06.11.2025 Erik Satie Gymnopédie for fun

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"Sound source: Mos-Lab 2500, muSonics Minimoog, Roland Juno 60, Waldorf Q, Oberheim Matrix 1000 and Mellotron plugin with choir voices (Valhalla Reverb on it).
Effect: Eventide H9, Audiothingies Doctor A, Hologram Microcosm.
One single take. Keeping its imperfections."

06.11.2025 Erik Satie Gymnopedie [The instruments I used]

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06.10.2025 Mos-Lab 2500

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"Patching the last module (gate mixer/router, tap delay, quantizer) added to the matrix... Prototype actually, but all works. So I'll eventually make an alu panel for it."

Flim for fun (remixed by Jean Métro)

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"As usual can't beat the amazing original by Aphex Twin and it's not the goal anyway, cause I'm doing these session as therapy. No-brainer and fun.
One unique take und tschüss! Peace.
Mos-Lab 2500, muSonics Minimoog, Roland Juno 60, TR-808, Waldorf Q, Oberheim Matrix 1000.
Effect: Audiothingies Doctor A."

06.07.2025 Red Calx REMIX

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"Inpired by USER18081971 'Red Calx' track, I did this remix for fun today.
Sounds: muSonics Minimoog, Mos-Lab 2500, Roland Juno 60, TR-808, piano plugin.
Effects: Audiothingies Doctor A, Hologram Microcosm."

06.06.2025 Radio Aktivitaet for fun - Take 1

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"Can't of course beat the original masterpiece by Kraftwerk, but it won't stop me to have some fun playing with all these beautiful machines.
I record only one take, to not spend too much time on settings and fine tuning.
If I had to record a second time, I'd finish the track differently.
I'll prob. do next a video to show the different audio sources / MIDI tracks before moving forward to another tune. For now here's how the differents elements arrive:
00:00 Mellotron
00:12 TR-808
00:18 Minimoog
00:26 Waldorf Q
00:35 Mos-Lab 2500 (oscillator 2 on filter 1)
01:08 Mos-Lab 2500 (white noise on filter 2)
01:10 Roland Juno 60
Effect: Audiothingies Doctor A"

06.01.2025 Trans-Europe Express - Take 1

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"Allez ! Un petit tour en train pour le fun.
Can't of course beat the original 'Trans-Europe Express' masterpiece by Kraftwerk, but it won't stop me to have some fun playing with all these beautiful machines.
One take. Direct out to stereo."

Batchas "Hummingbird"

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"All sounds: Mos-Lab 2500. Higher notes: Oberheim Matrix 1000.
I invite you to watch the original video from where I took the excerpts seen in my short clip:

He created a hummingbird paradise in his backyard

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"Window salesman Eric Pittman's life changed forever the day he noticed a Anna's hummingbird buzzing around his backyard in Esquimalt, B.C. in the summer of 2009.

After a flurry of sharp turns caught his eye, the bird came to rest on the branch of a pear tree. It looked around to check for danger and met Pittman's gaze, yet she seemed unbothered by his presence. Pittman looked closer. Then, two pea-sized black orbs began bobbing up and down. It was a pair of newborn hummingbird chicks. He'd discovered Sweetie Bird (as he later named her) returning to her nest to feed her babies. Overcome with curiosity, Pittman stayed under the tree for the rest of the day, binoculars stuck to his face. He bought a video camera and began filming the bird in his backyard. He hasn't stopped in fourteen years.

Today, Pittman is a citizen scientist and hummingbird expert. But he didn't formally study ornithology, or even any biology. His skill at capturing footage of hummingbird behaviour has earned him 50,000 followers on his "Hummingbirds Up Close" Facebook page, where he shares daily updates. The BBC Natural History Unit has even turned to Pittman as a subject matter expert when they’ve needed to film elusive hummingbirds.

The short documentary The Bird in my Backyard follows Eric throughout the spring of 2024 as he documents two mother hummingbirds raising their chicks. It’s a story about the childlike curiosity in all of us, and the doors it can open if we just lean in a bit closer.

Filmed and Directed by Ryan Wilkes."

05.31.2025 Supernature for fun

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Follow-up to this post.

"Take 2, no editing, recorded directly to stereo out.
The MIDI tracks play muSonics Minimoog, Roland Juno 60, TR-808, Waldorf Q, Waldorf Pulse+, Oberheim Matrix 1000 and one plugin, the Mellotron. Effect = Audiothingies Doctor A."

05.27.2025 Supernature for fun (Long version) - Take 1

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Take 2 here

"I hesitated to make this one public because of all 'thumb down' enthusiasts, but no matter how, music is my therapy and it won't stop me having fun with my machines, without any stylistic boundaries.
Pretty sure I'll record one more take of this one, cause it's far to be perfect and it's a lot of fun to play. I was 14 in 1977 when the Cerrone 'Supernature' video clip came on TV. We had never seen something like this on french TV back then and as a kid I was pretty much impressed.
As usual, one take, no editing, recorded directly to stereo out.
The MIDI tracks play muSonics Minimoog, Roland Juno 60, TR-808, Waldorf Q, Waldorf Pulse+, Oberheim Matrix 1000 and one plugin, the Mellotron. Effect = Audiothingies Doctor A.
It's quite a long version cause I did loop the last measure and could not stop playing!"

05.29.2025 Espace temps - Étude

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"Mos-Lab 2500 & Scrotum Lab Mini-System"

05.23.25 Blade Runner for fun - Mos-Lab 2500 & Matrix 1000

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"Therapeutic time with today's version of yesterday's patch. This time with only Mos-Lab 2500 and Oberheim Matrix 1000 active tracks and the other synths are muted. With additional delay/reverb from Audiothingies Doctor A. Recorded in one take, so I don't spend more than one hour per session."

05.22.25 Blade Runner for fun - Take 1

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"Like with the precedent video, this one is to me therapeutic. And of course it's far to be comparable to Vangelis' masterpiece. I like synth sounds and I like the exercice of spending one hour a day per session.
It took only three sessions to get there, which makes me think that in two or three more sessions there'd be enough room to make a really cool song. If and only if I decide to spend more time on this piece. This I don't know. Time will tell!
Audio sources: Mos-Lab 2500, muSonics Minimoog, Roland Juno 60, Oberheim Matrix 1000, Waldorf Q.
Effects: Audiothingies Doctor A, Hologram Microcosm (very tiny bit of this one on one 2500 voice).
One take. Direct out to stereo."

05.21.2025 Purcell for fun as therapy

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"Music is my therapy.
Still some imperfections, but I'll move on to a different patch, as I don't want to spend too much time on the same thing."

05.16.2025 Synton Fenix [07]

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"No external effect added."

Batchas "Grow"

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"Audio source: Synton Fenix II & IId."

Batchas "La guerra"

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"No external effect added (except a few seconds around 4:00)."

05.16.2025 Scrotum Lab matrix

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Batchas "Si seulement..."

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"Direct out to stereo track wirth added effects on the mixer."

05.09.2025 Synton Fenix

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"Oops... The video is out of focus cause I'm looking at the synth while I record, concentrating on the delay feedback!"

04.28.2025 Synton Fenix

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"Synton Fenix II, III, IId with Scrotum Lab ex0ex.
Kind of vowel sounds = I send a sawtooth from Fenix II oscillator into the ex0ex filter input and I send the ex0ex output into the ring modulator of Fenix IId. I send a sinewave into the other ring mod input. Direct outs from Fenix(es) sent to mixer. No ext. effect added."