KORG DS10 PLUS! USA - Unboxing The American Version - Franz K

YouTube via VJFranzK DS-10 Plus on Ebay DS-10 Plus on Amazon
"First unboxing of the USA edition of KORG DS10 Plus!"

Folktek Garden joins the Jomox band

YouTube via theau61. Folktek on Ebay
"Loop made with Folktek garden. Filtering and reverbe made with the Jomox T-resonator. Reproducing African Dance groove heard from the outside."

Reason Combinator Dulcimer with sustain pedal

YouTube via LoudonYukon
"This is a response to a question I received at Berklee, it shows some of the basic functionality of the Combinator in Reason, including layering synths and using the Rotary knobs to control parameters(Decay and release) on synths inside the Combinator."

sequencer film3.mp4

YouTube via zackdagoba
"myblogitsfullofstars for full description"
Update: theres a moog modular 3c in there

Serge Animal Videos by Nilspils73

YouTube via Nilspils73
"Testing my Serge Animal/Animoo with DIY banana-1/4" interface. Elektron Machinedrum doing sequencing tasks through Kenton Pro-2000."

Playlist:
Serge Animoo (Animal) stab
Serge Animoo (Animal) Krafty
Serge Animoo (Animal) bassline
Serge Animoo (Animal) syncop
Serge Animoo (Animal) tribal.mp4
Serge Animoo 3 part multitimbral

Elektron Monomachine patterns 1/3

YouTube via Nilspils73
"Playing a few of my patterns for a friend. Sorry for the crappy sound..."

Elektron Monomachine patterns 2/3


Elektron Monomachine patterns 3/3

Creating swing feel on the Roland MC-4b

YouTube via darenager
"A demonstation of how to create swing on the Roland MC-4, you could also apply the same technique to the MC-202, MC-8 or other similar device, if this video proves popular I may do some more tutorials.

This is not a musical performance just a demonstration of technique so I have kept it to a simple 16 step sequence, of course you can use any length of sequence depending how patient you are.

First set the timebase to 48,12,6, this gives you 48ppqn so each 16th note will last for 12clocks, and enter your notes as normal. in the first part of the clip I am playing the sequence straight - so all step lengths set to 12.

Next we enter step time mode (shift 2) and change each alternate step to an offset of 12 but so that each 2 adjacent steps add up to 24, for example 14 and 10 as in the second example, or 13 and 11 (third example), higher difference = heavier swing feel. You can have the smaller number first or second depending on whether you want a rushed or lazy feel, also you can experiment with more complex timings for different types of groove, such as a pattern of 4 - 14,10,13,11 or whatever, just make sure that your total measure length is equal to 192 so that the sequence cycles correctly when synced. That's pretty much it, hope you find it useful and thanks for watching."

Wiard Noise Ring

YouTube via inverseroom.
"In this 4-minute video, I'm using a Wiard Noise Ring to modulate various parameters of the Blacet Stonz phaser, Blacet Klang Werk ringmod, and Metalbox Bi-N-Tic Filter. There's a lot more you can do with the Noise Ring, but this is the stuff that falls into the instant-gratification category. This Frac Rack system also includes some Bananalogue and MOTM; over on the left is a small Doepfer system that, in this instance, I'm just using for the amplitude envelope and mixer."

Sequentix P3 MIDI Sequencer with Memory Expansion

via this auction

"For more information on the P3, Click Here.


This one was professionally built (i.e., not by me) from a kit in April of 2008. Reference pics of the build are here: Click

The latest 4.0 firmware is Build 28, which is available here: Click

v4.5 is also available from that link, as well as the Sequentix P3 tool set for Windows, full documentation and demos."

Rare Vintage Casio PT-7 Synthesizer Keyboard W BOX

via this auction

"Casio PT-7 (instrument with tiny polyphonic touch sensor keypad & analogue rhythm)

This is clearly one of the most bizarre and innovative instruments created by Casio, because this tiny thing has a detachable keyboard with 29 soft touch foil keys, and this is not just a monophonic toy tablehooter but a real 8 note(!) polyphonic instrument with analogue rhythm and a small but high quality loudspeaker that makes a very respectable organ sound.

This strange Casio invention permits special play techniques with very rapid glissandos and was one of the forgotten milestones in the struggle of overcoming the clumsy piano key relic on electronic consumer instruments.

main features:
* 29 tiny soft touch foil keys on a detachable slim line keyboard with short cable
* built-in astonishing reasonable sounding small speaker
* 8 notes polyphony
* separate knobs for main and rhythm volume
* tempo knob
* 6 preset rhythms {waltz, samba, swing, slow rock, pops, rock} selected by a slide switch
* 8 OBS preset sounds {piano, elec. piano, organ, pipe organ harp, accordion, clarinet, violin} selected by a 4-step slider + switch
* main voice CPU "HD44140, 3G 13" (56 pin SMD) with timbres based on multipulse squarewave tones with different digital envelopes, those are differently low pass filtered through capacitors. It makes very warm and pleasant timbres, but envelope release phase is truncated too soon, which makes piano- like tones less natural.
* rhythm IC "NEC D8048C 316, 8322X7" (40 pin DIL, same like in Casio MT-40) that outputs trigger pulses for analogue drums
* analogue percussion {base, snare, open cymbal, close cymbal, clave}; cymbals and snare use transistor noise.
* jacks for AC adapter & headphone

eastereggs:
* vibrato and sustain switch addable
* up to 8 additional keys addable (makes no sense here)
* holding down multiple sound select buttons during play makes wild cacophonic sounds (likely keyboard matrix mess by missing diodes).
* possibly bass accompaniment (with additional keypad) addable
* rhythm shitshot button addable

notes:
The main voice sound chip of this instrument is the same like in the Casio MT-45. It plays high quality analogue timbres, those although not always natural, reproduce a warm and pleasant sound; it does not sound typically C64- like thin, but resembles rather full- size home organs of that era. Like with Casio VL-1, the release phase of main voice envelopes seems to be linear and thus sounds unrealistic since it fades silent too soon with an audible end click. When sustain is switched off, all sounds stop almost immediately after releasing the key. When sustain is on, sounds with decay envelope (piano, elec. piano, harp) ignore the key press duration and sound always with a fixed duration instead. The "elec. piano" sounds like a banjo, and also the normal piano resembles more a picked string. The "harp" and "organ" sounds seem to add a bit of analogue distortion (or a mixed suboscillator with very short independent envelope??) during attack phase. All sounds include a mild vibrato. The smooth touch sensor keypad responds quite sensitive and permits special play techniques with rapid note clusters and polyphonic glissandos (but no portamento - this is not a theremin!).

Attention: Never play with sharp, spiky or rough objects (like finger nails) on the sensor keyboard surface - the foil may get damaged easily.)."