Bad Gear - Expensive and Noisy

video upload by AudioPilz

"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. Although this channel is often associated with enervating noise , my work environment is so calm I can tune a vintage synth to my tinnitus and I stick to low mixing volumes to avoid ear fatigue.

However, a few days back I received this Audio Motor Synth MKII directly from Gamechanger as a long term loan and believe me - the peace and quiet is gone.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:48 Overview Motorsynth MK2
01:04 Historical Background and Technical Principle
02:05 DCO (or whatever this thing is)
02:25 Filters, Drive
02:49 Modulators
03:02 Accelerator & Break
03:23 Drift, Detune, Cross Mod
03:41 Clutch
03:52 Latch, Arpeggiator
04:14 Sequencer
04:44 Input Section
05:04 More Noise and Sleep Mode
05:12 Power Consumption, Pricing, Connectivity
05:24 Hate Screen
05:53 Jam 1 ( Cinematic Sounds )
06:47 Jam 2 ( Hard Techno )
07:52 Finale ( Expensive Sounds )
08:22 Verdict
09:25 Patreon Vocoder Shoutout

MotorSynth MK2 | By Gamechanger Audio

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"When the first Motor Synth was introduced back in 2019, the synth community unanimously agreed to disagree. For some the MOTOR Synth appeared to be a completely ridiculous, overengineered and limited instrument - at one point the phrase “pure embodiment of evil hipster trash” was used, while others called it one of the most innovative and exciting instrument designs the industry had seen in years. The truth lies somewhere in the middle and I feel it's MUCH better and cooler than people think it is.

However, spending 3K on it doesn't make it yours. It's packed with so many features you'll need to find your own gemstones buried in the trash. After spending four days with this unit (on loan, not mine) I realized theirs true magic when it's limitations are starting to work against it. It excels when it fails. Please note, this unit makes a LOT of noise even when it's not connected to any amp or audio interface. Still, the mechanical noise is an essential part of the final experience and you should always record it, even when you decide not to use it later. Most of my recordings in this video has the camera audio, attenuated at -10 dB. It's really loud, but it's not a motor synth without it.

The synth is simply too expensive to make this a review, and I don't do reviews anyway. I try to focus on production value. If you're a pro composer for films and games, this thing is a highly recommended no brainer. The same applies for evil hipsters. If not, try to borrow one from an evil hipster and sample the hell out of it.

Big thanks to Gamechanger Audio for letting me borrow it. This video is sponsored by me, no money changed hands and I can't keep it.

00:00 Introduction
03:04 Day 1 - First patch with the Linnstrument (MIDI)
06:47 Day 2 - Using the V1 and V2 Sends for stereo.
08:23 Randomizing presets
10:01 Day 3 - Adding external modular FX
13:22 Motion REC
14:39 Dark Ambient with slowed down audio (50%)
16:24 Vocoder
17:50 Day 4 - Driven my Marbles CV and Triggers"

Erica Synths Introduces x 112db ECHOLOCATOR

video upload by Erica Synths

"Echolocator is a unique stereo delay with an algorithm developed by 112dB, the Echolocator is a hands-on precision tool that lets you take manual and very musical control over small nuances. Like a bat navigating its environment in the dark, you can feel your way through your live performances and shape the delay response and character on the fly.

Timeline:

00:03 - Take 1 / Simple Nanoloop sequence through the Echolocator
01:27 - Take 2 / Drone with monotribe through the Echo
02:36 - Take 3 / Electric guitar though the Echolocator with footswitch assigned to freeze
03:06 - Take 4 / MC-303 through the Echolocator in "dirty" mode
05:07 - Take 5 / Lapsteel freestyle through the Echolocator with footswitch assignet to Magic (patch randomisation)
06:16 - Take 6 / Moog Subharmonicon through the Echolocator
07:44 - Take 7 / Electric guitar through the Echo with pitched down shimmer
08:18 - Take 8 / LXR drummachine with MIDI synced Echolocator
09:39 - Take 9 / Casio SK-1 throught the Echolocator with pitched down shimmer
10:48 - Take 10 / Bassline DB-01 through the Echolocator
12:10 - Take 11 / Electric guitar through the Echolocator
12:38 - Take 12 / Motorsynth thought the Echolocator"



The Echolocator is a hands-on precision tool that lets you take manual and very musical control over small nuances. Like a bat navigating its environment in the dark, you can feel your way through your live performances and shape the delay response and character on the fly. Featuring 12 parameters for detailed sound design, save/recall functions for all parameters, MIDI control over all parameters and a sleek aluminium case to match our lineup of compact desktop units, the Echolocator will let your setup take flight in any live show, studio or sonic experiment.

Features

A unique stereo delay algorithm developed by 112dB

Selectable delay, filter, and shimmer modes

12 parameters for detailed sound design

|Freeze function

A configurable footswitch input

30 factory presets and 70 user preset slots

Preset export via USB

Full MIDI implementation

Dimensions: 23cm x 14,5cm x 7cm (including knobs)

Echolocator is now available for 490 EUR.

Check with dealers on the right for availability.

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

video upload by LESINDES

"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"

LondonSXPO-24

video uploads by sonicstate

Playlist:

LondonSXPO-24 Manifold Research Centre : TMINTT

Well this looks pretty interesting - you can patch 'The Map Is Not The Territoire' matrix mixer using magnets

LondonSXPO-24 Knobula: Pianophonic updates

Jason from Knobula had some firmware updates to the rather impressive 'Pianophonic' module, plus a shiny new mirrored faceplate for 'Kickain'

LondonSXPO-24 Enjoy Electronics GODFATHER rides again

Martin from Enjoy Electronics, makers of The GODFATHER demonstrated the latest updates to Nick

LondonSXPO-24 Rides In The Storm: BOC module

Uwe George from Rides In The Storm runs us through the new BOC module

LondonSXPO-24 Gamechanger Plasma Voice Modules

Last time we caught up with Ilya from Gamechanger Audio he was in our studio showing us the MotorSynth - the Plasma Voice Modules were almost ready, but not quite finished.
At the show we were able to see - and hear them for the first time, and get another quick peek at the new pedal too.

LondonSXPO-24 Erica Synths: BullFrog Accessories

It's always a pleasure to see Ģirts at a show, and here he was showing some updates and accessories for the education oriented Bull Frog synth

LondonSXPO-24 PWM: Latest on MANTIS Quad Mode

Always interesing hearing what Paul has been up to with his Malevolent and Mantis models - news is that Mantis is about to ship, and has some interesting new updates to the 'Quad' mode

LondonSXPO-24 Z-RAY: Wireless Lights in a briefcase

This is right up our street - cool portable battery powered wireless stage lights - oh yeah! Dominik had a briefcase full of prototypes for his latest project - to find out more, head to his website at thinkrad.io

LondonSXPO-24 Joranalogue Dim 2 is quite bright actually

In a slightly confusing naming incident, Joranalogue decided to call the latest module 'Dim 2'' - and it is definitely not dim at all. Quite the opposite ;-]

LondonSXPO-24 Apollo View: Rabbit Hole +more

Can't recall coming across Apollo View before, but Jon-Mark was showing some lovely looking modules including the Rabbit Hole - we took a look

LondonSXPO-24 Bastl Intruments channel The Matrix with Neo-Trinity?

Okay, tell me someone hasn't been watching re-runs of The Matrix
... Neo...Trinity..
come on, surely? ;-]

LondonSXPO-24 Vertice Analogue Filterbank from Euterpe

Stefano reckons you should spend a month with his rather splendid 'Vertice' filterbank - a beautiful if brutal instrument. And if his smiles are anything to go by, it should be a fun time :-]

Is This The Most Unique Synth EVER???

video upload by Miles Away

"Review, sound demo and tutorial/walkthrough of the Gamechanger Audio Motorsynth Mk2 synthesizer, a revolutionary modern synth that uses motors to create sound. Is it the best synth to add to your studio?"

Buy my Custom Synth Patches:
https://shop.milesawayofficial.com/co...

0:00 - jam 1: Motorsynth only
0:39 - what makes the Motorsynth so unique?
2:00 - beauty in imperfection
3:23 - jam 2: heavy industrial electro
5:45 - synth tour, the motor oscillators
8:01 - Motorsynth's amazing stereo image
8:59 - how to use the performance interface for drone patches
10:27 - the digital oscillator voice
11:20 - paraphonic features explained, making a keys patch
13:10 - filter types, drive, and unison mode
15:39 - drift, detune and cross mod
17:28 - envelope section, making a complex patch
21:07 - modulation matrix
22:30 - arp, motion recorder and sequencer
24:10 - random generator
25:11 - final verdict with pros and cons
28:00 - jam 3: melodic edm

Motorsynth firmware 1.2 - it's a whole new synth

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"@GamechangerAudio 's #Motorsynth MK1 got a sizeable #firmwareupdate some time ago, and so far, no one talked about that. Until now! :-) This video brushes the most important new features like arpeggiator, #sequencer, motion recording, audio processing and shows all the key presses necessary to use them.

00:00 hello
00:37 what is a Motorsynth?
01:10 new amp envelopes
02:22 new filter envelopes
03:18 cross modulation options
04:31 arpeggiator
07:11 all new sequencer
09:04 motion recording
10:03 extended audio input processing
10:57 wait, there's more
11:51 sound demo (with MPC One for drums and effects)
13:51 summary, what's good, what's worth expanding on"

Lo Fi, but it's all Motorsynth (and MPC One for drums)

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"This video is an appetizer for a longer video walking through the new Motorsynth firmware, coming later today. This is Motor Synth recorded into MPC One, using the new Air Delay plugin.

HÄLP ZIS CHANNEL
https://www.patreon.com/floyd_steinberg
https://floydsteinberg.gumroad.com/
https://floydsteinberg.bandcamp.com/"

Floyd went to Superbooth 23 and all he got was this jute bag +info on Aodyo Anyma Omega, Motor Synth MkII

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"Here's what I saw / wanted to see at #Superbooth 23, plus some impressions of the event itself. I talked with @AodyoInstruments about their line of hardware modeling synths, Anyma PHI, Sylphyo and #Anyma OMEGA (thanks again for taking so much time to walk through the features!). Also a presentation of the @GamechangerAudio #Motorsynth MKII, which I already filmed last year but never got around to turn into a video.
Please forgive me if I mispronounced names / got them wrong entirely. I lost some of the business cards on the way back. My bad.

Relevant links (not sponsored ;-) )
https://aodyo.com/
https://www.ok200.ca/
https://mpmidi.com/
https://gamechangeraudio.com/

Also (not in the video), https://www.manikin-electronic.com/ - they gave me an extensive demo of their Memotron Keyboard, which as a Mellotron clone with a great keyboard. It was super fun to play, but they talked so fast and enthusiastically that I had no time to restart and set up audio recorder and camera. ;-)

Table of contents:
00:00 hello
00:38 getting there, location impressions
02:09 Aodyo Anyma
11:20 more impressions!
12:09 MPMIDI controller
13:05 more impressions!
13:40 OK200 DEGREE Eurorack Performance Controller
15:15 more impressions!
16:17 some thoughts
16:44 Motor Synth MKII (of course).
26:15 thanks! :-)"

The Cars - "Drive" cover, but it's all #Motorsynth

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"Here's a cover of the classic 80s synthpop hit, 'Drive' by 'The Cars'.
All sounds are from the #MotorSynth but the drums, those are from the Yamaha #QY70.
If you didn't know, Motor Synth is an electromechanical #synthesizer which creates sounds by spinning 8 discs super fast. You can either use all 8 voices paraphonic or two of them each polyphonic. There's a selection of analog filters & envelopes which I put to good use here.
Due to it's inertia, this synth always is playing glissando ;-)
Given the tech at hand, I didn't even try to match the sound to the original, but more tried to capture it's athmosphere. Sorry for the mediocre karaoke vocal track, but I think it's good enough.
This was super fun and if this gets some views maybe I'll do more (you can suggest songs if you like)
Let's see if this gets a copyright claim.

Hello @Gamechanger Audio ;-)

You can grab the patches here for free: https://floydsteinberg.gumroad.com/l/..."

HÄLP ZIS CHANNEL
https://www.patreon.com/floyd_steinberg
https://floydsteinberg.gumroad.com/
https://floydsteinberg.bandcamp.com/

Can you guess the song just by hearing the mechanical noises? #shorts

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"Which synth pop classic is being played back here on the #motorsynth? ;-) #shorts
(I'll upload the full cover with the actual sounds later - this is the sound the camera mic picked up. Discord members - please don't spoil it, haha )
And let's see if I collect a copyright strike for this one. ;-)"

HÄLP ZIS CHANNEL
https://www.patreon.com/floyd_steinberg
https://floydsteinberg.gumroad.com/
https://floydsteinberg.bandcamp.com/

SynthPlex 2022 - Gamechanger Audio Motorsynth MKII Is Shipping

video upload by sonicstate

"The Motor Synth from Gamechanger Audio has always been a crowd pleaser, since we first saw it at 2017 Winter NAMM. Its a really unusual electro-mechanical way to generate audio - using stepper motors and optical readouts to make oscillators. Its got a unique sound and looks great.

The MKII which we saw in prototype at Superbooth earlier this year, is now ready and shipping, we got a demo of a recent patch from Tom at the booth.

Price €2726"

Gamechanger Audio - Motorsynth LiveJam - Superbooth 2022

video upload by KlangDing

Superbooth 22: Gamechanger Audio - Motorsynth MK2

video upload by sonicstate

"When the Motorsynth was first unveiled at Superbooth 19, it certainly was a game changer, with its spinning motor oscillators.

Three years have passed, and Ilja from Gamechanger has listened to feedback from the initial run of 450 Motorsynths, and returns with the MK2, improving upon the original designs.

The Motorsynth MK2 offers two separate motor voices with 4 electromotor oscillators each - both voices can operate in mono, unison or in four-note polyphonic mode. Both motor voices are equipped with a separate set of controls for adjusting volume, scale, waveshape, individual amp envelope engines for each musical note, as well as separate analogue multimode filters.

The first units will arrive summer 22

Price: TBC - around 3,000 euros"

Synthesizer impovisation on MPC One, Yamaha EX5, Novation Peak, Motorsynth, Guitar, Piano

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"Are you feeling a bit more happy and cheerful today than you'd like to be? We have a fix for that. ;-) This is fully improvised. #MPCOne is playing the 808 drums, #YamahaEX5 the "Big Bad Pad" from my patch set, Peak is doing the arpeggiated notes and #MotorSynth is used for a short solo in the middle part. Guitar is in Humbucker mode, using a compressor, Iridium, Zoom Noisegate, Zoom Chorus, Volante, Nightsky signal chain. Piano was recorded as-is."

Support: https://www.paypal.me/alexselck

DIY WebMIDI sequencer demo: improvising on Motor Synth, Reface DX and Orba

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"Here's a demo of the progress I made on my own #WebMIDI/Javascript sequencer. In this demo:
- LEDs used for showing status (selected track, active step)
- track muting
- swing!
- copying patterns while playing
- transposing tracks while playing.
- switching and queueing tracks while playing

This sequencer will work in Edge and Chrome(ium). You can try it at https://sequencer.floydsteinberg.com
Feel free to take a look at the source code. I'll also upload a video explaining how it works later.

Synths used:
#MotorSynth for the arpeggiated chords
#RefaceDX for pads and EP
Orba for drums and bass

Effects:
Strymon NightSky

Perhaps not the hottest improv under the sun, but I think there are some nice moments in there."

On that audio input on the Motor Synth ...

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"The yet-to-be-released Motor Synth by Gamechanger Audio has an audio input which can be fed into the synth engine. In this video, I'm routing my Reface DX (and my guitar) through this, applying a variety of analog filter types, envelopes and LFOs to the external sound. Table of contents:

00:00 introduction
00:45 Reface DX sound (unprocessed)
01:26 12db low pass filter
01:40 24db low pass filter
01:55 12db band pass filter
02:09 12db high pass filter
02:25 filter envelope (triggered by MIDI IN)
03:04 filter lfo & resonance
04:02 filter drive
04:30 ... with external effects
05:13 filtered arpeggiator (using Reface DX' MIDI looper)
06:21 filtered and distorted guitar (using filter drive)
06:41 multitracked jam with R-DX, Motorsynth and Nord Drum 1"

Support: https://www.paypal.me/alexselck

Gamechanger Audio Motorsynth SN 315 w/ Original Box

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Demo in the listing previously posted here. You can find additional demos of the Motor Synth in previous posts here.

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Track: Shelter (feat. Xavier Radix) - Synthwave on Akai MPC, Motor Synth, Peak, EX5

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"Here's a #synthwave​ track done on the Akai MPC One, #motorsynth​ and Novation PEAK. Sidechaining! Gated drums! Tons of synths! Wicked 80s hair metal guitar solo and phatt riffs! Wub wub bass! Jan Hammer-inspired synth sequences! It's all in here. :-)

Guitar by Xavier Radix (see link below). Recorded, mixed and mastered on Zoom R24 #dawless​. This is the MPC One in song mode controlling the EX5, PEAK and Motor Synth via MIDI. The song is made up from 14 patterns on the MPC one, which I merged into one long pattern and added the guitar and the vocal track to. Basically, all you need to do then is to press play in song mode and capture the audio output on a recording device (if you're using only MPC, you can also render the output to a WAV file internally). For the sake of this video, I adjusted filter settings and played some notes "live". :-)

MPC One is doing all the heavy lifting here, Motor Synth is doing the "filtered choir" sound in the second verse. EX5 is doing the "rain pad" in the 2nd verse. PEAK is doing the arpeggiated sequencer line. I don't know which effects Xavier had on his guitar, but it sounds pretty awesome.

Xavier Radix: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6ld...​ Download this song: https://floydsteinberg.bandcamp.com/t...​ Stream this song: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/flo...​"

Get 7% off on DistroKid with this link http://distrokid.com/vip/floyd

Support: https://www.paypal.me/alexselck

Motor Synth - dark, ambient woodworking in the night

Floyd Steinberg

"Here's your reminder that the #MotorSynth deserves more attention and fanfare and is very capable of creating great-sounding melodic #electromechanical #ambient music. Motor Synth is an electromechanical synthesizer which generates sound by spinning drone motors. All the sounds in this track were created on this machine and recorded to 4 tracks one after the other (pad, bass, arpeggiator, lead). I used the 'arpeggiator per oscillator' feature on this track for the bass patch and the filtered saw wave thing.
Effects pedals were set up like this: Motor Synth - Strymon Iridium - ZOOM MS100BT - Source Audio Nemesis - Strymon BigSky
Hope you like it, and apologies to @Gamechanger Audio for the practical cinematographic jokes therein. Hope you take it lightly. :-) :-) :-) (In fact, those guys and girls are very cool and sent me hardware revision containing dampers yesterday, so you will see the new and much less noisy version of this machine again in the future)."

How to create your own ambient reverb

"Want to create a really big, lush diy #reverb, and learn some JavaScript and WebAudio, too? Here's how to do it and how it sounds. A short #Digitone and #Motorsynth jam using this reverb at 6:30. Tables of contents:

00:00 examples 1
01:08 introduction
01:53 convolution: a brief overview
02:21 how to create your own impulse responses
03:08 my webapp: UI overview
03:43 source code overview
05:59 conclusion
06:30 reverb demo synth / guitar jam feat. Xavier Radix

The Reverb: https://www.floydsteinberg.com/extens...
Xavier's video: https://youtu.be/jozLXQYLMn0
Wikipedia on convolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convolu...
This video contains one of the animations found on that page."