Melodee for the MPC Sample: 16-tracks & multisample kits, plug-ins and 4-track looper (Not a mod!)

video upload by Keremimo

You might recall Melodee for the M-VAVE FM-1. It has now been ported to the MPC Sample.

"Melodee is a free, open-source groovebox app for the Akai MPC Sample. It runs from the microSD card and changes nothing on the MPC itself.

This video walks through it: 16 tracks, one per pad, each a kit, a plug-in instrument or a MIDI track; MPC drum programs that load as a whole kit; multisampled instruments (SFZ, MPC keygroups, EXS, SoundFont) that stream from the card, with their zones laid out on screen; grain clouds; VST3 and VST2 plug-ins, with the Melodee Poly, PD and Chip synths; Keys with scales and chord layouts, and an arpeggiator; step sequencing with parameter locks, ratchets and Euclid; a piano roll; Motion recording, LFOs and macros; six-slot effect chains on every track, bus and the master, with sidechain keying; scenes and follow actions; a Song timeline with export to stems and MIDI; and a four-loop Looper.

How this was made: every screen and every sound comes from Melodee's own code, run on a computer with a scripted hand pressing the MPC's buttons, pads and knobs. It isn't camera footage, and the MPC Sample on screen is a drawing. The music is a demo project made for this video at 90 BPM: drums from the Dirty Drummer Demo kit, a Farfisa from Vintage Organs 3 Demo, a boys' choir multisample, and a Rusty Drums 3 kit loaded on camera; the bass and the pluck are the Melodee Poly plug-in.

https://github.com/keremimo/melodee-s...

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Tropica Nova: The 8-Bit Island Synth 🌴🎮 (Official Trailer)

video upload by Slime Green Beats

"🌴 Get Tropica Nova: https://slimegreenbeats.com/products/...

The 8-bit island synth by Slime Green Beats. Two pulse waves, a triangle bass and a noise channel, straight from a classic game console, plus the tools modern producers need.

🎮 In the trailer:
• Twin pulse waves with 4 duty cycles
• Triangle bass in the Authentic 8-bit engine
• Tracker-style chord arps: hold one key, get a full chord
• Noise drums + Metal mode
• Pitch sweeps for lasers and kicks
• Starlight Echo wide stereo delay

128 presets · Clean + Authentic engines · VST3 + Standalone · Windows 10/11"

"Turn any beat into a retro video game soundtrack in seconds.

Remember the music from the old game consoles? The hero theme you hummed for days, the coin sound and the boss battle music? Tropica Nova puts that whole sound in your DAW. Load a preset, press a key, and your track sounds like a game cartridge from the golden age of gaming.

It's built from the four voices of a classic 8-bit console: two pulse waves, a triangle and a noise channel. Then it adds the tools today's producers want, so your chip sounds are ready for a real mix.

Play a Whole Chord With One Finger

The old game composers faked chords by flipping through notes super fast. Tropica Nova does that for you. Pick a chord type, hold one key, and you get that shimmering chiptune chord right away. You don't need any music theory.

128 Presets, Ready to Drop In

You don't have to build anything from scratch. Pick a sound and start making music. There are 8 categories with 16 presets each:

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Saadet 1.0 for the M-VAVE FM-1: PPG Wave 2.2, HYDRA, multitimbrality and a new editor

video upload by Keremimo

"Saadet 1.0 is out: synthesizer firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1, now with six engines. HYDRA has three oscillators on 56 waves, two of them scanning lists of eight, with mutants, ring, noise and two filters, eight named macros on every sound and a WAVE LAB for your own waves. PPG Wave 2.2 plays the original wavetables and all 100 factory programs, two groups layered or split, and the sampled grand piano and saxophone of table 31. Two parts play by MIDI channel, split or layered, and save as 12 named performances. Hold ARP for a drone. A stolen voice now fades out over 23 ms under the new note instead of being cut. Saadet also runs on the M-VAVE SMK-37, in beta, and Saadet Studio is a new editor in the browser.

To install, open the web installer in Chrome or Edge, connect your FM-1 and follow it. Back up your sounds first. Bug reports and ideas are welcome.

Install: https://keremimo.github.io/saadet/ins...
Editor: https://saadet.ellicstudio.com
Source, release notes and changelog: https://github.com/keremimo/saadet

How this was made: the units' screens and all the audio were rendered from Saadet's own source running on a computer, driven by scripted buttons, knobs and keys. It isn't camera footage, and the FM-1 and the SMK-37 on screen are drawings. The music is Saadet's HYDRA and PPG engines played over MIDI by a script: the unit on screen plays the pad, and three more runs of the same firmware play the bass, the bells (their echoes are played as notes) and the choir. Levels between engines were evened out in the mix; nothing else was added. The engine waveforms in the opening are drawings of each engine's character, not measured audio. Saadet Studio's screens are stills of a local build of the editor, driven in a browser with its demo unit, which was recorded from the 1.0 firmware.

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Love Synthesizers First Love

video uploads by Angelstar Scotland

New videos of Love Synthesizers First Love. Be sure to see Red Means Recording walkthrough below.
See Love Synthesizers label for addtional posts.

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The M-VAVE FM-1 is a turning point, here's why / Tutorial: How to "vibe code" your own firmware

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

You can find the M-VAVE FM-1 on Amazon.

"Y'all send me so many comments and messages on the M-Vave FM-1, so here finally is my video on this box. It's an opinion piece, a collection of jams on different firmwares and a sysadmin tutorial rolled into one."

Table of contents:

00:00 Jam 1: Frasil
00:34 Hi, what's this?
01:20 The FM-1 situation: I have some thoughts and I'm going to talk about them
02:14 Jam 2: OverVave
02:26 Thought 1: Nice hardware!
03:55 AD: OneOdio Studio MAX 2 review - low latency 9ms wireless studio headphones
07:19 Jam 3: Original Firmware
07:44 Thought 2: The original firmware is good
11:10 Jam 4: Vector37
11:49 Thought 3: Chinese companies are only starting
13:17 Jam 5: Tuna
13:42 Thought 4: The Firmware situation is out of control
16:39 Tutorial: Installing the SDK and the Toolchain and Visual Studio Code
21:49 Jam 6: Floyd FM
22:12 Thought 5: The genie is out of the bottle
24:16 Jam 7: FMEL-1
24:31 Thought 6: It's the hardware, cupid
25:42 Summary + do the YouTube thing!

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DEEP HORIZON | Ambient - Berlin School Synth Journey.

video upload by Bill Astro

"Hey everyone, apologies in advance, summer is just around the corner and it’s getting pretty warm in the studio, so I'm spending a bit less time up here lately. Unfortunately, I didn't get the chance to add narrations to this one. As always though, if you have any comments or questions, drop them below or send me an email, hope you enjoy this session, I go deep with this one.

► Bandcamp: https://billastro.bandcamp.com"

Craig Padilla - First Light Over Aurora (Live) - MST/Division6, MatrixBrute, MPC ONE, Modx M

video upload by Craig Padilla

"Please consider donating a much appreciated monetary tip to the performer to:
PayPal.me/CraigPadillaMusic

Trick or treat! Here we go again with another live performance in the studio! This time it's inspired by the spirit of Halloween! And, once again, it's been captured on video by Colleen Padilla.

'First Light Over Aurora' was performed in front of my wife's parents. Colleen had suggested that they should be here for this recording because they hadn't personally experienced one of my live performances. Thankfully, they enjoyed it. And their energy in the room during the performance was inspiring. It's always a treat for me to be able to play my music for others in a live setting.

This song features heavy use of four synthesizers and effects:
Akai MPC ONE
Yamaha MODX M7
Synthrotek MST & Division 6 Modular with Source Audio Collider
Arturia MatrixBrute
Hologram Microcosm
TC Electronics Ditto X4

The Mattson Mini Modular and ARP 2500 Sequencer modules are here on display, but they were used for another epic track, 'The Trench Protocol'.

This song will be available on my new live album 'The Trench Protocol - Live'. It's available at www.CraigPadilla.com."

Sequential Circuits Pro One Test (Improv)

video upload by neilpattonmusic

"Recently acquired a vintage Pro-One when a friend cleaned out their basement and found this buried in the back in a case. Gave it to me as a thank you for help I've given over the years, even when I told them what it was possibly worth. Was non-functioning, but another friend took it apart, cleaned it up, and re-assembled it. It's in wonderful condition. Can't believe I have this in my studio now. Here's an early improv as I'm starting to learn the ins and outs of this very cool piece of history.

Audio not edited. Some EQ, chorus and flanger was added to beef up the raw sound.

©2026 Neil Patton. All Rights Reserved.

http//:www.neilpatton.net"

Synth Show - Ep241 - Can you "Vibe Code" a VST?

video upload by GEOSynths

Makes me think of a new generation Synth Edit based soft synths. For those of you concerned about them, and M-VAVE, taking over site, don't. I'll be filtering out noise as usual. Note supporting member posts are always welcome as a thank you for supporting the site, so you will see demos coming in that route. That said, posts like this one are mainly for informative purposes only, and to give you a perspective on the topic.

Video description:

"Can you 'Vibe Code' a VST? Of course you can :)

Like many of us in this space, I’ve been looking into what “AI” can and can’t do and more specifically how it can help me with Audio/Video and App Creation. Google Flow recently added the ability to 'Vibe Code' your own VST Plugins and I’ve made a half decent FX Plugin…Nothing that will change the Music World, damn, there’s enough of that going on, but it’s quite a cool little Project."

And another project I came across based on the UI of the Moog Messenger but with a different engine.

Vibe Coding VST3 Synth Based off Moog Messenger Preset Editor Layout

video upload by Elyon Tron

"Free https://github.com/Gevarya/neuro-prot...

Sound test. UI inspired by the Moog Messenger preset editor. Working Windows VST3 and standalone synthesizer with its own sound engine. I used the Moog Messengers preset editor layout and functionality as a foundation for this synth. This does not edit presets on the Moog Messenger and it's not a skin for the preset editor. This is it's own synth.

Developed native synth with JUCE and C++ with GPT Codex. Tested both the standalone app and VST3 inside FL Studio.

The synth currently features two original synthesis algorithms:

⚙️ Mandible = interacting phase-modulated oscillators and asymmetric wavefolding for biting, metallic basses and aggressive textures.

⚙️ Gullet = harmonically rich synthesis shaped by moving resonances and distortion for throaty, vowel-like growls and smoother bass tones.

Added oscillator shaping and sync, multiple filter modes, envelopes, two LFOs, modulation routing, internal feedback, glide, duophonic playing, MIDI-synced pitch and mod wheels, an arpeggiator, a basic step sequencer, and preset saving. The factory bank now includes 17 presets, with ten dedicated bass patches. This is an independent project, unaffiliated with Moog, and isn’t intended to emulate the Messenger’s sound.

More synthesis algorithms are planned for later, including ideas for fractured waveforms, interacting detuned sources, and feedback driven textures. For now, this demonstration explores what Mandible and Gullet can already do as of now.

Built through experimentation, listening, testing, and one working feature at a time. Work in progress."

GeoShred SWAM Collection 3/4

video upload by Jordan Rudess

"I bet you never expected to see me playing a TUBA! 😂🎺

But here I am, and believe it or not, this magnificent instrument is now part of my GeoShred app!

One of the things I love most about GeoShred is how incredibly expressive, ultra-realistic, and just plain fun these instruments are to play. And now we’ve added even more!

Our latest GeoShred and GeoShred Studio release brings 10 new GeoSWAM instruments, including Tuba, Baritone and Soprano Saxophone, Flugelhorn, French Horn, and more!

And these aren’t just sounds you trigger. They’re instruments you can really play, with an amazing amount of expression and control. That’s what makes GeoShred so special.

You can try any instrument before buying, and we’re also offering an introductory 33% discount on GeoSWAM 3/4 collections.

So here’s a little tuba performance for you. Who would’ve thought? 😎🎶

Can’t wait to hear what you all create with these new instruments!

www.geoshred.com"

Side note: GeoShred made its first appearance on the site in 2015.

Undersong, a walkthrough: turn audio into tuned particles (Max for Live and iPad)

video upload by ijo audio

"In this video I walk through Undersong, my audio effect that acts more like an instrument. It's out now as a Max for Live device and for iPhone and iPad.

Undersong is based on an idea I had for a live performance that ended up taking on a life of its own. Some of my past devices have been pretty immediate. You drop them on a track and they do the thing you're expecting. But this one really feels more like an environment that you have to get to know a little bit, kind of like a modular workstation full of ideas I like. They're often ambient leaning, but I think it's open to other types of music as well.

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Liminal Space 2 RC7: Tape, Fuzz & Beautiful New Reverb Spaces

video upload by Keith Crosley

"Liminal Space 2 RC7 now has tape saturation, tape shimmer, fuzz, robot speech, and new Authentic Soundware-inspired spaces. Your old pal Keith went in to update his haunted digital reverb synth and apparently forgot where the brakes were. So grab your headphones: we're going from beautiful studio strings to a cassette deck that probably shouldn't be allowed to drive!

First, Space Age Strings from Authentic Soundware meets four new reverb banks evolved from Jared Hunter's impulse responses, used with his permission. We explore Color EQ and Decay Color, compare Eastside Church with its source IR, and squeeze into the tiny Relic Room. These are algorithmic reverbs inspired by measured spaces; the IRs aren't playing inside the plugin.

Then things get gloriously unreasonable. The new GRIT module brings warmth, crunch, wavefolding, bitcrushing, shoegaze fuzz, varispeed tape, and Speak & Spell-style speech processing. We build tape shimmer, stereo wow and flutter, and a weird reverse-tape bloom. How many ways can you bend pitch in a reverb? Apparently, ALL OF THEM.

We also cover the new "Clean" tank filtering, Vulture 224 vintage flavor, spring/plate Material, Follow-driven reverb ducking, Lexitone Split Decay, and a quick return to True Shimmer. Plus a "Skippy Save" shortcut for your own wonderfully questionable patches. Woot!

Demonstrated in this video: Liminal Space 2 RC7 in Bitwig on Windows. Liminal Space is my own plugin. This video is not sponsored by Authentic Soundware.

-- GET THE SOUNDS --
👻 BUY LIMINAL SPACE 2 (Mac + Windows) just $10 until I raise the price:
https://www.wavetables.lol/l/liminal-...
🎁 FREE demo: 20-minute sessions, saving disabled:
https://www.wavetables.lol/l/liminal-...
🎻 Space Age Strings — Authentic Soundware (full Kontakt required):
https://authentic-soundware.com/produ..."

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undo machine live demo v2

video upload by aural explorations

"Undo Machine is out: https://undomachine.com

I built a small macOS app to solve something that had been bugging me for a while: capturing my current sound, freely changing it, then returning to where I started.

I’ve come to love that kind of workflow on the Torso S-4 and T-1. It’s useful for sound design and live performance, so I wanted to bring it to my Analog Four and Novation Peak.

This video shows Capture, Undo, Return and Morph in action. Undo Machine currently supports Novation Peak, Analog Four MKII, Bitwig Studio and Ableton Live and can be controlled by any Midi capable device.

Want this for your instrument too? Download Undo Machine and run the guided device test. Your results can help me investigate whether support is possible.

Available for macOS on Apple Silicon, with a 14-day trial."

"What does it do?

Imagine you could freeze the state of your entire hardware or hybrid setup while performing, creating or producing—then explore, mutate, distort and intensify your sound, knowing you can always return to your baseline at the push of a button or smoothly morph back with a fader.
That’s Undo Machine."

Still Lovin' UDO DMNO - BigStarSweep custom performance patch playin'

video upload by Pork Chop Synthesizers

"With all of the fresh UDO DMNO discussions this past 24 hours following the announcement of the new UDO DMNO desktop unit and ON system for expansion, I wanted to give my "OG" keyboard some lovin'. I locked myself away in my basement studio space long after the sun went down and went to town on some sound design. I came up with a couple of other ideas still simmering in the sonic Crock-Pot, but this one felt pretty ready for prime time. This obviously isn't an entirely new sound, but I tried to sprinkle on a little bit of extra UDO magic within it, and I hope you all enjoy!

Stick around for the whole video, as I bring in one of my favorite little friends part-way through. 😁"

SPACE 1oh1 (Roland SH-101 BLUE - 1oh1 Mod by Tubbutec, Roland Space Echo RE-201)

video upload by Acid Gray

"First time I set up the SH-101 for a random- arp jam in my studio after getting it (rather unexpected in the summer break) along with the Roland RE-201 Space Echo.

Recorded in a single take on 1010 BlueBox - Cloud Reverb added here on top or the spring reverb from the Space Echo.

I learned today, that the 101 can't generate a clock signal - here the LFO speed is used to trigger the arp (not the tightest tempo I have ever had, but I wanted to keep things simple).

Was seriously surprised about the variety you can get of it.
Thanks to ‪@tubbutec‬ for the superb development of the 1oh1 retrofit - I wouldn't wanna miss it and ‪@analogiapl‬ for the overhaul of this stunning unit.

Next take will be a combination of TR-808, SH-101 and a TB-303 ."

Sequential Fourm - Ambient Kinda! An Ambient song made with Fourm Presets!

video upload by kgbirmingham media

"Sequential Fourm – Kinda Ambient
I have playing around with my new synthesizer the Sequential Fourm. I decided that I would create an Ambient style song using only presets on the Fourm.
I’m Not sure it really is all that Ambient, since it does have an identifiable lead line. Anyway, it was fun to create.
Enjoy!
For the Techies
Everything was recorded through an Allen&Heath ZEDi10 and into Fender Studio Pro 8.
Fourm: The signal chain is fairly straightforward: Fourm, into TC Electronic Plethora X3 (stereo output), into a pair of SSL SixChannels, into a Drawmer MQ-2 EQ/Compressor/Saturator, into a Lindell 77X Compressor and into an Allen&Heath ZEDi10 Interface/Mixer and recorded in stereo directly into my DAW (Fender Studio Pro).
I created five tracks, using five presets, which I messed around with, both on the Fourm and also by applying some effects in my DAW. I didn’t use the TC Electronic Plethora X3, since I wasn’t sure that I wanted to “bake in” the effects.
The Presets I used were all in Factory Bank 2:

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Journey's Jonathan Cain Roland Jupiter 8 & Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev3.3 Listing for Charity

Note: links to listings are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
video upload by Retro Gear Shop

This one is in via Vince Ascoli.

via this eBay listing

"Jonathan Cain & Retro Gear Shop present the ultimate Journey fan package:

- Receive two historic synthesizers: Roland Jupiter 8 & Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev 3.3

- Receive two Multi-Platinum Journey records signed by Jonathan Cain: Escape & Frontiers

- Meet Jonathan Cain for lunch!

- A portion of proceeds go to St. Jude’s Charity

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Backrooms - The Complex: Found Footage | an Anomalous Dimension part ii #backrooms

video upload by No Lake

"Can the Summit create an atmosphere worthy of this universe, the way the Moog Sound Studio did last week? Well, let's find out.

Headphones 🎧 recommended"

Backrooms - The Complex: Expedition | an Anomalous Dimension #backrooms

video upload by No Lake

"Another reality, an alternative dimension, a corrupted memory.

Back in 2019, an anonymous user shared a blurry, unsettling photo of a dimly lit, empty hallway with monochrome yellow wallpaper, damp carpet, and fluorescent ceiling lights. Then, another user replied with a short caption stating that if you aren't careful you will end up in the Backrooms…

'The Backrooms' is a fictional, endless maze of empty, disorienting rooms characterized by these monochrome yellow walls, damp carpet, and fluorescent lights. Anyone can accidentally leave the boundaries of normal reality and fall into this infinite dimensional space. That's where the game “The Complex: Expedition” begins. That’s where the nightmare begins. That’s where my music enters the scene.

===) Headphones 🎧 recommended (==="

Sequential Fourm - He bought the Sequential Fourm, for the wrong reasons, and you may want to too!

video upload by kgbirmingham media

Don't miss the videos below. Also see Sequential Fourm - The Non Prophet Presets by kgbirmingham media.

"I traded in my Roland MC-707 for a Sequential Fourm. And, I did it for all the wrong reasons!
This video is different than my usual music videos. I needed a synth that was simple to use, could be a Polyphonic Aftertouch Controller for my ASM Hydrasynth and horror of all horror had MiniKeys.
So, this is why I bought the Sequential Fourm and why you may want to too!
Enjoy!
For the Techies
There’s not much to say about the tech. I recorded the narration directly into a Zoom R4 and transferred it to my DAW - Fender Studio Pro 8.
The background music is five tracks all created on the Sequential Fourm using Factory Presets.
The signal chain is fairly straightforward: MC-707, into a pair of SSL SixChannels, into a Drawmer MQ-2 EQ/Compressor/Saturator, into a Lindell 77X Compressor and into an Allen&Heath ZEDi10 Interface/Mixer.
Processing was limited to Waves L1 Limiter, Beyerdynamic Headphone Lab and UADx Manley Variable Mu Compressor. No Reverb. No Delay. Do Effects at All.
Everything was recorded through an Allen&Heath ZEDi10 and into Fender Studio Pro 8.
Video:
Fujifilm X-T3 camera with Fujifilm 10-24mm lens and an iPhone SE and iPhone 17.
The final video was edited in DaVinci Resolve.
Recording and monitoring was through an Allen&Heath ZEDi10 with Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro and Beyerdynamic Headphone Lab.
©2026 kgbirmingham media"

Sequential Fourm - For All The Wrong Reasons - The Song!

video upload by kgbirmingham media

"Sequential Fourm – For All The Wrong Reasons – The Song!
When I shot my Sequential Fourm video 'For All The Wrong Reasons' I created a background music track using only the Sequential Fourm for that video.
It is short, but I like it, so I put it together with some video on a misty day from Marie Curtis Park.
Enjoy!
For the Techies
The background music is five tracks all created on the Sequential Fourm using Factory Presets:
1 - A New Legend, 44 - Ryan Reverse, 69 - Sin Cussion, 72 - PluckyArp, 42 - Mini Prophet
The signal chain is fairly straightforward: MC-707, into a pair of SSL SixChannels, into a Drawmer MQ-2 EQ/Compressor/Saturator, into a Lindell 77X Compressor and into an Allen&Heath ZEDi10 Interface/Mixer.
Processing was limited to a: Waves L1 Limiter, Beyerdynamic Headphone Lab and UADx Manley Variable Mu Compressor. No Reverb. No Delay. Do Effects at All.
Everything was recorded through an Allen&Heath ZEDi10 and into Fender Studio Pro 8.
Video: iPhone 17.
The final video was edited in DaVinci Resolve.
Recording and monitoring was through an Allen&Heath ZEDi10 with Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro and Beyerdynamic Headphone Lab.
©2026 kgbirmingham media"

Sequential Fourm Creating Chaos

video upload by kgbirmingham media

"Sequential Fourm – Creating Chaos
This is a 'Making Of' type video. I just recently purchased a Sequential Fourm and I wanted to create a 'Song' using only Fourm Presets. So, I created six tracks, using six Fourm Presets. I ran the Fourm through a TC Electronic Plethora (Chorus, Delay, Reverb) and played around with the Filter, Noise, ARP and Amp Envelope.
I put “Song” into quotes, because it is rather cacophonous. Anyway, I like the variations of tone, structure and noises!
Enjoy!
For the Techies
There’s not much to say about the tech. I recorded the narration directly into my DAW - Fender Studio Pro 8. I used an AKG 414B microphone running through an ART TransX Preamp into an Allen&Heath ZEDi10 Interface/Mixer.
I recorded six tracks all created on the Sequential Fourm using Factory Presets.
The signal chain is fairly straightforward: Fourm, into TC Electronic Plethora X3 (stereo output), into a pair of SSL SixChannels, into a Drawmer MQ-2 EQ/Compressor/Saturator, into a Lindell 77X Compressor and into an Allen&Heath ZEDi10 Interface/Mixer and recorded in stereo directly into my DAW (Fender Studio Pro).
Processing was limited to Waves L1 Limiter, Beyerdynamic Headphone Lab and UADx Manley Variable Mu Compressor. No Reverb. No Delay. Do Effects in the DAW
Everything was recorded through an Allen&Heath ZEDi10 and into Fender Studio Pro 8.
Video:
Fujifilm X-T3 camera with Fujifilm 10-24mm lens and iPhone 17. And, OBS studio for the screen shot.
The final video was edited in DaVinci Resolve.
Recording and monitoring was through an Allen&Heath ZEDi10 with Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro and Beyerdynamic Headphone Lab.
©2026 kgbirmingham media"

VAV N-Wave: Middle-Out Waveshaper

video upload by Magical Synth Adventure

"Join me as I take the @control_voltage VAV N-Wave Middle-Out Waveshaper for a spin!

The N-Wave is a really imaginative waveshaper. Some waveshapers might fold over the peaks of an incoming waveform, some might rectify them - squaring things off like a fuzz pedal. N-wave keeps the peaks of waveform - like the top and bottom of a saw wave - intact, and instead lets you shape and turn up on the volume on a section in the middle of the waveform - leading to unique tones. This is especially true, as you can vary the width of this middle section!"

video uploads by control_voltage

Playlist:

1. VAV N-Wave: Step Sequenced Threshold

One fun live performance (or studio) use for the N-Wave is to connect a Step Sequencer on the Threshold CV and generate different timbres for each step in a sequence. These act as accents and add a lot of life and feel to your sequences and the feel can easily be changed on the fly using something like a Joranalogue Step 8 as your source of steps.

2. VAV N-Wave: Threshold Ring Modulation

In Part 2 of the VAV N-Wave Video Manual, we look at using the threshold control and bipolar vca cv to create new waveforms that have a mixture of normal and ring modulated (quadrature) segments.

3. VAV N-Wave Mangles a Triangle

Here, the N-Wave does quite a number on an unsuspecting triangle wave with the help of some nearby modules. N-Wave is kind of like that one kid's house where everyone hung out and cooked up weird DnD campaigns or something. But for modular signals.

"N-Wave is a novel waveshaper for the Eurorack modular format. Unlike traditional wavefolders and clippers, which operate on the peaks of a waveform, N-Wave leaves peaks intact. All you need to expand your sound palette greatly is a VCO signal and a few twists of the knobs!

Using its internal bipolar VCA (aka four quadrant multiplier, aaka ring modulator) you can apply gain reduction and polarity inversion to an inner portion of the wave slope that you define with the THRESHOLD and OFFSET controls.

All functions can also be controlled via control voltage inputs. LFOs, Audio Rate VCOs, ADSR Envelopes, 1V/Oct signals, sequenced voltages, sample and hold signals, noise, and sub octave signals are all very good choices and can produce results ranging from very musical to very strange. An external detector signal can also be applied if you don't want to trigger the detector on the waveform you're modifying.

If you like, you can also use N-Wave as a high quality bipolar VCA, attenuverter, or ring modulator with the THRESHOLD set to maximum and dynamically mute the effect by applying 0V or a negative voltage to the threshold either using a sequencer or manual control, which allows for hocketing and rhythmic effects.

N-Wave can also operate all the way down to 0hz (DC), so, in addition to audio, it can process LFOs, envelopes, 1V/octave sequences, and any other signal that varies amplitude over time (Sorry, square waves and pulse waves. Your super-sonic rise times are hard to shape in an audible way, but you do work well as control signals).

N-Wave is 10HP and uses Burr Brown op amps for the primary signal path alongside high quality Texas Instruments ICs that are carefully chosen to best fit their roles in the circuit."