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Jomox XBase888 with Eventide TimeFactor Delay

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"This is an awesome sounding delay pedal! You can hear the dry signal of the Jomox XBase888 in the first section. It's great having it synced. The TimeFactor's display shows you the delay time in note values or milliseconds.

The TimeFactor is actually two delays in one. It has a mix knob, second from the top-left, that allows you to transition between two different delay times, The first delay in this demo is the "Band Delay", the second is "Reverse" and the third is a "Mod Delay". You can hear at the end how it will actually transition smoothly from one delay time to another, giving you some interesting effects. This super delay pedal also does amazing tape and analog emulations as well as a looper. Nice. bigcitymusic.com"

Void and Followed

Via Justin: "So rather than make music for myself, alone i thought I'd be a little less of an introvert and share some of my sessions. I'm going to record a track a day for the next few days. Here are the two first ones. The tracks are performed live and improvised, not to be taken too seriously :)..

Using matrix 6r, mfb synth 2, juno 60, tr 909 and the tr 606. MSQ 700 sequencer also used with the juno, akai AX-73 makes an appearance as a midi controller in the first 2 videos."

Void

YouTube via liquidjustin
"Live, improvised, minimal progressive house, using analog synthesizers and analog drum machines."

Followed

Roland Juno 6 in Hi-Fi

YouTube via shaft9000
"this is the Roland Juno 6 polyphonic analog synthesizer, heard in many songs and tracks since it's introduction in 1982. recorded direct w/o any external processing.
All videos posted by Shaft9000 on YouTube are for demonstration purposes only. I have no affiliation with Roland or any other synthesizer manufacturer."

Centrifuge - Yamaha CS40M Track

via chromium on this VSE post.

Centrifuge (mp3)

"I used a ribbon controller on this track to modulate the CS's filter cutoff as I played. That's what was creating the swells throughout the song, and those rhythmic effects in the bridge.

For those interested, the bass is my Alembic Distillate for both for the bassline and the distorted melody doubling (thru an EHX tube overdrive unit). I used a Fender Strat thru a mic'd (SM-57) Champion 300 amp for the solo. Everything was recorded thru an Alembic F2-B tube preamp, and I used a Moog MF-104z for the delay effects. My audio workstation is pretty modest - consisting of an M-Audio 1814 adapter, and an older version of Cubase SX.

Thanks for listening - all feedback is welcome! I'm kinda new to this recording stuff, but I have a few other tracks up on Myspace and my homepage as well -

http://www.myspace.com/hillscloud
http://www.hillscloud.com"

Rotterdam: Worm Studio

click here for a few more images on trash_audio.

Eurorack modular on top of ARP 2500 cabinet.

Ableton Live demonstration #3

YouTube via djbravetti. Bass drums programmed on Ableton's FM Synth, Operator. via CDM.
"This video is not a tutorial or a guide. This video is demonstrative only. Just in case you want it, there will be a step by step guide on my column "i producer" at www.djvox.com, also in the upcoming days there will be the full article that is based on this demonstration."

Ableton Live demonstration #5

"Using Ablteon's Live Clip Envelopes, Follow Actions, and Legato to create IDM elements."

Oberheim OB-8

images via this auction

Yamaha CS40M

images via this auction

Buchla 200e Demos via donh - Update

It's been over a year since I put up a post on donh's Buchla 200e demos. More are up. You can find them here.