OP-X PRO-II vs. Oberheim OB-X

YouTube Published on Apr 30, 2012 by virtualoberheim

This one is pretty uncanny. The OP-X Pro always impresses. I would love it on the iPad.

"http://www.sonicprojects.ch/opxpro2/description.html

A dry 1:1 comparison of the SonicProjects OP-X PRO-II virtual Oberheim VSTi software synth to an Oberheim OB-X Rev.2.

The lower manual in the video is an USB midi master keyboard (an Emu Xboard 61) which drives OP-X PRO-II hosted in Steinberg Cubase 5. No effects or any other treatments were involved, both OB-X and OP-X PRO-II were recorded directly to disk, OB-X over the line inputs of an RME HDSP 9632 which has very neutral sounding converters.

The exact detunings (deviating filter settings, warm up pitch drift, etc.) and the individual pan settings of the voices of OB-X have been copied in every detail before with the voice based tuning features of OP-X PRO-II for a perfect match to the real synth.

To copy the bright sound OP-X PRO-II uses the BRL (brilliant) filter setting (DMP button, second button above voice mutes) which is dedicated to copy the sound character of the early OB-X and allows the filter to open into the ultra sound area and adds some extra shine in the heights.

The used patches can be downloaded here:

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"Brother Louie" - on Yamaha HE-8

YouTube Published on Apr 30, 2012 by organfairy

"Jeg prøver altså at bevæge mig lidt ved 1:15, Louise!

I played this in 2002 so it's taken from an old tape - and you can actually hear that there are some folds in the tape in the beginning.

Modern Talking had a number of hits in Europe in the late 1980's and this was one of them. Here I play it on Technics and Yamaha organs. I also managed to use the small Viscount RBX-850 for a few notes."

Yamaha Electone CSY-1 (SY-1 synth basically)

YouTube Published on Apr 30, 2012 by FlametopFred

"Yamaha CSY-1 running through synth stuff a little. From the early 1970's these were half-organ and half SY-1 synth ... with built-in analogue drum machine. Nice."

ArdCore Output Expander Example #1 - Alternating Triggers

YouTube Published on Apr 30, 2012 by 20Objects

"This is an example video for the ArdCore Output Expander. It generates a clock signal, and provides a number of alternating triggers for the output. In this case, different triggers are used for two sequences, a sample and hold module and an amplitude envelope. NOTE: this ArdCore is equipped with the optional switch on the A3 input for turning the clock on and off."

Update: ArdCore stands for Arduino Core. You can find info on it at 20Objects here. SnazzyFX produces a eurorack version.

Waldorf Blofeld demo

YouTube Published on Apr 30, 2012 by synthotronic

"I wrote this piece of music to demonstrate the wonderful sonic capabilities of the Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard (mine is the limited edition black version). All the sounds in this track (including the drums) are original sounds which were programmed by myself from scratch on the Blofeld. No presets or other instruments were used. It was recorded using Logic; a few bits of EQ, compression, reverb and delay were added to the mix. The video was shot using an iPhone 4 and edited in iMovie HD.

If you like this track, check out my 'dark electronica' musical project: http://www.dicepeople.com/"

Bach: Sonata in A major, BWV 1015 - III. Andante un poco

YouTube Published on Apr 30, 2012 by ScrollingMusic

"Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Sonata No. 2 for violin and harpsichord in A major, BWV 1015 - III. Andante un poco.

This is the beautiful slow third movement of Bach's Sonata BWV 1015 for violin and harpsichord. The sonata is notable for its intricate canonic counterpoint. This movement, in particular, features a canon at the unison between the violin and harpsichord, offset by a bar, accompanied by a near-perpetually moving bass line. The canon has been visually represented by the scrolling red and green bars (red is the violin part; green is the echo at the unison by the harpsichord). The movement modulates to its dominant minor key before returning to its home tonality of F-sharp minor.

For this video, we synthesized the harpsichord part with our existing guitar and vibraphone sounds; we feature a new sound sampled from a recorder/ocarina for the violin part. The accompanying visualization consists of both a spectrogram and our usual scrolling bar visualization."

DEWANATRON! A 3D Stereoscopic Documentary (3D Trailer)

YouTube Published on Apr 30, 2012 by IntlSurrealist Compendium
Update: video re-uploaded 4/30.

"Check out our IndieGoGo here: http://www.indiegogo.com/dewanatron3D?a=490342

DEWANATRON! is the struggle of two inventors, cousins Brian and Leon Dewan to design, manufacture, sell, and play unique analogue synthesizers in an overwhelmingly digital world."

If you cross your eyes and focus on the center overlapped image you will see it in 3D. Remember though, if you cross your eyes for too long, they might stay that way.

Added this one to the Synth Movies post.

JP8 VS JP6 Synthbrass Comparison

YouTube Published on Apr 30, 2012 by synthartist69

"In this video I compare two similar Brass patches that I created on each of the Jupiters. There are no effects added, however the Jupiter 8 is output in dual mono."

Update:

JP8 VS JP6 Strings Comparison

Published on Apr 30, 2012 by synthartist69

"In this video I am comparing two string patches from the Jupiter 8 and the Jupiter 6. I created both patches from scratch and tried to get these as close to one another as I could. The one issue I had during this process was that by cutting off the brightness of the JP6 strings in the upper octaves seemed to have a more profound effect on the lower octaves. The Jupiter 8 strings seemed to be more balanced in warmth and brightness from one end of the keyboard to the other. The JP6 was not as balanced. No external effects were used. I apologize for the noise in the video, some of it is on my end, but some of it is also on Youtube's end which I have not found a resolution for as of yet."

Midi Fighter 3D Ableton Template Demo with Mad Zach

YouTube Published on Apr 29, 2012 by eangolden

"Download this pack here: http://maps.djtechtools.com/mappings/155"

Midi Fighter 3D: Ableton Mapping Explanation

Published on Apr 29, 2012 by eangolden

"Visit http://www.midifighter.com for more details on the Midi Fighter 3D and to purchase one."

Rheyne - NodeBeat MIDI - 4/29/12 (Live Jam #42)

YouTube Published on Apr 29, 2012 by RheyneMusic

"Download or stream the audio at SoundCloud: http://snd.sc/IjlVM8

Using NodeBeat to trigger a hardware synth and virtual instruments via an iConnectMIDI and Ableton Live.

NodeBeat's generators are sending MIDI notes to a DSI MoPho, two separate instances of NI's Massive (one polyphonic and one monophonic) and NI's Kontakt. Filters, delays, and reverb in Ableton Live are controlled by Lemur on a 2nd iPad, and Moog's Animoog is running on a third iPad. iKaossilator is running on an iPhone 4, providing some chord stabs. NodeBeat's tempo is set to 60bpm, and iKaossilator is set to 120bpm. Ableton's tempo is also set to 120bpm to keep the delays in sync. Nothing was pre-sequenced or pre-recorded for this jam."