Pro Synth Network LIVE! - Episode 269, with Special Guest, Dina Pearlman-Ifil

video upload by Pro Synth Network

You can find the autographed ARP Odyssey Signed by Herbie Hancock mentioned in the video on synthCube here.

"Music Technology Discussion with Rob Puricelli, Kent Spong, Andrew Longhurst & our very special guest, Dina Pearlman-Ifil!

We welcome back Dina to the show to talk about the events planned to celebrate what would have been Alan R Pearlman's 100th birthday!

We appreciate your help! All donations via Super Chat, Super Stickers and Super Thanks go directly toward covering the cost of running the channel and making the show run smoothly.

Buy Pro Synth Network Merchandise at https://pro-synth-network-shop.fourth...

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Dina Pearlman:
https://alanrpearlmanfoundation.org/
https://alanrpearlmanfoundation.org/d...
@AlanRPearlmanFoundation

Autographed ARP Odyssey - Signed by Herbie Hancock

via the Alan R Pearlman Foundation:

"The man himself, Herbie Hancock, has graciously signed an ARP Odyssey in support of the Foundation. This full-size Odyssey was generously donated and assembled by Korg USA.

Herbie signed this Odyssey at the Hollywood Bowl while busy on the Chameleon reunion tour. We are always thrilled to have Herbie's support, and we're excited to offer a lucky player the opportunity to see his blessing every time they power on their new synth.

Learn more at synthCube."

Listed at $3,900.00

Synthesizers.com Joins synthCube

Some news sent my way via John L Rice

via synthCube on modwiggler:

"We are happy to announce here (first) that Synthesizers.com will be joining our portfolio of synthCube brands here just outside of Boston. We spent the weekend packing all of the assets, inventory, demo units etc into trucks and will be taking the next few weeks to get everything set up again in our shop. We owe much gratitude to Roger Arrick for the initial effort to design and start the company in the first place, to James Allen and others who took on Dotcom when Roger passed it along to them, and to the most recent owners for their stewardship of Dotcom in the interim. If you're a designer / maker of dotcom/MU 5U modules, we hope that this helps re-energize interest in your products too... frankly, the more options that customers have, the better for those customers and for the format itself. Part of how we will measure success is NOT by how many makers we put out of business, rather it will be how many makers will now grow faster, and how many new makers might come in and create more dotcom/MU 5U innovations? We'll post more details about future plans here and in other channels when we have some time, and we look forward to hearing your feedback, ideas, and suggestions on how best to inspire and support the current generations of Dotcom users and how to improve the products and solutions for the next generation as well. We know Dotcom/5U won't ever be as popular as Eurorack, and that's OK; BUT we are equally confident that there will always be a place for high quality, large format, serious synth instruments and modules and 5U will be around for the long haul. How does that saying go? 'We liked the product so much we bought the company.'

Monika and Chris"

New England Synth Fest at Northeastern University, Saturday, May 3

New England Synth Fest on Saturday, May 3 at Northeastern University in Ryder Hall (11 Leon St, Boston, MA 02115). Right next to the Ruggles T Station. DIY workshop starts at 11am. Performances, lectures, exhibits, and petting zoo are happening 12pm to 6pm.

Performances in QUADRAPHONIC SOUND from Switch Angel, David Dawson, Doug Bielmeier, A Campbell Payne, Bill T Miller, Bob Familiar, Andrew Neumann, Leftroman, Donald Martin, Snowbeasts, and Todd Reynolds. Schedule and artist bios here.

Bring your headphones to check out synths in the petting zoo in Room 354. Visit our vendors and exhibitors, Tall Dog, SynthCube, Stompbox Sonic, Source Audio, Circuit Happy, and the Alan R. Pearlman Foundation, also in Room 354. Join in the music making in the Jam Room in Room 458. Full day of lectures listed here in Room 429. Plus, a morning DIY workshop with Cram Audio: build a Eurorack Reverb or a Handheld Theremin!

FREE (except the DIY workshop). Follow on Instagram, Bluesky, and Linkedin for more info and updates.

JRD / Synthcube 1601 Sequencer (ARP clone) 2019 - Black

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

via this listing

"This is a professional DIY build of the JRD / Synthcube ARP 1601 sequencer clone.

Revision 5 includes the aftermarket clock divider, designed by JRD for sale with the base kit.

This sequencer is a wonderfully fun studio and performance bit of gear."

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Nonlinear Circuits Bindubba Sequencer - What's It Like Building a Bindubba Sequencer?

video upload by mtodead

https://synthcube.com/...

"I built a Nonlinear Circuits Bindubba Sequencer eurorack module. The background music was made using my eurorack setup featuring the Bindubba Sequencer. The build took about 7 hours.

00:00 Intro to the kit
00:50 ICs
04:53 Transistors
07:28 Resistors, Capacitors, and Diodes
16:02 Rectifiers, finishing up resistors and capacitors
17:00 Power Pin Header
17:21 Vactrols
18:15 Minijacks, Potentiometers, and LEDs
23:05 Test 1
23:58 Troubleshooting
24:55 Test 2
25:30 Finishing up/Outro"

Super Synthesis is Shutting Down Dec 31 w/ Big Sale & Two New Modules

via Super Synthesis

"It is with bittersweet excitement I announce that Super Synthesis is closing Dec 31st, 2024. That will be right around 11.5 years, and it's been a total blast. I started Super when I was 23 years old making format-less kits and noise boxes instead of finishing my EE degree. I still am pretty sure that was the right move lol... ask again when I'm 120! I will keep supporting all of my modules forever, and the current lineup will live on as DIY kits from Synthcube, and as open source designs on the Super github. I'll probably keep putting new stuff there too as it gets finished, as open designs and synth education have been my goal and priority since day one.

On Jan 1, the Super store will close down for good. Until then, everything is discounted in an effort to liquidate stock. Right now your whole order is 40% off. If anything is left by the holidays, that discount will get deeper! I really just want this stuff in people's racks.

This is a good and happy thing. If anyone is curious about anything, starting or running or closing Super, it's one of my favorite things to talk about.

After this post on reddit, I sold out overnight:

'Enough people have reached out wanting to know about a final run or hidden stock that I've decided to try something that I've strictly avoided the past 11 years: a pre-order.

I totally want to do another run, but I can't justify buying stuff that may end up undoing the magic of selling out of my stock!

Between now (Friday night, 9/27) and a week from now (next Friday night, 10/4) I have enabled purchase of all modules (including two new modules that no one has ever seen!). At the end of the week, I'll shut down ordering and get everything made. It will take about 4 weeks to get boards made by robots and modules assembled by homie Matt (Matt rules), then I'll ship them all out. If this is too long, I understand! I think it's the only way I can really go about this, though. Since I'm going to start spending the money on production immediately following this 1 week period, there will be no refunds once it closes. If you need to cancel your order, make sure you reach out before then!

I have been working on a reverb and a chorus for the past couple of years. I love them, but funds and time and various things got in the way of actually releasing them. They're both kind of noisy, mono, sort of imperfect, and totally badass. I'll try to get some demos up, but at $59.40 ($99 at the 40% discount), you could just grab one or both and support j'boy! This reverb was a blast to develop. I got to learn all about vintage resource-constrained reverbs and came up with an original algorithm that is super tasty and useful. The chorus module is a little less exciting, I guess, but the delay time goes up to about 1/3 of a second so it's really just badass modulated delay. Check them both out:

https://www.supersynthesis.com/products/room
https://www.supersynthesis.com/products/chorus"

"ROOM is a simple reverb effect boasting much tasty character comprised of modulated all pass delay lines with high and low pass filters in the main feedback path.

FEEDBACK controls the overall feedback around the loop. At max, the verb will sustain nearly indefinitely.

LP and HP control the cutoff frequencies of the high-pass and low-pass filters in the main feedback path. Adjust LP for darker, danker, sounds. Adjust HP to remove boom, simulate smaller spaces, or create long twinkly sizzles.

SIZE controls the length of the internal delay lines. At minimum you get little cabinets or bathrooms, at max you get deep halls and spacious canyons.

ROOM is retro. It's kind of noisy. It is deliciously useful.

schematics and more on our github"

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New England Synth Fest, Saturday, May 18 at SynthCube in Waltham, Mass

New England Synth Fest on Saturday, May 18 at SynthCube in Waltham, Mass. Lectures, exhibitors, petting zoo 10am-1pm (lectures from Richard Tarantino, Eric Crawley, and Jade Rose). Performances 1pm-5pm.

Performances from DannoTronic with visuals by Digital Awareness, Winterr, Wizard Peter, Mute City with visuals by Anagram, Nick Homenda with visuals by Caitlin, NoizCode with visuals by coolpic.biz, C. Chris Peters with visuals by Jame Coyne, and Guilt Factory. Performance schedule posted here.

Follow on Instagram and Linkedin for updates.

Building An Alien Screamer Synthesizer

video upload by synthCube

"We built an MFOS Alien Screamer synthesizer in one of our new 3D printed cases!"

https://synthcube.com/cart/mfos-alien-screamer-case

What is the Pet Rock? (Eurorack temporal rhythm generator module)

video upload by Musical Miscellany

"I recently purchased a Pet Rock. Not the traditional pet rock from the 1970s, but a Eurorack module that creates rhythms based on the phases of the moon. It's a really cool concept created by Jonah Senzel and released at Knobcon 2023.

Intro & Theory - 0:00
Logistics - 1:47
Basic Rhythms & Clock Variances - 2:55
Adding Pitch Sequences - 5:25
Adding Delay - 5:57

You can purchase one here: https://synthcube.com/cart/petrock"

Pet Rock made its first appearance on the site here.

"Pet Rock is a rogue-like rhythm generator which changes daily, with monthly modulations in style.

This 4hp Eurorack module generates a new rhythm every night at midnight that you have 24 hours to use. Pet Rock is like rhythm Wordle - everyone who owns the module gets the exact same rhythm. No internet connected needed.

Pet Rock has 2 independently clockable (gate in, gate out) 'A' and 'B' rhythms each day, so there's flexibility in how you use it/clock it. The ‘A’ and ‘B’ rhythms can be used together as one composite rhythm, split into two separate rhythms, etc.

Rhythm generation parameters change according to the real current moon phase. The overall "Mood" changes with every 30 day moon cycle to help keep things fresh. With each “Mood” change, Pet Rock switches between several custom algorithms to produce distinct styles.

IMPORTANT FINE PRINT:

Pre-orders are non-cancellable; please do not pre-order unless you are certain you want one.

synthCube is supporting Jonah’s manifesto and principle about the economics of the module as a ‘break-even’ proposition."


Introducing Pet Rock (the rogue-like moon based Eurorack Module)

video upload by Jonah Senzel

"more info at my website: petrock.site

(oops moon cycles are 29.5 days, not 31 I tried editing it into the voice over and it sounded really weird so here's your only chance to learn this vital information)"

ARP 2500 Bible - My ARP 2500 system

video upload by O.Z. Hall

"This video documents the configuration of my Behringer ARP 2500 system.
Here are some links to items referenced in the video:

ARP 2500 Owners Manual
https://manualmachine.com/arp/2500/54...
ARP 2500 brochure
https://archive.org/details/synthmanu...
ARP 2500 schematics
https://guitarfool.com/ARP2500.html
Inline Attenuators:
https://ryomodular.com/Airtenuator.html
https://synthcube.com/cart/ryo-airten...
The B2500 expander modules are by Euro Utilities out of Berlin Germany. Their Tindie.com store is here:
https://www.tindie.com/stores/eurouti...

TIMECODE
0:00 Intro
1:38 What modules for a 2500 system
2:09 B2500 Modules in my 2500 system
3:18 What's missing (non B2500 modules)
4:38 B2500 expander/breakout modules
6:03 Drums: MI Peaks + Euclidean Circules sequencer
6:28 Keyboard?
7:24 Conclusion"

Music From Outer Space - Soundlab Ultimate Analog Synthesizer SAMPLE PACK -

video upload by THIS MUSEUM IS (NOT) OBSOLETE

"The Museum Is now going to Offer sample packs of its machines,
a couple of sample packs a month to help fund improvement of the running of the museum to be open more often and offer more this coming year after the refurbishment we are doing over the next few months.
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Sample Pack Available here :- https://this-museum-is-not-obsolete.c...
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Johnny is now recording some of the machines at the museum and offering them as sample packs.
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This one is the Music From Outer Space Soundlab Ultimate. recorded with various Effects, Hits, Sound scapes, Drops, Drum sounds, Synth Samples, Space sounds you name it! in the video the song was made with the sample pack! (all except the NASA vocal) .
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It is also available on the look mum no computer patreon. :-
https://www.patreon.com/posts/9388936...
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Here is the soundlab ultimate in action :" [2nd video here]

Also see Music From Outer Space and synthCube Announce Noise Toaster Project Contest!

7/10/23 (alternate take) DIY Ray Wilson / MFOS synthesizer + Zerosum Inertia 6AS6 + Metasonix R-57

video upload by Cfpp0

"This video contains more filter sweeps than the video previously posted on 7/10/23, and the MFOS filter cutoff settings cause the Zerosum Inertia 6AS6 Signal Combiner to generate different rhythms than in the previous video. Two MFOS LFOs (at audio rate) go to Zerosum Inertia 6AS6, get combined, go to the MFOS filter, and go one channel on the R-57."

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ON a separate note, in case you missed it, also see the Music From Outer Space and synthCube Announce Noise Toaster Project Contest.

Music From Outer Space and synthCube Announce Noise Toaster Project Contest!

via synthCube

"Win cash prizes, store credit and merchandise by showing off your Noise Toaster

synthCube has organized a 'Show Off Your Build' contest to celebrate the most popular MFOS project of all time-- the Noise Toaster-and the companion how-to book Make:Analog Synthesizers by Ray Wilson, the founder of MFOS.

If you've built a Noise Toaster, enter the contest to show off your project and tell its story-or build a new Noise Toaster in order to enter the 'New Build' categories!

Noise Toaster desktop analog synthesizers come in all shapes and sizes-and the contest will award prizes for different categories- see the contest landing page for details and prizes!

Prizes include VISA gift cards, store credit vouchers, MFOS merchandise and MFOS synthesizer kits.

To enter the contest check out the details at https://gleam.io/competitions/...

Also check out the dedicated Noise Toaster Support Threads at Modwiggler and Facebook.

More info contact info@synthcube.com"

Next New England Synth Fest Set for October 28 in Burlington, Mass.

"New England Synth Fest, Saturday, October 28, 12pm to 6pm, in Burlington, Mass (at the Microsoft Technology Center, 5 Wayside Road). SIX HOURS of live music, video art, vendors, exhibitors, lectures, a jam room, and a synthesizer petting zoo. FREE admission.

Live music from Eric Crawley, Consecrated Venom, xperseai, Targus Targus, Rachel Devorah, Robert Dorschel, Violet Nox, Dave Seidel, Doug Beilmeier, Bill T Miller, Andrew Neumann, and Bob Familiar. Live visualization art from Alances Vargas, Allison Tanenhaus, BTMTV, FUTURACTIV, Jame Coyne, Vidumami, and more!

Seminars on Berlin School Music, Audio-Reactive Visuals, Chaotic Circuits, Live Coding, Intro to Eurorack, Building Culture, Generative Programs, and MIDI Details (see the website for speakers and schedule). There will be a morning DIY workshop led by SynthCube. Exhibitors include Setonix Synth, Stompbox Sonic, Kurku MIDI, Tall Dog Electronics, AND MORE.

Check out the NESF website for more details!"

TTSH Two Thousand Six Hundred Mini Meanie Arp 2600

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via CONTROL Reverb

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"Fully tested, perfect working condition. Built by the consignor. 2nd run PCB. Installed with Power One Linear PSU, Gate Booster Mod for +5V Gate Input, and synthCube slider caps. Housed in a limited-run Black Tolex wooden case by Monorocket offered in 2014."

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Mos-Lab - Dotcom - STG 5U Modular Synthesizer

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via this auction

"Mos-Lab: 921ABBB, C3PO, 904-A, 902, 911, 911

Synthesizers.com Q104 Midi

STG Active Multiples

Dotcom QCM16 Case (went with the moog-style cabinet to account for the deep mos-lab boards)

Dotcom QPS5 PSU, Dotcom QDH12 Harness

x2 Mos-Lab-to-Dotcom Power Bus

7 Dotcom 24" cables, 3 Dotcom 36" cables, 4 dotcom 12" cables, 2 generic 12" cables

Included for free: x2 Mos-Lab Series 900 power bus, Unassembled Oakley Diode Ladder Filter Kit from Synthcube
As many know, Seb recently discontinued his 900-series of 5U modules."

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Seeds2 DEMO by Kassen

video upload by Jw Hagenbeek

"The Seeds2 explained to Erik by Kassen (the programmer of the firmware)
#eurorack #ginkosynthese #modular #modularsynth #arp2600"

DIY Kits will be available via SynthCube.

This is the first small batch of assembled SEEDS2! The SEEDS2 is not officially released yet.

The assembling of this first batch is done to create a building manual and tells me what to move around on the PCB to make assembling asier. This means that these first modules will be available far before the real release and you will be the first to have this module in your rack!


The SEEDS2 is a powerfull 8 bit synth voice that gives you a lot of different sounds in a small package!

The sounds range from razor sharp FM basslines to commodore style bleebs and from soft flutes to nasty noises.

More detailed video's and a manual will be available when the module is officially released.

The SEEDS2 is a highly upgraded version of the SEEDS.
There are many new new sounds.
The interface has more knobs to control your sounds and all have their own CV input.
The MOD control is upgraded with a cv attenuator.
The filter section is upgraded and has its own modulation input.
The output stage has been redesigned and has a smoother sound.

-- there may be easter eggs for you to discover too... --

What Is Music From Outer Space?

video upload by LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER

MUSIC FROM OUTER SPACE :-
https://www.musicfromouterspace.com/
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@synthcube749 MFOS PCB's AND KITS :-
https://synthcube.com/cart/music-from...

New England Synth Fest Set for February 23 at the Boston Museum of Science

"New England Synth Fest presents live music, immersive visuals, and exhibitors at the Museum of Science in Boston. Performances in the Planetarium by ximena with visuals by Ziaire Trinidad Sherman, Mesmers with visuals by Allison Tanenhaus, and the The Square Root of Negative Two. More performances on the Lobby Stage by Black Potion, NoizCode, and Collin Russell. Plus lobby exhibits with our friends Stompbox Sonic, coolpics.biz, synthCube, Circuit Happy, Electronic Audio Experiments, Alan R. Pearlman Foundation, and more.

Lobby experience starts at 7:00pm. Planetarium show at 7:30pm. Get tickets at the Museum of Science website. $15. Last summer, June, July, and August were SOLD OUT. Act fast."