Hocket using ONE SYNTH

video upload by Hazel Mills

"Just me playing a synth, with love. The enjoyment of which is helped by this 'round robin' or 'hocket' technique that is allows, resulting in such expression and personality. If you wanted to see part one or this, where I hook up 3 of my synths to a Hocket plug-in and create a giant hive mind of synths, pop here - • Synths collaborate better than humans . [below]

More stuff and sample/sound packs on my Patreon - / hazelmills

Big love x"

Synths collaborate better than humans

video upload by Hazel Mills

Explaining and testing GTE by Make Noise

video upload by Stazma

"Today I'm happy to show you some stuff with the GTE by Make Noise.

GTE stands for 'Gestural Time Extractor', the concept of the module is to take any incoming signal and extract timing information from it's level. It's particularly great to creat weird rhythms (synced to clock or not) as well as to mangle audio rate signals into many supersonic squares.

Have fun!!!

More info here: https://www.makenoisemusic.com/module..."

00:00 Intro
01:53 Module Overview
04:01 Weird Beat 101
08:21 First patch I made with GTE
09:25 Audio rate madness
13:36 Pulse Acid Jam
14:26 Extra weird breakbeats
15:52 Computer synced weird beat

Mega Command Live (MCL) TUTORIALS

video uploads by Acid Gray

Playlist:

1. Mega Command Live (MCL) TUTORIAL 01 - Basic Functionalities (Conditional Trigs, Micro-Timing...)

I received my MCL just two days ago. Here, I show some very simple and basic functionalities of the unit (it's much easier than I expected).

A significant benefit for this classic and amazing machine!

0:00 Intro - What is the MCL?
0:46 MIDI-Connection
0:54 Create Project
2:27 Power up MD
3:07 Let's Make a Beat!

Find more resources here:
https://www.elektronauts.com/t/megaco...

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Intellijel Swells - Multi-Model Reverb Module with Swell Generator

video upload by Intellijel

"Swells is a multi-model reverb module, with a built-in modulator we call the 'Swell Generator'.

Some feature highlights of Swells include:
Nine unique studio-grade reverb models
Fully stereo signal path
Eight reverb parameter sliders
Ebb & Flow - two per-model parameters
Swell Generator - aka envelope follower with four modes.
LO-FI with Min & Max setting
Freeze, Reverse and Burst FX
20HP Module"

Intellijel Swells | Four synth explorations

video upload by Jay Hosking

"Four mostly ambient pieces with Intellijel's new reverb and other hardware.

Fair warning: Intellijel sent me the Swells and Jellymix. Take that as you will. Considering how much other Intellijel stuff I use, and considering how much I'm a sucker for reverb, I was excited to try this one out.

00:00 - Omnichord ambient
03:49 - SubH Replay ambient
08:22 - S-4 OVUM ambient
12:35 - Hexdrums jam

Undoubtedly, we're living in a golden era of reverb hardware. I've got more reverb than one human needs, but I love it so much. One thing that means, though, is that I'm looking for reverb that does new things, that isn't just good but different and textural and interesting in and of itself.

In that respect I've been very happy with Swells, and am planning to use it a bunch after this. Swells can play it straight, but the combination of self-generated modulation and great colouration options means Swells can draw attention, add unique character, and fill a role more than simply adding space. I've particularly liked pairing it with Jellymix, using Swells as a send and then using varying amounts of wet/dry across multiple instruments, creating a shared reverb environment that feels pretty glued. It's a great combo.

So do you need another reverb? Probably not. You don't need anything in hardware, honestly. But if you're looking for a hardware reverb that makes you think differently about time-based effects, and if you're looking for a reverb that sounds good in new ways, I think Swells is worth checking out.

Thanks for listening.

https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com"

The Crow Hill Company Introduces the THE SH*T SYNTH

The Sh*t Synth - Walkthrough video upload by CROW HILL XTRAS

Press release follows:


The Crow Hill Company turns to extensive and rare collection to turn out THE SH*T SYNTH as compendium of 48 circuit-, wave- and sample-bent instruments

EDINBURGH, UK: The Crow Hill Company is proud to turn to its own extensive and rare collection of hardware to turn out THE SH*T SYNTH — available as a compendium of 48 circuit-, wave- and sample-bent instruments inspired by some of the Edinburgh-based enterprise’s eclectic musical favourites (spanning the likes of Aphex Twin, Boards Of Canada, Joe Maus, Jon Brion, Laurie Spiegel, Radiohead, Throbbing Gristle, and Yazoo) to create something that they collectively ask: is it just shit or ‘the shit’? — as of April 7…

Whatever way anyone chooses to read into the titling of THE SH*T SYNTH as the latest entry into The Crow Hill’s ongoing ORIGINS series of sample-based virtual instrument plug-ins, one thing is for sure: it readily represents a broad selection of three categories of 16 workhorse instruments each, effectively wrapped up into a single plug-in designed to bring a cohesive approach to making music more edgy, lo-fi, retro, and — swimming against the technological tide of so-called progress — decidedly AI (Artificial Intelligence) slop-free. From pianos to strings, plucks, beeps, bass, and pads, the compendium that is THE SH*T SYNTH has been lovingly sculpted by the Edinburgh-based enterprise’s media composer and ‘samplist-in-residence’ Christian Henson to take the hassle out of making existing sounds less refined, catering to those looking for an entirely new bank of Mellotron-style sounds as well as synths that have been long forgotten — for good reason, too!

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Commination - Dark ambient Psychedelic Doom Drone - Elektron Tonverk & Soma Pulsar 23

video upload by Abre Ojos

"54bpm - Big words from little men

‪@WeAreElektron‬ Tonverk &‪@somasynths‬ Pulsar 23

Video:
Live visuals using The Wizard of Mars (1965) from Archive.org played through cracked ancient iPad and processed through:
Video microscope
Sony ZV1
Roland V1-HD
‪@entropyandsons‬ Recursion Studio
Resolume Avenue
Recorded with Rodecaster Video

Dark ambient audiovisual stuff: https://abreojos.net"

Spring Sunshine Synthwave - Teenage Engineering OP-XY, Dreadbox Artemis + Oxi E16 Live performance

video upload by Chip Tunes

"Because the sun is shining. And I'm really enjoying synthwave stuff at the moment

Gear used:

Music:
Teenage Engineering OP-XY
Dreadbox Artemis
Oxi Instruments E16

Video:
Fujifilm X-M5
Motu M2 Audio interface
Mac Studio with Logic Pro X"

Domain REDUX - Industrial Psychedelic Doom Techno Noise - Elektron Tonverk & Soma Pulsar 23

video upload by Abre Ojos

"33bpm - Reclaiming space

‪@WeAreElektron‬ Tonverk &‪@somasynths‬ Pulsar 23

Live processing the Pulsar through the Tonverk and sampling into the Grainer

Check the process video: [posted here]

Video:
Live visuals using The Vulture (1966) from Archive.org played through cracked ancient iPad and processed through:
Video microscope
Sony ZV1
Roland V1-HD
‪@entropyandsons‬ Recursion Studio
Resolume Avenue
Recorded with Rodecaster Video

Dark ambient audiovisual stuff: https://abreojos.net"

Roland M-DC1 Dance 1u rack module

Note: links to listings are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this eBay listing

"No AI here, this is a real human description in the language of English.

Think of drum loops, drones and leads from the 90s. This is an M-DC1 from Roland, which includes typical banks of patches, but also cool performance and drum modes. Many hip hop loops, trance type stuff. This is a rack module which essentially contains the dance roms that were also available for the JV series in the form of plug in cards. Except this is a standalone rack unit with a JV-esque sound engine.

The JV sound was ubiquitous in the 90s, and not to be underestimated, whether it be traditional piano/keyboard, bass, drums, or leads.

Pretty clean, even the rack ears are pretty clean, Home studio only, not dragged around. Used for supplementing tracks, and some of the drum loops were used as foundations for tracks.

you got your midi, your stereo outs etc.

midi'd it up to another roland keyboard and tested some of the performance loops, and individual patches. That worked for me."

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Domain V1 - Industrial Psychedelic Doom Techno Noise - Elektron Tonverk & Soma Pulsar 23

video upload by Abre Ojos

"77bpm - Disputed ownership

‪@WeAreElektron‬ Tonverk &‪@somasynths‬ Pulsar 23

Live processing the Pulsar through the Tonverk and sampling into the Grainer

Check the process video: • Making a Tonverk Techno Rumble + other things [posted here]

Video:
Live visuals using The Vulture (1966) from Archive.org played through cracked ancient iPad and processed through:
Video microscope
Sony ZV1
Roland V1-HD
‪@entropyandsons‬ Recursion Studio
Resolume Avenue
Recorded with Rodecaster Video

Dark ambient audiovisual stuff: https://abreojos.net"

Making a Tonverk Techno Rumble + other things

video upload by Abre Ojos

"The first thing I like to do on a new box is make a techno rumble. I learn a lot about a machine like this as I have a goal in mind and I can explore all the options. Here is one way to do it. I also live route the Pulsar 23 Bass channel through the TOnverk and apply a bunch of effects. And then sample the Pulsar and feed the Grainer. Finally add a Pulsar snare sample and make some weird hi hats. The video starts with the final result and then the making journey. And yeah yeah, OS 1.30 but in Australia I woke up to that so this is the final video that will ever be on OS 1.21.

00:00 Intro is the final track sketch
01:08 Intro ramble - oops I bought a Tonverk
05:02 Making the rumble
14:48 Sidechaining options
20:49 Testing at a faster BPM
22:26 Routing an external synth (Pulsar 23) MIDI control and using effects
26:20 Quick techno drone test
28:41 Sampling the Pulsar and feeding the Grainer Machine
42:02 Subtracks & adding some percussion
44:33 Weird hi-hats and a random sequence
46:24 Bringing it all together - the start is the end"

Dark ambient audiovisual stuff: https://abreojos.net

Roland System 700 SN 550082

Note: links to listings are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this Vemia listing

Click the auction link on top when you get there for additional listings.

"This is a unique opportunity to buy a monster synth, that is also a piece of synth pop history. Two cabinets plus the original keyboard, all lids, interconnection cables and original manual included. The first cabinet is a Roland System-700 Lab is one of the rarest and most sought-after modular synthesizers ever built.
Introduced in 1976 as part of Roland’s legendary System-700 series, the Lab version was designed as a compact, self-contained modular laboratory for advanced sound design, research, and education — but with the same discrete analog circuitry, massive sound, and build quality as the full studio system.

This one was owned by Bill Vorn, keyboardist of the synth-pop band Rational Youth, used in the following albums dated 1981 to 1983 : Rational Youth, Saturdays in Silesia, City of Night and I want to see the light, as reported in the certification signed by Bill Vorn himself, provided in the item. The second one is another original SYS 700 one, connected and internally cabled to the main one by means of the original cable, with the super rare modules that you see in the picture: an additional, multimode filter, the great output module and… a professionally custom module with a perfect ARP 2600 VCF clone… plus other stuff.

All the best Sys 700 modules, featuring the iconic vintage Roland tone — warm and incredibly dynamic — and offers an extraordinary range of sonic possibilities thanks to its flexible patch architecture. Perfect for collectors, professional studios, or synth enthusiasts looking for a centerpiece instrument with historical and musical significance. The system sports a comprehensive modular architecture with 3 oscillators, 2 filters, 2 VCAs, 6 envelopes (!), mixer, phaser, spring reverb (HUGE) and …utilities.

Legendary System-700 sound — powerful basses, evolving textures, experimental tones. What to say more? Fully functional and in very good cosmetic condition with minor signs of use. You will never find another in such condition. Last call…"

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Moog LABYRINTH // WLK FIXED FILTERBANK // w DISTORSION to ROOTS TECHNO // NO TALKING

video upload by LESINDES

"Moog LABYRINTH // WLK FIXED FILTERBANK // w DISTORSION to ROOTS TECHNO // NO TALKING
Combining the PURE STUFF = PURE FUN :-)"

hichord + m8.

video upload by hijaq.

"since the beginning of the year i’ve been slowly learning how to use the m8. it’s my new favorite little guy, but i still feel like i barely know what i’m doing. this is a really simple little song using the hichord as an external instrument with some touchscreen effects. there is no post-processing on this audio. still haven’t figured out how to make led screens look good on camera lol.

i have a few videos saved up so i can post weekly for the next little while. expect more m8 later, i’ll be back to traveling once it warms up so it’s coming with me ;3

all my music is free to use. liking the video or subscribing to the channel helps me make more stuff. thanks love u."

new hichord looper can make a whole song.

video upload by hijaq.

"hichord recently updated its looper to have six separate tracks and they asked me to try it out. i tried to get the camera as close as possible so you can read the screen. all this audio comes straight from the box with no plugins or effects."

Thorny - Dystopian ambient set from Interference, 3.14.26

video upload by Thorny - Witherwillow Sounds

"My dystopian ambient set from Interference, a monthly synth show at the Jewel in Manchester, NH, on Mar. 14, 2026. A bit darker than some of my usual stuff and a lot heavier than usual in some places.

Note: camera guy in frame is only for the first minute and a half.

audio by James Dattolo IG - ‪@acuriousproduction‬

copyright 2026 JD Ryan/all rights reserved
witherwillow.com
witherwillow.bandcamp.com"

Impuissant - Industrial Psychedelic Doom Techno Noise - Ableton Move & Soma Pulsar 23

video upload by Abre Ojos

"57bpm - Cracks are forming

Ableton Move &‪@somasynths‬ Pulsar 23 thru ‪@Endorphines‬ Ghost pedal

Layering a drone from the Bass channel on the Soma with the Move

Check the process video: • Turning a Soma Pulsar 23 drone in a MEGADR... [posted here]

Video:
Live visuals using The Valley of Gwangi (1969) from Archive.org played through cracked ancient iPad and processed through: Video microscope
Sony ZV1
Roland V1-HD
‪@entropyandsons‬ Recursion Studio
Resolume Avenue
Recorded with Rodecaster Video

Dark ambient audiovisual stuff: https://abreojos.net"

Xenodrive and DB-01 twins (no talk)

video upload by Richard DeHove

"Why does the Xenodrive not want to let me go? I've had all sorts of good intentions for other content and other devices, stuff that I'm really impatient to show, yet here are we are with the Xenodrive again. I suspect it's down to two things: First that I've cycled through loads of dirt pedals and effects and rarely found one that has more than a single good sound. The Darkglass B3K for example has a brilliant effect on synths, but despite having four knobs and two buttons, it only has one sound. The Xeno has loads of flavors to explore. Second reason I am fixated on this device is that it's finally given me the 'punk synth' sound I've always wanted. Which is largely what we have in this video.

I originally had a big blabfest at the start of this video talking about the Xenodrive in detail but on sudden impulse I cut it all out. I think I was mesmerized by the Xeno and it was giving me instructions. I must exert my free will while I can. If my next video features the Xeno, send help.

Routing here is the MIDI out from the master DB-01 (left) to the rightside DB-01. The master DB-01 has an 8-step random-generated pattern, the leftside DB-01 is empty. Audio goes from each DB-01 to the Xeno left and right. As usual there is absolutely no other processing.

Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free" My website: https://richarddehove.com/"

Shakmat Modular Ballista Blast Synth Voice Review

video upload by Molten Music Technology

"Ballista Blast is a hybrid synth voice with classic waveforms, wavetables and some funky FM with multiple algorithms. It has a great filter, useful envelope and lots of CV for modulation. There's also an expander which adds a hardwired LFO that can modulate a whole bunch of stuff simultaneously. There is a tiny screen and some menu diving but it's very playable and sounds pretty awesome to me. Let's have a poke!"

A "JP-8000" in your DAW for FREE

video upload by mylarmelodies

"Meet the DSP6300 crew and 'JE-8086', part their amazing ongoing project to make the firmware in 90's virtual analogue synths run in a modern DAW as a VST plugin. FOR FREE. 🔗 https://dsp56300.wordpress.com/ 👉 / mylarmelodies 🙌 MORE LINKS BELOW

Thanks to those who sent me the lecture - it's really interesting if you'd like to understand how this was achieved!

MORE INFO
▶︎ DSP56300 Site (the plugin is called "JE-8086"): https://dsp56300.wordpress.com/
▶︎ Roland's Official JP-8000 Firmware is here: https://www.roland.com/global/support..
. ▶︎ Lecture video by the creators on how it was done: • 39C3 - From Silicon to Darude Sand-storm: ... [video below]
▶︎ The DSP56300 donation link from the app: https://paypal.me/dsp56300
▶︎ More talks from them: https://media.ccc.de/search?p=giulioz


CHAPTERS:
00:00 This sounds familiar.
00:42 The sound, the feat
02:07 How it was done
03:41 Legal implications of ROMs
04:27 A quick fiddle
06:49 How to install & support it

39C3 - From Silicon to Darude Sand-storm: breaking famous synthesizer DSPs

video upload by media.ccc.de

"https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-from-sili...

Have you ever wondered how the chips and algorithms that made all those electronic music hits work? Us too!

At The Usual Suspects we create open source emulations of famous music hardware, synthesizers and effect units. After releasing some emulations of devices around the Motorola 563xx DSP chip, we made further steps into reverse engineering custom silicon chips to achieve what no one has done before: a real low-level emulation of the JP-8000. This famous synthesizer featured a special "SuperSaw" oscillator algorithm, which defined an entire generation of electronic and trance music. The main obstacle was emulating the 4 custom DSP chips the device used, which ran software written with a completely undocumented instruction set. In this talk I will go through the story of how we overcame that obstacle, using a mixture of automated silicon reverse engineering, probing the chip with an Arduino, statistical analysis of the opcodes and fuzzing. Finally, I will talk about how we made the emulator run in real-time using JIT, and what we found by looking at the SuperSaw code.

This talk is a sequel to my last year's talk Proprietary silicon ICs and dubious marketing claims? Let's fight those with a microscope!", where I showed how I reverse engineered a pretty old device (1986) by looking at microscope silicon pics alone, with manual tracing and some custom tools. Back then I claimed that taking a look at a more modern device would be way more challenging, due to the increased complexity.

This time, in fact, I've reverse engineered a much modern chip: the custom Roland/Toshiba TC170C140 ESP chip (1995). Completing this task required a different approach, as doing it manually would have required too much time. We used a guided automated approach that combines clever microscopy with computer vision to automatically classify standard cells in the chip, saving us most of the manual work.

The biggest win though came from directly probing the chip: by exploiting test routines and sending random data to the chip we figured out how the internal registers worked, slowly giving us insights about the encoding of the chip ISA. By combining those two approaches we managed to create a bit-accurate emulator, that also is able to run in real-time using JIT.

In this talk I want to cover the following topics:
What I learned since my previous talk by looking at more complicated chips
Towards automating the silicon reverse engineering process
How to find and exploit test modes to understand how stuff works
How we tricked the chips into spilling its own secrets
How the ESP chip works, compared to existing DSP chips
How the SuperSaw oscillator turned out to work


giulioz

https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/h..."

Turning a Soma Pulsar 23 drone in a MEGADRONE using the Ableton Move

video upload by Abre Ojos

"Turning a Pulsar 23 drone into a MEGADRONE!
This set up just keeps bringing the inspiration. Come on a synth journey to add spacial widening to a Pulsar drone and adding layers on layers of layers using the slicing function on the Move.

I mention the ‪@RiemannKollektion‬ for the kick sample https://riemannkollektion.com/ check them out! (not sponsored, no affiliation just a big fan!)

‪@Ableton‬ Move &‪@somasynths‬ Pulsar 23 thru ‪@Endorphines‬ Ghost pedal

Move is sequencing the Bass channel + vocal samples from the Move too."

00:00 Intro ramble
01:17 The Move set up
06:04 The Ghost efx
06:41 The Pulsar patch & set up
14:22 Setting up for the MegaDrone
18:31 Slicing the sampled drone
27:36 Bringing it all together


Dark ambient audiovisual stuff: https://abreojos.net