Marius Leicht - Nachtblau (Matrix 1000 version)

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"The piece 'Nachtblau' has gone full circle. I originally wrote it as a synthesizer piece, when I got GForce Software's Oberheim Eight Voice emulation, OB-E for review.
While recording my first solo album, Weltmaschine, I transformed it into a piano piece and recorded it with Nils Frahm's Zwicki Piano at his studio in Funkhaus, Berlin.
As there is not always a piano availlable when I play live shows, I rarely played that piece on stage. But since it gets requested a lot, I now went on to create a sound on my Oberheim Matrix 1000 which can be played very nuanced in dynamics and colour, so I can do this expressive piece justice. Leave your thoughts in the comments!

Check out the first Nachtblau video with OB-E here:" [posted here]

Get the album with the piano version here:

https://www.mariusleicht.com/sp/vinyl/

The full original synth version I created by layering my Oberheim SEM eight times is released only on the limited cassette version of my album KLANG | Oberheim Eight Voice, available here:

https://www.mariusleicht.com/klang-evs/

Free sheet music for Nachtblau available here:

https://www.mariusleicht.com/op/nacht..."

Marius Leicht - "O" (Oberheim Eight Voice)

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"Full Oberheim Eight-Voice Album availlable here: https://www.mariusleicht.com/sp/klang...

I was invited to GForce Software's incredible synthesizer studio in England and gratefully recorded a whole album with this synthesizer of my and many other's dreams. This piece was an improvisation I initially recorded with GForce OB-E to prepare for my session with the real Oberheim. A good friend of mine liked it so much that she urged me to put it on the album, so I transcribed what I played and recreated it with the real thing. To read the full story and discover what "O" means, as well as to get the original sound patch for OB-E, please check out my free 8-day email trip, packed with goodies:

https://www.mariusleicht.com/oberheim"

Marius Leicht - Doch auch dort (Oberheim Eight Voice)

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"https://www.mariusleicht.com/sp/klang...

I was invited to GForce Software's incredible synthesizer studio in England and gratefully recorded a whole album with this synthesizer of my and many other's dreams.
This improvised piece was one of the most emotional moments in my journey of recording this album. Check out the album at the link above.

For a deep dive into the album and the Eight Voice Synthesizer and the whole story behind this piece, check out my free 8-day email trip, packed with goodies (OB-E patches anyone?)..."

Marius Leicht - Windhauch (Oberheim Eight Voice)

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https://www.mariusleicht.com/sp/klang-evs/

"I was invited to GForce Software's incredible synthesizer studio in England and gratefully recorded a whole album with this synthesizer of my and many other's dreams.

This piece was one of the first things I played with the beauty. A free improvisation inspired by being kissed by the sun while having a marvellous British Teatime.

Check out the album at the link above."

Marius Leicht - Chor der Oszillatoren (Oberheim Eight Voice)

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"I recorded a whole album using nothing but this dream synthesizer for every single sound. It consists of precomposed, multitracked pieces as well as free improvisations of which this is one. It showcases nicely what fascinated me most working with the Oberheim: The subtle interactions between these eight voices, each one produced by an individual full synthesizer of its own. They are not synced in any way and each has its own tuning, envelope shapes, filter characteristics and all... It's like a human choir, where all the singers give their best to create a uniform sound, yet you can still follow each individual voice with your ears. Hence the name of this improvisation.
Learn more about the album at the link above and feel free to buy a physical CD. :-)"

https://www.mariusleicht.com/sp/klang...

Emotional Synth Solo on Oberheim Eight Voice

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"https://www.mariusleicht.com/sp/klang...

I recorded a whole album using the Oberheim Eight Voice exclusively. Check it out at the link above!"

The greatest synth of all times?

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"New Album coming November 11, 2024.
Sign up for the free release trip, including bts videos, a free OB-E sound pack, sheet music and a surprise giveaway by GForce Software! https://mariusleicht.com/oberheim"

ARP Odyssey – What a monster!

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"I recently got my beloved ARP Odyssey back from restoration after more than two years! But it was so worth the wait.

The Oddy (pun intended) can be a bit intimidating at first glance: No pitch and modwheels, sliders instead of knobs, a bit of a quirky layout... combined with its surprisingly complex modulation capabilities, this puts the ambitious synthesist on the quest for the "taming of the unruly".

After spending some quality time with this now fully restored beauty, I get in touch with her soul deeper and deeper and I just performed a little improvised sound meditation, pushing the amazing 4023 filter of this rare whiteface mk I to places where no Behringer clone will ever go... ;-)

It touches my heart how she sings and dances with the Juno! Let me know what these sounds evoke in you!"

Mellotron M400

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"I was in love with the quirky, yet hauntingly beautiful sound of the Mellotron since the first time I heard one (the obvious first encounter was the famous Flute intro in The Beatles’ Strawberry Fields).

Here‘s a little piece to welcome it to the studio after dreaming and searching for many years. It showcases the main sounds associated with that historic tape based sampling instrument: Flute, Violins and Cello."

Minimoog Model D - reissue vs. vintage

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Also see Vintage Minimoog Model D vs Reissue: Which One is Better? by Andy Whitmore.

"I recently had a vintage Minimoog on my carpet and did an A/B Test against my reissue model.

0:00 Introduction
2:11 Minimoog version history
6:20 A/B Comparison
14:06 Conclusion
24:04 Raw waveforms & sweeps"

Prelude for two Minimoogs (Vintage & Reissue)
"

"I've had a vintage Minimoog as a guest on Klangteppich and recorded its musical conversation with my Minimoog reissue."

Marius Leicht - Carol of the Bells (synth jam)

Marius Leicht - Oddity 3 Improvisations

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"in October 2022 we invited the supremely talented Marius Leicht to our studio to record a couple of iconic vintage synthesisers for his forthcoming project.

These sessions took place over several days (and nights) and when finished, we asked him to improvise with some Oddity 3 patches prior to its release. This was the first time Marius had seen or played Oddity 3 and any slider adjustments made on the keyboard controlled the new Macros feature.

www.gforcesoftware.com/products/oddity3
www.mariusleicht.com"

M-Tron mk II - Celebrating the Mellotron

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See GForce Software Introduces the M-Tron MkII for details on the new release.

Ach bittrer Winter - Synth Jam

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"Another German traditional, arranged for synthesizers and Rhodes Piano."

Marius Leicht - Der Prophet / Der Schwarm (live in studio)

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"The song 'Der Prophet', along with 'Der Schwarm' of my debut album Weltmaschine. Recorded live at the release concert summer solstice, 21.06.2021 at Weltklang Tonstudio.
Claim a free high resolution download of the whole album and lots of unreleased making-of material at: http://www.weltmaschine-album.com"

Marius Leicht - Weltmaschine (live in Studio)

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"The title song of my debut album Weltmaschine. Recorded live at the release concert summer solstice, 21.06.2021 at Weltklang Tonstudio.
Claim a free high resolution download of the whole album and lots of unreleased making-of material at: http://www.weltmaschine-album.com"

Marius Leicht - Der Prophet (live in studio)

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Playlist:

1. Marius Leicht - Der Prophet (live in studio)

This is a live performance of the piece "Der Prophet" from my recently finished debut album "Weltmaschine", coming out on 21.06.2021.

2. Maria durch ein Dornwald ging - Synth Jam
3. Klangteppich [music] - Prophet 5 and Strymon Mobius

Prophet 5 running through Strymon Mobius. First with a Bitcrusher, controlled by the Moog MP-201 pedal. Later with the Formant filter doing the robotalk.

4. Klangteppich - Marc Melià: Arpeggios #1 (Music for Prophet 08 - played on Prophet 5)

As I stumbled across this great composition by Marc Melià, I decided transcribe it and to do a vintage version with the ancestors of the machines used in the original: Prophet 5 and Roland Space Echo.

Recorded at Weltklang Tonstudio Plauen

5. Theremin and Synths with Carolina Eyck

I was a guest recently at Theremin virtuoso Carolina Eycks Theremin session. Along with a cover of Kate Bushs Babooshka we did some free improvisations.

Marius Leicht - Minimoog Präludium G-moll

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Minimoog Arpeggio Meditation

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"While looking for ideas for a future Minimoog EP I fell in trance with this little Arpeggio Meditation."

Klangteppich [review] - Strymon Mobius Chorus vs. Roland Juno 60 Chorus

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"David vs. Goliath: I tried to recreate the blessed chorus sounds of my Juno 60 in the Strymon Mobius Chorus machine."

Klangteppich [music] - Moog Prodigy and Roland Space Echo

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GForce Software OB-E vs. Oberheim SEM Pro - Nachtblau

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"The sound is alternating between the OB-E and the SEM-Pro. In the bottom left corner of the video the letters A and B are displaying the audio of which corresponding synth you hear, regardless of which one may be pictured in the video at a given moment. Can you guess it right?

The Oberheim Four Voice Synthesizer always fascinated me - both for its heart-melting sound and for its unusual (for todays standards) concept of having a completely distinct monophonic synthesizer module for each voice.

From time to time I take the effort to build some Four Voice type pad sounds by multitracking my Tom Oberheim SEM Pro, which is a reissue of one of those monophonic synthesizer modules the Four Voice is built of.

Of course, I was excited when I heard about the GForce Software OB-E and as soon as I got my hands on it, I was inspired to compose some music with it, resulting in this piece called "Nachtblau". To make this comparison video, I took the MIDI track of the piece, split all the notes into 8 Channels (Yes, the OB-E is not only emulating the already unobtainable Four Voice, but the even more rare and expensive 8 Voice, consisting of 8 individual SEMs) and run them through my SEM Pro one after another. Due to the nature of the unconventional architecture and my multitrack trickery, it was impossible to be reasonably precise about the matching of the sounds and realtime adjustments. So don't take this as a scientific test on the question if the OB-E can match the sound of the 8-Voice I don't even have at hand..."