TRX-12 IS HERE! 🔊 Tracker DAW with Synths, MIDI Import & Song Mode!

video upload by Electronisounds Audio

"Grab TRACKER TRX-12 here: https://www.electronisounds.com/trx-1...

I built the TRACKER that I've always wanted to use: TRX-12 💙

A fast, hands-on, tracker-style desktop DAW for Windows & macOS — loaded with 4,000+ original samples, three custom synth engines, 450+ Presets, 850+ MIDI files and a creative Step-FX workflow you won't find anywhere else! 😁🙏👊

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Whatever kind of music you are making - KEEP IT UP, Friends!
Don't stop making *YOUR MUSIC*!! ---
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"TRX-12 isn't just another sample player on a grid.

It's built around ideas you won't find in other trackers:

31 creative Step-FX commands — stack up to four per step for chords, strums, ratchets, probability, evolving pitch, glides, reverses, random slices and more. This is the secret weapon.

Polyphonic chords on a single track — real chords, right on the grid.

Multiple drum sounds on ONE track — sequence a whole kit on a single lane with no sample choking.

Multi-sample playback instrument with built-in trance gate

Round-robin playback — instant realism on drums and one-shots.

Melodies that evolve and mutate — scale-aware "evolve" and probability-based pitch let your sequences grow and change as they play.

Randomize everything — samples, synth sounds, sequences, even slicer slices — endless inspiration on tap.

Resample on the fly — bounce any pattern to a new sample and reload it instantly."

You can find TRACKER TRX-12 here.

Exploring synth presets | Kaleidoscope by Vadim Minkin

video upload by Mamotreco

"Enjoying the brash and meaty sounds of the Kaleidoscope synth designed by Vadim Minkin. This digital synth is programmed by navigating through settings using the top 8 touch plates while the bottom four touch plates can trigger the different voices as well as decoupled envelopes and modulation.

On a purely visual level it looks like a piece of equipment that could have come from Tarkovsky's Solaris or inspired by a Stanislas Lem novel."

ARP Odyssey "Instant Odyssey" Overlay Series - Episode 7: Theremin

video upload by EMEAPP

"In this short video series, our Education Associate Mike Kiker will be exploring the ARP Odyssey and the collectible 'Instant Odyssey' preset overlay set. Created by David Frederick, former vice president of ARP, as a means of selling the instrument and giving the player some familiar sounds to get started and learn to program the synth along the way. Does this patch sound like a Theremin?"

BUCHLA 36 (Brutal dark IDM modular synth performance)

video upload by Kevin Rix

"Delve into the dark weirdness of the Buchla 200e. Easily the most interesting instrument I own. It challenges the user to explore new ways to express music and sound. The drums are created by self resonating the 291e triple filter module. Over the summer I explored more complex patching. All the random stereo ripping sounds are from a cross modded 258 classic into the bottom section of the 296 classic. The first batch created a fm like noise when opening the wide knob. Buchla USA recalled the first batch for a cleaner circuit, but I decided to keep it:) I'll be releasing many of these explorations over the next few months.

I'm planning to upload on a regular basis. This world we live in is becoming increasingly more complicated and is about to see a huge shift with the arrival of AI. I want this channel to showcase raw performances and celebrate the human aspect of art and music.

This is an anti-AI channel. Everything is composed and performed by me with no editing. Just raw performances created in the moment. My musical interests take my into strange and unpredictable areas. At the core, I'm a composer of epic cinematic music. Fortunately, it's what I do for work. The music on this channel represents the other curiosities I have with music and sound. AI just spits out sound a likes and has no real soul. I'm not trying to appeal to those who prefer AI playlists. In my opinion, those people are not true fans of music and art. AI isn't affected by culture, community and what's happening in the world, so it can never make a true artistic statement. "

Alesis NanoSynth - Rare Prototype Demo

video upload by John L Rice

"I thought I would document this prototype example of an Alesis NanoSynth I bought on eBay long ago, before I sell it. I didn't take the time to verify if the sounds are all the same as a production model or not, but I suspect there may be some differences? One thing not working as far as I can tell is the built in factory demo that all production versions of Alesis Nano synthesizers have. And yeah, that's not me talking, I wanted to learn how to use the AI text to voice feature in DaVinci Resolve. (sorry not sorry! 😁)

Index:
0:00 - Introduction
1:57 - Category Piano
4:09 - Category Chromatic
5:38 - Category Organ
7:32 - Category Guitar
8:34 - Category Bass
9:58 - Category Strings
11:35 - Category Ensemble
13:12 - Category Brass
14:16 - Category Reed
15:21 - Category Pipe
16:39 - Category SynthLead
18:29 - Category SynthPad
21:21 - Category SynthFX
23:57 - Category Ethnic
26:13 - Category DrumsPerc
28:37 - Category Effects
30:33 - Category Piano
30:54 - End"

Other Alesis Nano Demonstrations:

Alesis NanoTracker Demo

video upload by John L Rice

"This is a very brief demo of most of what I know how to do with the NanoTracker MIDI recorder. This is just for historical purposes and for when I put it up for sale on Reverb. ;-)"

Alesis NanoBass - Factory Demo

video upload by John L Rice

"I made this quick video for an Alesis NanoBass synth module that I'm going to be selling and decided to make it public just in case anyone is interested. I think all of the Alesis Nano synths are fantastic and very underrated and underestimated. I own a NanoPiano, NanoSynth, and two NanoBass units (that's why I am selling this one)"

Rhodes Chroma Polaris 64-Key 6-Voice Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer SN 300109

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"The Chroma Polaris was the predecessor to the classic Rhodes Chroma. Even with its heritage, the Chroma series of keyboards has seemed to resist the inflation that vintage analog synths often have. This synth gives massive sounds with the added benefit of having midi I/O. A hi-fi synth with 6 voices of analog polyphony. Creamy sounds, very lush with tons of character. Total sleeper! Wow."

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2X DFAM Sample Pack

video upload by Polutone

"The 2xDFAM sample library consists of sounds from two Moog DFAM synthesizers modulating each other and producing complex percussion layers from four oscillators

The library contains 364 sounds:

64 kick drums
124 percussion sounds
77 noise-based sounds
66 synth sounds
33 loops

24/48 wav files
Good for: techno, house, minimal, experimental & more

Purchase: polutone.gumroad.com/l/2xdfam

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Pocket Jungle Toolkit for the PO-33 | Jungle in Your Pocket

video upload by Pocket Trax

"After working on this for quite a while, I’m finally ready to share it with you all. Think of it as your Jungle Army Knife. 🪖🔊

👉 Available on Patreon: / pocket-jungle-158682059
Patreon paid members get the toolkit as part of their membership ✨

What’s inside?

16 Amen & drum break slices
4 Jungle basses
2 Atmospheric pads
2 Synth sounds
12 Classic jungle FX hits

Whether you want classic 90s jungle vibes, or fast sketch ideas, this kit gives you a solid starting point.

All sounds are in F#. Melodic slots can be played as chromatic.

I also processed and mixed all sounds meticulously using compression, reverb, redux, and other effects to capture that classic raw jungle character, crunchy breaks, dirty textures, washed atmospheres, and heavy old-school vibes straight out of the box.

Hope you have fun with it!"

Akai AX60 S612 and MD280 Sampler System SN 01120-04195

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AX60 SN 01120-04195

"The AX-60 is a really special polyphonic synthesizer. Akai's answer to the Roland Juno Series, it can hit those sounds well but actually has quite a lot of extra features when comparing to a Juno-106. Paired with the S612 and MD280, the possiblities for this synth grow immensley. With crunchy lofi samples and a classic Juno sound, what else could you ever ask for!

The AX60 is a VCO synth and the oscillator section includes a triangle wave as well as a dedicated pulse width LFO. Additionally, pulse width can be applied to any wave! There are two envelopes, an LFO with sample and hold, and the ability to FM the filter with the oscillator. It even has built in chorus that sounds just like the BBD based chorus in the Juno synths. Finally, there is a built in arpeggiator and bi-timbrel keyboard split options. All these features make it quite a fun synth to use with more range than other vintage poly's.

The AX-60 is a great vintage poly option, especially in the wake of the similar Juno series prices skyrocketing!"

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Jomox Mbase II w Original Box

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"The Jomox MBase 11 is a one-stop-shop for achieving some of the fattest analog kicks around. Yes, even fatter than their previous MBase01 model—though it sounds distinctly different enough that the two could be used in tandem to great effect. The module can cover 808 and 909 territory and beyond. It features a dedicated LFO with eight different waveforms, such as a true sine that can be used to create envelopes. But make no mistake, the MBase 11 is more than just as simple kick generator, it is a fully-fledged drum synthesizer. The unit’s compression parameter alters the thickness of the decay and provides a variable gate time for different attacks."

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PhenoType - Generate Synplant Patches from Text

video upload by Sonic Charge

Surprisingly no mention of AI.

"PhenoType is a free script for Synplant 2 that lets you generate synth patches from text descriptions.

Type the description of a sound, texture, or instrument, click EXE, and PhenoType will attempt to create a matching patch locally on your machine. Click EXE again for another interpretation, use the result as a starting point for further editing and evolution, or click RND and see where things go.

PhenoType runs entirely locally inside Synplant 2. No cloud processing and no internet connection required.

Free download:

https://soniccharge.com/phenotype

Requires Synplant 2:

https://soniccharge.com/synplant

(All sounds in this video, including the mouse clicks and keyboard sounds, were created using Synplant 2.)"

ellitone groov~e console

video upload by ellitone instruments

"Limited edition.

ellitone.com

The ellitone groov~e console is a new variant of the original groov~e device. The console version includes the same sounds as the original, but features several new additions including built-in stereo speaker system, battery-power, hardwood body/knobs, and individual volume control over each sound layer

The groov~e console is a fun and mysterious interactive drum-machine and polyphonic-synthesizer that automatically generates musical “grooves”. A “groove” consists of 3 individual sound layers: a drum-machine layer, an ambience-sample layer, and a polyphonic-synthesizer sequence layer. Each of these 3 sound layers can be individually tweaked or swapped out to find the right mixture of sounds to make you say “WHOAH, that’s funky!”.

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Happiness is a warm chip | 8-bit Nintendo EP

video upload by Jay Hosking

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Five chip tunes made with the limitations of the original NES.

00:00 - Stage 1
02:41 - Underworld
05:07 - Cutscene into battle
08:07 - Peace and war
09:55 - Overworld

I grew up on video game music, and it's probably a large part of why I love synthesizers today. What impresses me most about those old soundtracks is how much they can achieve with such a limited voice count and, to a lesser extent, sound palette. (I actually adore the sounds, so I don't see them as limiting.) The Nintendo Entertainment System had two mono synth square waves, one extremely chunky triangle wave mono for bass, and then a noise oscillator for percussion. There was also an extremely low-resolution sampler ("Blades of Steel!") but I chose not to reproduce that here.

For a while, I had been thinking about working within the limitations of the original NES. I could do that on any modern groovebox or synth, of course, but I wanted the limitations forced on me, and I wanted something that got me close to the original sound without a lot of work. Thanks to my Patreon community, I was able to pick up the Twisted Electrons hapiNES L, which emulates the old NES chip sounds, right down to the mono (not stereo!) out.

Once I had the sounds in place, I wanted a way to quickly write and structure songs. The Teenage Engineering OP-XY proved a good choice, because it's quick, has two octaves to play on, has a smart and creative transposition tool, and has an excellent song mode for structuring longer compositions. I also wanted to use some other sequencing tools, so I pulled out the Oxi One Mk2 for the final song. I didn't find it was quite as effective for the song-mode sequencing, but its new Chord Palettes mode led me in some extremely interesting musical directions.

I could have kept going, but five days seemed like a good haul of NES music for now, and proof to myself that I could do it again in the future. I know the music here might not be to everyone's tastes, but it satisfies the kid in me and makes me wish I had an 8-bit game to write a soundtrack for.

Thanks for listening.

https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com"

Behringer Introduces D-MINI – Legendary Analog Sound in a Compact Synth

video upload by Behringer

"Discover the sound that defined a generation.

The Behringer D-MINI brings back the character of a true analog classic in a compact format made for today’s creators.

From deep basslines to expressive leads, everything feels immediate and hands-on — the kind of workflow that makes you want to keep playing.

Whether you’re in the studio or on stage, D-MINI gives you that iconic sound straight away, without getting in your way.

#behringer #dmini #analogsynth #synthesizer #synth #musicproduction #producers #sounddesign #synthwave #electronicmusic #studiogear #livemusic #gear #synthlife #analogsound"



Portable Legendary Analog Synthesizer with 1 VCO, Classic VCF, 1 LFO and 2 Envelopes

D MINI — MINIMOOG LEGEND, POCKET POWER

The MiniMoog is the synth that built modern music — the fattest mono lead sound ever invented. The D MINI captures that DNA in a true portable analog synth you can throw in a backpack and play anywhere. This is the sound of countless hit records, now ready for the bus, the bedroom or the beach.

A single VCO offers five selectable waveforms (saw, triangle, sharktooth, square and pulse), giving you a wider sonic palette than the original.

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ARP Odyssey "Instant Odyssey" Overlay Series - Episode 1: Harmonica

video upload by EMEAPP

"In this short video series, our Education Associate Mike Kiker will be exploring the ARP Odyssey and the collectible 'Instant Odyssey' preset overlay set.

Created by David Frederick, former vice president of ARP, as a means of selling the instrument and giving the player some familiar sounds to get started and learn to program the synth along the way.

Does this patch sound like a harmonica?
You be the judge."

Dreadbox Artemis #2 | Winterdagen

video upload by Winterdagen

"A brassy melody on the lovely Dreadbox Artemis synthesizer.

When I make a simple patch like the one here, I can really hear if I like a synth or not, and oh boy do I like the Artemis. For this patch I've made use of the lovely internal large reverb and BBD delay algorithms by Sinevibes, and towards the end the piece I slowly fade in the detuned second oscillator. I noticed I really love detuning the oscillators from each other on Artemis, which is not something I like doing on every synth, but on Artemis it just sounds sooo good!"

Part 1 here

DAVE SMITH MOPHO SE KEYBOARD SYNTH

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"We say...
A pre-owned Dave Smith Mopho SE in good condition. It has fairly yellowed keys and no original packaging but comes with a power supply

Manufacturer's description
It’s a Bigger Badder Mopho!
Mopho SE builds upon the same award-winning analog, subtractive synth voice architecture of the Mopho and packages it in an ideally sized, three-and-a-half-octave, portable package. Use it to create the same huge basses, creamy leads, and percolating sequences that made the original Mopho everyone’s favorite micro mono synth.

The Mopho Sings!
The Mopho SE voice is composed of two analog oscillators, two sub octave generators, selectable 2- or 4-pole famed Curtis low-pass filter, three 5-stage envelope generators, four LFOs, a re-latchable arpeggiator, and a 16 x 4 step sequencer. Its voice also comes packed with 20 modulation sources and almost 50 destinations!

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ROLAND MKS-50 RACK MOUNT SYNTH

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"We say...
A pre-owned Roland MKS-50 in good condition. It has a few blemishes on the top and bottom as is typical for a rack mount unit.

Manufacturer's description

The MKS-50 is a rack-mount version of the Alpha Juno. It has the same synth engine and architecture, with some added features like 16 programmable chord memories, the ability to store velocity, volume, panning, de-tune, portamento and other similar parameters within each patch you create. The optional and highly recommended PG-300 will give you traditional slider type control of all editable tone parameters which include DCO (digitally controlled oscillators) LFO, bend, ENV, pulse, waveforms, noise, PW/PWM, high pass filter, VCF (filter) with freq/env/res/LFO/kybd, VCA envelope, chorus, and more."

Stupidly useful, simple & small // Low Fat VCF from AJH Synth

video upload by DivKid

"Here's a fun one and something stupidly simple, really easy to use, small, affordable but way more useful than you might think. It's the Low Fat VCF from AJH Synth, which is a 2HP non resonant (it's supppppeeeer smooth) high pass filter.

I think my favourite thing is using it to pair with low pass filters and to make a variable width band pass filter. It's also nice as a simple "clean up the mix" tool, as a pseudo spectral sidechain, multiband ducking style device or just for performance sweeping low end out of things."

"The Low Fat filter packs a switchable 6dB and 12dB slope High Pass Voltage controlled Filter into a miniscule 2HP of rack space, with a very low power consumption of less than 12mA per rail.

Sometimes there is just too much bottom end in a patch and it swamps everything else, by feeding it through the Low Fat Filter we can remove some of this bottom end to balance things up.

It also makes a great companion to the MiniMod Transistor Ladder Filter and can be placed before or after this in a patch to create a Band Pass filter with a variable passband and a choice of a softly rolling 6dB slope or a stronger 12 dB slope.

It's a great way to populate one of those frustrating gaps in your eurorack modular case with something that is deceptively usefuI.

In Depth

The LOW FAT is a new 2hp Eurorack module by AJH Synth, it's a High Pass filter, with frequency control by either manual pot, and/or external CV with attenuator. It's intended to compliment other filters, particularly low pass VCF modules, in practical tasks such as removing excessive low frequencies, for example when the bass is swamping a mix. It can be switched between 6dB (1 pole) response and 12dB (2 pole) response.

By patching a CV signal to the FCV input it can be voltage-controlled and used musically as with any other VCF. When used in conjunction with a LP filter it forms a fully customisable band pass filter, allowing the range of passbands to be cherry-picked. Feeding in a 1V/Oct pitch CV and setting the FCV pot to a suitable level allows it to track an incoming pitch CV, so the amount of High Pass filtering remains constant as the pitch of the incoming VCOs traverse up and down the frequency range. This can be particularly useful in creating percussive sounds, such as snares and hats, but also on sequenced bass lines. Since it is only 2HP it's a great way to occupy one of those frustrating gaps in your eurorack modular case with something that is deceptively useful, and adds another dimension to the classic bass monster that is the Transistor Ladder Filter."

Mighty Synth Sampler for iOS and Mac Released

video uploads by Moby Pixel

"Mighty Synth Sampler is out now, FREE on iPhone, iPad, and Mac!

In this video, I share the story behind the app, demo the sounds, and discuss the four pillars of Mighty Synth Sampler: Synth, Sampler, Sound Packs, & AUv3 Support. The app plays sound packs, SF2s, SFZs, and your own custom samples in standalone or as an AUv3 plugin. I can't wait to hear what you all make with it!

🚀 Mighty Synth Sampler is officially LIVE on the App Store!: https://apps.apple.com/app/id64458980..."

Playlist:

1. The Story Behind Mighty Synth Sampler | FREE Synth & Sound Packs Demo
2. Mighty Synth Sampler | Complete Guide
3. How To Make Instruments in Mighty Synth Sampler + DMT Cymatics Presets Demo
4. Mighty Synth Sampler Update | New Arpeggiator & More | AUv3 Demo in AUM & Koala
5. iOS Mighty Synth Sampler, free Sound Bank - mller30161