"Tested and working well, although it might not be in the best cosmetic condition, this Electribe functions wonderfully with no skipping to speak of on the rotary encoder. These Electribes are quickly becoming more and more expensive so get 'em while they're not!"
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"This is the second and sadly last Putney / DK.1 combo to come to VEMIA from Cardiff University Electronic Music Studio - one of the first and biggest electronic music studios in the world, with six VCS3s and then a Synthi 100. Another of the VCS3s from the studio is the featured instrument in the Wikipedia article https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/EMS_VCS_3.jpg - note the exact same type of security tag and engraving (E M Studio). The Wikipedia one is s/n 143. This Putney / VCS3 is s/n 377. The DK.1 is s/n 2090. Cosmetic condition is very good for things that are over 50 years old. There is considerable wear to the top panel silk-screening, and a few minor marks in the woodwork, but otherwise everything is lovely. The silk-screening around the matrix is in excellent condition - much better than average - and the matrix itself is very good. As well as looking great, they are in perfect working order, thoroughly serviced in September 2024 by EMS expert Lucid. The servicing includes replacement of all noisy pots and a correct set of matrix pins, all proper spec and sourced from Robin Wood at EMS. (Total invoice just under £1K). The extra switch on the DK.1 reverses the dynamic voltage from the keyboard - perhaps in response to Carlos' criticism about the voltage as originally designed being negative. Lucid suspects this is an original EMS mod (and is identical to the other Cardiff Uni model we auctioned in April). **Now with one of Robin Wood's excellent padded covers for the VCS3 - money very well spent indeed. ** Packing at VEMIA: 30GBP."
"Off on a sonic adventure with the Analogue Solutions Impulse Command thru an Eventide SPACE, Hologram Dream Sequence, Red Panda Raster, Echoplex EM-1/ Entropy & Sons Recursion Studio, HDK-01
Drums:Tama TS-306, Lell UDS"
"When you don't have the words to express things, music somehow speaks for itself. It's a gift to your soul, when the world is spinning in ways you can't control, music does have a way in putting tings at ease. It's a good thing to find it necessary at times to bring yourself to an instrument, and allow yourself to play. Enjoy. :-)"
"Sound Department apresenta PATCHES – o novo quadro do Selo, que traz performances ao vivo com sintetizadores, gravadas no icônico Museu do Sintetizador. Descubra artistas inovadores da cena eletrônica e experimental em cada episódio.
No episódio de estreia, Arthur Joly conduz uma imersão sonora única, explorando texturas, timbres e as infinitas possibilidades que os sintetizadores oferecem.
"The raw analog aggression of the Electribe EA-1 meets the versatile hybrid power of the Electribe EM-1 in this ultimate bundle for Novation Circuit Tracks. Get the best of both worlds: the acidic, aggressive analog-modeled synth tones of the EA-1 combined with the digital PCM-based synths/instruments of the Electribe EM-1.
118 ready-to-use sessions!! spanning Acid, Techno, House, Drum & Bass,Trance, Big Beat, Nu Skool Breaks, IDM, and more, with the best patterns/sessions included in the factory pre-loaded Electribe EA-1 and Electribe EM-1, perfectly cloned, including many of the most popular genres of electronic music. A total of 118 sessions, making this a massive collection!!
271 meticulously cloned patches capturing the best of both Electribes.
128 drum samples from the Korg Electribe ER-1 & EM-1, providing deep drum sounds, and synthetic percussions
"Various nights of synth exploration... sometimes thru the Maestro Echoplex EM-1 tape delay. Just twisting knobs and seeing where they take the sound... + Entropy & Sons Recursion Studio #synthrenegades
"We are going to sell this rare and great sounding Roland System 100 Model 102 Expander sometime this year, maybe even this month, so keep an eye on Christopher’s Boutique 489 on Reverb.com in the near future."
2/2/25 ARP 1613 + Roland System 100 Model 102 + Peavey DDL-3 + Yamaha EM-100
"5 Mins checking out the GRIND. Haven't had the time to get deep with it yet, but heres a few just effin around. And some visuals courtesy of the Entropy & Sons Recursion Studio and HDK-01"
"When I heard of Mr. Howard's patches, I knew I couldn't delay, I needed to have them. Here you are listening to two of his single patches combined into multi setting: SY FIVE and ARP MEMORY.
I've come to accept that my journey into creating my own patches for the Summit may be far fetched. I am honored and privileged that there are those who understand this beautiful machine, well enough that I can enjoy and get lost playing them. It truly is an instrument that will stand the test of time, one to play and one to learn
You can listen to his patch creation 'Meridian' here:"
100 Ambient and Cinematic presets for all electronic productions. Meridian was inspired by a love of science fiction movies, music, games and stories. The presets include many immersive pads that make extensive use of the modulation features of Summit plus a wide range of modern and classic synths, keys and FX.
Novation Summit V2.2
Please note many of the patches make use of the Summit’s dual filter and will not work on the Novation Peak.
The video and audio demos contain presets played live and recorded direct from the Novation Summit. All sounds are from Meridian and only a light limiter has been used for the demos
0:00 PD Noon
0:47 PD Coral
1:21 SY Noir
2:21 PD Minerva
3:16 SY DCO
4:17 PD Syrl
5:28 SY Sail
6:09 PD Crest
6:40 PD Koris
7:42 SY Five
8:06 SY Gent
8:58 SY Strands
10:00 Taktur"
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My four soviet synths in one track 🎹
The title called ~Newski Prospekt~ ✨
The track are made with the following gear:
Formanta Polivoks (1982)
Rodina Alisa 1377 (1985)
RMIF Opus (1986)
Elektronika EM-26 (1992)
The Nevsky Prospekt (Невский проспект) is a 4.5-kilometre-long street in the historic center of Saint Petersburg and one of the most famous streets in the world. The street was laid out between 1711 and 1721 as a link between the Admiralty in the west and the Alexander Nevsky Monastery in the east of the city. From the middle of the 18th century, it increasingly developed into a boulevard as the numerous local aristocrats had their residences built here.
I have walked along this street several times myself and have always been impressed by its beauty and vibrancy. The street is the heart of the city. And Saint Petersburg is deeply rooted in my heart.
The video sequences and street ambience are made by my friend Natalja Smirnowa in january 2025"
"Switching back to RYTM. If you have one of these, you'll find where single handedly playing with it, forces you to squeeze so much excellence out of it. I'm still barely touching the surface of this thing, but i am having loads of fun... just getting the sheer fun out of a drum machine such as this does the justice I need. (sorry there was a slight audio glitch at 3:52 :-{ )
What's challenging for me, is going from using a Digitakt, the way the patterns are performed there, is very different when doing it on the RYTM. Whatever you change or alter, when you go to a different patter, it keeps the same kit. All of the same parameter changes you have done, if you haven't changed the kit, it will basically carry into the next pattern. Kinda forces you to perceive outside of the Digitakt box. Still heaps of fun though! Enjoy!"
"There's just something about these two synths. They truly are a happy marriage. They have their own sounds. I know many who owns synths perhaps have tried to dial in that specific sound against others, and they may come close, but its never to that exact "nichey"/"inkling" of depth that one or the other offers. It makes synths themselves give way to its own special existence for us all to explore. Some just offer longer relationships than others, but we'll never forget them as we move on or say good bye for a while, crossing the times to reminisce on the once was sounds that could potentially be had. Sometimes though having it again may not be the same, it was well for the season which it served in. Where as now there's just no parting with what you have determined to be one to carry you through many seasons."
"Kudos to my friend Slavic for creating this patch / @logikslave (thanks buddy) on his Novation Peak.
Merry Christmas to all btw. These subtle riffs are nothing incredibly new to those who watch this channel, many other videos I usually will play this riff. I realize that that the choice of travel I choose between the keys are very comfortable, known territories, often because I either haven't practiced enough or developed enough trust to where, in the benefit to those who play the piano blindly, could feel and know exactly where they should venture towards. As we go through life there are many territories we choose to remain comfortable in, till you want to embark into something new, more challenging. And is it worth it? what if you get hurt? what if you make a mistake? well... Will you live? Sometimes risks are worth it if for even an inch of hope believe you could actually do it. So why not stretch beyond the boundaries which you yourselves have chosen to remain in? You may indeed surprise yourself into becoming exactly what you were destined for.
"herre is a demo of an Elka One Man Band with custom drum sounds.
The OMB5 is a nice 4 part arranger with rhythm channel, bass channel and 2 accompaniment tracks. Sounds are FM (from the elka ER/EK/EM 44) and the drums are PCM sampled from the Drumstar 80. It has MIDI in and out so you can either control and play the different part from the keyboard or from MIDI, it syncs and transmits clock as well as single input notes or sequenced notes. I like using it with external midi controller so I can play the 3 different melodic part separately (when playing from the keyboard notes always trigger the 3 part together).
Though the drum samples are actually quite good if you like 80s sounds (especialy percussion and cymbal sounds), I decided to replace some of them with some I favor more, using sounds from LinnDrum, Oberheim DX, Roland TR808, CR8000 and TR707. I also adjusted level by using compression on some other stock sounds.
The audio format used in the OMB5 (and the Drumstar 80 which drum part is derived) is the same as in those classic 80s PCM drum machines, ie 8 bit µ-Law unsigned sample. Sample rate is 25000 hz (or so) in that one.
Replacing sound is not as straightforward as in those drum machines because instead of using 1x eprom per sound there are several samples per eprom (7x 256 kbyte eproms are used in the OMB5 to accomode for 32 sounds) so you need to edit the audio file and replace the existing sample with your own but it needs to start at the exact same adress as the original one and it should have the same length or be shorter.
So basically what you do is: read the eprom bin convert to uncompressed audio edit that file and edit/replace the sound you want making sure you dont change file size nor start adress of the sound convert the uncompressed audio to µ-law 8 bit burn the new bin file
if you're interested in getting those sound I can sell you a full 7x eproms kit ready to use. I can be fitted in the DrumStar 80 too.
here is a list of the 32 sounds, with original and replacement when there is:
"This is the second and sadly last Putney / DK.1 combo to come to VEMIA from Cardiff University Electronic Music Studio - one of the first and biggest electronic music studios in the world, with six VCS3s and then a Synthi 100. Another of the VCS3s from the studio is the featured instrument in the Wikipedia article https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/EMS_VCS_3.jpg - note the exact same type of security tag and engraving (E M Studio). The Wikipedia one is s/n 143. This Putney / VCS3 is s/n 377. The DK.1 is s/n 2090. Cosmetic condition is very good for things that are over 50 years old. There is considerable wear to the top panel silk-screening, and a few minor marks in the woodwork, but otherwise everything is lovely. The silk-screening around the matrix is in excellent condition - much better than average - and the matrix itself is very good. As well as looking great, they are in perfect working order, thoroughly serviced in September 2024 by EMS expert Lucid. The servicing includes replacement of all noisy pots and a correct set of matrix pins, all proper spec and sourced from Robin Wood at EMS. (Total invoice just under £1K).
