hot and now has a defect. But it was cute that she continued to choose that one over all the others. I think deep down she figured I'd be most likely to accept the 'cheapest one' but she maintains it was because she felt bad for it because no one seemed to want her. She named the snake Mocha because "you both like Mochas" (referring to me and my wife). Currently, the snake has been staring at me for the last 30 minutes.

I also wanted to plug the new +Drives for the Elektron Monomachines and Marchinedrums. If you have these instruments, definitely consider the upgrades if you don't have them. I purchased TWO of them. Installation was incredibly simple too. Here's a set of links to check out. Ask questions too!

/ discord

/ wts_drive_extension_for_elektron_machinedrum"

Dual Monomachine IDM with new aftermarket +Drives from MachineStore

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"Scrolling through Reddit one day I came across a post about aftermarket +Drives. I thought it wasn't legit, or rather, I didn't know what to think.
This is the thread: / wts_drive_extension_for_elektron_machinedrum

Well, my Monomachines are the MKI variety, and I got them a long time ago, sans +Drives (which I didn't even know what they were at the time). I got mine really cheap, and of course, now surprised for what they go for. Anyway, I was always a little bummed that I didn't have the drives in mine, although it's not the worst thing in the world to use the computer to offload the patterns/data and start fresh.

Anyway - I bought these aftermarket +Drives for a really good price, got two of them. The folks over at MachineStore (SyntheticJudah specifically) are awesome and the whole process from start to finish buying these things and getting them (well packed) to my house, was really excellent.

Here's some other places to find their stuff:
/ aftermarket_drive_for_machinedrum_monomachine

/ discord

I'm looking forward to whatever they release next. You should check them out if you have Elektron gear :)

Used Eventide Blackhole VST for reverb."

Faded photograph | Tranquil ambient with Rhodes piano, Prophet VS, Alvarez 12, and FM3 pedal

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"It's been a month. As I said, my wife lost her job in May. We hoped she would get a job that seemed like a great fit, someone had reached out to her and said she'd be perfect. Guess they didn't think so later. Oh well.

I did manage to extract all the audio from my old Roland VS-840GX. I kind of wish I was still recording using that thing, it was so good for just sitting down without a screen and recording whatever I wanted, but using a DAW is just so much nicer.

I had half written the rhodes part on this track, when I ended up recording something else that I plan to put into a rock track (yes, I am trying to get back into writing that type of music). Came back to this last night and recorded this, with some changes. Funny how walking away and coming back to something helps you change it for the better.

I used the Fractal Audio FM3 as a looper to loop the first part and then played everything else over it. The Rhodes and Prophet VS was performed in one go, the guitar was done in a second round with Eventide Blackhole VST for reverb.

Well, I hope you enjoy this - my first track written in a month."

TITAN Patch Bank: A Yamaha SY77/TG77 soundbank of 64 patches

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"It has taken me years to publish this sound set. Mostly - I did not think it was that good, but I was asked repeatedly to release it. So that is what I am doing. I am quite horrible at showcasing bass sounds, of which I had quite a few here. I believe my original goal was to make either SH-101 or Minimoog type sounds and get that sweet sweet Lately Bass patch so I could sell my TX81z. I think I succeeded, at least a little bit there.

My playing was not rehearsed, as it already takes a lot of time to showcase each sound. This will, of course, be obvious when you listen, because it will not sound particularly good or refined. Plus, there are no external FX, which I personally like to use, but won't on a soundbank or patchbank video because I want to make sure you are hearing exactly what you will get when purchasing the patches.

These patches span the years from 2017 when I got the SY77, until today. I honestly can't believe I've had the thing that long. That's 8 years I've owned this. It's still one of my favorites.

If you'd like to purchase my soundset, please go to my webpage and shoot me an email: https://www.midera-artist.com/synthes..."

Mors aliquid novi | A Prophet VS and acoustic 12-string guitar ambient improvisation soundscape

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"Earlier this month I managed to replace the bone saddle in my 12 string guitar. I guess years of messing with the saddle (as well as expansion contraction in the basement gloom) caused it to deteriorate to a point where the strings wouldn't touch it and it sounded horrible. I've had this guitar since 2001, so somewhere around 14 years. It's felt nice to bring it back to that feeling of new, even though it was never well cared for. I just love the feel and sound of it. These videos where I even mention a guitar usually do distinctly awful. I guess the idea of mixing guitar with synths just rubs people the wrong way. But I liked it.

Sequential Prophet VS #sequentialprophetvs
Alvarez 12-string acoustic guitar
Fractal Audio FM3 #fractalaudiofm3
Native Instruments Raum #nativeinstrumentsraum"

Misadventures | A DSI Prophet 12 and Fractal Audio FM3 ambient soundscape

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"Yesterday my wife lost her job. I guess it surprised neither of us, although that didn't make it any less painful. Going through our list of things we need to cancel and stop, like daycare for our three year old. On the week of our wedding anniversary too, it just added that extra little sting.

She's always come back with something better, but I guess you sit and wonder whether this time there will be something, with all the job cuts in what feels like every sector, so many will be doing the same thing, in a time when the competitiveness was already overwhelming. I guess for now we just wait and hope. Wait and hope.

DSI Prophet 12
Fractal Audio FM3 for FX"