Marimba Legio: Percussive physical-modeling voice on the Legio platform

video upload by Noise Engineering

"Marimba Legio is a physical-modeling voice and resonator based on the sounds of struck and bowed resonant bars.

Get a Legio module and swap to this firmware today:
https://noiseengineering.us/products/...

Let's start with Type. This gives you three different resonant materials to work with, from woody marimba tones to metallic bars and glassy tubes.

Decay controls how long those resonances ring out, from short percussive hits to long, sustained tones.

Tone changes the character of the strike itself, going from softer, rounder hits to much brighter attacks.

Then there's Mode. You can use Marimba as a traditional struck voice, or bring external audio into the Excite inputs to strike or bow those resonators in completely different ways.

And since Pitch tracks 1 volt per octave, Marimba can be sequenced just like an oscillator.

Today your Legio is a marimba. Tomorrow it can be a supersaw, a snare, a wavefolder, or something considerably stranger. And they're all free to swap over a USB connection.

23 Firmwares.One Legio.

Visit noiseengineering.us or your favorite retailer to get a Legio module in your case."

Snare Legio: Analog-inspired snare voice on the Legio platform

video upload by Noise Engineering

"Snare Legio is an analog-inspired snare voice with plenty of control over the body, noise, and punch of every hit.

Get a Legio module and swap to this firmware today:
https://noiseengineering.us/products/...

Let's start with Decay. This controls how long the body of the snare rings out.

Noise controls the snare-wire character, letting you blend in as much noisy texture as you want.

The Impact switch changes the intensity of the attack, with three levels of punch from softer hits to much harder strikes.

Then there's the Wire switch, changing the tightness of the snare wires, giving you loose, standard, and tight variations on the sound.

And of course, Pitch lets you tune the whole voice, or add some modulation to get a little closer to industrial territory.

You can also press the Pitch encoder to mute.

With the audio inputs, you can bring in other sounds and mix them directly with the Snare's output.

Today your Legio is a snare drum. A quick USB swap and it can become a supersaw, wavefolder, granular processor, or something completely different.

23 Firmwares.One Legio.

Visit noiseengineering.us or your favorite retailer to get a Legio module in your case."

Gator Legio: Stereo supersaw PM oscillator on the Legio platform

video upload by Noise Engineering

"Gator Legio is a stereo supersaw oscillator inspired by the Manis Iteritas Alia core, with piles of detuned saws, phase modulation, and plenty of stereo movement.

Get a Legio module and swap to this firmware today:
https://noiseengineering.us/products/...

Let's start with Detune. This spreads the saw voices apart in pitch, taking your sound from a tight unison to a huge, dense, swarm of saws.

Saw Mod changes the character of those waves, giving you another way to push the harmonics with that classic Noise Engineering sound.

Then there's Saw Count. This switch changes the number of saw waves in the swarm.

And since Gator is stereo, the Stereoness switch spreads those voices across the stereo field for an even wider sound.

The inputs are for phase modulation. Feed in another oscillator and you can take that supersaw into much stranger territory.

And send a gate to the 8vA input and Gator instantly jumps up an octave, giving you another fun way to animate a sequence.

Gator is one of several synth voices available for Legio. You'll also find AT, Plus, Unda, Reso, and plenty of completely different percussion voices and effects to swap in over USB.

23 Firmwares.One Legio.

Visit noiseengineering.us or your favorite retailer to get a Legio module in your case."

Traveler + $10 Reverb = Cinematic Sci-Fi | Liminal Space 2

video upload by Keith Crosley

"Traveler meets Liminal Space 2 RC5, and things are getting gloriously spacious! Your old pal Keith is pairing KeySolutions Sounds' beautiful new synthesizer VST3 plugin with his haunted digital reverb synth for Blade Runner pads, supersaw bells, enormous churches, and a sitar that's somehow MORE SITAR. So grab your mod wheel, pack a spare delay line, and get ready for a REVERBS-A-GO-GO episode of your favorite talky synthesizer content show!

First, we dig into Traveler: its three different oscillators, gorgeous filters, gain staging, and what happens when you feed it KRC Mathwaves. There are a few Windows wavetable-import quirks to discuss. Naturally, I have opinions.

Then it's on to Liminal Space 2 RC5: new Bricasti M7-inspired algorithm banks evolved from impulse-response measurements, new Micro Pitch and Legacy Enhanced pitch shift modes, and the new Scattering diffusion mode. We compare the Bricasti-inspired "West Church" algorithm against its source IR, explore dark rooms with blooming stereo tails, and put piano, drums, and sitar into some wonderfully unreasonable spaces. There's even a Big Ass Spring. Woot!

Versions shown: Traveler 1.0.9 on Windows and Liminal Space 2 RC5. I purchased Traveler myself. Liminal Space 2 is my own plugin.

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🎹 Traveler from KeySolutions Sounds (just $99 with intro bundle price):
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🌊 KRC Mathwaves:
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Bad Gear - FINALLY!!!

video upload by AudioPilz

"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. People of the the 90s weren’t exactly spoiled for choice when it came to hands-on virtual analog polys: the iconic supersaw, the nordic ice bath, the range that still sounds better than 90% of today’s synths and the one even Uli Behringer wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole.

Today, however, we are FINALLY going to talk about the 1997 Yamaha AN1x and it is beyond me why it took me so long."

Redshift 6 - Classic early 2000s Uplifting Trance

video upload by Supercritical Synthesizers

"In this demo, we take ourselves back to the early 2000s, when supersaws and rolling trance basslines dominated the dance floor 💿🪩🎶

The Redshift 6 handles all the synth duties at the same time, using its incredibly powerful Demon Core Oscillators and multitimbrality.

The multitimbral patch has five parts:
Part 1: Supersaw Pad
Part 2: Main Lead
Part 3: Stereo Unison Bass
Part 4: SQR Wave Melody
Part 5: Paraphonic Pad

The parts are sequenced from the DAW, and the audio is recorded using the Redshift 6’s individual outputs.

The bassline is recorded dry from AUX 1, while all other synth parts are recorded from the Main Out through the Redshift 6’s internal FX.
There are no external FX on the synth parts."

Track Breakdown: Redshift 6 Paraphony, Digitakt 2, Chroma Console

video upload by Sineway

"This is the first proper track I've made with the Supercritical Redshift 6, and I wanted to take it apart properly. The chord stab you hear at the start is three notes coming out of a single analog voice, which is the thing I still find hard to believe.

The Redshift is multitimbral, so I used it as three instruments at once: a pad chord stab, an arp, and a three layer lead. Each one goes out of its own stereo output. The two aux outs are always dry, meaning they skip the internal FX section entirely, so the arp runs into a Chroma Console and the pad into a Microcosm. The lead keeps the synth's own delay.

Everything else melodic is sampled from the Redshift into the Digitakt II, which is also doing all the sequencing. Around 16 layers in total, so apart from the drums this is one synth.

I also skipped Overbridge this time and recorded four stems straight into a Zoom LiveTrak, which meant committing to the mix as I went. That's why the bass is split across two tracks.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:25 The chords - one voice, three notes
3:52 The arp - and what the Chroma Console does to it
4:46 Chrome Console overview
7:36 The lead - supersaw, macros, and four voices
10:57 I almost gave up on this track
12:41 Some of the Digitakt II layers
15:57 Digitakt trick: a trance click on a 909 kick"

SuperStarSaw: Far beyond conventional supersaws!

video upload by CatSynth TV

"We present SuperStarSaws, a new instrument from Native Instruments and A. G. Cook that expands on the concept of supersaws. It has two supersaw oscillators, or swarms, where the individual sawtooth partials can be spread both in frequency and space beyond the traditional detuning associated with supersaws to create dynamic swarms of sound, strange arpeggios, and more. The graphic morpher in the center allows one to quickly and smoothly change parameters between saved settings.

Please consider supporting this channel to help us bring you more synthesizer tutorials and other content."

Patreon: / catsynth | https://shop.catsynth.com | https://ko-fi.com/catsynth

00:00 Introduction
00:21 What are "supersaws"?
00:49 Overview of the SuperStarSaw interface
02:11 A few factory presets
03:39 Swarm oscillator deep dive
09:38 The morpher
11:49 Filter, amp, and amplitude envelope
16:10 Effects
19:31 Modulation options
22:45 Randomization with the dice controls
24:34 More factory presets
29:25 Conclusion

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
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Supercritical Synthesizers Interview Superbooth 2026

video upload by Take the Fear out the Gear

"Hi everybody this time we bring you the Supercritical Synthesizers Interview Superbooth 2026

Redshift 6 is a true sonic powerhouse. With 16 analog oscillators per voice and a 4-pole analog multimode filter featuring drive and character controls, it effortlessly delivers everything from super saw stabs to lush pads and from unison basses to vintage poly synth sounds. The Redshift 6’s 4 envelopes and 4 LFOs, combined with complex yet easy-to-assign modulation possibilities and the 32-slot mod matrix, offer endless possibilities for sound design.

Each of the Redshift 6’s six voices features a Demon Core Oscillator, capable of generating up to 16 simultaneous analog oscillators per voice. These oscillators can be assigned in various ways, from lush polyphonic textures to a massive 96-oscillator unison.

To take full advantage of the 96 oscillators almost endless sonic possibilities, the Demon Core Oscillator has various Engines, giving users a range of powerful options to choose from. Whether it’s traditional twin oscillators, supersaw engines, flanging phase sync, or transistor organ modes, each Engine is designed to be intuitive, highly controllable, and fully modulatable.

The filter core is an analog 4-pole state variable filter that is digitally controlled to act like almost any classic vintage synthesizer filter and more. In addition to the oscillators and filters, Redshift 6 has all the features expected of a modern synth – plenty of modulators, flexible voice routing, multitimbrality, MPE, and DSP effects."

A. G. Cook presents SuperStarSaw | Native Instruments

video upload by Native Instruments

"Presented by A. G. Cook, SuperStarSaw pushes stacked saw synthesis to its extremes. Create huge supersaws, impossible glides, blissed-out harmonies, and controlled chaos from a single playable instrument – without the need for endless layering and automation."

Playlist:

1. A. G. Cook presents SuperStarSaw | Native Instruments
2. Discover SuperStarSaw with A. G. Cook | Native Instruments
3. SuperStarSaw synth walkthrough | Native Instruments



Native Instruments and A. G. Cook turn his signature supersaw into a custom instrument you can play

The PC Music founder and 2025 BRIT Producer of the Year brings the stacked saw sound known for Charli xcx, and Caroline Polachek to a single synthesizer — built from his own patches

Berlin, July 16, 2026: Native Instruments has today launched SuperStarSaw, a synthesizer co-created with GRAMMY-winning A. G. Cook, British producer, PC Music founder, and one of the key architects of contemporary pop's defining sonic palette.

Supersaws, multiple sawtooth waves layered and slightly detuned against each other, are responsible for some of modern pop's most immediately recognisable textures: the wide, lush, harmonically dense quality running through Cook's work with Charli xcx, Beyoncé, Caroline Polachek, and Oklou. Building them has always meant painstaking multi-instance layering, a process Cook had refined over years of his own production work, and which became the starting point for what followed. The instrument grew out of a two-year collaboration with Native Instruments' design team, who worked directly from Cook's patches and production sessions to turn one of modern pop's most coveted sounds into something you can actually play.

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MARS Vacuum-Tube Synthesizer: The Most Aggressive Modern Synth I've Ever Tested

video upload by Vulture Culture

0:00 Intro Jam
2:17 Mono Mode & Basic Oscillator Shapes
4:16 The Vacuum Tube Filter
7:49 Duo Mode / Polivoks-Style Duophony
8:47 Poly 1 Mode / Korg Mono/Poly Behavior
10:47 Ensemble Mode & Supersaw Sounds
14:14 LFO Shapes, Retrigger & One-Shot Mode
17:31 Sample & Hold Filter Modulation
20:16 FM Synthesis Overview
29:00 Pros & Cons
37:43 Closing Thoughts

"What happens when you build a vacuum tube-based hybrid synthesizer in a Soviet space lab and send it back from the future? Today we’re demoing, reviewing, and explaining MARS from Eternal Engine Electronic Musical Instruments — one of the strangest, most beautiful, and most aggressive modern synthesizers I’ve ever played.

MARS is often described as a four-voice polyphonic tube synthesizer, but architecturally it’s more accurately a paraphonic synthesizer. The four digital oscillator voices can be played across multiple notes, but they all share the same tube-based filter and vactrol-based amplifier. That puts MARS more in the tradition of instruments like the Korg Mono/Poly and Formanta Polivoks than a conventional analog polysynth.

In this video, I walk through the full architecture of the Eternal Engine MARS: the digital oscillator section, mono / duo / poly voice modes, pulse-width modulation, ensemble mode, FM synthesis, modulation matrix, envelopes, LFO, sample & hold, the gorgeous Nixie lamp interface, the resonant vacuum tube filter, and the asymmetric tube overdrive that gives this synth its raw, snarling character.

This is not a safe, polite, modern analog synth. MARS is boutique, unusual, heavy, beautifully built, and absolutely vicious when pushed. The tube filter and drive section give it a sound that feels alive in a way most modern synthesizers don’t — somewhere between vintage analog synth, industrial bass machine, experimental sound design box, and Soviet sci-fi artifact.

If you’re into industrial music, EBM, darkwave, synthwave, experimental electronic music, vintage synthesizers, boutique synths, tube distortion, paraphonic synthesis, analog filters, FM basses, PWM pads, or Polivoks-style aggression, MARS is worth hearing.

I also talk through who I think this synth is actually for — and who should probably pass on it. Because while I absolutely adore the sound, MARS is not a cheap “do everything” synth, and it’s not trying to compete with mass-market analog polysynths. It’s a character instrument. A monster. A special machine for people who want something truly different."

Bastl Alchemist Ingredients (patches) - No Talking

video upload by The Cable Clan

"Very versatile little contraption, especially considering the price point.

Watch us create a Homunculus or maybe even gold from the sheer power of musical energy and love 💕

Features:
Digital synth with 5 modes
filter
fm
hypersine
supersaw
glitchnoise

Dual Fx section (delay/chorus/flanger/distortion)
4 oscillators"

Mask1EX/MK2 Sound Bank - GALAXY WAVE VOL 1

video upload by Kodamo

"New sound bank for your Mask1/EX

These 11 voices can be used as single or layered voices. In layered mode, you need to setup them this way to sound identical as the demo:

Voice 0 LLGP + Layer P02 Lsou
Voice 1 R2D2+ Layer P36 rE2
Voice 2 Cuit + Layer P61 LPL2
Voice 3 MSMT + Layer P188 Forest
Voice 4 Bashunte + Layer P71 Ludoc
Voice 5 Ufol + Layer P49 Horns
Voice 6 Lulu + Layer P50 Supersaw
Voice 7 L9J9 + Layer L55 (in this bank)
Voice 8 L55 + Layer P73 Ochoir
Voice 9 Luns + Layer LLGP (in this bank)
Voice 10 Cbr2u + Layer L55 (in this bank)

These layered voices are made for the Mask1 EX. For Mask 1 keyboard users, layered voices may differ.

Download here: https://kodamo.org/attachment?id=1598

Sound design by Ludovic Ferrando aka Cutting Edge
Copyright © 2026 Cutting Edge"

Omnisphere 3 presets - Trance Supersaw

video upload by NatLife Sounds

"Product Link: https://natlifesounds.com/product/tra...

Trance Supersaw for Omnisphere 3 presets - is a new big Supersaw collection of patches.

This is absolutely ultimate Supersaw sounds which you can get instantly. Every sound is produced in such a way that you don’t need to waste time tweaking it. You just take it and start creating.

You can find a bunch of Supersaw Leads, Supersaw Pads, Supersaw Plucks & Synths- everything is Supersaw here😁😎!

And of course, to restore the true sound of Supersaw, I took as a basis famous Trance hits from the late 90s and early 2000s.

Trance Supersaw includes 42 Omnisphere 3 presets, which are:

25 Leads
11 Pads
4 Plucks
2 Synth
Experience the full pleasure and immersion in the era of true Trance."

True Trance Sounds V1 for Zebra 3 by NatLife

video upload by NatLife Sounds

"Product Link: https://natlifesounds.com/product/tru...

True Trance Sounds V1 for U-He Zebra 3 - is a first Zebra 3 soundbank by NatLife.

This soundbank have all the most famous sounds from the Trance history, from big Supersaw in 2000s to beautiful Plucks in 90s and more modern Adagio for Strings guitar Lead, like it was used in Tïesto recreation.

But I haven't stoped with only famous Trance sounds, I have used new possibilities of Zebra 3 for creating absolutely new unusual sounds. This library have a big collection of atmospheric Pads & Leads. For recreating the famous Trance sounds of the past I have inspired with a tracks by Tïesto, ATB, Megara & DJ Lee, Plastic Boy(M.I.K.E.), Ralph Fridge and my own ideas.

The soundbank contains 64 U-He Zebra 3 presets & patches, which are:

AAH - 4
Bass - 9
Leads - 17
Modulation Sounds - 2
Pads - 25
Plucks - 4
Synth - 3

TIMELINE:
00:00 Tiësto - Adagio for Strings (NatLife rework)
02:15 Megara & DJ Lee - Human Nature (NatLife rmx)
03:25 ATB - Let U Go (NatLife vision)
04:21 Plastic Boy - Silver Bath (Natlife rev)
05:20 NatLife - Thinking of Montains
06:19 NatLife - Rise Of Me
07:00 Ralph Fridge - Paradise (NatLife rev)"

Modulaire Maritime Essaim Quick demo/review

video upload by Meska (Meska)

"quick demo/review of Essaim by modulaire maritime, 2hp VCO build around the SSI 2130 with TZFM/PM capability

Thank you for watching. My name is Meska of the statik collective . I've been making mostly 'dark and expérimental' music for more than ten years now, i'v learn so much online, now it's time for me to share my knoledge, my exploration and this channel is a place to talk about the tools, sound design and techniques to make music with. You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/. If you'd like to support the channel​ consider buying music from bandcamp ;) Contact/booking: meskastatik@gmail.com"

via Modulaire Maritime

https://www.modulaire-maritime.com/product-page/essaim-ѳ Voltage Controlled Oscillator

Provides:
'Thru-Zero' Frequency Modulation / Phase Modulation (selectable)
'SSaw' Wave (Swarm - SuperSaw) /Ramp Wave (selectable)
Sine Wave
Triangle Wave
Hard Sync
Tracks 1V/Octave thru 8 Octaves
Temperature stabilisation

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JP-8000 vs Nord Lead A1 vs Access Virus B — Which One Do You ACTUALLY Need?

video upload by Marc Renton

"The elephant in the room: Roland JP-8000, Clavia Nord Lead A1, and Access Virus B: Three legendary hardware synths from the late 90s/2000s that still hold up today. But which one is worth your money in 2026?

In this video, I go hands-on with all three machines from my studio, playing patches, presets, and sounds I programmed myself. No script, no BS — just honest thoughts after owning these synths for up to 21 years.

What you'll learn:
JP-8000: SuperSaw magic, but what are the real limitations of the filter?
Nord Lead A1: Why it's my go-to synth — and why the Moog filter is a game changer
Access Virus B: The all-in-one machine with 24-voice polyphony... and where it hits a wall
Should you buy hardware or use emulations? (honest take)

These are timeless machines. This knowledge will be valid in 10 or 20 years. Maybe some plugins won't exist by then — but these synths will.

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History of the Roland JP8000/JP8080 & Classic Trance Sound Design! (The original JE-8086)

video upload by AtomicA Sounds

"Synthesizer Presets & Coaching Services:- https://AtomicASounds.com

0:00 Intro
0:22 Roland JP-8080
0:27 Demo Track 1 - Clear Blue Water
1:49 My Own JP-8080
2:24 History Beginning
2:47 JP-8080 vs JP8000
3:32 Supersaw
3:49 History Lesson Continues
4:29 Darude Sandstorm
4:39 Dreams
4:55 Demo Track 2 - Superstring
6:39 Coaching & Sound Design
7:00 Sound Design Tutorial - Superstring
9:20 Ableton Processing
11:56 Outro"

Redshift 6 DCO First Look — Supercritical’s Wild New Analog DCO feature

video upload by FutureMusic.es

"Recorded at Superbooth Berlin 2026, this video takes a closer look at the Supercritical Redshift 6, one of the most original analog synth designs on the show floor. The Redshift 6 is a six-voice desktop synthesizer built around Supercritical’s Demon Core technology, with each voice using a digitally controlled analog oscillator architecture that can generate up to 16 simultaneous analog oscillators per voice.

What makes this instrument stand out is Supercritical’s MDCO concept, or Multiperiod Digitally Controlled Oscillator, which goes beyond the usual idea of a classic DCO by allowing multiple analog waves with pitch and phase control from a single analog oscillator core. In practice, that gives the Redshift 6 a huge sonic range, from vintage-style poly textures and wide supersaw stacks to flanging, phase-based movement, and dense unison sounds across a fully analog dry signal path.

In this Superbooth 2026 video, we explore the synth’s sound, interface, and performance potential, while talking through the features that make it one of the most forward-thinking hybrid-controlled analog instruments available today. With six voices, an analog 4-pole multimode filter, and a design that can evolve through firmware-based engine expansion, the Redshift 6 is aimed at producers and sound designers who want a modern polysynth with a distinctive technical identity.

If you are into advanced synthesis, bold analog tone, and new approaches to oscillator design, this is one of the most interesting synthesizers to watch from Superbooth Berlin 2026."

Introducing: RND synth - 1 button, 4 tracks, 4 billion ideas

video upload by cyma forma

"RND synth — a new synthesizer made by cyma forma and french artist Bambounou.

trade control for inspiration.

press the button, and every parameter is randomized, instantly creating a sound you've never heard before.

8 synthesis engines (and counting): subtractive, FM, acid, noise, speech, string, supersaw, additive

4 simultaneous instruments per patch each with its own sequence, individually mixable and recordable via 4-track audio over usb-c

4 channel midi in and out with 9 midi modes + analog sync in and out

an infinite source of musical ideas.

pre-order now at http://www.cymaforma.com

video by luca thiebault.
#rndsynth #synthesizer #synth #sounddesign #cymaforma #random"

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